Just a quick update for those who may not know but we run a van route on Sunday morning and Wednesday night picking up kids for church. We have seperate services on both days geared towards children 6th grade through Kindergarten. We'd love to pick up your kids!
Currently, God has been blessing our van route as He has added to it tremendously in the month of May. We have gone from picking up 2 kids to having 12-14 kids. God is so good!
We again would like to extend an invitation to you to come visit our church. If it doesn't work for you to come, but you would like to send your child on the van, just call us at the church and if no one is around the phone, leave a message saying you would like your child picked up and we would be happy to get them.
Lord bless you and have a wonderful day!
Pastor Richard Perkins
Grace Baptist Church
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Summer Months Will Soon Be Here
Praise God for beautiful weather these last few months. You can never tell how things will be in Oklahoma. One day it is in the 70's and the following day you may be faced with 90's.
The summer looks to be very busy like most summers. We have already kicked off a year long Sunday School campaign called C.S.I. (Constant Scripture Investigation) in which we are encouraging individuals to memorizing Scripture and read their Bibles. Each month we declare a winner. The theme for the month of June is "Respecting One Another" so therefore on May 29th, our message will be centered around the thought of respect to kick off the month of June. It has been a fun competition thus far.
June will be extremely busy in that on the 12th, our summer intern, Stephen Kerr, will arrive and be with us through the month of August. It will be a blessing to have him with us.
June 13th kicks off our week of VBS that will run through the 17th from 6:30-8:30pm. All children who will be in K-6th grade next year are invited to attend.
Then not too long after that on June 27th, we will leave out for church camp. It will be a great time of spiritual growth for both our junior age and high school kids.
Our current sermon series are as follows
Sunday Morning-I John
Sunday Night-Titus
Wednesday Night-Ephesians
I would just like to add that God has been blessing Grace Baptist Church and we look forward to what else He is going to do. He has been faithful in blessing the church in attendance and giving. If you live in or around Cleveland, or if you are passing through, we would love to have you in one of our services.
In His Service,
Pastor Richard Perkins
Grace Baptist Church
"Where God is God, Sin is Sin, and Jesus Christ Still Saves."
The summer looks to be very busy like most summers. We have already kicked off a year long Sunday School campaign called C.S.I. (Constant Scripture Investigation) in which we are encouraging individuals to memorizing Scripture and read their Bibles. Each month we declare a winner. The theme for the month of June is "Respecting One Another" so therefore on May 29th, our message will be centered around the thought of respect to kick off the month of June. It has been a fun competition thus far.
June will be extremely busy in that on the 12th, our summer intern, Stephen Kerr, will arrive and be with us through the month of August. It will be a blessing to have him with us.
June 13th kicks off our week of VBS that will run through the 17th from 6:30-8:30pm. All children who will be in K-6th grade next year are invited to attend.
Then not too long after that on June 27th, we will leave out for church camp. It will be a great time of spiritual growth for both our junior age and high school kids.
Our current sermon series are as follows
Sunday Morning-I John
Sunday Night-Titus
Wednesday Night-Ephesians
I would just like to add that God has been blessing Grace Baptist Church and we look forward to what else He is going to do. He has been faithful in blessing the church in attendance and giving. If you live in or around Cleveland, or if you are passing through, we would love to have you in one of our services.
In His Service,
Pastor Richard Perkins
Grace Baptist Church
"Where God is God, Sin is Sin, and Jesus Christ Still Saves."
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Mother's Day Evening Service
Just letting anyone know who may want to know... We are having our 6pm evening service today (Mother's Day). All are welcome!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Great Easter!!!
What a great day we had in Easter services yesterday. We were praying for God to bless our services and He did with 84 people in attendance. That is over twice what the church was averaging back in June of last year when I arrived. The spirit was great in the church even though it was a rainy, stormy day. It began raining in Cleveland around 2am (I was told this. I wasn't up at 2. Haha) and it rained all day with only a few breaks. Even during our morning service you could hear the rolling and rumbling of the thunder, but it didn't change the spirit. You could see the excitement of those who were there. We had a wonderful time in God's House. We had our Easter egg hunt following church in the building. We had a skit during our morning service explaining the importance of knowing the truth of God's Word.
We continue to see God bless our church as we move forward. Our philosophy is not just that God can bless the church, but God will bless the church and we will see it grow and be a light for Jesus Christ in Cleveland, OK. I look forward to another great month serving as pastor of this church!
We continue to see God bless our church as we move forward. Our philosophy is not just that God can bless the church, but God will bless the church and we will see it grow and be a light for Jesus Christ in Cleveland, OK. I look forward to another great month serving as pastor of this church!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Easter!
What a great day we had in God's House yesterday. We had 52 with a young family visiting. It is always a blessing to be able to meet in the House of the Lord. I look forward to every chance we get to meet with our Lord. This coming Sunday is a day that is important to many individuals. It is the day we take to remember the Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose from the grave for the sins of mankind. We are looking forward to a wonderful day of worshipping our Lord and Saviour. We want to invite you to come if you do not have a church to attend this Sunday.
