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First Baptist to honor veterans Nov. 10
The First Baptist Christian School will present “A Veterans Day Farewell Salute” at the church on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m.
The group will host soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment of the Florida National Guard, a former infantry unit which served in Iraq in 2003 and that is now taking on a new mission which will include reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition for field artillery and close-air-support.
The squadron is headquartered in Panama City, but has separate troops based in Bonifay, Pensacola, Tallahassee and Chipley.
The unit’s Sgt. 1st Class Paul Plazarin, son of the church’s pastor, is bringing as many as 60 of his fellow soldiers to the church for the event, where they will be presented camouflage bibles for their upcoming tour of duty in Iraq.
The Bibles, from Lifeway Christian bookstore, have a pocket on the inside cover where students have placed a personal letter to the soldier.
“We’ve had a fantastic response from all our students. We’ve been running it all summer long,” said Holly Lemons, an administrator at the school.
“Students have been writing letters,” she said. “They can carry those Bibles with them over in Iraq.”
She said the solders are coming in the morning to meet the students, prior to the evening program.
For more info, call the church 653-9540.
