Mount Ararat 114th Anniversary Thursday October 8th V3

welcome to mount arab baptist church's 114th virtual church anniversary celebration this year's theme faith family and giving will provide us an opportunity to look back at the past cherish the present and celebrate what god has planned for our future my arab baptist church believes in ministering to the whole community under the leadership of our pastor reverend dr william h curtis and the fellowship of our collective congregation we strive to emulate our church vision which is to love jesus by being a caring community we have expressed these core beliefs through acts of service for 114 years and continue to as we move forward to fulfill our church mission which is to create disciples that witness to the centrality of jesus christ collectively as a congregation we've always ministered inside and outside of the walls of the church but as we navigate through this pandemic our ministry like most is being shared on virtual platforms however as a church body and individually we continue to work and demonstrate god's love for his people and we wanted to take a few moments to hear from a few of our members on how they are keeping ministry in motion whether through service or acts of kindness plus stay tuned because immediately following we have a special music presentation hey mount eric god's grace and peace to each and every one of you kevin russell deacon board chair thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share with you some of the ministry opportunities my wife and i have been involved with during this unusual season we've partnered with a food ministry assisting them with unloading packing and delivery of meals we've also developed a wonderful relationship with a young couple encouraging mentoring and praying with them as they journey toward holy matrimony as the word tells us let us not grow weary in well-doing but in due season we will reap if we don't faint so thank you for who you are in the kingdom and thank you for the opportunity to share some of what we've done god bless you and peace i'm deacon donnie thompson new disciples ministry during this season we continue to minister to individuals who are new members and christian experience via online and phone our servant leaders provide orientation to all who desire to become members of mount arabs happy anniversary mount ararat my name is stephanie akers better known as stevie a member of the fine arts ministry my acts of kindness during this coping period include contributing more to charitable organizations reaching out more with supportive care initiatives to family and friends and sounding the alarm for the importance of this upcoming election hello everyone my name is walt francis and i'm a part of the media ministry at mount airy baptist church i myself along with some others have been working diligently week to week to bring you praise worship and the word of god during these pandemic times i just want to also take the time to wish mount airy baptist church happy anniversary and i pray that you and your family stay healthy and safe now for our special treat let's go back to 2005 and experience mount eras fine arts and worship ministries call to relationship live recording says hallelujah sing unto the lord let's rejoice and regret praise him in a dance celebrate all the earth let the redeemed of the lord hallelujah let's rejoice let the redeemed of the lord is oh the redeemed of the lord say hallelujah hallelujah hey hallelujah taken away the sins of the world tap your neighbor tell him or her i was created just to give god praise i was created to give you all praise i was created to worship the same i was created for you oh lord i was created to praise i was created oh me oh me oh is from a pastor reverend doctor we have encouraged he he has such a great way of bringing forth the word of god that inspired me to realize that the things that god can do for you if you can always count on god to make a way regardless of what you're going through not only that but it was things that i was going through in my life and i realized that everything i've been through god has brought me through and i had learned that no matter what that he would always bring me through he was one that i got count on i it was like i don't know i felt like i was an angel or something that had wings because the spirit was so high lifted and i just know that was all god's doing i just felt very good i was very pleased to know that god decided to use me in such a great way whatever the lord says whatever the lord one thing i want you to know one thing i know he won't god will never leave you you can trust him if you accept one thing i know for sure one thing i know it will god will share all of your sorrows he will be you can count on me to the rain oh pick you up whatever the lord says hi we oh that we no matter how well you swim oh is christ for me i thought it was is yes no matter what you may have done jesus the songs written by myself on this particular project were all inspired by messages from dr curtis who is the pastor of mount air baptist church so based on the messages and something within that messages birthed the particular songs around six songs on the project that i wrote almighty god nor am i illegitimate but i'm born is i'm wondering we're sons and daughters you prepared my salvation whom shall i fear whom shall i bless you the lord is the strength of my life you shall try it of god oh praise you though in front of my enemies i felt very excited when i heard about the project it's something i always wanted to do as a young child i'm glad to be a part and playing the drums also writing the song and it was very very good very interesting a great experience and i hope that we can do it again it's a funny thing i've been writing songs for a long time i started writing in 11th grade something that i didn't know i had or possessed i always wanted to do music but one day in dewayne's office our minister of music released um i would help him write some songs and so just one day i'd be uh with writing something and um he said well we're gonna get you to write a jam for the live recording i said okay and uh one day i'm at work i work at the edge with townsend or giant eagle it just came to me it was like nothing that i wrote myself usually when i write songs they always take a long time to write and this song just flowed like somebody was literally in my ear singing every word in harmony to me and it just came about that way i wrote it god gave me the words and that's just how it came about i didn't it was something that i didn't have a hard time writing it was