Tremendous Fall Banquet!

Dr. David Price, pastor of Providence Baptist Church near Nashville, TN, brought the message at this year’s Fall Fundraising Banquet. With his text from Acts 5:40, Dr. Price spoke to us about “The Most Important Message.”

The gymnasium was comfortably filled for this year’s banquet, and included in attendance seventeen preachers from various churches. The delicious food, beautiful music, and great fellowship made for a very special evening. When the offering was taken, the $10,000 winter expense goal was reach.

We are so thankful for all those that took part in the Fall banquet, and especially for our many friends, though not in attendance, that mailed in their offerings.

Please mark your calendar for the next Heritage banquet. The annual Graduation Banquet is scheduled for Tuesday evening, April 29, 2025.

In the Midst of Economic Chaos

What will it take to bring Revival to America? Exactly one hundred and sixty-seven years ago, in the early fall of the year, America experienced what was known as the “Panic of 1857.” In just a few days, 30,000 men were out of work in New York City alone.

That same fall, the Lord moved on the heart of a New York City businessman named Jeremiah Lanphier to begin a weekly noon prayer meeting on the second floor of the old Dutch Reformed church at the corner of Fulton and Williams Street. Only six people showed up the first Wednesday, twenty the second week, and forty the third week. After the third week, the prayer meeting was held every day. Within six months, 10,000 businessmen were meeting daily across New York City for prayer.

Out of these prayer meetings, Revival broke out across America. Over the next two years, 1 million converts were added to the churches, this when only 30 million people lived in America. Many Christians dedicated themselves to serve the Lord, including D.L. Moody. Even England later reaped the benefits from this return to God.

Edwin Orr closes his work on this great American Revival by relating that the power of God is still the same, the need of the people is the same, and the remedy is the same. Only the methods, manifestations, and men differ from generation to generation. What the world needs is a Divine Impulse and a human response. “There is nothing in the Divine Plan as revealed in history to forbid the hope.” (Orr, J Edwin. America’s Great Revival. Elizabethtown, PA: McBeth Press, 1957)

Finding Your Conscience

During the month of November, our minds often reflect upon our Pilgrim forefathers that arrived in this country in search of religious freedom.

God had prepared the way before their arrival in 1620. The hostile Indians of the region around Plymouth had experienced a devastating plague (1616-1619), and an area of uninhabited forest and farmland stood available for the weary Pilgrims.

From the beginning years, through the first Thanksgiving, and for half a century, the Pilgrims and the Indians of New England learned to co-exist through struggle and compromise.

The children of the Pilgrims, later with established cities, lost their appreciation of the Indians, and their gratitude for the past assistance.

King Philip’s War began as a local fight, and grew into a general Indian uprising. Although it lasted only fourteen months (1675-1676), the struggle was one of the most devastating wars ever in America. A third of the 100 New England towns were destroyed. Percentage wise, King Philip’s War was twice as bloody as the Civil War, and seven times more lethal than the American Revolution. The Indians of New England, the ultimate losers, had casualty rates between 60% and 80%. The ambushes, battles, and treatment of prisoners were horrific.

Much of the history of this war was recorded by Captain Benjamin Church, who formed the first group of “American” Rangers.

Church concluded his written history with this story. After the death of the Indian leader known as “King Philip,” Benjamin Church was sent out in search of stray Indians. Among a band of captured Indians, Church met an old Indian to whom he took an immediate liking, and he asked him his name.

“Conscience,” replied the old man.

“Conscience,” Benjamin Church repeated with a smile; “then the war is over, for that was what they were searching for, it being much wanting.” (Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower. Penguin Books: New York. 2006 p. 358)

How often in the midst of a struggle, would some conscience be of great benefit.

Helpful Chapel Quotes

We demonstrate how much we love God by how much we obey Him.

For every sigh, there is a Psalm.

If God has done something for you, you will want to share it.

You can’t lean toward Hell all your life, and fall into Heaven.

The reason advice is free, is because the supply exceeds the demand.

I would rather have someone “act” happy, than have a sincere sorehead.

Question:“How long have you worked here?” Answer:“Ever since they threatened to fire me.”