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Acts 9:1-6 (New Revised Standard Version)
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
Summary:
We are in the season of Eastertide with the worship theme “Living the Resurrection.” Throughout this season, we will explore what it means to live as people of hope and promise through the resurrection of Jesus. Some people do not believe in miracles, but God still performs miracles every day. Saul’s encounter with the resurrected Christ led to a miraculous transformation in his life. Do you believe in God’s miracles today?
Guest Preacher: Rev. Carolyn Habersham, M.A., M.Div.
Rev. Carolyn Habersham was ordained an Itinerant Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in August 1996, and ordained an Itinerant Elder in August 1998. Prior to her retirement from the pastoral ministry in 2015, Rev. Habersham pastored churches in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana.
Rev. Habersham completed the Drug/Alcohol Studies and Drug/Alcohol Counseling Program at U.C.L.A. She holds a MA from Claremont School of Theology where her studies were focused toward Pastoral Care. She also holds a M.Div. from Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Center in Atlanta, GA with emphasis in Pastoral Care. As part of her post graduate studies she completed 6 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
Rev. Habersham has worked at Providence, Little Company of Mary Hospital and Long Beach Memorial Hospital in the Todd Cancer Institute as a Chaplain and currently serves in ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Inglewood as the Executive Director for the Joshua Initiative Project, a ministry designed to bridge the gap between church and community through education.
Rev. Habersham is mother of one son, Sterling, one daughter-in-law, April, three grandsons (Tobias, Allan and Ian) and a host of sons and daughters in ministry.