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Show Church Covenant ANNOUNCEMENTS + New Zion will celebrate their annual Women’s Day on Sunday August 8, 1999 Our program chairman is Sis. Bertha Elliott and she is asking for our support. A The By-laws Committee will meet each Friday at 5 00 unless called before hand. The members of this committee are: Bro’s. White, Brock, Wilder, Bell, Taylor, and Dennis Carpenter Sis’s. Sattiewhite and Watkins. Our next meeting will be on August 13, 1999. The Intermountain General Baptist Association will hold it’s. Annual Session , August 3, through August 7 at Calvary Baptist Church. The Emmanuel Church of God in Christ will celebrate their Pastor’s 13" anniversary on August 22, at 3 30 Weare invited. been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Having Jesus Christ as our Saviour, Lord And on the profession of our faith, having been baptized of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy We do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly most solemnly and jovfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian EVANGELISM CRUSADE! Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. (Matthew 28 19 & 20) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (John. 12.32) lifting up His Holy Name in our community. See Deacon Harry Nunn Sr. for details. to strive for the advancement of this church, in knowl- To promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines To contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations. We also engage to maintain familv and secret devotions. to religiously our children to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaint- ances. To walk circumspectly in the world. to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; To avoid all tattling backbiting, and excessive anger; To abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour We further engage to watch over one another in brotherlv love; To remember each other in praver; to aid each other in sickness and reconciliation, and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech, To be mindful In obedience to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, join us in love; edge, holiness, and comfort: educate SHPSH PPP GH HH HHH HHH HPP Poesy in the name Ghost, slow to take offense, but alwavs ready for of the rules of our Saviour to secure it without delay We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church. where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word. |