"And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?  Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." John 9:1-3 KJV

Throughout this month of June, we have examined biblical dads who model the importance of praying for their children and trusting God. This morning, we meet Isaac.

Isaac was the son of a great father and the father of a great son, but he at times struggled. Parts of Isaac’s life were positive and parts negative.

On the positive side, Isaac’s life was a gift from God. Abraham and Sarah loved him and passed on their faith and values.

Isaac’s faith and obedience when Abraham bound him as a sacrifice is exemplary, for he must have truly believed what his father had told him in Genesis 22:8: “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”

Throughout most of his life, Isaac followed in Abraham’s footsteps. Expressing the same faith, Isaac prayed for his childless wife in Genesis 25:21. It reads, “And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.”

Isaac had inherited a large family business and considerable wealth. Like his father, he did not hoard it, but fulfilled the role that God had chosen for him to pass on the blessing that would extend to all nations.

When Isaac was a hundred years old though, it became his turn to designate his successor by passing on the family blessing. Regrettably, he nearly failed in this task.

Somehow, in Genesis 25:23 he remained oblivious to God's revelation to his wife that, contrary to normal custom, the younger son, Jacob, was to become head of the family instead of the older. It states, “And the Lord said to her,“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”

It took a clever ploy by Rebekah and Jacob to put Isaac back on track to fulfill God's purposes.

To God Be The Glory for Isaac! Many fathers feel intimidated trying to follow in the footsteps of their own fathers and Isaac could very well have felt that way. He could have resented his father for offering him as a sacrifice. Yet Isaac was an obedient son. He had faith that led him to be willing to die in obedience and submission to his father and to the Lord. From his father Abraham, Isaac learned the invaluable lesson of trusting God and that made Isaac one of the most favored fathers in the Bible.


Sister Cathy Black

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• International Sunday School Lesson
  This Sunday's Lesson:  
  "Perseverence In Faith" 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
  
  Lesson Nugget:
  2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, is a portion of Paul's letter to the Thessalonian church. Here he reminds them of his warning to not be drawn away from the teachings that he delivered to them when he was with them. Finally, he challenges them to be steadfast in their adherence to what was taught to them in either word or by letter.
  
  Are we as Christians holding steadfast in our obedience to God's Word?
  
  
• Next Sunday's Lesson: "The Fight For Faithfulness" 1 Timothy 6:11-21

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Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church

PO Box 11845
Lexington, KY 40578

Upcoming Events

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Tuesday, July 1, 7:00 PM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Choir Practice

Thursday, July 3, 6:30 pm

Virtual Bible Study, 

Saturday, July 5, 10 AM

In-Person & via Zoom

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Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

As we continue our study of Timothy from "Great Characters of the Bible," the Youth are learning, like Timothy, the importance of building a strong faith in Christ and learning and understanding scripture at a young age. With his commitment to spreading the gospel, Timothy was able to bring so many to Christ. With 11 Youth in attendance this past Wednesday, including one of our newest members, Bro. Roman White, and a "friend" of one of our Youth, we will continue to follow Timothy's example of talking about the goodness of God's Word and encourage other Youth to join us! As we complete our study of Timothy within the next couple of weeks, we will move on to our next character, Paul, Timothy's mentor.

The Youth Ministry meets every 2nd Wednesday In-Person and every 4th Wednesday via Zoom (Meeting ID: 867 3355 4109) at 7:00 pm. Also please check your GroupMe for our weekly updates and reminders!

Contact Sis. Heather Happy (859.509.2927) for additional information.

WE ARE ONE!

With Summer here and our young people having more free time on their hands, there are Summer Events at  public libraries.  Click the link below and enjoy “Summer Events” at a Library near You!!

Summer Events for Young People

Education Ministry

Welcome to the 40 Year Christians' Cooking Corner! 

Here we will feature recipes from the 40 Year Christian Group. This week's recipe was submitted by Sister Alyce Emerson from Nutrition Education Program UK Cooperative Extension Service.

Blessings to all.

