What a blessed time we are having at Grace Baptist Church. We are seeing God bless and do wonderful things in the lives of people in the church. It's amazing to watch God work in the lives of people. June 27th-July 1st I had the priviledge to go to church camp with some of our youth in the church. It was great to see them build upon the walk with God and draw closer to them.
In August we look to have a quiet month. We will be gearing up and getting ready to begin our missions emphasis month in September. Every Sunday we will have a different missionary in both our morning and evening services. We would love to have you there. The youth will be going out on August 12th and having a fun time hanging out at Incredible Pizza in Tulsa. I'm looking forward to it my self. :)
It's been great to see God blessing the van routes as well. We currently run vans picking up children on Sunday morning and Wednesday nights. We would love to pick up your child as well.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Church Camp
We just returned from an awesome church camp on Friday. It was a wonderful time for our young people to draw closer to God. As a pastor, it is great to go and spend time with our young people and see God work in their lives. Now is when the real challenge begins for our youth though. They are coming back from a week of being surrounded by the things of God and now they are going to have to work to keep up their commitments. Living a life for God as a teenager today is not easy to do, that is why we try our hardest to help them grow in the Lord. Our teenagers are great!!!
Now, as you can tell, June was busy at our church. We had our VBS and saw 50 kids there during the week. Our summer intern arrived and we began working on summer projects.
The month of July is going to seem much quieter now that all our June activities are done. We will go play laser tag on July 12th and are having a late night teen night on July 29th.
We invite you to come join us for a Sunday service. Lord bless you and have a great day.
Pastor Richard Perkins
Now, as you can tell, June was busy at our church. We had our VBS and saw 50 kids there during the week. Our summer intern arrived and we began working on summer projects.
The month of July is going to seem much quieter now that all our June activities are done. We will go play laser tag on July 12th and are having a late night teen night on July 29th.
We invite you to come join us for a Sunday service. Lord bless you and have a great day.
Pastor Richard Perkins
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Van Update
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
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
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."
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