WE ARE ADDING AUDIO!

God is good to us all the time! We are glad to inform everyone who stood in faith with us for our audio series, which means you can listen online to our sermons and bible studies. Well, Praise God, because He has seen it fit to bring that to pass.

Please check back soon and click on our "HEAR IT" page for our first audio podcast.

God bless you.

Pastor Tega Swann

PRAISE THE LORD, WE ARE BACK!

Hello and Praise the Lord! We are back!

Thank you, everyone for your patience during our move; it is good to be back.

News! We are now located in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. We thank God for His mercies and the oppurtunities. Please pray along with us for a fruitful ministry unto the Lord over here.

All sections will run as normal now; remember, today is Tuesday so please join us later in the day for the Bible Study (remember to check the section pages for whatever you are looking for, i.e. Bible Study page for Bible Studies, Sunday Worship for Sunday Worship and all the other pages for their content. Happy Reading!

Remain blessed.

Pastor Tega Swann.

DID YOU NOTICE?

Our "One-Minute Daily Devotional" was replaced by the "Daily Bible Reading" last week. This was done to prevent the interruption of your daily scripture 'manna' during our move.

You still get a new Bible reading each day, the only difference is that they do not remain on the site, but are replaced by new ones each day. Hope you like it. 

Look forward to returning in May.

Remain blessed.

Pastor Swann.

GOOD FRIDAY

Dear Brethren, this Friday April 6th is "Good Friday" spend it with us. Join us on the web as we celebrate our Lord's death: "this do in rememberance of me". Got a church? check with them for their "Good Friday" services and be a part of it and join in the celebration of our Lord's death. It is one of the hall-marks of your freedom heritage as a Christian.

Are you in Maryland? Join the Annapolis "Cross-walk" and try to imagine what the walk to Calvary must have been like years ago.

See you on  "Good Friday"! Celebrate!

Founded by World Vision and Evangelicals for Social Action, the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is part of a growing movement among Christians to respond faithfully to our biblical mandate for caring stewardship of God's Creation.

Unlike secular environmental groups, the EEN recognizes that many environmental problems are rooted in spiritual problems. In response, the ministry brings together major evangelical organizations for fellowship and strategic planning in an effort to integrate God's mandate for stewardship into their efforts.

World Vision, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Wheaton College, and many other respected Christian ministries, universities, and leaders have partnered with EEN by signing the group's Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation. Churches and individuals throughout the country have also teamed up with the EEN by participating in the organization's public policy and community service efforts such as Creation Sunday, small-group ministries, and email discussions.

Public Policy

As a Christian organization dedicated to bringing people into a reconciliatory relationship with God, EEN's ultimate goal in the public arena involves sharing the gospel with those who do not know that Jesus. In an effort to guide people to this truth, EEN has identified four issues as priorities for its public policy team:

1. Endangered Species and Biodiversity   
2. Forest Ecosystems   
3. Environmental Justice   
4. Climate Change

The public policy team will succeed only with active participation from EEN's members. The team is always looking for individuals and organizations willing to share their talents in media relations, writing, research, public relations, and legislative advocacy.

Creation Sunday

One way that EEN builds support for its public policy and social action initiatives is through Creation Sunday. On this day, the organization calls upon its member churches to center their worship and teaching on the Creation. Creation Sunday is traditionally celebrated in early April and timed to coincide with Earth Day.

Creation Sunday Grants

To promote local environmental action, EEN offers small grants for projects conducted by churches, Christian small groups, Christian college campus groups, and local Christian organizations. In general, the grants range between $100 and $500. In unique situations the amount could be higher.

In addition to providing financial support, EEN forges a working partnership with recipients to help them achieve the goals of their projects and enhance the development of their groups.

Creation Care Magazine

Another valuable resource available through EEN is Creation Care Magazine. Its "Family Time" column provides practical ideas for anyone of any generation who wants to bring enjoyment, learning, and appreciation of God's Creation to children. "From the Boiler Room," offers solutions for families and congregations interested in getting more out of their buildings, boiler rooms, lighting, heating, and air conditioning.

The magazine also features interviews and Bible studies with Christians working hard to care for the health and well being of people and God's Creation. Any Christian interested in becoming a better steward of God's creation is sure to benefit from Creation Care's mix of inspirational and practical articles.

Creation Care Small-Group Network

Gathering and supporting groups of Christians with a passion for obeying God's call to be responsible stewards of his Creation is a core ministry of EEN.

The EEN invites you and your friends to affiliate with it, whether you all belong to the same church, attend the same school, live in the same community, or wish to identify your group with the stewardship of a local park, forest, watershed or ecosystem. The purpose of the groups is to:

• Foster substantial and visible progress on the care and restoration of God's Creation while building a national movement of Christians devoted to the cause of Creation stewardship.   
• Link Christian creation care activists with others of like mind into fellowships that willingly make three basic commitments: to meet regularly; to study and reflect on the Lordship of Christ over all of Creation; and to take action.   
• Build a sustaining constituency for EEN's work.   
• Inspire and inform volunteer EEN activists about the successes and challenges encountered by their brothers and sisters across the nation using our publications and online information technology.

Jesus said, "Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you" (Matt 18:20 CEV ).

The words of Jesus provide a special calling for groups of Christians to come together in his name. Creation Care small-group network is a powerful way for Christians to serve Christ.

