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Words of the Week – Stay Woke
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Words of the Week – Stay Woke

Rev. Dr. Kelvin Calloway, Contributing WriterAugust 24, 2023

Scripture: I Thessalonians 5:1-11 The phrase stay woke has been present in African American Vernacular English (Ebonics) since the 1930s. It is referred to as an awareness of social and political issues affecting African Americans. The phrase was uttered in recordings from the mid-century by my wife’s great uncle, folk singer Huddie Leadbetter (Lead Belly). He used the phrase as part of a spoken afterword to his 1938 recording of his song “Scottsboro Boys,” which tells the story of nine teenagers falsely accused, convicted and jailed of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Erykah Badu admonished her post

Let Us Do It: A Prayer for the Special Counsel, U.S District Judge, DA, and Jurists
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Let Us Do It: A Prayer for the Special Counsel, U.S District Judge, DA, and Jurists

Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Williamson, Contributing WriterAugust 24, 2023

Let us humble our hearts and call on the name of Jesus for divine protection over our judicial system. O Lord, we pray for the many individuals involved with the four indictments and 91 charges against the former President of the United States. No one should endure threats, vicious attacks, or abusive degradation for their jobs as judges, lawyers, state, local, county officials, and jurists. We pray, especially for the Special Counsel Jack Smith, chosen by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. Let him not become weary in well doing. Guide him and order his steps in everything he does according

Comeaux’s Ministry Makes Tangible Difference in Lives of Others
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Comeaux’s Ministry Makes Tangible Difference in Lives of Others

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorAugust 24, 2023

If you live in Orange County and need spiritual or physical assistance, connect with the Rev. Dr. Janice Comeaux.  Through her church, Joshua Faith Ministries and Outreach, Comeaux has positively affected thousands of lives for more than 20 years.

Clearer Picture Emerging of UMC’s future
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Clearer Picture Emerging of UMC’s future

Cynthia Astle, Baptist News GlobalAugust 24, 2023

Even before its official year of splintering is completed, United Methodists are carving out a clearer identity for the denomination’s future and a clearer picture is emerging of who has stayed and who has left, about clergy health and the state of LGBTQ inclusion. Staying and leaving In March this year, an initial study of churches disaffiliating from The United Methodist Church found most were rural, located in the Southern United States and typically led by a male pastor, but not necessarily a United Methodist elder, the status denoting a seminary-trained minister. That study was led by Lovett H. Weems Jr.

Words of the Week – Fill Me Up Lord
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Words of the Week – Fill Me Up Lord

Rev. Dr. Mark Whitlock, Contributing WriterAugust 10, 2023

Ephesians 5:15-18 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. A study reveals the legacy of slavery affects the mental and spiritual health of Black Americans. For descendants of slaves, the subject of slavery evokes feelings of emptiness, shame and embarrassment associated with the degradations of slavery. Harvard psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint suggests that the impact of slavery asked why

Evans Retires as VP of Marketing from Crenshaw Christian Center
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Evans Retires as VP of Marketing from Crenshaw Christian Center

Yumiko Whitaker and Janice Kyser, Contributing WritersAugust 3, 2023

Although Evans says the last couple of years without the Apostle, who passed away from complications of COVID in 2021, have been difficult for the church, he is confident that CCC and EIF will continue to evolve in a way that uplifts lives and honors the Word of God.

Words of the Week- Love and Sin, Both are the Answers!
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Words of the Week- Love and Sin, Both are the Answers!

Larry Buford, Contributing WriterAugust 3, 2023

Often, we hear people say, “if God is such a loving God, why does He allow bad things to happen?” The answer: He loves us so much that He gave us freewill and He won’t intervene unless we include Him in our affairs.

Barrett Publishes ‘Choices: Trust, Loyalty, Betrayal, Redemption and Forgiveness’
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Barrett Publishes ‘Choices: Trust, Loyalty, Betrayal, Redemption and Forgiveness’

ShaVon Luckey, Contributing WriterJuly 28, 2023

After many successes, like the release of his movie “Beyond the Shield” (2017), Pastor Michael G. Barrett, Jr. will host the signing of his book, “Choices: Trust, Loyalty, Betrayal, Redemption and Forgiveness,” on Sunday, July 30, at 3:30 p.m., at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue in in Culver City, CA.

Savelle Commends Crenshaw Christian Center’s Strong Legacy of Faith
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Savelle Commends Crenshaw Christian Center’s Strong Legacy of Faith

Yumiko Whitaker, Contributing WriterJuly 27, 2023

In an intimate service reminiscent of a family reunion wrapped in a powerful message of recovery, release, restoration, and fresh beginnings, Dr. Jerry Savelle encouraged those gathered in the historic Faithdome to acknowledge the legacy of the man who started them on their walk of faith while looking to the future.