![]() FPC will be going through a week of fasting and prayer beginning Sunday, July 16th and ending Sunday, July 23rd. We will be holding prayer meetings every evening during the week at 7:00PM in the Main Sanctuary, Chapel, and Prayer Room areas. The fasting schedule will be done in three phases as follows:
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![]() Did you know Wichita had a city flag? Vexillologists (flag buffs) have voted it #4 among the top 50 cities (by population) in the United States! Check out more information about the City of Wichita flag, click here! On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on July 4th, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies convened a Continental Congress in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776. In a June 7 session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous words: "Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." Lee's words were the impetus for the drafting of a formal Declaration of Independence, although the resolution was not followed up on immediately. On June 11, consideration of the resolution was postponed by a vote of seven colonies to five, with New York abstaining. However, a Committee of Five was appointed to draft a statement presenting to the world the colonies' case for independence. Members of the Committee included John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. The task of drafting the actual document fell on Jefferson. On July 1, 1776, the Continental Congress reconvened, and on the following day, the Lee Resolution for independence was adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies, New York not voting. Discussions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence resulted in some minor changes, but the spirit of the document was unchanged. The process of revision continued through all of July 3 and into the late afternoon of July 4, when the Declaration was officially adopted. Of the 13 colonies, nine voted in favor of the Declaration, two -- Pennsylvania and South Carolina -- voted No, Delaware was undecided and New York abstained. John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence. It is said that John Hancock's signed his name "with a great flourish" so England's "King George can read that without spectacles!" Today, the original copy of the Declaration is housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and July 4 has been designated a national holiday to commemorate the day the United States laid down its claim to be a free and independent nation. Original article
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![]() Get some good Word on DVD or CD for HALF OFF in our Bookstore today! We have great teaching and preaching, including all the Kansas District Doctrinal Conferences on sale right now for HALF OFF the regular price! Get your's today! ![]() Join us for the 2016 Kansas District Doctrinal Conference with Pastor Terry Pugh of First United Pentecostal Church of Odessa, TX! It will be held April 15-16, 2016 at First Pentecostal Church in Wichita, KS in the Auxiliary Sanctuary. Service will begin Friday evening at 7:00PM and Saturday at 10:00AM. (Refreshments will be served both days) Come enjoy awesome teaching of the doctrinal principals that compile the Apostolic faith! All are welcome free of charge! Thy will be done!![]() In the very first sermon of the year, Sunday, January 3rd, Bishop Cornwell put forth the vision for the church in 2016 - Thy Kingdom Come! First Pentecostal Church is focusing on surrendering all to God and letting him have complete reign and rule as he uses us to build HIS kingdom instead of our own. FPC is beginning the year with a month dedicated to prayer. Beginning January 4, 2016, we will be holding prayer meetings Monday and Tuesday of every week at 7PM. This series of prayer meetings will lead us into a week of fasting and prayer beginning January 31st. We are expecting a great year as we seek God's face to move His kingdom forward. 2016 is going to be the best year ever! |
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