"And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath." John 5:9 KJV

Throughout the month of September we will look at timeless Christian hymns and “the story behind the song.” Assurance comes from true faith in the promises of God. May we always cherish, Blessed Assurance!”

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation,  purchase of God,
Born of His spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.

Music composer Phoebe Palmer Knapp played a melody to blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby and asked, “What does the melody say to you?” Crosby replied that the tune said, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!”

Fanny Crosby had been blind since the age of six weeks old. She began composing hymns at age six. An author of more than 8,000 gospel hymns, she drew her inspiration from her own faith. “Blessed Assurance” was published in 1873.

The entire hymn is focused on heaven, a place where “perfect submission” and “perfect delight” will take place. The earthly existence is one of “watching and waiting, looking above.”

To God Be The Glory for the beautiful hymn of Blessed Assurance. The lyrics are a great reminder that as we submit ourselves to Christ and are “filled with His goodness” and “lost in His love,” we are remade in Christ’s image and are moving toward Christian perfection. A clear reminder of 

1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing,” may we always “prais[e]. . . our Savior all the day long!”

Sister Cathy Black

Rev. Mark Dunn's 

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WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

• Join our Virtual Prayer Service by phone on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Bible Study from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
  
  Call: 253-215-8782 or 301-715-8592;
  Additional Phone Numbers:
  564-217-2000; 646-558-8656;
  646-931-3860
  Meeting ID: 685 433 0718
  
  
• Radio broadcasts Saturdays 9:00 am and 3:00 pm as well as Sundays at 7:30 am on WJMM FM 99.1
  
• International Sunday School Lesson
  This Sunday's Lesson:
    
  "God Creates Everything" Genesis 1:1-13
  
  Lesson Nugget:
  In today's lesson, Moses, who is credited as being the insipired authorship of Genesis, describes the creation of the world. The account explains that God spoke into existence all that was created including mankind the crowning of all creation.

      As Christians, do we appreciate the wonder of         God's creation which emphatically gives proof of       God's eternal existence?

• Next Sunday's Lesson: "God Gives Law" Exodus 20:1-21

• In - Person Worship Service on Sundays at 10:30 am  and  Streaming on the Church Facebook Page and YouTube. It can also be viewed on demand on the church
  historicpg.org website by selecting "Watch Us Live." 
  
  
• Thank you for giving your Tithes and Offerings In-Person, by mail or with the Givelify App. 
  
  
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  Our mailing address is:

Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church

PO Box 11845
Lexington, KY 40578

Upcoming Events

Virtual Prayer Service 

Tuesday, September 9, 7:00 PM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Choir Practice

Thursday, September 11, 6:30 pm

Virtual Bible Study,

Saturday, September 13, 10:00 AM

In-Person & Zoom

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Parent Body Missionary Meeting,

Saturday, September 13, 12:30 PM

In-Person & Zoom

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

On Wednesday, August 13^th, we began our study of the apostle, Paul, from the “Great Characters of the Bible.” As we wrapped up studying Timothy, we now discover how God converted Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, and who initially opposed and persecuted Christians, to being baptized and preaching God’s word. During his missionary journeys throughout and the establishment of many churches, Paul wrote many epistles (letters) to these churches providing guidance on Christianity, which we discover and learn about in the New Testament. We will now learn how Paul was Timothy’s mentor.

With 11 Youth in attendance, we watched a video that described this great transformation and as we will continue to study this very important apostle and disciple of Jesus Christ for the next few weeks.

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

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

WE ARE ONE!

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

Cauliflower Bites

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 19 minutes

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 tablespoons Buffalo sauce
• 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
2. Wash hands with warm water and soap, scrubbing for at least 20 seconds.
3. Gently rub cauliflower under cool, running water before preparing.
4. In a large bowl, combine flour, water, garlic powder, and Buffalo sauce. Stir until smooth.
5. Gently fold in cauliflower florets to evenly coat with batter.
6. Arrange florets in a single layer on the baking sheet. Do not overcrowd the pan (use two pans if needed). Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.
7. In a small bowl, combine melted butter and olive oil.
8. Remove pan from oven. Drizzle the melted butter and oil mixture over the cauliflower. Gently toss until evenly coated.
9. Return tray to oven to bake for another 20 minutes or until the cauliflower begins to crisp.
10. Serve with your favorite dressing and a few dashes of Buffalo sauce, if desired.
    Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Makes 8 servings

Serving size: 1/2 cup bites

40 Year Christian 85th Anniversary Celebration Sunday September 21, 2025

Recognition of 40 Year Christian Members 80 and older-If you have been blessed to reach this milestone or if you know someone who has reached this milestone and is a 40 Year Christian Member, please be sure to get your name to Alyce Emerson or Liz Brooks on or before Monday September 15th.

40 Year Christian New Members-If you have been a Christian for 40 Years or more we welcome you to be a part of this group! Please turn your name in to Linda Gates on or before Thursday September 18th.

