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ALABAMA
UPDATETHE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY SEPTEMBER 2015
Alexander City: The
church at Alexander City
is pleased to announce the
appointment of our new
pastor, Roy Wooten, of
Hartselle, Al. and wife
Mindy, with daughter
Jayden.
Altoone: W e had a
special Christmas in July
on the 12 of July. th
Everyone received gifts
and a special Christmas
dinner afterwards. We
were happy to have our
State Overseer Brother
Jones with us. Sister
Kathy Taylor did a
wonderful job in organizing everything.
Anniston-Praise & Worship: Our pastor
and wife were given a “welcome back
basket” full of gifts. We prayed over them
for the coming years. There were 54 in
attendance and 1 young man got saved and
another young woman joined the church in
covenant membership. We have a Hispanic
family, Hector and Alicia Chun, that have
moved from the Spanish COGOP in
Guntersville. He is a Lay Ministerand we
are confident that a Spanish Ministry will be
developed here through their ministry. We
glorify God for what He is doing here in the
Anniston church.
Alton: KiDzMaNiA! The year of the Killer
Wave was packed full of Awesome
Puppets! Radically Special Characters!
Killer Science Experiments & Games! The
CoWaBuNgA Prize Patrol! Groovy Music!
And Cool Worship Time! Mr. Freezo, the
giant penguin (Pastor Daniel) and Gidget,
the wayout surfer girl (Pastor Laura) created
a dynamic duo bringing the awesome Word
of God to the children (as well as the
adults). Seeing the children praying,
singing, dancing, worshiping God, and
playing games was absolutely amazing! I
must say that seeing the adults join in was
radically cool dude! Robert Chamblee and
Eleanor Bailey helped collect seashells,
Opal McGowan joined in the penguin
march, Doris Reese walked on eggs, Elease
Johns attempted to knock down a pyramid
of cans by shooting them with a rubber band
(not much luck)...oh and by the way...
Bishop L. V. Jones tried the same thing
knocking them down a few at a time and
closing the deal by shooting the last can at
the very last second! He even won a prize!
Vanessa Brown, Adeline Turner, Charlotte
Wiggins and Laura Stronge were disciples
in a pretend boat doing their best to keep
from falling out as the children circled
around them creating lightning, thunder,
wind, and waves. Finally, they saw Jesus
walking on the water toward them and they
weren’t afraid anymore. And we topped it
off with a hotdog and cookie lunch, a huge
water slide, and other fun water games
Sunday afternoon! Total Kidz=44 and
Total Adult Kidz=59. The Kidz “Collected
SeaShells” with a total offering of $455.89!
A fun time for all! Wow! It was an
absolutely, radically cool, awesome
KiDzMaNiA and we are already preparing
for next year. We thank God for a new
covenant member, Quinette McCurry.
Browntown: We had several events this
month that included; Family Day, Pastor
and wife birthdays celebration, State
Convention and Kids Crusade. The
crusade’s theme was “Blast to the Past” and
a total attendance of 20 children.
Chickasaw: We’ve had
some wonderful services
this month. The Lord is
blessing! Our youth had a
Sunday School party that
was enjoyed by everyone.
C o l l i n s v i l l e - H a r v e s t
Center: The response to
the ministry of the Holy
Spirit is overwhelming.
David Woods has been
pouring into our young
people in particular, but we
are all receiving a fresh
taste of the Spirit. We have
been and continue to be
truly revived. We have
couples returning back and
two families that want to come and visit
after the revival.
Fayette-North Pointe: North Pointe
members and praise team enjoyed attending
the convention. We were blessed by the
classes and messages from all the teachers
and ministers. It was great to connect with
our brothers and sisters across the state.
We were blessed to witness the ordination
of Brother Shane Watkins as a minister and
our Pastor Brent Smalley receiving his
Bishop license. Our children’s leader and
youth are excited about growing and
launching new ministries. We welcomed
the men’s choir from Peaceful Rest Baptist
Church with a time of fellowship
afterwards.
