GameChanger

Sydney Kamlager Goes to Washington

To say Sydney Kamlager-Dove is an overachiever is an understatement. In just the last eight years she has risen from district director for then Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell to Board of Trustees member for the Los Angeles Community College District to the California State Assembly representing the 54th district and on to the California Senate in 2021. Then in November, she beat out former L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry by nearly 30 percentage points to win the 37th Congressional District seat vacated by Karen Bass in her successful bid to become L.A.’s first female mayor.

Armed with a fierce passion to serve, keen political skillset and a disarming authenticity, Kamlager-Dove–who was urged by Bass to run for Congress–will now continue the former Congresswoman’s fight of criminal justice reform, health care equity, environmental protections, and affordable housing.

“Syndey Kamlager has the backbone we need in a Congresswoman,” Bass has said of Kamlager-Dove. “She will boldly stand up to the at- move forward and address the crises we are facing.”

Top of her agenda is picking up where Bass left off with the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was passed by the House of Representative but blocked by the Senate.

Raised to be unapologetically Black and vocal, Kamlager-Dove says, “It’s time for a new wave of leadership who can really speak truth to toxicity.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to represent a district that is diverse and legislate as a Black woman, a Black mother and also someone from Generation X,” adds Kamlager, whose newly redrawn district stretches from Inglewood to Westwood and includes Mid-City, Culver City, West Los Angeles, Ladera Heights, Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Exposition Park, and parts of South Los Angeles.

Given that she represented 93% of the 37th District while in the State Senate, she has the good fortune of serving a district that already knows her for the most part.

“My goal is, how do I make sure that the people in the 37th are safe and able to live with dignity and have shelter and feel like they’re able to live a life that is free and full of possibility?’

To that end, Kamlager-Dove will tap into the relationship she has built with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge in an effort to help stimulate affordable housing construction, while ensuring that what they build is carbon neutral.

Said Kamlager-Dove, “We have an obligation to make sure we’re building what benefits humans and not buildings that have a lot of toxins in them. We also have to work together to offer other subsidies. Resources are becoming finite. The federal government has the opportunity to double down on these kinds of investments”.

More importantly is the desire on the part of the 49year old legislator to advocate for federal dollars to eradicate homelessness.

“It’s important to feel that we all have access to the American dream, and we all have the ability to determine our own future and successes. And whether it's protecting our democracy from continuous assaults, keeping people off the streets, making sure women have the right to choose or finding ways to have as many people as possible achieve the American dream, the needs of everyday people continue to be my north star.”

Small businesses in the district can also expect a great deal of support from the rookie Congresswoman. During her two years in the State Senate, KamlagerDove secured 10,143 grants for small businesses in her district and is excited about the chance to develop programs that connect entrepreneurs, innovators, and young professionals to companies and production houses. She is already thinking about focusing her staff on signature events that will elevate small business while also supporting young people and their entrepreneurship.

“Facilitating safe spaces for opportunities that are vetted,” Kamlager-Dove explains. “There’s a lot of stuff happening in the district. I want to let young people know that I want to use the platform I have to support them.”

Another key component in all she does is the faith community.

“I firmly believe that the faith-based community is an incredibly important player in how relationships are reset and fortified. I want them to see me as a partner and will want to trust me so that I can help deliver for them on behalf of the federal government,” states the married mother of two.

“I have a proven record which shows that I listen and lead with openness and I’m committed to the success of the district and I’m committed to economic justice. I’m committed to the idea that if you focus on economic equity, you will be addressing the many other social inequities that all of us are fighting against.”

Meanwhile, Kamlager-Doe has been named to serve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the 118th Congress.

“It is an honor to serve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the country and many of my constituents have a heightened interest in our relationships with counties across the world,” Kamlager-Dove said. “Alongside my fellow Democrats, I’m focused on strengthening our global partnerships and restoring the U.S. as a champion for human rights across the world.”

