October 2008   8th-11th PAW Florida State Council Florida State Council 29th Episcopal District October Florida State Council meeting will be held in Melbourne Fl. at the  Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place Hotel. Dates for this event are October 8th -11th. The current leadership is pictured here. L-R: Bishop Dr. Billy G. Newton - Diocesan Suffragan Bishop Robert Thomas - Chairman Suffragan Bishop Dr. Will Potter - Vice Chairman. Click on picture to visit site. Biship Dr. Billy G. Newton- Diocesan, and staff 11th Florida State Council Christian Education Department, invites you to attend Black Tie Event. Theme for this event is "An Evening of Royalty", cost for this dinner is $35 per person, we are asking that each church and or Auxiliary to commit to at least 10 tickets, the time for this event is 4:30 pm. Please RSVP by calling Minister Linda Carson @ 904-236-2997   18th Highway Holiness Apostolic Church- Invites you to come and Praise the Lord with them, "Zion In White" this event will be held at 4079 Tamiami Trail, Pt Charlotte, Fl. 33952. Speaker for this event is Sr District Elder Arden Luster, Pastor of Bridegroom Apostolic Church of Jacksonville, Fl. For additional information call 941-743-7131   23rd-25th Upper Room House of Prayer Pentecostal Church Inc.- Will hold their church anniversary , District Elder James Talley Sr, Pastor. Location for this event is.2221 Joel Blvd, Lehigh Acres Fl. Thursday and Friday service will begin at 7:30pm, Saturday service at 4:30pm. For additional information call 239-728-288 or 239-368-0418   25th Consumer Credit Counseling Sevice; will be offering a financial educational workshop intitled "To Your Credit" from 10AM to 12PM, call 239-321-7970 or 239-321-7971 to make reservation.   __________________________________________________________________________________ September 08   20th Consumer Credit Counseling Sevice; will be offering a financial educational workshop intitled "Money Matters" from 10AM to 12PM, call 239-321-7970 or 239-321-7971 to make reservation.   23rd Lee County Job Fair: Clarion Hotel Ballroom, 12635 S Cleveland Ave, Ft Myers Fl. 33907. Just north of College Pkwy on US 41(Free parking and admission) Dress for Success!   25th-27th Bethel Apostolic Faith Temple-Located at 7169 NW 17th Ave, Miami , Fl. 33147 Fellowship Conference, sponsered by the Missionary & Christian Womens Auxiliary. Service times: Thursday & Friday evening service 7:30 pm, day secessions Friday 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. Prayer Breakfast Saturday 9:30 am ; Adults $12 / Kids $7 (6-11 yrs of age). For additional information contact Sister Mary L. Ragan  786--319-6323   27th __________________________________________________________________ August 2008 2nd - 9th P.A.W. will hold it's summer convention @ Hilton Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas Tx 75207. Theme of this years convention "Empowering God's People... Building God's Kingdom"   15th & 16th Mt. Calvary Assembly- will host Warfare Conference "Taking Possession!" Guest speaker for Friday evening service Pastor, Dr. Janice Green, Ph.D. of Naple Fl. , "The Authority of the Believer"(service time 7:00pm). Saturday Super Seminar begins at 10:00 am with a host of speakers, speaking on the subject of "Repent and Renew". _____________________________________________________________________________ July 2008   20th Street dedication in honor of Pastor Dr. Ella M. Davis, Kankakee Il. Celebration to be held at House of Prayer Apostolic Faith Church of God I @ 4PM for additional information please contact: Evangelist Carolyn Butler at 815-937-9379   21st - 25th House of Prayer will present it's annual Vacation Bible School, this event will be held at 2112 Mitchell Ct., 6pm to 8pm each evening. Our theme will be announced a at a later date. ____________________________________________________________________ June 2008   Florida State Council in Melborne, Fl.   House of Prayer church will present a month long teaching in titled "Back to the Basics", this event will focus on fundamental Apostolic teachings of the scripture. Date to be announced at a later time. ____________________________________________________________________________ May 2008   15th-16th House of Prayer will host a two night revival, guest speaker will be Elder Washington out of West Palm Beach, Fl.   28th- June 1st Gospel Lighthouse Church of Jesus Chist will be celebrating their Pastors 15th Anniversary. Time of service will be 7:30 nightly @ 916 Georga Ave, Clewiston, Fl. 33440. For additional information contact Assistant Pastor Rosezetta Thomas at 863-599-1432 or 863-902-0974   29th - 30th House of Prayer will host a two night revival, guest speaker will be Pastor Kim Ray out of Chicago, Il.  __________________________________________________________________________ Future Attorney at Law Joslyn Mary Sade Love is a freshman at Cypress Lake High School in Fort Myers, Florida.  Joslyn is a member of the school newspaper staff.   She is enrolled in Honors courses where she has maintained a 4.06 grade point average.  Joslyn is ranked number 2 in a class of 352 at Cypress Lake High School.   Joslyn has boldly proclaimed since the third grade that she is going to become a Lawyer.  She has set her standards high and is dedicated in her pursuit of academic achievement. Joslyn is the youngest daughter of Janine Love-Estes. Frank JaMere Upton, a Senior Varsity Letterman at Dunbar High School in Fort Myers Florida has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend, Miles College in Fairfield Alabama.  Upton will play football for the Golden Bears for the upcoming “08-09” Season.  Miles College is a NCAA Division II, Southern Inter Collegiate Athletic Conference School. Miles College- a senior, liberal arts, church-related College with roots in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and in the tradition of the Historically Black College- motivates and directs its students to seek holistic development that leads to intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and service oriented lives.  