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| Could Escambia County see a renewed interest in religion, particularly among area youth, in the midst of this Pandemic? Some encouraging signs point to the answer being "YES!" |
Yesterday morning we held our 46th Coffee with the Commissioner event live on Zoom.
The focus: The worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic and the devastation being caused to our way of life in America and how this all has impacted our county's faith-based community and our churches.
Our guests for the live stream were county administrator Janice Gilley, Hillcrest Baptist Church Senior Pastor Jim Locke, Marcus Pointe Baptist Church Senior Pastor Gordon Godfrey Jr., and from the Pensacola Bay Baptist Association, Executive Director Dr. Brian Nall.
The panel engaged in a very interesting discussion about the impacts of the virus--financially and on attendance at church.
The surprising thing that was reported is/was the continuation of faithful giving to churches and the attendance gains among YOUNG people in the community. Both of these reports were pleasant surprises to me--as cynically I worried attendance would decline further and financial giving to churches would nosedive. I am so glad I was wrong--thankful to hear that the silver lining---at least at a few local churches--appears to be MORE interest in church now.
Could we be headed into a period of Revival? I hope so. Our nation and our community needs it!
You can watch the Facebook Live video of the coffee here.
Watch the You tube video here
This had a special mention on Ricks blog and we have to laugh at the new acronym SDS. Shit Doug says but you and law and order need to take a good look at ECWFS and the video posted where people came onto personal property and vandalized a public statement and threatened the person's children and published their car tag. It was the confederate flag. One you tube of Lynard Skynard Sweet Home Alabama in Atlantic City shows its not about hate. That's what we have. Fiesta canceled. Sure Covid is exploding but so is ignorance. So it's online and they think they are right to go on private property and threaten their children and bravely post it in public. Get with your sheriff and Speak out.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you all think about making Washington DC a state. You realize if Dems take the country it a goner.
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