Alabama Update March 2016

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MARCH 2016

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God’s Pioneer A. J. Tomlinson “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.”

----Aristotle With the advent of the twentieth century has come an age unparalleled and almost unimagined in preceeding age of time.

Man has achieved beyond his greatest expectations. The pioneers of the past in the diverse areas of life envisioned and hoped for an age comparable to our age but who can say they truly believed it would come?

The spiritual pioneer whom this is about in his own handwriting, did envision, did hope, and most of all, did truly believe the day would come when God’s people, the worlds around, would seek to find spiritual unity within the Church of God of the Bible. Today, with the twentieth century a little more than half spent, an urgent and increasingly demanding cry has arisen throughout Christendom–a cry for UNITY! Religious leaders of many theologies urge the universal acceptance of one God...and one Church for all. In truth, the present trend is toward theoretical unity. But because he believed the day would come when the magistracy of churches and the hearts of men alike would seek spiritual unity, A. J. Tomlinson sought and found the Church of God in the opening years of this, the twentieth century.

GOD’S TWENTIETH CENTURY PIONEER presents a compilation of writings of the late A. J. Tomlinson, former General Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy. Of him it has been said, “It seemed that every drop of blood in his veins, every pulsation of his heart and every fiber of his being was dedicated to God and His Church!” This unshakable dedication led A. J. Tomlinson through conflict to great victories, through opposition to glorious achievements.

A. J. Tomlinson was reared to manhood in the state of Indiana during an era when America was experiencing a great spiritual awakening. He was not converted, however, until shortly after his marriage to Mary Jane Taylor in 1889, at the age of twenty-three. He turned almost immediately to the avid study of the Word of God. As a result of his study, a genuine crisis arose in his life–what church to join? A thorough search of the Scriptures led him ultimately to the conviction that there existed but one Church in the sight of God, the Bible Church, and he determined to find it.

A. J. Tomlinson’s search led him from Indiana to the wilderness counties of western North Carolina. There he served as an agent for the American Bible Society and as a minister of the Gospel, filling pulpits of various congregations upon invitation. Eventually, he met to worship with a small group of people in Cherokee County, North Carolina, who called themselves, “The Holiness Church at Camp Creek.” Impressed with their desire to follow the precepts of the Bible, rightly divided, using the New Testament as their only rule of faith and practice, A. J. Tomlinson felt his search was ended. On June 13, 1903, after an early morning prayer, this spiritual pioneer spoke his heartfelt conviction to his Christian brothers and sisters who unanimously consented to set in motion the functioning of the church of God of the Bible. Little did the group realize how significantly this inspired act corresponded with Isaiah’s prophecy concerning the Church “Arise, shine; for they light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee” (Isaiah 60:1).

The “glory of the Lord” hovered resolutely over the Church as each year brought new proof of growth. In the year 1910, the Church elected to choose a general overseer for the various established congregations. A. J. Tomlinson was chosen.

Re-elected yearly until 1914, he was then chosen permanently to fill this position in the Church, which he did until his death on October 2, 1943.

During the years in which the late A. J. Tomlinson served as general overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy, he was ever busily engaged in the propagation of the Gospel through the medium of mighty words–spoken and written. These writings are in a series of books to feature articles of spiritual pertinence written by this powerful man of God in the interim of his general overseership. No more appropriate decade could be found for its publication than this. The ecclesiastical world cries for UNITY. “One God, one faith, one mind, and one Church for all!” was the underlying theme which consistently propelled the life work of A. J. Tomlinson, God’s Twentieth Century Pioneer!

In the next few Updates we will be sharing some of these writings of Brother Tomlinson and the history of the Church of God of Prophecy. The week end of March 17-20, 2016, The History of the Church of God of Prophecy will be taught at Camp Boothe. You are invited to sit in on these classes for only $75.00. Young ministers are encouraged to attend if possible.

