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A Special Greeting from our Administrative Bishop It is with deep gratitude to God that Brenda and I greet you and express our sincere appreciation to have the high honor to serve you as your new State Overseer/ Administrative Bishop. We are already amazed at your great love and kindness. We are blessed to live and work on the beautiful State Camp Ground complex. We appreciate all that many of you have done to make us feel welcome in this our first week of service. The Office staff have been wonderful and the State Council has gone out of their way to make us welcome. We have received many calls, emails and messages of loving greetings and welcome to Mississippi. Brenda and I come from having served at the Church of God International Office for over 23 years. The last eight (8) years we have served as the World Missions Field Director to 52 countries in Europe, UK, Former Soviet Union and Russia, Middle East, and North Africa. We started out as missionaries in Spain in 1975. We have served as a pastor, state youth director, missionary, Department Director of Ministerial Development and recently as one of five World Missions Field Directors. We visited Mississippi many times for MIP and MAP seminars. We are here to serve you and to seek in every way to please God and to be a blessing to each one of you. I am always available to serve you and to assist you in achieving your vision for Christ. My email addresses are as follows: [email protected] and [email protected] My cell phone number is 1-423-650-2612. You can also reach me at the State Office at 601-372-2714. Dr. Larry G. Hess Calendar September      State Council Meeting 9/4/2014 CAMS/MIP 9/5-6/2014 State Evangelism Board Meeting 9/9/2014 State Youth Board Meeting 9/9/2014 Black Minister’s Conference 9/26-28/2014 October        State Council Meeting 10/2/2014 Women’s Discipleship Board Meeting 10/2/2014 CAMS/MIP 10/3-4/2014 District Youth Rally-Tupelo 10/11/2014 District Youth Rally-Grenada 10/18/2014 Statewide Worship Service 10/23/2014 Minister’s Meeting 10/23-24/2014 November-December       CAMS/MIP 11/7-8/2014 District Youth Rally-Gulfport 11/7/2014 District Youth Rally-Hattiesburg 11/14/2014 Office Closes @ 3pm-Thanksgiving 11/26/2014 State Boards Christmas Party 12/11/2014 Office Closed-Christmas 12/19/2014—1/2/2015 January-May                 CAMS/MIP 1/9-10/2015 Focus Conference 1/16-18/2015 Frontier Winterfest 1/30-2/1 CAMS/MIP 2/6-7/2014 Prayer Conference 2/19-20/2015 Amplify Middle School Conference 2/27-3/1 CAMS/MIP 3/6-7/2015 Focus Children’s Conference 3/6-8/2015 Smoky Mtn Winterfest 3/13-15/2015 Women’s Discipleship Conference 3/20-21/2015 CAMS/MIP 4/10-11/2015 Teen Talent 4/17-18/2015 NYLA Conference 4/23-25/2015 CAMS/MIP 5/1-2/2015 Smoky Mtn Kidfest 5/1-3/2015 YWEA Golf Tournament 5/1/2015