Articles About Central Chapel A.M.E. Church

• The legacy of Raymond P. Harris, a forgotten Black artist

  By Truth GarrettApril 4, 2024

  

  “Artistry Re-Kindled: The Raymond P. Harris Retrospective Exhibit” — curated by Nearon in collaboration with the artist’s son, Robert Lee Harris — will debut at the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College on Saturday, April 6, with the exhibition on display through April 27. 

• Yellow Springs Food Pantry finds a new home

  By Lauren ShowsMay 10, 2023

  

  The pantry, which has been hosted by the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church for nearly two decades, will now be located at Central Chapel AME Church, 411 S. High St. Just as before, the pantry will be open 2–4 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

• New pastor at historic Central Chapel AME church

  By Audrey HackettDecember 5, 2019

  

  One of Yellow Springs’ oldest churches has an energetic new pastor. Reverend Morné Meyer, 38, was appointed to Central Chapel AME Church last month at the historic 154-year-old church.

• Juneteenth in Yellow Springs — A tribute to emancipation

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2019

  

  The first of the two Juneteenth celebrations will be held Saturday, June 15, 2–5 p.m., at Mills Park Hotel. The celebration is coordinated by villager Carmen Lee through her event planning business, Yokel.

• Abecedary by Mills Lawn first-graders inaugurates Gaunt award

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 7, 2019

  

  For those who don’t know much about the life of Wheeling Gaunt, the Yellow Springs man who bought his own freedom from slavery and for whom Gaunt Park is named, there’s a handy resource out there — and it was written by Mills Lawn’s 2017–18 first-grade class.

• Cold march, warm hearts

  By Matt MindeJanuary 18, 2018

  

  On Monday, Jan. 15, several hundred villagers honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and legacy, Yellow Springs-style.

• Still vibrant, still Victorettes

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 14, 2017

  

  In the spring of 1944, a group of young African-American women came together under the leadership and musical direction of Dorothy Boyce. They called themselves “The Victorettes.”

• Hunter-gatherers

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 20, 2017

  

  The 2017 Central Chapel AME Church’s annual Gaunt Park Easter Egg Hunt took place last Saturday, April 15.

• Egg scramble

  By Matt MindeMarch 31, 2016

  

  About 60 children took part in last Saturday’s annual Easter egg hunt at the Gaunt Park hill, sponsored by the Central Chapel AME Church.

• Listen for stories of freedom

  By Carol SimmonsJune 18, 2015

  

  While the American Civil War continued to rage unabated, President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”