Standing as an enduring guardian of faith in the Watts community, Grant AME Church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Timothy O. Coston, sits on the corner of Central and 105th Streets welcoming all with a call to worship.
The congregation of Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church will celebrate their 118th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 3 p.m., in the sanctuary located at 10435 So. Central Ave., in Los Angeles, announced the Rev. Dr. Timothy O. Coston, Jr., senior pastor.
Kaiser Permanente has provided 15 nonprofit organizations serving the Watts community with more than $1 million in community health grants and technical assistance aimed at improving the health and well-being of residents.
An endearing figure in the Watts community was commemorated with renaming of a pocket park in her honor. Betty F. Day Park was unveiled on Saturday, March 31, to the cheers of Day’s family, neighbors and friends.
The current city councilman is Joe Busciano, who has now focused his sites on running for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2022. Busciano’s decision of not seeking reelection has now created an opening for whomever is interested. With the race over a year away, one man who has decided that he does want the job is Tim McOsker. McOsker, who is an attorney by trade, has been a long-standing servant of both the district and the City of Los Angeles.
A spirit of rejoicing filled the air as Pastor Shane B. Scott and the members of Macedonia Baptist Church celebrated their 111th anniversary on Oct. 20. The spirited service was centered around the theme, “He Who Began a Good Work in Us,” based on Philippians 1:6. The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Campbell, founder and pastor of the Household of Faith Community Church in Houston, Texas, was the guest preacher. “Celebrating anniversaries helps us to observe the past while anticipating the future,” said Scott. “God has certainly been good to us!” Macedonia Baptist, the oldest African American church in the Watts community,
Ministry takes different shapes at Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church. Under the leadership of Pastor Marcus Murchinson, the Watts congregation goes beyond the church walls to provide services to benefit the local community. Through partnerships with area nonprofits combined with grant funding, the church uses its facilities to offer a youth feeding program, substance abuse treatment, a nurse managed clinic, transitional housing, and reentry classes for formerly incarcerated individuals. Professional staff manages all of the programs, which are free to the public. According to Murchinson, the outreach programs operate under Tree of Life’s community development corporation, Watts Up. The
Kaiser Permanente has approved a $20,000 grant for The Positive Results Corporation to conduct youth mentoring, leadership and peer advocates workshops for youth in South Los Angeles and the Watts community.
Services available through Charles R. Drew University and Martin Luther King, Jr., Outpatient Center campuses.
On Saturday, March 5, Operation Progress, in partnership with Marymount High School’s Free the Children Club, will be participating in a twofold community service project that will benefit the Watts community. The students will begin their community service at the Southeast Police Station, helping LAPD officers clean, organize, repair, and beautify their station. Operation Progress pairs each of their student scholars with an LAPD mentor and this opportunity serves as a way to give back to the community of officers that diligently mentor them. In addition to the Southeast Police Station beautification project, the students will also be completing service