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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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FAITH
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From the first sighting in 1699 of the “red pole” on the banks of the Mississippi River at the present site of Baton Rouge, Catholicism has played an important part in the history of the city.
In this season of Thanksgiving, the United States should be thankful for its Christian heritage. That’s the view of the Rev. Russ Stevenson, the former longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge and current pastor of River Community Church South in Burnside. Women international conference breakfast: 8 a.m., Hilton Hotel, 201 Lafayette St., with Prophetess Jackie Harewood, of Baton Rouge, and the Rev. Victoria Griffeth, of Trinidad, West Indies, as speakers. A year removed from the death of their 10-year-old daughter Dru, Jada and Michael Mayon, of Sorrento, didn’t feel like they had much for which to be thankful. A Baton Rouge-born Texas preacher who grew up in Korea is the newly elected leader of one of the world’s largest Pentecostal denominations. Most children in the United States act out or draw the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony. They dress as Pilgrims and as Native Americans and create pictures of tables filled with turkey and other food. Women Wefof Love Conference: 10 a.m., Faith, Hope and Love Worship Center, 4055 Choctaw Drive, with Prophetess Robbin Hardy as hostess and many guest speakers. The members of St. John Baptist Church have long known about their pastor’s servant’s heart. They’ve watched him serve as a teenager singing in the choir, as a young man teaching Sunday school and as their pastor for 13 years leading the church in service to the surrounding community. The faith of a few led to the founding of the Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church. That same kind of faith has brought the church to a very special place in its history: its 100th year anniversary with the theme “We’ve Come This Far by Faith.” Radionthon/Harvest Fest: 7 a.m., WTQT 94.9, 3313 Government St., celebrating the radio station’s four-year anniversary. The Cenacle Retreat House in Metairie is offering a selection of retreats leading into the holiday season. Bishop Charles E. Jenkins retires at year’s end and Diocese of Louisiana delegates will meet Dec. 5 to pick his successor. The excerpts on this page came from longer biographies found online at http://www.edola.org. The interviewer didn’t bring up religion. She didn’t ask about the afterlife. But time and time again, as registered nurse Camille Pavy Claibourne spoke with terminally ill patients for her doctoral research, they talked about faith in God and their hopes for the hereafter Halloween and All Saints’ Day have deep religious layers, each added as a new culture came around. BBUMC 5 K Road Race & Walk: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bayou Blue United Methodist Church “When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks and broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him …” — from Luke 24:30-31 Working as an airline stewardess helped Coco Thompson’s ministry rise to another level. Thompson, the pastor of Bible Teachers International, has enjoyed a varied career. But she said her three years as a flight attendant gave her a keen understanding of people. |
