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November 2003
Everybody is invited to celebrate Clear Creek W.M.S. Report Greetings from the ladies W.M.S. here at Clear Creek. We have been busy in spite of the heat and the rain. The Lord has really blessed us in our work for Him. In May we elected officers. They are: President: Miss Gwen Martin Vice President: Mrs. Gloria McConnel Secretary: Treasurer: Miss Valeria Martain Reporter: Mrs. Eva Dawson In April our ladies sponsored an Easter Egg Hunt for children of all ages. There were about 60 people present. Everyone enjoyed it. In June we sponsored a community supper called “God’s Family Super.” It was well attended and everyone enjoyed the food and fellowship. In July we provided meals for our evangelist during our revival. We helped provide food for the Youth Rally in August. It was well attended and everyone left tired but refreshed from being here. In May and June we had our Annual Mother’s Day and Father’s Day program. Everyone received a blessing from these services. We here at Clear Creek covet your prayers that we may continue to work for the up building of God’s kingdom here on this earth. Respectfully
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Minutes of the The meeting of our women’s missionary society was held on September 14, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. at the Laurel Methodist Protestant Church. After singing and prayer, the brotherhood went to their meeting and the WMS had our meeting. Since there was no secretary present, I was selected for this meeting (so here I am!). The incumbent president, Ms. Avanelle Everett, opened with scripture taken from Psalms 19:14, “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength, and my redeemer”; followed by a verse taken from Proverbs 21:11, “When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge”. She closed with a thought for the day, which said: “Words are very important!! What we say goes further than our lips. Don’t be guilty of saying the wrong thing: ”For the Lord’s sake”. S.E. zone auxiliary presidents for 2003-2004 are as follows: Antioch—Mrs. Avanelle Everett, 681 Simpson Hwy 149, Magee, MS 39111 – phone 601 849 2235 Clear Creek—Miss. Gwen Martin, 221 Paret Tower Rd, Brooklyn, MS 39425 – Phone 601 598 2652 Hickory Grove—Mrs. Margaret Hogan, 86 Hickory Grove Church Rd, Sumrall, MS 39482, Phone 601 758 0059 Laurel—Mrs. Angel Hosey, 1384 Lower Myrick Rd, Laurel, MS 39443, Phone 601 649 0727 Neely—Mrs. Doris Walley, P.O. Box 262, Neely, MS 39461 I will now give each auxiliary secretary’s report and the number who attended from each church. Antioch—Ms. Everett gave this report and Antioch had two members present. “Antioch mission is very nil. We still take Sunday School offering and pay our dues. We go to nursing Home, take things to needy families, give clothes, etc. We help out at funerals with dishes, etc. Mrs. Bertie is 99 and homebound. Mrs. Bertie says tell everyone she loves us and will continue to pray for us. Someone mentioned getting her a card and sending it with all our names to brighten her day.” Clear Creek—was not represented. Hickory Grove—Margaret Hogan gave this report (a copy of which is enclosed for your files). Hickory Grove had seven people present so we got to take the banner back with us! Laurel— Angel Hosey reported and they had six people present. Ms. Tom McDuffie is in the Ellisville swing bed facility following total knee surgery. Laurel M.P. Church met all assessments, etc. Neely—Doris Walley reported she had no report because Ms. Helen is no longer there. They had six people present. Summary: We had 21 people present with a total offering of $155:00. It was mentioned that checks could be made out to Ms. Carmen Cochran. We had election of officers. Margaret Hogan was nominated for President with 10 votes, Tiffany Belcher had 3 votes, and Doris Walley had 2 motes. Linda Sullivan made a motion to close the nominations and Carolyn Slater seconded this motion. Margaret Hogan was elected President. Tiffany Belcher was unanimously elected Vice-President. Doris Walley made a motion to close the nomination and Carmen Cochrell seconded this motion. Mary Jane Pertuit was nominated for Secretary-Treasurer with 11 votes and Angel Hosey had 8 votes. Doris Walley made a motion to close the nominations and Cathy Killlingsworth seconded this motion. Mary Jane Pertuit was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Angel Hosey was nominated for reporter with 9 votes and Joy Williams had 8 votes. Doris Walley made a motion to close the nominations and Dee Phillips seconded this motion. Angel Hosey was elected Reporter. Melina Baggett from Hickory Grove announced they are having a sing October 11, 2003 from 4 to 8 p.m. at The Lions Club Park in Sumrall (Across from the school on Hwy 42). Several groups will be represented—including The Sullivan Family. A love offering will be taken. Bring your own chairs. Food can be bought at The Lions Park. This is for their building Fund. Tiffany Belcher closed the meeting with prayer. Refreshments were served and a time of fellowship was enjoyed by all. We want to thank the Laurel Methodist-Protestant Church for their gracious hospitality. Our next meeting will be on the 2nd Sunday in March 2004 at the Neely Methodist-Protestant Church. I did not ask what time this meeting will be but I assume it will be at 2:30 p.m. also. (If not, you can change it.) Margaret Hogan
