MOULTRIE —
The Women’s Federated Club of Moultrie will celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday with its annual service sponsored by Southwest Georgia Bank.
The public is invited to participate in the celebration at Mother Easter Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16.
The Women’s Federated Club of Moultrie was organized in 1958 under the leadership of Jestina B. Lewis. The club is affiliated with the Georgia and National Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. The partnership with Southwest Georgia Bank began in 1988 and has continued for the past 24 years.
The speaker for this occasion will be Pamela Simmons, a native of Moultrie who now resides with her husband in Winston-Salem, N.C. Simmons earned a B.A. degree in speech and theatre from Albany State University, M. A. degree in English literature from Northwestern State University of Louisiana and the Ph.D. in English education from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minn.
She is employed at Winston-Salem State University as director of the Quality Enhancement Plan: Improving Writing in the Major, and as an associate professor of English. She is responsible for improving writing across the curriculum at Winston-Salem State University.
A Christian writer, Simmons has written “The Power of Women Prayer Warriors” and is finalizing a second book, “Favor in the Enemy’s Camp.” In her spare time, she writes spiritual literature and directs Christian plays while managing Sisters-in-the-Spirit, Inc., a consulting agency for women’s conferences, retreats and various workshops. In 2005, she established “Armed and Dangerous: Due to Praying, Fasting, and the Anointing: A Weekly Women’s Intercessory Prayer Ministry” each Tuesday at 6 a.m.
Currently, Simmons is completing research for a scholarly book with Duke University’s Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture. The book, “A Sister’s Higher Calling: The Elizabeth Johnson Harris Life Story” is due for publication in 2012. The research covers 85 authentic hand-written pages by Harris (1867-1942) which provide glimpses of Harris’ early childhood, race relations and her own ambivalence about her place as an African–American in society and most of all, the importance of religion and education in her life.
Simmons is a trail blazer for women’s ministries; she has organized and held the honor of key note speaker for many Women’s Day programs, conferences and retreats. In 2007, Simmons hosted the first South Georgia Christian Women’s Conference; 305 women attendees gathered in the small, rural Georgia town. In 2009, God enlarged her territory to license and establish Sisters in the Spirit Ministry Inc., a prayer ministry for women; she later hosted the second South Georgia Christian Women’s Conference.
Simmons is the daughter of Moultrians Mary Strong and Luke Strong Jr. She is the granddaughter of Bernice Blunt. She is a 1983 graduate of Colquitt County High School.
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