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March 13, 2010 Since 1922 |
Church celebrates its beginnings
By Barrett Goldsmith
Baytown Sun Published July 16, 2007 The torches were not lit, but the light of tradition and faith burned brightly as the torches symbolically passed from one generation to the next.
On Sunday, elders of the Mt. Rose Church of God in Christ celebrated Founders Day, the day when, way back in 1944, the stones of this church were laid out on Arcadian Gardens Street. They passed a torch onto their adult children, who’ve started their own families and begun their own generation at Mt. Rose.
The church the young ones now call their own is no longer recognizable, at least not from the outside. It is now a huge, modern church building on Crosby Lynchburg Road, and its membership, once only 15, now stands at more than 650. But the change is only one of scale. The purpose — to worship Jesus — and the pride in the community are still the same. The church is also known as the City of Refuge.
In honor of Founders Day, pastor Ron Eagleton paid tribute to the pioneers of the church, such as its first pastor, Clarence Burton. More than 200 people gathered in the spacious, elegant worship hall to celebrate the occasion.
“They stood fast on holy principles and laid the foundations for us,” Eagleton said. “None of them had any money. They didn’t have much business sense. But they had Jesus, and they had one-ness. They had faith, and they made it happen.”
Sunday’s service included a raucous display of Christian gospel music, with all the hand clapping and dancing of a congregation overcome with love for its lord. And the congregation was well fed, treated to a feast of chicken.
The Outstanding Community Service Award went to Katie Reed-Roberson, the head of Reed’s Preparatory School in Barrett Station, which teaches up to 49 students in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
“It is wonderful to be guilty of giving more than you received,” Eagleton said.
The service also paid tribute to those members who attended services when the church was located on Nod Street, from 1972-90. It then moved to a location on Crosby Lynchburg, before the new site opened just up the road in 2000 to 13000 Crosby Lynchburg Road. For more information on the church, visit www.mtrosecogic.org or call 281-328-1314.
Baytown Sun Published July 16, 2007 The torches were not lit, but the light of tradition and faith burned brightly as the torches symbolically passed from one generation to the next.
On Sunday, elders of the Mt. Rose Church of God in Christ celebrated Founders Day, the day when, way back in 1944, the stones of this church were laid out on Arcadian Gardens Street. They passed a torch onto their adult children, who’ve started their own families and begun their own generation at Mt. Rose.
The church the young ones now call their own is no longer recognizable, at least not from the outside. It is now a huge, modern church building on Crosby Lynchburg Road, and its membership, once only 15, now stands at more than 650. But the change is only one of scale. The purpose — to worship Jesus — and the pride in the community are still the same. The church is also known as the City of Refuge.
In honor of Founders Day, pastor Ron Eagleton paid tribute to the pioneers of the church, such as its first pastor, Clarence Burton. More than 200 people gathered in the spacious, elegant worship hall to celebrate the occasion.
“They stood fast on holy principles and laid the foundations for us,” Eagleton said. “None of them had any money. They didn’t have much business sense. But they had Jesus, and they had one-ness. They had faith, and they made it happen.”
Sunday’s service included a raucous display of Christian gospel music, with all the hand clapping and dancing of a congregation overcome with love for its lord. And the congregation was well fed, treated to a feast of chicken.
The Outstanding Community Service Award went to Katie Reed-Roberson, the head of Reed’s Preparatory School in Barrett Station, which teaches up to 49 students in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
“It is wonderful to be guilty of giving more than you received,” Eagleton said.
The service also paid tribute to those members who attended services when the church was located on Nod Street, from 1972-90. It then moved to a location on Crosby Lynchburg, before the new site opened just up the road in 2000 to 13000 Crosby Lynchburg Road. For more information on the church, visit www.mtrosecogic.org or call 281-328-1314.