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New Light MBC’s 67th Annual Women’s Day
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
The women of New Light
Missionary Baptist Church wore purple and white on Sunday,
May 22 to celebrate the church’s 67th annual
Women’s Day.
The morning service opened
with a devotion offered by Eloise Jamison, JoAnn Jones,
Vanessa Walker and Victoria Colbert of Union Grove MNC..
Rochelle Strong of Jerusalem Baptist served as mistress of
ceremony. After the welcome by Latrina Stewart and a
response by Tonya Roach of Friendship Baptist, Akisha
McCarter spoke of the history of Women’s Day.
The speaker was Ann
Colbert Battles, one of the two remaining charter members of
the church, who addressed the day’s theme “Touched by the
Master’s Hand.”
Rev. Gerald O. Fletcher is
the pastor of New Light.
The chairman of the
Women’s Day Committee was Cynthia Battles and Latrina
Stewart was the co-chairman. Gail Washington and Rebecca
Battles served on the Program Committee; Betsy Hill, Vesta
Lamb and Callie Owens on the Kitchen Committee and Freddi
Roberson, Wanda Newbern and Bertha Parnel on the Finance
Committee.
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