The Reverend Doctor Melvin James will be officiating A Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3:30PM, at the Temple Terrace United Methodist Church, Tampa, Florida, in honor of 55 years of dedicated service to God.
Born and raised on the Caribbean island of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dr. James comes from a family known for its devotion to the Christian faith. His father, the late Rev. Henry James, pastored in the village of Soufriere and then Roseau before migrating to the United States. His mother, Mrs. Ruth James was a well-known piano instructor in the 70s.
Dr. James holds a doctorate in counseling from the University of Florida and has held various ministerial positions such as: Minister of Worship and Music, Minister of Pastoral Counseling, Associate Pastor, Co-Pastor, and Pastor.
For sixteen years he served as the Denominational Consultant to the Florida State Association of the Church of God in the areas of Organization Development, Strategic Planning and Management, Leadership and Church Growth, and as a Pastoral Consultant.
He is a Diversity and Race Relations Consultant. An ecumenical minister and a gifted preacher, Dr. James has worked and ministered in several denominations.
When asked what his focus in life is, he responded, “I would like everyone to know that God really loves them, and that no one is beyond the reach of God’s love despite what persons may say. I want everyone with whom I interact, to feel the presence, power and love of God.”
The service will feature Carl Gravender, one of the premiere church organists in the U.S., Guillermo Lopez, one of the highly accomplished Lyric Tenors in the Tampa Bay area, Tampa First Seventh Day Adventist Advent Choral, the Beulah Baptist Institutional Church Dance Ministry, and a talented musical Ensemble. Dr. James’s sermon is entitled, “Can Christ’s Principles Prevent an End to Global Civilization?”
The Temple Terrace UMC church is located at 5030 E. Busch Blvd, Tampa, FL. The service begins at 3:30 PM.
Virtual attendees may participate in the celebration by logging on to Facebook – Melvin James and/or YouTube – Rev Dr Melvin James.
For further information call (813) 980-6641.
Oh wow Mr James 55 years of this Eurocentric concept. Can we imagine if he had spent 55 years studying real authentic spiritual science that Europeans knew nothing of? The science that their religion was made out of. The spirituality of the Haitian People and Africans that Christianity took parts of and vilified as voodoo, hoodoo, dirty names we were made to hate, using their media and schools to make it evil. They claim to have kept some parts like drinking the blood(wine), eating the flesh(lusty), swinging the thing with smoke around, then educate us that these people worship evil, trust the colonizers of God’s power. Dr. James, I wish you well the rest of your journey, and wish you were brave enough to have dug deeper into the distortions/teachings/indoctrination.
Congratulations. I knew Melvin very young. His mother Mrs Ruth James was teaching us typing.Thanks to her .