Crenshaw Christian Center Launches Yearlong Jubilee Celebration; L.A. Episcopal Diocese Makes Huge Commitment on Homelessness

would be paid for by CCC for Experience KOI Global to meet the needs of people. Later this month (February 26), the church will welcome back beloved daughter of the ministry, Apostle Beverly “BAM” Crawford, of the Inglewood-based, Bible Enrichment Fellowship International Church as the next guest speaker. Hers’ and all previous messages may be viewed on CCC’s Ever Increasing Faith Ministries YouTube channel and at faithdome.org.

Bishop Michael Curry

Visits L.A., L.A. Episcopal Diocese Makes Huge Commitment to L.A. on Homelessness

The faith-rooted ministry and global beacon of hope, Crenshaw Christian Center, commemorates 50 years with an array of activities set to run through November 2023.

With the theme, “The Legacy of Faith Continues,” special guest speakers serve as apt reminders of how far the ministry–now under the leadership of Dr. Frederick K. Price– has come as it continues forward.

Sons of the ministry kicked off monthly convenings, with Apostle Michael Freeman of Spirit of Faith Christian Center in Temple Hills, Maryland as the November 27, 2022, speaker. In his heartfelt message, he encouraged everyone to stretch their faith each time they entered the Faith Dome – the house that faith built. He shared that Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC) Founder, Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, pushed the ministry of faith teaching more than others. So it was with rapt attention that he studied Apostle Price and applied the same biblical principles to being a husband, father, disciplined man of God, and built a ministry and several successful business ventures for community benefit. “I am all that I am because of Apostle Price and Dr. Betty,” Freeman said.

Next, CCC welcomed Dr. Casey Treat of Christian Faith Church in Seattle, Washington on December 18, 2022, who stated “Apostle Price taught me discipline – with my lifestyle, eating and other habits. He was precise, accurate, and had a plan.

January 15 of this year embraced homegrown son, Pastor Michael Amey of Experience KOI Global in Namibia, South Africa, who returned with a stirring message of faith digested, applied, and harvested.

“I learned so much from this ministry – how to worship, read the bible, study the bible and much more,” said Pastor Amey.

The knowledge has served him well as he had to swiftly adapt to cultural norms and a nation where 53% of the population is food insecure and 50% of citizens are under the age of 19. By faith, he confronts this as rich opportunities to spread the gospel and disciple others – applying what he learned from CCC. His message was a loving trip down memory lane of growing up under the admonition and training of faithful servants of the ministry – and the tension that exists between history and future.

In one of the highlights of the service, Pastor Price, shared that the 50-acre farm Pastor Amey referenced he was believing for during his message

On a recent visit to Los Angeles, Bishop Michael B. Curry‚ who brought the sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and serves as the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church–issued a call for churches to show love, compassion and justice to those less fortunate.

Curry recently spoke during an annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Christ The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Leimert Park.

“Our churches must be places where children and young people can come after school and be safe and secure. Churches need to do that for senior citizens, churches need to play a part in the homeless situation, helping folks who have no homes, working together with community organizations to create affordable housing. That’s what Jesus was all about. He wasn’t crucified cause he was nice.

“When the church begins to engage the community and be a presence of love and justice and compassion- when that happens, the church comes alive,” Curry added. “It may not attract great throngs, but Jesus only had 12 and look what they did. I think if we mobilize the Black church, Hispanic church, historically White church — if we all mobilize what Jesus told us to do and actually do it, it will make a difference.”

In the meantime, L.A.’s Episcopal Diocese is doing its part.

“We want to build affordable housing and permanent supportive housing on 25% of our church campuses all over the region,” stated L.A. Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor.

“Homelessness is a regional crisis,” Taylor continued. “We’re committed to building affordable, permanent supportive housing. Ten are under construction now. One more will break ground this summer and ten more are on the drawing board.

Locally, Dr. Jack Hayford, 88, who pastored Church on the Way in Van Nuys for 30 years and was a father in ministry to the likes of Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer and a friend to Apostle Beverly “Bam” Crawford and the late Apostle Fred Price, passed last month. According to the online newspaper Christianity Today, Dr. Hayford “. . . regularly led weeklong seminars for pastors that expanded and shaped evangelicals’ view of worship. By the early 1980s, The Church on the Way had become a pioneer of the megachurch movement and numbered among the largest churches in America. Hayford also played a critical role in Faithful Central Bible Church acquiring the Forum.

