Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church in Sumter South Carolina

02/27/2026

Black History Celebration Sunday & Soul Food Fellowship. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is Good! 2/21/26🙌🏼🙏🏼❤️

02/13/2026

Lenten Prayer & Fasting Guide

02/01/2026

Sermon for 02/01/2026

01/04/2026

12/07/2025

Rev. Linwood D. Shaw preaches from the 23rd Psalms on how God leads us!

12/07/2025

See you tomorrow for the final communion service of the year! If you can feel free to give via cash app

12/05/2025

Clinton Chapel is on the move!

11/14/2025

Join us tonight for our first quarterly conference!

11/14/2025

Join us for our new service! Each Sunday morning we will gather for worship at 8:30AM!

11/12/2025

LET US ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AND NOT TEAR DOWN! 🙏🏼✅

Have you ever regretted not taking the time to speak life or truth over someone? Maybe they were going through a hard time and you weren't sure what to say, but you felt like you could have—and should have—said something.

When Paul, the author of 1 Thessalonians, is writing to the church in Thessalonika, he gives them some practical advice...

Paul tells the church to continue to encourage one another and keep building each other up. This was something they were already doing, but Paul felt it necessary to remind them to keep doing this.

Encouragement can change someone’s attitude. It can lift someone out of a dark place. It can remind them of what's true when the truth feels foggy. Speaking life and truth over someone can give them the hope and determination they need to push through a hard season.

Maybe you can remember a time when someone encouraged you during a challenging season of life, and the difference it made for you. Paul is encouraging us to do that for others.

The Church is meant to be a place of encouragement. We should never leave any encouragement unspoken, but should generously lift each other up.

Spend some time today thinking about someone in your life who you can encourage. It might be someone who's going through a hard time, or someone who simply needs to be reminded that others care about them. Never let encouragement go unspoken. Take a moment to speak life. Don’t allow PRIDE and ANGER cause you to miss your BLESSINGS!🙏🏼✅

11/08/2025

Join us tomorrow for worship at 8:30AM!