Miracle on East Parkway South by Shelia O’Mara (MDiv, ’83), originally published in Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine What a year 2020 was. Like many of you, my thoughts and prayers are that 2021 will find us out of the grips of a global pandemic that has...
When Todd Richardson first stood in front of the dilapidated Sears Crosstown building and considered shaping its future, the 1.5 million-square-foot building had been abandoned since 1993. Many in Memphis considered the building an eyesore, destined for demolition....
Dr. Walter Spears entered the ministry in 1988. Two years later, he enrolled at Morehouse College as a psychology major. He was beginning a long process of discerning his call. “When I was licensed in the Baptist church,” Dr. Spears says, “I only knew of...
In 2007, Rev. Diane Harrison began planting Grace Place United Methodist Church at what is now the Women’s Therapeutic Residential Center (WTRC) near Henning, Tennessee. Grace Place remains one of only two United Methodist congregations in the world located...
We are pleased to share with you this month the work of Kelcey Johnson. Kelcey graduated from MTS in 2013 with an M.A. (Religion) including a Graduate Certificate in Addiction Counseling. He was on staff with the downtown Memphis Hospitality...
Rev. Steve Garcia Rev. Steve Garcia was ordained on Nov 1, 2020, at First Congregational Church. Located in Midtown (Memphis), First Congregational is part of the St. Louis Association of the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the United Church of Christ. “I am...
