"But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done." 

Luke 24:21 KJV

In scripture, the meaning of a name can tell you a lot about a specific person or the character of the person.

Similarly, the Lord’s name is meant to carry the identity, character and actions of God.

The Bible tells us to call upon the name of the Lord as a means of help and comfort.

Romans 10:13 says, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

And Jeremiah 33:3 instructs, “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

God’s name tells us who He is. He is God, the Creator and Ruler of everything! He is above everything else in all the earth. He is more powerful and more wise than anyone.

God’s name tells us about His character. We learn in Scripture that God is faithful, merciful, loving and strong. His presence is a place of protection for all who follow Him.

Proverbs 18:10 says, “The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
God’s name also tells us about His actions.

Daniel 6:27 says, “He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”

He rescues and saves His children. He fights for the weak and He provides for those in need.
All of these incredible traits are wrapped up in the name of the Lord.

To God Be The Glory! As the gospel songwriter so beautifully penned in “Something Happens”….
“When I call upon Your name, the very atmosphere will have to change. We’ll be transformed. We’ll never be the same. By the power of Your Holy Name! Jesus! Something special Supernatural About your name!”

When we call upon His name, we are trusting and believing that God is who He says He is. There is power in His name!

Sister Cathy Black

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

• Join our Virtual Prayer Service by phone on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Bible Study from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
  
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  564-217-2000; 646-558-8656;
  646-931-3860
  Meeting ID: 685 433 0718
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• International Sunday School Lesson
  This Sunday's Lesson:
  
  "Hope For A New Day: How Do We Hold Onto Hope In Difficult Circumstances?" Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 4:1-14
  
  Lesson Nugget:
  In today's lesson, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah were instruments of God in urging the people to cling to Hope for a New Day which God would bring about for them, even after their disobedience, if they repented and again sought His Will.
  
  Do we as Christians cling to the Hope of a New Day which will be brought about by God in His own time?
  
  

• Next Sunday's Lesson: "The Messenger Prepares: What Does It Mean To Be Faithful With Our Resources?" Malachi  3:1-10

• In - Person Worship Service on Sundays at 10:30 am and Streaming on the Church Facebook Page and YouTube. It can also be viewed on demand on the church
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Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church

PO Box 11845
Lexington, KY 40578

Upcoming Events

Virtual Prayer Service 

Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 PM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Choir Rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, March 11, 7:00 pm

 Bible Study,

In-Person & Virtual

Saturday, March 14, 10:00 AM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Parent Body Missionary Virtual Meeting,

Saturday, March 14, 1:00 PM

Call: 253-215-8782;

Meeting ID: 685 433 0718

Installation Service

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Pastor Elect Rev. Freddie Moody, Jr.
First Baptist Church

Lebanon, KY

Pleasant Green Historic Highlight

For the month of March, the Youth Ministry will begin our study of the genealogy of Abraham, the father of the Hebrew nation and of "many nations."We will dive deep into his patriarchy and how this led to the 12 tribes of Israel and its importance in today's world."  

We invite ALL middle and high schoolers to join us at the church at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of this month.  We encourage you to bring a friend and join us as we find engaging ways to study God's Word.  All reminders and events will be posted in our GroupMe messaging app.  

Contact Sis. Heather Happy (859.509.2927) for further details.

Yours in Christ,
Youth Directors 

WE ARE ONE!

Congratulations to Brother Kered Anderson for receiving 1st place in Entrepreneurship at the DECA State Competition last week! This is the same state competition in which he placed 1st in 2024 and 3rd in 2025! We are so proud of him and his accomplishments! To God Be The Glory!

Welcome to the 40 Year Christians' Cooking Corner! 

Here we will feature recipes from the 40 Year Christian Group. This week's recipe comes from Sister Alyce Emerson.

Blessings to all.

Sister Linda Gates, President

Lemon Bread

Name: Beverly Jean Briscoe-Bowman

Current Focus: I am focused on my health. I had a serious surgery on April 3rd, 2025. My body is still healing.

Career: I retired September 2009 from Verizon. I was a long distance and directory assistance telephone operator. After retirement, I continued to work in my calling as a baby-sitter.

Why this Career?: Verizon was my job. Childcare is my spiritual assignment. I’ve been baby-sitting since I was 14. I learned from my mother. When I was an operator, baby-sitting seemed to others like it was my “hobby.” I knew it was my purpose. I love children! I know GOD trusted me to care for them. When people found out that I baby-sat, they would come to me and say “Ms. Beverly, will you keep my baby?” Of course I said, “Yes!” Not one baby did I turn away. You don’t turn parents down when they need help and childcare is your gift. You give them the love GOD has given you. Our children aren’t just the ones we birth. They are also the infants we care for, the babies we look after, the children we nurture, the teens we encourage and the young adults we motivate to keep on keeping on! Our children need us. Their parents need us too!

