Bethel Baptist Church, Fort Deposit
Montgomery Baptist Association
FAVORITE VERSE: Psalm 55:22
FAVORITE HYMNS: “All That Thrills My Soul” and “Worthy of Worship”
FAMILY STATUS: Widowed after 52 years of marriage to Pete; two daughters, Teresa and Tracey
HOBBIES: Crocheting, embroidering and quilting
Rose Cassady has served Bethel Baptist Church, Fort Deposit, as secretary for more than 40 years. She has also been involved in other areas of ministry, including being a Sunday School teacher, Girls in Action leader, Vacation Bible School leader, Training Union leader and member of several committees.
Q: How did you come to know the Lord?
A: I was born during the Depression. We had no transportation and we had no church nearby, so we could not attend church regularly. I didn’t get to go to church until I was a teenager. What they taught us at home was all that I knew (about being a Christian). When I was a teenager, we moved to where we could go to church every day. I made a profession in my early teen years.
Q: How have you been involved in church?
A: I have been the secretary at Bethel Baptist since 1966 and I taught Sunday School.
Q: What have you gotten from the ministries you have been involved in?
A: The church is just so important in my life. If it weren’t for my church family, I really don’t know what I would do. People ask me why I stay in Fort Deposit because I don’t have any family here, and I say, “I do have a family here. I have a church family.”
Q: How do you see yourself involved in church in the future?
A: As long as I am physically able, I hope to keep doing what I am doing now. It just gives me a new start every week to come to worship on Sundays. I just don’t see my life without the church.
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