EVANGEL BAPTIST CHURCH--MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ROOTED IN GOD'S WORD GROWING JOYFULLY UPWARD TO THE GLORY OF GOD

My Secret.  Almost every week someone will come to me after the message and say something like this:

“You’ve been reading my mail.”

“How did you know that is what I was going through?”

“It’s like you were talking directly to me.

Today I would like to tell you the secret to having that kind of communication. It is simply this: Preach the Word. In the pulpit I do three things: Read the Word. Explain the Word. Apply the Word… and it has the impact it has on people because it is the Word of God!

That is what we do here every week at Evangel week after week.

Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont  ---   www.kenpierpont.com  ---   ken@kenpierpont.com

The Turning of the Seasons

The seasons are turning again. It's a refreshing time of the year. In some ways it is toward the end of the year, but in other ways it is the beginning. It is the beginning of the school year, the beginning of AWANA and the beginning of a wonderful season ending at Advent (Christmas Season). This is a wonderful time to gather your family or gather with the Evangel family for worship and spiritual renewal. I hope to see you soon. 

We are glad you “stopped by” at the Evangel web site. If you are new here I would love to meet you. Plan to visit one of our services, take a look at some of the events and ministries. Feel free to listen to a message. Our sermon podcast goes back to my first full year here at Evangel in 2008. 

Send me an e-mail if you would like to talk on the phone, visit my study or have me drop by for a visit. Let us know how we can help you. Hope to meet you soon.

Ken Pierpont--Senior Pastor

ken@kenpierpont.com

Evangel this Week

• Sunday Morning, May 22 we will continue our series of messages through the basic teaching of our Lord Jesus. The text is Matthew 7:7-11. Jesus taught his disciples to pray for their needs. This is a tender and encouraging instruction. 

• Sunday Evening; May 22 we will hear testimonies from our graduates and a message from Pastor Michael, our Youth and Christian Education Pastor. The service is followed by a reception in honor of the Evangel graduates. 

Mid-Week: GROWING SEASON SERIES. On Wednesday evenings this summer (except for June 22 and August 10-which are Neighborhood Gospel Outreach and Vacation Bible School weeks) Pastor Pierpont will teach a series of messages called "Cultivating a Heart for God." We will combine worship music, messages, media, and prayer to understand and cultivate affections for God. It will be a summer of personal growth. Children's Choir and Teen Groups will meet from 7:00 to 8:15. We will also have a Teacher Training option taught by Pastor Pyne.

Sample a Sermon or Subscribe. We have an on-line archive of over three year's worth of sermons. Click on the podcast link. You can also subscribe to the Evangel podcast using this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id411455345

While you are here you might want to check out one of our sermons. Click on the "podcast" link and pick something that sounds interesting to you. If you are new I would love to meet you in person. Get in touch.

Pastor Ken Pierpont

www.kenpierpont.com

ken@kenpierpont.com

RESURRECTION SUNDAY CELEBRATION AND HOLY LAND REPORT.

Sunday Night the Evangel Choir presented: "On A Hill Too Far Away..." It was a meaningful evening. The Choir will sing again on Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. Pastor Pierpont and Lois will share pictures and stories from our recent trip to the Holy Land. There are some beautiful pictures and some powerful lessons to share. Sunday morning you will be thrilled to hear the choir, orchestra, and a trumpet ensemble.  

Preaching at Evangel This Week:

• Sunday Morning I (Pastor Pierpont) will be preaching on Matthew 6:1-4. There are three secret disciplines that Jesus promises to openly reward. What are they? We begin this mini-series on Sunday, March 27th

• Sunday Evening we will continue our Fly Over Series with a Fly Over of Esther. This is a beautiful story. 

Mid-Week: On Wednesday nights the building is full of families. The AWANA Program for children, Youth meet with Pastor Breznau upstairs. There are usually over 80 teens in attendance. Pastor Pierpont leads a Praise and Prayer Meeting in the Auditorium. Children and teens begin at 6:30. Prayer Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Sometimes there are other elective classes. 

Sample a Sermon or Subscribe. We have an on-line archive of over three year's worth of sermons. Click on the podcast link. You can also subscribe to the Evangel podcast using this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id411455345

While you are here you might want to check out one of our sermons. Click on the "podcast" link and pick something that sounds interesting to you. If you are new I would love to meet you in person. Get in touch.