At some point, our own parents will need us. I cared for mine after I retired. What a sacred experience! My parents were married 75 years when my mother became ill. I became my mother’s “caregiver” on June 28th, 2020. She passed on August 4th, 2020. Then my father came to live with me. He passed on March 18th, 2025. He left my home but not my heart.

My parents attended different houses of worship. The same GOD was LORD of their home.. GOD was their perfect caregiver! HE taught them how to care for their marriage and their family. I love and miss my parents. I know I will see them again.

What do you want your church family to know about you?: I love the Lord with all my heart and soul. My parents and grandparents brought me to church as an infant. I did the same with mine. I love my children. I show them respect. You have to respect your children. You can’t do just anything in front of your children and expect them to respect you. And you must teach them to respect GOD. That respect is learned at home and at church.

I was reared in the church. I have seen its change. Everything must change. Yet the WORD of GOD remains the same! Scriptures instruct us to train our children in the way they should go. We train them together at church.

As a child I was so involved in the church. So were my peers. If GOD gave you the gift to sing, you were encouraged in such a way that you wanted to sing! You had an expectation of yourself to keep singing, no matter your age – children’s choir, youth choir, young adult choir, senior choir. The seniors of the church were always there for the young ladies and the young men. Young people contributed Biblically sound ideas and elders supported them. Working for JESUS and worshipping HIM didn’t have a minimum age requirement. 😊 And there was no retirement. 😊I still believe that to be true!

Our gifts and talents do have seasons. I want to use mine while I have them. If I don’t use what the LORD has given me, I’ll lose it. I know this to be true! I used to love to play the piano. When I was 18, I played piano for Mt. Gilead. I played occasionally at Pleasant Green! The piano was comforting for me. I played when I had things on my mind. I practiced at 2am.😊 I stopped playing while rearing my children. Now I can’t play nearly as well as I once did. What a loss!

Now I relax by reading a book. Being with a book is my happy place. It has been that way since I was an itty bitty girl. I love all genres. I also like to take long walks. These walks are my time with the LORD. The hymn is true! HE walks with me and He talks with me and HE tells me I am His own.

Sometimes I took Princess on walks with me. Princess was my German Shepherd. She was special. All of GOD’s creations are special. All are part of HIS plan. Even the rocks can praise HIM!

Is there anything special your church can do for you? Holy! Holy! Holy! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Remember when we used to sing that? Our GOD is holy. Let’s teach our children this truth by being their example. Let’s show our children how to block out worldly distractions during worship. Let’s show them how to respect the sanctuary. We can do so by entering the church filled and ready to spend time together with our LORD. Oh, what a privilege to praise HIM together with awe and reverence.

What do you want your church family to know about GOD?: If you want to please GOD, then love your neighbor. GOD loves each of us. My daddy spoke to everybody. Sometimes a young person would walk by him and not return a greeting. My father would say, “What is wrong with that child?” I saw my Daddy treat people fairly. If my earthly father was no respecter of person, imagine our Heavenly Father! GOD is not clique-ish. Despite our imperfections and differences, GOD created all of us in HIS image. And HE commands us to love each other.

Parents: late Deacon Richard Briscoe and the late Sis. Cora Fender Briscoe

Adult children: Keith, Anthony, Marlisa and Marshay

Grandsons: 5

Granddaughters: 3

Great granddaughter: 1

Recent Requests

• Family of Brother Sherman Greene, who passed. (Father of Sister Janice Owens)
  
  
• Sister Alyssa Burns (Home) (Daughter of Rev. Ron & Sis. René Burns)
  
  
• Sister Charlie Peoples Brown (Home)
  
  
• Sister Debra Collins (Home)
  
  
• Brother Austin Harris (Kalamazo, MI) (Son of Sister Addie Celeste Harris)
  
  
• Sister Kemona Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Norma Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Sister Dawn Gay Martin (Home)
  
  
• Sister Lucy Persley (Home) (Sister to Sisters Bonnie Shelton, Mary Thomas, and Brother Rodger Williams)
  
  
• Sister Sharon Scarber (UK Samaritan Hospital)
  
  
• Sister Lynn Smith (Home)
  
  
• Brother Rodney Taylor ( Stanford Crossing Rehabilitation Center, Stanford, Ky)  (Nephew of Sister Juanita Black and Cousin of Sister Cathy Black)
  
  
• Sister Dawn Williams (Home) (Daughter of Sister Thelma White)
  
