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Reverend Lishers. Mahone, Jr. Pastor Mahone,
Reverend Lishers Mahone was appointed pastor of Brown Chapel AME Church in November 1981, and with this appointment he also inherited a heavy indebitness from a previous remodeling project. But Under his spiritual and administrative leadership, and a dedicated congregation the debt was eliminated in 1990.
Brown Chapel celebrated it's "109th Anniversary" with the burning of the church mortgage along with a bank note for property it had purchased on Mills Rd. and Burger Street in Joliet IL.
With faith in God, and the Theme: "We can do all things through Christ who Strengthens us" Phillipians 4:13. Brown Chapel held a groundbreaking ceremony November 1991, Led by Bishop James Haskell Mayo, Presiding Prelate of Fourth Episcopal District. A brand new edifice was built in 1993 at 1502 Mills Road Joliet, IL. The church continues to grow spiritually and numerically.
Mrs. Betty Mahone, Brown Chapel's First Lady.
Betty is married to the Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr., Pastor of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Joliet, IL.
They are the parents of three offspring who are a blessing to them.
They also are the very proud grandparents of two grandchildren.
Mrs. Mahone is a graduate of Northern Illinois University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics Education and was inducted as a charter member of the Delta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She has taught Home Economics in the Public Schools of Chicago and Joliet for thirty-four years, including the following schools: Chicago Vocational High School(4 years), Simeon Vocational High School (16 years), and Joliet Central High School (14 years). Retiring from teaching in June 2000, she hopes that she
has made a difference in the lives of the young people that she has had the
opportunity to educate.
Her Brown Chapel activities include the Women’s Missionary Society, Young
Peoples’ Division (Y.P.D.), Sunday School, Board of Christian Education, Lay
Organization, Vacation Bible School, and wherever she is needed to serve.
She initiated and has chaired our city-wide Annual Black College Fair for
the past eight years.
Other Church related activities have included the following: 1st Vice-President of the women's Missionary Society, Chicago Conference Branch (4 years); Local Young People's Division Director (12 years); South Area
Y.P.D. Director (8 years), and Conference Branch Y.P.D. Director (2 years).
She has also served as President of the Minister's Wives Alliance of Chicago
(2 years), Vice-President of the Fourth District Minister's Wives Organization (2 years), and President of Fourth District Minister's Wives (1 year).
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