Name: Bis. Ewing Dorsett-Regional Overseer
E-mail: bishopdorsett@willcitygroup.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 05:01 pm
Message: 3 April 2008
Dear Bis. Howard,
On behalf of the leadership and Members of the Church of God of Prophecy in the Leewards Islands, Dominica and Surinam. Heartfelt condolences are extended to our General Overseer Bishop Randall Howard and all the other relatives of brother Frank Howard. Brother Howard has not only been used of God to father and nurture our General Overseer, but also stood behind his dear wife who labored faithful for decades in these territories and around the world. His service to the church at our international offices, marked by his faithful and quiet personality has served as an inspiration to multitudes. May the God of all grace sustain each member of his family circle as well as the church family who mourn with you at his passing.
We are confident of the words “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord”. Let us not grieve as those who have no hope.
Previous church engagements make it impossible at this time to be with you.
In God’s Service,
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Bishop Ewing I.O. Dorsett Sr.
Regional Overseer, COGOP
Name: Pastor Johnny & Joyce Hood
E-mail: johnny.hood@insightbb.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:55 pm
Message: We give honor to the life of Bro. Howard for his many years of faithful service to the Lord. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to his family. As we know that our loving God will, we pray for comfort for the family & friends that will miss him so greatly.
Our love & prayers to you.
Pastor Johnny & Joyce Hood
Name: Joyce Cowan
E-mail: jcowan2658@aol.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:29 pm
Message: Dear family,
I remember Brother Howard as a gentle man, a respected man, a man of dignity, honor, and a man of prayer. Although we sorrow, yet rejoice that his journey of life has led him home.
A Symbol of Hope
A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.
-Unknown
Name: Joyful Praise Family Worship Center/COGOP
E-mail: leonwashburn@charter.net
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:23 pm
Message: Brother Howard and family you are all in our prayers at Joyful Praise/COGOP in Alabama. We know it is hard to face somethings in this life but we know that God will give you all strenth. God bless
Pastor Leon Washburn
Name: Fitz-arthur Brown
E-mail: Private
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:06 pm
Message: Dear Sis. Elva, Bro. Randy, Sis Kathy and family:
Please note that our prayers in this time of bereavement are with you. In your grieving I pray that it will be remembered that Bro. Frank lived a life in preparation for such a time as this, and that in dying he may live again, eternally.
1 Corinthians 15:16-20
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Bro. Frank had an example in Jesus Christ.
Be Encouraged!!!
Fitz-arthur & Delores Brown, New York
Name: Steven Pimentel
E-mail: Steven.Pimentel@sce.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:04 pm
Message: This is poor reporting. Frank Howard did not die, he moved. As any other Christian that leaves this earth behind, he moved to a tent in heavan to be with the Lord. Therefore let us not be sad for the passing of a fellow brother, but let just rejoice that his example has earned him the right to live at the right hand of the father. What an honor. One that I hope to obtain and look forward to more than anything else that this world could offer.
Steven Pimentel
Church of God of Prophecy
East Los Angeles
Name: Phillip D. Smith
E-mail:
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 04:03 pm
Message: I am grateful to Brother Howard for his service to our country and to our church. He was an example of how a man should serve as the priest of his household. He was also a churchman who made an exceptional contribution both to his local congregation and to the church at large. He led a life of service to his God and to his fellowman that any Christian could emulate. I offer my prayers and condolences to his family. With his passing, Heaven became infinitely richer and the earth infinitely poorer. We are not likley to see the quality of his generation in the church again.
Because of grace,
Phil Smith
Name: Lutrell & Miriam Spell
E-mail: lspell6360@aol.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 03:55 pm
Message: Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May you find strength in the memories of your time together as a great family. May God Bless You and Comfort You Daily.
Name: Marcella Freeman
E-mail: marcella.freeman@yahoo.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 03:36 pm
Message: My sincere condolence to the Howard family.
Sis. Cathy & family on behalf of The National Children's Ministries in Eastern Canada, our prayers and thoughts are with you all for God's continued strength during this time of loss in your family. As you mourn the loss of Bro. Howard we pray that you will be comforted by the memories you all shared together.
Blessings to you all.
Marcella
Name: Laura Killefer (Frankland)
E-mail: lajeanpooh@yahoo.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 03:23 pm
Message: My thoughts and prayers are with Elva Howard and her family. Brother Howard was such a sweet man of God. My life is more abundant for knowing him and his family. May God give you strength during this sad time.
Name: Faith Fellowship Church of God of Prophecy
E-mail: jeryjoyc@aol.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 03:10 pm
Message: Sis. Howard and Family, as a member of many of your Ladies Retreats, I send our love and prayers
to you and your families. I didn't know Bro. Howard as well as you and you may not remember me,
his love and devotion shown wherever he was for our Lord and Savior meant so much.
God's blessings and all our love and prayers to you.
Joyce Slusher
Salem, Va. 24153
Rev. Michael & Sister Brenda Correll
Name: Anna Gamecho
E-mail: agamecho@sbcglobal.net
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 02:26 pm
Message: My condolences to the Howard Family on the loss of their beloved husband, father and grandfather. The loss you feel now that he's gone is tremendous, but the joy you have since he has been escorted into the portals of Heaven is beyond description. May our mighty God ease your pain and comfort your souls as you mourn your beloved.
Name: Aston R. Morrison
E-mail: emaymor@rogers.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 02:20 pm
Message: The passing of a loved one and especially a person of the spiritual and noble character as Brother Frank Howard, has always occasioned a sense of incalculable loss and sadness. This can only be cushioned by the awareness of the Eternal Hope through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ our Lord.
On behalf of the Morrison Family sincere condolences is hereby expressed and extended to the Howard Family and Sis. Elva Howard in particular. May the peace and comfort that emanate from the Divine Source be yours throughout this inevitable period of bereavement and always.
Name: Connie & Bill Luckadoo
E-mail: cluckadoo@state.pa.us
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 02:02 pm
Message: We were very sorry to hear of your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family.
Your Father and Mother have been very inspirational to the church.
God Bless,
Pastor Bill & Connie Luckadoo
Name: Maria M. Vazquez-Ramos
E-mail: cogopyayas@yahoo.com
Date posted: April 04, 2008 - 01:43 pm
Message: Accept our personal condolences and also from the church in Lomas-Canovanas, PR.
We pray that Our Father will give you peace and confort during these difficult times. We thankfull for the life of Brother Howard, always be remembered. May the Lord's sustaining power grant you strength for this time.
God Bless You,
Dra. Maria Mercedes Vazquez-Ramos
Pastor
Church of God of Prophecy
Bo. Lomas
Canovanas, PR
