Greed is more than just taking and taking and taking. It's also about withholding--not giving to others from what God has blessed us with. Maybe we feel like we need to save for a rainy day and we can't spare a thing, or maybe we just want to accumulate as much as we can. We just feel like we never have enough.

Sometimes the higher we climb, the deeper our fall. After celebrating the 50 years of God's goodness to us, we have to learn how to hold on to the freedom, the forgiveness, and the love that we already know is our

Our pastor brought us this message as part of our Jubilee Celebration of 50 years as a church community. According to the book of Leviticus, in the year of Jubilee, slaves and prisoners were set free, all debts were forgiven, and all property was returned to the original owners.

The Reverend Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Jr., was our special guest speaker who brought our Father's Day message about appreciating the legacy of the men who came before us.

Pride distances us from people in our lives, and it also distances us from God. It's one of the deadliest sins, and a sin that comes before destruction. But pride doesn't have to destroy you--there's good news! Humility heals all pride problems.