Voice of Hope

Dear Friends, I am asking you to join me in prayer for Pastor Milton Gordon, the co-pastor at our Waverly, Tennessee church. He spent the night at Vanderbilt, but hopes are he will go home today.

This is the last day of 2010. This has been a wonderful year of growth for many of our churches and the people across the State of Tennessee. We are thankful for all of those who received the Lord through the ministry of our churches and ministers this year, and we are thankful for all the new members in our congregations. As we end this year, we look forward to even greater things ahead of us. My family and I love all of you so much, and we consider ourselves privileged to serve with such wonderful people. May God bless you.

The year of 2010 is drawing to a close and we will welcome in a year of promise and hope. Please remember that your contributions to the Church of God of Prophecy are tax-deductible, however to be claimed on your 2010 tax return, your checks and postmarks must be dated before December 31, 2010, even if your check is processed on or after January 1, 2011.

On January 1, 2011 we will begin a church-wide 21 day period of prayer and fasting. In this blog entry, it is my hope to share with you the guidelines for what has become known as the "Daniel Fast." This fast is taken from the life of the Prophet Daniel of the Old Testament, who was a witness to kings and nations. This list is not conclusive, but should give you guidelines of things to AVOID and things to EAT. FOODS TO EAT Whole Grains (brown rice, oats, barley) Legumes (dried beans, pinto beans, split peas, lentils, black-eyed peas) Fruits (apples, apricots, bananas, blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cantaloupe, cherries, cranberries, oats, figs, grapefruit, honeydew melon, kiwi, lemons, limes, mangoes, nectarines, papayas, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, prunes, raisins, rasberries, strawberries, tangeloes, tangerines, watermelon) Vegetables (artichokes, asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chili peppers, corn, cu...

Next month we begin our annual District Leadership meetings with the kickoff scheduled for the West Tennessee area. This first meeting will be in Jackson Tennessee on January 9, 2011 at the Double Tree Hotel. Services begin at 6:00 p.m. For a listing of all district meetings, please check out our state calendar by clicking here.

Harvest Fellowship at 237 Jack Exum Lane in Jackson, Tn. Saturday, January 8th from 9am to 3pm. Registration will begin at 8:30am Cost: $15 individual participants or $10 each if you have 3 or more from your local church attending. Lunch will be provided! There will be no charge for Pastors. There will be no charge for churches who currently do not have a Children's Ministry in Operation. Please email or call me to Register. Please let me know by 12/31 if you plan to attend. I need to know how many in order to plan for lunch. You will pay the day of the event. I am looking forward to a wonderful day together. Hope to see you there! Kim Batson 615-604-7484 Harvest Fellowship at 237 Jack Exum Lane in Jackson, Tn. Saturday, January 8th from 9am to 3pm. Registration will begin at 8:30am Cost: $15 individual participants or $10 each if you have 3 or more from your local church attending. Lunch will be provided! There will be no charge for Pastors. There will be n...