Providence Baptist Church
6402 Campbellton-Redwine Rd
Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268
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Thanksgiving 2017

11/12/2017

 
AS I PEN THESE WORDS MY HEART IS OVERFLOWING WITH GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS MANY BLESSINGS.  GOD IS SO GOOD AND EACH DAY HE EXTENDS HIS GRACE TO HIS PEOPLE.  EACH THANKSGIVING I USUALLY LIST THE THINGS FOR WHICH I AM THANKFUL.  THIS YEAR I AM GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO INTERPRETING THE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING. 

THESE WORDS FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EACH OF US LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE.   PLEASE GIVE ME THE BLESSINGS OF USING THIS WRITING TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS WITH YOU.  IT IS TIME FOR US TO THANK GOD FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS HE SHARES WITH US.  

THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE ARE FILLED WITH HATRED, DIVISION, FRUSTRATION AND 
HOPELESSNESS.   I REALLY BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO BUILD A "BRIDE OVER THESE TROUBLED WATERS."   LET US CONSIDER HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT THIS TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE THAT CALLS FOR THE BEST WITHIN.  

IN THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL THERE IS THE CONVICTION THAT THIS BRIDGE IS BUILT WITH THE INGREDIENT OF A GRATEFUL HEART.  WHEN WE LIVE IN A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE WE DISCOVER THAT GOOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVIL, LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE, HOPE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN DESPAIR.  

WHEN WE LIVE IN A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE WE DON'T MISS THE BLESSING OF SHARING WITH OTHERS.  WE CELEBRATE OUR BLESSSINGS BY SHARING BLESSINGS WITH OTHERS.  THESE BLESSINGS  HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM BITTERNESS INTO KINDNESS, A CRITICAL SPIRIT INTO A COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT AND A SPIRIT OF CONFUSION INTO A SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING.  

SO I ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO STOP WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND OPEN OUR HEARTS TO GOD ASKING HIM, "TO CREATE WITHIN US A GRATEFUL HEART.."  

SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY AS PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH EXPERIENCES THANKSGIVING 2017.  THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT TIME OF GATHERING TOGETHER TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS MANY BLESSINGS.   

I ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO DO THE FOLLOWING: 
INVITE  FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO JOIIN US FOR WORSHIP AND THE THANKSGIVING FEAST THAT WILL FOLLOW. 
BRING ENOUGH FOOD FOR YOUR FAMILY AND THE GUEST YOU INVITE. 
GIVE WITH A GRATEFUL HEART TO OUR "THANKSGIVING OFFERING" THAT WILL BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.  THIS FUND IS USED TO PROVIDE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO OUR PROPERTY.    YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS OFFERING HAS ENABLED THIS CHURCH TO BE DEBT FREE.  

ABOVE ALL COME WITH A GRATEFUL HEART AND GOD WILL USE IT TO BUILD HIS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS,  AND HIS WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE.  

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    Dr. Gene ("Doc")Tyre, Pastor
    Dr. Gene Tyre came to the pastorate of Providence Baptist Church in October of 2005.  Dr. Tyre is native of Wayne County Georgia.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer University and his Master’s and Doctor of Ministry Degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky  He has participated in special studies at Central State Hospital and Yale University.   For twenty-three years he was Pastor of First Baptist Church, Newnan, Georgia.

    Dr. Tyre has also been active in the Georgia Baptist Convention, having served as Chairman of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Administration Committee, Chairman of the Georgia Baptist Hospital Board, and Vice President of the Convention.  He has served as a member of the Mercer University Board of Trustees.  In 1993 he was named "Coweta County Citizen of the Year." He is on the Board of the Samaritan Clinic in Newnan. He has participated in preaching missions to Liberia, Kenya, South America, and Honduras.

    Dr. Tyre's philosophy of ministry is to "Preach the Gospel" and "Love the People." His wife, Margaret, has served as the President of the Ministers' Wives of Georgia. The Tyres have a daughter, Jenny and a grandson, Mihai.

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