‘A better future’ : Local church hosts graduation Sunday honoring college, high school graduates

CHARLOTTE — Local college and high school graduates were honored at a Queen City church on Sunday.

This event was part of Rockwell AME Zion Church’s graduation Sunday.

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The church’s head pastor and his congregation celebrated the achievements of all 21 graduates. Six of the graduates earned different college degrees; the other 15 graduates were from local high schools.

“We are honoring those who have committed themselves to fulfill a promise to themselves of a better future,” Rockwell AME Zion Church’s Pastor Jordan B. Boyd told Channel 9.

Pastor Boyd also told Channel 9 he credits education as the key to moving forward, not only in your personal life but in helping communities move forward as well.

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