Crenshaw Christian Center

Feb 28 2013

Weekly full-service

Officials from Charles D. Drew University of Medicine and Science, the Vermont Village Community Development Corp., Heritage Education Group and Crenshaw Christian Center watch as the ribbon is cut for the grand opening of a weekly full-service farmer’s market on the grounds of Crenshaw Christian Center at 7901 South Vermont Ave. The ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Friday included free food for the first 200 shoppers, flu shots by Walgreens, diabetes screenings and HIV testing. The market will be open every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering fresh food and produce.

Aug 30 2012

Testing in the youth center

Crenshaw Christian Center is sponsoring a bone marrow drive on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the church’s Youth Activity Center. The church is located at 7901 South Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles.

The drive is being held for Charles Bruce, a member, who is in need of a bone marrow transplant. The process takes 10 to 20 minutes, and getting tested could mean saving the life of this 34-year-old husband and father.

Jun 28 2012

Men make a Father's Day pledge

Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, center in white suit, and his son, Crenshaw Christian Center Pastor Frederick K. Price Jr., left, are surrounded by hundreds of men of the church on June 17, Father’s Day, to take a pledge of honor and commitment to families. They were led in the pledge by Apostle Price. The pledge was taken from the Christian film “Courageous,” which revolves around the lives of four Albany, Ga., police officers and their family challenges.

Jun 14 2012

Will commit to God and family

Taking a cue from the film “Courageous,” on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, about 400 men at Crenshaw Christian Center will take a pledge of honor and commitment to God, their wives and children. The group will repeat the pledge as it is read by Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, founder of the church.

Those men participating will receive a formal copy of the pledge, which will be signed by Pastor Frederick Price Jr., to be hung in their homes as a reminder of their commitment.

Shae Collins  |   OW College Intern
May 17 2012

First ladies coordinate free health screenings at local churches

Pastors’ wives throughout Los Angeles and Chicago have joined together to create The First Ladies Health Initiative, and on Sunday, May 20, these women, with the support of Walgreens, will host the inaugural Los Angeles First Ladies Health Day.

The event will feature free health screenings for diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure, vision and glaucoma, dental, mammograms, mental health, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and bone density.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.