Christian Heroes Are Needed W e Must W in In This Great Struggle for the Right TO BE W EAK NOW MEANS TO BE LED ASTRAY BY EVIL FORCES

“O, Lord God Almighty, the Father of Thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the knowledge of Thee, the God of angels and powers , and of every creature, and of the whole race of righteous who live before Thee, I give Thee thanks that Thou hast counted me worthy of this day and this hour, that I should have a part in the number of Thy martyrs, in the cup of Thy Christ, to the resurrection of eternal life, both of soul and body, through the incorruption imparted by the Holy Ghost. Among whom may I be accepted this day before Thee as a fat and acceptable sacrifice, according as Thou, the ever-truthful God, hast foreordained, hast revealed before hand to me, and now has fulfilled. Wherefore also I praise Thee for all things, I bless Thee, I glorify Thee, along with the everlasting and heavenly Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, with whom, to Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be glory both now and to all coming ages.

Amen.”

This was the prayer of our beloved and sainted father, Polycarp, after he was bound to the stake, surrounded by wood and fagots, just before the funeral pile was set on fire which was to burn him in martyrdom for his invincible faith and truth in Jesus Christ. He had been faithful in life, now he wanted to be faithful unto death. Others had been martyred in Smyrna and now he was the twelfth. He had been a hero in life and now he is to be a hero in death. He had boldly declared himself a Christian in the face of threats of punishment. When the proconsul threatened him with wild beasts to devour him if he did not repent he urged him to “call them then, for we are not accustomed to repent of what is good in order to adopt that which is evil; and it is well for me to be changed from what is evil to what is righteous.” But again the proconsul said to him, “I will cause thee to be consumed by fire, seeing thou despiseth the wild beasts, if thou will not repent.” But Polycarp said, “Thou threatenest me with fire which burneth for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly. But why tarriest thou? Bring forth what thou wilt.”

While he spoke these and many other like things, he was filled with confidence and joy, and his countenance was full of grace, so that not merely did it not fall as if troubled by the things said to him, but, on the contrary, the proconsul was astonished and sent his herald to proclaim in the midst of the people, “Polycarp has confessed that he is a Christian.”

This proclamation having been made by the herald, the whole multitude both of the heathen and Jews who dwelt in Smyrna, cried out with uncontrollable fury and in a loud voice, “This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, and the overthrower of our gods, he who has been teaching many not to sacrifice or to worship the gods.” When the multitude could not get the wild beasts turned upon him then they cried out with one consent that Polycarp should be burnt alive.

When all was ready and Polycarp had pronounced his amen after his prayer, those who were appointed for the purpose kindled the fire. And as the flame blazed forth with great fury, those to whom it was given to witness it, beheld a great miracle, and were preserved that they might report to others what then took place. This is so wonderful that I give the description in the language of the historian.

“For the fire, shaping itself into the form of an arch, like the sail of a ship when filled with wind, encompassed as by a circle the body of the martyr, and he appeared within not like flesh which is burnt, but as bread that is baked, or as gold and silver glowing in a furnace. Moreover, we perceived such a sweet odor coming from the pile, as if frankincense or some such precious spices had been smoking there. At length, when those wicked men perceived that his body could not be consumed by the fire, they commanded an executioner to go near and pierce him through with a dagger. And on doing this, there came forth a dove, and a great quantity of blood, so that the fire was extinguished; and all the people wondered that there should be such a difference between the unbelievers and the elect, of whom this most noble Polycarp was one.”

God is the same God that He was in the days of the early Church when Polycarp was Bishop of Smyrna. Christian heroes are as necessary now as then. They were beginning to build upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, we are to continue the work and finish it up ready for presentation to Jesus Christ when He comes for the Church without spot or wrinkle. The question arises, Will we be as faithful as the early fathers? Will we be as loyal and heroic when the difficulties arise and the persecutions come thicker and harder? But there should be no question for we must! Somebody will, even if we should weaken, but by the grace of God we will not weaken, we will endure the suffering, glory in the cross, scale the heights of heroism, withstand the violence of the fiery spirit that is set to seduce God’s children and lead

them astray and deceive them until they will be ruined forever. Some may be caught now. The web may be woven around them and the deadening chloroform of deception may have already gotten in it work, but those who are yet free should lift up their heads, throw up breastworks of protection, and rise above every artifice of the devil by declaring wholly and unflinchingly for truth, righteousness, and freedom as boldly and bravely as did our forefather Polycarp.

