2016 Schedule of Events (Continued) Youth Convention @ Cornerstone Conference Center May 13, 14 Men's Retreat @ Cornerstone Conference Center May 20-22 The Way...Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, Matthew 7:14 BTI @ Cleveland, TN May 29 - June 11 Family Camp @ Cornerstone Conference Center July 17-21 State Convention @ Cornerstone Conference Center July 22-24 IYC @ Lutheridge Conference Center Aug 19-22 General Assembly @ Ridgecrest Conference Center Aug 23-28 A Publication of The Church of God in North Carolina Bishop Melvin Byers, Jr. State Overseer Youth Retreat @ Cornerstone Conference Center Oct 14-16 July/August 2015 Vol. 22 No. 4
Sheila Beth Owens Obituary February 17, 1964 August 9, 2015 Sheila Beth Owens, 51, of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday at The Church of God of Lucama, 7256 Hwy 301 South, Lucama. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Pastor Clarence Moore will officiate. The family will receive friends 7 9 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway and other times at the home. Sheila was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She was employed for thirty-two years with Wilson Community College and was a member of the Church of God of Lucama. Sheila is survived by her parents, James and Shirley Owens of the home; her brother, Ray Owens and wife, Becky of Elm City and her nephews, Daniel Owens and Caleb Owens both of Elm City. She was preceded in death by her loving niece, Kristen Owens. Thank you again Sis. Sheila Owens for your time, dedication, and commitment to The Way and to the Church. We appreciate all of your hard work, and we know that God is rewarding you now! Love and prayers sent to the family. 2016 Schedule of Events Winter Retreat @ Cornerstone Conference Center Jan. 22, 23 VA/WV Couples' Retreat @ Pigeon Forge, TN Feb. 19-21 District Conventions Dist. #1 ~ Waynesville Feb 6 Dist. #2 ~ Reidsville Feb 13 Dist. #3 ~ Erwin Feb 27 Dist. #4 ~ Lucama Mar 5 Ladies Retreat @ Ridgecrest Conference Center Apr 15-17 The Church of God North Carolina (Continued on Back/For your convenience, you can tear off this back page and retain events schedule)
Welcome back to North Carolina Bishop Melvin Byers, Jr. as our State Overseer AND Welcome Bishop Oscar Pimentel as our General Overseer of The Church of The Way is a bi-monthly publication of The Church of God in NC Bishop Melvin Byers, Jr. Editor; Tonya Williams Assistant Editor $5.00 per year Make all checks payable to: The Church of God Write in Memo: The Way subscription Please send subscriptions, messages, testimonies, announcements, etc. to: Mailing Address Email Address Tonya Williams ncalltheway15@gmail.com 6504 Yellow Bell Road Telephone Number (text/call) Wilmington NC 28411 434-294-7414 PLEASE SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER ISSUE BY OCTOBER 9, 2015. Thank you all for being so kind, patient, and understanding during this transition of The Way. We truly will miss Sis. Sheila Owens as the assistant editor of The Way. And we are so thankful for all of her time, dedication, and commitment to this publication and to The Church of God. May the Lord continue to bless you! Love in Christ, Sis. Tonya G. Williams
OCTOBER WORLD MISSIONS It's World Mission s Drive time again and I can't wait to see how much NC raises. You have never let me down when it comes to Missions and fundraising. As always, I would like to raise a little more each time. I have never been disappointed. Our World Mission s Drives fund our Field Secretaries to go to our other countries, as well as, new countries who contact General Headquarters to hear the Church message. ~Lucama church has let me know of their fundraising events for October in memory of Sheila Owens. She was their faithful WMB UPCOMING Leader for MISSION years. On NEWS Saturday, & FUNDRAISING October 3 they will be having a Yard Sale at the church and Friday, October 9, also at the church, they will be selling homemade applejacks for $3.50 each. In If November, you live close I hope and to want get information to order some, out contact for a special Cindy fundraiser Mooring upcoming at news (252)289-0016 from the field. by Oct Pray 2 to for let all them our know National how Overseers, m many ters, you members want to & pickup. their mission efforts. ~Tarboro church is having a Yard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 10th at the church. If you are having a special event at your local church for missions, please let me know and I will be glad to announce it for you. LADIES RETREAT Reminder to save and plan for NC Ladies retreat at Ridgecrest, NC April 15-17, 2016. I am already praying and seeking the Lord! I am getting excited! UPCOMING MISSION NEWS & FUNDRAISING In November, I hope to get information out for a special fundraiser and upcoming news from the field. Pray for all our National Overseers, ministers, members & their mission efforts. HOST AN OVERSEER Bro. Rob Hawkins will be getting information to me soon on the National Overseers who are coming to the Assembly next year. I want to bring an Overseer's wife to NC after the Assembly. Having the Agati's & Sudhakar's here were a blessing. with guest speaker Bishop Pimentel and family. Following the morning service, lunch will be served followed by an afternoon service. Everyone is Welcome. For more information, Please contact Pastor David Clark. 