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About Us

Our Mission: Changing Lives Through Love

"We are an imperfect church, with an imperfect Pastor serving a perfect God."    Pastor George F. Nicholas

Our Pastor 

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Pastor George F.  Nicholas

& his wife

Daun Nicholas

~ Senior Pastor

~ Advocate for Social Justice & Community                         Revitalization

~ Founding Member of Concerned Clergy Coalition of      Western NY

~ Theologian

~ Teacher /Scholar

~ Founding Member of African American Health Equity   Task Force (AAHETF) which  birthed  Buffalo Center      for Health Equity  in which Pastor George is the  Chairman

~ Pastor George is also on the Executive Committee  of      the board of The Population of Health Collaborative

gfnicholas1@gmail.com

@Gfnicholas1 @IgniteHopeBflo

First Lady

Children and Youth Ministry

Prayer Ministry

Communications Ministry

Teacher / Scholar

Mother

Daunnicholas@gmail.com

Deacon Vivian Ruth Waltz
~ Ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church
~ Director of the SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Non Violence
~ Certified facilitator of the Alternatives To Violence Project
~ A co-founder of Camp Peaceprints ~ continues as co-director each summer
~ Member of  the team of community activists who created the Buffalo                    Peacemakers Gang Intervention & Outreach Program
~ Serves on the Peacemakers Advisory Committee
~ Active member of the Faith Leaders Caucus of VOICE-Buffalo  

rev.vivianruth@gmail.com
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Music Ministry

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Janet Barnes

Minister of Music

jbjudy2@cs.com

  Joel
Nicholas

Assistant Minister of Music

Desmond Nicholas ~ Bass
Caleb Nicholas~ Drums / Trumpet

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First Fruits Food Pantry & Clothing Closet

Food Pantry ~Rita Hubbard-Robinson
Clothing Closet ~Diane Cadle
    641 Masten Ave. Buffalo NY 14209
    Every Saturday 10am-2pm
    Every Tuesday 4pm-6pm
Not zip code specific, anyone with a need is Welcome!

Hospitality Team

Gwendolyn Hunt & Jeanne Lumpkin
Prayer Ministry
Daun Nicholas
Respite Care Ministry
Marion Bouie
Congregational Care
Isabella Travis
Children's Ministry
Marcia Callender
Sherece Lewis
Communications Ministry
~Calvin Williams
~Daun Nicholas
~Mark Robinsom
~Mark Boyd
~Sandra Talley
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