A Publication of the Abiding Faith Baptist Church—Missouri City, Texas

April, May, June 2013

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INSIDE

COTILLION 2013

SPRING REVIVAL REFLECTIONS

YOUTH ANNUAL DAY ACTIVITIES

CONGRATULATIONS, KRYSSI

COMMUNICATION THE BIBLE WAY

YOUNG ADULT DAY 2013

17TH ANNUAL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

GREETERS AND USHERS

UPCOMING EVENTS

FIT4CHRIST LEADER WANTED

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY-JUNE 15

DOOR-TO-DOOR – JUNE 23

Abiding Faith Baptist Church 15376 Fondren Road

Missouri City, TX 77489

www.abidingfaithbc.org Bobby R. Morgan

Pastor Horace Price, Sr., Assistant

Pastor and Youth Pastor

WEEKLY WORSHIP

Sunday

9:00 A.M. – Sunday School

10:30 A.M. – Worship Service

Tuesday

9:00 A.M. – Intercessory Prayer

Wednesday

6:30 P.M. – Teacher’s Meeting

7:30 P.M. – Praise & Prayer

7:30 P.M. – Youth Bible Study

8:00 P.M. – Adult Bible Study

20th Year Annual Church Theme: “COMFORT THE PEOPLE WITH HIS WORD!”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in our entire affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we

ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

As with every Resurrection Day Celebration, the children, youth, and young adults of Abiding

Faith again presented a beautiful and inspiring celebration during the Sunday morning worship

hour. This year’s program had scripture readings, recitations, enactments, and songs by the Youth

Choir. There were praise performances from our praise dancers and our mimes. Thanks to the

valuable time our youth sponsors and leaders spend working with our children and youth, they can

deliver their speeches or songs with confidence—from the youngest to the oldest. After the

program we listened to Rev. Price’s message. The celebration culminated with the search for

Easter eggs. Left to right above: Isaiah Hookfin, Jayden Johnson and Jaelon Thomas, and far right

Jasmine Montgomery, who blessed our hearts and spirits with her rendition of Alabaster Box.

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Talton Gabriel Stephanie Dubose

Kennon Blackshire

Harold Reed

Brittany Singleton

Prince Howard

and “Sister Bernice” were born and raised in Jeanerette, Louisiana,

also known as the “Sugar City”. Their families were close friends.

Nolan and Bernice were married in 1945 and moved to Houston,

Texas that same year. They have 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 14

great and 3 great-great grandchildren! “Hats off” and God bless to the

Martins, for being a role model of “till death do us part” !

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Congratulations to Mother of the

Church, Sister Bernice Martin and

husband Nolan who enjoyed their

65th

Anniversary in April, at a

celebration with loved ones! Nolan

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The Cotillion Ministry is designed to provide a

developmental life preparatory program that leads our

youth to discover God's truth concerning His will for

their lives through spiritual growth, community service

and enhanced social skills.

The Cotillion is a formal party, dinner and dance where

young ladies (Debutants) are introduced to society and

exhibit their social graces. However, we have gracefully

added Beaus to this event. These young people have

been taught social etiquette, respect and common morals

and were ready to be introduced to “society”. On

Saturday, April 13, 2013, the Multipurpose Center at

Abiding Faith was transformed into a magnificent

ballroom and (left to right) Debutants Jasmine

Montgomery (2nd place), Kiara Brown (3rd place) and

Donyae Kelly (Toynelle Bailey Award), (Mya Howard).

Beaus, Justin Johnson (1st place) and Dahmon Thomas

(Adoncia Nelson Award) (Keithrick Hebert), were

introduced to society.

Contributing Journalist, Margie Johnson

“Will you not revive us again; that Your people may rejoice in You?” (Psalm 85:6)

Abiding Faith’s Spring Revival was held on May 8 thru May 10, 2013. The theme

was “Comfort the People with His Word” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Dr. Stephen Olford,

one of the world's most dynamic Christian leaders of the 20th century, said, “Revival

is the sovereign act of God in which He restores His own backsliding people to love

and obedience.” J. Edwin Orr, a leading scholar of revivals who published detailed

books about evangelical awakenings, declared, “Revival is times of refreshing from

the presence of the Lord.” The Revival provided a “special time of refreshing”,

renewal and restoration from the Lord, for all who attended. The choir ministered

under the power of the Holy Spirit. We thank God also for our singing preachers.

Our inspirational speakers, our institute speakers, and our associate

ministers/evangelists challenged, encouraged, and comforted us with words of

wisdom, filled with hope to continue in our spiritual walk.

On the last night of the revival many members came forward in repentance, by

confessing and seeking God for forgiveness of sin. We rededicated our lives to God

with a strong desire to live in close fellowship with Him. The service closed with

prayer. Now Abiding Faith, where do we go from here? Let us pray that this

Revival will mark a new beginning for our church, that we will have a greater

passion, zeal, and determination to know and love God more with a will to wholly

and heartedly surrender our lives to Him. True authentic revival begins in our own

individual hearts. It is a time when God’s amazing love for us moves Him to draw us

back to Him when we’ve strayed. Prayerfully, we will continue to seek Him with all

of our heart, mind and soul to experience the continual joy of personal and corporate

revival in Abiding Faith, America and around the world. Let us move forward in

this great adventure on the “Road to Revival” in the name of Jesus, empowered by

the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!! To God be the Glory! Praise God for a great time of

fellowship with Him and His people. Contributing Journalist, Iris Petit

An activity of the Youth Annual Day, the Prayer

Breakfast, focused on teaching the young people

how to pray using the 5-finger prayer method.

Volunteers of all ages came forward and offered

their humble and sincere prayers to God!! What a

wonderful experience to see these young people

unafraid to pray in the “open”. Thanks to Wanda

Johnson and Cherina Jones, who were

“instrumentalists” in this beautiful prayer

experience.

