A Tremendous Start

Sis. Sanari Hendricks

Bro. Raeshodd Martin

Bro. Ronnie May

Sis. Jacqueline Powell

Bro. Cameron Romero-Williams

Sis. Robin Scott

Bro. Dontae Snow

Bro. Fritz Swint

Sis. Melissa Swint

Bro. Thomas Twyler

Sis. Pauline Ward

Bro. James Williams

Bro. Shepard Wood

Church Family

Acknowledgments | Jan/Feb 2023

Thank you for the $3,500 in support of the General Scholarship Fund. Your gift support Clark Atlanta University’s ability to provide a high quality, innovative, and globally competitive learning experience to students with exceptional promise. Thank you again for your support and partnership in our collective effort to re-envision the future of our university.

–Richard L. Lucas, Jr., PHD

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Thank you for your generous donation to Hosea Feed the Hungry. Your gift of $2,238.52 was received on December 22, 2022. Your generosity will ensure everyone who reaches out to Hosea this Thanksgiving season will find spirit and hope all while eating a

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We have had a tremendous beginning to this year, 2023. For example, we have seen the recommencement of the in-person School of Love, Learning and Service (SOLLAS), which will occur every third Saturday of the month hereafter unless otherwise specified. At the February SOLLAS gathering, in collaboration with the Community Action Business Ministry (CAB) and as a part of our Stewardship Weekend, we offered 12 adult classes and four youth and children’s classes centered around the theme: “Financial Surge.” Therein we taught important lessons on managing and enhancing finances. Dr. Wendy Labat, a member of CAB, outstandingly led us in this effort.

On the fourth Sunday in February, the youth and children in the Church Family led us in celebrating Black History Month, recalling some of the marvelous aspects of our past in song, spoken word, dance, videography, and instrumental presentation. The Reverend Brenton Cox, our new Coordinator of Youth and Children Ministry, spearheaded a team of talented and willing volunteers to set forth an informative and inspiring service.

So far this year, we have had 25 new members to unite with the Zion Hill Family, approximately half of which were baptized. We welcome all of you with open arms and with best wishes for a wonderful journey with God and with the rest of us, your sisters and brothers.

To these and other indications of a good 2023 start we might add the hiring of new staff (which you can see in this and the January LIU), two financially promising months of revenue, the reopening of the gymnasium on Thursday evenings, and life-enriching activities in the Joy for Life Ministry (Monday-Thursday, 9 am to 1 pm). So many other ministries have reactivated their outreach efforts as we seek to continue operating in the character of Jesus the Christ as he sojourned on this earth. There is so much more on the horizon that we are convinced will demonstrate our love for God, one another, and others that we do not have the time name here. I urge you, therefore, to pay close attention to the Announcement and Reminders that come out every week, as well as to the informational considerations on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Be energized, taught, and propelled by the Holy Spirit, and pray mightily that God will guide you to where you might serve with enthusiasm and conviction, and thereby become an active part of this 2023 “Power Surge.” n

—Pastor Parker