About Us

About Us

At the core, we are a group of tight knit families who praise Yahweh's name and believes that Yahshua, his son, is the messiah our savior and king. We have moved frequently in our lives and have experienced different congregations over the years. Now though, that we're tentatively putting down our roots, we thought to meet with other peaceable and likeminded individuals to share knowledge in The Word. 



Who We Are

Elder Theodore "Ted" DeFelice was immersed over twenty-five years ago with his wife, Rhea Branch DeFelice. Together over their thirty plus years of marriage, they have sired six children and are proud to also call themselves grandparents, "Nonno" and "Mama Rhea". The eldest son to Rhea and Ted is Jacob DeFelice, who is a knowledgeable and Elohim fearing man. Trevon is their next son, and Regina, their second daughter. These first four children are older than the last two, who are lovingly dubbed as the retirement babies; Niccoli and Giovani. 

Amara DeFelice Walker, is the eldest child to Rhea and Ted. She is married to Jeffery "Tre" Walker III, who has also been immersed in the name since 2021. They have two children, Zekariyah and Ilana, and have adopted Tre's younger brother, Jaylen.

Tre's sisters, Jania and Jannelle, also live in the area and are very close with everyone. Each family had their experience as either dependents or enlisted servicemen in the US Air Force and Army. 

Jerry and Areatha Haynes were immersed nine years ago after being introduced to the truth by a fellow truck driver at a load pickup location, while working as a lease owner OTR truck driver and passenger princess respectively. They have three young adult children, DeAvion, Aniya and Jayda, who were introduced to the truth at ages 10, 11 and 13. They also now have two granddaughters, Khloe and Khylie, who enjoy resting on the Sabbath with their "LaLa" and "Pop Pop" when in Enterprise, AL. 

Together, we meet to uplift each other in the knowledge and spirit of The Word and sing praises to the most High.

FAQs

  • Who do you worship?
    • Yahweh, the heavenly father. We take to heart his son, Yahshua, the Messiah’s teachings.
  • Why do you meet on Saturday?
    • The seventh day is the Sabbath day and it is mandated to be set-apart and a day of rest. 
  • Who can speak?
    • At this time, men, of the accountable age, may speak before the congregation after attending five services and showing strong understanding of the scriptures and ability to convey the word.
  • Are you Messianic or Seventh Day Adventist? 
    • No. Although we may appear similar, we are nondenominational. Not necessarily of a religious sect, but instead having a faith based relationship with the Heavenly Father.
  • Do women need to wear head coverings? Do women need to wear modest, feminine (skirts/dresses/no trousers) clothing? Do men need to wear head coverings? Can men cut their beards?
    • No, we do not require women to wear feminine clothing (modest is nice, but hey, you do you). No one is required to wear head coverings to meet and/or pray with us. Men can cut the corners of their beards. To fellowship with us, is to fellowship with Yahshua and Yahweh (1 John 1:3). If you want to do certain things that were ordained in specific churches (to the Corinthians, Macedonians, Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia, etc.), as long as it does not cause you to be a stumbling block to yourself or others (Romans 14:13-16), then continue on without lecturing about your choice, because we won't condone you for doing or not doing those things.
  • What are high days? Do you not celebrate holidays?
    • We don't celebrate man's holidays. The high days that Yahweh has ordained us to keep for generations to come (Exodus 12:14-17 & Leviticus 23) is what we choose to follow.
    • (Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 2:41-42 & 22; John 2:23, 4:45, 5:1 & 13; Acts 2:1, 18:21 & 20:16 shows that even in the New Testament these feast days were still observed.) 
  • Why do you eat certain foods? Does it have to only be kosher? Or halal? 
    • It's said in Leviticus 11 what is clean and unclean to eat. Kosher and halal foods don't go against those food laws, so we can eat them. Yahshua walking the earth did not do away with these food laws, only the sacrifices (he is the ultimate sacrifice). Peter's dream, as well, in Acts 10, was not about food, but rather the entirety of the chapter is a narrative of Peter seeing that we should not discriminate against others, be they gentile, non-believer or brethren. So, if you come to worship with us and happen to bring something contrary to what we personally believe we shouldn't eat, we won't throw you out or chastise. If you're in your walk where you don't see an issue, that's fine, but please don't try to force others as that could be a stumbling block.
  • How are your services ordered?
    • We will set up and get ready between 9:30am to 10am. At 10 o'clock, we will open with prayer and interact with the speaker's bible study (anyone can ask questions, share thoughts and give feedback). The service will conclude around 11:30am, where we can sing songs if someone would like to lead that service. Afterwards, we will fellowship and eat light snacks/hors d'oeuvres before saying our goodbyes before 12:30pm. We must vacate our meeting space before 12:30pm, unless otherwise stated. 
    • Currently, we will be meeting at the South Huntsville Public Library's classroom on specific dates. 
  • How do you decide on the feast days calendar?
    • This apparently is a very controversial topic, but we all here agree on one thing above all else: "Are you doing your best to observe these mandated holy days? Yes? Great! That is all we can ask, at the minimum."
    • On a deeper level, the age accountable adults decided that we would follow this process: The New Year would begin as the new moon (dark sky, no light) on or after the Vernal Equinox. We begin counting the days to the fourteenth. At sunset at the end of the thirteenth day begins the fourteenth. That is when we observe the Passover Memorial. Sunset the following day, the fourteenth going into the fifteenth is when the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins. Fifty days starting from the beginning of the week that falls within Unleavens is Pentecost. Counting the months from the start of the New Year (first month) to the seventh month is how we find out when the Feast of Trumpets will start, and it is the first day after the new moon. The tenth day is the Day of Atonements and it is observed from sunset after the ninth to sunset of the tenth. The fifteenth day is the beginning of Succoth, the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles. It starts the end of the fourteenth day at sunset going into the fifteenth and ends after seven days (the sunset of twenty-first day). That sunset goes into an eighth day, the Last Great Day (the twenty-second day) and ends after it's sunset, marking the last observed High Day of that year.
 
  • Do we have to follow your calendar in order to meet with you? If we subscribe to a different belief of the dates, are we unable to congregate together?
    • Of course not! Like we stated above: "Are you doing your best to observe these mandated holy days? Yes? Great! That is all we can ask, at the minimum." You are in your individual walk, just like every other person in the group is in theirs. This group is here for people to meet together and have interactive bible studies and to have discussions that stem from sermons. The bind that connects us all is the belief in the Messiah and that he has walked the Earth already and that YHWH is the only true higher power, the Heavenly Father. They are separate beings as well as the Holy (Set-Apart) Spirit which is the power from YHWH that can be given to others in wisdom and strength. If you still use titles instead of the names, we are not going to cast any judgement. If you don't follow everything as we do, we will, again, not be casting judgement.
  • Do you have church by-laws?
    • Sure do. You're welcome to view a copy of them as well. Just ask!
  • Are you staying at the library permanently? Or are you going to expand?
    • As of currently, we cannot expand out like we would prefer but it is in our five year plan to do so. We have a short term and long term plan for establishing a structure for this group to accommodate more and more people. Right now though, until that can be implemented, you can find us at the South Huntsville Public Library on specific dates.