should meet again for planning, fellowship and study. We will See You Soon. engage Envisioning the Future Exceptionally Together. Mrs.

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1 D S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T Our President Gospel Shout Article Healing District Snapshot Staff Sis. Mary Roberson President Sis. Vicki Mims 1st Vice President Sis. Gertrude Morris 2nd Vice President Sis. Carol Hannon Recording Secretary Sis. Ellis Mae Griffin Asst. Recording Secretary Sis. Rhonda Butler Newsletter/ Correspondence Sis. Aurita Caldwell Asst. Newsletter/ Correspondence Fall 2017 G reetings my fellow sister s in Christ, reat is the Lord and He is greatly to be Praised! The Joy of the whole earth. I greet you in the name of the one whose right hand uphold us, the one who guides, protects, and keeps us. The one who gives us wisdom, knowledge, understanding and insight. It is approaching the time that we should meet again for planning, fellowship and study. We will See You Soon. engage Envisioning the Future Exceptionally Together. Mrs. Mary Roberson, W e want to continue to foster and establish a bond among the Sisterhood, to be a support system, sharing in knowledge, services to others, the Word of God, prayer, testimony, support of the Convention, other auxiliaries and share our time, talent, and testimony as we praise God. I am praying that you will be able to join us in Springfield, Mo, at the 128th Annual Session held in Springfield, Mo. October 9th-13th. All services will be held at: Holiday Inn and Suites I North Glenstone Avenue Springfield Mo Group Code: MBC vacant Registrar vacant Financial Secretary Sis. Josephine Nelson Treasurer Sis. Liz Brown Historian/ Special Projects Sis. Theresa Bishop Chaplain Sis. Delores Graves Musician Sis. Eunice White Cheer Coordinator Sis. Ollie Lofton & Sis. Dyann Brown President s Emeritus T he Ministers Wives and Widows schedule has changed. The Ministers Wives and Widows program session will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m., it is at that session that I will deliver my sixth Annual address. We have a one hour timeline to complete our session. Our planning and study session will be held during the Auxiliary period that will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lady Johnnie Clayton will be our instructor. Our major business will need to be completed on Tuesday for our session on Wednesday. Our Business reporting period will be on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. 1

2 T he Educational Banquet will be held on Wednesday evening 7p.m. The Ministers Wives and Widows is over the scholarships, Lady Michelle Bowie, Chairperson. Tickets are forty dollars. You can contact Dr. Sallie Titus regarding tickets. F riday will be our Day of Service the gathering will begin at 8:00 a.m. We have chosen the Victory Mission, a Ladies Shelter in Springfield, and we are asking that you bring toiletries with you to donate or a donation to purchase items for the center. Sister Eunice White, Cheer Coordinator will lead us in our day of service day. O ur fundraising project will again be the Hats and Accessory resale. We are requesting all our Ministers Wives and Widows to participate by bring your hats and accessories to aid sale. T W he Lady of Distinction which is also a part of the fundraising for the Ministers Wives and Widows that helps with our scholarships. Please be prepared to turn your funds in on Tuesday. e are God chosen vessels and we must be willing and ready to meet the challenges that come in our lives, we must continue in faith that His grace may abide, and continue to be ready to be used as vessels ready to work exceptionally together for the cause of Christ. Do not forget our obligation for District, personal representation, and cheer. A s salt and light let us to seek delicately handle what God has entrusted us with and be faithful stewards of all he has given. Let us work toward a stronger sisterhood and brotherhood of togetherness. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and make His face to shine on us, so that his ways may be known on earth, and His salvation be among all nations. Psalm 67:1-2. May God Bless and Keep you is my prayer. Yours in Christ, Sis. Mary Roberson, President 2

3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lady Deborah McNeal Lady Carol Hannon Lady Pamela Mims, Emeritus A bouquet of Love to all our sisters having celebrated a birthday since our previous fellowship. Lady Aurita Caldwell 3