  
• Brother Robert Williams (Home) (Uncle of Sisters Lucy Persley, Bonnie Shelton, Mary Thomas, and Brother Rodger Williams)
  
  
• Brother Rodger Williams (Home) (Brother of Sisters Lucy Persley, Bonnie Shelton, and Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Brother William "Bill" Young (Home)
  
  

Ongoing Requests:

• Brother Willis K. Bright, Jr. (Indianapolis, In)
  
  
• Brother Bruce from Tates Creek Golf Course Clubhouse
  
  
• Brother Levi Fishback (Harrodsburg Health & Rehabilitation Center, Harrodsburg, KY)
  
  
• Sister Anna Jarber (Homestead Nursing Home)
  
  
• Sister Thelma Masterson (Homestead Nursing Home)
   
• Brother Glenn Allen (Home) (Relative of the Brooks Family)
  
  
• Sister Mary Ann Banksden (Florence, AL) (Sister of Brother Sammie Brooks)
  
  
• Sister Lillian Bell (Ruston, LA)
  
  
• Sister Ruby Branham (Prestonsburg, KY) (Mother of Sister Jackie Peoples)
  
  
• Sister Beverly Bowman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Bonita Brown (Home)
  
  
• Brother Byron Brown
  
  
• Sister Patricia Brown (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carrie Clay (Home)
  
  
• Sister Charmaine Collins (Home) (Daughter of Sister Debra Collins)
  
  
• Sister Gloria Coleman (Home)
  
  
• Brother Lonnie Cowan (Home)
  
  
• Crutcher, Jones, & Payne Family (especially Little Brother Vince Crutcher III and Sister Brittany Payne)
  
  
• Sister Laura Dunaway (Home)
  
  
• Brother Billy Edwards (Home)
  
  
• Sister Shirley Alcorn Edwards (Portsmouth, VA)
  
  
• Sister Jessica Embry
  
  
• Sister McKinley Emerson (Home)
  
  
• Brother Greg Forrest (Kevil, KY) (Nephew of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Johnetta Frazier (Home)
  
  
• Rev. Jerry Gumm (Home)
  (Friends of the late Dr. Charles Black's family)
  
  
• Brother Darius Hall, Jr. (14 year old Grandson of Sister Marion Hall) (Home)
  
  
• Sister Sheryl Haskins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Jeanette Higgins (Home)
  
  
• Sister Gwendolyn Holloman (Home) (Wife of Bishop J. B. Holloman)
  
  
• Sister Iris Horice (Paducah, KY) (Niece of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Brother Daron Houtman, Jr. (Wichita, KS) (Nephew of Sister Lisa Leath)
  
  
• Brother Julian Jackson (Home) (Father of Brother Jarold Jackson)
  
  
• Sister Vera Johnson (Home) (Sister of Sister Marion Hall)
  
  
• Brother Vincino Johnson (Home)
  
  
• Brother Travis Jones (Home ) (Brother of Sisters Liz Brooks, Trina Morton, and Sobona Sweat)
  
  
• The Kierra Joseph Family
  
  
• Sister Janet King (Classmate of Sister Norma Johnson)
  
  
• Brother Larry Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Lindsey Leath (Home)
  
  
• Sister Patricia Leavell (Home)
  
  
• Sister Wanda Frazier (Home) (Sister of Brother Wayne Frazier)
  
  
• Sister Karisma Lockhart (Los Angeles, CA) and her family (Niece of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Danise Madison (Seattle, WA) (Sister of Sister Bonita Brown)
  
  
• Sister Penny McCann (Austin, TX)
  
  
• Sister Charlet McLellan & Family
  
  
• Sister Genice Moody Mays (Los Angeles, CA) (Youngest sister of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Irene Sykes McKenzie (Home)
  
  
• Sister Elnora Miller (Home) (Mother of Sister Lisa Miller)
  
  
• Sister Lisa Miller (Home)
  
  
• Brother Daryl Moberly (Uncle of Sister Marva Eubank)
  
  
• Sister Tyailan Moberly (Home) (Cousin of Sister Marva Eubank)
  
  
• Brother Charles Moore, Sr. (Denton, TX) (Brother of Sister Shelia Williams)
  
  
• Sister Dorothy Offutt (Home)
  
  
• Sister Ashanti Owens (Granddaughter of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
• Sister Brittany Payne (Home)
  
  
• Brother Stevie Pepper (Columbus, OH) (Cousin of Sister Mary Thomas)(Home)
  
  
• Brother Steven Prater (Richmond Hill, GA)
  
  
• Sister Ruth Rawlings (Friend of Sister Kim Bond)
  