something that was in me that i want to deliver to the world to understand that a relationship with jesus christ is the way to live life and that just came that way i guess is what god had ordained me to do come on put your hands together it's the joy of the lord that is your strength you can oh is you can have hope in the midst of your trying times i can't stay right here gotta have a relationship no i just don't want it but i really need it do you need it do you need a relationship relationship is i can't stay right here i really really need it god if there's anybody out there just for a second get a flashback of what your life was like before christ and can you not testify with me that there is no way i can live without christ in my life hallelujah there's no way oh just like i've tried so many things i tried so many i've been a lot of places i've seen a lot of faces and i'm so glad i need him is i tried so many things i tried so many ways and i'm so glad i tried a lot of a lot of places he's the only one there's no way oh no i cannot leave there's no way possible i need to live without the law no no there's no way i can live without you came like about four o'clock threes four o'clock in the morning i was up because i'm a night out i'm a vampire by nature you know and minister ford had told me dee had told me that he needed a traditional gospel song for marvaletta and he was one of our legends here so i was sitting at the keyboard just playing and the words become started coming to me there's no way that i could live without the lord there's no way i could live without the lord i would be lost just like a ship without a cell toss on the stormy sea and tears started falling down my eyes because i remember how my life was before god and now my life with christ is so much better so i refuse to go back to that old way and saw easily the words of god begin to spill the words into my heart and i began to pin them and the song was just a fit for my villain as you'll see and you'll hear very soon oh my mind's made up and my heart is fixed yes it is no way no way there's no way that i can live hey ah my air is anthem forever forever came at a time for me when i was mad at god complaining about so many different things that were happening in my life my brothers my god kids my family friends finances you know you know the major things that happened in the life of a christian and one day during my worship time with god i was sitting there and i was saying you know okay for don is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever for thine i just kept singing it and i realized that in the kingdom of god the king reigns and whatever the king says goes and so no matter what's going on in my life he has dominion over that and has the power to fix those things so i made a vow then god i refuse to complain and worry i worship i'll praise you and that's my vow forever you have to worry about if any if no one else does i'm here and so the words come forever forever i'll sing your praise father i'll bless your name forever you i will adore both now and forevermore why because thine is the kingdom for that is the power of the glory forever so simple and forever is not just here it's through eternity so until i and when i die on this side and make my trans my translation to the next side it's a forever thing just tune in with heaven you know so forever i will bless your name you are awesome majestic and true holy one all i am is because jesus for the rest of my days is for the rest of my life i worship the lord the rest of my days i made a vow to the lord forever i sing your praise forever i will bless your neck forevermore yes oh is foreign both foreign and forever i wanna be close to you i wanna be where you are uh i am part of the music department here and i love it i i think that god is just an awesome god in it he speaks to us before the word comes forth and uses the magic ministry i think that god purposely gave me the song in the season in which she gave me that we recorded a king of every nation it's a worship song and god's been doing that through me for years uh allowing me to write and just giving me lyrics and melodies for worship uh and he really put that on my heart i'll tell you a secret it came in a private time and i wasn't praying and so uh the lord gave me the song and and it's one of the most anointing things i've ever heard if i may say so myself and i didn't do it god did it but it was in my private time so uh we thank god for for it and and i hope that it's being it'll be a blessing to not only to the body here at mount arab but to the world whenever they hear it or if someone else is recording it if i record it again or whatever i hope that god just uses it to get his glory out of that piece amen hope you enjoy we bless you we bless you we bless you we bless you you are the king of every nation we bow down before your throne all the praise to thee oh lamb of god yes oh oh all of the praise and all of the glory all over the earth all the glory and all the praises lovely jesus well yes hey for his goodness unto us for his mercy unto us hallelujah oh god we bless you there's nobody like you there's nobody like you there's nobody like me yes god yes thank you jesus thank you jesus magnifier oh i feel the project is going to be a blessing to everyone nationally outside of pittsburgh the project is diverse as far as just the disciplines and the genres of music you have traditional you have contemporary you even had anthems on the project i was just thankful that dewayne had asked me to be musical director of the project dwayne is my brother and god knows when it was birthed in his spirit and pastor curtis to do a project it's just a blessing to be a part of it the musicians the cadre musicians that we had on guitar we had mike and rich on bass we had lorenz our drummers dennis j.r nathaniel keyboard players charles ro duane and myself and on oregon cliff it was just a wonderful collaboration of musicians i was just excited to be a part of it oh authority of god knowing a weapon formed against the shall prosper for greater is he that is in us than he that is not an option no but the sun's in the darkness of god we've been equipped to overcome every fall but we will prepare more than conquerors we that is we've been equipped to overcome every we've got the victory we will is oh is can we oh oh oh he's is this evening is i so many ways thank you for joining mount ararat's 114th virtual church anniversary join us tomorrow at 6 pm as we continue to celebrate our past present and future

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Published: Fri Nov 13 2020