Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Wilmington District Lay Council held its Annual Lay Day Celebration at Bowens Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, pastored by Reverend Valarie Robinson with Stacey Robinson, Host President. The Devotion was a reflection of the present Lay Council theme, “Securing Our Future”. Chaplain Alice Fennell gave the Old Testament Scripture Jeremiah 29:11-12…
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 3:00 pm, the clergy, members of the 22 churches, family, and friends gathered in large numbers at the historic St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church, Wilmington, NC to demonstrate their appreciation for the servant leadership of Rev. Dr. Alexander L. Jones, Sr., Presiding Elder of the Wilmington District, Cape Fear…
The 2-day Wilmington District Sunday School Convention convened at St. Phillip A.M.E. Zion Church, Wilmington, NC, pastored by Reverend Bettijean Payton on Saturday, June 9, 2024. This convention was a visit to the past and a prayer for a great future for the 2024 graduates. St. Phillip A.M.E. Zion Church was the space where Mrs….
On April 14, 2024, the Wilmington District celebrated at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Southport, NC. Twenty people were chosen by the individual churches as their Lay Person of the Year. The district was welcomed to St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, pastored by Rev. Vanness Middleton, by the President of their Lay Council, Edna Bernard….
Sister Curlia Troy was a living testimony of God’s promises. In the early hours of March 11, 2024, God called her, and she quietly transitioned from life into eternal life at her home in Leland, North Carolina, at the age of 107 years. She was the oldest member of the Eastern North Carolina Episcopal District…
I don’t feel like I am one hundred years old; I just feel like Posey Johnson.” How do you say Happy Birthday to a living legend? A woman of God who has lived through the administrations of 16 US presidents and 68 A.M.E. Zion bishops; who has served her church in every lay capacity on…