OIHA, PHC of NY, etc.

Greetings!  Happy belated Canada Day, Confederation Day, Dominion Day, etc. and also a happy belated Independance Day (in honour of my American Cousin).  It was an exciting time at campmeeting this year.  OIHA Camp, began on Canada Day (July 1st), in which we joyfully sang O Canada.  The evangelists were, M.R. McCreary and Steve Harvey.  We had a wonderful campmeeting were God’s presence was felt in a special way.  On Sunday afternoon we had a baptismal service, in which twelve people were baptized. 

This past Monday and Tuesday were the Annual Conference of the Pilgrim Holiness Church of NY Inc.  Our new Council members are:

1. Conference President: Rev. Brian Spangler
2. Conference Vice-President: Rev. Paul Case Sr.
3. Conference Secretary: Kendall Straight III
4. Conference Treasurer: Rev. Daniel Shumway
5. Missionary Secretary: Rev. Kenneth Sickler
6. Advisory Members: Rev. B.J. Ward, Rev. Donald M. Meyers, Rev. John Peabody, Rev. Randy Neville

Remember to pray for our new council as they serve over this next year.

Upcoming events:

• VBS Calling Day - July 19
• Church BQ - July 26
• VBS - July 28-August 1
• VBS Program - August 1
• Holiness Rally - Sept. 5-7

Spring Revival Update

Pastor Jeff, Vanette, Elizabeth and Rebecca Moore arrived in Kingston on Thursday evening.  My wife and I had a wonderful weekend with the Moore family.  My wife took the ladies around town and showed them some of the finer points of Canadian shopping at stores like Dollarama, Value Village, and No Frills.  I took Bro. Jeff around to some of our church families homes. 

In our services we had several guests that came.  The Friday night service was at the parsonage and we had 30 people, including 5 visitors (for 2 of the visitors it was the first time they had ever been in any kind of service).  Our Saturday evening service we had 27 people, including 7 visitors.  The Sunday morning service we called our “Friend Day” service.  Our goal was for everyone to bring a friend with them.  We had 46 people present with 8 visitors from the community attending. 

It was a wonderful weekend in which we felt the Holy Spirit moving on hearts.  Friday evening Bro. Jeff spoke on “Leftovers.”  He talked about how we shouldn’t be giving God the leftovers of our life, but our worship of Him and our communion with Him should be number one on our list for each day.  Saturday evening he preached from 2 Chronicles 7:14 and Sunday morning he preached from Romans 4:1-3. 

It is exciting for some of the people that we have been praying for, over the last 9 months come to service.  God is not finished working in Kingston, nor is He finished working in Canada.  Please pray for our Church and for the Kingston community, that true revival will take place in hearts and lives.

Spring Revival with Rev. Jeff Moore & Family

Rev. & Mrs. Jeff Moore and Family (Elizabeth and Rebecca) will be with us for Spring Revival, March 28-30.  Please pray for Bro. Moore as he preaches.  The Moore’s are from Madison, IN and they pastor the Madison Pilgrim Holiness Church (Midwest).  We are having a 7:00PM Friday service at the Parsonage; 7:00PM Saturday service at the Church and a 11:00AM Sunday service.  We are looking forward to this time of revival.  Sunday morning we are having a “Friend” emphasis service.  So if you are in the Kingston area, that weekend, you are welcome to come.