Thank you, thank you. Many of you who pray can identify with the first one because were always praying for people in accessory prayer, we pray for ourselves and our nation and our world. That is kind of a petition and helpme. But were grateful we also remember to say thank you and have an attitude of gratitude. Im especially thankful for two of my colleagues and friends are here who are also friends of mosaic and weve had them before, reverend jim of lake shore baptist. Good morning. Good morning. Good to be here. Great to be here. And reverend jenkins. Say what thank you and the attitude of gratitude means to you. Start with you, jim. You mentioned the prayer help me, help me, help me, and thank you, thank you, thank you, and theyre connected to each other. Thanksgiving is often expressed in the midst of great pain. In 1863 when Abraham Lincoln first signed the thanksgiving into a national holiday, that is in the middle of the civil war. Slavery was still on the books. Hard times. But
Running you want art museum steps. But by this time tomorrow, we could see heavy rain making a mess of the evening community. Nbc 10 first laddalert radar tracking the showers. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz has your neighborhood forecast. Glenn . Quite a change from this morning. It was overcast, a little bit of rain. Now weve got lots of sunshine out there. We dont have a big break until the next weather system comes in. 49 degrees in philadelphia right now, lots of sunshine across the area with temperatures generally in the upper 40s, which is about average for this time of year. Theres that big area of rain down south. A lot of thunderstorms towards the gulf coast, a lot of moisture there. It will not affect the morning rush. Temperatures will be in the 30s. We dont have to worry about any kind of freezing rain or sleet or snow. Lehigh valley down to right around the freezing mark, not especially cold for this time of year. Much of new jersey also d
And jim. Welcome back. You were so dynamic, both of you, that we were on youtube for the first time. Wow youtube celebrated its 10th Year Anniversary last month and they celebrated by having us on there. I didnt get any word that we went viral. I know a lot of people knew a lot about easter at that time because of you folks here. Hopefully theyll feel the same after hearing about pentecost. Before we do that carroll, tell us about your background and ministry. Okay. I am a native San Francisco, very proud to have been born and raised here in the city. I was close to golden gate park. I graduated from the Graduate Theological Union in berkeley. I serve as a chaplain for Palliative Care department of kaiser and i am also Senior Pastor at elmhurst United Methodist church in east oakland. Great. I am a son of the intermountain west, born in salt lake city, grew up in western colorado, college in oregon and ultimately graduated from American Baptist seminary of the west. I am chair of the b
Is hard. Its a great time to go with that with my good friend and colleague reverend hopkins. Its really good to see you again. Its been far too long. Youve been here before. I have been honored to be your before and never well look forward to our discussion this morning. Great, great. I know a lot of people know you in the bay area because youve been here in the past quite some time. Theres always some guest who seem for the time. Ive been honored to the pastor for 26 years about. I came in april of 1989. I am a native of salt lake city, utah. I grew up in mountain west. Graduate of American Baptist seminary of the west. I spent six years as the associate pastor of Greater First Baptist Church of los angeles near Downtown Los Angeles when i was there. We counted members from 28 different countries. Came to lakeshore and 89. Ive done a lot of growing up there and my family has grown up there now and kids are grown. Happy to see my grandsons in t sunday mornings. Tell us about lakeshore
Our lord. Its a great privilege to continue that theme with my good friend and colleague. Good morning ron. Great to have you jim. Its really good to see you again. Its been too long. You are a good friend of mosaic. You have been here before. I have been honored to be here before and i look forward to our discussion. Great. I know a lot of people know you in the bay area. There are always some guests seeing you for the first time particularly in my commune. Tell us a little bit about your background. I have been honored to be pastor at lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church for 26 years. I came in april of 1989. I am a native of salt lake city, utah, grew up in the mountain west, attended college of oregon and graduate of Pacific University in fresno. I am a graduate of American Baptist seminary of the west. I spent six years as associate pastor at the great first Baptist Church of los angeles near Downtown Los Angeles when i was there. We counted members from 28 Different Countries and our