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Mountain of Faith Ministries to host 7th Annual Women Empowering Communities Luncheon

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5 years ago

October 28, 2019

Judge Toni Walker Terrett and Mountain of Faith Executive Director Betty James at a previous Women's Empowering Communities Luncheon

Mountain of Faith Ministries is hosting its 7th annual Women Empowering Communities Luncheon Nov. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Vicksburg City Auditorium, 901 Monroe St.

The ministry will honor outstanding women in the Vicksburg community for their efforts to make the city a better place.

“We are honoring 10 women from the community this year,” said Betty James, executive director. “They will be recognized for their hard work in the community in memory of the late Ms. Tina Hayward, our founder.”

Mountain of Faith Ministries is an organization that provides struggling women a fresh start after being homeless through its Women’s Restoration Shelter.

“We would like people to take away from this event the hard work that we do for women and children as far as housing, food and finding them jobs,” James said. “We want people to recognize that we help these individuals to get back on their feet and move out to get themselves a place of their own one day.”

The idea for this luncheon stemmed from Hayward seeing a need to uplift women in the city.

“We started this event several years ago when our founder, Tina Hayward, was alive,” she said. “We were trying to think of a fundraiser that we could do that would benefit the shelter since we are a non-profit organization. We came up with this luncheon and we’ve been doing it six years prior and this is our seventh year.”

Tickets to the luncheon are $25 and can be purchased by visiting the event Facebook page.

For more information or to help sponsor the luncheon contact Mountain of Faith Ministries at 601-501-4508 or visit the office at 1529 Walnut St.

“We think people should come out and support this event because you never know if something could happen to us or some of our family members,” James said. “This is to help support these ladies and their children and make a difference in their lives.”

Here is the list of this year’s honorees: