Hamilton County commissioners proclaim Feb. 12 as Courtis Fuller Day Share Updated: 7:00 PM EST Feb 11, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 7:00 PM EST Feb 11, 2021
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Show Transcript all of you. And I m just so happy to see all of these women up front and leading in the county. I was around when the first woman was chosen, and we all jumped for joy when she got the award and start leading the commissioner s. Andi, I know a whole lot of you up close and personal. We worked together across the years, and I m just thrilled and tickled to death, to be honest with my good friend Curtis, full of and all of the other honorees today and forever and forever. My wife or not, will be happy to know that you chose me today because she s also my partner in crime. And for 51 years as the pastor of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church and 61 years of marriage full time and uninterrupted, she s been a part of everything. So I share this
“Now you may wonder why we and many others in the faith community have been doing this, and it’s because our faith teaches us that when one life is saved, it’s as if the entire world was saved,” said Rabbi Jonathan Berkun of the ATJC.
500 Christian, Muslim, and Jewish senior citizens received vaccinations inside a synagogue.
“It shows that we’re all the same and we’re all subject to the same problems and I think it’s great,” said Harold Siegel, who had already been vaccinated and was grateful to see his wife get the shot Thursday.
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The Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma Caring Foundation are teaming up to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
The foundation’s Caring Vans will visit several locations next week that predominantly serve residents of color, vaccinating 80 to 120 people at each one. Most of the sites are churches. THD is trying to reach Black, Latinx and southeast Asian communities. In north Tulsa and east Tulsa and the Jenks area where a lot of these communities live, churches are a center of a lot of these communities, THD Executive Director Dr. Bruce Dart said during a vaccination briefing earlier in the week.
Tulsa Health Dept., Caring Van Team Up To Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility
The Tulsa Health Department announced it is partnering with the Oklahoma Caring Foundation to increase COVID-19 Vaccine accessibility for minority community members.
Officials said the mobile Caring Vans will offer the COVID-19 vaccine at “several local churches and community centers serving predominantly minority residents.”
The health department said it will provide the vaccines for the mobile clinics, “which will serve 80-120 individuals at each location.”
Tulsa Health Department Executive Director Dr. Bruce Dart said they are glad to partner with the Oklahoma Caring Foundation to distribute the vaccine.
Geneva College hosts virtual music conference
BEAVER FALLS Geneva College and the Center for Urban Biblical Ministry (CUBM) host the Virtual Spring Music Conference on Feb. 13 and 20, and March 13 and 20.
The conference features noted speakers addressing aspects of music and music ministry, the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual worship experiences and their personal testimonies in a series of video conference sessions.
To register, contact CUBM at (412) 247-9010 or go to Geneva.edu/musicconference.
The Spring Music Conference schedule and committed presenters include:
6 p.m. Feb. 13.
Elder A. Jeffrey LaValley, international gospel music artist, composer, minister of music, New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Flint, Mich.