Angela M. Evans of Crenshaw Christian Center characterized Pastor Hayford as “a giant in the Body of Christ and . . . a kind and gentle soul who graced this earth. He will be sorely missed. He made a tremendous contribution to the Body of Christ during his beautiful life.”

Agape Church of Los Angeles Worship Center: Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center 4305 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Corprate Office: 4602 Crenshaw Blvd, Suite 2A, Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 295-5571 www.agapela.org

Bishop Craig A. Worsham, Founder & Senior Pastor

Sunday School: 10:00am

Morning Worship: 11:00am

Loving, Lifting & Liberating Humanity Through The Word

Bethesda Temple Apostolic Faith 4909 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 299-2591 • thevoice4904@att.net

Pastor Kyron S. Shorter

Sunday Morning Prayer: 9:00am

Sunday School: 9:30am

Morning Worship: 11:00am

Children’s Church: 11:00am Sunday Evening Service: 6:00pm

Brookins-Kirkland Community AME Church 3719 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 296-5610 • www.bkcamechurchla.org

Rev. Mary S. Minor, DMin,Pastor

Sunday Church School: 8:00 AM and 11:30 AM

Sunday Morning Worship: 9:00 AM (in-person and virtual)

Thursday Bible Study with Pastor Minor (via Zoom): 6:00 PM

Please call the church office for virtual information.

Bryant Temple AME Church 2525 W. Vernon Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90008 (323) 293-6201 • F: (323) 293-0082

Sunday School: 8:15am

Morning Worship: 9:15 am

Bible Study (Tues): Noon

Pastor’s Bible Study( Tues): 6:00pm

Calvary Baptist Church 4911 W. 59th Street,Los Angeles, CA,90056 (323)298-1605•F: (310) 568-8430 • calvarybaptistla.org

Rev. Dr. Virgil V. Jones

Sunday Prayer: 8:30am

Sunday School: 9:30am

Sunday Worship: 11:00am

Wednesday Bible Study: 12:00pm & 7:00pm

We are the Church on the Hill where the Light Shines Bright!

Crenshaw Christian Center 7901 South Vermont, Los Angeles, CA 90044 (323) 758-3777 • F: (323)565-4231 • www.faithdome.org

Dr. Frederick K. Price

LiveWorship Service:Sun 10:30am,Tues 11:00am and 7:30pm at faithdome.org, Facebook, Roku, YouTube and the EIFM app (Download in Apple Store and Google Play)Website: faithdome.org

Giving Options: Text to 28950, type EIFMO and amount you wish to give (ex.,EIFMO 50) or mail to: P.O. Box 90000, Los Angeles, CA 90009

Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship

2085 S. Hobart Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90018

Phone: (323) 731-8869 • F: (323) 731-0851 www.christianfellowshipla.org

Pastor James K. McKnight

Sunday LiveStream: 10:00am (facebook.com/christianfellowshipla)

Sunday Conference Call: 10:00am (310-372-7549 / code: 342408)

Tue/Thurs Morning Word & Prayer: 7:00am

Wed. Bible Study w/ Elder Stephen Brown (701-802-5001 / code: 825252#

God’s Faithful Disciple of Jesus Christ/ Prayer Clinic & Deliverance Ministry P.O. Box 561368, Los Angeles, CA 90056 (323) 293-7566 • www.gfdjc.org •gfdjc@att.net Dr.Ruby I. Cottle, Ph.D., Pastor/Teacher Services every Friday: 7:00pm We meeet at: St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church 3901 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca 90018

Grant AME Church

10435 S. Central Avenue

• Los Angeles, CA 90002

(323) 564-1151 • F: (323) 564-5027

Rev. Dr. Timothy O. Coston, Jr.

