Westminster Presbyterian Church Celebrates Family and Friends Sunday
“Love Power” is the theme of Westminster Presbyterian Church’s celebration of Family and Friends Sunday, which will be held, Sunday, October 27 at the 11 a.m. worship service.
This service of celebration will rejoice in the power of the love of the Lord and Westminster’s Christian family and friends, give praise for the blessing of a rich Christian heritage and history, embrace the children as they are trained up in the way of the Lord and Saviour and mentor to them to become caring, compassionate, future leaders of our society, and give appreciation for our community and its residents, providing Christian nurturing to the well-being of all. Doing these things, knowing that we are, indeed, keepers of our brothers and sisters, as we all are children of God. The Youth Choir will sing, under the direction of Ms. Annie Jo Edwards. A special rendition of the song, “In This Very Room,” will be performed by LaDwenda Williams, Krysten Carter Holloway, and Rickey Powell.
The public is invited to this celebration, which will be followed with a meet and greet reception in the East Annex of the church, where Ruth Brown, Missionary to the Congo, will share her experiences. Westminster is located at #20 Sixth Avenue, S.W., Birmingham 35211.
For additional information and directions to the church, call the church office at 205-322-0161. Rev. Joseph Reid is Pastor.
Zion Travelers Primitive Baptist Church
will have their 93rd Church Anniversary &
Homecoming Celebration on Sunday, October 27th. Theme: “The Unity of the Saints is
Intergral to the Peace and Spiritual Growth Church”– Psalm 133. Worship Service will
begin at 11 a.m. followed by a 3 p.m. program. The speaker for the morning worship service
our own Associate Minister, Elder Percy Smiley. The guest speaker for the 3p.m. worship service
will be Elder Maurice Lee of Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church of Meridian, Mississippi. For
further information you may contact the church at (205) 923-3687. Come and be blessed by the
Word of God!
Chairpersons: Dea. Theodore Cheatham, Sis. Gwenevere Weatherspoon,
Sis. Catherine Green
Elder Elijah Weatherspoon, Pastor
Come to the Masquerade!
Adults can learn a great deal from young children. My granddaughters attend a local Christian school. Naturally, the curriculum is biblically based. When my youngest was 5-years-old, she came home parroting the morning assembly… “Granny, we shouldn’t celebrate Halloween, should we?” “God’s people shouldn’t dress up like the devil. Is that true?” There were questions after questions that day. The oldest one who was 14-years-old jumped in and added her one and only question: Why do Christians even involve themselves in the masquerades?”
After the three of us dialogued for a moment, I pondered within myself: Why do we engage in these activities to any degree? We protest against abortionists, gangsters, drug trafficking and many other inhumane issues, when the truth is that they all derive from the same womb, even Halloween. These also draw substance for life or strength through the root system of Satanism, cults, occults, devil worshipping and the ultimate, which is human sacrifices. The appalling reality is that Christians, the temple of God, give life to Halloween also, in the name of children. It didn’t originate as a holy thing, therefore we cannot transform it into a holy thing; neither does the term Hallelujah Night make it pure, justify or counteract its purpose.
The Apostle Paul enters this dialogue with his questions: What fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? What conversation does light have with darkness? For two cannot walk together, except they agree, therefore, what concord has Christ with devils or an infidel? At what point does the temple of God agree with idols, if it be that you are the temple of the Living God? Why can’t we come away from the traditions of Satan’s most powerful celebration? Many of us are steeped in it; our hearts have touched and handled the unclean thing (II Corinthians 6: 14-18). There are those of us who declare that the “little child” in us still enjoys Halloween.
The problem here is that God doesn’t call little children housed in adult bodies to lead the “way to righteousness”, but ones who have put away childish things and have become men. We purchase the costumes (supply and demand), we offer them candy, we even put on masks; then we send them out to be scared. Yet we read and embrace the scripture that says….God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love and of a sound mind. Fear is not used as a tool for any purpose in the Christian’s life; for the righteous is as bold as a lion.
It is not what He defines as “whatsoever things are honest, pure or of a good report.” Fear carries torment. The truth about our children is that all they want is the truth!
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