The annual pilgrimage is held on the last Sunday of October each year. This pilgrimage celebrates the anniversary of the completion of the monument and the date was chosen to coincide with the Christian feast of Christ the King. This year was the 73rd annual pilgrimage. It has been estimated that up to 40,000 people attend this pilgrimage each year. Many of the faithful attend annually while others decide to go on this journey for the first time.
I grew up in Christian home. Our religion is Pentecostal. With my both parents being Christian my brothers and I had a very strict and strong spiritual up bringing . Every Sunday my family and I attended church which consisted of Sunday school and prayer worship. On Saturday evenings my parents alongside my brothers and I would have street meeting opposite the market place in Arima where we engaged in singing and my father preaching the gospel encouraging people to surrender their lives to Jesus.
It facilitates many types of worship but the main worship each week is contemporary in style attracting up to 150 people of all ages. It has a reasoned mission statement. It addresses the Methodist nine marks of mission with varying success. When examining the mission marks ‘ Telling the good news of Jesus Christ’ and ‘Calling people to faith in Jesus Christ and Christian Discipleship’ this Church preaches the word on a Sunday but also has midweek groups that discipleships people, the groups are aimed at specific ages i.e. women’s fellowship, cell groups, children and youth groups.
However, the demand grew and he committed himself in publishing this bible reading for forty years and in 1965 he founded an organisation called Crusade for World Revival. The author lost his wife in 1986 from cancer and also suffered the death of his sons. In spite of this sad event, he remained strong in faith and published his autobiography My Story in 2004 and in 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Brunel University for his service to Christian Education. This excellent book is for every Christian who wants to make a difference in helping a friend, a family member of a fellow Christian in trouble. The author’s targeted audience is every Christian, as well as ministers and undergraduates.
In identifying the culture experience of Hopewell Baptist church I will discuss the experience, my preconceived notion about the experience, how my reactions were affected by group influence, and describe the reactions of individuals as well as the effect these reactions had on my behavior and self. When I entered Hopewell Baptist Church with my brother early Sunday morning I realized that it was a Baptist Church. The congregation had mixture of different nationalities not like my church. The people were very friendly. Before church services started, the members went to everyone in the church a shock hands and told each other how glad and happy that they were to see each other this Sunday morning.
This division has had long-term effects on African American families to this day, where often it is seen that a father or mother is lacking and children are raised by extended family. My family came to California from the East Coast over 30 years ago, thus keeping the ritual of Sunday dinner alive has been a crucial factor in maintaining our unity as a family. My family practices the ritual of having a large soul food dinner every Sunday at my Aunt Louise’s house. On October 26, 2008 I arrived at my Aunt Louise’s house in Los Angeles, California. Just before entering the house I was greeted by the smell of baked foods.
But, according to my parents, I started singing at the age of one year old. My parents also told me that I danced to every music that was played on the radio, and the sound of music calms and put me to sleep. Every Sunday morning, my parents always play gospel music before going to church. My aunt sings in choir, each time she goes to choir practice, she takes me along with her and makes me watch her rehearse what she will sing on Sunday for the church service. I started singing in the choir when I was ten years old.
Peoples Temple of Jim Jones Jim Jones was growing up around World War II. As a regular young boy in Indiana, he was the top student in his class when it comes to public speaking. After class Jim would preach on the streets of Richmond to mostly African American people. In 1952 he was offered a position as a student pastor at a Church in Indianapolis where he would become a reverend. He often used “healing powers” to get attention of new followers.
Ashton Galloway BIB-105 3/6/2011 Dr. Coleman Baker The kingdom of God is often described in parables and metaphors, and is often revealed to some of the most common people. Every day God gives each of us life experiences and beauty all around to give us clues as to what His kingdom is like. These clues are revealed in nature, humanity, and everyday life experiences. Since I am a songstress and I also enjoy a good meal, I will elaborate on a choir and a good meal, describing how they can metaphorically be used to describe the kingdom of God. In her article, “The Kingdom of God is like…” Kim Tame depicts a music teacher comparing the kingdom of God to that of teaching music to a children’s choir.
W&J teach that a leader should demonstrate the desired product. I could not agree more. Several months ago I asked for a commitment from church members involving a four week outreach campaign. The activity was carried through canvassing particular houses in our town. More than thirty-six people faithfully attended each Sunday evening, and more than four