Description
Program Focus: Liberation and emancipation
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:22 NRSV
Purpose:
• To learn about the historic significance of Juneteenth, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Texas (the farthest flung slave state)
• To explore issues of slavery, freedom, and race relations in the United States today
• To connect historical issues of emancipation with spiritual lessons of freedom in Christ