To ALL of the ladies who are members of the Baptist Church and you celebrate Women's Day at your church, you ought to acknowledge Nannie Helen Burroughs. She established the First Women's Day Celebration. She was a lifelong educator and activist. Those of you who attend or are members of Abyssinian Baptist Church,in Harlem, New York City, need to know she belonged to your church. She mentored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his early years. She departed this earth in 1961. We need to keep her name on the lips of our young ladies who may not know who she was and what she did. I was the Worship Leader for our service this morning. Our theme is, "The Faith of Christian Women in the Times of Adversity" Rev. Jannie Poullard, fed our souls with a wonderful word from the Lord. And yes, I WILL be like Esther as she demonstrated we may at times be desperate but we are also determined. Yes, I WILL keep the HOPE. Rev. Poullard kept it real and quoted James Brown, "It's a man's world, but, it's nothing without a woman or a girl" Hallelujah, 'nuff sed. Trouble doesn't last always, so make your cake! (Okay, for that one, you may have needed to be there.) There IS a bright side somewhere.
Val and I posed together outside of the church just before she had to go back inside to teach Sunday School. Our colors for the day were Pink and Gray. I think we look smashing in our gray dresses with pink accessories. It is also her actual birthday today, so Happy Birthday, Sister-in-Law, ( who is more of an honest to God blood sister than anyone could ever know)!!!
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