GREETINGS!

Grace be unto you; and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.  Accordly, as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundationd of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

It is hard to believe that this ministry is in its sixteenth year of covenant existence.  We have witnessed God's grace and mercy carrying and protecting us in so many areas of ministry and our personal life.  His covenant promises and blessings have been experienced over and over again by those of us who endeavor to walk in the unity of the spirit and the bonds of peace.

As we celebrate, let us remember that love is the key to God's constant and abiding presence in our church.  The apostle Peter said in 1 Peter 1:22, "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently."

The number 16 represents love and through our persistence in overcoming many obstacles in ministry and loving with a pure heart, we have seen the manifestation of God's covenant promises move us from faith to faith, strength to strength, and glory to glory.

As a church we have truly come to realize that; in Him we live, and move, and have our being!  There is so much more that God has for this Body of Believers to accomplish, and as long as we don't become weary in well doing, in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

On behalf of my wife and I, we would like to thank each auxiliary, deacon, officer, family and the congregation for unceasing love.  Thank you for the trust and confidence you place in my wife and me as servants of the most High God.  Thank you for your persistent life of holiness and righteousness, which without no man can see the Lord.