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St. Paul Sponsors Annual Men’s Day Weekend Celebration
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
St. Paul Missionary
Baptist Church (Pastor James Willis, Sr.) held its annual
Men’s Day Celebration this past weekend, March 7-8, with a
Prayer Breakfast on Saturday morning and a Worship Service
on Sunday.
The Saturday Prayer
Breakfast brought together about 70 people to feast on eggs,
bacon, sausage, hash browns, grits, fruit and yogurt and to
hear the guest speaker, Rev. Floyd Smith of Calvary
Missionary Baptist Church, bring the word and address the
weekend’s theme: “Christian Men Manning Up.”
The master of ceremony for
Saturday’s event was Deacon Darryl Reed who, along with
Deacons Joseph Diggins and Dwayne Smith, were the
co-chairmen of this year’s event committee.
Rev. Floyd Smith, a Toledo
native, assumed pastor’s duties at Calvary (his childhood
church) in 1989 and is celebrating his 26th
pastoral anniversary this month.
On Sunday, the guest
preacher was Rev. Aaron Murray, also a Toledo native and
Toledo Public Schools product. Murray serves under Pastor
John E. Roberts at Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church.
Murray received the call
to the gospel ministry in 2005 and was licensed to preach
the Gospel on June 5, 2014 at Indiana Avenue. He has served
in numerous ministries at Indiana Avenue including the
Trustee Board and the Youth Ministry.
Sunday’s worshippers were
welcomed by Reed and enjoyed musical selections by the St.
Paul Men’ Day Choir.
“You have heard this from
me before,” wrote Rev. Willis to the men in his
congregation, “when we are given a task to do, it doesn’t
matter who works the hardest on the accomplishment. All that
matters is that God gets the glory. For this 11th
year of service as pastor, I applaud you for all of your
efforts.” |
Deacon Darryl Reed, Pastor James Willis, Rev. Aaron Murray,
Deacon Joseph Diggins
Pastors James Willis and Floyd Smith |
