The Youth of Henderson Grove have a  big HEART for local missions. Every week we hear our church clerk read the names of Sick and Shut-Ins and those desiring prayer, and we often wonder who are these people, and how can we do more to help them.

 

 During this quarter, the Henderson Grove Youth Missionary Circle set a goal to pray for  and to make personal visits to each of  the people named on their weekly bulletins.   The Youth were assigned Care partners from the list, and they prepared encouragement cards, floral  baskets,  snack buckets and other items which they carried with them as they made visits to the homes of each of these individuals.

 

Visitations began on the 5^th Sunday in October and continued through the 4th Sunday in December . The youth traveled each Sunday  in groups of 4 or more and provided a missionary program at each of the stops made. They sang songs, read scriptures, prayed, and shared highlights from weekly Sunday School lessons, with those whom they visited. They also took inventory of special needs of each of their care partners, and made return visits as needed to deliver items requested.

 

 

 

 

Visits were made in the following homes and elder care facilities,

 

Mrs. Margie Ross Eno Pointe Assisted Living Center, North Durham	Mrs.   Evelyn Lambeth & Mrs. Vida Winston East Durham	Mr. & Mrs. Reuban O’Neal West Durham	Mrs. Eula Brooks South  Durham	Mrs. Lucharity Catlett The Brian Center

 

 

 

Ms. Doris Parker The Brian Center	Mr. Clyde Blake Pettigrew Street Rehabilitation	Mrs. Laverne Glover East Durham	Mrs. Lillie Sutherland & Mrs. Bernice Tweddy Carver Living Center	Mrs. May Bynum Carver Living Center

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Sylvia Cates Carver Living Center	Mrs. Brenda Turner North Durham

 

 

Henderson Grove  Youth

 

 

 

 

 

Have a        for  Missions!

 

Although not pictured, missionary visits were also made at the home of  Mr. Darren Barber in East Durham,  and in the rooms of Mr. Joe McGill, Ms. Flora Luckett, and Mr. Rufus Ferrell, all residents of the Carver Living Center in North Durham.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery and K-P’s Serve

On the Mission Field Too!

 

 

On Sunday, Dec 5^th, Mrs. Nellie Bullock’s Nursery and Kindergarten-Primary students shared in a great missionary adventure of their own.  The children prepared fruit baskets and encouragement cards, which they delivered to the residents of Carver Living Center. The children read scriptures, prayed for the residents, and sang songs to encourage them. The group was given a real treat when Deacon Rufus Ferrell (age 95) repeated, from memory, every verse of the 23^rd Psalm.

 

 The children were very respectful of the Rest Home facilities as they quietly marched from room to room spreading holiday cheer. The residents and staff really appreciated the children’s visit, and they are  looking forward to having them return in 2005. 

 

 

 

I’ll Go, if I have to go by myself!

 

“I was glad when they said  unto me...

Let us go into the House  of the Lord.”

 Psalm 122:1

 

Around 7:30 am each Sunday morning the phone rings and the voice of 12 year old Senilia (Ne Ne) Allen can be heard across the line. “What time do I need to be ready today? What time will you come by for me?” “How many services do we have today?”

 

You see even at her young age, Senilia  has discovered the importance of assembling weekly with the saints.  Whether rain or shine, hot or cold,  Senilia makes no excuses, and is certain to be found early each Sunday morning making preparations to attend Sunday services at Henderson Grove

 

Having been the first in her family to receive Christ at the age of 8, she joined Henderson Grove and was baptized in the year 2000. In the years that have followed,  Senilia has remained faithful to her church and church family. She is a member of the Youth Choir, Youth Missionary Circle, the Youth Dance Team, the Youth Usher Board, and also a member of the Henderson Grove Fellowship Choir, where she holds her own with the adult altos in her section. She faithfully attends Bible Study, VBS and Sunday School, and she maintains a “B” average in all of her studies  at Lowe’s Grove Middle school.

 

In this day when  young people have so many choices and so many opportunities for distractions, its refreshing to see a young lady who’s already determined to make Christian fellowship a priority. “Nothing should  stop you from coming to church if you can”,  she confesses. “Even when I get old…I’m going to always try to go to church somewhere…God’s been too good to me for me  to stay at home on him. “

 

We thank and praise God for the wisdom of  this young woman of faith, and  we pray that  the Lord will continue to honor her faithfulness as she matures into the great prayer warrior and virtuous woman he’s preparing her someday to become.

 

Keep the faith Ne Ne….God is not through with you yet.

 

 

Birthday Party for Jesus

 Enjoyed by All!

 

On Saturday, Dec 18^th, the Youth Missionary Circle hosted a Birthday Party for Jesus!  The Youth were assigned Christmas Buddies, from among the infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers and elementary age children in our congregation. The group  played Christmas games,  read stories together,  and shared  in a luncheon. The Youth Mission  presented gifts to their  respective Christmas buddies in the spirit of the Magi who visited Jesus when he was a small child. Youth of all ages enjoyed this great celebration honoring the birth of Jesus Christ. The celebration helped the children realize that Christmas truly is about CHRIST!

After the party, the children all journeyed  to  Ellison’s Rest Home, where they shared Christmas songs and gifts with the residents there too.  

 

 

 

 

Youth Mission wins First Place Attendance Award

The  Youth Missionary Circle attended the 2004 Youth Christmas Social hosted by the Youth Department of the Durham County Missionary Union. The social was held on Dec. 12th at the Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church on Juniper St.  The group prepared homemade cookies for the social, and participated in a gift swap with children from several other churches in our Union. They received the first place attendance trophy for being the largest Youth Circle in attendance on that day.

 

 

 

 

 

Henderson Grove Youth

Have a Heart for Missions!

 

 

 

 

News From Our Friends at Ellison’s Rest Home!

Submitted By: Barbara C. Wilson

Ellison’s Rest Home

 

Oh Autumn, I love your colors – red and gold

Fancy shadows I am told

Harvest time is finally here

We must gather grain, I fear

There is  no time to tarry now

 

Oh Autumn, fowl and children gather around

Without fear of thunder sound

I’ll lay my branches on the ground

Harvest time where friends are found

There’s no time to tarry now

 

Oh Autumn, I’ll have thanks with you, my dear

Congregations give us cheer

There’s no time for hate or fear

Harvest time when love is here

There’s no time to tarry now

 

Oh, Autumn, summer time is far away

I’ll save the grass for a later day

I still believe what old folks say

Clouds will show us the burning ray

There’s no time to tarry now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News From Our Friends at

Carver Living Center!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To GOD be the GLORY!

 

 

We thank God for Mrs. Lillie Sutherland, Mr. Joe McGill and Mr. Rufus Ferrell who have all  returned to Carver Living Center after brief stays at Durham Regional Hospital.

 

Please remember to stop by,  and/or call to encourage them as they continue to recover.

 

To God be the Glory for his healing powers.

 

 

Congratulations  go out to Mrs. May Evans Bynum,  who was recently fitted for prosthetics on both legs.  Please pray much for her as she continues the physical therapy exercises she needs to walk again.

 

Please remember to stop by and /or call  with words of encouragement needed  in the weeks to come.

 

To God be the Glory for answered prayers.