Mission Statement

The Evangelical Environmental Network is a fellowship of believers that:

• Declare the Lordship of Christ over all Creation. He is the firstborn over all Creation, for by him all things were created. All things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together (Col 1:15b; 16a, c; 17).   
• Deepen their walk with the Lord and the life of their churches through joy-filled worship, Bible study on the topics of Creation's care, and prayer that God's will "be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt 6:10).   
• Show the compassion of Christ for people who suffer from Creation's destruction (Prov 14:31).   
• Demolish strongholds of sin that tarnish the glory and integrity of God's good Creation (2 Cor 10:4-5).   
• Build our Lord's kingdom by active service to restore and renew the works of his hands (Matt 6:33; Eph 2:10).   
• Share the gospel with those who do not know that Jesus Christ is the ultimate hope for Creation groaning under our sin and the only hope for our own souls (Rom 8:19-21; Col 1:20,27).

For more information about EEN events and resources, please check out the EEN Web Site.

Cindy Freeman is a staff writer for World Vision and a former editor of ForMinistry.com. She lives in Bothell, Wash., with her husband, Russell.

Hi, go to our 'Song of the day' page and listen and select your song of the day. We have made it easier, just click the button and enjoy!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello and welcome! If you are reading this, that means that you made it into the year 2007! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Life is a gift and it is more appreciated when we are able to compare not having it. As much as it is a blessing if we are believers,to "depart and be with the Lord" (Philippians 1:21,23) , the lot of us would choose, if given the oppurtunity, to "remain" and share our lives with our loved ones here on earth (Philippians 1:24). And whilst we cannot choose, if we find ourselves still here on earth from day to day, the Bible advises that "none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's".(Romans 14:7-8). Therefore we are told that "they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again" (2 Corinthians 5:15).

Welcome again into the new year in Jesus name. It is my sincere prayer and hope that throughout this new year and for the rest of our lives, our testimony will be that "we have lived not for ourselves, but for Him who died to save us"

May God bless you in Jesus name. Amen.

Praise the Lord! Your "one-minute daily devotionals" are back. So stop by daily and take a sip that is guaranteed to last you through your day.

Remain blessed.

Pastor Tega Swann

The study of the male and the female gender has never ceased to be an interesting study. Books have been written such as"Men are from Mars and Women are form Venus", which attempt to help understand and depict the differences between the two sexes. But are they so different? 

So to help us understand and develop an understanding of both genders from a biblical perspective, we shall be doing something called "The Attributes of a Man' and 'The Attributes of a Woman' respectively on our website from Monday through Friday. Please go to either the Women's Ministry page or the 'Men After God's Own Heart' page for these and feel free to participate by sending in your thoughts and answers and they will be shared and displayed on our pages.

Have fun and God bless.

Happy Weekend!

Pastor Tega Swann

CHURCH ON THE WEB

Welcome and thank you to everyone who believed and waited and prayed for us to start our "Church on the Web" experience. We are pleased to announce that three months after the initial notice, we now have the both the priviledge and unction to start. May God bless you, all our faith partners in Jesus name.Amen.

As earlier stated, you may join us Sunday mornings for the word ,Tuesdays for Bible Study. We are currently working on our broadcast, therefore only the written message is available now. But by the grace of God, we will grow from here to include a live broadcast and whatever else His grace permits us to.

To keep up with both current and past please go to our 'SUNDAY WORSHIP' page for Sunday publications and 'Bible Study' page for Bible Studies.

Remain blessed.

Pastor Tega Swann

BIBLE STUDY

What is the need for 'Bible Study'? Why do churches make it a part of their functional role, to provide 'Bible Studies' and classes for their members?

The truth of the matter is that 'Bible Study' is not an option that churches choose, but it is an intricate part of our lives as ordained by God. In the time of Moses, the Lord commanded that the People be occassionally gathered to hear the reading of the Scriptures by the Priest. After the death of Moses, the Lord commanded through Joshua, that the reading of the scriptures should be a daily thing (Joshua 1:8) as well as imbibed upon our hearts: "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success".

In the New Testament, Jesus spent the greater part of His time on earth, teaching the people from the Scriptures; wherever He found the people; on the streets, in the fields, in the synagogues, He taught them the Scriptures.

Why the emphasis on studying the Scriptures?

In the New Testament, Paul tells us to "study to show thyself approved, a workman who need not be ashamed of his labor" (2 Timothy 2:15).

In Isaiah 5:13 we are told, "therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge"

From the ongoing, we can see that the Lord expects us to study the word, so as to live by it and reap all the benefits that comes by doing so.

It is impossible to be a christian and not study the word in the above context  outlined for us by the Lord.

And why do the churches do it? In Ecclesiastes 12:9, we read, "And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave hood heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs". It is the church's responsibility to raise up (as it were) Christians, as they were meant to live by God. Therefore, just as Jesus did, we will gather the people together to teach them the Scriptures, so that they succeed at being Christians ,succeed over the devil and succeed in every area that God has ordained for us.

It is in attempt to do this, that we are providing 'Bible Study on the Web'. Our Bible Studies are designed to be 'short and quick'. So please stop by every Tuesday and get your fill. You may also e-mail us any questions regarding the texts studied, or any other scriptural questions.

As earlier announced, our first study will be finding and understanding our identity in God's scheme of things. Titled 'KNOWING OURSELVES IN GOD', this constitutes Part One of our series "BORN AGAIN".

All Biblical references will be typed out to facilitate your web experience, however, as a good student, you are advised to go back and double - check references for yourself.

To make the most of the study, we advise you to prayerfully study and meditate upon what you learn each week; continually ask  God's Holy Spirit to transform and build you into the image and likeness of Christ by His word that you learn; make a committment to avail yourself of the studies each week.

Finally, I leave you with the words of this hymn,

"Stand up, stand up for Jesus; Stand in His strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you; Ye dare not trust your own; Put on the gospel armor; Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls or danger; Be never wanting there." 

Remain blessed.

Pastor Tega Swann