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2025

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• December 28, 2025Trash Past Hurts and Disappointments of 2025 and Move Forward for Your Blessings of 2026Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 38m · Last Sunday of 2025; part 2 of 2 (processional, message, altar call, prayer requests)
• December 28, 2025Praise and worship, welcome of visitors, announcements (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 40m · Last Sunday of 2025; part 1 of 2; end-of-year fast and shut-in and New Year’s service announced
• December 21, 2025Youth Sunday Christmas service: testimonies, praise and worship, welcome, announcements (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 31m · Youth Sunday / Christmas season service; partial recording
• December 21, 2025Quitting Isn’t an Option (God Is With You)Elder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor) · 1h 48m · Youth Sunday / Christmas program (youth spoken word and song, Sunday school attendance awards, Veterans recognition, toy giveaway, Mothers Board gifts); baby christening; partial recording
• December 14, 2025Men Ought Always to Pray and Not FaintElder Larry Perkins (Assistant Pastor) · 2h 34m
• December 7, 202546th Pastoral Anniversary tribute service: theme “A Leader with a Wise Heart, Equipped to Complete the Unfinished Business” (no sermon in this recording)Visiting bishops, pastors and superintendents (tributes) · 2h 42m · 46th Pastoral Anniversary (Sunday afternoon/evening service) for Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten and Lady Shirley Wooten; tributes from visiting bishops, pastors and superintendents; partial recording
• December 7, 202546th Pastoral Anniversary morning service: praise, welcome, stroke awareness medical moment, announcements, tributes (recording ends before the sermon)Elder Eddie Truman · 1h 40m · 46th Pastoral Anniversary of Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten and Lady Shirley Wooten (Sunday morning service, theme “A Leader with a Wise Heart, Equipped to Complete the Unfinished Business”); part 1 of 2
• December 7, 2025Surviving Snake BitesElder Eddie Truman · 57m · 46th Pastoral Anniversary of Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten and Lady Shirley Wooten (Sunday morning service); part 2 of 2
• December 6, 2025I Must Work the Works of Him That Sent Me (John 9:4)Pastor Herbert Thompson Jr. (Chairman, Pastors and Elders Council; City of Refuge COGIC) · 2h 11m · 46th Pastoral Anniversary pre-service (Friday night) honoring Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten and Lady Shirley Wooten; partial recording
• December 1, 2025I’m Taking It All Back (Joel 2:25-27)Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole (International Elect Lady, COGIC Evangelism Department) · 3h 7m · Sunday evening revival service, “I’m Taking It All Back” revival with Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole (rescheduled after the spring tornado)
• November 30, 2025The Danger of Slowly Drifting Away from GodDr. Dorinda Clark Cole (International Elect Lady, COGIC Evangelism Department) · 2h 53m · “I’m Taking It All Back” revival (Sunday morning service) with Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole; baby christening; special offering for the speaker; evening revival service followed
• November 23, 2025Testimony service and praise and worship (no sermon in this recording)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 10m · Free Sunday service; part 1 (short partial recording): end of the testimony service followed by praise and worship
• November 23, 2025The Power of Thanksgiving: You Don’t Have to Wait Until the Battle Is OverBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 59m · Free Sunday with turkey giveaway, grocery gift certificates and free flu/COVID shots; partial recording (part 3) that begins with the sermon already in progress
• November 23, 2025Sunday worship: praise, worship, welcome, testimonies (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 46m · Free Sunday with turkey giveaway, grocery gift certificates and free flu/COVID shots; part 2 of the service (partial recording)
• November 16, 2025Faith on the Altar Under Pressure (Genesis 22)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 58m · Part 2 of the Sunday service (partial recording); youth praise team; new member received
• November 16, 2025Sunday worship: praise, worship, welcome, announcements (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 38m · Part 1 of the Sunday service (partial recording); Bishop and Lady Wooten welcomed back from the Holy Convocation in Memphis
