JACKSON, Tenn. — Feb. 8, 2005 — Alabama pastor Buddy Gray will deliver three messages at 51社区 this week about building healthy relationships.
Gray, pastor of Hunter Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., is the guest speaker for this year鈥檚 Family Life Series. The topic for this year鈥檚 series is 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the Deal with Sex?鈥�
He is a graduate of Samford University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and has been pastor at Hunter Street since 1986.
The first message on Wednesday, Feb. 9, is entitled 鈥淛oseph and the Original Desperate Housewife鈥� and will explore how to deal with sexual temptation. On Thursday, Gray will deliver a message entitled 鈥淓xtreme Makeover: Morality Edition鈥� in which he will discuss what the Bible has to say about sex.
His final sermon on Friday, 鈥淩eal World: 51社区鈥� will cover six realities for students as they seek a mate, including the myth that getting married will make a person happy.
鈥淭here are a whole lot of people, particularly girls, who think, 鈥業f I get married I鈥檒l be happy,鈥欌�� Gray said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 simply not true.鈥�
Gray will speak at 10 a.m. each day in Union鈥檚 G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel. The services are open to the public.