  
• Veronica Ridgeway (Louisville, KY) (Cousin of Sisters Janice Jackson and Barbara Ridgeway)
  
  
• Sister Annette Reid (Home)
  
  
• Brother Ashley Roach
  
  
• Sister Gayle Rush-Coleman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tamika Sales (Home)
  
  
• Sister Candace Hayes (Home) (Daughter of Sister Sharon Scarber)
  
  
• Brother Donald Scarber (Home)
  
  
• Brother Doug Smith (Brother of Rev. Michael Smith) (Home, Louisville, KY)
  
  
• Sister Pennie Smith (Home)
  
  
• Sister Eleanor Smothers (Home)
  
  
• Sister Delores Spencer (Home)
  
  
• Sister Tonia Stewart (Home)
  
  
• Brother Adrian Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Anna Tatman (Home)
  
  
• Sister Cheryl "Midge" Taylor (Home)
  
  
• Sister Kendra Taylor (Home)
  
  
• Sister Carol Thomas (Home)
  
  
• Sister Anna Ison-Walker (Home)
  
  
• Brother Kevin Walker (San Francisco, CA) (First Cousin of Rev. Freddie Moody)
  
  
• Sister Martha Warner (Home) (Mother of Sister Catherine Frye)
  
  

• Sister Tassa Wigginton (Home)
  
  
• Brother Melvin Williams (Home)
  
  

• Brother Leon Wilson (Home) (Brother-in-Law of Sister Mary Thomas)
  
  
  
• Each person listed on our Sick List
  
  
• HPGMBC Full Time Pastor Search Committee Members, their families and their work
  
  
• Victims of the Wildfires
  
  
• Families of the Children affected in war torn countries around the world
  
  
• Children orphaned due to war and worldwide crises
  
  
• Families affected by gun violence in our community and abroad
  
  
• COVID-19 Victims around the world
  
  
• The People of Ukraine
  
  
• Healthcare workers, First responders, etc.
  
  
• The Entire Pleasant Green Church Family
  
  
• Our Local and National Government Officials

Heavenly Father, please help us to be generous like You, and trust that we have all we need.. Thank you for Jesus. In His Name. Amen 

{Adapted from Our Daily Bread,  March 2, 2026}

Keep Your Contact Information Updated

Please keep your contact information up to date. In case of emergencies, changes of service times, etc., every attempt will be made to contact church members as expeditiously as possible using text messages to cell phones, phone calls, and emails. You can update your contact information by calling the church at (859) 254-7387.

If you would like to volunteer in assisting with contacting members on the rare occasions when information needs to be communicated to the church membership quickly, please call the church and give your name and phone number.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

FLU

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.

Flu shots are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding a flu vaccination.

RSV

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common, contagious virus that usually causes mild symptoms. In older adults and adults with certain underlying conditions, RSV can cause severe infections.

RSV shots are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding a RSV vaccination.

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. Older people and those with underlying medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. Anyone can get sick with COVID-19 and become seriously ill or die at any age.

The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the disease and how the virus spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by staying at least 1 metre apart from others, wearing a properly fitted mask, and washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently. Get vaccinated when it’s your turn and follow local guidance.

The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols. It is important to practice respiratory etiquette, for example by coughing into a flexed elbow, and to stay home and self-isolate until you recover if you feel unwell.

Both COVID vaccines and Booster COVID vaccines are available at local pharmacies. Consult your physician regarding COVID vaccinations.

General Health Information

General Health information can be obtained from the Health Department. Contact information is below:

LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
650 Newtown Pike
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-2371.

VOL. 16 COMMON SENSE REVISITED 3

“AMERICA…UH…THE BEAUTIFUL?!?

IN VOL. 13 THE ANCIENT GREEKS CALLED THE MUSE OF HISTORY CLIO. CHRISTIANS SHOULD CALL THAT MUSE GOD! YES, GOD WHO “REMEMBERS (HISTORY) THAT WE (HIS CREATION ARE DUST.” THAT DUST THAT HE, THE ETERNAL MUSE OF EVERYTHING LOVINGLY SCOOPED UP AND FORMED MANKIND INTO HIS, OWN IMAGE, THUS OUR HISTORY BEGAN.

THE LORD INSPIRED A CALL FOR AN INTERMISSION IN OUR RECANTATION OF OUR DIASPORIC EXODUS JOURNEY IN NORTH AMERICA.

AN INTERMISSION IS A PAUSE OR BREAK USED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN LONG BROADWAY PLAYS BETWEEN ACTS. DURING THAT BREAK MANY PEOPLE STAND AND STRETCH THEIR LEGS. AND MANY PEOPLE TAKE THAT TIME TO REFLECT DEEPLY ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GLEANING FROM THE PLAY.

