This past Sunday, August 7, 2016, we Ambassadors of Kingdom United Ministries Network  conducted our third Flash Fellowship excursion. During this phase of expansion, we are simultaneously carrying out reconnaissance while joining  in the worship service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We visitedBethany Reformed Churchwhere  the Senior pastor is Reverend Steven Harthorn .

 

First impressions:  As we were late this Sunday, the first impression was how they were prompt, due to the Pastor already being up speaking.

 Aphrase that aptly describes the state of Christ's kingdom, also known as "The Church" is,  'birds of a feather flocks together'.  Some could say this lends to another phrase which has been embraced and re-iterated, with an even darker tone, often when describing Sunday morning congregations, 'Sunday morning is the most segregated time in America'. During a conversation that I recently had with someone trying find a church home, I had a revelation about why this may be.

This past Sunday, July 17th, we Ambassadors of Kingdom United Ministries Network  conducted our first Flash Fellowship excursion. During this phase of expansion we are simultaneously carrying out reconnaissance while joining  in the worship service of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We visited12th Street Baptist Churchwhere Thad Stout is Pastor.

 

We made sure to arrive earlier than the scheduled service start time, which we obtained from their website. First impression, as we sat in the parking lot, was that there was a greeter  at the door who was dressed very casually.

In the aftermath of the recent events that have not only occupied media headlines and the constant crawls on various 24-hour news feeds, but even more so resonating from the human heart of society, the query looms -- "Why"? It is also followed by the often complex and even more elusive query -- "what to do about it".  It is now becoming clear that for those of us who have been  prepared  for a time such as now to emerge from the shadows of obscurity to rise and put legs on our love-walk  and take up our holy armor and arms (