“I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever.” Psalm 145:1 NLT
A Message From Our Senior Pastor
Winter 2018
As we continue to celebrate this holiday season, let’s not forget to help the least, lonely, and left out and consider donating items to the Love Lived Out Campaign. Through December 23, the Eastern Star Church Care Center will be collecting donations items such as black hair care products, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorant, toilet paper, feminine hygiene products, and new hats and gloves for children and adults. These items can be dropped off on Sundays in the bins that are marked “Love Lived Out Donations,” or at the Main Campus church office during regular business hours. 2 Corinthians 9:12 reminds us, that “this service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” Thank you to the youth who have served in ministry this year. It was a pleasure and great joy to see you volunteering in ministry. Your willingness to step out on faith and allow the Lord to lead you as you served in ministry will be your testimony when you talk with your peers about the importance of getting involved in a ministry. Continue serving and be an example for other youth. Prayerfully, others will soon get connected and volunteer in ministry. As we close out this year, I encourage you to reflect on this year’s theme, Born Identity, (Mark 10:13-16 MSG), highlighting the ever-increasing need for our youth to know their identity as a child of God. How has God shaped your identity? How did you and your family get involved in ministry? How did you come alongside our youth to help shape their identity as a child of God? Did you get a youth connected to our youth programs or events? Did you invite youth who are unchurched or unsaved to church? For 2019, we will have new and exciting programs and classes for the congregation in which to participate! Stay tuned for more details. Continue to keep this ministry, church members, The ROCK Initiative, our partners in Haiti, and those who may be struggling either financial or emotional this season in your thoughts and prayers. Blessings,
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr. Senior Pastor 1