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Local
Impact Interfaith Conference
Church To Host Annual ‘Christmas Under The Stars’ Program
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Four years ago, members of a local church hosted a Christmas event. It was so well received that the mem- bers decided to repeat it the following year.
On Saturday, December 16th and Sunday, December 17th, members of Exciting Central Tampa Baptist Church will host their 4th An- nual “Christmas Under The Stars” Program. The event will be held at the Water Works Park Band Shell, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
This year, the church will host its 4th Annual event. “Our goal is to simply cele- brate the season present the gospel message as the unified church and shower the com- munity with love through the arts and with gifts,” Pastor Lenox Zamore, Senior Pastor at Exciting Central Tampa Baptist Church.
RICK GRANT Event Planner
The entertainment lineup includes: Daniel Joyner, Trumaine Burrell, Ms. Priscilla Upshaw, The ECTBC Mass Choir, Ves- sels of Clay, and the Tampa Bay Orchestra, among others.
Several other churches from the community are slated to participate in the
PASTOR LENOX ZAMORE ... Senior Pastor at Exciting Central Tampa Baptist Church
event as well.
It is free and open to the
public. Those planning to at- tend are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and celebrate the season.
Members of the com- munity who are planning to attend are asked to bring a wrapped toy or gift card for a child.
Dr. Davina Jones, Senior Pastor of Greater Love Spiritual Center, hosted Impact 2017, an Interfaith Conference dedicated to human dignity.
The conference featured speakers from the Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal, New Thought and Muslim faiths. The conference was held in November.
The featured speaker was Bishop Carlton Pearson, an ad- vocate of justice and peace issue. (Photos by Julia Jackson)
Speakers at the conference included, from left: Bishop Carlton Pearson, Dr. Oguz “Oz” Istanbul, Cultural Center; Archbishop David Jones, Mountain Top International Church; Dr. Davina Jones, and Pastor Samuel Nieves.
Special Meeting Of The
Board Of Commissioners
Of The Housing Authority
Of The City Of Tampa
The Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tampa Housing Authority is scheduled for Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 8:30 a. m. at the Administration Offices, 5301 West Cypress Street, Tampa 33607.
The Tampa Housing Authority Development Corporation meeting will take place immediately following the above meet- ing.
All board meetings are open to the public.
Susan Johnson-Velez, Chairman of the Board, Jerome
Ryans, President/CEO.
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