IN THE VOL. 13 OF COMMON SENSE REVISITED INTERMISSION THE LORD LED US TO GIVE A SHORT EMPHASIS AND REFLECTION ON AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THERE IS MUCH MORE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO OUR NATIVE LAND AND OUR ORDEAL AT THE HANDS OF EUROPEANS. A HORRENDOUS PERIOD OF BLATANT EXPLOITATION OF BLACK PEOPLE.

WHEN I TAUGHT THIS ASPECT OF BLACK HISTORY, I ENTITLED THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, “THE DELIBERATE INTERRUPTION OF AFRICAN CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY.

IT WAS DURING THIS ERA THAT, WE THE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICA WERE FORCEFULLY SEPARATED FROM OUR NATIVE HOMELAND AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CONTINENTAL AMERICA FROM 1619-1865.

IN VOL. 14 THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED US FURTHER AND INSPIRED ME TO TITLE AND SUBTITLE THAT INSTALLMENT, “BEFORE COLOR PREJUDICE…GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON WE AS WELL! BUT THEN!” THE “BUT THEN” BEING FROM THE WHENCE WE’VE COME, TO WHERE THEY RELEGATED US TO BE!

WE EMANATED/CAME FROM A RICH AND RESPECTED ANCIENT BLACK PAST UNTIL THE NEFARIOUS INTRUSION OF THOSE INVADERS SEEKING WEALTH AT ALL COST ENSLAVED US. SHROUDING US WITH THE CONUNDRUM/ (CONFUSING, INTRICATE, DIFFICULT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS) OF RACIAL PREJUDICE THAT WE, AS A RACE OF PEOPLE ARE STILL GRAPPLING WITH EVEN NOW.

PLEASE PONDER THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH THAT I HAVE STUDIED FOR OVER 56 YEARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHICH EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED TO US:

The interruption of African cultural development between 1619 and 1865 was a profound, systemic process that involved the forced removal of approximately 12.5 million people (with 10.7 million surviving the Middle Passage) (these estimations are not absolute…my premise is that they are not accurate I think they are much higher) from their homes, dismantling traditional social, economic, and political structures in Africa.

This era, characterized by the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and chattel slavery in colonial America, disrupted the transmission of language, religion, and community structures.

The Key Aspects of Cultural Interruption (1619–1865) are:

The destabilization in Africa to disrupt the positive development of black culture: The demand for enslaved people by European powers fueled violence, warfare, and the collapse of local economies. The removal of young, able-bodied individuals—the demographic backbone of black society—severely hampered technological, agricultural, and intellectual development.

The Middle Passage (the expression they used to name the slave ship and the cruel inhumane journey from Africa to North America) and Erasure of the positive development of black lives and cultures: The Middle Passage across the Atlantic was designed to break the spirit and cultural ties of captives. Languages were silenced, names were changed, and, in many cases, traditional clothing and items were stripped away.

Systemic Erasure in the Americas (which the slavers justified as a legitimate means to their economic end): Upon arrival, enslaved Africans were forced to abandon their native languages and customs to accept being subordinated by a dominant, oppressive culture. Cultural practices were considered as being illegal or subversive, forcing expressions of identity underground (TCB’N).

Disruption of Family and Social Cultural Structures: Slavery in the US frequently separated family members through sale, preventing the passing down of African traditions, stories, and kinship structures. In short, “THE DELIBERATE INTERRUPTION OF AFRICAN CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT!” Done so for the expressed purpose of economic exploitation.

Suppression of Religion: Traditional African spiritual practices were often banned, leading to the forced adoption of Christianity (without even considering that there were black Christians during the period that was, “Before Color Prejudice.

Resilience and Adaptation can be considered God’s providential care plan to cope with systemic evil, as per Genesis 50:20 and 2Kings 20:19

“As for you, you thought evil against me (us), but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive (by divine TCB’N given by God), as they are this day.”

“Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The word of the Lord you have spoken is good. For he thought, is it not good, if [all this evil is meant for the future and] peace and security shall be in my days?”

Despite this malevolent interruption, African culture was not entirely erased but rather transformed by circumstances beyond our control. Enslaved people developed and renewed African, cultural forms blending the African, with the European, and Indigenous elements in music, food, and religion. Resistance also took the form of supporting cultural practices in secret, such as through whispered prayers, coded songs, and dance…to God be the Glory…

AMEN!!!

COMMON SENSE REVISITED…

TO BE CONTINUED: