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due to the pandemic, he and his family were not able to return until this year.

Shorb said inviting guest speakers to Black Church is a matter of establishing secure relationships with students. “I’ve invited so many people,” she said. “If I find someone who seems to connect with students, has an eye to what it means to be between 17 and 23 today, can bring the gospel to them, and understands Black church … I have at times said, ‘Would you like to come regularly?’”

Reverend Nicks is one of those people, according to Shorb.

Shorb said Nicks was one of Black Church at Grinnell’s regular ministers for a few years before relocating to Illinois from Des Moines. Due to the short distance to the College, he proposed coming back for the annual Black History Month service each year.

“They [Nicks and his wife] have come back because they always did more. Their kids would memorize poems and do praise dance and maybe sing a