Sunday, June 14 (11:00 am)
“Going Back, Before Going Forward”
Genesis 1:2-2:3
What does the beginning of everything have to say about right now? Well, Wisdom suggests that you cannot know where you are going until you know where you have been!
This Sunday, Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton II brings a message rooted in the ancient creation story of Genesis 1 — and in a West African concept that has sustained Black communities for generations: Sankofa. Translated simply, Sankofa means “go back and get it.” Before you can move forward with clarity and purpose, you have to know where you came from and what you almost left behind.
The Jewish people who first told and retold this creation story weren’t living in comfortable times. They were a people in exile, surrounded by competing narratives about who held power, what was worth saving, and whose lives mattered. Into that chaos, they reached back to the very beginning — and remembered a God who brings order out of darkness and calls creation good. That remembering wasn’t nostalgia. It was resistance. It was hope.
Join us this Sunday, June 14, as Rev. Hamilton preaches Going Back Before Going Forward. We’ll consider what it looks like to return to the foundations of our faith — not to stay there, but to be grounded enough to move into whatever comes next. Worship begins at [TIME]. We’d love to have you with us.
Shiloh Baptist Church | 1 Holton St, Medford, MA
All are welcome. Come ready to dig deep and build something that lasts.
See the Shiloh Worship Page for Online Access to Worship.
Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II, MDiv, is an ordained Baptist pastor. He received his seminary degree from Wake Forest School of Divinity in 2017. Darrell also has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Rev. Hamilton is the Executive Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain. His ministry is centered on leading our world toward greater justice and love for all people. His vocational and professional journey has been inspired by the scholarship of people such as James Cone and Kelly Brown Douglas, and the ministries of Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., William Barber, II, and others.
He is the former Executive Minister of Operations and Resource Development at Middle Collegiate Church in New York. Prior he was the Program Director for City Mission Boston’s Urban Pastoral Ministry Program, Adjunct Professor for Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology, and held leadership positions with the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Darrell is the father of Kaylani Rae Wilson-Hamilton. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He enjoys going to the movies, reading books, and is a self-professed comic book movie nerd.
Instagram Handle : @blackandeducatedpreacher
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