YOUTH SUNDAY EVERY SUNDAY

About the Book

“I have acquired skills to make a living, but now I also need to gain skills to teach me how to live.” (A quote from the late Dr. Terry Thomas after graduating from college, and preparing to leave his hometown for his first post-graduation job.) The year 1986 was the beginning of many faithful years the late Dr. Terry Thomas would be given to share his ministry gift as a pastor of several churches. During each of his pastorates, he made the commitment to always preach a youth sermon at least once a month. As a result, unbeknown to Dr. Thomas, 30 years later after making that commitment, he would discover he had preached hundreds of youth sermons that would, one day, birth this book you are holding entitled “Youth Sunday Every Sunday— A Series of Sermons Dedicated to Youth.” Within this book, Dr. Thomas has left many precious nuggets of wisdom and guidance that are beneficial in building a foundation for youth to yield an abundantly fruitful life. His objective for writing this book was to offer a collection of inspirational messages (or sermons) to address many fundamental values—which are essential for a good life. It was Dr. Thomas’ prayer and hope that these messages would serve as a tremendous blessing in helping to prepare our youth for a very vigorous and productive life.

About the Author

Dr. Terry Thomas was the author of several books: “Becoming A Fruit- Bearing Disciple,” “Let Us Pray,” “Making It Through A Storm,” “From the Pastor’s Desk” and “Divine Inspiration for Victorious Living.” During his years in ministry, he had the privilege of serving as the pastor of First Baptist Church in New Hill, North Carolina; Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Madison, Wisconsin; and West Durham Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Thomas also served as a mentor to a group of Doctor of Ministry students at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, whose focus was Leadership and Preaching in the African-American Church; and he also served as the director of the Apex School of Theology Doctor of Ministry Program in Durham, North Carolina. In addition, Dr. Thomas was the former editor of the Baptist Informer of the General Baptist State Convention North Carolina. He earned a B.S. in Math/Computer Science from Tuskegee University; a Master of Divinity at Shaw University; and a Doctor of Ministry at Virginia Union School of Theology.