Gadsden-Living Waters: Gadsden closed
a revival with David Woods with 3 getting
saved, 3 sanctified and 3 receiving the Holy
Ghost.
Goodwater-Joyful Praise: There were 5
members received this month: Darlina
W ilson, T erry Thompson, Allison
Thompson, Lillian Thompson and Leanana
Thompson. Praise God!
Greenpond: VBS. “Journey Off The Map”,
was huge success. Sixteen young people
accepted Christ as their Savior. The
teachers were anointed. Each night was
filled with excitement. The singing, classes,
crafts, games and skits were awesome. The
church and class rooms were beautifully
decorated for the journey. The last night,
parents and grandparents came to see the
children in action. The offering received is
helping a young man on the mission trip to
Nepal. Seventy-five were in attendance
with fifty-one being children. Our 4 ofth
July Celebration was great with one
hundred and thirty in attendance. Food, fun
and fellowship were enjoyed but cut short
due to one of the mortar shells exploding
and injuring our youth director, Neal Pate.
Praise God he is making a speedy recovery.
We had a 4 of July service and specialth
thanks was given to all active and retired
military and those who gave their life for
our freedom. The State Convention was
enjoyed by those attending. The classes
were great. We also, had three saved in our
services and one joined the church this
month.
Hackleburg: We have been training to host
a Celebrate Recovery Ministry at HCC and
have been officially accepted. Our launch
date for first official gathering is August
18 and the state representative forth
Alabama CR will be with us for that first
service and support group session. We are
thrilled to have become apart of such an
incredible tool to disciple the hurting and
heal the wounded. To be a true and
approved CR ministry, training and
discipleship of leaders must take place first.
To date we have already been training and
preparing for 6 months to serve as a
Celebrate Recovery venue. This ministry is
designed to help recover from hurts, habits
and hang-ups.
Huntsville-Mastin Lake: The first mission
team from “the church building project” in
the Dominican Republic returned home.
They poured the foundation, raised the first
columns and laid the first blocks. We had
five churches involved and three pastors on
this trip. We were so blessed to help our
brothers and sisters in their effort to build a
church. Since then, we had one in our
church to be saved and we are so thankful
for this new child of God. We also,
welcomed Stacy Tuttle and family as Youth
Pastor. We were overjoyed to see five of
our children move up into Youth Ministries
as they were presented Study Bibles to
personally take their faith deeper.
Leesburg: July was a busy month with our
Youth Explosion and VBS. This year our
Youth Ministries conducted a Youth
Explosion ( VBS for youth). It started on
Sunday night with a visiting missionary
from Ecuador, Rick Waldrup, and continued
through Wednesday night with food, fun,
music and evangelism and with an average
attendance of 50. There were several
salvation experiences. Kids Under
Construction was the theme for our annual
VBS. We enjoyed a full week of songs and
dance, classes, crafts, refreshments and
spiritual growth on the foundation of Jesus
Christ and our Bible as the blueprints. For
closing exercises on Sunday, we reviewed
the happenings of the week, fed everyone
lunch, played on a huge inflatable
waterslide and then everyone walking down
to the river for a baptism of 28 people of all
ages. We ended with an average attendance
of 150, 18 saved, 28 baptized. We
welcome Pastor Tim and Ann Douglas back
as our Pastors!
Parrish: We were all touched as one gave
her heart to God. We had not witnessed
such a sorrowful outcry to God in quite
some time. Thankful.
Short Creek: Praise God for Camp
Boothe! All our children came home
revived and on fire. Thanks to all the Staff.
Wonderful State Convention! We pray
everyone was ‘empowered’ as they left the
convention to continue their work for God.
To God be the glory for our State Staff and
Overseer. Revival is in the air at Short
Creek!
Tarrant: We were blessed to have fifteen
people attend the State Convention. We are
doing fund-raisers for retreats and our
children are encouraged to bring their Bible
and learning how to use them. We had a
great attendance at our Luau for Family
Night. The Holy Spirit has been blessing
our services with His presence!
