‘Majesty Mirrored’: love unveiled
With just a week before Mother’s Day, Dixie Hills Baptist Church put together an event never before held at the church and many say it will never be forgotten.
“We know you needed to be loved on,” Tina Coleman, creator of the ‘Majesty Mirrored’ event, said to the guests at Dixie Hills.
Coleman, who conceived the idea of ‘Majesty Mirrored’ while in Memphis, took the concept (which was originally held for homeless women in Memphis) and adapted the event to Bolivar.
The guests during Saturday’s banquet were mothers of the children who attend Dixie Hills Baptist Church’s TeamKids and other children’s programs and who ride the church bus. Coleman said the church is aware many of the children who attend the church from East Bolivar ride the church bus but their parents or guardians have their own church.
“We are not trying to tell them they need to come here and join our church. We’re not trying to take them away from their own church,” Coleman said. “We are trying to break those barriers between churches, the denominational barrier, the churches need to be united as one in Christ.”
A banquet consisting of fine china, waiters, a full meal, door prizes, and gifts, concluded with worship music led by the church’s praise band, a message from a guest speaker and an emotional experience of the washing of feet. The tables were personally decorated by members of the church and each table had at least one or two church members at the table to enjoy the meal with their guests. Church pastor Jimmy Garrett, deacons and male leaders within the church, served as waiters and cooks for the night.
“My entire life, and I’m 54 years old, I have never been treated like this and it is just beautiful,” Yolanda Anderson, of Toone, said. “And this last thing (footwashing)….to think you would count us worthy as Christ did is just remarkable. You are a blessing. This church is a blessing to this community. You are all angels.”
Women from Dixie Hills Baptist Church knelt before the guests and washed their feet after Katina Mays read the passage in Scripture referring to Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Ironically, organizers said of the 60 women invited, 12 attended. The significance of 12 in Christianity is unmistakable and is most often associated with the 12 disciples.
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