The 2008 30 Hour Famine
This past year, in February of 2007, our youth group particpated for the first time ever in the World Vision 30 Hour Famine. From Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon, the youth of the church ate no food. During that time, we fed the homeless, raised money for World Vision, and learned about the plight of children all over the world. In the end, we ended up raising almost $800—enough to feed 30 kids for almost 30 days. It was a tremendous experience.
While I can’t speak for everyone else who participated, I can tell you that I was deeply moved during the 2007 30 Hour Famine. During our private worship service Sunday morning, before the rest of the church arrived for Sunday School, the Holy Spirit was with us in a very real way. I believe lives were touched in a lasting manner.
It’s for that reason, as well as for the opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of starving children, that I encourage you to begin making plans now for the 2008 30 Hour Famine, currently scheduled for May 17.
- Kids: please be in prayer about participating in the 2008 30 Hour Famine. Yes, I know that going for 30 hours without food is hard, but God will bless you for your sacrifice.
- Parents: prayerfully consider how you can encourage your kids to participate and how you can support the 2008 30 Hour Famine.
More information about the 2008 30 Hour Famine will be made available as the date for the Famine draws nearer. Until then, please see me (Scott, the Youth Director) for more information. God bless!
Homecoming w/ Arise
Our yearly homecoming will be September 28th at 11:00am. The gospel group Arise will be singing. They have some for many years many great southern gospel songs. Will will be having a large dinner afterwards. Come and celebrate Jesus with us on Homecoming 08.
Fireproof Your Marriage!!!
Fireproof is a movie made by the creators of Flywheel and Facing the Giants. It will premiere on September 26 in theaters. Our church will do a series of marriage sermons and events centered just for the family. Please come and visit us each Sunday in the month of September to help strengthen your marriage.
General Assembly 08
The General Assembly for the Church of God was a phenomenal one. There were several leadership changes. The changes were as follows:
General Overseer: Raymond Culpepper
First Assistant General Overseer: Timothy Hill
Second Assistant General Overseer: Mark Williams
Third Assistant General Overseer: David Griffins
Secretary General: Wallace Silbey (the first African American voted on the head council.
Director of Youth and C.E.: Tom Madden
Assistant Director of Youth and C.E.: Gary Lewis
Director of Evangelism and Home Missions: Jimmy Smith
Assistant Director of Evangelism and Home Missions: Larry J. Timmerman
Director of World Missions: J.B. Douglas Leroy
Assistant Director of World Missions: Victor M. Pagan (first Hispanic man elected to the general elections)
Council of Eighteen: Bryan Cutshall, Loran Livingston, William Isaacs, David Cooper, Tony Scott, Gary Sears, Nick Park, David Manguia Z., Michael Chapman, Jenzen Franklin, Donald Walker, Grant McClung, Lamar Vest, Mark Walker, Thomas Probes
One of the biggest changes made was to World Missions. Each local church gives 5% of it’s tithes to missions. That will stop starting September of 2010. The International Council will review a plan and come up with one on Sept. 2009 which will be implemented on Sept. 2010. More information for each change and election can be viewed at www.churchofgod.org.
About Our Beliefs
Hello, and welcome to our website. I hope that you find it easy to navigate and a asset to you as you learn more about our church.
Our church is a thriving church in Knightdale that believes in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our motto is “Passion for God, Compassion for people.” We strive to fulfill this vision by using our mission statement as our target or goal. The mission statement was on the welcome page.
I hope that you can get a chance to come and visit with us. I know that God will meet with you as He does with us each and every Sunday. Sunday morning worship begins at 11:00a.m.
This page is very important to me. It speaks about what we belief. Some churches have great music, preaching, and buildings, but if you ask them what they believe most of the people and sometimes even the pastor will have no clue. Only 4% of the generation born in 2002 to the present will have an understanding of the basic principles in God’s Word. That is down from over 50% in the 1950’s. Friends, if we don’t stand for something, we will fall for anything. We need to stand on God’s Word. These beliefs are based solely on scripture.
May God richly bless you and reveal Himself to you in 2008,
Pastor Philip Lyon
The Church of God (with international offices based in Cleveland, TN; visit their web site) has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as a statement of what we believe. Specifically, we believe:
- In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
- In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. We believe that Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. We believe that He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
- That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
- That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people.
- In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
- In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
- In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints’ feet.
- In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
If you have any questions about our beliefs, or would like more information on the Scripture upon which we base our beliefs, please come by and see me. God Bless!
New Church Bus
Thank the Lord for a new 24 passenger church bus. It is a great blessing to us and we are going to use it for the glory of God. If you live in the Knightdale area and would like to be picked up, please give us a call at (919) 261-0568.
Get charged up with C4!
C4 is the youth group here at Knightdale Church of God. What does C4 stand for? Great question! C4 represents four key qualities we believe every Christian teen should strive to exhibit:
- Called - Christian youth are called by Christ to serve
- Committed - Christian teens should be committed to the call of Christ and His purpose
- Compassionate - Christian youth should be compassionate toward a world lost and dying without Christ
- Christ-like - Christian teenagers should be Christ-like in their attitudes and in their actions
Everything we do–classes, activities, outreach programs, fundraisers, and fellowship time–is structured around building these qualities in ourselves. Come join us and see what C4 is all about!