Trinity: We have been having some
outstanding services with the Holy Spirit
filling the altars with seekers. We are
beginning Month-Of-Sunday’s Revival in
September.
Tips For Abundant Life
Carolyn Guyton
Being intentional. I recently received a
blog post from a fellow coach about how to
be intentional with time and money. My
immediate thought when I read the topic
was how these same steps also apply to our
Spiritual lives. What do we mean by being
intentional? It means not just accepting
what comes along, but rather creating a
deliberate plan with an intended purpose
and then acting on it. Prayerfully seeking
God while taking the following steps will
help you to create and follow this plan.
Use tools. Prayerful reading of the Bible is
the primary tool. We must know the Word
of God in order to create our plan and
ensure that it agrees with the Word. If we
find a discrepancy, we must seek God for
direction to clarify His will. I also
recommend using a clock and possibly the
alarm on your phone. Setting a specific
time every day for communing with God
and studying His Word is a great part of
living intentionally for God.
Find a partner. An accountability partner is
a safeguard to keep us on track. Select a
person you have confidence in, who will be
a real friend and speak truth into your life.
Then share your plan for intentionality and
keep them updated on your progress
regularly. It is easy to let things slide when
we don’t have someone watching out for us.
Put away distractions. Once you have
developed your plan for intentionality,
don’t allow anything to distract you from
taking the action you set out for yourself.
Keep your plan on your mind, and on paper
in places you frequent, to maintain focus.
Refuse to let anything interfere with your
private devotion time or stepping out of
your comfort zone according to your plan.
It isn’t always easy to be intentional, but the
results are more than worth the effort.
Seek every day for the abundant life that
only comes from God.
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us.
Eph. 3:20
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prayer Line with Dr. Wessly
Saturdays 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Dial 712-432-1690
Access Code: 650786#
ATTENTION!!!
Alton COGOP is interviewing for a
Youth Pastor. “We are looking for
someone called by God to the Youth
Ministry”.
Contact: Pastor, Daniel Stronge, Alton
Church, 2305 Old Alton Road,
Birmingham, AL 35210,
2 0 5 - 2 3 3 - 0 0 1 3 ,
blendedminstries@yahoo.com
Carbon Hi l l : Homecoming
September 13 , 10:00am, Barnettth
Family and Brother Stanley Reeves
special singers.
STATE WEB SITES
A l a b a m a U p d a t e B l o g :
W W W . a l a b a m a u p d
ate.blogspot.com
Alabama Web Site: alcogop.org
Youth-Tim Beck Web:
www.experiencehydrate .com
www.hydrateministries.com
AVAILABLE FOR REVIVALS
Joey Dobbs: Member of Sterrett
Church of God of Prophecy.
Telephone (205)746-3017.
Earlean Emerson, P O box 1863,
Hamilton, AL 35570. Telephone
(205) 921-5637.
Christine & Curtis Englebert, 111
Woodland Road, Dora, AL 35062
Telephone (205) 648-2871 or cell #
2 0 5 - 2 7 5 - 1 1 9 9 .
cenglebert2871@charter.net. Fill in
for pastors also.
Brenda Kay Pate, P O Box 156
Woodstock, AL 35188; 205-388-1087
or 388-3129. Fill in for pastors also.
SPEAKING AND SPECIAL
PROGRAMS:
Anita Falkner Parker, 3615 Moody
Pkwy, Moody, AL 35004. Telephone
(205) 640-6207.
Brenda Kay Pate, P O Box 156;
Woodstock, AL, 35188; 205-388-1087
or 388-3129.
MUSICAL MINISTRY
Breaking Chains, Elliot:251-454-
8946,breakingchainsworship@yahoo.
com.
WEDDINGS
BIRTHS
Carbon Hill: Elijah Riggs was born
July 19 to Wendy and T. J. Armstrong.th
BABY DEDICATION
Sterrett: Bryce was dedicated by his
parents Brent and Jacqueline Garrett.
Sterrett: Parents Doyle and Lindsey
Akins presented by baby Zechariah for
dedication.