1-828-683-7218 Also, Asheville is 100% in CPMA membership for the 2015-2016 Church Year. YEAH! To God be the Glory! Sis Angie-Reporter Wallace Sis. Janet Talley will be in Revival at The Church of God in Wallace on October 9-11. 7:30 each night. Sunday School 10:00 am, Morning Worship 11:00 am, and Evening Service 6:00 pm. Please join us if you are able to! 309 Rockfish Road, Wallace, NC. God Bless! Wilmington Bro. Jacob Anders will be the evangelist for our Youth Revival October 9-11. 7:00 each night. He will join us as our special guest speaker for Sunday Morning Service. We are having Homecoming with Dwayne Anders with a luncheon afterwards, and we are planning on having One Step Closer perform during Homecoming. Sunday School 9:45 am, Morning Worship 11:00 am. Luncheon and Homecoming Message immediately after Morning Worship. 246 Middlesound Loop Road Wilmington, NC 28411. We are also having our 2nd Annual Fall Festival and Carnival at the church as well Saturday, October 10th, 11-3 pm. Rain date is set for Saturday, October 17, 2015. We will make a public announcement should we need to reschedule! Please join us if you can. If not, please keep Bro. Jacob, Bro. Dwayne, and everyone here at the Wilmington Church in your
ANNOUNCEMENTS Asheville David and I were Blessed to be able to attend family camp. Someone from home asked me what my favorite part was from camp, and I first said Bacon, Bacon, Bacon. But then followed that up with, Really, the best part was seeing the children seeking the Lord. There were several experiences reported. Thank God for all He did at camp and also for the added benefit of being with our Church family. We Are Blessed to have such a large family of God. It is nice to see some of the same faces year after year and see how they have grown in the Lord from one year to the next. Thank God for helping in all areas of family camp. Upon successfully completing camp we were then able to stay for State Convention. Enjoyed the music, and so many songs were a Blessing to me personally. Got encouraged in the auxiliary boost and messages also. Again, an added benefit to be with Church family. Several weeks before leaving for camp and convention we had a situation that we needed God to deliver in. Had asked several to help Pray. Was Trusting God for the deliverance and can now report to you that while we were gone from home for camp and convention, the Lord was already working it out and on the 31st of July the situation was taken care of. To God be the Glory, Great Things He has done!!! By the Grace of God, He is able to keep us and help in time of need. Stay Encouraged in the Lord! Day of Celebration---The Church of God in Asheville, NC was organized on November 4th, 2007. In celebrating 8 years We will have a special service on November 8, 2015 I look forward to having as many here as we can so we can get to know them better and to be a blessing to them. If you have any questions or testimonies about missions, please call me! God bless you all and thank you for loving and giving to missions!! Sherry Adkins, NC WMB Director
Victory Leaders Band Sis. Lovie Lambert Praise the Lord for a Wonderful Youth Retreat this year. Our theme was Let it Be Real. Bro Christopher Anders was our guest speaker and was anointed with great messages. Our focus was to stress the importance of our life being the real deal in front of others, as there is no time for us to have a form of godliness. A form of godliness does not benefit anyone, it only hurts everyone! There will be people in this world that will approach us because we have leaves. When they do, we better have fruit on that tree. When Jesus found leaves only and no fruit, He cursed that tree to die! That tree was never given a chance again. How many times have we only had leaves and no fruit? The VLB s were reminded of this story from the book of Mark. Jesus would not have approached the tree if it was without leaves. He would have kept walking looking for another tree with leaves but because it had leaves, it was suppose to have fruit. Jesus didn t plead with the tree when He seen it was fruitless, He simply cursed the tree. Jesus has given us all the tools we need to grow and have FRUIT. The leaves do not benefit the tree but only a sign of fruit. VLB s, lets show forth fruit this year. There is too many trees with leaves but we need to be different. We need to be able to offer something to a lost and hungry world! They need fruit! Thank you to all the VLB s that came out and made the Retreat possible. I special thanks to all the little older than VLB age that came out to help prepare food, lead worship, work the altar, and help transport everyone. I say it all the time NC is the best!! God Bless the VLB s! Total number at Family Camp this year 156. (27 of those were JR Campers.) 32 Saved 21 Sanctified 2 filled with the Holy Ghost 1 Healed 1 Accepted their calling TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!!!