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Local Church Gives New Pastor A Pounding, And A Little Sugar Too
August 11, 2008
The members of one local church gave their new pastor and his wife a pounding Sunday night. And they gave him a little sugar too.
Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church in Bogia gave new Pastor Nathan Brown and his wife Danielle a pounding following their Sunday evening service.
A pounding is an old fashioned tradition celebrated in many churches were a new pastor is welcomed to the church with gifts of food. Traditionally, a pounding would provide a pastor and his family with a pound of staples, such as a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, a pound of butter and a pound of other basic items.
The Ray’s Chapel pounding for their new pastor was perhaps a bit more modern, with items such as Easy Mac, 100 calories packs of Oreo cookies, Kool Aid, Hamburger Helpers and snack items. The boxes of food also include handwritten recipes for many homemade dishes.
Nathan and his wife Danielle are from Dutton, Alabama, near Scottsboro in the northern part of the state.
He is a recent graduate with a master’s degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he interned at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola.
He officially began his service as Ray’s Chapel new pastor on August 1.
Poundings, we are told, are sometimes also given in a church to provide food for needy families in the community.
Pictured above: Danielle and Rev. Nathan Brown were given a pounding at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church in Bogia Sunday night. Pictured below: Some of the food items in the pounding. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Local Church Gives New Pastor A Pounding, And A Little Sugar Too”
Thanks for the nice comments. As far as we know, we are not related to any of the “Browns from Bogia”, that is, unless we are related in the family of God. BY the way, I love this site, don’t you?
Oh,I forgot…….I am glad Ray’s Chapel has called an eager young family!!!!! I will be praying for you and your pastor….
I think it’s a very sweet gesture that shows how much a church body appreciates and loves their new pastor!!! My son and his lovely wife and 5 and 1/2 children are in the ministry and this kind of thing is wonderful !!!!!!!! Please pray for them,they are seeking God’s Will about a church…….they’ve been apart from the last pastorship for three months and their son broke his leg while they were here on a short sabbatical,so it’s been tough.BUT, God’s wonderful people have allowed them to stay in an unused parsonage and they have been blessed with a brand new washer and dryer from a young couple they were discipiling in the former church!!!GOD’S people have furnished them with lots of food{enough to last three months} and are paying their utilities.They have clothed the five children.It blesses a mother to know that there IS a GOD who loves and cares for HIS own…….those who are willing to go wherever HE leads them……even if it’s Valdez,Alaska…..or China.Thanks for listening to a grateful mother to her GOD!!!!
Some dear friends of ours had a pounding when they took a new church in Cincinnati. What a kind gift from your new church family.
Is he related to the “Brown” family from Bogia?
I’ve never heard of a “pounding” but it sounds like a very nice tradition !