'Love can come from hate,' McDonald mayor tells Mayors' Prayer Breakfast crowd

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Early in life, McDonald Mayor Glenn W. Holmes learned “how to read” people by serving them and built a career on that ability. The speaker at the 30th annual Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast on today said “the position of servitude is the ultimate strength position.”

Holmes spoke on “Walking By Faith” to about 190 people of many religions at the annual gathering at Mahoning Country Club, 710 E. Liberty St. He said a “pivotal moment in his life” was the realization that “God don’t make no junk ... and learning that God loves me.”

That enabled him to move forward “serving people with Godly love,” he said.

Holmes, who will enter his third four-year term as mayor in 2016, said he learned about people through his newspaper delivery route, working as a caddy and learning “to read the green,” and being a clothing salesman. Holmes is a substation inspector for Ohio Edison and also worked at the FBI.

He added that his background was enhanced by a family who promoted church attendance as he was growing up. “We were in church a couple of days during the week and all day Sunday,” he recalled. Holmes attends Trinity Fellowship Church in Boardman. That faith foundation led him to understand the “spiritual truth that love can come out of hate.”

Read more of his message in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.