"And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan."  

Luke 17:15-16 KJV

Several people were called twice by God in the Bible, a pattern that often signaled a significant moment. Throughout the month of November we will meet some of them, starting this morning with Abraham and Jacob.

After 25 years of waiting for a child, Abraham and Sarah finally hold baby Isaac in their arms. He fills their home with such joy and laughter. But years later, God tests Abraham's faith by asking him to sacrifice the promised child. Although Abraham does not understand what God is doing, he obeys, and just as he has the knife posed in the air ready to kill his son, the angel of the Lord interrupts him.

“Abraham! Abraham!”

Genesis 22:11-13 tells us that Abraham has passed the test, proving that he fears God. The Lord provides a ram in the bush as a substitute sacrifice for Isaac.

There was also a significant instance when Jacob’s name was called twice!

Jacob just found out that his favorite son Joseph isn’t dead—in fact, he’s second in command in the Egyptian empire. Jacob is old, and wants to see Joseph before he dies, so he prepares for the journey to Egypt. He packs up his family and begins the trip. On the way, he has a vision.

“Jacob, Jacob.”

Genesis 46:1-4 teaches us that The Lord tells Jacob not to be afraid. He will see Joseph, and his descendants will become a great nation in the foreign land.

To God Be The Glory for Abraham and Jacob! God called out to Abraham to stop him from sacrificing Isaac and to show him the ram to be offered instead. And God called to Jacob in a vision, reassuring him not to fear going to Egypt to see Joseph.

Sister Cathy Black

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:
    
  "Misplaced Faith: Why Do We Put Faith In People Instead Of God?" 1 Samuel 8:1-9, 19-22
  
  Lesson Nugget:
  In today's lesson, Israel's last judge Samuel had grown old and assigned his sons to serve in his place. They were corrupt and greedy the direct opposite of their father. The sons' actions prompted the people to demand a king like other nations. God granted their request and comformed Samuel by explaining that the people were not rejecting him, but rejecting their true King, God.

      Instead of seeking direction and guidance                  from God, do we seek the direction and                      guidance from others?                       

• Next Sunday's Lesson: "God Is All-Powerful: Is There Any Power Like The Lord's Power?" 1 Kings 18:20-21, 30-39

• 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
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Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church

PO Box 11845
Lexington, KY 40578

Upcoming Events

Virtual Prayer Service 

Tuesday, November 4, 7:00 PM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Choir Practice

Thursday, November 6, 6:30 pm

 Bible Study,

In-Person & Virtual

Saturday, November 8, 10:00 AM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

"Comfort For Your Loss"

Grief Session

In-Person

Saturday, November 8, 1:00 PM

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

Grits, Greens, and Egg Bowl

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup quick-cooking grits
• 2 tablespoons shredded, sharp cheddar cheese
• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1/2 cup packed, fresh, chopped spinach
• Dash garlic powder
• 1 egg
• Salt (optional)
• Ground black pepper (optional)
• Hot sauce (optional)

Directions

1. Wash hands with soap and warm water, scrubbing for 20 seconds.
2. Cook grits according to package directions. Once done, stir in cheese. Set aside until the remaining ingredients are prepared.
3. While grits cook, heat a small skillet over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, coat it with cooking spray. Add spinach and garlic powder and lightly sauté until spinach is warm and tender, about 1 minute. Remove from pan and set aside.
4. Return skillet to the stove.
   Coat the pan with cooking spray. Crack an egg into the pan and cook the egg on each side until the yolk is set.
5. Rewash hands after handling raw eggs.
6. Assemble the meal in a bowl by first adding the grits, then the spinach, and topping with the egg.
7. Season dish to taste with salt, black pepper, and hot sauce, if desired.
8. Serve immediately. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes: Try other greens like collards or kale as a substitute for spinach or reheat leftover cooked greens for this recipe. This way, you can always use what you have on hand. If you prefer scrambled egg, prepare it instead of a fried egg.

