Jacqueline Lucier and Horace Johnson
Recorded
August 20, 2021
Archived
August 20, 2021
34:45 minutes
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Id:
mby021003
Description
Jacqueline Lucier (53) shares a conversation with her father, Reverend Horace Johnson (80), about his earliest memories of church, his call to the ministry, and the state of the church now. Jacqueline also talks about her relationship with the church and with her faith.Subject Log / Time Code
HJ talks about his earliest memories of going to church and about his father, who was a minister in a Pentecostal church.
HJ talks about how his relationship with the church changed as he became older, went to college, and met his wife.
HJ talks about experiencing the call to ministry and going to work full time at the church.
JL talks about her relationship with the church when she was growing up and about her connection to her faith now.
JL and HJ talk about HJ being by his wife’s side while she was ill and about the support he received from her throughout his life.
HJ talks about how he tries to make sense, as a minister, of the events of recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killings of unarmed Black men and boys.
JL and HJ talk about ways that the church could adapt and change in the future.
JL and HJ sing a verse of the hymn “Let Us Break Bread Together.”
Participants
- Jacqueline Lucier
- Horace Johnson