Elkhart, Indiana

Photo narrative: First African-American Sister Care seminar

 

 

https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4277Cyneatha Millsaps, Hattie Redmond, Lefuarn Harvey, Vivian Washington, Earline Hunt, Cora Brown and Ann Jacobs celebrate being together at the Sister Care.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4278Cyneatha Millsaps and Hyacinth Stevens were the main presenters at the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4279Tonya Gates and Louise Millsaps pray together after anointing each other for healing during the African American Sister Care.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4280Rose Williams prays for Shanta Wilson during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4281Many of the women attending the African American Sister Care seminar thanked Cora Brown for paving the way for them in the Mennonite Church. Here, Brown acknowledges Hyacinth Stevens as the next generation in church leadership.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4282Rose Williams removes her mask as she shares her testimony of finding herself during the African American Sister Care seminar. Photographer: Lynda Hollinger-Janzen
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4283Against the backdrop of the quilt depicting the African-American experience, Rose Williams shares a moment with her granddaughter, one of the praise dancers from Church Without Walls.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4284Participants at African American Sister Care.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4285Alisha Manning, African American Mennonite Association representative from Calvary Community Church in Chesapeake, Virginia, talks with presenter, Cyneatha Millsaps, MCC program director for the Great Lakes Region.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4286Rose Williams and Hyacinth Stevens dance in front of a quilt depicting the African-American experience in the United States.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4287Hyacinth Stevens, co-pastor(s) of King of Glory Tabernacle and member of Mennonite Women USA’s board of directors, was one of the presenters during the African American Sister Care.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4288Ursula Green shares a song during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4289Vivian Hunt, Ursula Green, and Hattie Redmond anticipate mealtime fellowship.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4290Tantra Taylor catered two of the meals during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4291Presenter Hyacinth Stevens, Cora Brown and Louise Millsaps enjoy a moment together during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://www.mennonitemission.net/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4292Hattie Redmond and Vivian Hunt practice compassionate listening during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4440Rose Williams and Hyacinth Stevens dance in front of a quilt depicting the African-American experience in the United States.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4442Vivian Hunt, Ursula Green, and Hattie Redmond anticipate mealtime fellowship.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4443Ursula Green shares a song during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4441Tantra Taylor catered two of the meals during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4447Rose Williams removes her mask as she shares her testimony of finding herself during the African American Sister Care seminar. Photographer: Lynda Hollinger-Janzen
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4445Against the backdrop of the quilt depicting the African-American experience, Rose Williams shares a moment with her granddaughter, one of the praise dancers from Church Without Walls.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4446Alisha Manning, African American Mennonite Association representative from Calvary Community Church in Chesapeake, Virginia, talks with presenter, Cyneatha Millsaps, MCC program director for the Great Lakes Region.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4439Hyacinth Stevens, co-pastor(s) of King of Glory Tabernacle and member of Mennonite Women USA’s board of directors, was one of the presenters during the African American Sister Care.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4449Rose Williams prays for Shanta Wilson during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4448Many of the women attending the African American Sister Care seminar thanked Cora Brown for paving the way for them in the Mennonite Church. Here, Brown acknowledges Hyacinth Stevens as the next generation in church leadership.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4450Tonya Gates and Louise Millsaps pray together after anointing each other for healing during the African American Sister Care.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4451Cyneatha Millsaps and Hyacinth Stevens were the main presenters at the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4456Participants at African American Sister Care.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4473Cyneatha Millsaps, Hattie Redmond, Lefuarn Harvey, Vivian Washington, Earline Hunt, Cora Brown and Ann Jacobs celebrate being together at the Sister Care.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4478Presenter Hyacinth Stevens, Cora Brown and Louise Millsaps enjoy a moment together during the African American Sister Care seminar.
https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=4479Hattie Redmond and Vivian Hunt practice compassionate listening during the African American Sister Care seminar.

Photographs by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen
Friday, May 5, 2017

On Apr. 21-22, women gathered at the Mennonite offices in Elkhart, Indiana, for the first African-American Sister Care seminar. A contextualization success, Cyneatha Millsaps and Hyacinth Stevens designed the experience for the reality of African-American women today.

Sister Care is a ministry of Mennonite Women USA. The Elkhart seminar was made possible through a grant from The Schowalter Foundation and partnership with African American Mennonite Association and Mennonite Mission Network. 

"This event allowed the women to be in touch with themselves," said Ann Jacobs, Mission Network's Church Relations liaison to African-American congregations and a key organizer of the seminar. "Many participants expressed interest in deepening the connections made during the weekend, and desired to offer similar opportunities for the women within their own ministries."

 

 


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