Guided by these core values, the Miles College education involves students in rigorous study of the liberal arts as preparation for work and life-long learning.  Students are engaged in the acquisition of verbal, technological and cultural literacy and encouraged in critical community participation-all as a prelude to responsible citizenship in the global society which they will help to shape. Miles College is also a member of the United Negro College Fund. Frank is the only son of Janine Love-Estes. April 2008   19th Wedding will be held @ the House of Prayer Apostolic Faith Church IV. Crystal Ann Lyon will be married to Eric Johnson . For additional information contact Evangelist Patricia Holloway 239-303-1846   17th - 20th House of Prayer #5 25th Church and Pastoral Anniversary, Thursday, April 17th - Sunday, April 20, 2008. This event will be held at 848 Main Street, Brockton, MA 02301. In honor of Bishop Henry W. Seemore, Pastor, Grand Banquet and Birthday celebration on Saturday, April 19th at X & O Function Rooms in Stoughton, MA. Speakers: Apostle Lawrence Smith, Gretna, LA., Pastor Ricky Wise, Marietta, GA. Evang. E. Lorraine Langham, Banquet Speaker,Dorchester, Ma., Pastor William Ocean, Junction City, Kansas. For more info, please contact Evang. Laurie Brown @617-233-5702.   25th 1st Annual Women In White, presented by Emanuel Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Ministries, Inc. - Pt St Lucie. The speaker for this event will be Pastor Dr. Janice Green of the Lamb of God Worship Center, Naples Fl. This event will held @ 1924 W Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, Fl. 34474. For additional information call 352-502-5295 or 352-207-2085 __________________________________________________________________________ "In the Hands of God" We of the House of Prayer have been blessed with a new member, Nicolas Isaac Abel Grande was born to the proud parents of April & Ricardo Grande. He was born on March 27th at 11:19 A.M. He weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 19.5 inches long. We ask that you keep them in prayer. Like this baby, we are in  the hands of God , this is a safe place according to his word we cannot be plucked out. All we need to do is trust him, and have faith in him. ____________________________________________________________________________ God is Adding to the Church Daily   In the month of Febuary we held Pastor Davis and Deacon Booker T. Davis, birthday celebration. During the revival Deacon Davis had to be rushed to the hospital, while in the waiting room Pastor Davis wittness to a family the Love Christ. The Lord has blessed the souls of many from that single act, we have baptized 25 people since that time.   We all know that "all things work together for the good, to those who love the Lord and are call according to his purpose", Deacon Davis getting sick was not good , but it worked together for good. God has proved himself faithful once again, and his word is true "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto me". We ask that you pray for all the new converts that God has drawed to the House of Prayer IV that they will be filled with the Holy Ghost . __________________________________________________________________ March 2008   16th House of Prayer Misssionary Department will host a welcome celebration for the new memembers. This will be held after service, refreshments will be served. The purpose of this event is to introduce all our new brothers and sister to the church staff and answer any questions they may have. For additional information contact Sister Freda Awulitey @ 239-334-0178   23rd We hold our annual "Ressurrection Sunday" Sunday School program. This program will be held at 10am Easter Sunday. We would love to have you join us on this special event. For additional information contact us @ 239-332-4411   30th Bethel Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ will host a missionary program, theme of this program is "God's Women Moving In The Spirit". Speaker for this event is Evangelist Carolyn Butler, of the House of Prayer Apostolic Faith Church I, Kankakee Il. Elder Claudius Anderson, Pastor. This event will be held at 1926 W Lincoln Ave, Peoria, Il. 61605 @ 4pm.     __________________________________________________________________________ February 2008   3rd House of Prayer IV we be having thier second annual Brotherhood Super Bowl Fellowship. This event will be held at Brother Pete McNeal home located in Cape Coral, Fl. We are asking all brothers to contribute $15 for refreshment and food. For additional information contact Brother Rodney Davis @ 239-633-2565     7th -10th Florida State Council, Melborne, Fl. Airport Hilton, 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne, Fl. 32901. Call 321-768-0200 for reservations. For additional Council information contact Sister Frazier @ 321-632-1227 or 321-749-2442   15th-17th Upper Room House of Prayer Apostolic Pentecostal Church. Will be hosting a Pastoral Appreciation and Birthday Celebration honoring District Elder James D. Talley Sr. Theme for this event "A Heart of Gold" (1Tim 5:17). A banquet is planned for February 16th at 6:00pm @ Hilton Garden Inn.  For additional information contact Evangelist Priscilla Hardaway @ 239-303-1846 or e-mail  Pdh246@aol.com   17th -24th Pastor Dr. Ella Mae Davis 85th birthday will be a 7 nite rivival "The son of the Gospel". This event will feature pastors that was touch in a special way by Pastor Davis through her many years in the ministry. We have a different speaker each night (additional information forth coming).  __________________________________________________________________ January 2008   9th- 11th House of Prayer IV will host a rivival, guest speaker Bishop George L. Kennedy Jr. from Tampa, Fl. Join us in a old fashion revival and get your soul refreshed in the Lord, healing for the mind, body and your mind. This event will be filled with praise and worship and anointed word of God. For additional information contact us @ 239-332-4411

