Posts from 2015

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Missionaries Coming Home

by PGBC

Many of you are aware of the reality that our International Mission Board has to bring home somewhere between 600-800 missionaries from the mission field. Over the last number of years mission giving has not kept pace with cost and resources have been stretched as far as they possibly can be and there simply is […]

What should be the focus of Christians on Thanksgiving?

by PGBC

The original thanksgiving celebration was held by the Pilgrim settlers in Massachusetts during their second winter in America in December, 1621. These Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom and opportunity in America, gave thanks to God for His provision for them in helping them find 20 acres of cleared land, for the fact that there were no […]

Pushing Back The Darkness

by PGBC

It is fair to say that the Christian church in America is not impacting culture today the way it did years ago. Even in my 48 years of life I have seen a real decline in the influence of the church. Recently I was reading about the church and was confronted with these eye opening […]

Spiritual Splinters

by PGBC

Dear Church, At the time I am writing this article we have just finished revival services with Steve Freeman. I want to say thank you for faithfully supporting the services in spite of the fact that the weather was awful with all the rain we had over the course of the week. I know that […]

The Infringement Upon Our Religious Freedoms

by PGBC

Since our last newsletter the Supreme Court has redefined marriage. They have said (at least 5 of them) that marriage is not simply a union between one man and one woman it can also be one man with another man or one woman with another woman. First we must be clear that marriage cannot be […]

Cooperative Program: Ellijay Style

by PGBC

The need was there, a family in the fellowship at Pleasant Grove in need of a wheelchair ramp. The desire to help was there as well, our Brotherhood Director, Charlie Culp had been asking for projects for two years. The problem was this project was a little different, there were design issues and we had […]

A Great Cloud of Witnesses

by PGBC

We are about to celebrate 157 years as a church on Sunday June 7th as we celebrate Homecoming. While Homecoming is not what it used to be it is still an exciting time to stop and consider what God has done through the years of the life of the church. Even if we knew exactly […]

Homecoming 2015

by PGBC

Our 157th Homecoming is fast approaching. The Homecoming meal will be held on June 7 in the Fellowship Hall. The individual decorated tables were a big hit last year and we will be doing this again this year. So, now is the time to be thinking of your design for your table. We need 22 […]

Sisterhood

by PGBC

Attention all ladies, come and join your sisters in Christ at a new ladies group called the PGBC Sisterhood. The idea behind this new group will be to encourage, empower, lift up, pray, and fellowship with old and new sisters in Christ. We will meet at 11:30 a.m. at a local restaurant on the last […]