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Meeting Report (Ebenezer Fellowship Meeting 2013)

Meeting Report,

Brethren,

This past weekend (September 19-21), the churches of the Ebenezer Fellowship located in middle Georgia convened for the 200th session.  Trail Branch Church hosted the meeting, and this was the first time that Elder Stephen Dyar – their pastor – had the responsibility to moderate such a meeting.  They were excellent hosts, and the Lord smiled upon Brother Stephen in his duties to not only make preaching arrangements that were heaven sent but also keep the meeting moving in a decent and orderly manner.

Trail Branch Church sign
Trail Branch Church building
Trail Branch Primitive Baptist Church, located outside of Cochran, Georgia
Eld. Stephen Dyar
Elder Stephen Dyar, pastor of Trail Branch Primitive Baptist Church

This session of the Ebenezer Fellowship was a special time during the preaching arrangements.  Many times in days gone by, the old fathers in the faith would refer to a set of preaching as “all of a unit.”  Even that expression fails to capture the flow in which the sermons connected, tied in, and intermingled.  Some brethren arrived after certain sermons were preached, had no idea what had been spoken at services before their arrival, and when called upon would take their text right where the others had left off.  On Saturday morning, it was really amazing beyond compare as a minister who had just arrived lit a preaching fire right where the Friday night services had concluded.  In amazement yet again, I looked at Elder Garry Hall and remarked, “He wasn’t even here last night.”  His response, “It’s one sermon.  It’s one sermon.  It’s one sermon….” as his voice tailed away in awe.

Beloved, that truly is the summation of the meeting – it was one sermon.  We heard God’s love to us extolled beyond measure, coupled with the fervency of spirit to walk in appreciation of that love.  We truly feel encouraged beyond measure that the Lord would not just come down and bestow mercy upon us, but that He has displayed merciful majesty beyond our expectations during this blessed weekend.  He truly has done in this meeting exceeding abundantly above all that we could ask or think.  Continue to pray for our immediate area as several of our sister churches are still looking for a pastor.  Pray that they would have the wisdom and patience to know who the right man will be.  Next year’s session will be hosted by Oak Grove, which is one of our bodies without a pastor.  Pray that the same Lord would smile upon their efforts next year that has  been so abundantly in our midst this year.

Rejoice with us!

 

Thursday Night

Prayer: Elder Rabon Lord (Sycamore, GA)
Preaching: Elder Charles Broadway (Monroe, NC) – II Corinthians 5:17-18, God reconciled the world unto Himself by the death of His Son.
Preaching: Elder Ronald Lawrence (Goodlettsville, TN) – Hebrews 4:14-16, Christ is touched by us and thereby He touches us Himself.
Prayer: Elder Frank King (Danville, GA)
 
Eld. Charles Broadway
Elder Charles Broadway
Eld. Ronald Lawrence
Elder Ronald Lawrence

Friday Morning

Prayer: Elder Philip Conley (Cochran, GA)
Preaching: Elder Jabin James (Fitzgerald, GA) – Psalm 138:6, God looketh upon the poor but putteth down the proud.
Preaching: Elder Ronnie Loudermilk (Lula, GA) – Psalm 3:1-3, God lifteth up the head of His people over sin, sorrow, death, and the world.
Preaching: Elder Chris Crouse (Plant City, FL) – Psalm 37:1-11, Do not fret over this world or the things in it, for God has blessed us above them all.
Prayer: Lic. John Forehand (Warner Robins, GA)
 
Eld. Jabin James
Elder Jabin James
Eld. Ronnie Loudermilk
Elder Ronnie Loudermilk
Eld. Chris Crouse
Elder Chris Crouse

Friday Afternoon

Prayer: Elder Eddie Whidby (Haddock, GA)
Preaching: Elder Craig Lanier (Metter, GA) – Luke 17:11-19, The cleansing of the 10 lepers and the one stranger that returned to thank the Lord.
Preaching: Elder Michael Gowens (Mt. Juliet, TN) – Matthew 11:1-6, The forgotten beatitude of not being offended in Christ over His doctrine, loss of popularity, or the circumstances of life.
Prayer: Elder Dan Bryant (Macon, GA)
 
Eld. Craig Lanier
Elder Craig Lanier
Eld. Michael Gowens
Elder Michael Gowens

 

Friday Night

Prayer: Elder Franklin Bryant (Danville, GA)
Preaching: Elder Jon Mizell (Cairo, GA) – Revelation 1:1-5, The majesty of Christ as seen by John unlike what had been seen to that point, and the glory of it for us today.
Preaching: Elder Sam Bryant (Hoover, AL) – Revelation 1:5, The blood of Christ washing us being the direct expression of God’s unfathomable love for His people.
Prayer: Lic. Win Kuck (Cochran, GA)
 
Eld. Jon Mizell
Elder Jon Mizell
Eld. Sam Bryant
Elder Sam Bryant

 

Saturday Morning

Prayer: Elder Garry Hall (Danville, GA)
Preaching: Lic. Ric Stewart (Statesboro, GA) – Romans 3-4, The 3 courtrooms of justification: 1.  Grace and blood before God, 2. Faith before our conscience, and 3. Works before others.
Preaching: Elder Dwayne Hooven (Augusta, GA) – II Corinthians 8:9, The grace of God through the love of Jesus Christ, looking at His poverty making us rich.
Preaching: Elder Ronald Lawrence (Goodlettsville, TN) – Book of Luke, God opening and no man shutting and shutting with no man opening.
Prayer: Elder Dennis Johnson (Oglethorpe, GA)
 
