Please Join Us To Pray for the HOLY SPIRIT CONFERENCE
Every Saturday evening between now and November 8, 2008
We'll meet in the sanctuary from 6:30-7:30 PM
Everyone welcome, invite your friends!
Our brothers & sisters from other churches are invited to come pray with us too... after all, the conference is for the whole Body of Christ in our area, to become empowered by the Holy Spirit to more effectively reach out to our communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ...
If you can't join us in person, please be praying for the Conference wherever you are... Thank you!
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HOLY SPIRIT CONFERENCE
hosted by Collinsville Congregational Church
Speaker:
Pastor Richard Adams
Senior Pastor, Bethany Assembly of God Church
Agawam, MA
(More about Pastor Adams at the bottom of this page)
Saturday, November 8, 2008
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(These times are all approximate,
depending on how the Holy Spirit decides to lead that day...;-)
9:00 AM – Registration check-in & fellowship
9:30 - 10:00 AM – Praise & Worship
10:00 - 10:10 AM – Welcome and Introduction
~ Pastor Jim Wheeler, Collinsville Congregational Church
10:10 - 10:50 AM Lesson 1 – “Sensitivity to the Holy Spirit”
~ Pastor Richard Adams
10:50-11:05 AM – BREAK
11:05 AM – Lesson 2 – “What about Speaking in Tongues”?
~ Pastor Richard Adams
12:00 - 1:00 PM – LUNCH
(in Collins Hall or at local restaurants)
1:00 - 1:30 PM – Praise & Worship
1:30 - 1:40 PM – BREAK
1:40 - 2:30 PM – Lesson 3 – “Receiving the Baptism in the Holy Spirit”
~ Pastor Richard Adams
2:30 - 3:15 PM – Prayer for Baptism in the Holy Spirit
(for those who request it; the rest of us can be praying for them and praising the Lord!)
3:15 - 3:30 or longer – Testimonies
3:30 - 3:45 – Closing Prayer
~ Pastor Jim Wheeler, Collinsville Congregational Church
3:45 - 4:00 HUGS! ;-)
This conference is open to anyone who would like to come. We want to bless and help build up the whole Body of Christ in our area, (and even the most "experienced" Christian can still learn something new!) In addition to introducing some people to the Person and ministry of the Holy Spirit for the first time, it is designed to be a wonderful time of worship and fellowship for the Body of Christ in our area. If you have already experienced the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, please come, too... and maybe bring a friend who could benefit. We all need each other!
We are assembling a worship team of area singers and musicians for this event, under the leadership of a very experienced worship leader.
Come prepared to bless the Lord!
***Please note: the objective of this conference not to "chase gifts/signs/wonders" for ourselves; it is not to wander into "charismania". It is to become better acquainted with and empowered by the Holy Spirit, to be witnesses of Jesus Christ (being obedient to His direction in Acts 1:8) in our surroundings, and to receive whatever He has for us. We understand that any gifts He gives are always meant to be used in an orderly way, to build up the whole Body of Christ, and to enable us to share the Gospel more effectively with the lost, to help them to know the Savior.
Come with an open mind, and expect to be blessed!
We can't wait to see you!
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Registration Cost:
$10 per person, $15 per couple, or $20 per family.
A bagged lunch may also be ordered for $7, payable along with your registration.
(You may also bring your own lunch and eat it in Collins Hall along with those getting bag lunches, or you may choose to eat at one of the nearby restaurants.)
The catered bag lunch will be a Half Sandwich Wrap (Roast Beef, Tuna, Turkey, Ham & Cheese will be available; if you need a Vegetarian Half Sandwich Wrap, please indicate that when you register ), plus a bag of chips and a cookie. Our church will provide all beverages.
Register online by clicking on the Dove below.
For more information:
Call the Church Office at (860) 693-6333 during business hours (9:30 AM - 1:30 PM M-F) (Please do not leave a voicemail; we are currently experiencing difficulties with our answering service...)
OR Call Denise Smith at (860) 651-1630
OR Send an email to our registration address: ccc_register@ymail.com
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Pastor Richard Adams was born in Holyoke and raised in Belchertown. After serving 6 years as an Army Pilot with one tour of duty flying CH-47 helicopters in Vietnam, he met his lovely wife, Pat. She is the daughter of an Army Colonel and was born in Texas. They were married in July of 1973 and then stationed with the Army in South Korea, where Pastor Adams served as a test pilot and Pat worked as a dental assistant. In Korea, Pastor Adams accepted Christ after reading Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth. In 1975, he left the U.S. Army and enrolled at UMASS as a Political Science Major.
They began attending Bethany Assembly of God where Pastor Adams was baptized in the Holy Spirit and called into ministry. He graduated from the Assemblies of God Graduate School in Springfield, Missouri, with a Master's Degree in Cross Cultural Communication and a Master's Degree in Divinity. He was Pastor of Liberty Assembly of God and then Woodbourne Assembly of God in New York before moving overseas.
For the last nineteen years the Adams' served as A/G missionaries to the Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan. Pastor Adams was Senior Pastor of Agape International Christian Assembly in Taipei, the Director of China Radio and the National Director and adjunct faculty member of Global University. Pat was enrolled in the Institute of Pastoral Counseling in Akron, Ohio. She has been actively involved in counseling, office management, editing, women's Bible studies and friendship evangelism.
