PULPIT COMMITTEE UPDATE

Greetings to the Pleasant Green Family!
Even with all of the unprecedented events, protests for justice, illness/Pandemic and racial strife, in our country at this time, the Pulpit Committee’s work has continued via Virtual Meetings and our prayers have continued for the entire Church Family.

The committee has been steadily at work and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and guide in this very important process. I Timothy 3:2-7 and Titus 1: 6-9 continues to be guiding scriptures for our committee.

This is an update on the progress of the Committee’s work. On July 13, 2020, the announcement of our search for Our 19th Pastor was officially posted. The announcement was posted on the HPGMBC website and announcement information was sent to several seminaries, conventions, and other locations. Responses to the postings have been received.

Please continue to keep the Pulpit Committee, as well as the entire church congregation in your prayers. Please pray that God’s Will be done and that the Holy Spirit will forever lead every aspect of this sacred process.

We also would encourage all members to check our weekly updates, emails, websites, etc. Communications is so important during this time. If your contact information changes (new address or new phone number), please call the church at (859) 254-7387and leave a message.

We are appreciative for your support and encouragement during this process and again solicit your earnest prayers for the Committee and Our Church.

Be Blessed!

The Pulpit Committee

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

• Please join our Virtual Prayer Service by phone on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Rev. Ron Jones teaches the week’s Sunday School Lesson at 7:30 pm. Call: 253-215-8782 or 301-715-8592; Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

• Sunday School Lesson broadcasts Saturdays 9:00 am and 3:00 pm as well as Sundays at 7:30 am on WJMM FM 99.1
  (Sunday’s Lesson: "Love Versus Guilt" Genesis 42:6-25;
  Next Sunday's Lesson: "God's Plan Revealed" Genesis 45:1-15.

• Virtual Worship Service on Sundays at 10:00 am on the Church Facebook Page and on YouTube. It can also be viewed on demand on the church website, http://www.hpgmbc.com/

• 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

VOTER REGISTRATION

f you are not Registered to Vote, you can get information on how to register to Vote in the November General Election by Clicking Here. Please register and exercise your God Given Right to Vote your conviction.

For additional Information, call the County Clerk's office (859) 255-8683.

VERY IMPORTANT !

2020 Kentucky General  Election Plan

Absentee voting:

In Kentucky, any voter of any age or health condition who believes they are at risk of COVID-19 can vote absentee ballot. Eligibility to vote absentee also extends to voters who are in contact with such vulnerable voters.

For those who plan to use the absentee voting option, Kentucky will be launching an online portal late next week so voters can request a ballot by mail. Ballots can be requested on the portal through Oct. 9.

Mail ballots will need to be postmarked by Election Day on Nov. 3. They will need to be received by Nov. 6, officials said.

Elections officials also said drop boxes will be available for residents to return their ballots if they are concerned about postal delays. County clerks will determine those locations.

Early-voting:

The early-voting period across Kentucky will begin Oct. 13. It will also last for three weeks before the election and include Saturday voting for at least four hours.

According to state officials, every county clerk will provide a location for safe in-person voting. State election officials stress that early-voting is not absentee voting. Any Kentuckian can vote early for any reason.

Election Day:

It will be up to county election officials to decide election sites on Nov. 3. Those county officials will have to have their plans approved by the secretary of state and governor's offices.

Voters in each county will see, again, a reduction in polling places. But the state hopes to offset any concerns by requiring each county to set up at least one "voting super-center," much like the Expo Center was for Jefferson County during the June primary.

Anyone from the particular county can vote at the super-center, regardless of precinct.

Voter identification:

Kentuckians who have been unable to get a driver's license or photo ID because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and because their clerk's office was closed, can sign a document explaining these issues and cast their ballot.

(Source: WLKY, 1918 Mellwood Ave., Louisville, KY 40206-1035)

Don't forget to complete your 2020 Census forms. The form can be completed online in less than three minutes  HERE. Census workers are scheduled to be canvasing our neighborhoods soon.

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.