THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.

THE SPIRIT OF LIFE CHRONICLE

Reverend Dr. Alonzo C. Neal, Sr., Pastor FOUNDER, C.E.O. P. O. Box 668734 - Pompano Beach, Florida 33066-8734 Deaconess Ruth L. Bean, Editor

Volume 2 Number 2

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February 10, 2013

COMING EVENTS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.

These things I command you, that ye love one another. JOHN 15:17 PRECIOUS FATHER, in the name of JESUS, we pray, O GOD, that you would give us the power and the grace to continue to let your love be spread abroad in our hearts that we might love everybody as you have commanded us, in the name of JESUS, we pray. It is by your strength and power that we can do all things in JESUS name, AMEN.

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February, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MEMBERS BORN IN FEBRUARY

Andre Theophile-2/9 Jamari Mayhbin-2/10 Walter McFadden-2/12 Tiara Williams-2/13 Bobbi Walker-2/13 Corey Jones, Jr.-2/14 Robert Smith-2/14 Mother Novella Byrd-2/16 Taniyah Smith-2/16 JaQuan Robinson-2/16 Linda Scott-2/16 Theophilus Rogers-2/17 Quincy Henley-2/20 Kaleb Scott-2/21/2012 Jessyka Johnson-2/23 Tasheena Edwards-2/24 Latarsha Prince-2/24 Amanda Scott-2/29

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY KALEB MICHAEL SCOTT February 21, 2013

I CAN READ IT, CAN YOU?

Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read the message below OUT LOUD , you have a strong mind. And better than that: Alzheimer's is a long, long, ways down the road before it ever gets anywhere near you. To my "selected" strange-minded friends: If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends and the person that sent it to you with 'yes' in the subject line. Only very good minds can read this. This is weird, but interesting! 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15. If you can read the next message, you have a strange mind, too. Only 55 people out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseaethe huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

ITS TIME TO WIN EVERY TIME!

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February, 2013 In church you sat quietly or you might see your parents finger pointing at you. If I did, I lived in fear all Sunday afternoon, waiting for the correction. WHERE WAS CHILDREN AND FAMILY? The Civil Rights Movement was going on during my childhood but like I said, I was sheltered during the early years of my life and though I was aware of certain things, I wasnt aware. I never felt inferior. I was brought up to achieve. We were told we were from good stock. My parents had high expectations for us. I got my first taste of racism in high school in the 70s. This was the beginning of integrating schools. I was the only Black child in my classes. I held up my end and gave my white classmates a taste of Black superiority cause in my mind thats exactly what I was superior...and there were many times when I set the curve in my classes. I think back then we had a lot, or we felt we had a lot to prove and I was and have always arisen to the challenge that if you said I couldnt do it, I would show you I could.

BLACK IN THE DAY

I was born and raised in the 50s and 60s, in a time when a child belonged to the community. Neighborhoods were segregated then and everyone knew everyone. Any adult in the community could chastise you and if they had to, you got chastised twice. You were respectful to adultsALL ADULTS, and if there was a disagreement in what they said and what you said, my parents would end it with six words: ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR? (If you knew what was good for you, you would answer no maam or no sir even if you were speaking the truth.) At home my family ate meals together. The food was placed on the table. We sat down. Grace was said and Then we ate. Kids spent a lot of time playing outside. You could run the boundaries of the neighborhood but you had to be home before dark. Air conditioning was a big fan in the window. In the summer we slept with curtains open and windows wide. We were nave back then and not exposed to worldly things. There were times when money was tight but I never knew. We were not able to use restrooms in stores or eat in restaurants downtown. You could shop in them but not eat in them. There was no McDonalds or Burger King until I got to high school. I remember it being a treat to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken.. This only occurred when we were on the way to the beach when I visited my grandparents. And about those trips. We couldnt stop to use the restroom. My parents always had a potty in the car. Blacks

then. The schools were segregated back then, also, meaning all black. In Martin Luther King Jrs time our parents fought for the equality in schools, meaning in materials and the quality of our facilities. I feel we were more equal before desegregation because back then no one was labeled ESE, ADHD, ESOL EH, SLD, etc. and everyone was expected to behave and get their work done. NO EXCUSES! A teacher could walk out of their classroom and leave one student to monitor and take names of students who talkedTALKING!! - cause that was pretty much the major offense back then. (If only it was so now) When the teacher returned, if you were on the naughty list, you received some licksin your handon your behindwith a boardwith a strapit didnt matter where or how. And would you run home and tell mom and dad what happened like students do today? - NOT IF YOU DIDNT WANT ANOTHER SPANKING. You prayed mom and dad never found out and that the teacher didnt stop by your home. Our school day started with devotion in each elementary classroom. We had to learn the Negro National Anthem, God Bless America, O Beautiful, My Country tis of Thee, The National Anthem. (Students dont know the words to these songs today) At lunch time your teacher ate with the class and they required you to eat everything on your plate. Sometimes we got away with stuffing unwanted food in our empty milk carton. (Sometimes)

Black in the 50s and 60s.

This was my favorite picture of the inauguration, and to me..IT SAID IT ALL. Our President and First Lady are suave, intelligent, down to earth and BLACK...We have arrived! :)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR BABIES

Noah Jace Johnson, Nola Joel Johnson, Jayden Larnaris Willis, Kayden Janaris Willis, Lenton Daniels III, Chole Daniels, Savion Wydell Fields, Shaveh Warnari Fields, Germain Ryan Stuppard and Faith Renaye Quince who were dedicated along with others who were re-dedicated on Sunday, January 20, 2013.

The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus Chronicle is published on the second Sunday of each month. If you have any news item that you wish published, please submit it, along with a picture, if you desire, to Deaconess Bean at ruluc@bellsouth.net by the fourth Sunday of each month.

Our church newsletter is going cyber beginning January 2013. There will be a few copies available for our seniors.

PUSHING, PRAYING AND PRAISING THE SAME WAY