After a year of loss, L.A.’s Black churches celebrate their second pandemic Easter

LA Times

By KAILYN BROWN, DONOVAN X. RAMSEY
A church member raises her hands in worship during Easter service at New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday.(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

On Easter Sunday, Denice Daye listened to her pastor’s voice booming from a computer.

She was alone in her View Park living room. Her fellow worshipers were isolated in their homes as well. Instead of being onstage with the church choir, she listened to herself sing in a prerecorded performance.

But none of that prevented her from dressing up in a soft peach blouse and black pants. She adorned the room with tulips and candles.

Daye, a 69-year-old hairdresser, has been a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Hyde Park, a predominantly Black church, for 25 years. In addition to singing in the choir, she is on the worship committee and plans events.

Publish : 2021-04-05 15:08:00

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