I continue to see God blessing our church in many ways. I love to come to church and see fellow Christians who desire to worship God. God's House is a wonderful place to be on Sundays.
We will continue to follow God until He returns.
Grace Baptist Church
"Where God is God, Sin is Sin, and Jesus Christ Still Saves."
I continue to see God blessing our church in many ways. I love to come to church and see fellow Christians who desire to worship God. God's House is a wonderful place to be on Sundays.
We will continue to follow God until He returns.
Grace Baptist Church
"Where God is God, Sin is Sin, and Jesus Christ Still Saves."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Standing On God's Word
I would be lying if I said it was not a challege to build a church without compromising standards. Churches can lower their standards and begin to see numerical growth, but the problem is, that numerical growth lacks spiritual growth. That's why (even if the work is harder) we are not going to go the way of the world. It's sad to see some of the men I went to college with turning away from their standards and seeking the world's ways to bring people in.
I'm glad to say that we are a church that is not going to change our stand on the Bible, music, modesty, etc. We believe that the King James Bible is the inspired Word of God. We believe music should be God honoring and not resemble the world. We believe that when God's people come to church that they should wear modest, God honoring clothes. We are not going to be a church that teaches what I call a "Come as you are. Leave as you were" kind of philosophy. We want to see lives changed. That's why we stand by the fact that God is God, sin is sin and Jesus Christ still saves. In order to believe that, we have to preach all of God's Word. The only feel good message that is right is the one that makes God feel good.
We would like to invite you to come visit a church that believes in preaching the Word of God and not the philosophies of man. If you yearn to build a relationship with God, the creator of this world, then I want to extend an invitation to you to come and see us at one of our many services.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Pastor Richard Perkins
I'm glad to say that we are a church that is not going to change our stand on the Bible, music, modesty, etc. We believe that the King James Bible is the inspired Word of God. We believe music should be God honoring and not resemble the world. We believe that when God's people come to church that they should wear modest, God honoring clothes. We are not going to be a church that teaches what I call a "Come as you are. Leave as you were" kind of philosophy. We want to see lives changed. That's why we stand by the fact that God is God, sin is sin and Jesus Christ still saves. In order to believe that, we have to preach all of God's Word. The only feel good message that is right is the one that makes God feel good.
We would like to invite you to come visit a church that believes in preaching the Word of God and not the philosophies of man. If you yearn to build a relationship with God, the creator of this world, then I want to extend an invitation to you to come and see us at one of our many services.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Pastor Richard Perkins
Friday, March 18, 2011
Spring Is Here
It has been a beautiful start to spring here in Oklahoma. We saw temperatures jump up into the 80's yesterday but now it's looking like a high of 60 today. God is good.
Some things have occured since I last posted in February. We have purchased a new church van (new to us) that is older than the one we have but has way less miles. I'm looking forward to working on the van route to get it back up and going.
We are also bringing in a summer intern. It will be exciting to see how God will work through that. We continue to see visitors at the church and are continuing to do the Lord's work.
Another subject I want to bring up is this thought that salvation includes baptism. There are churches that teach the need for baptism in salvation. We've even seen two Church of Christ churches here in town hitting it real hard in the local paper. Its sad to see a false doctrine like that built all around one verse (Acts 2:38). But when you look at all of God's Word you can plainly see that salvation only comes by putting your faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible says salvation is "Not of works" (Eph 3:9). That word "works" means a toil or action. Baptism is an action someone performs. Also Paul said Christ sent him "not to baptize but to preach the gospel." (I Cor 1:17) Now why wouldn't Christ send him to baptism if it was part of salvation. The fact that he was sent "not to baptize" shows that there is no need for baptism when it comes to salvation.
Praise God that He sent His Son to die on the cross so all that I have to do is repent of my sins and ask Him to save me! We at Grace Baptist will continue to serve Him and pray that He builds His church.
God Bless,
Pastor Richard Perkins
Some things have occured since I last posted in February. We have purchased a new church van (new to us) that is older than the one we have but has way less miles. I'm looking forward to working on the van route to get it back up and going.
We are also bringing in a summer intern. It will be exciting to see how God will work through that. We continue to see visitors at the church and are continuing to do the Lord's work.
Another subject I want to bring up is this thought that salvation includes baptism. There are churches that teach the need for baptism in salvation. We've even seen two Church of Christ churches here in town hitting it real hard in the local paper. Its sad to see a false doctrine like that built all around one verse (Acts 2:38). But when you look at all of God's Word you can plainly see that salvation only comes by putting your faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible says salvation is "Not of works" (Eph 3:9). That word "works" means a toil or action. Baptism is an action someone performs. Also Paul said Christ sent him "not to baptize but to preach the gospel." (I Cor 1:17) Now why wouldn't Christ send him to baptism if it was part of salvation. The fact that he was sent "not to baptize" shows that there is no need for baptism when it comes to salvation.
Praise God that He sent His Son to die on the cross so all that I have to do is repent of my sins and ask Him to save me! We at Grace Baptist will continue to serve Him and pray that He builds His church.
God Bless,
Pastor Richard Perkins
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