Bulletin – April 26, 2026

“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.” 1 Thessalonians 4:9

The Christian life involves both individual accountability and interpersonal involvement. Each of us is individually responsible for maintaining the right sort of relationship with others, especially others in our Christian fellowship.

A beautiful Greek word is allelon, often translated “one another.” For example, we are commanded: “Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). Furthermore, we are to “be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility” (1 Peter 5:5), “in honour preferring one another” (Romans 12:10).

There are many other such admonitions, all built around the beautiful phrase “one another.” Although we have indeed “been called unto liberty,” we are nevertheless to “serve one another” (Galatians 5:13). We are also to “exhort one another daily” (Hebrews 3:13) and to “consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works” (Hebrews 10:24). “Use hospitality one to another without grudging” (1 Peter 4:9). We are told: “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).

In times of sorrow, Christians are admonished to “comfort one another” (1 Thessalonians 4:18). “Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another” (1 Thessalonians 5:11) and “pray one for another” (James 5:16).

But by far the most frequently repeated admonition is that in our text: “Love one another!” There are no less than 15 times where this command is given in the New Testament. Most significantly of all, it is Christ’s own “new commandment”: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:34-35). – Henry M. Morris

Dear friends,

Mr. Samir Taufeek passed away on Tuesday, April 21 after a battle with cancer. He was 71 and a faithful supporter of Whitefield Christian Schools for over twenty years since his three children attended and his two sons graduated. Sadly, his only daughter, Grace, passed away in her grade 10 year at 14 years old.

Mr. Taufeek loved the Lord and was eager to share his faith in the Lord with whomever he could. He was a devoted husband to May and father to Grace, Andrew, and Timothy. His personal funeral arrangements included a request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Whitefield Christian Schools. He will always be remembered by his vibrant love for the Lord.

Please remember the Taufeek family in your prayers during this time of sadness.

The funeral arrangements are as follows: