welcome
Pastor Garry S. Mitchell Sr.
We are excited and grateful that you've decided to learn more about J.W. James A.M.E. Church by exploring our website. We've prepared this site just for you. It is our hope to connect with you and learn more about what God is doing in this season.
Rev. Garry S. Mitchell Sr.
Sunday Service
Please join us Sundays at 11 a.m. for our time of worship and praise in person or join our virtual service on Zoom(click here) or FaceBook Live (click here).
Our Founders
On December 26, 1971, our founders, Rev. Dr. Lucille L. Jackson and Rev. Dr. Esther J. Mitchell, opened the doors of J.W. James A.M.E. Church (formally known as James Memorial A.M.E. Church) in Maywood Illinois.
Founder Lucille Lewis-Jackson
Founder Esther James-Mitchell
Celebrating The Year of Jubilee
Message from the Pastor
Family and friends, I am so grateful that this is the Year of Jubilee -the 50 th year of God’s favor upon JW James A.M.E. Church! The year of Jubilee according to Leviticus 25 was a year full of release and rest and a time of reaping and
returning to family and loved ones. It is a year of favor -one dedicated to
acknowledging that God has and will continue to provide for every one of our
needs.
We, the JW James A.M.E. Church (formerly known as James Memorial
A.M.E. Church) are celebrating our 50 th year in ministry on Friday,
December 9 th , Saturday, December 10 th , and Sunday, December 11 th , 2022.
This weekend will be filled with reminiscing, rejoicing, and rejuvenating.
If you have been touched or impacted in any way by these 50 years of
ministry under the leadership of our beloved Founders: Reverend Esther J.
Mitchell and Reverend Lucille Lewis Jackson and/or our present Pastor
Garry S. Mitchell Sr., please accept our invitation to join us in celebrating,
thanking, and worshipping God for 50 years of saving, delivering, healing,
and restoring His people.
We praise and thank God for each of you and ask you to save the
date: December 9-11, 2022.
Yours in the Service of our Lord,
Pastor Garry S. Mitchell, Sr.
“Consecrate the 50 th year and proclaim liberty throughout the land
to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you…Each of you is to
return to your own family and your own clan. The 50 th year shall be a
jubilee for you. For it is a Jubilee and is to be holy for you.”
Leviticus 25:10-12
A Word from the Chair of the Jubilee Committee
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God has prepared for them that love him.” I Corinthians 2:9
This is one of the first Scriptures of promise that I learned many years ago
under this ministry, and I have seen it manifested in so many different ways. I
thank God for the unforeseen opportunity to serve as the Chairperson for this
magnificent celebration. My life and my family’s lives have been so impacted and transformed by the gospel through the ministry of our beloved Founders Jackson and Mitchell.
Yes, I believe that we have not seen yet, nor heard yet, nor even imagined
the things that God has in store for us. We sit in expectation of the miracles,
signs, and wonders that He will perform on this historical Jubilee weekend, and I
encourage each of you who has ever sat at the feet of our Founders Lucille Jackson, Esther Mitchell, and Pastor Garry Mitchell, been changed by their teaching ministry, and has grown in love and service of the Lord – to set the dates aside and join us as we experience God in a new way!
I thank God for the privilege to serve and to seek Him for wisdom in
serving!
Reverend Dr. Carolyn Williams - Jubilee Committee Chair
Rev. Carolyn Williams
Donate To the Jubilee Celebration
Our goal for this season of celebration is to restore and provide necessary and essential updates to the temple as we serve this present age. We are asking that you will support us in your presence and financially with a donation of $50.00 or more per person. God has been especially gracious to us!
Tithes & Offerings
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission for the Kingdom of God.
