Gospel Light United Holy Church

06/14/2026

His mercies are new every morning! Great is God’s faithfulness!

Today was another anointed service full of worship and praise to God.

Continuing with the Check your Fruit teaching from Galatians 5:22-23, our Pastor Terry L.Brown Sr. focused today’s message on Patience.

In a microwave society where many are used to and desire quick and instant results, patience is something that our world lacks and that all of us can use more of.

Patience.
In 1 Corinthians 13:4, the Bible says that Love is patient.
It is choosing to love another person despite of who they are—to bear with other people’s faults.
It has to do with our reactions.

When we pray, we have to be careful: often times, when we ask God to give us more, say, patience, He will often present situations to us in which we will need to exercise patience.

There are 3 things/circumstances that can test and/or develop our patience:

1. Waiting

We often ask God, “How long?” when we are waiting for things that we have been praying for. We are confined by time but God is not. In Isaiah 60:22, His word says, “when the time is right, I the Lord, will make it happen.” We must learn to trust God’s timing.

2. Suffering

When things go wrong, or bad things happen, we ask God, “Why?” Our finite minds cannot understand or compare to God’s infinite wisdom. God’s ways are higher than ours and be have to believe that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

3. People

God is patient with us, giving us all time to come to Him and get it right. So why is it so hard for us to be patient with others? Ephesians 4:2 says, “ Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” We must learn to love people as they are, not for who we want them to be.

Jesus Christ was the epitome of patience. He was patient with sinners, He was patient with His disciples, and He patiently endured the Cross for us without saying a word.

As always, God’s word has the remedy to everything we encounter in life. As we go about our day, and week, when life tries us and starts lifeing, let us remember 3 things from Romans 12:12: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

06/10/2026

We would like to wish Pastor Terry L. and First Lady Pearlie Brown a warm and wonderful Happy 43rd Wedding Anniversary! Thank you both for being godly role models of what a loving, thriving relationship is made of. May your love for each other continue to grow and reflect God’s love. 💕

06/07/2026

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Continuing with the teaching on The fruit of the Spirit, Pastor Terry L. Brown Sr. focused on Peace this week.

Everyone seems to be searching for peace in a world that lacks peace.

Wars, conflicts, and hate abound. Some try to find peace in things like money, jobs, s*x, drugs, or alcohol. Only God can give true peace— a peace that is unlike anything else in this world!

Perfect Peace is one of the gifts God gives to those who trust in Him. (see Isaiah 26:3)

Peace is not the absence of trouble; BUT, you CAN have peace in the midst of trouble.

Peace is like an umbrella in the midst of rain. It is the calm in the chaos.

This week, take comfort in knowing the God has already given you the Peace to get through whatever you’re going through. Walk like it. Talk like it. Live like it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

06/06/2026

We would like to wish our June birthdays love, joy, peace, and blessings on your special day and every day! We love you and hope that you are appreciated and celebrated for who God made you!

05/31/2026

Grace seemed to be the word of the day: To be grateful for the grace that God gives us, and in turn, to show grace to others.

Sis. Crystal Scott-Baskerville gave a stirring praise dance to the song, “God is Still Working on Me.” We are all works-in-progress and thank God for not giving up on us!

In keeping with this year’s church theme, Walk In Truth, Minister Jerry McCowen gave the message for today, titled, “Are you gonna walk in truth, or walk in your feelings?”

Coming from Proverbs 3:5-6, Minister McCowen admonished us to not lean to our own understanding, or feelings, but to trust God and stand on and speak His Truth.

Social media has a follow your heart mentality, and as a result, we are losing our youth. Instead of giving them truth, we try to spare their feelings. But love has the tough conversations, and speaks the truth in love.

When we get in our feelings, we can often and easily misinterpret God’s truth. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9), and the last thing we want to do is to make a permanent decision based off of temporary feelings!

