Pastor R.A. Williams

L.A. Churches Present Mini-Homes to Skid Row Homeless

E. Mesiyah McGinnis, Staff WriterAugust 25, 2021

On Thursday, August 12, Yes We Can! Worship Center, led by Pastor Sherman D. Manning, and McCoy Memorial Baptist Church, headed by Dr. R.A. Williams, teamed up to sponsor Homes 2 Go. The event, which featured the presentation of five miniature homes to a group of unhoused people, was held at the Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles. The mini Homes 2 Go was invented by 17-year-old, Jordan Szigeti-Larenne of Orange County, who designed and built the mobile home prototype to provide shelter and privacy for people living on the street. With the help of members of McCoy Baptist,

Religion

McCoy Memorial Honors Pastor and Blacks Leaders

Mesiyah McGinnis (Contributing Writer)March 9, 2016

With a stellar cast of recipients, McCoy Memorial Baptist Church conducted its own version of the Oscars on February 28. The southeast Los Angeles church recognized Pastor R.A. Williams, recording artist Jeffrey Osborn, CBS broadcaster Jim Hill, Councilmember Curren Price, LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and the family-owned Woody’s Bar-B-Que as “Outstanding African Americans Giving Back to the Community.” The program highlights included Osborn singing a melody of songs. “Hey church, we can’t woo, woo, woo now, but some of these old songs work in praising the Lord, too,” he said. Hill, a 30-year sports journalist, expressed his