Misuse of Religion Rev. Dr. Darryn J. Hewson, Contributing Writer  Religion can be beautiful, and hopeful, and amazing. It can teach us so many things about how to be together, love ourselves, and appreciate things that are hard to appreciate. Faith, any faith, is incredibly powerful. Religion is also one of history’s most misused and misunderstood human institutions. Read More Here |
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St. Luke AME Church, New York Hosts Jubilee Gala To Launch Center For Peace And Social Justice
 St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church hosted the Jubilee Gala on Friday, November 3, 2023, to celebrate the 98th Anniversary and the launch of its new Center for Peace and Social Justice. The Center for Peace and Justice is dedicated to promoting peace, social justice, and community empowerment in Harlem, New York. Housed in a former New York City 30th police precinct, this peace precinct will include a greenhouse cafe’, wellness clinic, an incubator for movement organizations, and an arts and activism studio.
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Shorter College Opens New Dormitory on Campus
 On October 21, 2023, Shorter College in North Little, Arkansas officially dedicated the “Bishop Michael L. Mitchell Hall”. Conceived in 2021, this residential housing facility marks a monumental achievement as the first on campus housing facility constructed in 25 years. Completed in August, 15, 2023, the primary purpose of Bishop Mitchell Hall is to house the athletes recruited for the men’s and women’s basketball teams along with other students from around the state who live beyond a 50-mile driving area.
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Bending The Arc
Rev. Shelton Sullivan, 2nd Episcopal District
 To fall into the abyss of rage and despair. To watch with horror as innocent civilians are murdered beyond belief or recognition. To summon the fortitude to see a brighter future no matter how dark the current reality may be. “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice…” Who will speak for the dead? Has the child, who has lost all she has ever known, no voice? Are the ears of those imagining the cries of the dying or dead unable to hear? A new world order. A collective desire to break the cycle of violence that entangles us all like an unrelenting vine. A valiant attempt to make peace, not war, lest our souls die as the executioner stands at the door.
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The African-American Male and Breast Cancer
The St. John AME Newsletter 9th Episcopal District
Reprinted with permission from The Valley Weekly Robinson, J. (2023, October 20). The African-American male and breast cancer. The Valley Weekly.
 One of the biggest types of stigma in the world is breast cancer. You are probably wondering how breast cancer can be stigmatized if there are so many organizations, movements, and even dedicated colors and symbols for breast cancer, right? Since breast cancer affects one specific gender the most, of course, it cannot be stigmatized for them, but what about the other gender? When a person observes these movements, posters, ads, charities, and organizations about bringing awareness to breast cancer and fighting for more research, the first thing that comes to mind is women. Why? Usually, that is who develops breast cancer the most, but did you know that men can develop it too? So, if men can develop breast cancer as well, why is it not talked about as much? Simple, because of stigmas.
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AME Wins Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for 2023
 The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that De’Shawn C. Washington, a fourth-grade inclusion teacher at Maria Hastings Elementary School in Lexington, is the 2024 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. Education Secretary Patrick A. Tutwiler joined Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley to make the announcement during an assembly at the school.
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October Edition of The Christian Recorder |
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 | | Watch the interview with Bishop Stafford J. N. Wicker, President of the Council of Bishops |
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It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over 
Great news for Wilberforce University’s choir and marching band as members of the HBCU Symphony, a group of 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) whose talents are heard on the gospel album, The Now Testament! We learned Friday, November 10, 2023, that the much anticipated 2024 Grammy nomination in the Best Gospel Album category did not come to fruition for the symphony, specifically for the Wilberforce band and choir featured on the album’s song, Kingdom Party.
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Know Your Church History -CLOAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church Connectional Lay Organization (CLO) 
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The Journey to Eagle 
As I complete my final year of high school, I often reflect on my journey. I was born at Arnold Palmer Hospital at 32 weeks via C-Section because my mom’s life was endangered. When my mom got pregnant with me, her doctor told her that she should terminate her pregnancy because one or both of us would die if she did not. Well, they were wrong! I was born healthy but soon lost my hearing before I was 8 months old. I had surgery in hopes of restoring my hearing. It worked, but I did not learn to speak until I was almost 5 years old. My mom says that I sounded like a Klingon from Star Trek in those early days.
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Loving the Enemy: Jochebed and Bithiah’s Story
Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker - Smith
 Today we are faced with the challenges of war, religious nationalism, and polarization. The conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel-Palestine, the Horn of Africa, Syria, and Ukraine immediately come to mind. Yet conflicts and wars are perpetual and threaded throughout the Bible. Hunger and famine are related consequences of these horrors of death. The hatred and fears about who is an enemy have fueled and still fuel the atrocities of bloodshed and loss of life. Read More Here |
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