Lessons Learned from Storms Past

Read a timely reflection by Pastor Barry Howard who serves as senior pastor at the First Baptist Church of Pensacola. He served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in the Williams Community from 1987-1995.

On Palm Sunday in 1994 a tornado touched down near Ragland, Alabama and cut a trail to Rome, Georgia, demolishing hundreds of homes, destroying five church campuses, and taking 29 lives before leaving that area.

The unthinkable happened on the first day of Holy Week.  Entire communities were in disarray.  I lived in one of those communities hit hard by the storm.  My home was one of those damaged by the storm.   The church I served became a Disaster Relief Center.  And we learned a lot of lessons.

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