EMANCIPATION DAY SERVICE HELD AT ALLEN TEMPLE AME CHURCH

            The Tampa Bay Coalition of Clergy, Inc., Bishop Thomas Scott, Chairman, held its 2018 Emancipation Day Service on January 1^st at Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames, Host Pastor. The Guest Messenger was Rev. Dr. Patricia Hauser. She selected Genesis 37:18 as the Scripture. The message was entitled: “Why Is Your Brother Still In The Pit?” Members of the Coalition who attended the service were: in front, from left, Rev. Paul Buster, Rev. Laura Ann Hargrove, Host Pastor, Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames; Guest Messenger, Rev. Patricia Hauser; Bishop Thomas Scott, Chaplain Moses Brown, Rev. Jackie Leeks, and Rev. Jerry Nealy. Second row:   Rev. R. J. Stevenson, Superintendent Clethen Sutton, Rev. Joseph Sykes, Rev. Kirk Bogen, Rev. Russell Myers, Rev. Eva Russell, and Rev. Zachary Hudson. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)