The folks at Macedonia Baptist Church in rural Pope County host a very popular Bar-be-cue fundraiser each year. This African-American congregation tradition has been going on for as long as any of us can remember.
We guarantee that the beginning of the afternoon worship service was pretty close to what Heaven will be like. The service began with a holler to the folks in the picnic grove that the service was about to begin. Then, a spontaneous accapela singing of "When We All Get To Heaven" served to remind everyone that Heaven will be a mixture of colors, all singing praises to God.
A period of testimonies soon served to change the song selection that had been planned. One after another spoke of the theme that Jesus is all you need, that Jesus will see you through any problems that come your way, that Jesus is there for you and that you need Him.
The Echoes thus started their part of the service by singing a brand new song for us, Squire Parson's "Everything You Ever Need." Of course, we followed that one with other songs that all seemed to build on the theme of the testimonies and worship that demonstrated that God was truly present in that building. (God undoubtedly likes great barbecue, too).
We thank our friends at Macedonia for hosting a truly worshipful afternoon in the community --and for providing that famous good barbecue and fixin's.