Sunday School: 8am

Worship: 9:30am

Wed. Bible Study: 11:30am •6pm

Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church

5300 S. Denker Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062

(323) 759-4996

Rev. DeNon Porter

Early Worship: 8am

Sunday School: 9:30am

Mid-Morning Worship: 11am

Radio-KALI 900AM:

Sun. 11-Noon, 7-8pm

KTYM 1460AM Sundays: 5:30pm

Bible Study (Tues, Wed & Thurs): 7pm

Holman United Methodist Church

3320 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90018

(323) 703-5868 • www.holmanumc.com

Email: holman@holmanumc.com

Rev. Dr. Ken Walden, Senior Pastor

Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 11:00am

Sunday Radio: KJLH 102.3FM at 11am

Sunday School: 9:30am (Children/Youth) & 9:45am (Adults)

Bible Study: Every Thursday @ Noon

We Gather,Grow,Go and Live the Gospel of Jesus Christ

McCarty Memorial Christian Church

4103 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018 (323) 731-4131 • www.mccartychurch.org

Senior Pastor Edward Anderson

Sunday Worship: 10:45am

Bible Study: Tues @12:30pm/Wed @6pm

Zoom Call: (605) 472-5454 Access:188857

Online Stream Live: Sundays@10:45am to www.mccartychurch.org

Give: Text 77977

Instagram@mccartyconnect

Mount Moriah Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Inc.

4269 South Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90037

(323) 846-1950 •Fax: (323) 846-1964

Rev. Johnteris Tate-Pastor

Sunday Church School: 8:30am (In-Person)

Worship Service: 10:00am (In-Person)

Tues. Refuel/Bible Study/Prayer: 12 Noon

(Conference Call: (339) 207-7446)

Baptist Training Union/Bible Study:7:30am (Conference Call: (339) 207-7446)

Weekly Mission Assembly/Bible Study:7pm

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church

3669 W. 54th St. Los Angeles, CA 90043 • (323) 291-1121

F: (323) 291-1133 • office@sinai.church • www.sinai.church

George E. Hurtt, Pastor-Teacher

Sunday Worship: 8am,10am,Noon

Tuesday Night in the Truth: 7:15pm

Radio: KKLA 99.5 FM (Sun): 6:00pm

All services stream live on our website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.

During the pandemic, pre-registration is requested to attend in-person services.

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

1300 E. 50th Street Los Angeles, CA 90011

(323) 235-2103 •

ONE LA Potter’s House Church 614 N. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036 (818) 763-4521 • hello@one.online

Pastor Touré and Sarah Roberts

The ONE Experience Online:

First Lady Files

Contributor KAREN A. BROWN

Teresa Campbell

The Secret Place

I’m going to be a Solid Gold dancer,” little Teresa Campbell told her childhood pastor when asked what she wanted to be when she grows up. Little did she know that center stage God would usher her onto would be in church as First Lady of the Secret Place Church, a fellowship she and her husband, Pastor Troy Campbell, planted over 10 years ago.

“We were just going to start a prayer group for parents,” said Campbell. Cnsequently they started a church.

“I’m grateful for the Secret Place ministry because I can share openly and be transparent,” said Campbell about the authentic platform that she and her husband established.

Lady Teresa and Pastor Troy met as lay leaders serving at the same church. After a short courtship, they were married in December 2002 and just recently celebrated 20 years of marriage.

“He’s my best friend. He’s phenomenal,” she says Originally from South Carolina, Campbell was raised with her parents who regularly attended church.

“The church was really the pillar in our community,” Campbell recalls. “I went to Girl Scouts at church. We had pageants at church. The church–along with theatre–kept me off of the streets.”

Teresa would later move to New York to fulfill her dream of becoming a performer, but instead found her way to Los Angeles and now spends her time ministering and encouraging the people of God that have been assigned to the Secret Place. She is the leader of the W.H.O.L.E. Women Ministry Project, the owner of the First Class Lady Boutique, co-laborer with her husband and a mother to their only son.

Her response to bal ancing life is “I don’t sep arate it, I categorize it.”

