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This Week's Latest News!
Greetings Pleasant Green Family,
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Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10 KJV
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1,532 New COVID-19 Cases & 31 Deaths Reported in Kentucky for February 7, 2021
(130 New Cases in Fayette County)
Even with the availability of the long awaited COVID-19 vaccines, it is still important and necessary to continue to practice the CDC and Kentucky Governor's Guidance and Mandates. The distribution and administration of the vaccines to millions of people is a monumental task and will take time. Meanwhile we must stay steadfast, vigilant and disciplined in the adherence of safe practices as provided by the CDC and the Kentucky Governor's Health advice in light of the continued spread of the virus. Click CDC VACCINE INFORMATION for some information from the CDC on the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Get a flu vaccination as soon as possible but getting it any time in the flu season is beneficial. VaccineFinderexternal icon to find out where to get vaccinated near you.
- Avoid close contact with those who are sick, maintain at least 6 feet from others who are not from your household,
- Wear face masks when in public (Mandatory in Kentucky and is being extended on a 30 day basis until the spread is under control),
- Wash your hands frequently,
- Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, and leave home only when absolutely necessary.
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COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION |
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CELEBRATION OF SEPTUAGENARIAN & OLDER BIRTHDAYS IN FEBRUARY
Happy Birthday to HPGMBC Family members, who are 70 Years Old and Older who celebrates their birthday in the month of February: Sisters Gloria Hatchett, Anna Jarber, Eleanor Smothers and Barbara Underwood. (If a member who is celebrating a 70th or greater Birthday in February and their name is omitted from the above list, please call (859) 254- 7387 to give us the name. Thank you.)
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WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
- Radio broadcasts Saturdays 9:00 am and 3:00 pm as well as Sundays at 7:30 am on WJMM FM 99.1
(This Sunday's Lesson: "Call to Evangelize " John 4:25-42; Next Sunday's Lesson: "Mary Magdalene: A Faithful Disciple" Luke 8:1-3; Mark 15:40; John 20: 10-18)
- Virtual Worship Service on Sundays at 10:00 am on the Church Facebook Page, YouTube, and Zoom. It can also be viewed on demand on the church
HPGMBC website under the Services Tab.
- "Children's Sunday Worship" 12:00 noon. See Children's Ministry Facebook Page to Signup
- Thank you for giving Tithes and Offerings by mail or the Givelify App. Our address is:
Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church
PO Box 11845 Lexington, KY 40578
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In-Person Worship Update
The HPGMBC Joint Board met on Saturday, January 23, to assess resumption of In-Person Worship. With the current COVID-19 infection level and rates, it was decided to continue to monitor infection rates and other factors and to reassess the situation on March 27. Our prayer is that we will be prayerful, patient, vigilant, safe, and adhere to all of the CDC and KY COVID-19 Guidance.
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Today's Bible Study Lesson
“Called to Evangelize”
Aim: Identify the barriers Jesus crossed in speaking with the Samaritan woman, Sense the wonder the Samaritan woman felt in her meeting with Jesus, Share with others the transforming power of God at work in their lives.
Background: John 1:37-51; John 4:25-42
Bible Lesson: John 4:25-42
Memory Verse:
“And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.” John 4:39 KJV
Some Highlights:
- In John chapter 4, the author records the travel of Jesus and his disciples from Judea to Galilee. The District of Samaria was on their way. Usually, Jews of that time avoided traveling through Samaria, because the Jews and Samaritans had no dealings with each other. The people of Samaria were considered by the Jews as impure. The Samaritan were the decendants of Jews who remained in the northern kingdom after Assyrians capured the northern kingdom and deported many of the Jews to Assyria. The Assyrians then imported foreigners into the northern kingdom and there was intermarriage of remaining Jews and the Gentile foreigners. Later when the deported Jews returned to build the temple, the Jews refused to allow the Samaritans to share in the construction and a dispute between the Jews and the Samaritans began. The Samaritans setup an alternative center of worship in Mount Gerizim area and the Jews considered Jerusalem as the center of their worship. The Samaritans embraced the Pentateuch, first five books of our Bible, and rejected the books of the prophets. Therefore, at the time of our lesson there was no association of Jews with Samaritans.