• November 2, 2025The Price of Unbelief (2 Kings 6-7)Sharon Phillips-Williams (District Missionary) · 2h 13m · Bishop and Lady Wooten away at the Holy Convocation in Memphis; Co-Pastor Larry Perkins presiding; November birthdays celebrated; altar call and prayer for healing and salvation; partial recording
• October 26, 2025Don’t Make God Repent That He Made YouBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 32m · Breast Cancer Awareness Sunday (survivors honored); baby christening; partial recording that ends during the altar call
• October 26, 2025Altar call and closing, after the message “Don’t Make God Repent That He Made You” (no sermon in this recording)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 14m · Breast Cancer Awareness Sunday; partial recording of the final part of the service: altar call, prayer, closing prayer and benediction
• October 19, 2025It Won’t Prosper, But I Will (Isaiah 54:17)Elder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor) · 1h 45m · Youth Sunday (third Sunday); Bishop and Lady Wooten honored with the Mary T. Hall award by the United Nations Association St. Louis chapter; altar call before the sermon; two new members received; Breast Cancer Awareness month
• October 12, 2025Watch Where You Pitch Your TentGuest minister (name unconfirmed) · 38m · Partial recording that begins partway through the service and ends during the altar call
• October 5, 2025Sunday worship: prayer, scripture readings, praise and worship (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 24m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday of October); partial recording of the opening of the service; the sermon is in a separate recording from the same day
• October 5, 2025Can Anything Good Come Out of a Bad Situation?Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 42m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday) with October birthday recognitions; partial recording that begins partway through the service
• September 28, 2025It’s Almost MidnightElder Larry Perkins (Assistant Pastor) · 2h 34m · Celebration of Lady Shirley Wooten’s 75th birthday (video tributes, fellowship after service)
• September 21, 2025I Almost Fainted, But I Kept GoingElder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor) · 1h 42m · Pre-birthday celebration for Lady Shirley Wooten (75th birthday); sermon by Elder Cannon shortly after the passing of his mother, Evangelist Carolyn Cannon
• September 14, 2025When the Dust SettlesPastor Donnie Moore (St. Samuel Temple COGIC) · 2h 1m · Sunday morning worship with guest speaker Pastor Donnie Moore of St. Samuel Temple; held the day after Bishop Wooten’s 85th birthday celebration; altar call with two people saved
• September 7, 2025Sleeping in Dangerous TimesBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 2h 15m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday); September birthdays recognized; announcements; upcoming celebration of Bishop Wooten’s 85th birthday
• August 31, 2025Don’t Worry, Be HappyEvangelist Lady Shirley Wooten (First Lady) · 1h 58m · Christening of a baby (daughter of Elder Caleb and Deepa Cannon) and a new member received; partial recording; Bishop Wooten’s 85th birthday celebration and a fundraising service for St. Samuel Temple announced
• August 29, 2025The Woman Who Had Many TalentsElder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor; eulogist) · 3h 9m · Celebration of Life for Evangelist Carolyn M. Cannon, jurisdictional executive secretary and church clerk
• August 17, 2025Sunday morning worship: child dedication, announcements, prayer (recording ends before the sermon)Superintendent Anderson (Pastor, Upper Room Ministries COGIC, Gainesville, FL) · 58m · Sunday morning worship; part 1 of 2; child dedication; Victorious Women’s Fellowship and Biggest Loser announcements; urgent prayer for Evangelist Carolyn Cannon
• August 17, 2025Put God on ItSuperintendent Anderson (Pastor, Upper Room Ministries COGIC, Gainesville, FL) · 49m · Sunday morning worship; part 2 of 2; guest preacher; backpack giveaway announcement; passing of Evangelist Carolyn Cannon announced and prayed over
• August 16, 2025Finish the Work and Take Back Your StuffBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor; Jurisdictional Prelate) · 2h 55m · 63rd Annual Women’s Convention, closing Friday night (Education Night, Bishop’s night), honoring 25 years of Bishop Wooten and Mother Rosetta Watts; NAACP president John Bowen gave congratulatory remarks
• August 15, 2025This Means War (Consider Your Ways)Mother Rosetta Watts (Jurisdictional Supervisor, Department of Women) · 3h 52m · 63rd Annual Women’s Convention, Thursday night (Supervisor’s night), honoring Mother Watts and Bishop Wooten’s 25th year; virtual banner march and guest acknowledgements
