Averages for 2007
3^rd Quarter

Wednesday Night
150

December 8, 2007

Dear Smyrna Church Family and Friends,

Greetings to you and your family! I hope you and your family had a Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas. As I write today I reflect on the historic significance of yesterday, December 7. It was “Pearl Harbor Day”. “The U.S Fleet's Pearl Harbor base was reachable by an aircraft carrier force, and the Japanese Navy secretly sent one across the Pacific with greater aerial striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans. Its planes hit just before 8AM on 7 December. Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest damaged. Several other ships and most Hawaii-based combat planes were also knocked out and over 2400 Americans were dead.” (Naval Historical Center Quote) Soon after, President Roosevelt gave his “Day of Infamy” speech, declaring that December 7^th, 1941, was a day that would live in infamy. It was a sad day. My generation owes that generation a debt of gratitude. We also have our “Day of Infamy” we call it, 9/11, another sad day of infamy. With Christmas just a few days away, I thought of another sad day from that first Christmas; the day a nameless, unmentioned innkeeper must have told Mary and Joseph there was “no room” for them and the baby Mary carried. It was a sad day I’m sure. But just like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 brought people together and made us stronger, think of how that sad day worked out in time. This Christmas there will be thousands of Manger Scenes in lawns and stores and Churches across the World. No one will have an “Inn Scene” but the Manger Scene lives on! God and Right will win in the end, even after the enemy’s short lived; “Days of Infamy”~~~Pastor Jonathan

 A Word From Members: David & Stacy Rose

We are glad to be a part of the family of God and a part of the Smyrna Pentecostal Holiness Church Family. I have always known as a child and adult, the comfort of knowing that you have an extended church family. As a child I can reflect back and recall going to Harvest Train, Camp Meetings, Revivals and Gospel Singings. I taught myself how to play drums as a child listening to 33 albums of the Hinsons, Cathedrals, Happy Goodmans and the Roy Knight Singers. The seed was planted in me from the very beginning. I was fortunate to be raised in the church, and I’m thankful that God was merciful enough to allow me the freedom to share this with my children. Stacy had never attended church, until we moved back here. Looking back, I was not the best role model for her or our children at the time. I knew what was right, but I chose to live the miserable sinner’s life style. I recall sending Caleb here with mom on Sundays. I usually watched them pull out of the driveway and sulk in my own misery, knowing I should be taking my children to church, not sending them. Over the last years, Stacy and I have participated in most everything the church had offered. I never realized the work that goes on behind the scenes. There are special people in this church with BIG hearts. I salute them and pray that the Lord rewards them with double portions. I know there are personal sacrifices these people make, to do the work of the Lord. I need this church and church family to survive trials and tribulations in this life. Faithful attendance is KEY to my walk, with Christ. After fighting the sins of this world all week, I look forward to the refuge that this church provides me. AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL SERVE THE LORD, with special thanks to the loving, caring, sharing and faithful people of the Smyrna Pentecostal Holiness Church

Pray for us!  David, Stacy, Caleb and Madisyn Rose