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NEWSLETTER Dr. Quintin P. Woods, Sr., Pastor Public Relations Outreach Ministry, Editor

Mt. Mori h Missionary Baptist Church 2295 Dr. Harvey Riley St. NE Palm Bay, FL 32905 321-725-1791 ext. 201 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mmmbc.org

Quarter 2, 2018

God O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8, NIV

The Lord is good. That is the all-important fact. It is a truth to sing about, and sing about in days of darkness, for though the light of God’s countenance appears hidden for a moment, this quality remains forever. God is good. Because God is good, certain things follow. His mercy endures forever, He is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. God’s mercy is His goodness extended to us in our sin or need, and because God endures, His goodness and mercy likewise endure. If we hold fast to this, then we shall find in Him a place of retreat and defense, whatever experiences we may pass through. The Lord not only loves us, but God knows us, and knows our ways most intimately. The result of realizing God’s goodness and His knowledge is surely to make us long to walk before Him in holiness all our days.

Faith is not believing that God can, It is knowing that God will!

The Christian Mother Sometimes I take for granted, The Christian Mother who is there. The mother who has raised me, Who gave her love and care. The Mother who helped me grow, In a fine Christian home. The other who has taught me, With God we’re not alone. The Mother who has laughed with me, When all was going well. The Mother who has picked me up The times that I have failed. The Mother I didn’t appreciate. Until I was fully grown. The sacrifices she made for me, As time quickly moved along. The Mother with such Christian faith, That helped me from the start. The Mother who I love and cherish, And treasure in my heart.

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It Is Our Desire for Every Soul To Catch On Fire!

Quarter 2, 2018

FLORIDA/ALABAMA CONNECTION - By Sis. Cheryl Jarrell Everyone was so excited! The anticipation was over. On April 13, 2018 over 100 members of the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, along with our Pastor, Dr. Quintin P. Woods, Sr. and family loaded up on two buses. Our destination – Birmingham, Alabama, our Pastor’s home. Every segment of our church family was represented from the young to the young at heart was in attendance. Our group toured the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. On September 15, 1963, four young girls were killed when a bomb exploded at the church. This shocking event became a major milestone in the Civil Rights Movement not only in Birmingham, Alabama but also nationally. Emoni Tolbert stated that “the most memorable moment for her was that the four girls died and that we were actually sitting in the same church”. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) was directly across the street. The displays and exhibits conveyed the struggle for freedom. Emari Tolbert said the tour was “phenomenal and to see Dr. Martin Luther King and the historical artifacts”. We also went to Kelly Ingram Park located across the street and had the pleasure of seeing the site where Bishop Calvin Wallace Woods (Pastor father) was honored as a Civil Rights Pioneer and Pastor. Bishop Woods came by and it was a blessing to see a living legend in the Civil Right Movement. Rev. Timothy Woods and the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church congregation graciously greeted us. They prepared lunch on Saturday and dinner on Sunday for us. It was truly a blessing as the two churches worshipped and fellowshipped together. There was no Mt. Moriah or Hopewell but a group of believers who came with the purpose of lifting the mighty name of Jesus. The power of the Holy Ghost saturated the sanctuary. Pastor Woods preached an anointed message, “I never lost my praise”, scripture was Job 1: 20-22 and Psalm 34:1. Thank you Rev. Timothy Woods and the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. Their genuine love for Christ showed through their hospitality. A special thank you to Pastor Woods, Sister Cheryl Brooks and Sister Sandra Nelson for coordinating this trip. We were able to travel together, have fun, fellowship and worship and we look forward to our next church outing. To God be the Glory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It Is Our Desire for Every Soul To Catch On Fire! Father’s Day Prayer

Triple Filter Test Socrates was the great philosopher in ancient Greece and was held in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “Hold on a minute”, Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test.” “That’s right”, Socrates continued. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?” “No,”,the man said, “Actually I just heard about it and …” “All right”, said Socrates. “So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?” “No, on the contrary.” “So”, Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something bad about him, but you’re not certain it’s true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?” “No, not really.” “Well”, concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?”

Let us praise those fathers who have striven to balance the demands of work, marriage, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice. Let us praise those fathers who, lacking a good model for a father, have worked to become a good father. Let us praise those fathers who by their own account were not always there for their children, but who continue to offer those children, now grown, their love and support. Let us pray for those fathers who have been wounded by the neglect and hostility of their children. Let us praise those fathers who, despite divorce, have remained in their children's lives. Let us praise those fathers whose children are adopted, and whose love and support has offered healing. Let us praise those fathers who, as stepfathers, freely choose the obligation of fatherhood and earned their step children's love and respect. Let us praise those fathers who have lost a child to death, and continue to hold the child in their heart.

Let us praise those men who have no children, but cherish the next generation as if they were their own. Let us praise those men who have "fathered" us in their role as mentors and guides. Let us praise those men who are about to become fathers; may they openly delight in their children. And let us praise those fathers who have died, but live on in our memory and whose love continues to nurture us.

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Every Soul To Catch On Fire!

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Black History 365 Days A Year THURGOOD MARSHALL Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him from youth an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law. After completing high school in 1925, Thurgood followed his brother, William Aubrey Marshall, at the historically black Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Just before graduation, he married his first wife, Vivian "Buster" Burey. Their twenty-five year marriage ended with her death from cancer in 1955. In 1930, he applied to the University of Maryland Law School, but was denied admission because he was Black. This was an event that was to haunt him and direct his future professional life. Thurgood sought admission and was accepted at the Howard University Law School that same year and came under the immediate influence of the dynamic new dean, Charles Hamilton Houston, who instilled in all of his students the desire to apply the tenets of the Constitution to all Americans. Paramount in Houston's outlook was the need to overturn the 1898 Supreme Court ruling, Plessy v Ferguson which established the legal doctrine called, "separate but equal." Marshall's first major court case came in 1933 when he successfully sued the University of Maryland to admit a young African American Amherst University graduate named Donald Gaines Murray. Thurgood Marshall later became Chief Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). During this period, Mr. Marshall was asked by the United Nations and the United Kingdom to help draft the constitutions of the emerging African nations of Ghana and what is now Tanzania. After amassing an impressive record of Supreme Court challenges to state-sponsored discrimination, including the landmark Brown v. Board decision in 1954, President John F. Kennedy appointed Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson appointed Judge Marshall to the office of U.S. Solicitor General where he won 14 of the 19 cases argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the government. Indeed, Thurgood Marshall represented and won more cases before the United States Supreme Court than any other American. In 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court. Until his retirement from the highest court in the land, Justice Marshall established a record for supporting the voiceless American. Having honed his skills since the case against the University of Maryland, he developed a profound sensitivity to injustice by way of the crucible of racial discrimination in this country. As an Associate Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall leaves a legacy that expands that early sensitivity to include all of America's voiceless. Justice Marshall died on January 24, 1993.

OPIOIDS This rise in opioid overdose deaths can be outlined in three distinct waves.  The first wave began with increased prescribing of opioids in the 1990s, with overdose deaths involving prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone) increasing since at least 1999.  The second wave began in 2010, with rapid increases in overdose deaths involving heroin.  The third wave began in 2013, with significant increases in overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids – particularly those involving illicitly-manufactured fentanyl (IMF). The IMF market continues to change, and IMF can be found in combination with heroin, counterfeit pills, and cocaine. Source: CDC