“A divine wake-up call?”

“A divine wake-up call?”

Jan 15, 2021

By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier this spring, celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday. The party started out in Central Park with a socially distanced picnic. It was Matthew’s first group gathering in months due to the...

When Our Calendars Were Empty

When Our Calendars Were Empty

Nov 1, 2020

By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 While video chatting with our granddaughters, they couldn’t wait to show Papa and Grandma their new refrigerator with a shiny stainless steel finish. After oohing and aahing, I said, “Wow, it sure looks nice, but it’s kind of bare! What are you going to put on it?” Leah rushed out of view to find their dry erase...

President’s Page

President’s Page

Oct 1, 2020

By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 This year’s denominational Scripture Memory program is getting “Paula’s Promotional Push.” Paula Davis, a member of the Verona, NY, church, has volunteered her time and talents in pushing the memory program to higher levels of participation. We thank Paula for her word and craft skills, and for her Spirit-led positive...

“It’ll only hurt for a little while”

“It’ll only hurt for a little while”

Aug 30, 2020

  Countdown to Conference 2021 By President Kevin Butler When Pastor La Juana Morris was younger, she admits that she was extremely clumsy. Let’s just say that “Grace” was not her middle name. She said that if there was a piece of string on the living room floor, she would trip over it. When someone fell in La Juana’s home, her mother would come to the rescue...

President again? Still??

by Kevin Butler           Earlier this spring, déjà vu happened all over again. I was asked to be Conference President. This was after I spent a whole year assuring people at the church I serve that the presidency was a “one-and-done” assignment, that NO ONE ever serves for two years, and that by the end of this July my tasks and...

More Calendars—and Lives—Changed

More Calendars—and Lives—Changed

May 29, 2020

    by Kevin Butler     If there was ever a time to “Fix Your Eyes on Jesus,” it was this spring. What began as a word play on the aspect of 20/20 vision, became a clarion call. While an in-person gathering of our Conference faithful is a no-go, we still want to provide a taste of a virtual Conference experience during that last week of...