Elder D'Jaris Canty Wallace - MDPC Intern

 

Elder D’Jaris Canty Wallace is the President of the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, the Vice Moderator of the Presbyterian Women Coordinating Council of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta and is currently an Inquirer in the ordination process with the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.

 

Elder Canty Wallace has been a licensed minister since 1991 and ordained in 2004.  She has served as the Assistant Pastor of the Reynoldstown Christian Ministries from 1992-1994, Co-leader of the Nurture Ministry (1991-1992), the Planning, Evaluation and Publication Ministry Leader (1994 – 2002), and Director of Protocol (2002) at Saint Peter Missionary Baptist Church.  While there she was also a teacher and Curriculum Specialist in the School of Christian Living, and in 1999 developed a “Leadership Development Program”.  Following the direction of God, she united with Word of God Tabernacle in 2002 and was a part of their Ministerial Alliance. Elder Canty Wallace was also very active in the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, where she served as Assistance Conference Coordinator for the West Central Georgia District, and served on the State of Georgia Conference Team since 1999 as Youth Liaison, Assistant to the State Adjutant and Conference Registrar for 2001 and 2002. Before its closing, she developed a progressive Christian Education Program for Southwest Atlanta Presbyterian Church, teaching two Bible classes.  In May 2010, she and her husband Bruce were commissioned as coordinators of the Congregational Care Ministry at Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church. 

 

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she is a 1973 graduate of Southwest High School in Atlanta, a 1977 graduate of Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a minor in Mathematics.  She has done graduate studies at Atlanta University with a concentration in Economic Development and minor in Finance, taken Continuing Education Extension courses through The Interdenominational Theological Center.  She has also received a Computer Skills Certificate and Mortgage Lending Diploma from the Georgia Institute of Banking.  Elder Canty Wallace, worked for the Internal Revenue Service, Crawford and Company, and is a former associate professor of Economics at Tuskegee Institute, and the faculty advisor for their Society of Economics Advancement, as well as a former Mortgage Banker and Corporate Trust Supervisor and was the Owner and Managing Broker of Anchor Partners Realty. 

 

Elder Canty Wallace is an Advanced Certified Human Behavior Consultant through Uniquely You Ministries, a Certified Clinical Pastoral Care Counselor, and Certified Leadership Trainer through Walk Thru the Bible Ministries.  She is also a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, Black African American Christian Counselors, Christian Community Development Association, Religious Conference Management Association, Society of Church Consultants and the Presbyterian Church USA’s Company of Pastors.  Currently she is a Middler at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, pursuing her Master’s in Divinity, concentrating on Pastoral Care. After graduating and completing her ordination exams, she plans to pursue parish ministry and becoming a Licensed Pastoral Counselor.

Fall Berries on the MDPC Campus

By Carol Cromley

1. Holly
2. Dogwood
3. Nandina

Lunch Box Program

By Carol Cromley

 

The Memorial Drive Lunchbox Program started in May, 2010 with people volunteering from St Timothy Methodist Church, MDPC and Rock Of Ages Lutheran Church. Each church was taking one or more days a week to be responsible for serving those in need. As it began, we gathered folks from the three churches and walked around the tables filling lunch containers, much like what we do now for Bountiful Bags on Thursdays. Now there is a fourth church, A New Thing Christian Church, that serves on Wednesdays.

 

To start with, we gave out less than ten lunches a day, and we have grown to 50 or 60 on many days. The "working poor" are also being served...those who have part time jobs only, like the sign-holders you see along the road. Bottled water is included for each lunch. Summer times we serve a lot more children, too, and we try to add drink boxes for them or other special treats.

 

Bananas are an addition to the daily menu, and the folks at Rock of Ages donate & make up fresh sandwiches to replace some of the packaged items we used to purchase. The sack lunches are placed in grocery bags, to keep costs to a minimum.

 

Your cash donations (checks marked for Lunchbox) are used for the packaged items put in the bags with the sandwiches. 

Those who hand out the lunches frequently hear happy "thank you's" and "bless you" for being there.

 

 

 

 

So "Thank you and Bless you" for the all your help that makes this program continue for our neighbors in need.