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Women’s Bible Study on Forgiveness

Lead my first women’s bible study on the topic of forgiveness at Smith Memorial Baptist Church. What a blessing that was and I am so grateful that we had a full house on such an important and hot topic subject. Jesus was the focus of the conversation.

To quote John Macaurthur:

Never are you more like Satan than when you want retaliation & never are you more like Jesus than when you forgive.

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Assisted Living Easter Performance & Presentation

What an honor to celebrate Easter with such a deserving community. Three days after Jesus’ crucifixion is the day of Jesus’ glorious resurrection where He defeated death to be our way to salvation in order to enter eternity with Him and the Father in heaven.

Beautiful songs about the crucifixion and resurrection, as well as a wonderful preaching message by Howard, were shared with all and a thankful day was had honoring our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!

Serving others is an act Jesus taught us to do through many examples and is also greatly rewarding. What a blessing it is to give back to such a deserving population as those in an assisted living community. Many of whom are unable to make it into a church and are so grateful to come worship every week. This event is lead up by one of the members in our Sunday school class who graciously has allowed us to join in the worship and spread the message of love with these wonderful people. We, and friends, are blessed to offer this to a wonderful and grateful community. This is a private event.

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Palm Sunday Presentation

We were incredibly blessed to be able to play a special song to honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for this beautiful and historic church called Centurion Interdenominational Church, formerly Chapel of the Centurion in Hampton, VA. What a wonderful church and the congregation is amazing and gracious. The sermon was exactly what we needed to hear. We pray that God will have us all meet paths again!

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Assisted Living Palm Sunday Performance & Presentation

What an honor to celebrate the start of Holy Week with such a deserving community. Palm Sunday is when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey to fulfill the Old Testament prophecy and to start His salvation fulfillment for us all, palm leaves were laid down before His entrance, hence the name Palm Sunday. The following Friday, Good Friday, was the day Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our sins. Three days later, the following Sunday, Easter, is the day of Jesus’ glorious resurrection where He defeated death to be our way to salvation in order to enter eternity with Him and the Father in heaven.

Beautiful songs about the crucifixion and resurrection, along with touching video, as well as Davids’ teaching, were shared with all and a thankful day was had honoring our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!

Serving others is an act Jesus taught us to do through many examples and is also greatly rewarding. What a blessing it is to give back to such a deserving population as those in an assisted living community. Many of whom are unable to make it into a church and are so grateful to come worship every week. This event is lead up by one of the members in our Sunday school class who graciously has allowed us to join in the worship and spread the message of love with these wonderful people. We, and friends, are blessed to offer this to a wonderful and grateful community. This is a private event.

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Nursing Home Worship

Serving a deserving community.

Serving others is an act Jesus taught us to do through many examples and is also greatly rewarding. What a blessing it is to give back to such a deserving population as those in a nursing home. Many of whom are unable to make it into a church and are so grateful to come worship every week. This event is lead up by one of the members in our Sunday school class who graciously has allowed us to join in the worship and spread the message of love with these wonderful people. We, and friends, are blessed to offer this to a wonderful and grateful community. This is a private event.

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Jail Ministry Presentation

Serving a community in need.

What a blessed evening we had playing at this needed ministry fundraiser. God blessed us with the opportunity to sing Through It All by Andrea Crouch and He Paid a Debt He Did Not Owe. The testimonies were touching and inspiring. What incredible work goes into this ministry and is so needed. The volunteers perform a huge amount of work and help to allow this ministry to succeed. The testimonies showed exactly how much hope and love is given to a population that Jesus loves. We hope to remain involved with this ministry as long as possible.

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Homeless Shelter

Serving those in need.

Our church partners with other surrounding churches to host the shelter one week a year during the colder months. What a blessing it is to serve a community in need. You meet some very nice people. God blessed us this year with the opportunity to play for this community and we are hoping to make it a regular event, God-willing.

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Nursing Home Worship

Giving back to a deserving community.

Serving others is an act Jesus taught us to do through many examples and is also greatly rewarding. What a blessing it is to give back to such a deserving population as those in a nursing home. Many of whom are unable to make it into a church and are so grateful to come worship every week. This event is lead up by one of the members in our Sunday school class who graciously has allowed us to join in the worship and spread the message of love with these wonderful people. We, and friends, are blessed to offer this to a wonderful and grateful community. This is a private event.

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Traditional Christmas Sing-a-long

Traditional Christmas Sing-a-long.

Our traditional Christmas sing-a-long was such a blessing in so many ways. We were able to share our love for the Christmas songs we grew up with and still love to this day. It warmed our hearts that the congregation joined in to sing the songs they loved. During the preparation process, we were blessed to have several church members join us on the platform to perform songs with us or on their own. It’s always fascinating to hear instruments that are not typically played and one of the members we had the privilege of hearing played an accordion which was a wonderful treat.

We were so grateful for the help we received along the way and the day of. Many thanks to our elders who step up to the plate without hesitation.

Most importantly, we were able to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who was the sole focus of the event. Hopefully we will be able to do this again!

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Women’s Ministry Event

Helping victims of sex trafficking.

What a blessing it was to share moving and healing songs for an event highlighting an organization helping victims of sex trafficking. It was an emotionally etc-opening experience that I am glad we were able to be a part of. You could feel the healing hand of Jesus.

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Hymn-Sing

Traditional hymns.

A hymn-sing is right up our alley! What a wonderful time we had playing with dear friends who share the same passion as we do for traditional hymns. We were grateful the Music Pastor gave us the opportunity to share our beloved hymns with the congregation.

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