Dear AWAB Family & Friends: It was wonderful to gather virtually this past week as we celebrated a significant part of AWAB’s history. We remembered five congregations that were disfellowshipped from their respective regions back in 1996. While we remembered, … Continue reading Update (First Day of AAHM), February 1, 2021
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Complete Archives: January 2021
Annual Meeting Sunday Worship – January 31
This Sunday at Lakeshore“Yet hatred of evil is no substitute for the love of good and love for all.”A. Stanley MacNair, “To The Churches, With Love” (1960) Welcome – Pastor CarolynPrelude – “Prelude on Rhosymedre” Ralph Vaughn Williams, StanOpening Prayer and Lord’s Prayer … Continue reading Annual Meeting Sunday Worship – January 31
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Midweek MessageFamily, With the saying “people need to hear things three times in order to remember them” in mind, here is portion of my “Back in 1860” sermon which I will deliver tomorrow, Annual Meeting Sunday. Clearly, 2021 is not 1854 … Continue reading Update, Saturday, January 30, 2021
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Midweek MessageUniting through Love and Justice: Reclaiming Our History Psalm 33:5 – The Lord loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of his unfailing love. John 15:12 – This is my commandment that you love one another as I have … Continue reading African American History Month
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Public WitnessIt’s about US. These three words, from a voting sign plastered all over Georgia in early January, provide important political, social and spiritual messages for our country. They serve to remind the people of Georgia that every Georgian has a … Continue reading January 28, 2021
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Christian Education12Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12 Perfection. Brokenness. … Continue reading January 28, 2021
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Our Life TogetherIn a recent discussion with our LABC Youth Group, I talked about how many tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King fail to recognize that he was a Baptist pastor, a minister formed by, and committed to, the traditions of the … Continue reading January 28, 2021
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Midweek MessageLenten Reflections Invited – “We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another.” In her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gordon wrote – “And so we lift our … Continue reading Update, January 28, 2021
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Midweek MessageFamily, The humanitarian crisis in Yemen can seem very distant, especially in this era of domestic crisis and global pandemic. Still, I invite you to pause today to pray for Yemen and, as you are led, to call or email … Continue reading Update, January 27, 2021
Continue reading →Update, January 26, 2021
Midweek MessageFamily, I certainly hope you will have the opportunity to join tomorrow night’s (5:30 p.m. Pacific) “Ours the Journey” commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Disfellowshipping. We can recall with pride our commitment to stand with people “who had … Continue reading Update, January 26, 2021
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