January 5, 2021

Greetings Mt. Olive and Happy New Year!

We always begin a new year with anticipation and expectation of what the new year will bring. Some have eaten special foods as a way of bringing in good tidings for the new year. However, I’m somewhat somber; well, maybe not somber, just realistic that we did all of these things at the beginning of last year, and we closed 2020 with 350,000 deaths due to COVID-19. So, over the past few days I have sung this to myself:

Time is filled with swift transition,

Naught of earth unmoved can stand,

Build your hopes on things eternal,

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.

I do need to remind us that this is the time that we would begin our Pew Rally. Mrs. Mary Allen is the Captain for the Women and Mr. Charles Richardson is the Captain for the Men (and yes, we Men do owe the Women for last year). If you are unable to contact your Captain, you can still receive credit by marking either your envelop or listing your giving as “Pew Rally” in Givelify.

Again, hold to God’s unchanging hand. This is the only way we were able to come through 2020 and it will be the only way that we will make it through 2021. Hold to God’s unchanging hand.

Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. Reginald Broadnax