IT AIN’T JUST YOU

Family and Friends Day at Hall Memorial CME Church was more than an event.  It was a powerful experience of the Holy Spirit.  Listen to the afternoon message.

The sermon is called: IT AIN’T JUST YOU.

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

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HONEST LOVE

The calling of the disciple Levi brought together the most hated, most respected, most sinful, and most religious people in the nation all under one roof for one meal and a lesson for us.

As we continue through the formative moments of the original church, we look at the calling of a tax collector and in a message that touches on this moment in our nation, in the church, and in our personal spiritual lives.

The message is called: HONEST LOVE.

(Quick confession:  Near the end of the sermon I reference the work of Harriet Tubman  but I call her Sojourner Truth.  I do know better.)

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.
Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU NEED

The Rolling Stones sang, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you’ll get what you need.”

Centuries before Mick Jagger sang those lyrics, Jesus expressed the idea in His words and His decisions. 

As Jesus called the disciples and created the original church, He demonstrated a principle that the church today must learn and apply. 

As we continue following the early days of Jesus’ earthly ministry we learn:  You can’t always get what you want, but if you follow Jesus------ He’ll make sure that you get what you need.

Part 3 of the series on the SCRIPT-FLIPPING CHURCH,   

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

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If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.
Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116

Part 2: THE SCRIPT-FLIPPING CHURCH

We continue our walk through the early days of Jesus’ public ministry as we review how the Lord organized His disciples into the world-changing movement that was the early church.

In part 2 of what is now a series of messages on the SCRIPT-FLIPPING CHURCH,  Pastor Anderson Graves II follows Jesus through His first preaching circuit.  The Lord’s journey draws our attention to details in the gospels that we often miss and confronts us with some challenging questions about ourselves, our motives, and the reasons why we the church fail to be all that God called us to be.

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.
Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116