Archive for 'Section 6'
A quick update
Admittedly, it’s been a while since I have updated this blog. The problem hasn’t been a lack of source material, but rather a lack of writing time. Our family has been especially busy this month. Problem is, I’m not sure what we’ve accomplished.
The past few days have been especially rough. Everyone I know is sick [...]
At Illinois Youth Convention
Easter week is always crazy for my family; that’s when the Illinois District hosts their annual Youth Convention. This past Wednesday, young people from all over the state gathered in Springfield for three days of music, worship and preaching. Lives were changed and young people went home fired up to do the work of God.
On [...]
Putting the mission in motion
Sheaves for Christ (SFC) is off and running for another year, and this year the Illinois District of the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) hopes to raise $220,000 to help “Put the Mission in Motion,” which, not coincidentally, happens to be the theme of the 2009 promotional campaign.
Locally, UPCI ministers from west central [...]
Avoiding a St. Valentine’s banquet massacre
It’s easier to find a church that doesn’t celebrate communion than to find one that doesn’t honor St. Valentine with a banquet. Practically every church in America, regardless of denomination, follows this tradition.
Every year, my wife and I attend the Section Six Valentine’s Day banquet, sponsored by the Section Six Youth Department. Churches from across [...]
Section Six’s got talent
Section 6 has some of the most talented young people in the Illinois District, if not the United Pentecostal Church. That was evident to anyone who attended the annual sectional youth revival at Cornerstone Ministries in Litchfield this past weekend. Our young people did all of the music and performed the dramas, and they were [...]
R U Game?
The second annual Section 6 youth revival was held this past weekend (September 12-13) at Cornerstone Ministries in Litchfield. It was one of the most well-attended sectional events I’ve ever been part of; the Friday evening service had an estimated attendance of approximately 200. I saw people at that service that I haven’t seen in [...]