from the Desk of the Pastor
"In-Person" Worship Services Continue
Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am
The recorded services can be viewed live on the Holy Light MBC Facebook page and the YouTube page has all recorded services for your viewing.
We look forward to more members returning to in-person worship in the coming months.
Sunday Service: March 22, 2022
African American Church Evangelism Institute
I have begun participating in the institute as part of a 18 month cohort with our pastors in the nation about learning tools to enhance the mission the church to become a conversion church. Partnering with Pastors to Cultivate Conversion Growth 59% of churches across America are either plateauing or declining, 31% of churches are growing preliminary through transfer growth, and only 10% of churches are growing significantly through conversion growth. Through a two year cohort, pastors learn how to revitalize their congregation by helping them to become “conversion communities”, where churched and de-churched people come to faith, grow in their faith, and their congregations become more welcoming places for emerging and young adults. The African American Church Evangelism Institute is a movement of Africa American churches reaching out with the gospel to impact the world – Community by Community!
Resurrection Sunday - Sunday, April 17, 2022 (10:00am)
We would love to see many of you make Resurrection Sunday as your Sunday to return to in-person worship.
California State Baptist Convention, Inc. - "2022 Mid-Winter Session"
Thursday, March 24, 2022 (9:00am - 6:30pm)
"Being the church in a digital age" - I chronicles 12:32
Please SPREAD THE WORD and review the featured PRESENTATIONS listed below.
This Winter Session is FREE to all participants and you may attend by following the instructions listed below
Input the Meeting ID and Passcode at www.zoom.us/join or
Copy zoom links listed below into your web browser or
Just click the links listed below
9:00 am – 9:30 am
PRESIDENT WELTON PLEASANT, II & DEAN WARREN HENDERSON’S PERSPECTIVE
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
9:45 am – 11:15 am (Auxiliary / Ministry Meetings)
Laymen’s Ministry, President Deacon Sullivan Stallworth
Meeting ID# 812 7107 1723
Ushers & Nurses Ministry, President Bro. Noble Cobbins
Meeting ID# 851 2627 7388
Women’s Ministry, President Sis. Alfretta Clark
Meeting ID# 845 3010 0470
9:45 am – 11:15 am (AM Workshop)
Reclaiming Evangelical Preaching (Pastors Only) / Dr. Jerry Carter, Jr.
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
11:30 am – 1:00 pm (General Session)
No Going Back: The Digital Reformation of the Church / Pastor John Paul Foster
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Lunch Break)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (PM Workshops)
Biblical Justice / Dr. Charlie Dates
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
Things Your Church Should Be Doing Digitally / Pastor Anita Latin
Meeting ID# 861 3003 9049
Preaching in the Age of Globalization (Pastors Only) / Dr. Joel Gregory
Meeting ID# 844 4476 3628
Bridging the Generational Gap / Pastor Joshua Daniels
Meeting ID# 828 4136 8835
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
PUBLIC HEALTH AND FAITH PRESENTATION
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION - IS ONLINE CHURCH REALLY CHURCH?
Webinar ID# 895 3445 4428
Panelist: Pastor Lawrence Aker, Pastor Danielle Brown, Pastor Larry Ellis, Pastor Damian Epps, Pastor Henry Perkins, Pastor Patrick Walker
Moderator: Pastor Sherman Fort
CHUCH PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT UPDATES
Work has begun on remodeling our access to our upstairs media room replacing the current pull down ladder access with a safer stairs and railing access. There are also plans underway to install new entry doors that currently access our sanctuary and fellowship hall.
Proverbs: 24-3-4 Through wisdom is an house builded, and by understanding is it established. And by knowledge shall all the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Sermon Updates
If you haven’t had a chance to follow there was a 5 week sermon series (February/March) on Jonah. Please view on the website or on the holylight Facebook and YouTube pages.
Jonah went through a process from
Running from God
Running to God
Running with God
Running Ahead or Trying to Run God.