4 The Benefits of Inner Healing Complete Wholeness by Denyse H. Turner What happens when you or someone you re close to notices negative patterns of behaviour operating in your life? These negative patterns or bitter fruits can destroy relationships with others and with God. Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) says: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Once you profess Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, He places the fruit of the Spirit within you. Many of the things we do on a daily basis are impossible to accomplish on our own. But when we operate in the Spirit, we have an incomprehensible ability to overcome whatever the enemy (satan) has in store for us. Roots that are practised, hidden and automatic usually develop at an early age. Good roots result from drinking nourishment from God and others. If your roots are bitter, you drink poison from your own bitterness. These are strongholds in our lives or sinful reactions to hurt. Bitter fruits within us are NOT produced as a result of the sins others have committed against us; rather, they are a result of our own sinful reactions to those sins. Bitter roots can also defile others by tempting them to react sinfully to our judgments. God s law of sowing and reaping may produce bitter fruits if we are not in alignment with His will, or if we are subjected to (and affected by) the disobedience of others. An example is in childhood, when one can judge a parent for a real or perceived wound. We might even forget that we judged, but a seed is sown, which grows quietly until the right conditions arise resulting in bitter fruit either displayed outwardly or in thought. When we hear the word judge, most of us think about judging our peers for their thoughts or behaviours. Many of us do not realise, however, that judging a parent can cause serious damage to our spiritual life. Deuteronomy 5:16 says: Honour your father and mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long, and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord God is giving you. So, based on that Scripture, you will reap what you have sown in response to judging your mother or father. We all judge sometimes if not most of the time. But the Scripture teaches us not to judge in a condemning way. Matthew 7:1-2 says: Do not judge lest you be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Bitter seeds can and will spring up and defile others when we least expect it. Once we develop these bitter roots, we expect the worst from others, tempting them to fulfil our negative beliefs about the way things will go. When others give in to temptation and do what we expect them to do, our expectations are confirmed. Continued on next page 4

5 The Benefits of Inner Healing continued Our expectancies resist change even when others don t confirm them. It s not enough for you to say that you ll just change your way of thinking or your negative behaviour; this alone will not satisfy the law of sowing and reaping. Change can only happen by dealing with the bitter roots that produce those bitter fruits. You have to be able to discern root issues to allow true healing to take place. Although Christ has fully accomplished our death on the Cross, our flesh refuses to accept death, and bitterness will spring back to life as indicated in Hebrews 12:15. As Christians, we tend to press on with behaviour management, as opposed to renewing the mind and receiving a new heart, which naturally changes behaviour. We try to forget what lies behind (Philippians 3:13), but we have to allow the Holy Spirit to search the innermost parts of the heart in order to allow Jesus to put deeply ingrained attitudes behind us through His Cross. Let s put anger, malice, wrath, slander and other bitter fruits on the Cross to die. Sanctification (setting oneself apart for God) is a process we have to grow into. Inner healing facilitates that process, and calls us to complete wholeness. Seek out a Christian who ministers in inner healing, who can facilitate that process for you and counsel you to better health. The goal is to reconcile relationships and find your God-intended purpose. Denyse H Turner, LHD, MPH, MA, ACC, is a public speaker and Christian family counsellor and Inner Healing minister. For more information, visit First Lady Ministries at Denyse is the widow of the Dr. Gregory C. Turner, late Pastor of the Christ Temple Baptist Church, Patterson, NJ (This article was originally published in Better Magazine Spiritual Living for Better Health (Special Edition 2017.) 1 Timothy 5:3 - Honour widows that are widows indeed. Submit Newsletter info to: Sis. Rhonda Butler 2911 Blue Ridge Rd. Columbia, MO Phone: (home) (cell) butlerre@missouri.edu Sis. Aurita Caldwell 1507 Eagle Estates Florissant, MO Phone: (home) (cell) auritap@aol.com We Appreciate your feedback 5

6 2017 Mr. and Miss Antioch 2017 Mr. and Miss Jr. Antioch President Lady Deborah McNeal and Moderator Donald McNeal Lady Johnnie Clayton enjoying the 2017 Antioch Cotillion Happy Pastoral Anniversary Congratulations to all Pastor s & First Ladies of the MBSC MO Lady Carol & Pastor Everett Hannon Lady Patricia & Pastor Cornelius Osby Lady Sandi & Pastor Sammie Jones Lady Charliss & Pastor Carolus Taylor Lady Denise & Pastor Roderick Williams Lady Susan & Pastor Cornell Sudduth 6