• August 14, 2025Consider Your WaysDr. Shirley Wooten (International Evangelist; First Lady) · 2h 55m · 63rd Annual Women’s Convention, Wednesday evening service; flag march with the children; prayer for the bereaved and military; partial recording
• August 14, 202563rd Annual Women’s Convention evening service (recording ends before the sermon)Dr. Shirley Wooten (International Evangelist) · 12m · 63rd Annual Women’s Convention; short partial recording (about 13 minutes) of the opening of the evening service
• August 13, 202523rd Licensing Ceremony address: the history and impact of the 25-year missionary licensing classMother Gloria Dean Sanders (Assistant Supervisor; Dean of Instruction, missionary licensing class) · 2h 3m · 63rd Annual Women’s Convention, Tuesday evening capping and licensing ceremony for the Class of 2025; partial recording
• August 10, 2025Are You Ready or Not? The Parable of the Ten VirginsDr. Eric Condro (Elder) · 1h 51m
• August 3, 2025Jesus Is in the HouseBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 48m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday of August); certificates of appointment presented; one person gave her life to Christ and joined the church
• July 27, 2025The Danger of DisconnectionElder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor) · 1h 48m · Sunday morning worship; certificates of appointment presented (men’s ministry, praise dance, women’s ministry); prayer for women’s retreat travelers
• July 20, 2025A Messy Miracle (When the Garden Talks)Missionary Sarah Wooten (daughter of Bishop and Lady Wooten) · 1h 31m · Youth Sunday; Bishop and Lady Wooten away on national church business; birthday honor for District Missionary Sharon Phillips Williams; partial recording
• July 6, 2025Don’t Let the Devil Steal Your JoyBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 2h 4m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday of July); July birthdays recognized; two new co-pastors, Elder Larry Perkins and Elder Caleb Cannon, announced
• June 29, 2025You Are Not in It AloneElder Larry Perkins (Assistant Pastor) · 1h 23m · Bishop and Lady Wooten away in Atlanta; Tuesday church business meeting announced
• June 22, 2025Convocation altar call and praise (no sermon in this recording)Williams Temple worship service · 20m · Missouri Eastern Second / Western Illinois jurisdictional holy convocation; partial recording of an altar-call prayer line and praise
• June 22, 2025Official Day service: processional and praise (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 21m · Sunday afternoon Official Day service, 63rd Holy Convocation; partial recording (processional, praise team and order of service)
• June 22, 2025Convocation praise and music (no sermon in this recording)Williams Temple worship service · 17m · Missouri Eastern Second / Western Illinois jurisdictional holy convocation; partial recording of mostly music and praise
• June 22, 2025He’s Coming as a Thief in the Night (Don’t Be Left Behind)Evangelist Lady Shirley Wooten (First Lady) · 1h 24m · Sunday morning worship on the final Sunday of the 63rd Holy Convocation; first lady brought the message; Official Day service announced for the afternoon
• June 22, 2025Official Day program: praise, choir, affirmation of faith, greetings, offering (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 3m · Sunday afternoon Official Day program, 63rd Holy Convocation, with Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten; partial recording
• June 22, 2025Confess God’s Word in Faith (the power of the tongue)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 14m · Sunday afternoon Official Day, 63rd Holy Convocation; short partial recording that begins mid-sermon
• June 21, 2025Be Ready (watch and be ready for the Lord’s return)Mother Rosetta Watts (Jurisdictional Supervisor, Department of Women) · 3h 15m · Women’s Night, 63rd Holy Convocation; visiting supervisors acknowledged; ministry of giving for the supervisor
• June 20, 2025Read the End First (Psalm 27)Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard (COGIC) · 44m · 63rd Holy Convocation, Thursday night (Juneteenth); partial recording that begins mid-sermon; COGIC Charities presented tornado relief checks to St. Louis-area jurisdictions
• June 19, 2025Convocation Thursday-night worship (recording ends before the sermon)Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard (COGIC) · 58m · 63rd Annual Holy Convocation/Revival, Thursday night with guest speaker Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard; partial recording that ends as Bishop Sheard is introduced
