Hope you are havin' a great summer. Here at Evangel nothing slows down in the summer. We have 100 of our young people camping or serving at camp this week. We have a missionary trip leaving Sunday, another next week. We have VBS, Teen Bash, and Community Celebration coming up the first week in August. The children are preparing for a concert on the last Sunday night in August. A group of our teens will attend a teen leadership conference in Pennsylvania this month. In the morning services I am preaching through the book Jonah. When I preach in evening services we are doing "Fly-Over" messages on every book in the Bible. 

Hope you will join us this Lord's Day at Evangel. Sunday night we will have Music Request night. It is a music highlight of the year. While you are here in the web site take a look at Michael Breznau's resume. He will be candidating for Youth and Christian Education pastor on the weekend of August 15th. In the fall we will "kick-off: UPWARD FLAG FOOTBALL on Saturday mornings for kids in 2nd to 6th grade. Should be fun!

-Pastor Ken Pierpont

This week our teens conducted Bible clubs in homes of our members. In the afternoon they did activities and service projects. In the evening they invited others for "Cola Wars." Jon Whisner, from Ohio, came and preached for the events. I enjoyed this photo of a couple some of our young "Evangels" sining. I mean really SINGING! 

Andrew, one of the boys in this picture, came to personal faith in Christ this week. 

Don't forget that Sunday Morning we will be a Communion Service and a patriotic service.

There will be NO EVENING SERVICE THIS WEEK. 

I hope to see you Sunday morning. 

-Pastor Ken Pierpont

Congratulations to Nick Arent, son of Don and Elaine Arent, who won first place nationally in Talents for Christ this week at the GARBC National Conference in Illinois! Nick is a fine Christian young man with a heart for God and a burden to serve Him. Again, Congratulations! Nick will begin his Senior year of High School this year. He is, of course, an active member of Evangel. Go over to his facebook and leave him a note of congratulations. 

Sunday Morning: Classes for children, nursery, Adult Bible Fellowships, Teen Classes, College and Career Age Class, and Pastor's Get Acquainted Class at 9:45.

This Week:

Morning Service:  Pastor Pierpont will be preaching. 

Evening Service:  Special Service to begin Youth Service week... Neighborhood Gospel Outreach Ministry and Cola Wars Teen Evangelistic event. 

We are really humbled and happy around here that on Easter Sunday we had an all-time record attendance of over 850 people at Evangel--with a small-church feel. It was a wonderful day. Hundreds were invited and God blessed. 

This week we will celebrate our 75th Anniversary. We are looking forward to the years ahead--seeing how we can touch and bless our great area with the message of Jesus. Come visit. Jump into my "Get Acquainted" class. Get to know me, let me get to know you and learn about what Evangel is about. The class meets in my study on Sunday mornings at 9:45 every week. If it gets too big we will move it to the auditorium. Hope to see you. You can start any week. You don't need to let me know ahead of time. There are classes and nurseries for children. There are children's programs during the morning service if you chose to use them. 

Ken Pierpont

The Pastor’s Study 

Evangel Baptist Church—Taylor, Michigan

April 8, 2010

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HERE IS THE PREACHING PLAN FOR JANUARY

Morning Services: Five Smooth Stones to Slay Giants of Sin in Your Life.

During this series of messages I will be sharing practical, biblical insights on how to overcome sinful habits, grow in holiness--and Christ-likeness. 

Evening Services: Growing a Family With a Life-Long Love for Jesus Christ.

How to influence children and grandchildren to love and follow Christ. (This is a series of messages based on Deuteronomy 6)  

Caveat: For the last two weeks I have delayed this series and used the evening preaching time to give deeper insight into holiness. I'm not sure what I will be preaching during the coming Sunday evenings, but I will be seeking the Lord, preparing my heart, and doing my best to encourage, inform, and stimulate conviction from the pulpit). I hope you can join us. 

Pastor Ken Pierpont

Qualities of a Candle
by Ken Pierpont

I like to study, or read, or write, or pray there with quiet, meditative, sacred piano music playing just loud enough to hear. When I get to the study in the morning the first thing I do is light a candle and invoke the manifest presence—the help of the Lord for my work and ministry that day. People who visit or walk by my study frequently comment on the beautiful fragrance.

I love candles. Let me list here five of the reasons I love candles:

First, candles create a beautiful light. The light of a candle is both real and symbolic. And my work is all about—all about enlightenment. A candle is beautiful to see, it is a pleasant thing to look on.

Second, a good candle has a fragrance, and the burning flame has a pleasing scent.

Third, you can hear the sputter of a candle. Some of my candles have a wooden wick which burns in miniature almost like a small, contained fireplace sputtering and crackling all day long.

Fourth, a candle has a warming quality, it literally and sybolically adds to the warmth of the place where it burns.

Finally, candles are often created by people with food in mind so they smell like coffee, or cinnamon, or apples, or walnuts. You can’t taste them but there is an additional sensory experience with a candle that smells like it would taste good.

You can see a candle, you can hear a candle, you can feel its warmth, you can smell a scented candle, and you can almost taste it.

We will have a service here at five on Christmas Eve. Every worshipper will hold a candle-a symbolic light. This year we will light the way for worshippers with five hundred luminaries along the streets and walks leading to the church. Worshippers will spend on hour on Christmas Eve in peaceful worship. They will light their candles and the room will be filled with beautiful light, each one contributing just a small flame—so symbolic of the way God enlightens—through his children, just a small point of light but gathered—a great and beautiful glory. When they leave our prayer will be that they will have light in their hearts and the way will shine with small lights guiding them back out into the dark world where they are the light of the world.

Ken Pierpont
The Pastor’s Study
Evangel Baptist Church—Taylor, Michigan
December 18, 2009

The teens did a beautiful job Sunday night. Here is a shot of the whole group:

Next Saturday and Sunday the adults sing.

Things are getting colder. Within a few days our rain should turn to snow. That will be festive. It's a beehive of preparations for Christmas around here. A huge crew of men worked for two days building the set for the musicals. Today the Christmas decorations went up inside and out. You have to come and see them. It will be a treasured memory for you and your family. I hope to meet you personally if we have not already. Send me an e-mail if you have any questions at ken@kenpierpont.com. I hope to hear from you.

Pastor Ken Pierpont

www.kenpierpont.com