Order of Anniversary Celebration Call to Worship/Invocation ………………………….....…..……. Minister Jarrell Taylor Introduction of Mistress of Ceremony ................ Minister Tabetha Bland-Wells Praise and Worship ………………………….................................…...……TLBC Praise Team Welcome …………………………………………............................………….Sister Sheril Moore History ……………………………………………………........................…. Minister Brenda Sims Surprise by the TLBC Ministers Tithes and offering ……………..........……………………….…..……… TLBC Deacon Ministry Introduction of Preacher Selection …………………………………………….............................………… TLBC Praise Team Sermon .……………………………………………….................…….…. Reverend Darren J. Hill Associate Minister, Second Baptist Church of Richmond Heights Richmond Heights, Florida Call to Discipleship Presentations (2 Minutes) ................................................... TLBC Family and Friends Remarks, Benediction and Grace ……………….....…… Pastor James C. Kendrick, Sr.
**Dinner in the Fellowship Hall **
Not Perfect, But Faithful The Pastoral Journey of Pastor James C. Kendrick, Sr.
Rev. James C. Kendrick, Sr. Pastor of Transforming Lives Bible Church/Hale Street Missionary Baptist Church is married to Dr. Tamika M. Kendrick. Pastor Kendrick is the father of Jessica Kendrick-Thomas, James C. Kendrick Jr. and Ja’Miracle J. Kendrick. On January 1, 1989 Pastor Kendrick graciously accepted God’s assignment to become the pastor/teacher of the Hale Street Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor James C. Kendrick, Sr., a man of strong faith, proceeded to lead the congregation into a new horizon with God as his pilot. Through his spirit filled teaching and preaching many souls have been saved, lives have been changed and marriages mended. Rev. James C. Kendrick Sr’s contributions at Hale Street Missionary Baptist Church are many. STRUCTURALLY We paid off the mortgage on our church, remodeled the sanctuary, purchased a church van, two buses and purchased additional properties at 918 and 924 4th Street. ORGANIZATIONALLY We joined the National and State Baptist Convention. Established an Executive Ministry to help carry out the vision the God has given our pastor. EDUCATIONALLY We attended the Congress of Christian Education, National and State. Church Ministries, Children Church was organized. This allowed parents to be able to enjoy service as their children were being taught about God. A New Believers Association was implemented to teach young people to share Christ with other youth. Implemented a Junior Deacon Ministry headed by Deacon Seymore Harrison. TECHNOLOGICALLY Rev. James C. Kendrick, Sr. has managed to bring us into the New World of high technology, which included Outreach/Video ministry. We were the second African American Church in Augusta, Georgia to be on Television in the CSRA. Channel 26 every Sunday morning and on Jones cable every Sunday night. God has blessed our congregation and ministry causing us to outgrow the 352 Hale Street location. God gave Pastor James C. Kendrick, Sr., a vision to seek other locations and after much prayer in 2009 he led our congregation to purchase a shopping center at 2439 Peach Orchard Rd. Augusta, Georgia for 1.8 million dollars. With much faith, prayer, and hard work we cut the ribbon and burned the mortgage in July 2011. With the new move God directed us to extend our name to the mission of the Hale Street Missionary Baptist Church “Transforming Lives.” We continue to operate under the umbrella of Hale Street Missionary Baptist Church as Transforming Lives Bible Church.
The Pastoral Journey of Pastor James C. Kenrick, Sr. . . .Continued . . . In 2021 God blessed Transforming Lives Bible Church again with the purchase of 0.8 acres of land adjacent to our church. This land was purchased for the future growth and development of our ministry. Rev. James C. Kendrick, Sr. has preached God’s word and many souls have been saved and baptized. He’s welcomed many new members into our congregation and has appointed several faithful deacons: Deacon Ronald West (1993), Deacon Seymore Harrison, Sr. (1993) Deacon Charles Shipman (1993), Deacon William Harris, Jr. (1993) Deacon Vinson McNeal (1995), Deacon Warren Chisholm (1995), Deacon Lester Brooks (2001), Billie Cain (2005), Deacon Rommie Darden (2005), Robert Sims (2005), Deacon Earl Johnson (2011), Deacon Steve Jenkins (2019), Deacon Darrell Lewis (2019). He has also licensed and ordained numerous ministers: ORDAINED: Reverend Seymore Harrison, Sr., Reverend Ada Jones, Reverend Takeya Oaks, Reverend Charles Shipman and Reverend Ronald West, Sr. LICENSED: Minister Alison Holmes, Minister Mary Sumpter, Minister Tracey Martin, Minister Carvoll Wooten, Minister Jarrell Taylor, Minister Brenda Sims, Minister Michael Murray and Minister Thaddeus Moss. God is still moving; Transforming Lives Bible Church is growing through Children’s Church, under the direction of Sis. Yiet Knight. Our Men’s Fellowship is busting with possibilities, under the direction of Minister Jarrell Taylor and Minister Michael Murray. Our Women of Excellence is raising the bar for the next generation of women, under the direction of First Lady Kendrick. Our Music Ministry is carrying us to a new level of praise and worship, under the direction of Bro. James Kendrick, Jr. Our Audio-Visual Ministry has allowed the message of Christ to reach our social media congregation, under the direction of Dea. Darrel Lewis. Our Ushers Ministry has continued to welcome our members and visitors into service, under the leadership of Sis. Sheril Moore and our Beautification Ministry continues to make our sanctuary a place where worshipers can come and lift the name of our Lord, under the direction of Sis. Glenda McCall. God had favored Pastor James C. Kendrick, Sr. and the Transforming Lives Bible Church as we continue this journey of transforming one life at a time for Jesus Christ. Now that you know the work of your pastor will you join in?
There are five crowns of reward described for us in the New Testament, and all of them are possible for certain worthy pastors, four of them within reach of every pastor. 1. The first of them is the martyr’s crown, the crown of life. It is mentioned twice. In James 1:12 we read: “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” 2. The second is the soul-winner’s crown. There is the crown of rejoicing spoken of by Paul in Philippians 4:1. 4:1 “Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.” 3. The third is the crown of righteousness, described by Paul in 2 Timothy 4:8: “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which 4:8 the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” 4. The fourth crown is the victor’s crown, given to those who subdue the carnal passions of the body. It is described by Paul. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we are incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it unto subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway (1 Corinthians 9:24–27). 5. The fifth crown is the pastor’s crown. This is the reward reserved especially for him. God sets the faithful pastor apart from all others of his people to be singled out for signal and unusual recognition. This crown is described by Simon Peter in 1 Peter 5:1–4. 5:1–4 It is given by the chief Shepherd when he shall appear. Oh, what a day, what an hour, what a moment for the faithful pastor! “God having reserved some better thing for us” (Hebrews 11:40).