Your Deacon Care Family Ministry Team:
Deacon & Sis. Richard & Gail Lewis
Deacon & Sis. Barry & Sharon Moore
Bro. & Sis. Damon & Renetta Tull
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MEETING YOUR NEEDS:
If you or your family have a specific need (bereavement, hospitalization, financial), please call the church office at 410-325-3080, and let them know the situation and that you are in either the 21234 or 21239 zip code. This way we will have an official record of your need and we can do what we can to address it.
The MPCM Ministerial staff and members of the 34-39 Deacon Care team make visitations and follow up with members as long as we know what the needs are. Thank you for following this procedure. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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Prayer requested for Brother William Gilmore (39), Ambassador Ministry. Bro. Gilmore's beloved wife went to be with the Lord this month.
Sick & Shut-in Members of 34-39
(According to the Ministry Update, April 2007)
At HOME:
* Mother Catherine Peay (39)
* Mother Mary H. Davis (39)
* Mother Ruth Spence (34)
[Addresses are listed in the Ministry Update]
NURSING HOME (Good Samaritan Nursing Center, 21239)
* Mother Mary H. Davis
* Sis. Thelma Parker
HOSPITAL (Good Samaritan Hospital, 21239)
* Sis. Myrtle Conyer
Members of our Deacon Care team went to visit Sis. Conyer in the hospital on Tuesday and were pleased to find out that she had been released!
Brother Julian 'JW' Wilkins' father, James Wilkins, passed away this week. Bro. Julian is a former Jr. usher.
Services are Sat. 4/7. Please keep Bro. Wilkins and his family in prayer.
Information about visiting Good Samaritan Hospital.
http://www.goodsam-md.org/body.cfm?id=20
Good Samaritan Nursing Center:
http://www.goodsam-md.org/body.cfm?id=1022
UPDATE
Cards were sent to our 34-39 sick and shut-in who were listed in the April 1 Ministry Update. Deacons also checked on Bro. Julian Wilkins.
Deacon care visited Mother Mary M. Davis and Sis. Thelma Parker at Good Samaritan last Tuesday.
Please pray for my complete relation reconciliation with my beloved. please pray that he talks to me and all misunderstandings be cleared. please pray for us. we need your prayers.
YES, we will keep you in our prayers. We pray that the Lord blesses your heart and his heart. We pray that healing will take place and that both of you are able to seek God first so that other things will be added. (Ref: Matthew 6:33a) We see that reconciliation is your heart's desire and that you are hurting. We pray that God heals the hurt. We pray for opportunities to open lines of communication. As you plan your next communication, pray first. Remember to speak in love. Remember Colossians 2:8-9. ("But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;")
While he may not be ready to heed these words, please remember to let God lead you in your thoughts, words, and actions. This may not be easy, and it may not be as smooth as you'd like it to be, but put God first. Remember Proverbs 3:5-6. In the King James it says "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths." In the Message translation that Bishop Johnson uses from time to time, it says "Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he's the one who will keep you on track.
Don't assume that you know it all."
Here are some practical steps that are based on the Bible and will help as you seek God's wisdom:
***James 3:13-18****
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
---> But the wisdom that is from above is:
a) first pure,
b) then peaceable,
c) gentle,
d) willing to yield,
e) full of mercy and good fruits, f) without partiality
g) and without hypocrisy.
Verse 18: Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Let your communications be guided by these principles. As you seek wisdom, you may also be guided by Proverbs 16.
God Bless you as you try to work things out. YES, we will keep you in our prayers. Please also consider connecting with someone in the Marriage Ministry. Minister Samuel Boykins and Sis. Diane Boykins are the Ministry Leaders. The church's phone number is (410) 325-3080. Even if you want to call to talk with someone, please call.
We pray God's blessings for you!
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