Galilee Awards $61,000 in Scholarships

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Galilee Awards $61,000 in Scholarships

By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. Photo Credit: Sheila Mitchell HOUSTON-Every year in May, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC) recognizes their graduating seniors from high school and college. This year there were 10 high school graduates and five college graduates. This was the first time since the arrival of COVID-19 that the graduate recognition ceremony was taken […]

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