Surviving COVID-19 RESOURCE DIRECTORY WERE YOU THERE?
FAITH BEHIND THE FRONTLINES – A FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 by Contributing Writer, Cheryl D Howard
FAITH–BASED TOWNHALL
Black Covid Culture : Let’s Talk About It! TUNE IN VIA FACEBOOK LIVE: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SACCULTURALHUB1
Lady Charmaine Bassett, Moderator Host of the Lady Charmaine Live Show
Reverend Dr. Alice BaberBanks Pastor of Christian Fellowship Ministry Church
Dr. Tamara Bennett Sr. Pastor of This Is Pentecost International Fellowship Ministries (TIP)
Pastor Penelope Larry Dr. Janine Bera Co-pastor of The Potter’s House Chief Medical Officer for Church WellSpace Health
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n the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.” (1 Timothy 3:11)
Lady Charmaine Bassett, host of KDEE 97.5 FM “Lady Charmaine Live,” moderated a panel of Sacramento’s community Pastors and Doctors in a Faith-based Town Hall discussion on “Black COVID Culture: Let’s Talk About It!” The discussion set in motion how these prominent pastors and physicians in the community are dealing with COVID-19. The pastors made decisions to keep their congregations safe by either reopening their churches or holding worship services via social media. Pastor Penelope Larry is the Co-Pastor of the Potter’s House Church. For Easter Sunday, she recommended that people stay home if they had not been vaccinated or been tested to ensure that everyone is safe. Service was streamed on Zoom and Facebook live. She had approximately 25 people in the building and they followed the CDC guidelines. Nevertheless, the pandemic created a significant change for the most sacred day of worship for Pastor Larry. | 2 2 | T H E HU B MA G A Z I N E
“It was just different, it was different,” said Pastor Larry Lady Charmaine asked the pastors how they educated their members when it came to COVID-19. Pastor Larry answered, “We are leading by example; we’re not asking anyone to do anything that we’re not doing.” The Reverend Dr. Alice Baber-Banks, Pastor of Christian Fellowship Ministry Church, stated that for her to keep her congregation safe, she needed to opt to conduct services via a conference phone line. She said it was an excellent gateway. Pastor Baber-Banks stated that the church had more in attendance on the conference line than they have ever had in the building. “I don’t plan to go back into the church house until it is approved by the Governor or whoever is responsible,” said Pastor Baber-Banks. Pastor Dr. Tamera Bennett of This is Pentecost International Fellowship Ministries opened the floodgates for people out there suffering. The pandemic has caused Pastor Bennett to reflect on what her calling is in it all.
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