![]() We live in Kansas City now and remain forever grateful to CHBC! The kids are now 20. Church members even found us free formula and diapers! We would have been dead or divorced without all ya'all. Shirl Pedersen along with Bob & Jane Wiegers plus a whole gaggle of Chapel Hill Bible Church members walked us through that first year of life with Noah, Ben, Mia & Zach. When our babies came home from UNC Memorial Hospital to our 800 square foot apartment in UNC's Married Student Housing, 80 Bible Church members volunteered two hours each week to help us. The boys all weighted 2.5 pounds while Mia rocked the scales at 1.75 pounds. ![]() Jeannie made it to 28 weeks and 1 day giving birth to Noah, Ben, Mia, Zach and Chloe on April 28, 1999. Abrahamson prayed with us and told us that Chapel Hill Bible Church would walk with us. Thorp said all we had to do is get to 28 weeks. When the fertility specialist told Jeannie and me that we were going to have quintuplets, I took some Xanax and called our Pastor Jim Abramson to set up a meeting. To learn more about Bank of America’s many programs and resources for small business owners visit. This Small Shops feature is sponsored by Bank of America. We invite you to meet them inside our Small Shops series, sponsored by Bank of America. Open the door and look inside and you will discover dreamers and doers who embody the spirit and energy of Detroit’s entrepreneurial class. Small shops are the mainstay of our neighborhoods. Call (313) 933-5507 or visit them on facebook. I had a bad day, I walked in here and Miss Carla smiled.Įditor’s Note: Baker’s Bible & Bookstore is located at 10200 Grand River Ave. “It’s right here in the neighborhood,” adds Delbridge. Michael Grier, of items he might want to buy.ĭelbridge loves the owners and appreciates the role they plan in the community. She’ll often go into Baker’s and take cell phone photos to send to her pastor, Dr. They have everything he always needs.”ĭelbridge attends Brown Chapel Missionary Baptist Church on Warren Ave. My pastor knows when he sends me here it will be longer than 30 minutes. “We don’t have everything here, of course, but we do have the connections to get things for people,” she adds.Īngie Delbridge, a long-time customer of Baker’s Bible Bookstore, says she stops in regularly during errands for her minister. Products include most items that come to mind “when you think of the word ‘church’ and you think of the items the church needs,” says Banks-Markham. Many parents have come in and thanked the owners for being a place in the community where children can wait, while reading the store’s books.īesides obvious sellers, like bibles and religious texts from national and local pastors, the store sells spiritual cards, CDs, African-American heritage books, clergy attire and church supplies, such as communion utensils. In the early years, Banks-Markham says the store doubled as a spot for kids and other residents to wait for the bus. Once boarded and abandoned, Baker’s opened to both customers and casual visitors. That’s why there are a lot of businesses that do close in the community – that’s why we need to support each other.” “If you don’t come in and purchase goods from the bookstore, we will have to close. “People in this area and throughout the metro Detroit area, even out-of-towners, support the bookstore,” says Banks-Markham. “People in this area and throughout the metro Detroit area, even out-of-towners, support the bookstore,” says Carla Banks-Markham. One of dozens of bookstores that help form a landscape of thousands of Detroit small enterprises, Baker’s has been around for 25 years.īanks-Markham, the store’s vice president, first opened its doors with her father Walter Baker and her brother, Kelsey Baker, who is now deceased. A spiritual calling led Carla Banks-Markham and her family to form what she regards as a ministry to the community.īaker’s Bible & Bookstore, located at 10200 Grand River Ave., is a staple neighborhood business near Livernois Ave.
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