What If All You Had Tomorrow is What You Thanked God for Today?

October/November 2014
VOLUME ONE / ISSUE 4
GSMBC GAZETTE
What If All You Had Tomorrow is What You
Thanked God for Today?
Thank you to all who participated in the Breast
Cancer Awareness Walkathon…
It was a sunny and dry, 84° on Saturday, October 11. Perfect
weather for walking to praise and raise funds for Breast
Cancer Awareness! Thank you GSMBC Family, friends,
SURVIVORS, and ‘AVON WALKS FOR BREAST
CANCER’ Sponsor!
Thank you to all who contributed to and celebrated in the
All Saints Family Fall Festival!
The buzz around the building is that the gumbo cooked-up and served-up by ChefGirl-Ar-Dee, Ms. Charlene Scott was mmm, mmm good yeh! Emcee’s, Sesalie Johnson
and Stefan Skinner kept the party hyped as they showed off their Game Show
Hosting Skills!
THANK YOU to all the Singles Conference
attendees, presenters, staff, and volunteers!
THANK A VETERAN IN YOUR LIFE
November 11, 2014
VETERAN’S DAY!
TRY THIS
THANKSGIVING SIDE DISH
CORN SOUFFLÉ
WITH JALAPEÑO BACON
THANK YOU GSMBC MILITARY MEMBERS FOR
YOUR SERVICE.
WE SALUTE YOU!
▪ 1 (15 ¼oz) can whole kernel corn, drained
▪ 1 (14 ¾oz) can cream-style corn
▪ 1 (8oz) pkg corn muffin mix (recommend: Jiffy)
▪ 1 cup sour cream
▪ ½ stick butter, melted
▪ ½ pack of Jalapeño or Hickory Smoked Bacon
▪ 1½ c shredded Cheddar (recommend: Velveeta)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Cook bacon to medium-done. Let cool.
Then roughly dice or break into pieces.
In a large bowl, stir together the 2 cans of
corn, corn muffin mix, sour cream, cheese,
bacon, and melted butter. Pour into a
greased 9 by 13-inch casserole dish. Bake
for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and top with Cheddar.
Return to oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or until
cheese is melted. Let stand for at least 5
minutes and serve warm.
Thank you Thank you Greta Savannah Thank
you
Thank you Tyrone Stamps
you Dave Callihan
Thank
Thank you Thank
you Richard Davis Thank you Thank you Frank Smith
Thank you
Thank you Lon Peters
Thank you Thank you Clarence Wiltz
Thank you Otto Smith Thank you Ricky Jason
Anyone not listed please contact the church
office. We want to recognize you.
October/November 2014
VOLUME ONE / ISSUE 4
GSMBC GAZETTE
THE THREE Gs
HIGHLIGHTS
•
November 5: BEGINS BIBLE STUDY
SERIES ON FAITH ▪ THE BOOK OF
JAMES
“Have Faith in God and Work It.”
•
November 27: Thanksgiving.
•
December 21: “Let Us Celebrate The
Great I Am.”
•
Sundays: Be sure to read your Worship
Service Programs.
•
Wednesdays: Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study – visit the GSMBC webpage for
details: (www.gsmbchouston.org).
THANKSGIVING FELLOWSHIP
SHOW UP and SHOW OUT!
•
Saturdays: Pastor Skinner is on the
airwaves at 4:45PM on KHCB 105.7 FM.
•
April 24-25, 2015: Women’s Ministry
Retreat – La Torretta Lake Resort and
Spa. Contact Church Office for FlexPay
details.
November 23 ▪ 6:30pm at
GREATER TRUE LIGHT M.B.C.
6828 Annunciation St., Houston, TX 77016
GTL
GOG
GSMBC
BAPTISMS:
Pamela Johnson-Walker
10-05
BABY DEDICATIONS:
Lauren Freeman
Terrell Whitaker
10-19
10-19
RESTORED:
Richard Davis
Patricia Davis
10-19
10-19
Pastor
T. O’Brian Berry
Pastor
D. Earl Lewis
Pastor
Lee E. Skinner
WELCOME!
GSMBC NEW MEMBERS:
Kelvin McGrew
10-26
REMINDER:
All new members are encouraged to attend “New Members Discipleship Orientation Class.”
Please contact the Church Office at (713) 672-9847 for details and to schedule class with Rev. Ramel Ellison.
October/November 2014
VOLUME ONE / ISSUE 4
GSMBC GAZETTE
THE PASTOR’S PEN
One day, according to a time-honored story, St. Francis of Assisi longed
to see his brothers. They agreed to meet in a remote monastery in the
Umbrian mountains of central Italy. After arriving and enjoying their reunion,
each reported what he had experienced on the road.
One Franciscan brother who had traveled on mule-back said: “God
protected me in a miraculous way. When I was crossing a narrow bridge over a
deep mountain gorge, the mule jumped. I fell and narrowly escaped falling over
the wall of the bridge into the gorge. God by his love saved my life.”
A second brother said: “I had to cross a river and I slipped and fell. The
waters carried me down the river. But God in his grace provided a tree which
had fallen across the river. I could grasp a branch of that tree and pull myself
ashore, thanks to God’s miraculous mercy.”
Then St. Francis said: “Let us thank God for his wonderful works. I did
experience the greatest miracle of all on my way. I had the smoothest, most
pleasant, completely uneventful trip.”
We can identify with these three brothers concerning our own experiences
in life. We all have what we call “bad days and good days”, trials and
triumphs, ups and downs. When we talk to other people we find there is
always someone going through something more or less than we are. Jesus
declared a certainty “in the world you will have tribulation” and it came with
an assurance “but be of good cheer I have overcome the world.” (NKJV) John
16:33
As we embark on this season of thanksgiving and remembering the birth
of Jesus Christ let us remain focused. These times bring both joy and sadness
for various reasons yet we are told in the word of God “in everything give
thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus (NASB) 1Thess. 5:18