- Even with this cultural divide between the Jews and the Samaritans, Jesus states in John 4:4, “… he must go through Samaria.” This must have shocked the disciples.
- On the journney to Galiliee, Jesus stopped to rest by a well near the Samaritan city of Sychar. Around noon, a Samaritan woman approaches with a waterpot to draw water from the well. Jesus stuns her with a request for a drink of water. This initiates a life changing conversation between Jesus and the unnamed woman of Samaria. She questions Jesus’ request for a drink of water for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans, additionally Jewish men do not engage in conversations with Samaritan women.
- Jesus responds to the woman’s question with if she knew with whom she was conversing she would be asking Him for a drink of Living Water. Her carnal perspective resulted in her asking Jesus how could He provide water without a vessel to draw it from the deep well. Furthermore, she asks if He were greater than Jacob who dug the well, drank water from it and watered his livestock from this well. This opened the door for Jesus to engage in a theological discussion.
- Jesus explained that the Living Water that He offered is everlasting and will continually quench a soul’s Spiritual Thirst and will provide Everlasting Life. The water that she came to draw from the well will only provide temporary satisfaction to a physical thirst and she would need to come time and time again. She asked Jesus to give her this Living Water so she would not have to continue to come to the well. Jesus told her to go call your husband and bring him. She said that she did not have a husband. Jesus surprised her with the knowledge that her response was true and further more, He revealed that she had five husbands in the past and the man that she was with now was not herr husband. Jesus’ words convinced her that He was a prophet. She then began religious comparison of the Jews and Samaritans. She said the Jews worship in Jerusalem and the Samaritans worship in this mountain. Jesus explained to her that in the future true worshippers, both Jews and Samaritans, will neither worship God in this mountain or in Jerusalem. Instead, all will worship God in Spirit and in Truth because God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth. (John 4:23-24)
- The woman believed that the Messiah was coming and that when He comes He will tell them all things. Jesus revealed to her that He was the Messiah.
- As the disciples returned with food for Jesus, the woman who in her excitement left her waterpot and hastened to tell the men and all who would listen “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
- Jesus’ disciples urged Him to eat, but He explained to them that he had received nurishment that they knew not of, which caused them to wonder as to whether he had acquired physical food from someone else. In response to their thoughts, He explained that doing the Will of the Father provided what He needed.
- Jesus further used an agricultural metaphor that those who are unsaved are like a harvest ready to be reaped. He explained that some planted, some cultivated, and others reaped. He was telling them that they would be co-labors with the prophets who had planted the seed of the Gospel and they would share in reaping the harvest, those who accepted would receive the Salvation provided by the Father through Jesus Christ.
- Those in the Samaritan city of Sychar who believed the woman’s words, came to see Jesus and listened to His teachings. They compelled Jesus to stay a while and to share with them. Jesus remained with them two days. Finally, they declared we came to Jesus based upon the Samaritan woman’s words, but now after hearing for ourselves, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus is the Promised Messiah.
Take Aways:
- It is not just left to the preacher to share the Good News of the Gospel with others. We must likewise share the Gospel because we are Christians (Christ-like). Like Jesus, we cannot let social or cultural norms keep us from sharing the Good News. (Jesus shared with one who needed the Good News, even though she was a Samaritan woman, whose reputation was not the best.)
- Each person must make his/her decision to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. (The other Samaritans could not base their belief on the woman’s word. They had to hear it for themselves and confess their belief.)
- Spending time with Jesus, in Bible Study, in worship services, and in prayer is a Life Changing matter. (The time the Samaritan woman spent with Jesus enboldened her to witness to others who subsequently came to a belief and acceptance of Christ.
