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Under the
guidance and tutelage of our Pastor, the history of the Youth
Auxiliary began in the early 1990s. It was and continues to be
the intent of our Pastor to put people to work; to have the
saints occupied until the Lord returns. Bearing this in mind,
then Sister Darlene Fisher was appointed the first President of
the Youth Auxiliary in the ‘new’ Christ Haven. With Evangelist
Karen Fraser as Vice President and then Sister Natosha Todd as
Secretary, the seed of this auxiliary were beginning to
germinate. After years of successful service planning and youth
mentoring, the garden tools were then passed on to Evangelist
Karen Fraser who continued and expanded the work started by her
predecessor.
Evangelist
Fraser took the tools she was given and furthered the ministry
to our youth by expanded such ministries as Children’s Bible
Club (which used to be on Wednesday nights) and added ministries
such as Teen Talk, a session for our teens to discuss topics
relevant to their lives. As this branch of the ministry began
to grow, Evangelist Fraser began to gather her garden tools and
pass them on to Elder and Evangelist Caldwell. Under Bishop
Todd’s direction, Elder and Evangelist Caldwell would now be
called Youth Pastors; and under their direction, they began to
assemble a team of auxiliary members who would further the cause
of Christ in the lives of our youth.
As the Lord
would have it, He called Elder and Evangelist Caldwell to a work
in Philadelphia. During this transition and under the guidance
of Bishop Todd, it was decided that the lot fall would upon
Elder Stephen R. Flemming to continue the maintenance and
expansion of the Youth Auxiliary. In the summer of 2006 Elder
Flemming was officially appointed as the Youth Auxiliary
President and Evangelist Adrienne Carney as the Vice President.
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