Rev. Dr. Kelvin Calloway Sr.

CD 8 Reimagine Grant Helps Bethel-LA CDC Expand Community Services

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorFebruary 1, 2023

Youth, families and senior citizens will benefit from the $75,000 Reimagine Grant awarded to Bethel-LA Community Development Corporation by Council District 8. CD 8 Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson attended Bethel’s worship service on January 29 and presented Pastor Kelvin T. Calloway with the check, who announced that the funds will assist the nonprofit’s many programs such as its life skills training, career guidance initiatives and gang intervention efforts. “We commend Councilman Harris-Dawson for his visionary efforts and support of the charitable and non-profit organizations that we believe to be vital to the health, safety, and quality of life in CD 8,”

Religion

Overcomers Series Part 2 – Overcoming the Paralysis of Your Present

Rev. Dr. Kelvin T. Calloway, Contributing WriterJanuary 11, 2023

To overcome the paralysis of your present, you must decide to get up from the place of your paralysis, get out of the place of your paralysis, and decide to get to the place of your freedom, blessing, healing and deliverance.

Religion

Words of the Week – What Really Matters: Family Matters

Rev. Dr. Kelvin Calloway, Contributing WriterSeptember 15, 2021

Scripture – Galatians 6:1-10 This is the second sermon in a series entitled, “What Really Matters: Lessons From The Covid-19 Pandemic”. During the pandemic we discovered what we thought really mattered in life did not matter as much as we thought. Sporting events, entertainment events, restaurants, and shopping did not matter as much as we thought. In just learning how to survive to see another day as hundreds of thousands were dying around us, we discovered that Faith Matters. People prayed who had never prayed before. People heard, watched, and viewed church worship services on their phones, televisions,

Crenshaw & Around Religion

Community Lenten Caravan Ends with Donations to Worthy Causes

April 24, 2019

The Community Lenten Caravan (CLC), a series of services hosted by eight AME churches, concluded the April 17 worship at Bethel AME-L.A. by assisting others. Continuing their long tradition, the pastors of the sponsoring churches presented financial donations to the Long Beach/Lakewood Department of Children and Family Services and the Rev. Dr. Francine Brookins, pastor of Bethel AME in Fontana and a candidate for bishop in the AME Church. Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the AME Church Fifth Episcopal District, was also on hand to congratulate the recipients and lend support to Brookins’ candidacy. “Francine has a tremendous