Voice of Hope

Every year the Church of God of Prophecy in Tennessee offers an excellent series of summer youth camps. This year is not exception. With recent renovations to the gymnasium and upgrading of our pool, Camp Hickory Hills will offer a wonderful opportunity for fun and fellowship. The camps are broken down by age-appropriate camps. Here is the information to help you decide which camp is best for your needs: Encounter Age 19+ May 30-June 1 Kim Batson 615-604-7484 kbatson@mhc-tn.org Senior Age 15-18 June 8-13 Victor & Renee Rodriguez 423-544-4604 renee@cogop.org Teen Age 12-14 June 28-July 3 Paul & Carol Shull 423-478-4756 pdshull@charter.net Pre-Teen Age 10-12 June 14-19 Terry & Heather Swaw 615-789-3775 swawtees@aol.com Junior Age 8-10 June 21-26 Phyllis Cannon 423-478-0453 marybethcannon@yahoo.com and Cynthia Minnick 931-645-768...

This morning, Debra and I were privileged to worship with our congregation in Clarksville. As always, we were given a warm and cordial welcome from the congregation. Pastor Bob and Barbara Creasy are always such a blessing to us personally, and we are uplifted by their fellowship. We appreciate all they are doing.

The phone rings at 4:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning...one of the members of the congregation is near death. The pastor answers the phone and within moments is on the way to the hospital. After realizing the church member is stable, the pastor notices its almost 9:30 a.m. Just enough time to get to the church. Standing at the front door, the pastor welcomes everyone as they enter, while looking out the door to see where everyone else is at. The services get started and the deacon pulls the pastor aside to share that something must be wrong with the heat/air unit, there have been complaints about the temperature. As the pastor goes to check on the heat/air unit, the treasurer hands the pastor a note to remind the moderator of the service that the insurance payment is going to be due next month, and the church really needs to take up a good offering today. Just as the worship service is ready to start, one of the older members catches the pastor in the aisle of the sanctuary to complain...

Sis Irene Metaxas, wife of Bro Michael Metaxas passed away Thursday afternoon. Their son Tassos pastored Union Grove at one time. She was a wonderful prayer warrior for Union Grove and we will miss her dearly. They are from Cyprus and have a long story of how God protected them and brought them to the USA Pastor Gene Dasher

As we close the month of March, my thoughts go to the tradition of World Missions in our church. For many years, the months of March and October have been designated for outreach to the world. Today, I received a copy of a report from the National Overseer of DRC to his General Presbyter. What stood out to me was the amazing fact that there are now 503,000 members in that one nation alone! God is moving among our church and I am happy to share it with you. Because it is a large PDF file, I cannot post it on this site, but I've put a link for you to download, read/print at your leisure. Let's remember to give God the glory! To see/download the file, CLICK HERE

The date is quickly approaching for Tennessee Ladies Day scheduled for April 25th & 26th at Camp Hickory Hills. Guest speaker will be Sylvia Staten from South Carolina. We anticipate powerful worship, great fellowship, one on one ministry, and anointed presentations. (plus some surprises) Applications are arriving daily with reports of many new ladies attending. Anyone needing additional applications may secure them on line at the women’s ministries website. ( www.tnwomenofgrace.com ) The deadline for “early bird” registration is April 5th. We hope to hear from you soon! Come expecting to experience the GLORY of the Lord! Londa Richardson, Ladies Day Director