I never wanted to be a Texan. (Don't look good in cowboy hats, and cowboy boots hurt my feet). But now.... just for a littlle while, I'd like to be a Texan. Congratulations, Sis Falla, for years of faithful service. And congratulations ____(Name of church)_____. You are blessed to have such great people as members!
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
"50" years!!! That is 6 years longer then I have been alive!
All at the same job and at the same Church!!!
What does that say about her!!
Congratulations!
No, no, Brother Ron. They're talking about a church in Texas. Not the church at Pentecost. We know you are nearly old enough to remember the day of Pentecost!
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
I never wanted to be a Texan. (Don't look good in cowboy hats, and cowboy boots hurt my feet). But now.... just for a littlle while, I'd like to be a Texan. Congratulations, Sis Falla, for years of faithful service. And congratulations ____(Name of church)_____. You are blessed to have such great people as members!
I think the name of the church is: The Refuge of the lake cities. It is UPCI. Pastor and Sis. Chancy Gore [Sis. Falla's daughter and son-in-law].
You could come in and visit - there are quite a few of us here. I think they have Reunion Tower Restaurant open again. It is about 38 stories up and you can eat dinner as it revolves about 5 mph and you can see all of the Dallas area. It is a great treat
I think the name of the church is: The Refuge of the lake cities. It is UPCI. Pastor and Sis. Chancy Gore [Sis. Falla's daughter and son-in-law].
You could come in and visit - there are quite a few of us here. I think they have Reunion Tower Restaurant open again. It is about 38 stories up and you can eat dinner as it revolves about 5 mph and you can see all of the Dallas area. It is a great treat
Blessings, Rhoni
Huh, the Dallas area is a little out of my jurisdiction. Now if some kind soul with red gloves were to, say, purchase (as a gift to my world outreach ministry) a round trip plane ticket, I would definitely take the matter to prayer.
Wait.... yes, I have the answer. If, in fact, some kind soul with red gloves were to provide a tax deductible gift of a round trip plane ticket, then yes, I would be there. (Provided deluxe accomdations at a 4 star hotel was included.) Just think of the blessing you would recieve! "Behold, money cometh..."
38 stories? Man, thats a lot of reading. Do I have to read them all?
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
Wylie is right outside Dallas. It is close to where I live in Rowlett/Rockwall area. Close to Amazing Grace in garland
Sorry I didn't get to your service Sunday - I was sick and my equilibrium was off. I was dizzy and couldn't drive. LOL
Blessings, Rhoni
I'm glad you're feeling better. That would have been a pretty good drive for you either way. Bro. Jones is supposed to be coming back so I'll keep you posted to see if it ever does coincide with whenever you're in the area.
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Huh, the Dallas area is a little out of my jurisdiction. Now if some kind soul with red gloves were to, say, purchase (as a gift to my world outreach ministry) a round trip plane ticket, I would definitely take the matter to prayer.
Wait.... yes, I have the answer. If, in fact, some kind soul with red gloves were to provide a tax deductible gift of a round trip plane ticket, then yes, I would be there. (Provided deluxe accomdations at a 4 star hotel was included.) Just think of the blessing you would recieve! "Behold, money cometh..."
38 stories? Man, thats a lot of reading. Do I have to read them all?
Aren't you the funny one. Alas I am but a poor therapist and the best I can do is put you up in a room at my sister's inn LOL. Tax deduction huh? I hadn't had one of those myself in years LOL But if your truck passes this way we can buy you a cup of coffee from starbucks and a lottery ticket
I'm glad you're feeling better. That would have been a pretty good drive for you either way. Bro. Jones is supposed to be coming back so I'll keep you posted to see if it ever does coincide with whenever you're in the area.
Thank you . Let me know when Bro. Jones comes again and I will drive that way. It is approx 4 hours and I love my trips to visit AFFers in Houston.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
Didn't know Sis. Rhoni was going to do this but since she did, let's give GOD some glory.
It was He who by His Spirit called my late father, Robert L. Blakey, to Wylie, Tx. in
1950, from a very small town in northeast Texas. Savoy, TX, the area in which both of
our parents were born and raised. Both, my paternal and maternal grandmothers heard
the Apostolic message in the early 1930's, following the Great Depression. Then a girl
from one apostolic mother and a boy from the other apostolic mother, came together
in holy matrimony. (They had also received the Holy Ghost following their mothers conver-
sions.
Our late father served in WWII, in the Philipeans and in Japan. He had just turned 26 yrs
old when he went overseas, leaving behind a wife and four young children, the oldest
had just turned 7.
Dad came home after the war ended, went to night school through a military program.
Tried to farm. etc.,.etc. But God was calling him to preach the gospel in a small town
that several men had come and held services, etc. but had left, sometimes with a bad
record.(owing rent, grocery bills, etc.)
Elder J.D. Drain told our father that Wylie was a burnt over field. It was a hard place.
But God knew who could hammer that hard place with the Word of God and who would
work hard and raise his family and show a good example of Christian living by disciplining
his children, paying his bills, and taxes, etc. He showed a pattern of having his own
children in subjection to their parents first. In the fullness of time,......,
Nov. 12, 1958, the doors of a small storefront in Wylie, Texas would open on a crisp,
sunny Sunday morning. There were 18 present, including his mother, her sister, his aunt,
and others. In 1964, we purchased an existing church (11 yrs. old) from a congregation
that had some land donated IF they would build a new church within three yrs. The
board of that congregation heard that we were looking for church property. They con-
tacted our father and gave him a price. Dad had us pray that IF it was God's will for us
to have it, He would make a way, but he didn't feel we could afford it at that time. We
prayed that God would supply the funds or shut the door. The door was shut for two
years while our building fund grew. Having their new building nearing completion, the
board of First Christian Church, approached Dad again and told him if we wanted it, we
could have the church and parsonage at half the price they had quoted two yrs. prior.
God led us step by step, through the years, through ups and downs, hills and valleys,
but today a lovely facility sits on almost six acres, where people of God in and around
Wylie, TX can come and worship God in Spirit and in Truth. This facility was provided
miracleously also.
Five of our six children and their families worship with us here. The other son attends
an apostolic church in a neighboring city, with his family.
God showed Dad how to make the community in which we lived, a better place in which
to raise their eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. All eleven graduated from
Wylie High School. Our six did also. And other of the grandchildren.
There are Blakeys who have gone to other cities to make it a better place to live. They
took with them the GOD of their father and mother with them.
Maybe the "rest of the story" will be written in a book.
And how did I come to be secretary for Jesus Name Pentecostal Church, (today
called The Refuge of the Lake Cities)! There was no one else to do it. The church
was begun by Dad and Mom. They used what they had. Their own family. I had
graduated in 1957, worked and helped support my younger siblings and when Dad
started Jesus Name Pentecostal Mission, someone had to do it and I was available
so I was chosen. In 1959 I married my husband and we remained here and in time
began to raise our family along with my siblings. (a three-fold cord is not easily
broken.) There are three generations of our (husband and I, our children and their
original spouses and 16 of our 20 grandchildren are regular members here.
We are SO blessed! I can only say that our Great Lord God, Jesus Christ, is the ONE
who provided all these blessings. And we give Him all the Honor, the Praise and the
Glory! For Great things HE has done, is doing, and will continue to do, as long as we
will allow HIM to do the leading.
Re: TEXAS AFF'ers...Invitation
Aren't you the funny one
. Alas I am but a poor therapist and the best I can do is put you up in a room at my sister's inn
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