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Communion During Pandemic
Balm of Gilead Day
Pastor Leodis Strong giving the church report, along with Delegate Joyce O’Neal at the Annual Conference.
Pastor Leodis Strong giving the church report, along with Delegate Joyce O’Neal at the Annual Conference.
Alabama River Region Annual Conference
Clark Elementary School Teacher’s Appreciation Meal & School Supplies For Students
Clark Elementary School Teacher’s Appreciation Meal & School Supplies For Students
Tour Group From Lake Gaston Senior Citizen Club (North Carolina)
Happy “Clarence Seay Day”. Chief Fundraiser and Brown Chapel tour guides Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr.
Historic Brown Chapel AME Church trustee Brother Larkin ( former Selma High School football coach) enjoying his smothered pork chops on “Clarence Seay Day.”
The Bumbreys are enjoying their meal on “Clarence Seay Day” at Historic Brown Chapel AME Church. Servant Pastor Leodis Strong.
What a great meal for Clarence Seay Day. Menu included turkey and dressing, smothered pork chops, mac & cheese, cabbage, pecan and apple pie. Pastor Leodis Strong, Joyce O’Neal and church members fixing plates.
Brother Clarence Seay with family and friends. Brown Chapel not only honored him with an award but served a dinner on his behalf.
Today is Clarence Seay Day.
We honor Brother Seay as a faithful servant of Historic Brown Chapel AME Church. Presenting the award is Pastor Leodis Strong and Joyce O’Neal.
Today, the Historic Brown Chapel got a surprise visit from one of Malcolm X daughters Ilyasah Shabazz. Tour guide Bruce L. Holmes, Sr. presents her with his cookbook “Cooking in Selma During and After the Civil Rights Movement Cookbook.”
Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of the late great Malcolm X, made a surprise trip to the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church today; pictured with tour guide Bruce L. Holmes, Sr., while sporting his Malcolm X T shirt.
The 4th Presbyterian Church from Greenville, SC, visited the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church this Saturday morning, for a tour of where it all started.
On 60th Bloody Sunday Eve, Brown Chapel tour guide Bruce L. Holmes,Sr. with Pastor Leodis Strong, Bishop Julius McAllisterJr.( Presiding Bishop 9th Episcopal District AME Church) and Mr. Brent Leggs (Executive Director, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Foot Soldier Linda Holmes ,Tour guide Bruce L Holmes,Sr. and Tiffany Tolbert ( Senior Director for Preservation/ African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund ) at the Foot Soldier ‘s Breakfast at Selma High School.
Brown Chapel tour guide and Chief Fundraiser Bruce L. Holmes,Sr. presents Rickie Brown The GWC HOMES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday Worship Service.
The 60th Bloody Sunday Worship Service keynote speaker was Attorney Bryan Stevenson. Tour guides Bruce & Linda Holmes thanked Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Holmes was the coordinator for bringing in Mr. Stevenson.
The 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday Worship Service greetings from Attorney Jenai Nelson, President and Chief Legal Counsel, Legal Defense and Education Fund. Tour Guides Bruce and Linda Holmes enjoyed her conversation.
Tour guides Bruce & Linda ( Foot Soldier) Holmes, Sheyann Webb Christburg (the youngest freedom fighter) in the movement, and Andre Christburg spent time together at the Foot Soldier’s Breakfast at Selma High School on Saturday.
During our 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” Mr. Brent Leggs, Executive Director of The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, announced a $1 million donation to Brown Chapel AME Church toward the restoration project. This was some great news at our 60th “Bloody Sunday” Celebration.
During the 60th “Bloody Sunday”Anniversary Celebration, Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister, Jr., Presiding Bishop, Ninth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church introduced the keynote speaker.
At the 60th “Bloody Sunday”Anniversary Celebration, U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, Shomari Figures speaks, as Congresswoman
Terri Swell and Brown Chapel’s Servant Pastor, Leodis Strong looks on.
On the 60th Anniversary Celebration of “Bloody Sunday,” Minister Brittany L. Thornton read a scripture from the Old Testament, as Brent Leggs Executive Director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund in the background.
Thank you to our keynote speaker Attorney Bryan Stevenson, for the 60th “Bloody Sunday” Anniversary Celebration for the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church.
We were honored to have Mrs. Deana Young McAlister, WMS, YPD Supervisor, 9th Episcopal District, to preside over the 60th Anniversary Celebration of “Bloody Sunday,” for The Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Sunday morning service. (pictured to the left is Bishop Julius H. McAlister, Jr.)
60th Anniversary Celebration with Attorney Bryan Stevenson, serving as the keynote speaker, was a privilege and an honor for all of us in attendance. The founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative— a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama.