Hickory Grove The first meeting of our Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) was held on September 9, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. at the home of Trecie Clark. The president, Margaret Hogan, opened with prayer and the members present at this initial meeting were: Trecie Clark, Linda Sullivan, Melina Baggett, Dee Phillips, and Elizabeth Hutson. Margaret Hogan gave the devotional and Bible reading taken from Isaiah 6:1-12 with the theme of “Here am I. Send me!” We had election of officers with Margaret Hogan elected as secretary and Trecie Clark elected Treasurer. We still need a Vice-President but this position was not filled at this meeting. We voted to have our meetings once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 12:00 so we can be through before members have to pick up their children from school. We also voted to adopt a Nursing Home (The Myrtles in Columbia) to visit and adopt some patients who do not have anyone to visit and minister to them. We will remember them on their birthdays and at Christmas time with gifts. We also voted to go and entertain them with singing by the children and/or adults at different times of the year. We want to get more involved with more in-depth Bible Study at our meetings—hence the set time from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00. We also talked about visiting the shut-in’s in our community and becoming more aware of the needs in our community. We elected to have a bake Sale the first Saturday of each month through November to enable us to buy gifts for our nursing home patient’s and for a fund for our society. Since we are a new WMS, we plan to talk to the more knowledgeable members at the WMS meeting which will be held in Laurel on the 14th of this month. We need all the input we can get because all of us are novices at this endeavor (including the president/Secretary). Refreshments were served and the meeting was closed with a nomination by Trecie Clark and seconded by Linda Sullivan. Linda Sullivan closed in prayer. Our next meeting will be at 12:00 October 14th at Elizabeth Hutson’s house and she will lead in the Bible Study. Margaret Hogan
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Record IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD What we know and what we do may be entirely at odds. We know we should have a spirit of praise and thanksgiving, but we don’t always practice what we know is good and right. The Lord is worthy of our praise and deserves our thanks, whatever our circumstances may be. His character never changes, and He never lets us down. Perhaps, this is why Paul and Silas could sing praises when they were imprisoned at Philippi. Faith comes into play when we praise Him anyway -- especially in the hard and difficult times. We can thank God that he teaches us spiritual lessons in the dark places-- lessons that we might not learn otherwise. Perhaps, it’s a rebellious child that breaks our hearts. Maybe a fellow Christian, our church, or relative lets us down. There are those times death, grief, and separation that are so painful. Sickness may strike us down. Spiritual failure may bring us low, and our hearts quiver before the Lord in shame. Bitter tears may fall. There were extra benefits when Paul and Silas chose to sing instead of whine. True, their circumstances were very harsh. They had been taken against their wills by angry men, accused as troublemakers, and beaten with many stripes. They were then imprisoned and their feet put in stocks. When they sang praises to God the other prisoners heard them. In the wake of that praise a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison, all the prison doors were opened and the prisoners were freed from their fetters. The jailer was kept from committing suicide; Paul proclaimed the Gospel and the jailer and his household were saved. Also, Paul and Silas were delivered from prison. Praise coming from our lips in the bad times, as well as the good times, must be like sweet music in the ears of God and as a delightful aroma rising up to Heaven. The remedy for complaining is clear: “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (I Thess. 5:16-18) Are these admonitions realistic -- undoubtedly so. The question is do we practice what Paul so aptly spells out for us? Some of us have made an art of complaining, often concentrating on the negatives. How blessed we are-- the fruit of our lips should be praise, not griping and complaining. The Israelites in the wilderness complained in the very face of God’s wonderful presence and provision. They even exaggerated in describing their “plight”. To be unthankful is to take lightly God’s manifold blessings and grace. Ingratitude is a despicable attitude. Let us chose to offer the spiritual sacrifices of praise, of thanksgiving-- even (especially) when we don’t feel like it. The word thanksgiving means to give thanks. Don’t wait till you think everything is rosy and going your way. Praise in a pit is praise indeed. Have you ever been in a pit on a snowy day with a lion? Sounds pretty tough, but we have times that are every bit as tough and maybe more so, but God is still in control -- that we can be sure of. Suffering has it’s hidden blessings, it’s hidden spiritual treasures. How Satan must hate it when we praise God in the face of life’s trying circumstances. Grateful hearts will overflow with praise and thanksgiving. May God help us to cultivate and display a daily attitude of gratitude and praise. Praise is a mighty and effective weapon to use in this fierce spiritual warfare in which we are now engaged. TRUBUTE: HONORING REV. CARLOS DAWSON PRESENDTED DURING THE HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES
