Mission: To unconditionally love everyone. Goal: Pray for the Holy Spirit to show us ways to help others discover their unique gifts of grace. Action: Model compassionate care. Call: Share ministry with others by encouraging everyone to exercise their relational ministry. First, with family, then close friends, and then those in the community who are not connected to someone in a spiritual relationship.
World View: Local churches make up the spiritual heart of a community. However, all local churches are connected with the global universal church. The global universal church is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit on the earth. This fleshly dwelling place is the treasure in earthly vessels. The global universal church is a spiritual body, made without hands. The church is God's new governmental system on earth. The global universal church is made up of all nations, all people, all kindred, all tongues, is God manifested in the flesh. It is the Nation of Jesus Society.
Sacramental View: A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward influence of God's grace. Therefore, everything we do is a result of God's mercy and grace working in us to bring peace and non-violence into the world. Although God calls some to live a life of single devotion to the sacred heart and work of Jesus. Marriage, Conception, Birth, Baptism, Preventing Grace, Repentance, Confirmation of the indwelling Holy Spirit, Communion, Communion of Saints, Healing, Miracles, Anointing of oil, Laying on of hands, Witnessing, Confessing our faults, Encouraging one another, and Restoration are all a result of our responding to the immeasurable Grace of God and the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
The Kingdom of God: The teaching of Jesus is represented in the Aramaic prayer that he taught his disciples to pray.
"Our Father in Heaven, Our heavenly Father, hallowed is your name.
Your Kingdom is come. Your will is done,
As in heaven so also on earth.
Give us the bread for our daily need.
And leave us serene,
just as we also allowed others serenity.
And do not pass us through trial,
except separate us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom,
the Power and the Glory
To the end of the universe, of all the universes." Amen!
Eashoa (Jesus) our King-Priest continually representing humans on earth, both dead and breathing from his parallel Universe of higher frequency. Jesus teaches that "all live unto me". Jesus our King-Priest sits at the right hand of Allaha, Our Father, continually mediating mercy and grace. Gifting "gifts" to both men and women, at His discretion, to those who cooperate and respond to his spirit-voice and written Word. Jesus is continually mediating his Seven Spirits to humans as we need them to be more than conquerors. His Seven Spirits are: "there shall rest and settle upon him the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Wisdom and Knowledge, the Spirit of Providence and Greatness, the Spirit of Understanding and Submission to the Lord;3. And he shall ascend from the East* with his Lord's assumptions,*" The spirit of Eashoa, is pouring out healing, joy, knowledge, understanding, peace, justice, mercy, oil of gladness into this global community. If you interested in becoming a partner with us contact us by filling in your contact information on the Home Page.
Click the play button to hear one of our worship songs. Songs like these along with many others are the sounds of worship that pour out of the congregation on Sunday Mornings. Our Ordained Minister of Worship, through his gifts of grace, helps usher us into the presence of Jesus with a host of angels and saints surrounding us with Holy Glory in every service.
Then, the Sacrament of the Word of Faith lifts us to a place of confidence in Jesus. Showing us who we are, where we came from, and where we are going. King David writes, "Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Open Holy Communion, Prayer for healing, Baptism, Confession of Faith is proffered in all services.
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Sunday School 9:00 PM
Worship and Praise 10:30 AM
Come expecting a Miracle
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The Pull to the Future is a book that Datha and I are writing, inspired by her father Rev. J. T. Pugh. We attempt to prove how Christianity, Technology, Science, and People can work together in "singularity" to enjoy a society of faith, hope, and love, predicted by God thousands of years ago. The betterment of mankind is a result of our young people sharing their ideas, philosophies, religious convictions, through social e-world technology, and using the new discoveries of science, archeology, and reality to pull people of faith and other structures of our society together. By consideration of realistic ideas we can discover a present ever-increasing Kingdom of God on the earth.
We introduce a the idea that Christianity, Technology, Science, and Community Organizers can come together in a new "singularity" to form an ever-increasing social network that will address the needs and social welfare of the unchurched.
The book begins by describing the successes and failures of "just" a secular approach to community and personal development. We offer a solution to youth and young families a way to combine their efforts into a new social network that will change the future of the family, the community, and our work ethics.
We suggest that by allowing young people to share their ideas, challenges, and creative abilities they can create opportunities for themselves to live a better life and succeed without being co-dependent on the state. We encourage them to look for solutions in the teachings of Jesus Christ, their own internal convictions, science and technology then take responsibility for their own destiny.
We believe that this book will give them a new perspective on “who they are” and help them develop a positive self-determination that cannot be quenched by external cultural or social conditions. We also encourage them to consider religion, science, archeology, truth, and other social structures, not as communities that are at odds with each other, but a source of information that will pull them into a better future for themselves and their children.