Makes 1 serving

Serving size: 1 recipe

Name: Stephen LaVon Mabson Sr. .

Current Focus: Being a Dad. Being a musician. I am always bothy!

I want to be a good father to all my children. They change as they get older. I must change and grow
with them. Their needs differ. But I’m Dad and I want to be there for each of them.

I’m also always a musician. I’m moving in the direction of being a producer and writer. I’m getting a
production business off the ground as I record with others. I’ve also started taking classes at Full Sail
University. I want to continue. I know a lot about music. I also know there’s more to learn. The more I
learn the more I can do for the Kingdom. All of this is Kingdom work, Kingdom building. Even if we are
playing jazz in a secular place, it’s still ministry. Our playing is still for GOD. We never know why GOD
places us in a location or who GOD wants us to touch. But we know GOD does. We trust GOD and are ready for the moment.

Kingdom building is moment by moment.

Career: Most people know me as a musician and I am. I also drive for WESEP, an afterschool program for elementary students.

Why this Career?: I drive the van for the community. Everybody can’t be at home when their children get out of school. Sometimes parents need to work late. Those parents need a safe place for their children to go after school. I make sure they get to one. I take them to WESEP

What do you want the HPGMBC to know about you?:
I have 7 children, ages 50 to 19, and I am one of 7 children. Growing up in the House of GOD, I was
always around music. To some people, a Mabson with an instrument seems as likely a combination as
peanut butter and jelly! That’s sort of true but it took a few tries before my musical gifting was clear.

Music chose me. I couldn’t have been older than a toddler. Do you remember the cabinet style
speakers? My parents had some when they first came out. I would lay right in front of those speakers. The music just drew me in. I knew I had to be part of it.

At first, I wanted to play the drums. So did about 25 other kids. So, I moved on to the guitar. I listened
to Bishop and my brother Frank play the guitar. I knew I could never catch up to them. That’s when I
decided on the bass. My little brother Michael made the same decision. He far exceeded me!

No drum. No guitar. No bass. And I knew I couldn’t sing. Then my Uncle Bennie brought my parents a piano. It was really for my sister. But I was drawn to it. I took the few chords I knew and transferred them to the piano. I was at Winburn then. I would get on
that piano as soon as I got home. I would bang unto my mother couldn’t take it anymore.

Then I got a whiff of music at UK. Fine Arts had a large room with baby grands. There were so many
pianos in that room. I would get over there and just want to stay. That’s how I learned the instrument.

Organs. Most people didn’t have those in their homes. I learned in the church. Then came the
keyboards. Billy Preston. Jimmy Smith. Herbie Hancok. Stevie Wonder. They all inspired me. I would mimic their style until I got my own.

My music has gospel, jazz, R&B – even a little salsa sometimes. They are different styles but all for
ministry. I hear the music first and then pour it out the way GOD gives it to me. I wouldn’t have
imagined playing for HPGMBC. I didn’t think you’d accept my style. But GOD places you where GOD
wants you to be. I’m at HPGMBC with my sister and cousin. It’s ministry. It’s advancing the Kingdom. I
am all about Kingdom business.

What can our church do for you?: Don’t judge me. Be patient with me. I’m not anti-social. I’m just shy. In my day you were taught that children should be seen and not heard. That way of carrying myself got deep into me. I’m working on it. I’m trying to be more social. So if I talk to you like it’s a test – only
answering yes, no or like a quick multiple choice – please don’t take it personal. When church is
dismissed, I head for the door QUICK! That’s not because of you. And it’s not me being rude. I’m just
really, really shy.

What do you want the church to know about GOD?: GOD told Gomer to marry a prostitute. GOD
allowed Satan to beat up on Job, even take Job’s children. Whatever GOD decides we must be open to agreeing with it. There’s no need to fight it. Follow GOD’s way. Trust GOD’s way….even when you don’t understand!