We are now in the last days that are to try the metal in every man to prove what sort it is. If a man can be seduced at all he will be seduced now. Jude’s certain men are getting in their deadly work in all the world. False Christs and false prophets are now on their job just like Jesus said they would come. Many are showing signs and wonders and speaking great swelling words to seduce all who are not so fixed and settled that they can bear the name of the elect. All but the elect will be seduced and driven into strong delusion and such a halter placed upon them that they will never get loose any more. Evil men and seducers are now waxing worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived, just like Paul prophesied. Many of those who have been our own people are now in the gall of bitterness because they were not able to stand out against seducing spirits. But all who have been able to stem the tide and ride the waves of doubts and fears are higher in spirituality and fuller of God-given courage and boldness than ever before.

Who would not want to be a hero now? Who would not want to heed the clarion call by the great Apostle Paul when he said, “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong” (1 Corinthians 16:13)? To be a weakling now means to be seduced and led astray. To be discouraged now means to give up the very job that God called you into years ago. To fall behind the main ranks now is to be captured by the advance guards of the enemy that are always picking up stragglers. I prophesy that some who have been good men will soon die and their bodies will be laid in the cold, cold grave, all because they have become confused and have not been able to bravely breast the storm of battle arrayed against them.

It has been said that the best way to withstand the enemy in a defensive battle is to wage a strong offensive battle. Just merely to try to live is to join the ranks of those who are strong and bold in their declamation of truth and right. You must really quit yourselves like men and be strong or be swallowed up by that spirit that is ready to overwhelm and devour every weakling.

Paul commands to withdraw from proud people who will not consent to wholesome words and to the doctrine which is according to godliness. Such people are dangerous because they are possessed by a spirit of strife, envy, railings, evil surmisings and suppose that gain is godliness. To withdraw from such people as a means of protection to keep from falling into the same snare. Paul also insists that the saints of God should turn away from people who are covetous, boastful, trucebreakers, false accusers, traitors, heady, and highminded, although they may have a form of godliness.

Indeed these are perilous times when men are going to be caught in the coils of deception and so strangled by the powers of flattery and otherwise that they will never escape. If I should fail in everything else I do not want to fail to inspire courage and bravery in the soldiers now on the great battlefield against sin and deception. Have courage, my brothers, my sisters, we must win today in this great struggle for the right.

A story is told of one of the generals during the revolutionary war which is very impressive. The odds were against the American forces and the time drew on for another battle. This general addressed his men early in the morning and said, “Boys, we must win today or Mollie Stark is a widow.” His gallantry and bravery in the battle caused his men to put forth all their strength. They ran into the fight with undaunted courage and the foe was vanquished and the brave general was not even wounded in battle, and his wife was not left a widow. Surely we can have the same kind of courage in this revolution which is of such vast importance just now.

These writings of A. J. Tomlinson can be ordered from the White Wing Publishing House in Cleveland, Tennessee.

And again, The History of The Church of God of Prophecy is being taught by Hector Ortiz at Camp Boothe as a course of Gordon-Conwell.

Those not enrolled in the college can sit in on these classes at $75.00 for the week end.

Begins Thursday morning, March 17th , at 9:00 a.m. and continues through Sunday morning, March 20th.

Young ministers are encouraged to take these classes.

A lton-Connecting Pointe: November brought a big change at Alton. W e changed our name to Connecting Pointe. The church set forth four lay minister: Vanessa Brown, Jeramy M urphree, Laura Stronge and Charlotte W iggins. Jeramy Murphree was appointed as Associate Pastor. Vanessa Brown was appointed as Children’s Pastor.

There were lots of activities and fun in December with Christmas Mania and then our Christmas program, “Scrooge Presents Lights of Love”. The Birmingham District had a great time at Connecting Pointe with Santa, lunch and games. The New Year began with Pastor Daniel and Laura Stronge and their family: Andrew, Luke, Sam and Adeline giving the church a dinner of thanks. It was a lovely evening and the church appreciates our pastor and family for their love, dedication and spiritual leadership.

Browntown: Over the last six months, we have had family days, youth nights with Eli Lee, men’s breakfasts, baby dedication for Saydee Catherine Lee, Couples Fiesta Night, Singing with Ryan W atkins, Trunk or Treat, Couples T hanksgiving dinner, Jesus’ birthday party, Christmas program and watched W ar Room.

