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Weekly Bread from the Pastor’s Table   FINISH THE RACE              Mary had been practicing and exercising for the County Annual Ten Mile Run for the past year. She had pushed herself to the physical limits, often crawling home from physical exhaustion.  Her biggest fan and “cheerleader”, and probably the one person who thought she could win was her little sister Sharon. Every morning Sharon would position herself along Mary’s practice route and would shout “RUN MARY RUN," as she passed along the route.  Mary would ignore her little sister and tell her……Read more

From the Pastor's Table SEEK THE LORD Self-examination requires us to look inward and give thought to ourselves, our actions, our re-actions, our decisions, and take ownership of our choices.  If we find we are still making the same “mistakes” at forty… fifty… sixty… that we made at twenty, we need to seek God for wisdom..! The Bible states “The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, the ears of the wise seek it out” (Proverbs 18:15); In other words, our present situation and circumstances have largely been determined by the decision we made…Read more

Weekly Bread from the Pastor’s Table                         PREPARED, PLANTED, PRUNED AND PROSPERED   In Genesis 2:15 we read that God took man, put him in the garden to work and take care of it, AND God supplied all man’s needs.  Today, through the blood of Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God, we have salvation which begins our PREPERATION.  We must confess/repent/ and allowing God to take control of our lives.  Blessing have been PLANTED in our lives and are scheduled to come up at the assigned time for to everything there…Read more

WEEKLY BREAD FROM THE PASTOR’S TABLE AVOID IDENITY THEFT  In I Peter 2:9, we find these words “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”. As children of the most High God, we often fall victim to “identity theft”; loving the materialistic things of this world, walking in carnality, and never coming into full knowledge.  As a result, the enemy slowly steals our identity and we…Read more

Weekly Bread from the Pastor’s Table LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU              It was a bright Saturday morning and Billy and his friends decided to play a game of “baseball”.  The group chose two captains and each of the captains began to chose the players’ for their team.  Each captain attempted to chose players they knew were “strong” in the game and Billy found himself the last to be chosen.  He began to feel sad as he thought to himself “no one wants me on their team."  Billy held back the tears and pretended…Read more

First Church of God's Men's Organization names Mother Naomi Patterson as the 2016 Sweetheart.  She was recognized on Sunday, February 14, 2016, during morning service.  Read more

WEEKLY BREAD FROM THE PASTOR’S TABLE                 THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH                        Psalm 30  Life is full of up’s and down’s.  There are pleasurable days along this journey; those days when the sun is shining, the boss is in a good, mood, the kids did their homework without being asked, the house is clean and all appears to be right with the world.  Then… there are those not so pleasurable days!  These are the days when everything appears to…Read more

Congratulations to Bro. Reuben Hill First Church of God's Men's Organization voted Bro. Reuben Hill as the 2015 Man of the Year. He was recognized at the Annual Men's Day Musical held on Sunday, November 29, 2015, at First Church of God. 11/29/2015 12:00:00 AM « Back to News SectionRead more

First Church of God WELCOMES Jacquelyn Drago-Hunter as its Interim Pastor. Early this month, Rev. Jacquelyn Drago-Hunter accepts position as Interim Pastor of First Church of God. 7/26/2015 12:00:00 AM « Back to News SectionRead more

Congratulations to Bro. Leroy Gray First Church of God's Men's Organization voted Bro. Leroy Gray as the 2011 Man of the Year. He was recognized at the Annual Men's Day Program held on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at First Church of God. 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM « Back to News SectionRead more