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Friday, November 14, 2025B Sectionindianapolisrecorder.comORDER OF SERVICECONTACT US: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5:30 PMOffice: (317) 591-5050 | easternstarchurch.orgROCK CITY MONDAYSAges 12-18 | Main Campus5-8 PM | Registration requiredNOONDAY BIBLE STUDYMain CampusWednesdays | NoonFAMILY WORD NIGHTMain Campus | Wednesdays7 PM | Classes for everyoneJOIN US FORROCK FRESH MARKET HOURS: Monday - Friday 8 AM - 6 PMSaturday and Sunday 11 AM - 4 PMSenior Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr. & Lady Sharon A. JohnsonONE CHURCHTHREE LOCATIONSFishers Campus: ........................9:15 AMCooper Road Campus: ...............10:45 AMMain Campus: ............................12:15 PMVisit our website or ESC App and click Watch Live.%u2022 Live stream Sunday services at 9:15 AM, 10:45 AM & 12:15 PM%u2022 Sermons on demand anytime%u2022 Sermon Rebroadcasts: Thursdays at 7 PM and Saturdays at 11 AMTo give, click the GIVE button on our website. 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Holman and First Lady Kay HolmanVisit our website!www.indyrecorder.comVisit our website!BIBLE TRIVIA By ANGELIQUE WALKER-SMITHPsalm 123:1: LORD, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule. Recently I boarded a small elevator and was delighted to join a young mother with her baby in a stroller. Soon a gentleman joined us. During the short ride, the baby took the pacifier from her mouth, looked into the eyes of each of us and pointed her finger upwards for us to look up. Her mother said she always does that! I found this to be a mystical moment led by the baby. While cherishing the encounter, I suddenly remembered there would be multiple national guard personnel, police and security to greet me at the top of my long escalator ride. As I walked in their presence, I found encouragement from the sacred moment of the baby leading us. This memory was furthered when my mind and heart remembered one of my favorite groups %u2013 Earth, Wind, and Fire %u2013 and their song, %u201cKeep Your Head to the Sky.%u201d%u201cKeep your head to the sky%u2026You gave me the will to be free, Purpose to live is reality%u2026Hey and I found myself never alone, cause you need faith to understand...%u201dIn this season of so much uncertainty in our lives, I also think about the lives of farmers, both locally and globally, living with the uncertainty of being able to feed us and of the profound suffering of vulnerable populations and of food systems under threat of funding cuts, climate change, and conflicts. Giving thanks can be hard as we approach this holiday season. With the increased presence of the military and security personnel locally, and with at least forty-five conflicts and%u00a0wars globally, we have reason to be troubled. Still, we are encouraged to look up and rise above the pain and evils of this world. The%u00a0baby in the elevator is on her mission to remind us to do this, as is the song. The Christ child who we anticipate again in the season of Advent 2025, starting November 30th, also reminds us to look up. The Bible tells us that after the Christ child was born, the Holy Family escaped to the African country of Egypt for refuge from the King Herod, who sought to have the child killed. Sadly, this is the story today for so many children who suffer at the hands of violent governments and movements. Our recent Pan Women of Faith/Pan African Women%u2019s Ecumenical Empowerment Network conference reminded us that children and youth, like Pan African girls, still have the courage to be resilient and truthtellers, just like in the Bible and baby in the elevator. Advocacy with and for babies, children, mothers, fathers, and families is one of the ways we accept and renew our call to be divinely human through the eyes of faith. May you always be reminded by the child inside you to look up and walk faithfully, especially as we approach this holiday season which includes Thanksgiving and the beginning of Advent. Bread for the World hopes that our new Advent devotional, Advent People in Uncertain Times: A Bread for the World Devotional, can be a source to accompany you during these uncertain times. Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith is senior associate for Pan African and Orthodox Church engagement at Bread for the World.Keep your head to the sky and%u2026 Give thanks! By Wilson Casey 1. Is the book of Nathan (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. Though Paul was born in Tarus of Cilicia, where was he brought up? Jerusalem, Shiloh, Jericho, Damascus3. What 8-year-old boy served as king of Jerusalem for 100 days? Shamgar, Jehoiachin, Adino, Sisera4. From John 5, who stirred up the water at the pool of Bethesda? Priest, Angel, Wind, Jesus5. Who was Jacob%u2019s firstborn as found in Genesis 35? Reuben, Ehud, Joshua, Elah6. From Judges 1, who fed 70 kings at his table? Benaiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Adoni-bezek, MephiboshethANSWERS:1) Neither,2) Jerusalem, 3) Jehoiachin, 4) Angel, 5) Reuben, 6) Adoni-bezekSharpen your understanding of scripture with Wilson Casey%u2019s latest book, %u201cTest Your Bible Knowledge,%u201d available in bookstores and online.(c) 2025 King Features Synd., Inc.