DEATHS
Anniston-Praise & Worship: Jack
Jenkins went to his resting place July
10 . th
SEPTEMBER PASTORS/WIVES
BIRTHDAYS
Julie Barber
Brenda Chance
Jackie Cleveland
Terry Gann
Judy Lyles
Crissy Lynn
K. T. Martin
Nita Noe
William Noe
Shane Pate
Damon Rose
Linda Simpson
Joan Smith
Judy Wallace
Danny Whitaker
ANNIVERSARIESKenneth and Billie HumphriesGerome and Sarah KeyRobert and July LylesRon and Pam MartinJames and Linda SimpsonDaniel and Laura StrongeBeecher and Chris TannerKenneth and Elaine Wilkins
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Future Events
Hydrate Campus Tour
September25-26 Women’s Conference
October23-24 Men’s Conference
November5-8 Gordon Conwell School
Camp Boothe11-14 Fall Term SOPAS
Camp Boothe
Dec 30-January 2 Winter ConferenceCamp Boothe
January & MarchD Min Schools, Leaders ofLeaders, SchoolsCamp Boothe
March4-8 Gordon-Conwell
Camp Boothe
July Statistics 2015
CHURCH SM TITHES Alexander City 27 2393.00 Aliceville 12 2670.54 Alton 45 7535.43 Altoona 20 1012.22 Anniston Praise Worship 48 4106.67 Bayou La Batre 10 450.00 Bessemer Hopewell Rd 83 6609.00 Woodland Hills 64 8427.19 Boaz --- 943.00 Boldo 35 1092.00 Brown’s Chapel 21 818.02 Browntown 45 2861.41 Calera Harvest Chapel 64 --- Carbon Hill 130 8617.00 Chickasaw 21 1105.00 Citronelle 17 1474.45 Clanton 16 2915.00 Collinsville Harvest Center 45 4889.00 Cordova 62 3888.34 Cottondale 100 --- Cunningham Bridge 8 619.00 Decatur 33 3177.60 Dothan No Report Dry Valley 15 1089.93 East Lake Highlands 45 2267.39 Elba 7 --- Elkmont --- Eoline 22 2724.00 Fayette-North Pointe 102 2664.00 Fort Payne 8 815.43 Gadsden Living Waters 60 5719.82 Goodwater Joyful Praise 15 1155.56 Gordo 38 7205.43 Grant-Sanctuary --- 569.00 Greenpond 83 8893.12 Grove Hill 7 --- Hackleburg 151 24176.05 Haleyville Pathway 54 --- Hamilton New Heights No Report Happy Hill 72 10239.15 Harris Chapel 61 7174.36 Hartselle No Report Hazel Green 47 ---
CHURCH SM TITHES Huntsville Mastin Lake 73 --- Bell Road 13 1206.10 Jasper 30 --- Leesburg 113 9164.00 Lincoln 17 1314.30 Mentone 19 2329.50 Montgomery 13 899.00 Moulton 21 2007.15 Munford Silver Run 18 1190.00 Odenville 62 2266.41 Parrish 8 800.00 Pelham 26 4401.15 Pinson Parkway 26 3241.51 Poarch 7 292.32 Red Bay 21 2358.35 Robertsdale 20 1608.00 Rock Cliff No Report Sheffield Cliff Haven 120 18779.57 Short Creek 40 3072.50 Sterrett 98 4960.40 Summerbrook 40 3412.90 Tannehill Mission 39 --- Tarrant City 41 2334.34 Trinity Worship 56 9152.40 Twilleytown --- 3753.00 West Blocton 17 --- Winfield Family 48 3407.75 World Outreach --- THE ABOVE STATISTICS WERE TAKEN FROM TREASURERS’ REPORTS RECEIVED IN STATE OFFICE AS OF AUGUST 2015
Reports from Previous Months June Boldo --- 784.15 Brown’s Chapel --- 1310.02 Grant --- 1154.20 Hazel Green 56 3045.00 Odenville 62 2500.00 May Grant --- 983.10 Hazel Green 62 5892.00 April Hazel Green 59 3238.00
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