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Change! By Gene Strother Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Proverbs 9:9 (KJV) Few people enjoy change. We get in a comfort zone and tend to want to remain there. Economist John Galbraith observed, “Faced with the choice between changing one’s IMPORTANT NOTICES mind, and proving that there is no need to do so, almost ►OFFICE HOURS: The Church Office is closed to the public on Monday of each everybody gets busy on the proof.” Mr. Galbraith was right. week. Office Opening hours are: Tuesdays to Thursdays (9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and Fridays (9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) Great energy has been expended, impassioned speeches ►ANNOUNCEMENTS for Wednesdays and Sundays should be submitted two (2) delivered, and battle lines drawn all in resistance to change. I working days before airing. recall once narrowly avoiding a church fight over whether to ►REFERENCE LETTERS: To request a Reference Letter, you must: take down paneling during the remodeling of an auditorium. 1. Collect a member’s Reference Letter Requisition Form from the wall across The chief opponent of the idea argued that “godly men had put from Nursery in the foyer of the Administrative Building. that paneling on the wall, some of whom are deceased.” I 2. Follow the instructions to complete the form. You must complete and sign thought but never said, “Yes, and godly men will take it down.” Part I One humorist said, “Nobody likes change, except a baby for Applicants and submit to your Sunday School Teacher/Divisional Director to with a wet diaper.” Another good observation. fill in Part II. Certainly, some change ought to be resisted. Change for 3. The form must then be submitted to the Church Office at least 7 days prior to the the sake of change has no merit. Change in the wrong direction date when the reference letter is needed. is…well, wrong. For instance, a change from obedience to God ►APPOINTMENTS (PRE-MARITAL): Persons wishing to get married must to disobedience or from faith to doubt or from honesty to make an appointment to see the Pastor before commencing courtship and dishonesty, would be change for the worse. There are arrange pre-marital counseling sessions via the Church Office. immutable truths and principles set forth in God’s Word which Pentecostal Tabernacle, 66-72 ½ Wildman Street, Kingston, Jamaica W.I. must never be violated or rendered moot in the name of Phone: (876) 922-6978 /922-8036 /922-4351 change. Fax: (876) 922-1145 Email address: [email protected] 1 Conversely, to insist that one will never change on any Summer Day Camp 2014, 72 /2 Wildman Street, Kingston / email: issue no matter what is just silly pride, stubbornness and a [email protected] by March 31, 2014 recipe for spiritual dwarfism. I recall as a boy hearing preachers ►The Project HOPE Foundation will be having a fundraising Fish thunder about how they had not changed in twenty or thirty or Fry on April 17, 2014. Contribution: $1,000.00. Free delivery of fifty years…always to a chorus of “Amens.” It made good five (5) or more lunches to work places. Under five (5) lunches: pick preaching…and poor theology and a terrible approach to up at Pentab. ministry. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and BIBLE forever because He is perfect. He is ideal. There is no change DATE & TIME ACTIVITY READIN He could make that would improve Him in any way. The same G Sunday -Mar Isaiah can be said for no other human who has ever walked the rd planet. 23 22 Change can be frightening and foreboding. It is often 10:15 a.m. - Worship Service, Children’s Church & 6:30 p.m. Teen Tab unsettling because you don’t know what to expect. It is also - We will be supporting Nannyville's essential – if you are going to grow. Youth Week Every new thing you learn, every new idea, every new piece Service in the Back Bush of information changes you in some way. May we each keep Community, beside an open mind and teachable spirit and may the things we the Community Centre learn and experience this day change us…for the better. Monday - Isaiah th A Prayer For Today: Father, I know that I am a work in 24 23 progress. I am better than I was before You found me, but Tuesday – Isaiah 25th 24 not at all what I will be when You have perfected Your work 4:00 p.m. - Junior Choir Practice in me. I pray that I will remain pliable in Your hands. Change 6:30 p.m. - Meeting with YOUTH Ministry what needs changing, Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.” Leaders in the GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 6:30 p.m. Conference Room ►Members of Pentecostal Tabernacle are being invited to share in - Life Changers Ministry Training & devotions at Tivoli High School on March 24 & 31, 2014 at Development Session 7:30 a.m. Wednesday Isaiah th ►Applications are invited to fill the position of Accounting -26 25 Clerk at Pentecostal Tabernacle. A minimum of two years 6:30 am-6:45 - Morning Manna experience as an Accounting Clerk with five CSEC level subjects, am - Pentab High School Prayer Meeting CAPE Unit 1&2 in Accounts or with an Associate Degree in Accounts. 9:30 a.m. - Prayer & Fasting Service Submit applications to Mrs. Dian Beecher, Corporate Services 1:00 p.m. - Students' Prayer Meeting Manager, Pentecostal Tabernacle or via email: 3:00 p.m. - Prayer & Bible Study [email protected] by March 25, 2014. See notice 6:30 p.m. boards for further details. Thursday – Isaiah th Project HOPE Foundation invites suitably qualified persons to fill 27 26 ► th the positions of Camp Director, Assistant Camp Director and Friday – 28 Isaiah Assistant Camp Director (Events Planning & Production) for its 2014 27 Summer Day Camp. Submit resumés to Project HOPE Foundation, 6:30 p.m. - Golden Agers' Club Service to honour golden Dorrett Headley, Constance Henry, Abigail Rigg, Sophia Stampp agers 75 years & over (28th); Georgia Gislespie-Weir (29th). Saturday – Isaiah BROTHERS: Tavaughn Miller, Louwin Mitchell (26th); Onesimus th 29 28 Malcolm, Harold Wright (28th); Paul Brown, Dean Taylor (29th). 10:00 a.m. - Meeting with the ACA Ministry NB : Please note that we can only accommodate the birthdays of 11:30 a.m. Leaders current Members of Pentecostal Tabernacle. - Mtg. with LIFE CHANGERS Ministry Leaders Sunday – 30th Isaiah 29 6:00 a.m. - “Rightly Dividing the Word” on RJR 7:00 a.m. FAME FM 8:00 a.m. - Prayer Time in the Sanctuary 8:30 a.m. - Pre-Session - Sunday School (Parents'/Teachers' 10:15 a.m. Sunday - 12:30 p.m. Lower Division) - Worship Service, Children's Church & ---- Teen Tab - The funeral service for the brother of Sis. Gladys Steele will be held in Malvern. St. Elizabeth - NO Evening Service UPCOMING EVENTS ►Mar. 31 Men's & Women's Fellowship General Meetings ►Apr. 1 Youth Service ►Apr. 2-11 Ten-Day Fast ►Apr. 5 Pentab High/Project HOPE Fundraising Activity (Sponsorship Drive)

March 23 rd - 29 th SISTERS: Violet Brown, Carrie-Ann Coombs, Michelle-Ann Rushton, Avis Williams (23rd); Keisha McLean, Ivy Morgan- Beckford (24th); Sybil Campbell, Icilda Doyley, Jennifer Warren (25th); Annette Ellis, Melanie Harrison, Josette Levy-Thompson, Judith Penny (26th); Dorenda Giscombe (27th); Marcia Chen,