DHD: Verse of the year; Color of the year; Mohler moment; Impeachment thoughts; Anna and Simeon; Film with CP
Greetings! The year is nearing the end. This means many annual awards and recognitions are announced. I touch on two of these announcements at the start of this week’s DHD. Thanks for reading! Verse of the year YouVersion Bible app announced Phil. 4:6 as “the most popular verse of 2019.” “Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Hearing this news...
DHD: Happiest people; Music & dementia; IMB; Carol series; Electoral College; Christmas outreach
Greetings! I love this time of year! Christmas is a big hit for me, as well as everything else that happens that surrounds Christmas. This week’s DHD has some holiday flavor to it, but I cover other timely topics too. Thanks for reading! 1. The happiest people I get quite a few of my DHD topics from friends on Facebook, the articles they share. This week a friend shared “The Happiest People Are Those Who Realized That God Is Enough”...
Meet Oklahoma Baptists’ Church Relations Group
Oklahoma Baptists will see a new way convention leaders are helping churches through direct relations. During the Annual Meeting at Oklahoma City, Quail Springs on Nov. 12, James Swain introduced the Church Relations Group, which consists of Affinity Group Ministry partners and Regional Ministry partners. “A lot of the work of our group is going to be working to encourage and support pastors and their wives and their children,” said...
2019 Pastors’ Conference speakers give the charge to ‘see the people’
“See the people” was the theme of Oklahoma Baptists’ 2019 Pastors’ Conference, as the six speakers focused their messages on meeting needs and embracing brokenness. The Nov. 11 conference kicked off the Annual Meeting of Oklahoma Baptists, which met in the morning and the afternoon, at Oklahoma City, Quail Springs. A familiar face opened the Pastors’ Conference. Anthony Jordan served 22 years as the executive director-treasurer for...
Forts among 30 missionaries attending Oklahoma Baptists’ IMB Sending Celebration Nov. 12
Gregg and Donna Fort are two of 30 missionary candidates who will participate in an International Mission Board (IMB) Sending Celebration at Oklahoma City, Quail Springs, 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. The Forts also are among six of these appointees who have Oklahoma connections. Gregg recently served as pastor of Bartlesville, Southern. “We are excited,” Greggs said about the upcoming IMB Sending Celebration. “We are encouraging people to...
