What has been passed down to us? What have we passed down? Some have a legacy in name, some have a legacy in sports, some have a legacy of wealth, but Hebrews teaches us of a stronger, deeper more powerful legacy; A Legacy of Faith!”
Parks Chapel AME Church, San Fernando is led by Reverend Kirkpatrick Tyler, Sr. Pastor. Rev. Tyler is a dynamic faith-based leader who focuses on youth empowerment and community building.
Our Minister of Music is the renowned critically acclaimed Andrae Alexander. He leads our gospel choir.
Scriptural Reading
Luke 6:43-45 (New International Version)
43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Sermonic Text
Hebrews 11:32-38 (New International Version)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning;[a] they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;