26th Youth Nite Fellowship: We will be having a another nite out Mike Greenwells, this event will include unlimited Go-karting, batting cage, and miniture golf. The cost will be $12 per person, and they must attend Sunday School for the month of January. For additional information contact Associate Pastor Rodney Davis 239-633-2565 or Sister Crystal Torres-Nunez 239-494-2362

Melissa Shanon and her son James

"Ounce of Prevention" Abstinence is the Answer   Concern Group for Others, presented a community AIDS & HIV awareness program. This program was an evening of  information that we felt was vatally need in our community on this matter. Carlos Laz'u, Prevention Specialist from Southwest Florida Addition Services, Inc (SWFAS), as one of guest speakers, along with Melissa Shannon. She shared a powerful testimony on this subject. We will have a follow up to this program in 2008, we hope to be able to provide testing for the community.   FACT: 6000 people die from AIDS and 7000 new cases of HIV is recorded DAILY    We must educate our young people!!!

Brother Leroy Ruff

Harlem Lakes Community Park   We are proud to announce that the City of Ft Myers has just recently completed a community park for the children of Harlem Lakes. This park is the answers to the prayers of many of the concern parent of this community. Mother Gorden along with others from the community improvement committee, local law enforcement, and Councilman Johnny Streets. Once again Gods faithfulness towards us is proven.

Kids enjoying water dunk tank	Harlem Lake Community Picnic The "Harlem Lakes " residence put on a community picnic, and we of the House of Prayer was invited and honored to be a part of this event. It was afternoon of food and fun, we were able to provide blood preasure and blood sugar testing for about 25 people and we are glad to report, for the most part they all were all ok in these areas. We would like to thank you Harlem Lakes for allowing us to be a part of your event.	Picture of Harlem Lake residents at the community picnic.
Nieborhood cook (Cecil)	Kid enjoying bounce house	Mother and Daughter

Recent Wedding   On Saturday, August 11,2007 at 4pm. Augustine Webb and Delector D 'Juan Kennedy. Was married in Jesus Name, at the House of Prayer Apostolic Church I, located at 1309 East Court Street, Kankakee, Il. 60901. The reception was held at "The Kohl Center" 435 East Oak, Kankakee, Il 60901. Please keep them in your prayers and that God will bless this union.       __________________________________________________

Sister Cheryl Burdette and her grandson on Easter

House of Prayer Church

"Resurrection Sunday 2007"

We of the the House of Prayer, would like to share with you some pictures from our Easter Program. Our Sunday School department presented a great program, they allowed the children to give speaches and sing songs, about our risen savior Jesus Christ. We know that the world made some issue concerning this holiday, on how this is non-Christian holiday. If you were to study this matter, you will find that in Easter is not a Christian holiday. Easter was origanally an holiday that celebrated "Easteria" the goddess of new beginnings or the goddess of spring. We as the people of God , by no means celebrate this goddess or the bunny that is now associated with this time of the year, we as the Church of the Living God should make sure our young people know that the "Death, Burial and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (The Gospel) is the reason for the season in the church. With that said we have taken some picture from our "Resurrection Sunday, Sunday School Program, and put them in a slide show, click on link below.

Resurrection Sunday 2007 (slide show)