AT THE MS BIBLE SCHOOL AND CAMP MEETING 2003 For the past several years, I have been given the high privilege of giving recognition to people of distinction in the work of the summer Bible School. It was begun in 1926 as the “The Young People’s Summer Conference.” In 1929, it became known as “The Leadership Training School”, where our youth were trained to become leaders in the Church and in God’s work in general. In 1940, it became known as “Bible School”. In more recent years, it has been called “Bible Camp” or usually just “Camp”, but it still has the same purpose for existing as it did from the beginning, which is the salvation, establishing, and training of workers through Bible teaching and preaching. I am convinced that it is a proper activity in life to honor and thank people for their service. To be sure, service is never to be rendered for the purpose and the reason for receiving praise and commendation, but there is nothing wrong with recognizing commendable service. How tragic it is that we sometime wait until it is too late to thank another; until the person who would be most encouraged by it cannot hear. So, having said all that, I would like to further say that on our 77th Anniversary, I feel impressed to honor one who became the Director in 1943 -- sixty years ago. Bro. Carlos Dawson would you please come to the platform for our present Director, your son, Rev. Bobby Dawson, to pin on you this boutonniere while the congregation stands. Though he and Mrs. Dawson were away on the mission field about 30 years of that time, he was still interested in the school and saw to it that their children attended, sometimes coming all the way from Belize for the week. Over the years, he was Director for six (6) years, Dean for three (3) years, and a teacher for many years. They have loved this work and all of their 5 children grew up here with us. They have 14 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Two of their children have been here this week, as well as some grandchildren and great grandchildren. They have invested in their children’s lives by way of Christian Education, and it is still and will forever pay dividends. May God bless you, Bro. and Mrs. Dawson, as we honor you tonight. We do not have a plague to give you, but we give you our love and gratitude. Would the congregation again stand to show our honor and respect to one of our faithful predecessors and leaders. (Mrs. Carmichael also recognized the 2003 roster of workers and committees; she concluded with this: “Lastly, and maybe most importantly, all those who have been saved, sanctified, or called to full-time Christian service at one of these camps, including this one. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!”) REPORT: 2003 MS CAMP MEETING AND BIBLE SCHOOL By Dianne Reid, Academic Dean and Secretary of Camp Meeting Committee This year we had approximately 150 registered in the Bible School and staying on campus. Many more drove in, especially for Homecoming on Wednesday. We were privileged to have Dr. John Neihof, Jr. of KMBC as our Revival Speaker. Rev. and Mrs. John Luckie served well as Child Evangelists. The Kentucky Mountain Bible College singers did a tremendous job. Rev. Bobby Dawson has served for the last two years as Director. Our Bible School theme was “What Methodists Protestants Believe”. The teachers really are to be commended for a task well done. Others served in the dorms, canteen, athletics, maintenance, nursing, music, kitchen, etc. Director of Music was Bro. Roger Smith, and our Prayer Coordinator was Rev. John Gerald. The special missions speaker was Heather Palmer Smith. Lessie Carmichael served as Homecoming Coordinator, and Fay Gerald was the Banquet Hostess, assisted by Kay Harris. The Master of Ceremonies was Rev. Jerry Meggs. A huge thank you goes to the approximately fifty volunteer workers who gave of their time and abilities. To the Pastors who personally participated -- we appreciate you! This annual Gospel endeavor is sponsored as a conjunctive effort of the Ms. Council of Religious Education and the Ms. Camp Meeting Committee under the auspices of the Ms. Conference. The Ms Camp Meeting, with the help of donors, constructed and dedicated the Carmichael - Sellers Pavilion last year. The current project is a Worker’s Cottage. Our people work and give so generously and consistently in the work of the Kingdom. This is a unique camp with a “family” atmosphere and campers of all ages. We thank the Lord for His blessings on the MS Camp. |
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