Preach Sista! is on FaceBook as part of our ReFill with Preach Sista! project. Our Preach Sista FaceBook page features daily (every day but Sunday) posts designed to create and celebrate a nurturing community of faith. Three administrators — Michelle, Latanya, and Aim — host this virtual gathering space. Together, they cultivate a welcoming space that equipe people to deepen their faith, care for their souls, and connect with others seeking to live an abundant life of faith.
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Meet Our Administrators
Michelle
Michelle is the founder and CEO of Preach Sista! She preached her first sermon in 1986 and hasn’t stopped yet. She is an elder at Maple Avenue Ministries in Holland, Michigan and leads the praise dance team. She is a co-host on the Antioch Podcast. For fun, she enjoys cooking, visiting vegan restaurants, being a selfish vegan, puppy hugs (no, the dog in the picture is not hers, but the puppy was so cute she asked if she could hold him. She really does love puppies), connecting with friends, loving on her family, and watching Godzilla movies.
“Preach Sista! is a sacred gift and a humbling responsibility. Every day, I say ‘yes’ to continue one more day because of the impact I see on the lives of women. Many have said, ‘this community saved my life’. With the leading of the Holy Spirit and a faithful group of volunteers — we are changing lives. Thanks be to God.”
Aim
Aim’s name is like, “aim high, press on toward the goal!” She and her husband and live at Camp Tall Turf where he is the year round Caretaker. They have a 3-year-old Pyredoodle and two children who live at home while working and taking college classes. Aim’s passion is collecting, reading, and sharing books. She focuses her curating on books written by marginalized people and narratives that highlight rich cultural experiences. Fantasy is her favorite genre. She had a challenging childhood home life but also had Child Evangelist Fellowship, many wonderful teachers, and a small bookstore within biking distance. She considers books to be her third parent and Madeleine L ‘Engle (her favorite author) an honorary Auntie.
She has a neurological condition and mobility disorder which limits her stamina for activities but also, as she says, “slows me down so I have time for a rich prayer life.”
Her outreach is focused on volunteer work at Camp Tall Turf, a teen PRIDE support group, Hesperia UMC Children’s Ministry, and intercessory prayer. She also supports women who, like her, experienced childhood SA and faithfully shows up to protest injustice.
“I am deeply grateful for Preach Sista. I began listening to the Antioch Podcast from its very first episode and it always felt like I was sitting in a room with like minded friends. I have found [Preach Sista} to be a rich community of love, faith, and wisdom and I am deeply grateful and richly blessed to love and be loved here.”
Latanya
Latanya is a retired special education teacher and school social worker. A Masters Level Social Worker, she is the sole owner of Elevation Empowerment Services LLC founded in 2019 through which she provided private practice therapy services. Currently, Latanya works as a clinical hospice social worker.
Latanya has served in ministry in various roles including as a speaker, lay minister and Women’s Ministry Leader. In 2018 she founded Shekinah Sistahs, a community women’s group, for which Latanya is prayerfully discerning God’s future plan. She presently is serving as a chapel speaker at the Muskegon Women’s Rescue Mission.
Latanya is a 38 year member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. A widow, Latanya lives in Muskegon and has two adult sons. She enjoys listening to music and podcast, reading, spending time with family and friends, and anything near water.
“Preach Sista is a community of women where you can be naked and unashamed. A space where you can be imperfect and truly seen while knowing you are wholly accepted and will be empowered to become everything God created you to be. You will find women who are going after God with all their hearts and yet there is no spirit of competition, only connections that complement the callings in each other. You will experience true sisterhood where whatever your life’s season, you are covered in prayer, love, and support.”