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ATTENTION: Today is the deadline for PROXY registrations to be sent to the State Office.  They may be faxed, emailed or mailed, but I need to hear from your local church today. Please do NOT allow your local church to have no voice in the important matters of the International Assembly.

Increasingly, the posts on this blog are announcements of events, reminders of deadlines and obituaries for those who have served so faithfully in our church.  I don’t mind that being the case, in fact, when I started out doing this, it was an effort to get a lot of information out in a hurry to as large a constituency as possible.  Time will be the judge. Often, my job as a pastor (yes, I said pastor) consists of praying for the sick, comforting the bereaved and preparing sermons to share with congregations.  My role as a Presiding Bishop becomes more and more administrative and casting vision as a long-term goal. From time-to-time, well, actually quite often, I ask myself, “are you making a difference?”  I would guess that many of you who read this blog ask yourself the same question. In reality, like the nature of this blog, only time will tell whether we have been effective or not.  But, still it IS a valid questions, and in truth, you are the only one w...

Obituary Hazel Winters Young, age 93, died at home in Mobile, AL, on April 27, 2012 from Alzheimer’s Disease. Born January 9, 1919 in Big Sandy, TN, she lived in Big Sandy, Gallatin and Knoxville, TN before settling in Mobile in her later years. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be sorely missed. A life-long member of the Church of God of Prophecy, she worked tirelessly in the local church wherever she lived and gave generously of her time and effort. She is probably known best for her cooking, baking and quilting as well as her quiet, gentle manner. It was her honor to serve others and she was a shining example of selflessness. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Addie Wheatley, her husbands, James Aaron Winters and Rev. Zilvon R. Young, her brothers, Hubert and Carl Wheatley, her sister, Ora Estelle Berry Atchison,   her daughters, Anita Winters and Frances Winters Lawrence and son-in-law, Gordon “Jack” L...

By now, hopefully many of you have attended one of our State Camp Meeting events.  If you are anywhere near Manchester, Tennessee, I invite you to join us on Sunday, April 29th at the local church there.  There will be great singing, fellowship and worship.  To day, these meetings have been in: Memphis, Tennessee Paris, Tennessee Crossville, Tennessee Cleveland, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Westmoreland, Tennessee Campaign, Tennessee After our meeting in Manchester, there will only be one more of these meetings and that will be in White Bluff, Tennessee at the Crossroads Church. I hope you can join us this Sunday: Manchester Church of God of Prophecy 1609 Fredonia Road Manchester, TN 37355 The church service will begin at 5:00 p.m. WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND!

This is a reminder that the April 30th deadline for Proxy registration is only a few days away.  Each local church needs to select their proxy representative and that individual MUST be registered at the State Office.  Here are the following methods of delivery: Fax:  615-827-0102 Email:  ecmckinley@gmail.com Mail:  Church of God of Prophecy Tennessee State Office P.O. Box 2319 Hendersonville, TN 37077-2319 I look forward to 100% participation from Tennessee Churches. 

Yesterday, I met for about two hours with the pastors in the White Bluff area of Tennessee, where Bishop Gary Riley serves as the District Presbyter.  We had all but a few of the pastors in attendance and I thoroughly enjoyed the time of fellowship and sharing. This is the third of these meetings I have conducted, having met with the Cleveland/Chattanooga area pastors, the Nashville Area Pastors and now this group.  This means that I have now met with almost a half of our pastors in the last few weeks, with the next meeting scheduled for the Manchester area. In these meetings, we discuss the upcoming International Assembly Business reports and a reminder that the Proxy expressions are due in my office on April 30, 2012.  Please help me reach 100% participation in Tennessee by reminding your pastor to send these in.  God bless.

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