Women: Check out the conference for ladies this spring. Read about it over to the right......................

Pastor Ken Pierpont

www.kenpierpont.com

ken@kenpierpont.com

The Sermon on the Mount. Prepare for a new series of messages beginning Sunday morning by reading the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). This will be a great way to begin our New Year. The greatest teaching by the Greatest Teacher ever, the Lord Jesus Christ. What did He say and what does it have to do with us living in 2011.

Bible Reading Plans. On our literature table are One-Year Bible Reading Plans for those of you who have resolved to spend more time in the Word of God in the New Year.

The Break. There are still a few more days to sign-up for the Break at Lake Ann (this is a retreat for college and career aged young people from December 30-January 2) Call the church office for information and transportation. 

Sunday Nite Series. On Sunday nights, beginning January 9th, we will continue our series A Fly-Over of the Bible with a Fly-Over of 2 Kings. Get a jump on the message by reading or listening ahead. 

Candlelight Service Christmas Eve 2010

Thanks for taking a look at our web-site. It's the Christmas Season and I would like to personally invite you the share it with the good people of Evangel. 

What is Christmas About? Christmas time can be a very difficult time when things are hard, especially if you lose your focus on what Christmas really is about. Gathering with others in worship, singing, reading sacred texts of Christ's birth, life, teaching and death are wonderful ways to understand and keep in focus what makes Christmas such a beautiful time of year. Plan now to join us here at Evangel. If you are looking for a church we have a saying; "Try Evangel for ten years, after that, if you don't like it, look around." 

December at Evangel! We begin with Christmas Communion on December 5th in the morning service. During December we will have four special Christmas services. Each of the Sunday nights in December the auditorium will ring with Christmas music. Every Sunday morning in December I will bring a Christmas Message. 

• December 5th; 50-Voice Teen Christmas Choir 
• December 11-12th; Adult Choir Christmas Musical and Drama
• December 19th; Children's Sunday School and Christmas Program
• December 24th; Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

New Youth and Christian Education Pastor. Michael and Stephanie Breznau will move here to begin their ministry around Christmastime. We look forward to having them with us. Michael is a Michigander who is coming to us after finishing his training at Dallas Seminary. They have an adorable little boy named Hudson, who will grow up right here at Evangel!

Let's Get Acquainted. I would love to get to know you and help you. Send me an e-mail at ken@kenpierpont.com, stop by my personal website at www.kenpierpont.com, or "friend" me on Facebook. I teach a class in my study every Sunday morning at 9:45 for those who would like to know about Evangel. There are five lessons and lots of time to ask any questions you like.

We're in the heart of autumn now. This is the month when Michiganders stay home. There is nowhere in the world any more enchanting than our state in October. I can look out through the arched window of my study, through the crimson leaves of the little Dogwood tree, to see the acre of woods beyond Blakley Creek. I'm always glad it's there. Even though hundreds of cars pass the church every hour there is that acre of wood, fresh in the spring, green in the summer, gold and red and rust and yellow in the fall, and hopeful in the winter. 

This week that valuable little bit of God's good earth was donated to Evangel. The owners have been watching the flourish of ministries at Evangel, the growth, the care of the property, the continual activity, the benevolent ministries, the outreach to moms, and they wanted to donate the property to us. 

The gesture makes me very hopeful. My heart wants to believe that God's gift to us of this significant parcel, with road frontage on one of the busiest thoroughfares in the state, is an evidence of His continued favor and blessing on this church.  

Someone once said; "Our greatest asset is the blessing of the Lord." These mellow fall days I've been thinking and praying a lot about that. We are devoted to the Word of God, to teach and preach and live it. Our building has set at the southern gateway of our city in the heart of the great Downriver region for seventy-five years. It's like a lighthouse faithfully displaying the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

I hope you will join us at Evangel in the worship of our worthy Lord Jesus Christ. You will find a warm welcome, simple people who love God and love others, real Christians, lively preaching and beautiful music. 

Join us in the mornings as I preach through the beautiful book of Matthew and in the evening as I preach through the whole Bible one book per message in a series I call: A Fly-Over of the Bible.

Check out my web site, subscribe to my weekly newsletter, friend me on Facebook, or join me in my study any Sunday Morning where I teach a "Get Aquainted Class." 

