Ms. Jacqueline P. Sims

All Dressed Up And No Where To Go

      I have had a love and committment for the Church since the cradle.  Having been born and reared in a devout Southern Black Baptist family with three of the most endearing parents: My father, Dea. Willie F. Sims, chairman of the Deacon Board, who was never late for church and took me, his only child, on many of his trips to share communion with the sick and shut-ins. My mother, Fannie Mae Sims, a devoted housewife and Deaconess, and my Paternal Grandmother, Annie Bell Sims, the mother of the church and the Matriach of our family. These three parents instilled in me the thirst for fellowship with the Holy Spirit and loving service to others.  

I attended the Historic Silver Bluff Baptist Church of Beech Island, South Carolina since birth, until I moved to Atlanta, Georgia.  

References: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/071602/met_201-3378.000.shtml

http://www.reformedreader.org/history/negrobaptistchurches.htm  

I currently serve the Historic Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Pastor Gregory Vaughn Eason, Sr. The oldest African American Congregation in Atlanta, est. 1847.

During the aftermath of Katrina and the sudden passing of my Uncle Monroe Sims, Sr, I took a sabbatical from nursing and journeyed to a missionary assignment for respite. While in the German Town District of Philadelphia, this particular season of my life was dedicated to personal development, Christian development, learning more of the Muslim culture for future missionary opportunities, and ministering to the needs of the community. Having been unchurch for many years, I renewed my Faith and fell in love with CHURCH, all over again.

After my missionary assignment in Philadelphia, I returned to Atlanta with a renewed vigor and passion for church, worship and its fellowship. My old desires for activities were changed and I desired more wholesome, spiritual and educational pursuits. I was accustomed to attending some kind of service nightly, whether that be a worship service or a simple fellowship with believers of the Gospel. I have always had a thirst for knowledge and felt at home in an ambiance of academia. My desire for good clean living, assisting the hurt, broken hearted, and the homeless continued to grow and mature. I no longer desired the fellowship of my former years filled with the company of negativity and unfruitful agendas. I sought the Lord in all my activity.

I knew the Lord had a purpose for my return. He had a plan of hope and a "new" future for me!

During the summer of 2006, I sought out a Friday evening activity.  I decided to attend a lecture at the library on Auburn and Piedmont Avenues. As I approached the front door of the library, I was halted with a notice that the lecture was CANCELLED. I was so disappointed and a feeling of loneliness set in.  It was a Friday night, I was all dressed up with nowhere to go.

I considered my options and I looked in a popular local newspaper that published city events and activities. I was familiar with the paper and realized I would have to filter through the nightclubs and other "alternative" entertainment to hopefully find a wholesome or attractive event for me.

I discovered a significant lack of choices. But, I knew Atlanta had a lot to offer. A spaghetti dinner at a neighborhood church, movie night in a fellowship hall, a gospel concert, a bible study, inspirational jazz, a gospel play -  where were they? There was no doubt, Atlanta has  rich, diverse and spiritual resources. I just didn't know where I could find them. It was clear at that very moment, on that very corner, that there was a serious lack of public information for the Christian community.

I was annointed with the creative idea to publish a Christian newsletter of local events and activities.  I enrolled in a business entrepreneur program to develop and receive the necessary guidance and funding for this new assignment. 

A March 2008 review of a local online Christian website showed less than 50 churches in its directory, and only 4 Christian events for the Atlanta area.

Other print and online publications of community events and activities were dominated with secular interests and did not emphasize Christian and Family agendas. Moreover, if the consumer has the choice of getting the information "NOW" or waiting a week, most will opt to get it NOW. Recognizing this evolution, creative implementation to the Internet was the optimal choice in providing this needed public informational resource.

Our in-house survey of 100 random Atlanta residents (street and church inquiries), revealed the following:

• Increasing numbers of new visitors to churches are seeking their choice via the Internet.
• The reason most transient residents to the Metropolitan area are without church membership is lack of information.
• 95% of those surveyed feel less than adequately informed of Christian/Family activities and events in our local area.

Chronicleslll.com, developed in the fall of 2008, is an online Christian network whose mission to provide up-to-date Church and wholesome community events for the families of Faith.  A Church and Business Directory,  community blogs, sermon / teachings and articles of information all assist in amending the lack of information to our community of Faith. 

We are proud to provide this network of services, attracting the growing number of unchurched Youth and Professionals, while strengthening the fellowship of committed "church goers" and technological support to the local church.  

We currently have the largest database of Church listing in our Church Directory for an online local Christian website. We look forward to serving many metropolitan areas globally.

Thank you for your participation in this outreach effort!

Jacqueline P. Sims, Publisher

We do not place priority or schedule of fees based on size, membership, denomination, or social status of any religious institution. We do not discriminate services based on race, gender, ethnic origin, sexual orientation inclusiveness, or denomination.