Chickasaw : A new member was added this month.

W e welcome Betty Riggan to Chickasaw. W onderful fellowship is always in the South! God bless everyone.

Cunningham Bridge: W e want to thank God for His blessings on us at Cunningham Bridge. W e had five to join the church (Jimmy Proctor, Lenise Proctor, Jason Smith, Rose Smith, Dan Edwards) and one to follow in believers baptism. The Lord is so good to us; we praise His holy name-JESUS!!

Gadsden-Living W aters: This month we welcome Sister Amanda Heard as a new covenant member of the Gadsden COGOP. W e praise God for this dear sister and her son Deklyn.

Gordo: Everyone enjoyed a delicious Sunday School Breakfast with all the trimmings, including homemade biscuits by Sister Ruby Pritchett. Lots of fellowship with each other and devotional by Brother James Lathon.

Greenpond: W e welcomed the New Year with great anticipation of what God is going to do. Many participated in the twenty-one

day fast. Great things happen when we fast and pray.

There were thirty-nine in attendance for our mother/son Valentine Banquet.

Haleyville-Pathway: W e have been in a revival with Bill Easter and seen God move.

W e saw 2 saved, 1 sanctified, 1 received the Holy Ghost and 35 baptized in water. God help us keep the fire going to spread from Haleyville, Alabama to around the world in God’s name. Amen.

Huntsville-M astin Lake: W anted to share about our recent Serve Day. W e have been preaching and teaching for the last few years about serving others as Christ through the Body of Christ as a key to our Christianity. Mastin Lake Church has a strong tradition of some pioneers who have reached out from the local church to our community and city. However, the next giant leap for our church was to do more than fund a local mission project (outreach) but give of our greatest resource-TIME. Last fall our new youth pastors did a youth serve day for first responders in our area.

They took the left over food to an area know as “Tent City” in Huntsville. This area is tents where the homeless of our city live. W e challenged the entire church to participate in serving and saving lives both time and money. After many gave and sponsored backpacks of basic supplies, we gathered on a Saturday for SERVE DAY. W e had over 50 people show up from all ages to help pack bags, cook a meal and whatever else they could do. They prayed over each backpack and even the food.

Then at least 30 went out to personally deliver the warm chili and the backpack of supplies. As we come back for a MEAL TO DISCUSS OUR DAYS EVENTS, IT

W AS POW ERFUL AS people shared emotionally and very passionately how God had changed them and how blessed they were to join in. This team is already excitingly talking about what and how we can further help and touch our city for Jesus.

At our 75 th Anniversary we declared “If God is the God of this City, then we must become the Church of this city”.

Short Creek: W e are looking forward to a wonderful year in the Lord. God is blessing with wonderful worship, fellowship of the Saints, drawing closer to Him in prayer, study of the W ord, and receiving of the W ord from the pulpit. W e enjoyed Family Night and Seniors enjoyed lunch together. Six of our youth attended the W inter Conference and came back filled with the Spirit of God and excited about the work of the Lord.

Thanks to all those who made this possible.

Tarrant: W e started the month by participating with our brothers and sisters over the world in the 21 days of prayer and fasting. Pastor Judy blessed the Presbyterian Manor in a concert. W e ended the month with guest singer Pastor John Redmon of Greater M t. Zion, followed by a luncheon of soups, and chili.

W infield City Family: W e thank God for four souls being redeemed this month. W e had a great New Year’s watch night service.

W e enjoyed God’s presence and over fifty people visited and had communion together.

Later, we had breakfast together downstairs after praying the old year out and the new year in.

Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 Joyce Meyer The Bible is written as a personal letter tro you.

God speaks to you, ministers to your needs, and directs you in the way you should go in His written Word. He tells you what you should do and how you should live.

It is a mistake to think we can hear clearly from God without spending time in the Word. Knowing the written Word protects you from deception. Listening for God’s voice without being dedicated to spending time in the Word on a regular basis opens you up to hearing voices that are not from God. There may be times when God speaks something to you that is outside a specific chapter and verse of the Bible but it will always be in agreement with His Word. Tonight, spend time reading a portion of God’s personal letter to you and allow Him to speak to your heart. God’s Word is one of the most precious gifts we have. Treasure it.

