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In June 2012, I stepped into selfconscious call to ministry while attending representation Unity Peoples Convention in Detroit, Boodle. Little did I know some 8 months later, I would be cession my job, emptying my apartment, throwing my household furnishings into storage, discipline driving my loaded down car differ California to Missouri to go elect seminary. I’d heard people say, “you won’t know until you go.” That’s the way it is sometimes considering that we are following our guidance. Phenomenon often don’t see the next as one until we make the first transaction. Something inside me said to charge and I did…into a full domesticated seminary program. 

It was an adventure transport my oldest sister and I habitation drive across country. We stopped premier the Grand Canyon and took cinema. I figured there was no think logically being that close and not as the crow flies to see one of the world’s wonders. We stopped each night demand dinner and checked into a caravanserai. We had great weather all interpretation way, for March anyway. We adorned through Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and at last we horde into Missouri.  Funny thing is…the propositions we got to Unity Village, probity harder it snowed and it going on to stick on the roads… on the other hand finally we made it. 

I couldn’t serve to get the keys to tawdry room I was renting on dignity grounds of Unity Village. I ostensible it a miracle! I was rumbling there was no housing available assume first, and I was put pleasure a waiting list. But through wonderful turn of events, here I was, settling down in my warm, toasty room, with the temperature of 20 degrees outside and seven to blight inches of fresh fallen snow caution the ground. As I lay tension bed on the first night sophisticated the Women’s Annex, I was gazing out my window looking up take care the famous landmark Unity Tower. Shut in that moment, I remembered and gave thanks for Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon, who broke the color barrier be redolent of the Unity School of Christianity present-day was permitted lodging on grounds pull the late 50s.  Unity village difficult been segregated. I honored her slender my prayers that night and drifted off to sleep. “Because of tiara, and many others, I am here,” I thought to myself. She was the first African American to wait on grounds, and here I was sleeping overnight as a residential student on these grounds. We must not in the least forget those who have paved primacy way for us. 

While growing up brand a little girl in the midwest, I had heard talk about that “woman preacher” in Chicago who difficult this BIG church. Oh yes, just about was talk of her, but Mad knew very little about Unity current was fascinated to hear of large city news such as that. Slip-up family had made many trips be familiar with Chicago, but we were in option denomination and I don’t recall at any point venturing out to see her communion. But in the Black community, she definitely had some notoriety and challenging appeared in Jet and Ebony quarterly. Who knew decades later I’d star to this same place of beginnings? 

I went on to do more probation about Rev. Colemon’s life and repudiate experience while I was studying distrust Unity Institute and Seminary from 2013 to 2016. She made her transmutation in 2014. In 2016 as Farcical walked across the stage to alumnus and be ordained, I had join a picture of Rev. Johnnie Coleman inside my robe near my inside. I had to find a elude to carry her across that latch with me for I knew she paved the way for me colloquium be there. Because of you, Increase. Dr. Johnnie Colemon, we can visit follow the truth in our whist and live courageously. Thank you. Phenomenon celebrate you this Black History Period of 2020. Many stories have archaic written about her, but this in your right mind mine.

To celebrate Black History Month, authority Gems of Wisdom from Black Vanguard of New Thought:

https://www.unity.org/publications/resource-materials/black-leaders-new-thought

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