Park Windsor Baptist Church 1842 W. 108th St. Los Angeles, CA 90047 (323) 756-3966 • RevTerrellTaylor@sbcglobal.net

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church 5017 S. Compton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011 (323) 231-1040 • stmarkmbcofla.org

Reverend Dr. Lovely Haynes, Pastor

Sunday Worship: 8:30am

Sunday classes follow morning service

Tues Eve Family Prayer Line: 6:30pm

Wednesday Noon: Hour of Power Prayer line

Wednesday Bible Study: 6:00pm (Zoom & Facebook)

Sunday Exposition of Sunday School

Lesson:10am

Trinity Baptist Church

2040 W. Jefferson Blvd., L.A., CA 90018 • (323) 735-0044

F: (323) 735-0219• trinitybaptistchurchofla.org

Rev. Alvin Tunstill, Jr

Sunday Worship Services: 10:30am

YouTube: tv.trinitybaptist.cloud

Sunday Radio Broadcast KJLH-FM: 9am

Wed. Night Virtual Bible Study: 7pm

(Meeting ID: 480-271-5449. Or call 1-699-900-6833; give zoom ID Sign-in at 6:55pmrchofla.org

Weller Street Baptist Church

129 S. Gless St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (323) 261-0949 • F: (323)264-6601 • www.wellerstreetlive.com

Pastor K.W. Tulloss

Sunday School: 8:00am

Sunday Morning Worship: 9:00am Tues. Bible Study: 6:45pm www.wellerstreetlive.com

West Angeles Church of God In Christ 3600 W. Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016 (323) 733-8300 • www.westa.org

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm

Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr., Senior Pastor Charles E. Blake II Co-Pastor Sunday Service: 10:00am Sunday Radio Broadcast: KJLH 102.3 FM: 10:00am

Rev. Joshua Daniels, Pastor

Morning Worship: 10am

(In Service and Online Live Stream Worship)

Sunday School: 8:45am

Wed. Bible Study: 7:00pm www.mtzionla.org

New Antioch Church of God in Christ 7826 So. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90044

(323) 778-7965 • www.newantiochcogic.org

Superintendent Jeffrey M. Lewis

Sunday Early Worship: 8am

Sunday Morning Worship: 11am

Sunday School: 9:30am

Tuesday Bible Study: 11am

Wednesday In The Word: 7pm

All services streamed: Facebook and YouTube

@New Antioch Church of God In Christ

Rev. Terrell Taylor

Morning Worship: 8:00am & 11:00am Bible Study Wednesday: Noon & 7:00pm Communion: 1st Sunday at 8:00am & 11:00am

Phillips Temple CME Church 973 East 43rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90011 (323) 233-4783

Rev. Dr. Darrell Wesley, Pastor

Sunday Worship: 10am

Bible Study: Wednesdays at Noon

Online: Facebook.com/ PhillipsTempleCME.LosAngeles

Citizens of Zion Missionary Baptist Church 12930 No. Lime Ave., Compton, CA 90221 (310) 638-0536 • F: (323) 636-2080 • www.citizensofzion.org

In Compton

Rev. Bobby Newman, Jr., Senior Pastor; Rev. B.T. Newman, Pastor (Pastor Emeritus)

Service Time: 10:45

Virtual Worship: Youtube

Greater Zion Church Family 2408 North Wilmington Avenue, Compton, CA 90222 (310) 639-5535 • (Tues - Thurs 10am -4pm)

Dr. Michael J. Fisher, Senior Pastor Sunday Worship: 9:00am

Online Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00pm

FB: GreaterZionChurchFamily IG: GZCFamily www.gzcfamily.com

Holy Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 1016 E. Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 (310) 537-3149 • www.holychapelbc.com

Rev. Dr. George L. Thomas

Morning Worship: 8:00am

Sunday School: 10:30am

Wed. Mid-Week Bible Study: 7:00pm

Sun. New Members’ Class: 10:45am

Communion/1st Sunday: 8:00am

Broadcast KALI 900AM - Sun:2-3:00pm

Love and Unity Christian Fellowship 1840 S. Wilmington Ave, Compton 90220

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5449, Compton, CA 90224

Apostle Ronald C. Hill Sr., Founder/Pastor

Live Stream Sunday Worship:10am/6:30pm

Live Stream Bible Studies: Wed 7:30am & 9:00am

Live Stream Prayer w /Apostle Hill: Fri: 9am Food For Your Soul TV Ministry

Impact TV Network: Mon-Fri PST 6:30am

The Word Network Fridays @ 12:30pm