ITEMS OF INTEREST January 7, 2008 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Johny Diaz, Jane Macartney, Adelle M. Banks

THE REV. LIZ WALKER sits at the makeshift altar and gathers her little worshipers.

"We are in a cold room today, but we are going to warm it up with our spirit. Welcome to Tweener Worship Service," she greets her youth ministry of 16 kids at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in [the] Jamaica Plain [neighborhood of Boston].

One by one, the giggling and chatty children, ages 7 to 12, share a prayer with an animated Walker, whose sermon on this Sunday morning focuses on the importance of listening.

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