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Experiencing Jubilee!
Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Reopening In Partnership with Room In The Inn – Memphis, Homeless Ministry Submitted by Mrs. Juliet Waddell Pittman, Project Coordinator and Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr., Presiding Prelate of the First Episcopal District
Seven years in the making, and as the CME Church celebrates 150 years as a church, April 19, 2021, was the day that a dream became a reality. On this day the City of Memphis Mayor, James Strickland; the Shelby County Mayor, Lee Harris; the immediate past City Mayor, A. C. Wharton; the Director, Division of Housing and Community Development City of Memphis, Paul Young; and City Councilmen, Cheyenne Johnson and Jamita Swearengen, along with County Commission Chair, Eddie Jones, were at 409 Ayers Street to join Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr., Chairman, Board of Directors for Collins Chapel, and Rev. Lisa Anderson, Executive Director, Room In The Inn - Memphis, to celebrate the grand reopening and ribbon cutting ceremony! These persons along with about 100 others all came to celebrate the completion of the renovations and furnishing of Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital (CCCH) and Room In The Inn – Memphis, Homeless Ministry.
Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr., Presiding Prelate First Episcopal District
Initially it was planned that Collins Chapel Healthcare would be a faithbased skilled nursing and respite facility. It was to have specialized Continued on next page June 2021 • The Christian Index
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