• June 19, 2025Unfinished BusinessBishop Timothy J. Smith Sr. (pastor, New Life Community COGIC) · 3h 7m · 63rd Annual Holy Convocation/Revival, Wednesday night; youth graduates recognized; Pastors and Elders Council election announcements
• June 18, 2025God Won’t Mess Up His ReputationElder Caleb Cannon (Co-Pastor) · 31m · 63rd Holy Convocation, evening service; partial recording; Elder Cannon brings a short message before Bishop Wooten addresses the congregation
• June 18, 2025Show Us Your GloryBishop Marvin Sanders (pastor, Shiloh Temple COGIC) · 1h 37m · 63rd Annual Holy Convocation/Revival, Tuesday night
• June 17, 2025Don’t Compromise Your Holy FoundationBishop Nelson Watts Jr. (pastor, Pillars of Truth COGIC) · 2h 52m · 63rd Annual Holy Convocation/Revival, opening night (Monday); Pastor Eric Pulliam also brought a shorter word, “Can God Depend on You?” (Ezekiel 22:30)
• May 11, 2025Weeping and Waiting (When Mothers Tarry)Missionary Sarah Marcella Wooten (daughter of Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten) · 1h 44m · Mother’s Day; partial recording that begins partway through the service
• May 4, 2025Annual Day honor service: musical selections, tributes and remarks, love offering (no sermon in this recording)Guest speakers and pastors (tributes) · 2h 21m · Annual Day (honor service) for First Lady International Evangelist Shirley Wooten, Sunday afternoon; partial recording that begins partway through the opening praise
• May 4, 2025Empowered by the Holy Spirit to Do the ExtraordinaryLady Jacqueline D. Smith (Evangelist; Nazareth Temple) · 3h 1m · First Lady Shirley Wooten Annual Day (theme “A Unique and Virtuous Woman Successfully Managing All Challenges”); guest speaker Lady Jacqueline Smith with Bishop Melvin Smith and members of Nazareth Temple; afternoon service
• April 27, 2025Put the Devil on the Run (James 4:7)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 33m · Sunday worship at the close of a seven-day prayer and fast for healing; Elder Lawrence Wooten Jr.’s 60th birthday dinner after service
• April 20, 2025Let’s Roll Away Some Stones (Mark 16:1-3)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 2h 6m · Easter / Resurrection Sunday; youth department Easter program; call to a seven-day fast for the sick
• April 13, 2025He Wants You, He Needs You, He’s Got You (Luke 19:28-38)Overseer S. Anthony Justice (guest speaker) · 2h 29m · Palm Sunday with guest speaker Overseer S. Anthony Justice; usher board recognition; cake and ice cream after service honoring Bishop Wooten’s re-election to the general board
• March 30, 2025The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall (David and Goliath)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 22m
• March 23, 2025I Praise God and He Loosed Me (Joshua 3 and Acts 12)Supt. Raymond (Ray) Washington Jr. (pastor, Atlanta; guest speaker) · 2h 13m · Sunday worship following the Workers’ Meeting; guest speaker Supt. Ray Washington; presentation by Sister Brenda Scott on a solar and EV charging program; partial recording
• March 22, 2025Come Out of the Wilderness and Finish the Business (Deuteronomy 2:3)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor; Jurisdictional Prelate) · 2h 52m · 2025 Jurisdictional Workers Meeting, Official Night (Bishop’s night; theme “Unfinished Business”); Lady Wooten testifies of healing
• March 21, 2025Falling in Love with Jesus (her salvation testimony)Mother Gloria Dean Sanders (Assistant Supervisor, Department of Women) · 3h 16m · 2025 Jurisdictional Workers Meeting, Women’s Night (theme “Unfinished Business”); presided by Supervisor Mother Rosetta Watts; guests from other jurisdictions welcomed
• March 20, 2025Jesus Finished God’s Business So We Can Do Greater WorksEvangelist Shirley Wooten (International Evangelist; First Lady) · 2h 25m · 2025 Jurisdictional Workers Meeting, opening night (theme “Unfinished Business”); Bishop Timothy J. Smith presiding
• March 9, 2025Let His Reputation Work for You (Ezekiel 36)Missionary Sarah Marcella Wooten (daughter of Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten) · 2h 17m · Sunday morning worship; March birthday recognition; announcements for the Jurisdictional Workers Meeting and the International Women’s Convention donation; guest speaker is the pastor’s daughter
• March 3, 2025Endure (Hebrews 12:1-2)Pastor Kitty Peoples (guest speaker) · 1h 14m · Sunday night service (First Sunday Night Service) with a guest preacher; prophetic ministry followed the message
• March 2, 2025What Is Your Final Destination? (heaven or hell)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 52m · Sunday morning worship; part 2 of 2 (partial recording that begins mid-sermon), followed by altar call, new-member follow-up and Holy Communion
