Pray for Margaret

I wanted to send a request to all of you asking you to please pray for Sister Margaret. She had knee surgery to repair cartilage last Wednesday (November 19). This was outpatient surgery and everything appeared to go well. There were some complications following her return home however. She is on oxygen at present and will be for the next couple of weeks. But we know that the Lord can heal her completely and his Life-Giving Spirit can breathe new life into her! Please pray and spread the word. There is power in prayer!!

Thanks and be blessed,
Kim Alexander
KSM Board Member

Homegoing for Rev. Glenda McGuire

To all the friends of Our Sister Glenda, she has fought her last battle and won the victory over death. God called her home early this morning with a peaceful transition from this earth to be at peace with Jesus. The visitation and funeral will be at the W. Asheville COG Monday evening at 6:00 pm. Please pray for her two sons , daughter-in-law and her grandchildren. We will all miss her but she will wait for all of us.

Love,
Margaret

Obituary:

Glenda G. Mcguire
Asheville - Glenda Griffin McGuire, 66, of 25 Frisbee Rd., Asheville, went to be with the Lord Saturday, November 15, 2008, at the John F. Keever Jr., Hospice Solace Center.

Mrs. McGuire was born in Lockhart, S.C. and was a daughter of the late Jesse and Grace Jolly Griffin. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School, Cecil's Business College, and Lee University. She had been a resident of Norwood for ten years and she worked as a secretary/bookkeeper for 24 years. In Asheville, she was a school bus driver and she worked for Fr. C. Morris Boyd at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church for five years.

Mrs. McGuire was a member and Sunday school teacher at the West Asheville Church of God.

Her family includes her sons, Billy Eugene McGuire and Joey Lane McGuire and his sweet wife, Sheri, all of Candler; two grandsons, Jesse and Cooper McGuire; and one brother, Donnie Griffin and his wife, Linda, whom Glenda described as her precious sister-in-law, of Duncan, S.C.

The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Monday at West Asheville Church of God, with the Revs. Roger Lunsford and Amanda Wilson officiating. Interment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pisgah View Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Keith, James and Jeff Hutchison, Jimmy Register and Scott and Chris Griffin.

The family will receive friends Monday evening at the church from 6 to 7 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the Family Life Center Building Fund of West Asheville Church of God, 60 State Street, Asheville, NC 28806.

Kindred Spirits -- The Next Generation

On October 26, my oldest grandson, John Marc Whichard, preached his first sermon in Frederick, MD at the Maranatha Community COG. Many of you know John Marc and know the anointing that is on his life. At a recent retreat in Sevierville, Rev. Becky Milligan prophesied about John Marc's ministry, and now, a year later, that prophecy is being fulfilled! Praise the Lord! "This promise is for you, your children and your children's children!"

Fall Encounter 2008 - Knoxville, Tennessee

Thanks to the Lovell Heights Church of God for hosting this year's retreat. A special thanks to Student Ministers Josh and Hope Butcher and the Creative Arts Team for the powerful drama ministry. You don't want to miss next year's retreat!

Frederick, Maryland Women's Conference

Fall Encounter 2008!!

EXCITING NEWS!! Our Fall Encounter (Retreat) will be held in a NEW location in Knoxville, TN. Pastor Travis Ballenger and the Lovell Heights Church of God have volunteered to host us this year and we will converge on the city of Knoxville on November 6-7.

The Lovell Heights Church is located in very close proximity to the Turkey Creek and Pinnacle Shopping Centers where there are amazing shopping and restaurant choices. Pigeon Forge is about an hour away. So we will not compromise anything in our shopping opportunities with this change of location!

Rooms have been secured at the Baymont Inn and Suites (11341 Campbell Lakes Drive) but only 21 rooms are available to us. These rooms have two queen beds and continental breakfast is served. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Rates are $50 per person if there are four to a room, $75 if there are two. Please contact me at 3608 Cowboy Lane, Charlotte, NC 28216 for reservations. A $50 deposit for each room reserved is needed by September 22 and the remainder due by October 15th.

I am very excited about how God has opened this door and believe He has great things in store for us!!!

Women Ministers' Retreat 2008