Youth Ministry
Donna Dallas, Youth Director
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers,
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
WE WANT TO SEE YOUTH IN EVERY MINISTRY OF OUR CHURCH
FROM THE CHOIR TO THE USHER BOARD
2023 YOUTH MINISTRY HAPPENINGS!
SEPTEMBER 2023
Bookworm Reading Program
AUGUST 2023
Members of the Elks World Champion Elite Striders Drill
and Drum Corps as they return from Baltimore, MD
Maranda Leonard, Mariah Edwards, Car’mell Bell and Chaperone Gloria Bouie
North Chicago Community Days Parade
JULY 2023
4th Sunday
Devotion – Joshua Rice
Praise & Worship – Samara Jones
Music Ministry – Kameron Luster
Church Picnic
JUNE 2023
4th Sunday
Praise & Worship – Kameron Luster
Devotion – Colin Christy
Announcements – Deja Balentine
Academic Achievement – Somaya Presley
Juneteenth Meditation – Mykayla Trice Moreno
Music Ministry – The Duffie Girls
Baptism
Leaving to Pursue Mastor’s Degree in Journalism at Syracuse University -Za’Tozia Duffie
YOUTH DAY
Devotion and Academic Achievement – Darryle McDaniel
Announcements – Zor’Nelle Duffie
Meditation Speaker – Derrick Washington
Youth Day Choir
“All in the Family” – Car’Mell Bell, Zor’Nelle and Zymphony Duffie
Youth Day Prayer
Youth Vessels of Praise
Introduction of Speaker – Cameron Reed
Youth Day Speaker – Tony Medlin (Chicago Bears Equipment Manager)
Raffle Winners – Zor’Nelle Duffie & Jassiah Jones
Let the Church Say Amen” – Geordon Woods
Graduate Sunday
Meditation Speaker – Rose Garay-Rodriguez
Jonas Porter Scholarship Recipients – Kameron Luster and Zor’Nelle Duffie
MAY 2023
Chicago Sky Basketball Game – Wintrust Arena
4TH SUNDAY
Devotion / Academic Excellence / “Let the Church Say Amen” – Geordon Woods
Athletic Excellence – Kerlin Garcia
Music Ministry – Zor’Nelle & Zymphony Duffie
APRIL 2023
Supporting Kameron Luster’s Performance
“Into the Woods”
4th SUNDAY
Devotion / Praise and Worship – Mykayla Moreno Trice
Announcement Clerk – Gia Shaw
Music Ministry – Zymphony Duffie
Chicago Field Museum Field Trip
Easter Sunday
Induction into the National Honor Society: Darryl McDaniel III
Narrator: Car’Mell Bell
Jesus: Darryle McDaniel III
Soloist: Tozia Duffie
Gun Violence Speaker: Rev. Craig Neal, Sr.
Bullying Speaker: Darryle McDaniel III
MARCH 2023
Academic & Athletic Excellence – MyKayla Trice
John R. Lewis Middle School
Academic Excellence – Erin Irvin
Cook Magnet School
Baptism – Little Miss Howell
FEBRUARY 2023
95th Church Anniversary
“The Original 12”
Descendents of Original Founding Members
Original Member: Sister Nettie Hill
The Battle Family
Original Member: Sister Gertrude and Brother George Taylor
The Parkard Family
Original Member: Sister Demples Hodge
The Brooks Family
4th SUNDAY
Zion Park District Black History Program
Junior Vessels of Praise
NAUW – North Shore IL Branch 28th Annual Educators Luncheon
Scholarship Awardees – Kameron Luster & Zor’Nelle Duffie
Theme – “First Corinthian Black History Makers”
4th Sunday – Medical
Narrator- Kameron Luster
Announcer – Gabby Neal
Black History Maker – Kim “Pete” Luster
3rd Sunday – Law
Narrator- Zymphony Duffie
Announcer – Gabby Neal
Black History Maker – Lalania Gilkey-Johnson
2nd Sunday – Finance & Business
Narrator- MyKayla Trice
Announcer – Gabby Neal
Black History Maker – Bertine “Bunny” Nixon
1st Sunday – Olympian
Narrator- Ja’Kiya Kirk-Cobb
Announcer – Gabby Neal
Black History Maker – Olympian Shakedia Jones
“War at Home” stage play held at ZBTHS
Zor’Nelle Duffie and Kameron Luster
JANUARY 2023
4TH Sunday
Academic Excellence – Gordon Woods
Baptism – Karter Burke
Youth Speaker – Minister Bernard Carpenter
MLK Jr. Speaker – Vatr Jackson