Sister Linda Gates, President

Fruited Coleslaw

Ingredients

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (or any type of vinegar)

2 teaspoons sugar

3tablespoons crushed pineapple
canned in 100% juice, including juice

2 cups shredded or finely chopped cabbage

1/2 cup chopped apples (or fruit of choice: orange, mandarin oranges, pear)

1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries


Directions

• Wash hands with warm water and soap, scrubbing for at least 20 seconds.
• Wash fresh produce under cool running water, using a vegetable brush to scrub veggies with a firm surface. Dry and cut to prepare for this recipe.
• Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, and pineapple in a small bowl. Stir to mix well.
• In another bowl, combine cabbage and other fruit.
• Pour dressing over cabbage and fruit. Stir to mix.
• Serve right away.
• Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Makes 6 servings

Serving size: 1/2 cups

Recent Requests

• Family of Brother Lee Bryant, who passed. (Relative of Brother Jerry and Sister Catherine Frye)
  
  
• Family of Sister Sasha Johnson, who passed. (Sister of Marva Eubank; Aunt of LeAndrea Hayden)
  
  
• Family of Brother Maurice Miller, who passed. (Great nephew of Sister Cleo Washington)
  
  
• Family of Brother Jonathan Thompson, who passed, (Relative of Brother Jerry and Sister Catherine Frye) Funeral was in Campbellsville on Monday, June 23.
  
  
• Family of Minister Anna Williams, who passed. (Relative of Sisters Patricia Hayden and Vanessa Mitchell) Arrangements: Tuesday, July 1, Visitation: 11 am; Service: 1 pm, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 511 Thurman Dr., Lexington, KY 
  
  
• Sister Beverly Bowman (Home)
  
  
• Brother Billy Edwards (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Alcorn Edwards (Portsmouth, VA)
  
  
• Brother Greg Forrest (Kevil, KY) (Nephew of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Mary Givens (Home)
  
  
• Brother Daron Houtman, Jr. (Wicitaw, KS) (Nephew of Sister Lisa Leath)
  
  
• Sister Iris Horice (Paducah, KY) (Niece of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Juanita Marie Lewis, Jr. (Home)
  
  

• Sister Dawn Gay Martin (Home) 

• Brother Joseph Grant (Hospital St. Louis, MO) (Father of Sister Jessica Grant)
  
  
• Sister Norma Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Thelma Masterson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Irene Sykes McKenzie (Home)
  
  
• Brother Daryl Moberly (Uncle of Sister Marva Eubanks)
  
  
• Sister Tyailan Moberly (Home) (Cousin of Sister Marva Eubanks)
  
  
• Brother Charles Moore, Sr. (Denton, TX) (Brother of Sister Shelia Williams)
  
  
• Brother Edward & Sister Ruth Rawlings (Friends of Sister Kim Bond)
  
  
• Veronica Ridgeway (Louisville, KY) (Cousin of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Sharon Scarber (Home)
    
• Sister Lynn Smith (Home)
  
  
• Sister Delores Spencer (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tonia Stewart (Home)
  
  
• Sister Anna Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Kendra Taylor (Home)
  
  
• Brother Melvin Williams (Home)
  
  

Ongoing Requests:

• Brother Levi Fishback (Harrodsburg Health & Rehabilitation Center, Harrodsburg, KY)
  
  
• Sister Anna Jaber (Homestead Nursing Home)
  
  
• Sister Karisma Lockhart (Los Angeles, CA) and her family (Niece of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Brother Drery Shelton (St. Joseph Hospital) (Friend of Sister Bonnie Shelton)
  
  
• Brother Glenn Allen (Home) (Relative of the Brooks Family)
  
  
• Sister Mary Ann Banksden (Florence, AL) (Sister of Brother Sammie Brooks)
  
  
• Sister Lillian Bell (Ruston, LA)
  
  
• Sister Bonita Brown (Home)
  
  
• Brother Byron Brown
  
  
• Sister Patricia Brown (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carrie Clay (Home) Upcoming surgery
  
  
• Sister Charmaine Collins (Home) (Daughter of Sister Debra Collins)
  
  
• Sister Debra Collins (Home)
  
  
• Brother Lonnie Cowan (Home)
  
  
• Crutcher, Jones, & Payne Family (especially Little Brother Vince Crutcher III and Sister Brittany Payne)
  
  
• Sister Laura Dunaway (Home)
  
