United times January 2014
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General Board Bishop Sheldon M. McCarter Assistant Presiding Prelate
Bishop Eric D. Garnes Presiding Prelate
Bishop Glenn E. Livingston General Treasurer
Bishop James R. Chambers Secretary General
Bishop James E. Dukes National Director of Social Justice
National Directors Overseer Dan Johnson National Business Manager
Elder Reginald McCaskill National Director of Music
Pastor Aurelia H. Jemmott National Director of Operations & Logistics
Bishop Orlando A. Wilson National Director of Center for Theological Studies
Overseer Frank Robinson National Youth Director
Pastor Martin J. DeSilva Major General – Apostolic Knights of Pentecost
Elder Jacqueline Marshall National Director of Women’s Ministry
Elder Reginald King Adjutant General
Bishop Rory Marshall National Director of Men’s Ministry
Sister Edna Capers National Director of Ushers
Letter From The Editor Grace and peace be unto you UNITED, Happy, Happy, Happy New Year and welcome to your NEW United Times newsletter. New look – same great information! We are committed to bringing you greater for 2014 – greater content, greater creativity, and greater connection. Winter Leadership Summit will be here in only a few weeks. Do you really want to experience God’s best for your ministry? If you are looking for an impactful change, visit our website today to register and be in attendance for this powerful time of learning and fellowship, February 5-8 in Orlando, FL. We are so thankful for you UNITED and pray showers of blessings over your life and ministry for 2014. May this be a year of magnified love and grace, answered prayers, abundant harvest, and a deeper hunger for His presence. We look forward to us growing together. Read on and be blessed. In His Service, Annette Parkins Editor www.unitedcovenantchurches.org
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Change Your Thinking & Change Your Life
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praise worthy-think about such things.” Philippians 3:8 (NIV) At the base of every human’s brain stem is a filter called the “reticular activating system.” God has put this filter in our minds so that we would have the ability to minimize the amount of information that reaches our consciousness. However, it has been theorized that three things automatically find their way past the reticular activating system: things that we value, things that are unique, and things that threaten us. Of these three things that filter through this system, one is extremely important because it shapes who we are - the things that we value. If you want to see a dramatic change in your life, change the things that you value, and those will be the things that you allow into your mind and into your heart.
If you spent 2013, thinking that your life, your ministry, your marriage, or your relationship with God would never amount to anything; turn those thoughts around, in 2014, and place a greater value on them, and begin to think: “My life will be great, my ministry will be great, my marriage will be great, my relationship with God will be great.� Watch your life begin to change. Your life will begin to change because once you begin to value and think about things that are excellent and praise-worthy, you’ll begin to take the necessary steps to seek these things. Satan wants to control your thinking because he knows that once he controls your thinking, he controls the things that you value and he can control your life. You can defeat and thwart his plans by deciding to value and think on things that are true, things that are noble, things that are right, things that are pure, things that are lovely, things that are admirable, things that are excellent, and things that are praise worthy-think about such things and change your life.
Pastor Lena Thompson Life Point Church Jacksonville, FL
Building Communities at The Citadel Church The Citadel Church showed their love for Jesus by serving others at the Clara White Mission. Led by Lady Kim Hill the team made sure nearly 400 people received meals. Even the youth of The Citadel got involved. Pastor Terry Hill said "We are committed to building our community and the lives of the people in it. We had more volunteers than we needed. I guarantee there is more to come.
QUIET ON THE SET!!!
Calling all female actors! Tabernacle of Praise Cathedral’s Word of God Drama Ministry is holding open auditions for its upcoming play premiering in March for the 2014 Women’s Conference, about a mother’s fight to save her child. Looking for female actors: Age range 18 - 50 Auditions will be held Friday 1/3/14 @ 7:30pm at Tabernacle of Praise Cathedral. Rehearsals begin immediately in January. To sign up for an audition or for further information, please send an email to Sis. Denise Absalom at djaimani@hotmail.com or djaimani5@gmail.com
“The Year of the Unpredictable” at Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church
The theme for Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church for 2014 is "The Year of the Unpredictable“ I Corinthians 2:9 and Ephesians 3:20. Bishop McCarter is starting the year by imparting a word into families for the entire month of January.
