Michael Ellison-Lewis

FAME Hosts L.A.’s BHM Worship Service

Mayor Eric Garcetti will head at a contingent of elected officials at the City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month Worship Service hosted by First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., in Los Angeles. The Rev. J. Edgar Boyd is the host pastor. The service, set for Sunday, February 11, at 10 a.m., will feature Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church, as the guest preacher. Also, gospel artist Tramaine Hawkins will perform and members of the California Legislative Black Caucus will honored. According to Michael Ellison-Lewis, FAME spokesperson, “The significance of

Religion and homelessness intersect at USC Roundtable

  Religion and homelessness intersected on October 18 at a high-level roundtable hosted by the University of Southern California. More than 50 religious and civic leaders, including Archbishop José H. Gómez and L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, gathered to share ideas regarding the homelessness crisis and how their communities can provide practical aid. The event was hosted by USC’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, Center for Religion and Culture, Office of Religious Life, Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness and the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. “In the Catholic faith, we have the commandment to loving God and loving one another,”

People’s Independent Hosts Men’s Annual Day

Aiming to prepare the next generation, the Samaritan Men’s Ministry of People’s Independent Church of Christ (PICC) will focus their Annual Day Worship on young African American males.  The service is set for Sunday, November 20, at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., at PICC, 5856 West Boulevard in Los Angeles. “This worship is also a salute to our Men’s Ministry. Under the leadership of Ashley Thomas III, they work together with men in the local community to mentor and encourage young black men who will be our next judges, educators, elected officials and leaders,” said Bishop Craig A. Worsham, senior