• March 2, 2025What Is Your Final Destination?Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 24m · Sunday morning worship; part 1 of 2; guest Comptroller Darlene Green spoke on voting; recording ends as the sermon begins
• February 23, 2025Dry Bones Can Live AgainBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 40m · Sunday morning worship; longtime friends Elder Sam Pulliam and wife recognized
• February 22, 2025God of a Turnaround (all things work together for good)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 30m · Pastoral installation service (Friday night) for Supt. Ronald Coleman, pastor of Last Cry Ministry; communion and certificate of recognition followed the message
• February 16, 2025Youth Sunday worship: opening prayer, scriptures, welcome, praise, first lady’s remarks (recording ends before the sermon)Missionary Robin Baldwin and Missionary Jacqueline Harris (youth department) · 25m · Youth Sunday (third Sunday), snowy morning; part 1 of 2 of the day’s service
• February 16, 2025Unfinished Business (youth message: finish God’s work; know who you are in Christ)Missionary Robin Baldwin and Missionary Jacqueline Harris (youth department) · 1h 51m · Youth Sunday (third Sunday); praise dance; Bishop Wooten celebrated for 25 years as jurisdictional prelate; part 2 of 2 of the day’s service
• February 9, 2025Jonah: Disobedience, Running from God, and God’s Pursuit of the LostBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 47m · Partial recording that begins mid-sermon; altar call and baptism of three candidates follow
• February 9, 2025Don’t Abort Your Mission (Jonah)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 17m · Sunday morning worship, Super Bowl Sunday; partial recording that begins with the sermon already under way
• February 9, 2025Sunday morning worship: opening devotion, welcome, first lady’s observations (recording ends before the sermon)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 22m · Sunday morning worship, Super Bowl Sunday; partial recording; the sermon is in a separate recording from the same day
• February 8, 2025Victory Over DeathEvangelist Kimberly Carr (eulogist) · 1h 43m · Homegoing celebration for Mother Cora Lee Gray at Williams Temple
• February 2, 2025Your Miracle Is Voice ActivatedBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 24m · Communion Sunday (first Sunday) with February birthday recognition
• February 1, 2025Unfinished Business (walk in the Spirit; work while it is day)Mother Barbara McCoo Lewis (General Supervisor, COGIC Department of Women) · 2h 13m · WIC 75th Pre-Convention Rally (Women’s International Convention workers and volunteers) hosted by Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten and Supervisor Rosetta Watts at Williams Temple; Mother Lewis honored with a love offering
• January 26, 2025He’s Not Through Blessing YouElder Larry Perkins (Assistant Pastor) · 1h 21m · Sunday morning worship; Elder Perkins preached in place of a planned team-teaching message with Bishop Wooten; altar call with two teens receiving Christ and two signing up for baptism
• January 19, 2025I Will Trust in the Lord (trial message)Minister Glenn Carr, Sr. (Deacon) · 22m · Sunday morning worship, second recording of the day; Minister Glenn Carr Sr.’s trial message (partial recording that ends mid-message)
• January 19, 2025Youth Sunday worship: praise, welcome, Martin Luther King reflection, announcements (recording ends before the sermon)Williams Temple worship service · 1h 8m · Third Sunday (Youth Sunday), Martin Luther King weekend; partial recording; the trial message is in a separate recording from the same day
• January 12, 2025Jesus Is the Answer for the World TodayElder David Wilson (guest speaker) · 1h 37m · Second Sunday of the new year; guest speaker Elder David Wilson; announcements include the women’s retreat to Niagara Falls
• January 11, 2025Afflicted, yet a servant (eulogy for Evangelist Juanshena Watts Nuttall)Bishop Nelson Watts Jr. (eulogist; pastor, El Bethel COGIC) · 2h 59m · Homegoing celebration for Evangelist Juanshena “Sherry” Watts Nuttall at Williams Temple
• January 4, 2025A Pit Stop Praise (Exodus 15)Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 1h 50m · Saturday afternoon worship service (the first-Sunday-night service was postponed for weather); January birthday recognition; announcement of an upcoming service for a member of the church family
• January 1, 2025Watch Night: God’s goodness and keeping power going into the new yearBishop Lawrence M. Wooten (Pastor) · 3h 15m · Watch Night Service (New Year’s Eve 2024) with testimonies and short words from several ministers following a consecration/shut-in; partial recording that begins at Bishop Wooten’s opening address and prayer