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Faith
May 22, 2025 - St. John Cemetery in the Africa Community is hosting their annual fundraiser on Sunday, May 25, 2025 immediately following church services. If you have a loved one resting here you are expected to help with upkeep of the cemetery. Donations can be dropped off. Questions can be directed to Jacklyn Moton-Cartwright at 936-332-8804.
The cemetery is located at 2308 CR 2050, Center, Texas.
May 22, 2025 - Lydia Missionary Baptist Church at 14998 FM 139 in Huxley is hosting five days of 'Live It Out' Vacation Bible School!
VBS starts Sunday, June 1st and runs through Thursday, June 5th from 6pm until 8:30pm each night. Classes are for ages 3 years old through 12th grade.
During Live It Out VBS, kids focus on five key aspects of faith—love, live, share, forgiveness, and service — each rooted in a Bible story that encourages them to embody these values in their daily lives. This emphasizes practical application, guiding children to live out their faith through tangible actions that reflect Christ's teachings.
For more information, please call 936-368-2462.
May 22, 2025 - I remember once reading a story of a man who owned and operated a small, independent grocery store. He was telling a friend in the store one day that the preacher had delivered a really good sermon the previous Sunday.
Well, the friend asked the title of the sermon, but the grocery man couldn’t remember. He then asked him what text the preacher had chosen for the sermon. He had to confess that he had forgotten that also. At this point, the friend was giving him one of those smirking smiles and thinking to himself that it must not have been much of a sermon after all.
Yet, the man wasn’t finished. He said, “You know, after the sermon, I came to the store and got rid of my short-weight scales, and then I went to the magazine rack and pulled all the magazines that were suggestive or vulgar or would have a bad influence on someone. You see, that’s shy the sermon was so wonderful to me.”
When you think about it, any lesson that move people to live on a higher plane is a wonderful lesson. It doesn’t matter if you remember the title of the sermon or the text it came from. It only matters that it helps you in some way come closer to living your life within the will of God. That ought to be the desire of every child of God, to live our lives on the “Higher Ground” where the Lord wants us to live.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
May 20, 2025 - St. John Baptist Church is hosting the 18th Pastor and Wife's Appreciation Service at 2pm on Sunday, June 1, 2025. Rev. Winston and 1st Lady Terri Kibbles will be celebrated for their 18 years of service - 'Celebrating the Laborer That Dwells Among Us!'
Special guest will be Rev. Roderick Kirkendoll, Pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church, Logansport, Louisiana.
St. John Baptist Church is located at 2308 County Road 2050, Center, Texas 75935.
May 20, 2025 - VBS at Old Home Baptist Church June 2nd - June 5th beginning at 5:30pm. The theme this year is: Magnified!! Come ready to look closely at God's amazing world and proclaim His greatness. Call or text for info: 936-332-9293 or 936-332-8123.
May 19, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, May 19.
I once worked alongside a pastor who would often remind his flock that there were three ways that God answers prayer - Yes, No, and Wait. When people say, “God didn’t answer my prayer,” they’ve probably forgotten that third kind of answer.
Most of us aren’t very good at waiting. We live in a hurry up world of fast food, microwave ovens, and “I need it here yesterday!” But the Bible is full of stories about people who waited. Joseph waited 13 years in prison before God revealed his destiny. The Lord promised Abraham a son, but he and Sarah had to wait 25 years for Isaac. And the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years before they made it to the Promised Land.
Here are some scripture verses about waiting.
- Psalm 27:14 - Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 130:5 - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His Word I hope.
- Exodus 14:14 - The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
- Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God.
- Isaiah 40:31 - They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
May 15, 2025 - It’s Tuesday night, and I really wish you could see what all is “across the preacher’s desk”. There are 3 coffee cups (one with coffee in it) 4 Bibles (one is a chronological bible) various other books and several beginnings of sermons along with assorted scraps of paper with notes on them.
You see, sometimes it is hard to focus and this is one of those times. My mind keeps wandering to those who just can’t seem to see the need of Christ or the church in their lives. Not just those who have never known Jesus, but many of those who have at one time in the past been faithful to the Lord and have now rejected the Lord and the church. I often wonder what could I possibly say to motivate people to be more concerned about their souls and the church. Then I remember what I told a preacher friend one time, “If Jesus on the cross cannot motivate people to serve God faithfully, then there is nothing I can say to motivate them.”
Some reading this could have been and should have been in worship, yet they stayed away. Many have stayed away for years. Would the circumstances that kept and has kept them from worship keep them from other appointments, from Wal-Mart, from a sporting event or work? I don’t know. But they do and God does.
You know, if faithfulness, loyalty and commitment to the Lord and the church are not a part of our lives, the day may come that the church is no longer there for us, because we weren’t there for the church.
It’s something to think about. . . tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
May 13, 2025 - Blount Chapel Baptist Church of Center and Pastor Bryon Coutee, Jr. are hosting their annual Usher Day Program on Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3pm. Speaker of the hour is Pastor Rayford Caraway of the New Prospect Baptist Church of Timpson and Mt. Gillion Baptist Church.
May 12, 2025 - Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church is hosting a Family and Friends Gathering on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 3pm. Rev. Richard Edwards and the congregation will welcome guest speaker Rev. David Avant who is the pastor of New St. Matthew Baptist Church of Nacogdoches.
Mt. Zion CME Church is located at 921 MLK Drive, Center, Texas 75935.
May 12, 2025 - Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church 617 Hopkins St Center, TX 75935 4th Annual Women's Conference Saturday, May 17, 2025 10am Launch Out Into The Deep, Luke 5:3-5
Speakers will be:
- Evangelist: Stephanie Hicks - Reed Chapel Baptist Church San Augustine,TX
- Elder: Sherry Williams - Hardy Vision On Board Ministries Nacogdoches. TX
- Evangelist: Cindy Gatlin - Bennett Chapel Baptist Church Shelbyville, TX
- Pastor: Marilyn Lister-Thompson - Goodwill Baptist Church Lufkin,TX
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