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Second Baptist Church has accepted the challenge sponsored by the AHA (American Health Association) and WW (Weight Watchers Re-imagined). The challenge has been... accepted by Black Churches in 6 cities Nationwide. They are New York, NY; Washington DC; Charlotte, NC; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA and Los Angeles, CA. This is a 12 week program to measure health Stats for the church's congregation. The church with the most improvements will win the challenge. See more

Happy Mother's Day: Sunday May 10, 2020 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2And the woman conceived, and bare a son...: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. Exodus 2:1-10 (KJV) Background of the passage of scripture One of the children of Israel living in Egypt, was married to Amram, a Levite, and had a daughter Miriam and two sons, Aaron and Moses. Her son Moses was born just after Pharaoh had decreed that all Jewish male infants should be killed. This is a story of a woman who is mentioned only a few times in Scripture. Yet despite her low profile, she provides a portrait of a mother whose determined to do what she can to protect her child. Her name, according to Numbers 26:59, was Jochebed. She was Moses' mother. We find ourselves facing challenging circumstances created by the choices of someone else. Life presents us with challenges and circumstances that are life threatening. What is clear in this passage is the circumstance was created by the selfish choice a government official who was in the position of leadership to shape policies and practices that threatened the lives of others. Gandhi has said, "The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members." The Judeo-Christian heritage make it clear in the Old and New Testaments that widows, orphans, poor, needy and handicapped persons, the disenfranchised etc. are those that are vulnerable. The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind reminds us every child deserves a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. Consider the example of Jochebed and what it means when you are put in a vulnerable position by circumstances beyond your control that are life threatening.

Black History Banquet at Torrance Civic center on 2/8/2020, With Elizabeth Yaba of Yaba TV. Intimate Weddings provided the room set-up, various decorations and Centerpieces.