Inside The Pastor’s Pen P. 1 You Reap What You Sow P. 2 A Tribute to Fathers, P. 3 God's Masterpiece Paul’s Letter to the Galatians P. 4 Pastor Rev. Daniel Watkins Associate Pastors Rev. Ricky Douglas Rev. Michael Johnson Ministers Rev. Eric Brown Rev. Edward Buck Rev. Jack Gordon Rev. Willie Jacobs Rev. Michael Marshall Rev. Bernard Moore Evangelists Evang. Ashanti Barnes Evang. Dianne Harris Evang. Pam Seaton Deacon Board Kelvin Banks, Chair Bernard Douglas, Vice Chair Roger Jacobs, Vice Chair Harry Smith, Sr., Vice Chair Mother Board Gloria Daugherty, Chair Earnestine Williams, Vice Chair Church Coordinator Tresa Woods Clerical Ministry Rosalind Walls, Chair Tameka L. Johnson, Vice Chair Finance Debbra Smith – Captain Shannon Waddell – Captain Newsletter Editors Tameka L. Johnson Lisa Gordon Bible Class Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM Sunday School Sundays @ 8:30 AM Worship Service Sundays @ 10:00 AM Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church 925 West Pearl Street Jackson, MS 39203 www.zion-travelers.org Volume VI JUNE 2017 Dear Travelers, All praise, honor, and glory are given unto our God. We thank Him for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are excited about the guidance of the Counselor–our Holy Spirit. I want to pause here to say THANK YOU for being there for the Watkins-Moore family. Your prayers and support allowed us to handle my mother’s transition as a spiritual one. I shall never forget the love and concern given to us in our time of need. I pray that God blesses each and every one of you! Let’s review where we have been: Jan – Joshua – “Get Your House in Order” Feb – John – “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled” Mar – Acts – “Who Will Be a Witness” Apr – Romans – “Growth is Necessary” May – I Corinthians – “Let There Be No Divisions among You” June – “We Harvest What We Plant” The book of Galatians presents us with some very important issues. Take note: 1. People who think they are superior tend to put processes on people whom they feel are inferior. 2. People who put forward these processes are in groups. 3. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, what you sow you will also reap. 4. Take the opportunity to do good to everyone, especially the saint of God. 5. Internalize 5:24-26. The word of God will increase our faith and strengthen us in every way. The word of God allows us to be on defense and to go on offense. Ephesians 6:17b, take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Allow Galatians to strengthen you! Daniel Watkins, Ph.D. Pastor @ ztmbchurch @ZionTravelersMS @ziontravelers
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Inside
The Pastor’s Pen P. 1
You Reap What You Sow P. 2
A Tribute to Fathers, P. 3
God's Masterpiece
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians P. 4
Pastor Rev. Daniel Watkins
Associate Pastors Rev. Ricky Douglas Rev. Michael Johnson
Ministers Rev. Eric Brown
Rev. Edward Buck Rev. Jack Gordon Rev. Willie Jacobs Rev. Michael Marshall Rev. Bernard Moore
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Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...
And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...
And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,
But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...
But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...
But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,
For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...
And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side. –From “Fathers Are Wonderful” by Helen Steiner Rice.
Bible Class Topic for June
Galatians – We Harvest What
We Plant
Verses of the Month
“Don’t be misled—you cannot
mock the justice of God. You
will always harvest what you
plant. Those who live only to
satisfy their own sinful nature
will harvest decay and death
from that sinful nature. But
those who live to please the
Spirit will harvest everlasting
life from the Spirit. So let’s not
get tired of doing what is good.
At just the right time we will
reap a harvest of blessing if we
don’t give up. Therefore,
whenever we have the
opportunity, we should do good
to everyone—especially to those
in the family of faith.”
– Galatians 6:7-10 (NLT)
STRENGTH DEPTH
MAJESTY WARMTH
CALM GENEROUS
COMFORTING WISE
POWERFUL JOY
FAITH PATIENCE
MASTERPIECE DAD
FATHER
The churches in Galatia were comprised of both Jewish and Gentile converts. Paul’s purpose in writing to these churches was to confirm them in the faith, especially concerning justification by faith alone, apart from the works of the Law of Moses. Galatians
was written because the churches of that region were facing a theological crisis. The essential truth of justification by faith rather than by human works was being denied by the Judaizers—legalistic Jews who insisted that Christians must keep the Mosaic
Law. In particular, the Judaizers insisted on circumcision as a requirement for Gentiles who wished to be saved. In other words, convert to Judaism first, and then you are eligible to become a Christian. When Paul learned that this heresy was being taught to
the Galatian churches, he composed an epistle to emphasize our liberty in Christ and to counter the perversion of the gospel that the Judaizers promoted. – Adapted from “Book of Galatians”, www.GotQuestions.org
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Date Sermon Topics Scriptures
05/07/2017 Say Yes to God II Corinthians 1:3-7; 20
05/14/2017 A Special Kind of Mother Luke 1:38
05/21/2017 The Greatest Help I Know I Corinthians 6:19, 14:26
05/28/2017/ God Is Already There Jeremiah 29:11 See Finance for your DVD copies.
Thank you for your generous spirit and continuous support of Stewpot Community Services. With your faithful support, we are able to bless some 750 individuals and those that are homeless in the Metro Jackson area with basic human needs. May you be blessed this year as you have been a blessing.
