Voice of Hope

I trust this weekend will be a time of fellowship, food and fun for you and your family. My family and I are taking the weekend off for some much-needed rest. I trust that you will all have the same opportunity. God bless you!

Last night, I was privileged to visit with the church at Chattanooga (Chickamauga Loop) where I received a warm welcome by Pastor Waleed B. Ajamu and the congregation. The church was to kick off Vacation Bible School this evening and going through the weekend. The church there is meeting in a new building, since moving from the Wilson Street church last year. Please help me pray for the local church there, and all of the precious saints.

Debra and I attended the graveside services for Gracie Hall, mother to former State Overseer, Bishop H. Wayne Hall. I was please to see several of our pastors, International Offices Staff and our General Overseer in attendance. Bishop Hall officiated the funeral and did a nice job...I'm sure his mother would be proud. Please continue to pray for the Hall family.

I just learned that former Tennessee State Overseer, Bishop H. Wayne Hall's mother has passed away. I have received the following information on arrangements from our District Presbyter, F. Leon Graves. Hunter's Funeral home in Watertown. Visitation on Tuesday 1:00 - 9:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 - 10:00 am Graveside at 11:00 am Please join us in prayer for the Hall family.

As we approach the General Assembly, I will be continuing to share with you events, and perhaps as with today's post, so new things that will be at our gathering in August. Each day of the General Assembly, the Assembly Task Force will be circulating a publication known as "Assembly Communique" whith will highlight interesting information, along with features on the events of the week. This will be a quality production that will be available to help keep the delegates up-to-date. I do hope we will be well represented in our morning times of prayer, at which time these communiques should be available. May the Lord bless you!

Our General Overseer has asked for all pastors to call their local church to a time of special prayer for our General Assembly. Other areas of the world have had their time-frame set, and the time-frame for North America is June 25-30, 2006. I am asking that each of us spend extra time in prayer for this assembly. I am of the firm conviction that the Lord will bless if we seek His face. It goes without saying that we need the Lord's intervention as we handle business, and select a new General Overseer to lead our church. Thank you, God bless.

I have scanned my copy of the General Assembly program and made it available for you at my personal download site. This is a pdf file and is a little large (6.2mb), so if you have a slow connection it will take a while. If you have DSL or Broadband it should be fairly quick. To get the file, go to my page by clicking here. After typing in the first page, I thought it might be easier to just do it this way. I hope this helps you with your planning for the Assembly. My heart's desire today is for God's best in your life!