PASTOR COMMUNIQUE

This past weekend was full to the brim with BLESSINGS!

I owe a big thanks to Bro. Jonathon and Sis Christy Lucas for coming to Platte City, MO from St. Louis, MO and blessing our church with the wonderful ministry that they have. It was MUCH appreciated. We enjoyed the fellowship with them and being in the house of the Lord, together. The church had my birthday fellowship at our house on Sat. night and we had a great time! Thank you, to my church for all the cards and gift from the church. It is much appreciated and I promise I will make use of it!

Friday night prayer in the Prayer Room God provided for us was marvelous!! It is the first of many such meetings! We have this time reserved from 4-5 p.m. each Friday at 225 N. Main Platte City, MO. We will add other times and notify our members of such times at that prayer room. We also have corporate prayer at 9 a.m. each and every Sunday morning at UPINPC. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." We will not succeed without communication with Jesus about His plan for us.

This brings me to the Prayer Conference put together by Pastor Terry Sims on Sat. morning. I hope that is the first of many more. The Focused prayers for family, marriages, unity in the churches in Section 10, finances,and even prayers of repentence were heard by Jesus and we heard from HIM! One thing that stood out to me was when Sis Misty Dycus said "if satan can't make us bad, he makes us busy." Let's not get so busy with carnal OR spiritual business that we can't make time for prayer in our schedules.Communication is vital to our walk with God.

Obviously, there are a lot of events and work in all churches and ours is no exception. We have many things going on and coming up. But, PRAYER will be at the center of each and every thing we do.

Jesus has opened doors at the Civic Center for us to feel at home in making some cosmetic changes to our temporary venue to make the atmosphere more inviting. This is being financed and is approved by the City of Platte City who is working with us in every way possible. They have shown great favor to us in many ways. This is not our doing. This is Jesus. But, we are going to make the most of it.

The chairs will be reupholstered and the walls will be painted. We are adding curtains to the trophy cases and dining room window. There will be new carpet and also tile in the entry way. We are happy for anyone who would like to help with these projects.

Saturday, the 17th of March, we will have an upholstery party at 10 a.m. at my house. The paint day is to be announced. But, it will happen shortly after chairs are finished. The goal is to get finished before Easter.

The Ladies of Favor are meeting at Sis Angie Holt's house Tuesday of this week. They meet once a month for a time of fellowship, word and prayer. The men's group is currently being formed and we will notify you of upcoming events for the men who will have something similar. Bro. Michael Parrett is heading that up with the help of myself and James Willett.

Casting Crown Concert is Thursday, March 22. We are going with REFUGE church and some great people from Platte City who answered our ad for discount tickets being offered. (Which means these Platte City residents get to sit with us and we get to know them).

POWER UP CONFERENCE is coming up at the end of the month! We hope every person in our church gets to go to at least one service! Last year was phenomenal! You won't regret attending.

PENNY WARS...men, looks like women are showing us up as of last week...but, after Bro. Dave Hackathorn's BAG OF SILVER we shall SEE!! This goes throughout March and we will pay our kids camp tuition with this fundraiser and any extra funds will be moved into the SHEAVES FOR CHRIST offering.

OUTREACH is essential and ongoing. Watch for dates and times to be announced often. The next Outreach is this Sunday from 12 - 1. It will be a quick blast again like we did the last time. We will pass out 250 flyers and it should not take very long with as many people as participate. We are blessed with an evangelistic attitude in our members. I want you all to know how much I appreciate that! We will focus on our informational brochure Sis. Sherii designed. We want to let people know the UNITED PENTECOSTALS ARE IN PLATTE CITY!!