Members of various local churches gathered at First Baptist Church in Mathews on Sunday to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The theme of the service was “We Are Still Not Going Back,” with Deaconess Shari Carter Jarvis of First Baptist the first speaker to emphasize the need to continue to heed the reverend’s call “to fight for equal rights for all humankind.” She said that Dr. King endured hatred and threats on his and his family’s lives, but he still marched and continued to do what God called him to do.
Keynote speaker
Sister Stella Breckenridge of First Baptist introduced the keynote speaker, Pastor Isaiah Smith of First Baptist Church of Mathews, describing him as “a man of compassion” who “loves his church members” and “won’t let a person be a stranger.”
“I have grown to love him as a son,” she said. “He is true to his word. Anywhere and everywhere he goes, he is the same.”
Smith gave a whirlwind of a sermon, combining reflections of his own wi...