LADIES OF VICTORY AND ENCOURAGEMENT

 

2012

 

"ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GALA BANQUET"

 

Please join us for a wonderful evening

 

December 15, 2012

 

At 6 o'clock p.m.

 

 

Holiday Inn West

5555 Financial Plaza

Shreveport, Louisiana   71129

 

There will be door prizes, musical quests, a great guest speaker,

good food and a fun evening program planned for your enjoyment.

Don't miss your chance to attend.

Look forward to seeing you there!!!

 

~ 18 years & up ~

 

Tickets available only $35.00 per person

 

Please R.S.V.P. to

1st Lady Wanda McMillon

318-464-7578 or ladymcmillon@att.net 

PASTOR AND WIFE'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

OCTOBER 20 - 21, 2012

THEME: A GREAT LEADER WITH AN EVEN GREATER VISION

PROVERBS 29:18

"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."

 

OCTOBER 20 - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR CLARENCE COLLINS

PALM LANE C.O.G.I.C.

HOUSTON, TX.

OCTOBER 21 - SUPT. MICHAEL NATION

GREATER LOVE OUTREACH MINISTRIES C.O.G.I.C.

VIVIAN, LA.

 

 

 

Supt. Booker & 1st Lady Wanda McMillon
 

 

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Psalm 30:11-12
The wonderful poet Annie Johnson Flint composed a poem that gives remarkable insight into Christian gratitude. She wrote,

As we offer our small rejoicing for the love that surrounds our days
All the wonderful works of Thy goodness open before our gaze.
And through gates of our narrow thanksgiving we shall enter Thy courts of praise.
Praise and thanksgiving to God do more than make us feel good. They also increase our comprehension and apprehension of God’s goodness. And through that, we receive a greater capacity to enjoy Him and experience Him in our lives.

While many people spend a great deal of time enlarging their prayer lists, we must also spend time enlarging our praise list and counting the blessings of God—naming them one by one. This day is about more than turkey; it’s about recognizing God’s goodness in our lives.

As you count your blessings today, let that guide your thoughts. Give God praise for His goodness and you’ll enjoy Him all the more!

LET GOD’S GOODNESS GUIDE YOUR THOUGHTS THIS THANKSGIVING AND YOU’LL DEEPEN YOUR ENJOYMENT OF HIM!

MANSFIELD DISTRICT MEETING

April 16 - 20, 2012

Keatchie Church Of God in Christ

Theme: "Back To True Holiness"

Ephesians 4:24

Training Classes 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. Nightly

Worship 8:00 p.m.

Monday Night Musical

Tuesday - Civics

Wednesday - Speaker, Bishop Roy L.H. Winbush

Prelate, 1st Jurisdiction of Louisiana

Thursday - Women's Department

Speaker, Supervisior Vanessa Winbush Gatlin

Friday - Official Night

Speaker, Superintendent Nelson Gatlin

Sulfur Springs, Texas

District Superintendent Booker McMillon

District Missionary Annie Gatlin 

"Come one, come all"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

I heard about an old lady who bowed her head at the table one Thanksgiving and said out loud, “Thank you, Lord, for our food. Amen!”

So her grandson, sitting at the table a few places over turned to her and said, “Grandma, don’t you know that you’ll have that food whether you say thanks or not?”

And she replied, “Well, maybe so, but everything just tastes better when I say thanks!”

It’s true, isn’t it? Life is just better when you acknowledge and give thanks for the blessings you receive. Yet, in today’s world with so much assumption that people are entitled to this or that, that attitude of gratefulness is slowly fading.

The Bible tells you and me to give thanks in every circumstance, not just the good ones. How can we do that? By remembering that even in the worst of circumstances, we have Jesus. Whether you experience poverty, bad health, death, grief, or suffering, you still have Jesus, and He is always more than enough.

So today, and every other day, live your life with an attitude of gratefulness, knowing that in Christ, you have every spiritual blessing you need!

WHATEVER YOUR LIFE’S SITUATION, CULTIVATE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATEFULNESS IN YOUR HEART, APPRECIATING WHAT CHRIST DID FOR YOU AND ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD.

Taken from Pastor Jack Graham

HIGHLIGHTS OF YEAR 2010

L.O.V.E. ANNUAL BANQUET

(Ladies of Victory and Encouragement)

WE HONOR OUR VETERANS

Deacon Samuel Gatlin, Bro. James Poullard, Bro. James Allen,   Deacon Robert Roberson, 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Minister JonWesley B. Gatlin

100 YEARS OLD !!!

Elder Gilbert Burks

{Awesome Man of God}

We were so blessed to have this great man of God in our service. Elder Gilbert Burks,oldest 

Elder in the Mansfield District. Still preaching the word of God.

Elder Burks is a member of  Pleasant Hill C.O.G.I.C. where Elder Otis Mack is Pastor and 

Sister Minnie Mack (his daughter) is the 1st Lady.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

-- John 1:1-5

Every single person faces darkness from time to time. Whether it's the darkness of failure, the darkness of sin, or if it's the darkness of sorrow, it's clear that darkness is all around us. And we wonder: Will the darkness conquer? Will the night win? Will these dark days prevail?


But because of Jesus Christ, the answer is no! His light has come into the world and shone in our hearts. And because of Christ in you, there's hope and there's life! This same Christ is coming again with the glory of the Father and the holy angels to set all things in order. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords!

Yes, the world is in darkness. intellectual darkness, political darkness, moral darkness. But we who once sat in that darkness have seen a great light.

That night when Jesus was born, when God became a baby, when the infinite became an infant, the light of God came and dwelt with us. The smile of God was in that baby's creased and dimpled chin. God's arms reaching out to the world were in his tiny little fingers. And the love of God was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

Jesus, the Light of the world and the hope of all humanity, was born. And that's the greatest gift of all.

Merry Christmas!

GOD'S GREATEST GIFT WAS GIVEN IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST WHO IS THE ONLY TRUE LIGHT IN THIS DARK WORLD.