In the teachings of Jesus, he used the "cornerstone" to describe the building of His church. St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke in the Gospels, recall the teachings of Jesus quoting ancient writings from prophets of Judah. There are numerous uses of this symbol in the Old and New Testaments of the terms cornerstone, stone, church and Rock. Isaiah refers to Jesus as the "precious cornerstone." Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone of sure foundation; he who believes (trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone) will not be ashamed or give way or hasten away [in sudden panic].” Zechariah refers to its placement at the top of the completed edifice "What are you, a great mountain before Zerubabel? Except a valley, and to bring forth the corner* stone of providence and mercy."*
"Celebrate a gift" to the next generation by helping us accomplish the task of promoting and publishing this book. Hard back copies, paperback copies, and e-book copies will be made available. We have a well known publisher that is going to be announced by May 30, 2011. If these ideas "strike a chord" with you and you wish to be a part of the international team let us know.
Send all donations to Corlis Dees Ministries, Inc. 643 E. Timberbrook Estates, Shelbyville, IN 46176
Lanny Wolfe is our Ordained Minister of Drama and Music. He is very talented, loving, and a highly disciplined Christian. He has been a personal friend of our family for over 40 years. If you would like to purchase any of his Songs, CD's, Seasonal Musicals, or just visit his website click on his picture and it will take you to his website. "More Than Wonderful," won a Grammy for Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris for their duet performance of it. The song itself was voted Song of The Year in 1984 by the Gospel Music Association, and I was honored as GMA's Gospel Songwriter of the Year, after being nominated seven previous times. It was the first time ever that a song from a musical, rather than from an artist project, had ever been chosen for the honor of Song of The Year.
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There was a Bible man named Joseph born to a faithful man who loved him very much. His brothers disliked him from the beginning but around the house could say nothing. Dad was listening and would not stand for any talk about Joseph. But one day Joseph went to visit them at the work location.
In Joseph's excitement he began to tell them of the fantastic things that God was going to do and they could all be a part of it. But they were already doing okay by the standards of the day and he was just a dreamer anyway. They took one look at the beautiful coat of many colors that his Daddy had bought him and jealousy took control.
The tongues wagged behind the poor boy's back and he knew nothing. But it was decided that he was not their speed. He could not run with them. He had nothing tooffer. After all something must be wrong with him for his Daddy to love him so much.
So the plot was laid. They would silence his voice. See him no more. Have no awkward moments when he came into their presence. And the house would be the same again, like before he was born!
Springing on him like a cheetah on zebra, they stripped him of his beautiful earthly assets. They flung him in a pit. They killed a goat. Dipped his coat in the blood. That's it. We will call him dead.
Yes, Daddy would sorrow for awhile but after a while the killing by an animal story would stick. They would be through with him. No more dreams. No more Joseph. But what do we do with him?
Now they were not murderers of flesh. Just assassins of character, intelligence and good works. They had to get rid of him. Down the dusty road came their answer.
Slave traders. Sure, why did they not think of it before? Let's make some money off of him. Take him for what he's worth. No one will ever know.
Sunlight flooded into the pit where Joseph had been cast. Drug by ropes up the side until feet landed upon the ground. Bound hand and foot his fearful eyes took one last, longing look at those he loved and those he thought loved him and then it was over. He was gone. Gone to a place called Egypt to be a slave!
Money exchanged over and over for this intelligent, sharp favored son until he landed in the house of a ruler. He began to do well. He began to make friends. He began to find favor again. Wealth reappeared and he was making do.
I don't how often he thought of his brothers and their deeds but I am sure he thought of his dear old dad and how he must miss him! But can't go there too much. Got to keep thinking his way out and moving up where he was enslaved. And then it happened again.
The old gal who he worked for desired him. He had far too much integrity to fall for the soft words again and he fled. She lied. Her husband believed her. Joseph had tried to rape her and now he was headed to another prison to pay for someone else's ladder climbing, backstabbing, ungrateful ways.
Down in the jail house he started moving up again. Made some good friends. When they dreamed he told them what it meant. The favor was still on him and he was accurate so he was gaining ground when somebody told somebody who told somebody that he was good at what he did. That somebody happened to be the King or the Pharaoh as he was called.
Out of prison. Into the Palace. Moving on up. Now he's over the national warehouse and because of his way with dreams he knew the famine was coming and had stocked up so good that the Pharaoh could feed all of his people pretty good and then it happened.
Back at home Daddy could not supply food for his sons and daughters and their wives and children and so he made a decision. Calling them in, he told them to get their trucks and trailers and go to Egypt and buy some food. Off they went and when they got there they showed up at the Pharaoh's warehouse. And guess who was there?
Well, they did not remember him. It was so long ago. We have no more obligation. But Joseph remembered. Cried a bit. And sold them food. But he had to find out about Daddy and is this a brother he had never seen before?
What a heartache. What a sadness. But to see Daddy again he had to put up with the boys. What would Daddy want him to do?
