TCOG News from the Heartland

UPDATE

2012-02-26T11:11:00.002-08:00

We head a great District #3 Convention in Sellersburg, IN yesterday! Full report and pics coming soon!

2012-02-01T07:49:00.000-08:00

THE CHURCH OF GOD
OHIO DISTRICT CONVENTION
Castalia, OH
January 28, 2012
District Overseer/Host Pastor: Ronald Legg

Above: An impromptu Missionary March during the Missionary Program.

Above: Dinner Break!!

Above: Brother Levi Stephens ministering.

Below: Women's Missionary Band Coordinator Sharon Griffin.

Above: Sister Donielle Legg sings for God's glory!

I hope you have enjoyed the pics above taken while at the Ohio District Convention. There are a few more which may show up later. As you can see the local church in Castalia, OH has been truly blessed with a beautiful building. Although they have been in the building for several years, they have been working for the last year or so and have made several improvements. As Brother Graves would tell us this is CPMA work! Church property beautification is such an important part of local CPMA work because it helps make our properties attractive and inviting to those who may be considering a place to attend church.
Brother Ron Legg, the local pastor and District Overseer, was a great host and did a terrific job moderating the convention and helping to create an atmosphere of worship that got all the people involved in giving glory to God!
During the convention we enjoyed sermons from Brother Legg, Brother Levi Stephens and Brother Donald Estep II, as well as great auxiliary boosts from Sister Sharon Griffin and Brother Gary Graves. During Sister Griffins boost, as she had been preaching under a powerful anointing, the Holy Ghost began to move among the people and moved us all to prayer and worship. There was a Holy Ghost Message in tongues and interpretation which encouraged us all!
Brother Graves as always was very informative and told us some good church history in addition to boosting the work. Brother Graves loves the history of The Church of God and believes it is important for us all to have a sense of where we come from AND where we are going in Christ.
We were blessed also to have Sister Juana Williams and her sons Junior and Jary with us. They are from Columbus, OH and we are working with them to try and see a Spanish work started in that area. Sister Williams gave a stirring testimony of how God has brought her home to The Church of God.
***UPDATE***
We also were blessed to have Brother Chris Newport the Regional Assembly Band Movement coordinator and his wife Sister Lisa. Brother Chris continued with the theme of "Go To Them", encouraging us each to reach out to anyone who was once a part of our number but is no longer, whatever the reson. Whether it be one who is backslidden, or one who has simply chosen to go to another church, we should go to them and do our best to win them back!
The convention was well attended by folks from the area. Ohio is a state where we are working to see some much needed growth in the coming months. We have only two churches at present but there is great potential in Columbus with the Spanish work, and we hope to make more contacts in the near future to help us build a solid foundation for great growth in the state.

Heading out soon...

2012-01-27T07:35:00.000-08:00

Here in about an hour and a half I will be firing up the truck and heading to pick up Bro Gary Graves, our Regional CPMA coordinator for the trip up to Castalia, OH to be with the folks there for the Ohio District Convention. I am excited to get up there as it is a wonderful place to visit! If nothing has changed the Griffins will be there as well and also some great Spanish folks from the Columbus Ohio area who we have been working with. I expect a great convention.
When I return I will share some pictures of the church property in Castalia where they have been making some improvements, such as remodeling the basement (actually done last year) and building a brand new porch, steps and handicap ramp out front. It looks beautiful! Brother Legg and the people there love God and it is always a blessing to be with them.
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God bless you all-have a great day!
Brother Estep

Welcome, Friends!

2012-01-26T10:25:00.000-08:00

Hello, friends! Welcome to the TCOG News from the Heartland blog. Please subscribe and become one of our followers so that you can keep up with what is going on in The Church of God's Heartland Region (N. Central U.S.). Our region includes the churches and missions in the following seven states:

Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin

In all we have twenty churches, three missions and about two hundred twenty five members. Currently we are entering the time of year when we hold our District Conventions. The Conventions take place in various parts of the regions and are used as a time to rally our people and seek God for His inspiration.
Following is this year's District Convention Schedule:

District #5 Eastern KY January 20-21 @Chaplin, KY District Overseer:Jeff Wilcox
District #4 Ohio January 28 @ Castalia, OH District Overseer Ron Legg
District #3 S. IN/W. Central Kentucky February 24, 25 @ Sellersburg, IN District Overseer:Tim Griffin
District #6 W. KY/S. IL March 9, 10 @ Sturgis, KY District Overseer Shane WIlcox
District #2 N. IL/N. IN/MI April 13, 14 @ Hobart, IN District Overseer Mitchell Bentley
District #1 IA/WI TBA @ Des Moines, IA District Overseer Donald Estep II

Please make plans to be with us in one of these conventions. If you need more info email me at
pastorestep@gmail.com