Parents: late Deacon Oliver Rozel Mabson Sr. and Lady Valtza Mabson

Spouse: widower

Children: Stephanie, Shanetta, Diante, Toya, Stephen Jr., Mario, Dwayne and Magdalene

Recent Requests

• Family of Brother Sam Prather (Flemingsburg, KY), who passed (Brother of Sisters Tassa Wigginton and Eleanor Smothers) Arrangements: Visitation: Friday, November 7, 5:00 PM; Service: Saturday, November 8, 1:00 PM, Flemingsburg First United Methodist Church, 117 West Main Street, Flemingsburg, KY 41041
  
  
• Brother Darius Hall, Jr. (14 year old Grandson of Sister Marion Hall) (Home)
  
  
• Brother Bruce from Tates Creek Golf Course Clubhouse
  
  
• Sister Gloria Coleman (Baptist Heath Hospital)
  
  
• The Kierra Joseph Family
  
  
• Little Brother Braylen L. Moody (2 year old Grandson to Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Sharon Scarber (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)
  
  
• Sister Anna Jarber (Homestead Nursing Home)
  
  
• Sister Thelma Masterson (Homestead Nursing Home)
   
• 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 Ruby Branham (Prestonsburg, KY) (Mother of Sister Jackie Peoples)
  
  
• Sister Beverly Bowman (Home)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Sister Christa Dunn (Home)
  
  
• Brother Billy Edwards (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Alcorn Edwards (Portsmouth, VA)
  
  
• Sister Jessica Embry
  
  
• Brother Marvin Emerson  (Home)
  
  
• Sister McKinley Emerson (Home)
  
  
• Brother Greg Forrest (Kevil, KY) (Nephew of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Johnetta Frazier (Home)
  
  
• Sister Wanda Frazier (Home) (Sister of Brother Wayne Frazier)
  
  
• Sister Erica Gill (Daughter of the late Rev. O. D. Gill) (Home)
  
  
• Rev. Jerry Gumm (Home)
  (Friends of the late Dr. Charles Black's family)
  
  
• Sister Sheryl Haskins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Jeanette Higgins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Gwendolyn Holloman (Home) (Wife of Bishop J. B. Holloman)
  
  
• Sister Iris Horice (Paducah, KY) (Niece of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Brother Daron Houtman, Jr. (Wichita, KS) (Nephew of Sister Lisa Leath)
  
  
• Brother Branson Irvin (Indianapolis, IN) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother Julian Jackson (Home) (Father of Brother Jarold Jackson)
  
  
• Sister Kemona Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Norma 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 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)
  
  
• Brother Latemus Marshall (Home) (Husband of Sister Valerie Marshall)
  
  
• Sister Dawn Gay Martin (Home)
  
  
• Brother Everett Martin (Home)
  
  
• Sister Genice Moody Mays (Los Angeles, CA) (Youngest sister of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• 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 Eubank)
  
  
• Sister Tyailan Moberly (Home) (Cousin of Sister Marva Eubank)
  
  
• Brother Charles Moore, Sr. (Denton, TX) (Brother of Sister Shelia Williams)
  
  
• Sister Dorothy Offutt (Home)
  
  
• Sister Ashanti Owens (Granddaughter of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Sister Brittany Payne (Home)
  
  
• Brother Stevie Pepper (Columbus, OH) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)(Home)
  
  
• Sister Darlene Pope (Home)
  
  
• Brother Steven Prater (Richmond Hill, GA)
  
  
• Sister Ruth Rawlings (Friend 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)
  
  
• Brother Drery Shelton (St. Joseph Hospital) (Friend of Sister Bonnie Shelton)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Brother Joe Stewart, Sr. (Father of Sister Tonia Stewart)
  
  
• 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 forgive us for building our lives on things other than Jesus and His words, and help us to rely more on Him. Thank you for Jesus. In His Name. Amen

 {Adapted from Our Daily Bread,  October 28, 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.

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.