Page 10 - Mom Green - Commemorative Booklet

Thank you for the joy you brought me. Love you Grandma. In 1974, with her husband’s agreement, she returned to the Church of God in Christ by joining

Love, Gabriel the notable San Francisco Temple, under the leadership of the founding senior pastor – the late Bishop/
Dr. Dwight McDaniel’s. There she continued in the ministry of teaching in the teen Sunday School.
I love and will miss you so much!
Love, Aniya In 1981, the Lord led her to the next phase of development and ministry he had for her, at the
innovative Grace World Outreach Center, under the leadership of Pastor Ron Tucker.
My Great-Grandma always inspired me. She always seemed happy and did everything for her family.
But one memory that stands out of the many is when she made me believe in myself. After years of faithfully attending Grace, in 1983, Mom united with her son and daughter-in-
love (Raphael and Brenda Green) as they pioneered the Metropolitan Christian Worship Center
I am my mother’s daughter and more times than I can count people say you’re just like your mother. It (church) of St. Louis (MCWC)--a ministry dedicated and focused on the evangelization and
was not an insult, but I just felt as if I would always be in her shadow. discipleship of people in the Urban World.

However, Grandma said to me — no she’s her own person. That is something I didn’t know I wanted During her tenure at MCWC she served in various ministerial roles: Director of Altar Workers
to hear so badly. It made me feel as if I could grow and show everyone —especially my grandma — and Follow-up Ministries; Director of the Titus 2 Women (a ministry to senior women in Metro) under
the person I would become. the leadership of Pastor Brenda Green. She also led the Christian Education Department for several
years and completed her tenure as a staff pastoral advisory minister and an outstanding and very
I was waiting till my 15th birthday to tell her grandma things are going to change — but that is no long- practical staff teaching minister.
er the case. Nevertheless, I will still strive to make her proud of me and hopefully from heaven she is
smiling at me as I strive to make my own path as Kaila Elizebeth Lee Green. Throughout her life, by God’s grace and wisdom, she suffered and endured the tragic deaths of
Love, Kaila two sons (Erwin Lee on July 28, 1959 and Mark Ivory on October 24,1999). Despite these and many
other gut-wrenching, near-death obstacles, she was graced to earn associate degrees in Biblical
I love you, Grandma, and I am glad that you're with God. Everyone is going to miss you very much, Studies, Christian Education, and Christian Counseling at the Brookes’ Bible Institute. Additionally, she
but you will see us later. earned a degree in licensed practical nursing -- a field she loved and served in for a decade or more at
Love, Michael Bethesda Hospital, Deaconess Hospital and a number of nursing homes in the St. Louis metropolitan
region.
Love you Grandma, I will miss you.
Love, Josh Many other persons, families, friends, Christian pastors, leaders, fellow congregants in Christ,
coworkers, neighbors, acquaintances, and even strangers repeatedly spoke of the tremendous impact
I love you Grandma, and I hope that you’re super happy with Jesus! the Lord had in their lives and development through her life and ministry. There are simply no words
Love, Naomi to express the value and impact of this precious, anointed, and virtuous woman of God.

Grandma was always nice to meet. I love her. She constantly sought to remain in the background and to keep Christ and His will clearly in
Kiyan her view. Mom diligently and relentlessly pursued walking out the will of God with everything in her.
Today, we join countless individuals in celebrating her life and commemorating her transition into the
We loved Grandma too. embrace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jaxson Ivory, Ezekiel Johann, Judah
On September 15, 2024, (late Sunday evening) she departed this dimension of life. As she
entered heaven, she reunited with her parents (James and Genorah Stewart), her only brother
(Alexander Stewart), her sister (Dorthy Stewart Taylor), her sons (Erwin Lee and Mark Ivory) and other
relatives and friends in Christ. She leaves to cherish, celebrate, and continue the legacy of her life,
James, her loving husband of 70 years; her children Lillian Marie, Raphael (Brenda), Desiree (widow of
Mark Ivory) Christopher (Carol), Pamela Yvette, and Jonathan (Cynthia); her grandchildren: Ariel
(Larricus), Christopher Michael (Antonette), Gabriella Martyse, Justin Greg (Heather), Amaris Briana
(Adrian, Sr.), Karissa Anna Janelle, Jonathan Mark, David Matthew (Michelle), Cortne’ Emmanuel
(Shareka), Johann Gabriel, Erica Danielle, Joseph Uriel Ian, and Britne Eliana; her twenty-two great
grandchildren; her youngest sister and only surviving sibling Reather (Paul) Kelly; and a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins, spiritual children in Christ, and friends.

… a life well-lived to the glory of God and immensely treasured!