Bible Verses to Keep in Mind:
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. “ John 8:31-32 KJV
“Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” Proverbs 4:7 KJV
“All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 2 Timothy 3:16 KJV
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10 KJV
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Bible Lesson Study Questions
We thank Rev. Ron Jones for faithfully teaching the Bible Study Lesson following our Virtual Prayer Services each Tuesday evening. The Bible Study Lesson is broadcast on WJMM 99.1 on Saturdays (9:00 AM and 3:00 PM) and Sundays (7:30 AM). If there are Bible Study Lesson questions, you can email them in advance to Rev. Jones at rwilljones@gmail.com for discussion following Bible Study.
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Thank You Cards
To HPGMBC Family
from Sister Vicki Laine;
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To HPGMBC Family
from the Hair Family (Sister Mary Hair Kelly, Charlotte, NC)
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Prayer Requests
- Family of Brother Wilford Jiles (Tallahassee, FL) passed on February 6, (Cousin of Brother Walter Speed)
- Family of Brother Lonnie Oxendine (Great nephew of Sister Jenny Cotton)
- Family of Sister Geraldine Smith (Mother of Sister Sue Smith): her service was February 4.
- Sister Fredericka Kemp (St. Joseph Hospital)
- Brother Reginald Thedford (Rehabilitation, St. Louis, MO) (Cousin of Anthony Wright)
- Sister Gloria Tompkins (Homestead Rehabilitation Unit)
- Sister Beulah Brown (Home)
- Sister Nannie Caise (Home) (Mother of Sister Norma Johnson)
- Sister Gwen Johnson (Home)
- Sister Dorothy Offutt (Home)
- Sister Bonnie Shelton (Home)
- Sister Summer Shelton (Home)
- Sister Delores Spencer (Home)
- Sister Anna Tatman (Home)
- Sister Thelma Wright (Home) (Wife of Brother Carl Wright)
- Residence of Homestead, Pine Meadow and other Nursing Homes
- Each person listed on our Sick List
- COVID-19 Victims around the world
- Healthcare workers, First respondents, etc.
- The Entire Pleasant Green Church Family
- HPGMBC Pulpit Committee
- Our Nation and our Government Officials
Heaven Father, Thank You for new mercies each day and for Your loving care. Thank You for Jesus. In His Name. Amen
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Daniel Hale Williams
(1856–1931)
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Who Was Daniel Hale Williams?
Daniel Hale Williams pursued a pioneering career in medicine. An African American doctor, in 1891, Williams opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. He was also one of the first physicians to successfully complete pericardial surgery on a patient. Williams later became chief surgeon of the Freedmen’s Hospital.
Early Life
Daniel Hale Williams III was born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to Sarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II. The couple had several children, with the elder Daniel H. Williams inheriting a barber business. He also worked with the Equal Rights League, a Black civil rights organization active during the Reconstruction era.After the elder Williams died, a 10-year-old Daniel was sent to live in Baltimore, Maryland, with family friends. He became a shoemaker’s apprentice but disliked the work and decided to return to his family, who had moved to Illinois. Like his father, he took up barbering, but ultimately decided he wanted to pursue his education. He worked as an apprentice with Dr. Henry Palmer, a highly accomplished surgeon, and then completed furthertraining at Chicago Medical College.
Opens the First Interracial Hospital
Williams set up his own practice in Chicago’s South Side and taught anatomy at his alma mater, also becoming the first African American physician to work for the city’s street railway system. Williams — who was called Dr. Dan by patients — adopted sterilization procedures for his office informed by the recent findings on germ transmission and prevention from Louis
Pasteur and Joseph Lister. Due to the discrimination of the day, African American citizens were still barred from being admitted to hospitals and Black doctors were refused staff positions. Firmly believing this needed to change, in May 1891, Williams opened Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the nation’s first hospital with a nursing and intern program that had a racially integrated staff. The facility, where Williams worked as a surgeon, was publicly championed by famed abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass.