Our feelings may say that our knees hurt; Truth says, By His stripes, we are healed!( Isaiah 53:5)

Our feelings may say, I’m struggling financially; Truth says, My God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory! (Philippians 4:19)

Our feelings may say, we won’t make it or can’t go on; Truth says, We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us and that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! (Romans 8:37 & Philippians 4:13)

A golden nugget that Minister McCowen left us with is this: “Truth is like rain, it doesn’t care who it falls on.”

To Walk in Truth is to Know the Truth, Believe the Truth, and Obey the Truth.

Let’s all strive to Walk in Truth a bit more by studying and meditating on God’s word, and by putting His Word into practice in our daily lives.

05/24/2026

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will REJOICE and be glad in it! We are grateful to have another opportunity to Worship God together.

Before today’s message, Divine Destiny praise dancers gave a powerful worship to God expressing Thankfulness for His Goodness, Grace, and Mercy.

Pastor Terry L. Brown, Sr. continued part 2 of last week’s message from Galatians 5:22-23 titled, “Check your fruit”.
Teaching on the Fruit of the Spirit, this week’s focus on Joy was fitting for this Pentecost Sunday.

First, Joy is not to be confused with Happiness; they are not the same. Happiness is circumstance based, and often changes according to whether things are going good or bad.

Joy on the other hand, is constant and not determined by situations or trials. We can shed tears and still have Joy; We can smile through trials and still have Joy; why? Because real Joy only comes from God. As such, we as believers should be filled with Joy. The Joy of the Lord is our strength. We can count it all Joy when we face numerous trials, knowing that the trying of our faith develops our patience.

May we all continue to seek the Lord and get to know Him more intimately so that His fruit can grow in us, so we then in turn, can be lights that shine to draw others to Him.

05/18/2026

Please Join us on this Thursday, May 21st from 10am- 12noon for our food and clothing pantry. No appointment needed.

Gospel Light UHC
2614 Marshall Ave
Newport News, VA 23607

05/17/2026

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! Today’s service was full of things to rejoice about: God’s Goodness and Love, His Grace and Mercy.
Sis. Nikki White ushered in praise and worship with a poignant praise dance to the song, “Lord You Are Good.” Yes He is; always has been good and always will be!

Our Pastor Terry L. Brown Sr. gave us a message today that was tight but it’s right! It was titled: “Check your Fruit.”

Using Galatians 5:18-23 as an anchor to the teaching, our Pastor compared and contrasted the works of the flesh vs. the fruit of the Spirit.

As the world gets increasingly evil, more people are losing control of their actions and emotions.
In a world where people don’t know God, we expect and anticipate this type of behavior. But it is a huge problem when Christians walk in the flesh as opposed to living in the Spirit. We can sometimes be our own worst enemy; our old self is constantly at war and odds with the new creation we are in Christ. As Christians, we are supposed to demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.

When we surrender and yield our hearts and lives to God, it is HIS spirit that produces His fruit in us. God is love, and love is the thing that bonds the other attributes of the fruit of the Spirit together.

We cannot produce good fruit of our own accord or on our own. It takes God’s help to love like He loves, and to have grace and patience toward others, especially those who hurt us.

We do have a responsibility though to examine ourselves: what kind of fruit are we producing in our lives: love or hate, selfishness or selflessness, patience or anger, purity or lasciviousness?

Pastor’s message today definitely gave me something to think about and opened my eyes to some things I need God’s help to work on.

I challenge everyone to simply love more—if we can master love, then that’s half the battle.

05/10/2026

We thank God for a beautiful service filled with love. Congratulations on Baby Jasiah Harper on his dedication to the Lord. Dr. Dela Jackson gave an honoring message titled, “ A Godly Mother shall not be moved.” Some of the children presented certificates to their mothers and our church mothers were presented with gifts. We hope that you are appreciated and loved today and every day!

05/06/2026

We would like to wish our May birthdays the happiest of days! Love, joy, peace, and blessings to you! We love you and hope you enjoy your special day!