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Tips For Abundant Life Carolyn Guyton Rest. It is March, the month for Spring cleaning and raking the winter off our lawns to prepare for the wonderful new growth and beauty of the warmer seasons. W hy, then, am I sharing about rest?

I recently experienced one of those times where within three days I heard the same topic covered in three different places – from our ladies’ Bible Study on Thursday evening, my daily devotion book on Saturday morning, and then in a sermon recorded several weeks earlier that I watched on Saturday. I pay attention when that happens!

In the Lord. Matthew 11:28-29 is the scripture I encountered in those three experiences. W e are invited to come to Jesus for our rest and peace. You see, He knew we would experience those times of weariness so He already had a plan for fulfilling that need.

After having that time of resting in the Lord, we are rejuvenated and prepared to continue our service.

In the physical. Our bodies were created with the need for rest. W hen we don’t get the sleep our bodies require, then we are unable to function at our best. Just as we were all created unique and different in our capabilities and strengths, our bodies are different as well. I know people who are completely rested with only five to six hours of sleep each night. My body, on the other hand, needs its full 8 hours. Find your optimum and be sure you attain it.

In the mind. Doesn’t your mind just seem to work overtime – thinking about all you have to do, all those things you need to be concerned about, how unhappy you are with a certain situation, and on and on and on?!

Just give it a rest already, right?! Just as our physical bodies need sufficient rest and nourishment, our minds need to be fed the positive, encouraging promises from the W ord of God on a regular basis so they can rest from all the responsibility.

Give yourself a break and get the rest you need. And then, seek every day for the

Harvest Partners Russia Dear Friends and Partners in missions, We are so excited to share with you some news from Siberia mission.

God is good all the time and we see His hand every day. I just wanted to send this brief note to let you know how truly grateful we are for your generous and faithful support of this ministry.

May God richly bless you!

We would like to begin with a prayer need for our family and our living arrangements. Couple days ago our landlord has asked us to move out in two weeks from the apartment that we are renting.

We don’t fully understand the reason behind it but we do see the devil is trying to machinate.

Right now we are searching for a place to live but can’t find anything yet. We need your prayer support! Please pray for God to give us an apartment in a safe neighborhood. Everything is in His hands. Thank you!

Youth Ministry In February we have started a youth service on Sunday night. The Lord has placed upon our hearts to start serving the young people and to raise them up in righteousness. As you know, the youth is always hungry, both spiritually and physically so we start our services with fellowship and food, than some sport activities. After that we praise God together and release the Word. We had 14 people during our first service, and this last Sunday we already had more than 40 people. It is exiting to see how with every day more

and more young people come to God. Praise and Worship Nights The churchhas agreed to pray for revival in Siberia every Friday. We have decided to gather on Friday nights to praise Jesus and ask for the rain upon a dry and weary land. We are learning how to worship, how to get a hold of God. We believe that He will send His fire!

Visiting Churches Our churches are young in Russia. On average they are 15 years old. This is the time of formation and building of the Kingdom of God. We see our calling as helping young ministers and multiplication of churches.

For the couple last months we have visited 4 churches. We are asking for you to pray for pastors and their families. We are desperately in need of laborers and we are praying for God to raise up a generation that would have a fire for ministry.

Our Family We are thankful to God that He has called our family to be a missionary one. Since we are traveling a lot our kids are not able to stay in one place so we have decided to switch them to home school. We have chosen an Alpha & Omega Christian Academy for them which was suggested to us by our American friends. One year of school costs approximately $1700 for us. We are asking for your prayers so God would bless their education. If you would like to support us financially in this, we would greatly appreciate it.

We hope you will be encouraged to know that your partnership is making an eternal difference in hundreds of lives in Siberia. We are thankful for your sowing seeds in this ministry. Our prayers are for God to bless you abundantly.

Gratefully in Him, Dmitry, Irena, Paul and Melanie Kavaleuski

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Alton COGOP is interviewing for a Youth Pastor. “We are looking for someone called by God to the Youth Ministry”.

