Weekly Virtual Worship Service and Announcements – November 17, 2024

Announcements:
Project Care is preparing for its November community giveaway day. Your help is needed! All food donations must be brought to the church basement – today Sunday November 17th from 10:30-11AM, only. For a list of donated food items click here. Please be advised that only FOOD DONATIONS, from the enclosed list, will be accepted. Monetary donations can also be given directly to Sis. Chaundrea Jenkins, marked in an envelope, with food distribution on the outside of the envelope.

Last Sunday The Giving Group collected adult male and female winter garments. Donations were provided to the United African Organization. The men and women were happy and greatly appreciative of the donations. Thank you to those who made a contribution! Vanessa Weatherly and Brunetta Williams.

On November 3, 2024, we celebrated the 12th Pastoral Anniversary of our leader and shepherd, Rev. Cynthia Thomas. We had a wonderful breakfast to commemorate the celebration. The Special Events Committee would like to thank all who assisted in making the celebration a success! Special thanks to our Chefs Ronald Ivy and Geoffrey Hillman who both prepared a very delightful feast. Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, presenters, members, and guests who showed up to share in the occasion. We are grateful for every person who participated in one way or another.

If you missed the anniversary service you can view the video presentation of 12 Years of service to the Langley Avenue Church of God here.

Pastor Cynthia, we love you and will continue to lift you before the Lord!!

A Call to Prayer every Sunday morning for our local youth ministry and the leadership and direction of the National Inspirational Youth Convention (NIYC). View the Presiding Elder Clifton McDowell’s appeal to pray for NIYC as they plan for the next convention in 2025. Get involved and participate as we live out Psalms 78:4 and Joel 1.

We will not hide them from their descendants;
    we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders he has done.
—Psalms 78:4, NIV

NIYC’s call to action asks that you 1. stay connected, 2. pray and 3. share your suggestions and comments at niyc.org/contact as they plan for the 2025 Convention. This is the time to share your innovative thoughts. Think Big!

Scriptures That Encourage

Matthew 17:20 – He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Mark 9:23 – And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

1 John 5:4– For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

1 Corinthians 13:13 – So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Galatians 2:16 – Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Celebration of Life service for Mother Peggy Sheppard
The Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Peggy Sheppard, the wife of the late Rev. Horace Sheppard Sr., and mother of Rev. Dr. Horace Sheppard Jr., Mrs. Patricia O’Hannon, Rev. Paul Sheppard, Mrs. Gwendolyn Pullman, and Rev. Kenneth Sheppard will take place on Friday, November 22, 2024. The service will be held at New Covenant Church of Philadelphia (click the church name to view).

Free Covid Test
Americans can once again order free at-home COVID.gov/tests from the federal government ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season. Four tests will be shipped free by USPS, starting September 30.

Save the Dates:
Thanksgiving Day – November 28
National Association Seniors Ministry invite you to a Senior Prayer Gathering – When: Every 3rd Saturday; Time: 6pm CST; How: Dial 605-313-5874 | Access Code: 738066#; We invite special speakers to participate each month. Join us!

National Association of the Church of God (NACOG) MidYear Retreat 2025; When: March 4-6, 2025; Where: Charlotte, NC; Register

National Association of the Church of God 2025 Camp Meeting will take place July 27 – August 3, 2025 on Zion’s Hill in West Middlesex, PA.

Credits: Unsplash; National Association of the Church of God (NACOG)