Author and Baptist pastor David Simon to speak at Little Rock Baptist Church in Boomer
BOOMER, NC (March 7, 2018)…Author and Baptist pastor David Simon will be speaking at Little Rock Baptist Church of Boomer, NC, on Sunday March 18th at 7 p.m. The evening presentation is designed to recreate the events which took place in the upper room on the night before Jesus was crucified. The outline is based on the order of the Passover dinner as it was celebrated throughout Israel during the time of Jesus. The normal Passover has been modified, with explanations, so those present will experience the eye-witness account as shared by the Apostle John in the thirteenth through sixteenth chapters of his gospel. During the presentation, elements of both the Jewish Passover and the traditional Lord’s Supper will be shared with those who are present.
Reverend Simon was born into a Jewish family and celebrated the Passover every year during the spring. At the age of sixteen, David was introduced to the Christian faith and committed his life to the ministry before graduating high school. Reverend Simon is a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Kentucky. During his time of study in Louisville he was asked by the Messianic community to write and present a Messianic Passover Seder for the local Jewish-Christian community.
The Christian Lord’s Supper, Communion and Eucharistic traditions arise from, and are a very condensed version of the Jewish Passover service. Mark wrote in his Gospel, “Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, ‘Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?'” (14:12) Reverend Simon desires to share the link between Jewish and Christian traditions so church members can fully understand the events that took place in the Upper Room. David shares, “When Christians more fully understand the context of the first Lord’s Supper, they have a deeper appreciation for a two-thousand-year-old tradition which is all too often presented in an extremely abridged manner.”
The Passover Seder, which has been celebrated in Jewish communities for over 3,500 years, tells the story of how God freed His people Israel from the bondage and ravages of slavery to Egypt. The symbolic action commanded by God in order to protect the first-born males of each household was to place the blood of a sacrificed lamb on the home’s front doorposts. In its Christian representation, Jesus is the Passover Lamb who gives his life on the cross, so when people accept his forgiveness from from the ravages of sin they can be freed from its slavery and redeemed to eternal salvation.
David Simon, who lives in Mooresville, NC, has shared his presentation of the Lord’s Supper in the Passover across the United States. He is the author of five books: Spring: Connecting with God; A Christian Passover in the Jewish Tradition; The Case of the Missing Body: A Walk-Thru Drama for Easter; Advent Journeys; and Israel: Stories for Your Journey.
Little Rock Baptist Church is located at 248 Little Rock Church Rd, Boomer, NC 28606. Pastor Hal Greene invites everybody to come and participate in the events of the evening on Sunday, March 18, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The presentation is free, and the speaker will be available after the evening’s worship service to answer any questions.
For more information contact Hal Greene, pastor of the church at 336-921-3160.
www.littlerockbcnc.org
Press Release courtesy of Past Hal Greene