40 Year Christian 85th Anniversary Celebration weekend September 20th and 21st. On Saturday September 20th, there will be a miniature golf outing at Malibu Jack's starting at 1:30. The cost is $ 11.00 per person.

On Sunday September 21, please join us for a time of praise, worship as we celebrate just how good God has been and how far He has brought us! To God Be The Glory

Linda Gates,
President 40 Year Christians

Recent Requests

• Family of Sister Delores Owens (Cincinnati, OH), who passed. (Cousin to Sisters Norma Johnson, O'Terra Roberts, and Sue Smith)
  
  
• Family of Sister Clara Pearson (Kansas City, MO), who passed. (Aunt of Sisters Shelia Bland and Rosemary Owens; Rev. Herbert T. Owens, Jr.) 
  
  
• Family of Sister Deborah Robinson-Woods, who passed. (Wife of  Brother Ivan Woods, Brother to Sister Charllet McCllelan & Uncle to Brother Charles Happy III)
  
  
• Sister Ruby Branham (Prestonsburg, KY) (Mother of Sister Jackie Peoples)
  
  
• Sister Charmaine Collins (Home) (Daughter of Sister Debra Collins)
  
  
• Sister Debra Collins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Jessica Embry
  
  
• Sister McKinley Emerson 
  
  
• Sister Johnetta Frazier (Home)
  
  
• Sister Mary Givens (Home)
  
  
• Rev. Jerry Gumm (Home) 
  (Friends of the late Dr. Charles Black's family)
  
  
• Sister Gwendolyn Holloman (Home) (Wife of Bishop J. B. Holloman)
  
  
• Sister Norma Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Thelma Masterson (Homestead Nursing Home)
  
  
• Sister Genice Moody Mays (Los Angeles, CA) (Youngest sister of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Brittany Payne (Home)
  
  
• Sister Kendra Taylor (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carol Thomas (Home)
  

Ongoing Requests:

• Brother Levi Fishback (Harrodsburg Health & Rehabilitation Center, Harrodsburg, KY)
  
  
• Brother Joseph Grant (Hospital St. Louis, MO) (Father of Sister Jessica Grant)
  
  
• Brother Daron Houtman, Jr. (Wichita, KS) (Nephew of Sister Lisa Leath)
  
  
• Sister Iris Horice (Paducah, KY) (Niece of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Anna Jaber (Homestead Nursing Home)
  
  
• 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 Beverly Bowman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Bonita Brown (Home)
  
  
• Brother Byron Brown
  
  
• Sister Patricia Brown (Home)
  
  
• Sister Patricia Callaway  (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carrie Clay (Home) Upcoming surgery
  
  
• Brother Lonnie Cowan (Home)
  
  
• Crutcher, Jones, & Payne Family (especially Little Brother Vince Crutcher III and Sister Brittany Payne)
  
  
• Sister Laura Dunaway (Home)
  
  
• Brother Billy Edwards (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Alcorn Edwards (Portsmouth, VA)
  
  
• Brother Marvin Emerson  (Home)
  
  
• Brother Greg Forrest (Kevil, KY) (Nephew of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Brother Travis Jones (Home ) (Brother of Sisters Liz Brooks, Trina Morton, and Sobona Sweat)
  
  
• Sister Janet King (Classmate of Sister Norma Johnson)
  
  
• Brother Larry Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Lindsey Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Patricia Leavell (Home)
  
  
• Sister Juanita Marie Lewis, Jr. (Home)
  
  
• Sister Karisma Lockhart (Los Angeles, CA) and her family (Niece of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Jackie Lindsay (Home) (Sister of Brother Wayne Frazier)
  
  
• Sister Danise Madison (Seattle, WA) (Sister of Sister Bonita Brown)
  
  
• Sister Dawn Gay Martin (Home)
  
  
• Brother Everett Martin (Home)
  
  
• Sister Irene Sykes McKenzie (Home)
  
  
• Sister Elnora Miller (Home) (Mother of Sister Lisa Miller)
  
  
• Sister Lisa Miller (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)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Brother Edward & Sister Ruth Rawlings (Friends of Sister Kim Bond)
  
  
• Veronica Ridgeway (Louisville, KY) (Cousin of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
  
• Sister Annette Reid (Home)
  
  
• Brother Ashley Roach
  
  
• Sister Gayle Rush-Coleman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tamika Sales (Home)
  
  
• Brother Donald Scarber (Home)
  
  
• Sister Sharon Scarber (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Sharp (Maysville, KY) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother Doug Smith (Brother of Rev. Michael Smith) (Home, Louisville, KY)
  
  
• Sister Lynn Smith (Home)
  
  
• Sister Pennie Smith (Home)
  
  
• Sister Eleanor Smothers (Home)
  
  
• Sister Delores Spencer (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tonia Stewart (Home)
  
  
• Brother Adrian Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Anna Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Cheryl "Midge" Taylor (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 Melvin Williams (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 WildFires
  
  
• 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 open to Your leading as You guide our paths and careers in this current season. Thank you for Jesus. In His Name. Amen

 {Adapted from Our Daily Bread,  September 2, 2025}

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.