Tell God thank you and that you appreciate all that he does and has done. Continue to pray for those in Florida, South Carolina and other places that Ian has caused damage. Audio and written updates will be posted on the Heavier Octaves blog.
Cynthia Wilson, affectionately dubbed “Chaplain of Pop” has built a bridge between theology and popular culture as a blogger for twenty years providing commentary on faith,art, politics and music. Listen to her podcast by clicking the web version link at the bottom of this blog and at the top of the web version after the jump.
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Calvary Baptist Church Retires Its Mortgage
Video clip of Senior Pastor Lawrence T. Foster conducting mortgage burning ceremony before the congregation and special guests.
As part of its 103rd year Founder's Day celebration, Calvary Baptist Church of Detroit opened its sanctuary to members, old friends, civic, church and community leaders who joined together with Pastor and people rejoicing, singing praises and shouting hallelujah to God at its mortgage retiring/ burning ceremony held on Sunday, September 25,2022 at the historic Baptist church. Pastors, church, civic and business leaders joining in the occasion included Rev. Christian Adams, Senior Pastor Hartford Memorial Baptist and President of Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention,Rev.Dr. J.T. Thomas, Senior Pastor New Calvary Baptist, Coleman A. Young II, Detroit City Councilman at Large and a representative from neighboring historic Elmwood Cemetery.
Long time member, over 50 years, Calvary DEACON and Event Co-Chair Geraldine Sumpter exhorted an inspiring charge to all with her spirit-filled words. See video excerpt below:
See other selected, captioned, tagged photos and video clips of the gathering below:
Ladell Mobley and Louise Jenkins
Rev. Cynthia Wilson and Deacon Geraldine Sumpter
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022
Biden Nominates First Black Woman to Supreme Court
As Black History Month draws to a close, President Joseph Biden keeps one of his most notable campaign pledges and nominates 51 year old federal judge, past Harvard Law Review editor and Harvard overseer since 2016, Ketanji Jackson Brown to serve as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, the US Supreme Court. She is among just three Black jurists nominated to serve in the Court’s 233 year history. The other two trailblazing jurists to be nominated and successfully confirmed to serve as Supreme Court justices were the late Thurgood Marshall and currently serving, Justice Clarence Thomas.
This is an historic day for our country and an occasion that should inspire a great sense of pride in our government and encourage our nation to continue to achieve diversity across all branches—legislative, judicial and executive. Kudos to the Biden administration for its integrity in following through and it’s leadership in continuing diversity in the executive branch with his choice of Kamala Harris as his Vice Presidential running mate last year, and his recent nomination of Judge Jackson Brown to serve as first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
Cynthia Wilson
Judge Ketanji Jackson Brown
Photo Credit-Wikipedia/Creative CommonsWednesday, February 9, 2022
Black History Month Celebration Day 9- Mother Rosa Parks
Today’s blog update includes a video podcast episode below.
Today’s Black History Month Celebration honors memories of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks whose birthday was recently celebrated. Detroit Pistons honored her by partnering with the Rosa Parks Estate to provide free bus transportation to Detroiters on February 4 and February 7. They also provided free jackets to Detroit’s transportation department.
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