Special guests and special music marked the 150th anniversary celebration of First Baptist Church, Headland, in Judson Baptist Association on April 23.
The Celebration Choir presented a mini-musical titled “The Church Triumphant” by Bill and Gloria Gaither. Pastor Cecil Sanders weaved his message into the choir’s musical, speaking on Ephesians 3:20–21.
Former pastors Louis Wilhite, David Southerland and Norman Simmons as well as former interim pastor Billy Nolen were recognized and given the opportunity to share with the congregation. A video on the church’s history expressed the celebration theme of “150 Years of God’s Faithfulness.”
Special presentations were made by Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions; Ellen Dewberry, Alabama Baptist Historical Commission representative; Headland Mayor Ray Marler; and Otis Derrah, director of missions for Judson Baptist Association.
Each of the approximately 400 participants received a commemorative leather bookmark of the occasion and fellowshipped during the lunch that followed.
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