  
• Brother Marvin Emerson  (Home)
  
  
• Sister Wanda Frazier (Home) (Sister of Brother Wayne Frazier)
  
  
• Sister Sheryl Haskins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Jeanette Higgins (Home)
  
  
• Brother Branson Irvin (Indianapolis, IN) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother Julian Jackson (Home) (Father of Brother Jarold Jackson)
  
  
• Sister Mary E. Jackson (Paris, KY) (Sister of Brother William Jackson)
  
  
• Sister Kemona Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Vera Johnson (Home) (Sister of Sister Marion Hall)
  
  
• Brother Vincino Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Janet King (Classmate of Sister Norma Johnson)
  
  
• Brother Travis Jones (Home ) (Brother of Sisters Liz Brooks, Trina Morton, and Sobona Sweat)
  
  
• Brother Larry Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Lindsey Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Patricia Leavell (Home)
  
  
• Sister Jackie Lindsay (Home) (Sister of Brother Wayne Frazier)
  
  
• Sister Danise Madison (Seattle, WA) (Sister of Sister Bonita Brown)
  
  
• Brother Ronald Moberly (Home) (Uncle of Sister Marva Eubank)
  
  
• Brother Everett Martin (Home)
  
  
• Sister Elnora Miller (Home) (Mother of Sister Lisa Miller)
  
  
• Sister Lisa Miller (Home)
  
  
• Sister Dorothy Offutt (Home)
  
  
• Sister Ashanti Owens (Granddaughter of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother Stevie Pepper (Columbus, OH) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)(Home)
  
  
• Sister Darlene Pope (Home)
  
  
• Brother James Prather (Home) (Brother of Sisters Tassa Wigginton and Eleanor Smothers)
  
  
• Brother Steven Prater (Richmond Hill, GA)
  
  
• Sister Annette Reid (Home)
  
  
• Brother Ashley Roach
  
  
• Sister Gayle Rush-Coleman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tamika Sales (Home)
  
  
• Brother Donald Scarber (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Sharp (Maysville, KY) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother Doug Smith (Brother of Rev. Michael Smith) (Home, Louisville, KY)
  
  
• Sister Pennie Smith (Home)
  
  
• Sister Eleanor Smothers (Home)
  
  
• Brother Adrian Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Cheryl "Midge" Taylor (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carol Thomas (Home)
  
  
• Brother Pete Thompson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Anna Ison-Walker (Home)
  
  
• Brother Kevin Walker (San Francisco, CA) (First Cousin of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Martha Warner (Home) (Mother of Sister Catherine Frye)
  
  

• Sister Tassa Wigginton (Home)
  
  

• Brother Leon Wilson (Home) (Brother-in-Law of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Each person listed on our Sick List
  
  
• HPGMBC Full Time Pastor Search Committee Members, their families and their work
  
  
• Victims of the California Wild Fires
  
  
• Families of the Children affected in war torn countries around the world
  
  
• Children orphaned due to war and worldwide crises
  
  
• Families affected by gun violence in our community and abroad
  
  
• COVID-19 Victims around the world
  
  
• The People of Ukraine
  
  
• Healthcare workers, First responders, etc.
  
  
• The Entire Pleasant Green Church Family
  
  
• Our our Local and National Government Officials

Heavenly Father, please help us to be alert for and deal with the little stuff that causes great damage. Thank you for Jesus. In His Name. Amen

 {Adapted from Our Daily Bread,  June 27, 2025}

Name: Gloria Coleman

Current Focus: I am an entrepreneur in the financial industry. I teach financial literacy. My current focus is to serve by helping others better manage their finances. I share insights that help others enhance their credit scores so they can achieve whatever financial goal they wish.
I love helping others and that is what I do on a daily basis. I work from home and meet with most of my
clients via zoom. That’s a real timesaver.

However, my goal is to start helping more people in my local community with a focus on outreach to
churches. I will start Project 1000 in Lexington soon. The goal of Project 1000 is to help 1000 people in
the Lexington area achieve a FICO score between 800 to 850! Can you imagine what an awesome
financial impact that will have on our local community? Imagine being able to purchase your dream home, automobile, or have funding for a desired business venture!

