HOUSE OF REFUGE  FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD  - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
 
THIS IS OUR  FIRST  LADY MARY J SMITH BORN TO THE LATE BISHOP ROBERT J. AND EVANG. ETHEL L. WILSON .  SHE IS THE THIRD CHILD OF 14 BROTHER'S AND SISTER'S .SHE ATTENDED LOCAL AREA ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN WILM,DE AND GRADUATED FROM WILMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1984. 
 
LADY MARY SMITH IS MARRIED TO  PASTOR ERIC SMITH THEY TOGETHER HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN . LADY SMITH WAS A FRAUD INVESTIGATOR FOR 18 YEARS FOR FIRST USA BANK . SHE IS A  FRAUD MANAGER @ A LOCAL BANK . LADY SMITH HAS A BUSINESS CALLED FIRST LADIES .(ALL YOUR WOMEN NEEDS)
 
LADY SMITH WAS CALLED BY GOD FOR THE MINISTRY A LONG TIME AGO BUT KEPT RUNNING,UNTIL ONE DAY . IN 2004 GOD CALLED HER MOTHER HOME. WHICH WAS HER BEST FRIEND. AT THAT TIME SHE REALIZED THAT YOU ONLY GET ONE TICKET FOR YOURSELF AND SHE COULD NOT GET IN ON HER MOTHER'S AND SHE EXCEPTED THE CALLING TO PREACH THE TRUE WORD OF GOD . NO MORE SLIPPING AND SLIDING .LADY SMITH PREACHES THE WORD OF GOD ,SHE SPEAKS AT WOMEN CONFERENCES AND MINISTER'S THRU SONG AND SHE HAS BEEN PREACHING EVERY SINCE.
 
GOD GAVE HER A DESIRED SOME TIME AGO WHERE SHE HAS A PASSION TO MINISTER TO THE WOMEN THAT ARE LOST BATTERED AND BRUISED. SHE HAS A GIFT AND PASSION  TO  HELP THE YOUTH. GOD PLACED IN HER HEART TO START A ANNUAL EVENT CALLED "ATTITUDE OF PRAISE" BACK TO SCHOOL BASH WHICH SHE HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. ALSO  SHE STARTED A  YOUTH GROUP CALLED G.E.T.-UP  WHICH STANDS FOR "GIFTED EXTORDINARY TEEN'S" . IT IS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE BLESSED AND THAT THEY CAN STAND UP AND BE SOMEBODY.
 
LADY SMITH WAS A FRAUD INVESTIGATOR IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS SHE IS NOW A BANK MANGER FOR BANK OF AMERICA SHE IS A VOLUNTEER AND IS A MENTOR TO THE YOUTH . IF SHE CAN GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT SHE WOULD GIVE YOU HER  FAVORITE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS " I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME"  PHILIPPIANS 4:13
 
 
QUOTE OF THE DAY
 
"DO NOT LET YOUR UNWHOLESOME TALK COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTHS, BUT ONLY WHAT IS HELPFUL FOR BUILDING OTHER'S  UP ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, THAT IT MAY BENEFIT THOSE WHO LISTEN AND DO NO GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WITH WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION. GET RID OF ALL BITTERNESS RAGE AND ANGER,BRAWLING AND SLANDER, ALONG WITH EVERY FORM OF MALICE. BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVING EACH OTHER JUST AS IN CHRIST GOD FORGAVE YOU "
 
                              EPHESIANS 4:29-32                           
 
 
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