Contact: Pastor, Daniel Stronge, Alton Church, 2305 Old Alton Road, Birmingham, AL 35210, 2 0 5 - 2 3 3 - 0 0 1 3 , blendedminstries@yahoo.com Pinson Valley: Seeking a Youth Minister, call 470-9591.

STATE WEB SITES Alabama Update Blog: W W W . a l a b a m a u p d ate.blogspot.com Alabama Web Site: alcogop.org Youth-Tim Beck Web: www.experiencehydrate.com www.hydrateministries.com

AVAILABLE FOR REVIVALS Joey Dobbs: Member of Sterrett Church of God of Prophecy.

Telephone (205)746-3017.

Earlean Emerson, P O Box 1863, Hamilton, AL 35570. Telephone (205) 921-5637.

Brenda Kay Pate, P O Box 156 Woodstock, AL 35188; 205-388-1087 or 388-3129. Fill in for pastors also.

Steve Puckett, 471 Co Rd 275, Arley, Al, 35541, Home: 205-295-5117; cell 864-385-0626.

SPEAKING AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS: Anita Falkner Parker, 3615 Moody Pkwy, Moody, AL 35004. Telephone (205) 640-6207.

Brenda Kay Pate, P O Box 156; Woodstock, AL, 35188; 205-388-1087 or 388-3129.

MUSICAL MINISTRY Breaking Chains, Elliot:251-4548946,breakingchainsworship@yahoo. com. ************************ BIRTHS Chickasaw: Jayden Edsel was born to Joseph and Stephanie Tadlock on January 8th.

Robertsdale: Mac Levi was born December 16th to parents, John and Kayla McCadden.

DEATHS Alexander City: Odell Moody left this present life on January 7, 2016.

Browntown: Imogene Miskelley, wife of Jack Miskelley passed away January 11th.

East Lake Highlands: Ruth McCombs went to be with her Lord February 4th.

Sterrett: Sandra Gable was called home January 21st.

Trinity: Cynthia Sellers Sims left this life on February 28th.

MARCH PASTORS/WIVES BIRTHDAYS Betty Branch W. T. Branch Amy Christmas Tim Douglas

Mark Fell Odell Green Kim Hitt Lynn Hitt Sarah Key Whitney Smith Steven Spears Joyce Sutton Barbara Weber ANNIVERSARIES A. L. & Carol Henderson Jeff & Jackie Logan Bill & Nita Noe Cephus & Debra Prophitt Steven & Darlene Spears

Future Events Hydrate Campus Tour March 13 CAMPFIRES, all ages Hackleburg COGOP, 5:30 PM 17-20 Gordon-Conwell Camp Boothe 6-20 Leaders of Leaders Camp Boothe April 3 CAMPFIRES, all ages Woodland Hills, 5:30 PM Bessemer, AL 10 CAMPFIRES, all ages Carbon Hill, COGOP, 5:30 PM 16 Great Commandment Network REBOOT Classes Camp Boothe 29, 30 DRAMA/MUSIC Training Conference Developing Talents and Gifts Camp Boothe May 21 Camp Staff Training Camp Boothe

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3389.00 3945.54 4940.26 1360.00

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Huntsville Mastin Lake Bell Road Jasper Leesburg Lincoln Mentone Montgomery Moulton Munford Silver Run Odenville Parrish Pelham Pinson Parkway Poarch Red Bay Robertsdale Rock Cliff Sheffield Cliff Haven Short Creek Sterrett Summerbrook Tannehill Mission Tarrant City Trinity Worship Twilleytown West Blocton Winfield Family World Outreach

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THE ABOVE STATISTICS WERE TAKEN FROM TREASURERS’ REPORTS RECEIVED IN STATE OFFICE AS OF DECEMBER 2015

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Our Sympathy to our Ministers Families Danny Calvert February 23, 2016 Former Alabama pastor

Grace Houser February 28, 2016 Darlene (Wayne) Craig’s mother

Janet Prophitt February 15, 2016 Wally (Dona) and Cephus (Debra) Prophitt’s sisterin-law

David Sanford February 22, 2016 Retired minister and deceased Faye Sanford’s husband

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