The Christian Education Ministry of Hillside Presbyterian Church (USA) - Decatur, GA will celebrate its annual black history program on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 4 p.m. This is the 11th celebration that has been sponsored in partnership with First World Productions (Dr. Webster Wallace, Founder/Director) and the Samuel H. Johnson SSSP Foundation, Inc. (a 501 ©3 nonprofit organization). This year’s program will be virtual. Go to www.ssspfoundation.org and click on the black history program link.
This year’s celebration in entitled, “Oh Happy Day,” and will include talented artists throughout metropolitan Atlanta and the Southeast. The program features the J.L. Roberts Men’s Chorus of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA (Maurice Seay, Director). Other participants include Unshakable Praise (the praise team from Greater Love Kingdom Building Church, Madison, TN under the leadership of Pastor Anthony Waggoner); Tamara Irving & the North Atlanta High School Dance Company; Ms. Chelsi Lester (liturgical dancer, Antioch North Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA); David Trofort, pianist; Nivek Anderson, cellist; and son & mother duo, Julian Smith, Jr., trumpeter and Willene Smith, soloist from Allen Temple AME Church, Atlanta, GA.
The celebration will also include members of the Hillside Presbyterian Church (USA) family, including Ms. Kimberly Jackson, Ms. Althea Brown, Ms. Allean Brown, and the church organist, Ms. Bernice Hall. The pastor of Hillside Presbyterian Church, Rev. Sylvia Wilson, continues to lend her support, as well as the membership at large.
The program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Proceeds collected during the offertory will benefit the Samuel H. Johnson SSSP Foundation, Incorporated. This organization provides scholarships to talented, but financially challenged college students in the Southeast. All donations are tax deductible.
For further information, contact Harry Holley, Sr., President, Board of Directors, SHJSSSP Foundation, Inc. at (404) 243-9576 or email holleytab@aol.com.
