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Wonderful Wednesday Night Service |
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Church
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
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What a blessing to be in the mid-week service last night at Pleasant
View! Thank the Lord for an "old-fashioned" church that begins each
service with men's and women's prayer rooms. Then some good
heart-stirring music from the congregation and youth choir directed our
hearts and minds toward our God and prepared us for His Word.
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Bobby Nichols and his family were with us, and the church family
enjoyed their music and his presentation of his burden for the country
of Brazil. Following Brother Nichols, Pastor Shiflett preached a
tremendous message from Colossians chapter 1 on the "Preeminence of
Christ." Then, what a thrill to see a man in his 30s walk the aisle and
trust Christ as his personal Saviour!
We were blessed to have other visitors in the service and thank the Lord for a great Wednesday night service.
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PVCA Preaching/Teaching Conference TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! |
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Academy
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
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Our hearts were blessed today as the 7-12 grade students at PVCA shared
their messages and lessons prepared for the upcoming SCACS Bible
Preaching and Teaching Conference next week. The young men
preached their messages and received evaluations from Pastor
Shiflett, Bro. Randy Bryson from Open Door Baptist Church in Easley,
SC, and Bro. John Turner from Calvary Baptist Church in Greer, SC.
From the opening message until we concluded at 2:30 P.M. this
afternoon, we were blessed and thrilled at the diligent
preparation of these young men! They expounded the Word of God
carefully and with an obvious sincerity. The pastors' comments,
both written and verbal, were very helpful and encouraging.
While the young men were preaching, our young ladies
were having their Bible teaching presentations evaluated by Mrs.
Grace Shiflett, our pastor's wife, and Mrs. Frankie Gazaway, the
wife of our boy's home director. These ladies and the girls' Bible
teacher, Miss Elizabeth Viers, were equally blessed and amazed at
the excellent work done by these young ladies.
Pleasant View Christian Academy will host the Junior High Ladies
Teaching next Monday. Then our senior high ladies and all of our young
men will travel to Columbia on Wednesday for the remainder of the
teaching/preaching conference. Then on Thursday and Friday the
music and speech competition will be held in Columbia also.
Please keep these young people in your prayers.
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News from the Joe Edge Family in the Amazon Region of Brazil |
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Missions
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
Hello. We hope you are doing good and enjoying the nicer weather! Things here are going pretty good. The church people planned a "Pastors Appreciation Day" on Sunday night. It was all so nice and the cake was delicious! The Lord has blessed us with some wonderful people. We left after church on Sunday night for teen camp. We had 6 teens to go with us for the 3 days. We had a great time (except for having to sleep in a hammock and having one unwelcome guest a huge spider). The preaching, singing, fellowship and games were so fun. The teens loved every minute of it and wanted to stay longer. What a blessing it was at church last night to hear them testify about how the Lord had helped them during the three days away. How it touched our hearts to see them turn to the adults begging for them to pray for them that they would continue to have the desire to serve the Lord with all their heart. Of the six that went, not one of them have both parents in church. One of the young men and one of the young ladies have neither parent in church. Different ones have asked about Lauro, our teen with cancer. The Drs have found two more lymph nodes with cancer in them. They are having to go to Drs through the government because of the expense and to this day, he still hasn't had one radiation treatment. (He has been in the south since December) He goes to one Dr, that Dr sends him to another. He has test done, then they ask for more test. It has been this way since he got there. This has been a real hardship on the family. They have to travel by bus to get to the different places and they are spending around R$20 each time. (the equivilant of about $10) For a family that has an income of $400 a month, that is very hard. The dad is also still here in Santarem working. We really would appreciate you all praying for this young man and his family as they go through this hardship. Lauro has been faithful to church since he got there and has been a great witness to unsaved family members that he is living with at this time. We would also appreciate you praying for us. We have been facing some trials this past month that have been hard to understand at times. We need direction on how to deal with them. Thanks so much! Have a great day!
Your missionaries,
Bro. Joe & Lisa Edge
Serving in the Amazon
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Bobby Nichols coming Wednesday... |
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Church
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Written by Pastor Stacey Shiflett
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
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The Bobby Nichols family, missionaries to Brazil will be singing and presenting their work on Wednesday, Feb. 28th. Bro. Bobby is a second-generation missionary and will be going to labor with his dad, Bro. Bob Nichols and his brother Bro. Charles Nichols. This family is sure to bless your heart, so make sure you don't miss them this coming Wed. night. We will be taking a love offering for them, so come prepared to give. You will want to be a part of their ministry! I have personally known this family for well over 20 years and look forward to having them in the service.
Pastor Shiflett
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News from the American Association of Christian Schools |
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Academy
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
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The most recent newsletter from the American Association of Christian Schools deals with important matters like: school choice legislation in Utah, vaccinations required by the government, and the ACLU v. South Carolina.
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Read more...
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Letter from Pastor Shiflett Regarding the 2007 Campmeeting Schedule |
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Church
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
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For many years, Pleasant View has ministered to pastors and their people with two Camp Meetings a year; one in the summer and one in the winter. The Camp Meeting, though just one of the many ministries of PVBC, has certainly been one of the most loved and appreciated. Churches have been coming to these meetings and have left refreshed and revived - many times taking the spirit of the meeting back to their own church. God has used this camp meeting to be a tremendous blessing to a lot of people down through the years.
Since I arrived as Pastor back in August of last year, I have been praying for direction from the Lord about the Camp Meeting ministry. I have always loved this meeting and know that many people do also. However, I began to feel that if we only had one Camp Meeting per year, it would open the door for our church to have more revivals and special services. Our people do such a great job hosting the Camp Meetings that the meeting is actually a ministry of our church for other churches. Our men and ladies are so busy behind the scenes that they normally only get to participate and attend the evening services.
I proposed to the church last night my desire to drop the December meeting and just have one Camp Meeting a year. When the church heard my reasons, they agreed unanimously. The December meeting has grown over the years, with the 2005 meeting being the largest winter crowd ever. We had a wonderful meeting in 2006, and God blessed us with some wonderful preaching and singing.
My desire is to have one really big Camp Meeting each year during the month of June. In the past, pastors and people had two meetings to choose from. Now, they will only have the one, and I believe we can have bigger and better meetings as a result of that. Another factor is the increase in Camp Meetings across the country. Many churches now host their own, and for us to continue to host two a year no longer seems necessary. Lest anyone get the wrong impression, we are not backing up or slowing down. We are just making room for growth in other areas. I have so many new ministry and outreach plans that streamlining the current ministries only opens up more doors for growth, participation and efficiency.
We will not be having the December camp meeting this year, so please make note of this change. The June meeting will be the same dates as earlier announced (June 4-7) Pray for us as we continue to seek God's direction for the future of this ministry, and pray for the meeting that it will be a blessing to others as it has been in the past. Make plans now to attend.
Serving the Lord with Gladness,
Pastor Stacey Shiflett
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Church Family Responds to "National Bible Publishing Month". |
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Missions
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Written by Doug Raynes
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
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The PVBC family was blessed by Bro. Jerry Sexton and his family on Sunday, February 11. They provided special music, and Bro. Sexton preached in the morning service and presented "National Bible Publishing Month" in the evening service. The church family responded with a generous offering to buy a roll of paper for printing God's Word. In addition, all of the Bearing Precious Seed "quarter cards" were taken and there were numerous requests for more. The Sexton family was taken on for monthly support as well.
Pleasant View has been privileged to participate in the ministry of Bearing Precious Seed from First Baptist Church in Milford, Ohio, for many years. We are thankful for their commitment to the preservation and propogation of the precious Word of God.
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