Women of UNITED! Happy New Year! CALLING ALL WOMEN OF UCCC. You are cordially invited to join us for our FIRST NATIONAL PRAYER CALL OF THE YEAR!! We are delighted and honored to welcome our Presiding Prelate, Bishop Eric D. Garnes, as our special guest. This will be a powerful time of impartation and prayer!! Make sure to mark your calendars now for Saturday, January 4, 2014, set your alarms for 7AM (EST)/6AM(CST), dial 712 432-0075 access code 502676 and get ready for a MANIFESTATION that will launch you into your 2014 year. If you have special prayer requests for 2014 year, please email them to us in advance at womensministry@unitedcovenantchurches.com I look forward to a wonderful time of fellowship as we begin our year UNIFIED in prayer, power and purpose.
In His Service, Elder Jacqueline D. Marshall Director of UCCC Women’s Ministry
My Advice to Married Couples After Divorcing My Wife of 16 Years
As we enter the new year, let’s commit to enhancing EVERY area of our lives. Enjoy this article by Gerald Rogers and visit http://afterjujuman.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/my-advice-to-married-couples-after-divo to read the full article. In the end marriage isn’t about happily ever after. It’s about work. And a commitment to grow together and a willingness to continually invest in creating something that can endure eternity. Through that work, the happiness will come. Marriage is life, and it will bring ups and downs. Embracing all of the cycles and learning to learn from and love each experience will bring the strength and perspective to keep building, one brick at a time.
Obviously, I’m not a relationship expert. But there’s something about my divorce being finalized this week that gives me perspective of things I wish I would have done different… After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 16 years, here’s the advice I wish I would have had. 1. Never stop dating. NEVER EVER take that woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to be that man that would OWN HER HEART and to fiercely protect it. SHE CHOSE YOU. Never forget that, and NEVER GET LAZY in your love.
2. Protect your own heart. Just as you committed to being the protector of her heart, you must guard your own with the same vigilance. Love yourself fully, love the world openly, but there is a special place in your heart where no one must enter except your wife.
4. Always see the best in her. Focus only on what you love. What you focus on will expand. If you focus on what bugs you, all you will see is reasons to be bugged. Focus to the point where you can no longer see anything but love, and you know without a doubt that you are the luckiest man on earth to have this woman as your wife.
3. Fall in love over and over again. You will constantly change. You’re not the same people you were when you got married - in that you have to re-choose each other everyday. Always fight to win her love, just as you did when you were courting her.
5. Take full accountability for your own emotions: It’s not your wife’s job to make you happy, and she CAN’T make you sad. You are responsible for finding your own happiness, and through that your joy will spill over into your relationship and your love.
The Official Pastoral Installation of Elder Carol Elizybeth Harris Consecrating the Legacy & Continuing the Vision It is with our complete and utter love, appreciation and commitment to the vision, that we, the leadership and membership of Ecclesia Family Worship Center, Inc., ask that you join with us in celebrating the installation of our beloved Pastor, Mother, Trainer, Midwife and humble Kingdom Warrior, The Reverend Carol E. Harris, to the office of Senior Pastor. Together they planted; together they built; and together WE CONTINUE!!! January 18, 2014 * CORRECTED TIIME: 9:30am *
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Let us continue to pray one for another as we move forward in this powerful season of prayer! His Kingdom will come, His will be done! CALLING ALL INTERCESSORS: Draw nigh to God in this key season. There are morning and afternoon prayer lines within your UNITED family to join and watch the Hand of God move supernaturally in your life, your family, your church and your community!
Bishop Jamie Johnson - James Temple Miracle Center Fort Valley, GA Every Wednesday night at 9:05pm EST (641) 715-3200 access code: 1004868# Bishop Roberto Jemmott - Nazareth Christian Fellowship Brooklyn, NY Tuesdays 6am EST (712) 775-7100 access code: 456009# Overseer Carlos Haynes - Faith Assemblies of God Brooklyn, NY Sunday-Saturday 5am-6am EST (760) 984-1000 access code: 919671#
Overseer Dan Johnson - The Empowerment Worship Center Chicago, IL Monday-Friday 5am-6am CST (712) 432-0075 access code: 502676# Bishop Allen Williams - Rhema Word Worship Center Elkridge, MD Tuesday-Friday 5am-6am; 1pm-2pm; 9pm10pm EST (661) 673-8600 access code: 834439# Bishop George E. Gibson, II - Christian Love Worship Cathedral Philadelphia, PA Saturdays 7pm (seven minutes) (218) 862-4152 access code: 533257# *please remember to mute your phones*
Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~Carl Bard
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