Lic. Ric Stewart
Lic. Ric Stewart
Eld. Dwayne Hooven
Elder Dwayne Hooven
Eld. Ronald Lawrence
Elder Ronald Lawrence

 

Congregation
Saturday Morning Congregation
Lunch 1
Trail Branch Tea Brigade – Sisters Catherine Howard, Angel Dyar, and Lynn Register; Brothers Hubert Fulford and Marvin Howard

 

Lunch 2
Lunch 3
Lunch Time

 

Lunch 4
A “Deacon Deluxe” Session: Brothers Mike Sheppard and Dan Hall
Lunch 5
The “Kiddie Korner” with Hannah McDaniel, Bailey Davidson, Elizabeth Howell, John Conley, Jonathan Howell, Samuel McDaniel, Olivia Mizell, and Elisabeth Conley, while a couple of “guardians” Kathleen Howell and Betsy McDaniel look on
 

Watch for the sermons of the meeting to be posted on our website at coolspringspbc.org.

In Hope, 

Bro Philip

Meeting Report (August 2013)

Meeting Report,
Brethren,
 
This past weekend, Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church near Danville, GA celebrated her annual August Meeting.  There was precious little about the weekend that we would have desired to change, for the only glaring change that would have been made was for the meeting to have kept going on.  The church invited Elder Will Martin – pastor of the Macedonia PBC near Cartersville, GA. – and Elder James Conley – pastor of the Union PBC near Ruth, MS. – to preach the meeting.  Both of the brethren yoked up well with the other to tread out the corn all weekend long.  Since neither of them could stay through the Sundaynight service, the church invited Elder Jon Mizell to preach that service, and his effort followed in the same vein, caliber, and quality of all that had preceded it.
 
Many of our body commented on how much the meeting meant to them personally.  From beginning to end, much rejoicing was felt and shared by all.  One of the great benefits of a meeting like this is that it serves as an extra spiritual battery booster.  Please pray for us that we may go in the strength of this meat for many days.  For those that would like to listen to the sermons, they will be posted soon to our website at:coolspringspbc.org.  I have attached an outline below showing the order of services.  Brethren, rejoice with us!
 
 
Wednesday Night
Communion
 
Thursday Night
Prayer: Elder Stephen Dyar
Preaching: Elder James Conley – Jude 3, Earnestly Contending for the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints.  Brother James showed the beauty of what we have to stand for, and how that such a solid foundation in God’s mercies should embolden our walk to diligently serve Him.
Preaching: Elder Will Martin – Matthew 1:18-25, Considering the Promises of God in Christ.  Brother Will related the story of Joseph receiving the message of the nature of his espoused wife’s child.  He then related that to how we receive the news of Jesus Christ and hold on to the promises that God reveals to us.
Prayer: Brother Zachary Hart
 
Friday Night
Prayer: Elder Garry Hall
Preaching: Elder Will Martin – 4  Small but Wise Things.  Brother Will talked about the 4 things in Proverbs 31 – ant, coney, locust, and spider – that are small but wise.  These natural creatures were then correlated into a spiritual plane to show they serve as aspects of our fellowship and closeness to God.
Preaching: Elder James Conley – Triumphing In Christ.  Brother James began in II Corinthians 2:14 showing that though we do triumph in Christ finally and fully in the eternal scope we can triumph in Christ in all seasons and times.  He then proceeded to show the method of how that is accomplished in our walk here in this world.
Prayer: Elder Wesley Watkins
 
Eld. Will Martin Eld. James Conley
Elder Will Martin (Macedonia PBC) Elder James Conley (Union PBC)
 
Saturday Morning
Prayer: Elder Raybon Lord
Preaching: Elder James Conley – Work and Functions of the Holy Ghost.  Brother James showed in great detail and beauty the different works of the Holy Ghost.  From regeneration, comfort, help, and many others, the Holy Ghost is truly a present help for every distress and situation.
Prayer: Brother Larry Woodard
 
Saturday Night
Prayer: Elder Jon Mizell
Preaching: Elder Will Martin – I Timothy 4:13-16, Nourishing the Gifts We Have.  Brother Will showed forth several points about gifts that God has given us.  Whether ministers or not, we all have gifts that God gives that are to be nourished in a similar manner.  The end result is great deliverance from the torments of Satan and the world.
Prayer: Brother Roy Stewart
 
Sunday Morning
Prayer: Elder Philip Conley
Preaching: Elder James Conley – Husbands and Wives Pleasing Each Other.  Brother James started by showing the natural analogy and illustration of marriage and a good relationship.  He then proceeded to show forth the ultimate example of a husband in The Husband Jesus Christ who does please His wife.  He then showed how that the bride of Christ should seek to please her Husband in all things.
Prayer: Brother Mike Sheppard
 
Sunday Night
Prayer: Elder Dan Bryant
Preaching: Elder Jon Mizell – The Rich Young Ruler.  Brother Jon showed that it is possible for a regenerate child of God to hear the right message, at the right time, from the right one, and still leave very sorrowful.  The encouragement to the child of God today is to faithfully obey the message from Christ to experience the full life of spiritual family and friends with close communion with Jesus Christ.
Prayer: Licentiate Win Kuck
 
Eld. Jon Mizell
Elder Jon Mizell (Tired Creek PBC)
 
In Hope,
 
Bro Philip