By Dawn Scotland
The Truth Reporter
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church held its annual church picnic and bookbag give away Saturday August 24th. The church gave away over 50 bookbags to school children and provided food, fun and games for the children and the congregation.
“We do this every year because it is an incentive for the children to want to be in school,” stated Rev. James H. Willis Sr, DMin, senior pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, “It’s the churches position to try to reach out to families.”
“Bookbags are small however it speaks a lot of volume when we are trying to help a child understand that an education is important. We as a church try to do what we can to help them be successful,” he continued. “It’s still up to the parents. I want to say thanks to the parents that came today. The church can do so much. This is our portion and we’re just grateful that God allowed us to do this.”
The bookbags were donated by the University of Toledo Office of Community and Strategic Partnerships.
St. Paul is hosting the Annual Women’s Day September 15. The theme is “The Transformative Power of a Woman’s Voice” using scriptures from Psalms 141:3; Proverbs 18:21 and Ephesians 4:29. The speaker will be Barbie Harriston, Associate Minister of United Missionary Baptist Church. This year’s colors are white accented with shades blue.
St. Paul MBC is located at 1502 N. Detroit Ave. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. and Service at 10:45am. Visit St. Paul MBC Facebook to view livestream.