Pastor Ken Pierpont

The Pastor's Study

October 2010

Hey Friends;

Fall ministries around here are well underway. Kids are back to school or back to college or back to homeschool around here. The new Awana season kicked off last Wednesday night. Speaking of kickoff, the UpWard Football is underway on Saturday mornings, too.

Join us on Sunday Mornings. My messages will grow out of he Gospel of Matthew verse by verse. It will be an exciting series of message series on the life, teaching, and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

On Sunday nights I am preaching through the whole Bible, one book at a time. One book per message. This is a Bible Church. You can't get in and out of here without hearing from someone with Bible in hand teaching directly out of the Word of God. 

When I was a boy our pattern of faithfulness in church attendance as a family was Sunday School, Morning Worship, Sunday night service, and Wednesday night. I was a good idea. My folks lives had been genuinely changed forever by God and they just loved God and wanted their family to be in church. It's a good plan. I commend it to you. You won't regret serving God and worshiping God from the heart with your family every week. Let us know how we can help you. If your children are in Sunday School every week we will take them through a comprehensive overview of the Bible and all the major doctrines of the Bible over and over again before they leave home and start their own. (See your Sunday School Scope and Sequence Chart to see how that works).

You can read my blog at www.kenpierpont.com. There are over a thousand original stories there. (Let me know when you have read them all). my e-mail is ken@kenpierpont.com. I would love to hear from you. 

Ken Pierpont, Senior Pastor
The Pastor's Study
Evangel Baptist Church of Taylor, Michigan
September 17, 2010

Bible Institute Classes at Evangel this Fall:

Bible Doctrine; The Bible Doctrine class will cover the doctrines of Theology Proper, Bibliology, Christology, and Pneumatology. Class dates: September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, Nov. 1, 8.  Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Old Testament Survey; Study the Old Testament and learn about God’s redemptive plan throughout history, starting at the beginning!  We will cover everything from Genesis to 2 Kings.  Improve your ability to make sense out of what you read in Scripture! Class dates are September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, Nov. 2, 9. Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

With a few exceptions for special occasions or topical series (like our current Sr. High series on teens and finances) we follow the chart below. Click on the link and you will see what it is important to get the whole family here every week for the 9:45 Sunday School and Adult Bible Fellowship Hour. 

Fall and Fresh Beginnings

On my "emotional calendar" September 1st is the first day of Autumn and a fresh and wonderful new beginning. I took a phone call this morning out on the patio. The Aspen/Poplars and Locusts are starting to release some of their leaves and though the day is to be warm and humid, there was a hint of cool in the early morning air.The ladies around here took a trip to the candle shop for some fall fragrances so the place is cozy this morning.  I hope this fall is a good time for you to grow closer to your family and closer to the Lord. 

We are here to help you do that and help you help others do that. If you surf around the site you will find helpful information about the tools we use for that purpose. We would love to meet you, if you are new to us. Friend me on Facebook and introduce yourself. I would love to get to know you and answer any questions you have. I have a special class to get to know folk and introduce them to Evangel that meets every Sunday morning beginning September 12 at 9:45 in my study. (You can read our new Youth and CE Pastor's bio if you click on the link to the right). 

Meet the staff, check out our links and programs and listen to a sermon podcast to get a feel for Evangel. 

I hope this is a great Autumn for you and your family. 

PS: There is still time to sign up your 2-6th graders for UpWard Football this fall. Call the church office for details or stop in for a registration form.

Sign-up for AWANA right away on Sunday or show up September 15th at 6:30 for AWANA kick-off!

Bible Institute Classes at Evangel this Fall:

Bible Doctrine; The Bible Doctrine class will cover the doctrines of Theology Proper, Bibliology, Christology, and Pneumatology. Class dates: September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, Nov. 1, 8.  Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Old Testament Survey; Study the Old Testament and learn about God’s redemptive plan throughout history, starting at the beginning!  We will cover everything from Genesis to 2 Kings.  Improve your ability to make sense out of what you read in Scripture! Class dates are September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, Nov. 2, 9. Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Sunday Nights @ Evangel Pastor Pierpont is preaching a series of messages: A Fly-Over of the Bible, covering the whole Bible one book at a time. Sunday nights are lively and varied. Check ahead to see which nights Pastor Pierpont is in the pulpit.