Amaya Yates

Stephen Parker Austin Baldwin

Young Men for Christ leading devotion.

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On Saturday, March 3, 2013, our very own

Krystin Gabrielle Edwards (Kryssi), was

selected by the Eta Mu Chapter, and

competed with 100 candidates and ten

contestants, and won1st Place in the 30th

Annual Miss Black and Gold Scholarship

Pageant. That's the way to go, Kryssi!!!

This spring has been an excellent time for the Young Adults and our Annual Day

Service was certainly a celebration of all of the hard work, commitment, and

prayers of this ministry and our Church, states President Kennon Blackshire. The

theme of our annual day program was "Be Strong and Courageous: Comfort the

People with His Word.” –Deuteronomy 31:6, and we were able to bring a

powerful, spirit led message to the congregation. We ministered through song, an

outstanding skit, "Each One Comfort One", and our theme speaker, Antoinette

Canty, upper right, presented an inspiring message to all of us. Young Adult

participation continues to grow as we've seen the membership of our choir

increase as well as members becoming more active in our program as a whole. We

are definitely thankful and grateful for all of you.

Up next for the Young Adults will be the Back to School Prayer Rally in August.

We are looking forward to an amazing time with the youth just as we had last year,

filled with fun, food, prayer, and praise. Pictured above, left to right: Nikkitta

Jones, Jasmine Vega, Destiny Harper, Christian Wilson & Constance Dennis.

Contributing Journalist, Kennon Blackshire

The Baptist Training Union (BTU) presented

“Communication the Bible Way” on Friday,

May 25, 2013. Workshop facilitator, Alma

Newsome, did an excellent job as she focused

on strengthening and enhancing participant’s

communication skills and their ability to relate

to each other. She revealed to the group that

understanding each other’s communication

styles leads to a better understanding of the

individual; thereby achieving a more effectual

working relationship. A more effective

communication style (the Bible way) also

leads to Abiding Faith being better equipped to

“Comfort the People with His Word”. The

workshop was well received by the 28

members who attended. Contributing Journalist, Vernice Shelton

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Theme: JESUS FAMILY REUNION: THE REMIX. "As for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord" Joshua 23:15. The main focus and vital message is for the

family to come together and serve the Lord, to encourage each other, give to

others, look out for each other, show how to love each other, and pray for each

other with Jesus Christ being the unifier. Families will also learn the importance of

believing in Jesus Christ and passing that spiritual inheritance to the next

generation. VBS will culminate with a program on Friday, June 14, at 6:30 P.M.

A special thanks to our staff who will be working with the VBS this year:

Teachers: Deborah Brinkley, Crystal Odom, Donna Sawyer, Rhonda Brown, Katie

Chillis, Ashley Bender, Margie Johnson, Wayne Wilson, Rev. B. Canty, Sandra

Word-Winzer and Melvin Bo Green. Food: Dorothy Johnson, Sharon Kellum,

Margaret Jones, Sylvia Harian, Debbie Allen, Jacqueline Bell, Leola Thompson,

Rose Gipson, and Yvette Logeman. Music: Anita Gordon, Patricia Scott, and

Terrie Lewis. Drill Team: J. & K. Blackshire. AV: Jacinto Williams, Curtis

Pickens, James Scott. Arts & Crafts and Song Leader: Nicole Gee, Assistants:

Patricia Stewart, Stella Spencer, Barbara Hunter, Josolyn McGowan, Allen

Shelton, Brotherhood and Rev. Horace Price, Sr. Contributing Journalist, Emma Odom

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Proofreaders

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Contributing Photographers

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June June 10-14- Vacation Bible School – 6:00-9:00

P.M. 8 – Elderly Ministry – 10:00 A.M.

9 – Communion Service – 10:30 P.M. Worship 12—July 31 - Wednesday nights @ 7:30 P.M. –

Youth Bible Study 16 – Father’s Day

22 – Women of Faith Annual Conference – 8:30 A.M.

23 – Women of Faith Annual Day 29 – Harvester’s Door-to-Door

30 – Sunday School Alternative Sunday: “Materialism: How Dangerous is it?”

July

7- New Member’s Fellowship 9 – Church Council Meeting – 7:30 P.M.

22 - Sunday School Teacher’s Fellowship 13 – Elderly Ministry – 10:00 A.M.

14 – Communion Service -10:30 P.M. Worship 20 – Prayer Breakfast – 8:00 A.M.

22 – Teachers’ Fellowship – 6:30 P.M. 28 – High Attendance Day

Gospel Choir Annual Day – 10:30 Worship

August 10 – Elderly Ministry

11 – Back to School Rally – 4:00 P.M. 24 – Men’s Annual Musical – 7:00 P.M.

25 – Men’s Annual Day – 10:30 A.M. – Worship Hour

31 – Harvester’s Door-to-Door -10:00 A.M.

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PERMIT No. 21

Kathy L. Green represented Abiding Faith’s

Ushers and Greeters as Mistress of Ceremony

at the Houston Area Senior Mass Meeting for

the State Congress of Christian Workers

(SCCW) at the SCCW Ushers/Nurses/

Greeters’ meeting in April. Sister Green was

also guest speaker at the South Texas District

Missionary Baptist Association’s Ushers’

Auxiliary Workshop in May, at their camp

grounds located in Houston, Texas. The

workshop was productive and Sis. Green

shared this information with Abiding Faith’s

ushers in order to enhance their skills. Contributing Journalist, Vernice Shelton

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The Fit4Christ Ministry needs a

Leader! If you are interested in

leading this very needed ministry,

please speak with Robert Morgan

or Pastor Morgan!!

Happy Father’s

Day! June 16th

Door-to-Door-June 23rd