Career: I am a retired federal government (USDA-Forest Service) employee with 32 years of service
where I worked as a Human Resources Officer. I truly enjoyed my career as a federal employee but
being in my own business has been the best choice I have ever made!

What do you want your church family to know about you?: I want you to know that I love my church family, I desire your continuous prayers, and I am also praying for you!

I currently serve as an Usher on Board #2 and the Joint Board. I count it as a privilege to do so! My
dedication to serving our congregation began many years ago. That commitment included serving as the
President of the Young Adult Usher Board. I have increased the investment of my time and talents
beyond ushering to also include serving on the Finance Committee, and with 40-year Christians and Missionaries.

I have encountered several health challenges over the last few years. Through it all, GOD has kept me! I give him all the praise and glory! As I trust GOD for what HE will enable me to do when I receive my
healing, I also thank HIM what HE’s already allowed me to do!

GOD made a way for me to travel! I love traveling! One of my favorite destinations was Milan, Italy. I
also toured Rome, Venice and other small towns in Italy. I also enjoy cruises and have traveled to many
of the Caribbean Islands via land and sea including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

I have been blessed to travel around the US throughout my career with the Federal government to places I probably would not have gone to on my own. I have also had the pleasure of traveling with the church to many conventions over the years. What an awesome time I had on every trip!
I guess you can say travel and helping others --- those are my passions!

Is there anything special your church can do for you? I desire your prayers and support!

Prayer: I am relocating in the near future but not until I am released by my healthcare providers; so
please keep me in your prayers as I work through my health issues. Please pray for my healing.

Prayer: Fellowshipping with our church family has helped me as I wait for healing and joyfully serve. Our fellowship has consistently blessed my life! I don’t want anyone – including my adult son, Karlos
Coleman, and adult nephew, Alex Yarbrough- to miss out on the joys of our church family. Please join
me in praying for them to 1) come back to HPGMBC, 2) get actively involved in the work of the church and 3) come with others who used to be affiliated with the church during the time they were coming along.

Support: I would love for my church family to support me with Project 1000 so that we can all achieve our desired financial goals! Churches that are registered as 501c3 organizations can enroll in the program for free. I pray that members who may be interested in participating get involved through the church.

What do you want your church family to know about GOD?: God is an on-time God and is always with us. We cannot make it without him.

Adult Son: Karlos Coleman

Keep Your Contact Information Updated

Please keep your contact information up to date. In case of emergencies, changes of service times, etc., every attempt will be made to contact church members as expeditiously as possible using text messages to cell phones, phone calls, and emails. You can update your contact information by calling the church at (859) 254-7387.

If you would like to volunteer in assisting with contacting members on the rare occasions when information needs to be communicated to the church membership quickly, please call the church and give your name and phone number.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Hope For Mental Health

Mental illness brings shame and we think Jesus is ashamed of us too, He is NOT!

Our minds love to remind us of the past. We find ourselves looking back and focusing on our mistakes. As christians , we are challenged to look to what Christ has already done. When we see our scars, we need not be cast down because Christ has taken upon Himself the hurt, shame, pain, guilt, and sin. The power of the enemy holds no power over us because of the Precious Blood of the Lamb. We are redeemed by His overcoming power. Choose to see His scars that brings us life.

Author Katie Derango

Revised and Adapted by
Sarah Shelton Speed

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues, please seek professional guidance.

FLU

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.

Flu shots are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding a flu vaccination.

RSV

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common, contagious virus that usually causes mild symptoms. In older adults and adults with certain underlying conditions, RSV can cause severe infections.

RSV shots are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding a RSV vaccination.

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. Older people and those with underlying medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. Anyone can get sick with COVID-19 and become seriously ill or die at any age.

The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the disease and how the virus spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by staying at least 1 metre apart from others, wearing a properly fitted mask, and washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently. Get vaccinated when it’s your turn and follow local guidance.

The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols. It is important to practice respiratory etiquette, for example by coughing into a flexed elbow, and to stay home and self-isolate until you recover if you feel unwell.

Both COVID vaccines and Booster COVID vaccines are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding COVID vaccinations.

General Health Information

General Health information can be obtained from the Health Department. Contact information is below:

LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
650 Newtown Pike
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-2371.