Completes Open-Heart Surgery
In 1893, Williams continued to make history when he operated on James Cornish, a man with a severe stab wound to his chest who was brought to Provident. Without the benefits of a blood transfusion or modern surgical procedures, Williams successfully sutured Cornish’s pericardium, the membranous sac enclosing the heart, thus becoming one of the first people to perform open-heart surgery. (Physicians Francisco Romero and Henry Dalton had previously performed pericardial operations.) Cornish lived for many years after the operation.
In 1894, Williams moved to Washington, D.C., where he was appointed thechief surgeon of the Freedmen’s Hospital, which provided care for formerly enslaved African Americans. The facility had fallen into neglect and had a high mortality rate. Williams worked diligently on revitalization, improving surgical procedures, increasing specialization, launching ambulance services and continuing to provide opportunities for Black medical professionals, among other feats. In 1895, he co-founded the National Medical Association, aprofessional organization for Black medical practitioners, as an alternative to the American Medical Association, which didn’t allowAfrican-American membership
Marriage and Later Career
Williams left Freedmen’s Hospital in 1898. He married Alice Johnson, and the newlyweds moved to Chicago, where Williams returned to his work at Provident. Soon after the turn of the century, he worked at Cook County Hospital and later at St. Luke’s, a large medical institution with ample resources. Beginning in 1899, Williams also made annual trips to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a voluntary visiting clinical professor at Meharry Medical College for more than two decades. He became a charter member of the American College of Surgeons in 1913.
Death and Legacy
Williams experienced a debilitating stroke in 1926 and died five years later, on August 4, 1931, in Idlewild, Michigan.
Today, Williams's work as a pioneering physician and advocate for an African-American presence in medicine continues to be honored by institutions worldwide.
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COVID-19 TESTING LOCATIONS
- The Mayor’s Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program provides public testing at no cost to the individual. Testing is available without an appointment, with both walk-up and drive-up options. As of Friday, January 8, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department reported 25,003 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lexington, with 165 deaths.
- Testing will be in service from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., January 14-16 at The Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road.Over 20,000 tests have been administered through the program in 85 testing days. Results are generally available within 24-48 hours.
- Free drive-thru testing also continues, through Bluewater, at Southland Christian Church, 2349 Richmond Road. Testing is available 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. No appointment is necessary.
- Bluewater, which also administers testing at Mayor’s Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program locations, is offering tests at no cost to the patient. Health insurance information may be requested, but is not required, to receive testing. Tests are available to anyone. Results are generally available in 48-72 hours.
- Additionally, through a partnership with the University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and Wild Health, testing is available to the public at 1505 College Way and 1350 Bull Lea Road. These sites are not intended for UK student testing. Free drive-thru testing is available from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., seven days a week. Appointments are required and can be made by visiting lexington.wildhealth.com.
- Drive-thru testing is also available seven days a week at the Walgreen’s testing location at 2296 Executive Drive (the corner of Winchester Road and Executive Drive). Tests will continue while test kits are available. Online registration is required at walgreens.com/coronavirus.
Finally, most private healthcare providers are offering testing options for their patients. Urgent Care Centers are also offering COVID-19 testing.
For information on more testing sites go to: lexingtonky.gov/COVID-19.
Bluewater Diagnostic Laboratory has been recognized by the state of Kentucky for expanding the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. Based in Mount Washington, KY, they are committed to be an industry leader in cutting-edge instrumentation and testing methodologies.
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YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
- If you have not completed the HPGMBC In-Person Re-Opening Survey, please click SURVEY and complete it. In preparation for in-person worship services, the Re-Opening Committee would like each member to complete the survey.
- In an attempt to expand the options for communicating information to HPGMBC Family Members, if you have a cell phone, please complete the Cell Phone Information Form for yourself and encourage others to do the same.
- Volunteers are needed to assist in the HPGMBC Online/Virtual Communications Ministry. Some of the needed knowledge and skills are Facebook and/or YouTube live streaming, video recording, video editing, general computer use, etc. If you are willing to assist, please click and complete this Contact Form. Thank you in advance for your willing spirit to help in Outreach and Kingdom Building.
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