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“font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;”>Williams’ church, Spirit of the Lord Family Church, delivered needed supplies January 29 to Centennial Christian Church for distribution to residents hit hard by the Dec. 31 tornado that did millions of dollars in damage in the St. Louis area. About 15 homes in or around the “font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;”>neighborhood were damaged and several are uninhabitable, according to Alderman Terry Kennedy.
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”>“This is not just a church issue, but a humanity issue,” Williams said.
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“color: #2a2a2a;”>is home to houses build between 1890-1920 featuring handsome brickwork. It is an area where one of the first struggles by African Americans to break the color line was waged against restrictive deed covenants, which enforced racial segregation.
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”>Between 1910 to 1945, Lewis Place – like many other neighborhoods in St. Louis – barred African Americans from certain streets with the use of restrictive deed covenants. The covenants were agreements between white homeowners to exclude the sale of their homes to black prospective buyers.
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”>A movement started by Lewis Place residents led to the landmark Supreme Court case of Shelly vs. Kraemer, which struck down restrictive covenants across the entire U.S., thus opening the doors to a new set of fair housing regulations on the federal, state and local levels.
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #2a2a2a;” lang= “EN-US” xml:lang=”EN-US”>Financial donations are needed, too, to assist homeowners with repairs and rebuilding. Checks can be made out to Lewis Place Historical Preservation, 3920 Lindell Blvd., Suite 206, St. Louis, MO 63108, attention Pamela Talley. For information about cash donations, call Talley at 314-535-1354. “font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #2a2a2a;” lang= “EN-US” xml:lang=”EN-US”>Visit the website at
“http://www.lewisplacestl.org/”>www.LewisPlaceSTL.org Place is also on Facebook under “Lewis Place.”
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“mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>7th Church Anniversary Life Changing Christian Fellowship Church “font-weight: normal;”>Family, where Bishop Donald Hawkins Jr. and Co- Pastor Laura Hawkins are pastors, will celebrate its 7th Church Anniversary
“font-variant: small-caps;”>7 concluding its anniversary service on Sunday, February 20 at 11 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The church is located at 1430 Silverton Place in Richmond Heights. “As a church family, we are very blessed and delighted to be a part of this Kingdom-building ministry and this wonderful community in a time and season such as this,” said Minister Brandy Costello. “We are so grateful and excited about our beautiful facility and educational center that accommodates our ministry for where the Lord is taking us.” For more information, contact Costello at (678 ) 332-4573 or Min. Corliss Finger at (314) 437-8508.
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“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”>Emmanuel Temple Church of God will celebrate its Founder’s Day with Queen Esther Whittier at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Bishop Ronnie Whittier is pastor and the church is located at 4935 Union. “font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;”>
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“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”>Free choral concert “font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;” lang=”EN-US” xml:lang= “EN-US”> The Collegium Vocale of St. Louis performs a concert on Sunday, February 20 at 4 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, 4501 Westminster Place. The concert features the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. For further information, call 314-367-0366. The concert is free and open to the public. Prophetess Sharon Eiland “font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;”>
Solomon’s Temple Church – with the theme of “Reaching Higher Levels
in 2011” – will host
“font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;”> Prophetess Sharon Eiland at 7 p.m. nightly March 2-4. The church is located at
Sr. is founder and pastor and First Lady Linda D. Holloway is
co-pastor. For more information, call 314-361-4466, visit
“http://www.solomonstemplechurch.org/”>www.solomonstemplechurch.org
or email
“mailto:solomons@i1.net”>solomons@i1.net
