Given to date $684: We receive this offering throughout the month of May.
50% to Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 50% to Appalachian Ministry
Pentecost is the Christian festival that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles of the first century. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after Easter. It is the birthday of the church. The Bible account of this event is found in Acts 2. The spirit and presence of God came upon all people of faith. Pentecost, 2011, occurs June 12. The liturgical color is red. Celebrate the presence of God with us.
On June 12, at 6:00 p.m., WGBC will host a showing of the 30-minute film Colorblind. The film is a student made documentary about the Civil Rights Movement and what it means to be colorblind. The creators of the film, Hannah Davidson, Jamie Garland and Katie Ribant, as well as their teacher and sponsor of the project, Julie Burchett will be there to introduce the film. Afterward there will be a question and answer session.
Hannah said they first thought that colorblind meant that no one would notice race and everything would be fantastic. But their trip changed these first thoughts. They began to realize that the ideal wasn’t to be colorblind but to be able to accept people for who they are. Hannah now says, “Everyone isn’t the same, but rather everyone is different and that’s OK.”
The film is a result of a history travel trip (Memphis, Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery) offered by Webster Groves High School’s new Chelsea Detrick Experiential Learning Center. During the trip the students explored many civil rights’ landmarks and museums. The film was also shown at a national civil rights event in Selma, Alabama.
Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost, celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three persons of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God who is one manifests Himself to us in varied ways enabling humanity to respond to Him and live in a faith relationship with Him.
Father’s Day is our time to say “thank you” to our Dads for giving us life and love, direction and support. Even when we don’t understand or agree with everything our Dads have said or done, they have helped us become the persons that we are today. Just as there are no perfect Dads, we are not perfect kids. But all of us, Dads and kids alike, reside beneath the shelter of the Almighty Father God.
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