Youth Explosion Messenger
Jonathan Stallworth is a devoted husband, elder, humanitarian, and above all, a man after God’s own heart. A proud native of Pensacola, Florida, Elder Stallworth has faithfully served in ministry for over a decade and currently operates in multiple capacities at The Light Center under the leadership of Pastor Larry Watson, Jr.
Grounded in both faith and education, Elder Stallworth earned his bachelor’s degree from Pensacola State College with a concentration in Human Resource Management, equipping him with a strong foundation for leadership, service, and organizational excellence. He is married to his loving wife, Dr. Keyosha Stallworth, and values family as a cornerstone of his life and ministry.
In addition to his ministerial calling, Elder Stallworth is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, where he upholds the principles of brotherhood, scholarship, and service. Deeply humbled by the call God has placed upon his life, he remains steadfastly committed to his divine assignment.
"I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Light Center
Youth Explosion
Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
WORSHIPLEADER
BISHOP CHRIS SANDERS
Community House of Prayer
MLK CCC Religion Program Vice Chairman
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
City Wide Youth Choir
Led by Brother Justin Williams
Dr. Drucilla Thomas
SCRIPTURE
Minister Tyronne Hampton
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
PRAYER
Rev. Sabrina Hopkins
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
WELCOME
Elder Brandon Mason
Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church
MUSICAL SELECTION
City Wide Youth Choir
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Minister Terrylyn Williams
Community House of Prayer
OFFERING
MLKCCC Religious Committee
SPECIAL GUEST Soulful Movement
PRESENTATION OF MESSENGER
Rev. Larry Watson, Jr. The Light Center
SOLO
Desiree Potts
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE
Elder Jonathan Stallworth The Light Center
CHRISTIAN APPEAL
Pastor Willie Richardson Life Shifting Center
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Rev. Donald Harris
Houser Memorial AME Zion Church
MLKCCC Executive Member
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR 2026 RECOGNITION AWARDS
RECIPIENTS
Justin Williams
Hakeem Davis
Austin Paul
Keyla Richardson
First Baptist Church Ferry Pass
Praise Dance Ministry
WORDS OF APPRECIATION
Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Young, III
Mount Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
MLKCCC Executive Director
CLOSING SONG
Lift Every Voice and Sing
PRAYER AND BENEDICTION
Elder Jason Potts
Refreshing Springs COGIC Church
Prayer Breakfast Messenger
AnativeofApopka,Florida,DelwynnGerardWilliamswascalledtothe pastorateofSt.JohnMissionaryBaptistChurchofPanamaCity,Wednesday, May2,2001andassumedhisdutiesasthe13thpastorofthethen77-yearoldchurch.HeismarriedtotheformerMissSusanC.Edwards.Theyhave twoadultchildren,BrandonandBritni,aswellastwoenergetic grandchildren,Major&Reign.
Overcomingthedivorceofhisparentsatanearlyage,PastorWilliamsleft hishomeinJacksonville,FloridaandsettledinApopka,Floridawherehe completedhisprimaryandsecondaryeducation.Aftergraduatingfrom EdgewaterHighSchoolin1984,PastorWilliamsdecidedtocontinuehis formaleducationbyenrollingintheReligionandPhilosophyprogramat FloridaA&MUniversity.HethenenteredtheSpringfieldChristianBible SeminaryinSpringfield,Massachusetts,wherehereceivedtheBachelorof TheologyandDoctorofDivinitydegrees.
PreachinganinitialsermonSunday,August31,1986attheGreaterMt.CarmelMissionaryBaptist ChurchofTangerine,FloridaunderthetutelageofthelatePastorSolomonNealandbeingordainedtothe GospelMinistrySunday,April30,1989attheGreaterMt.PleasantMissionaryBaptistChurchof Tallahassee,FloridabythelatePastorT.T.Jackson.
PastorWilliams’ministerialcareernowspansover30yearswithhismostrecentpreviouspastoral experiencebeingthatofservingasSeniorPastorofHigherHeightsChristianBaptistFellowshipin Tallahassee,FL(May3,1998–May2,2001)andMt.MoriahFirstBaptistChurchinQuincy,Florida (April7,1989–May3,1998).HehasservedintheleadershipcapacityforseveralChristianandcivic organizationsandconductedcountlesscrusades,revivals,workshopsandconferencesacrosstheUnited States.
PastorWilliamsisamemberoftheNationalBaptistConventionofAmerica,ProgressiveM&EBaptist ConventionofFlorida(MinisterofMusic&Organist),ProgressiveMissionaryBaptistAssociationof WestFlorida(FormerModerator),NAACPmandSCLC(1stBayCountyChapterPresident).InJuly 2015,PastorWilliamswasappointedbythenGovernorofFlorida,RickScott,totheBoardofDirectors ofOneChurchOneChildofFlorida(OCOCFL).Afterapproximatelyfivemonthsmonthsonthe OCOCFLBoard,PastorWilliamswasappointedtotheExecutiveCommitteeoftheorganization.Pastor Williamsisalsolistedinthe1996EditionofStrathmore’sWho’sWhoAmongBusinessLeadersandthe 1987EditionofOutstandingYoungMenofAmerica.
DR. DELWYNN G. WILLIAMS
St. John Missionary Baptist Church Panama City Florida
Prayer Breakfast
Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
WORSHIP LEADER
ELDER BRANDON MASON
Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church
MLK CCC Religious Chair WITH UNITY, WE WON’T TURN BACK
BLESSING OF THE FOOD
Pastor Brad Livingston Transformation Church
BREAKFAST SERVED
MUSICAL SELECTION
Brother Justin Williams
SOLO
Sister Cheryl Watson
SCRIPTURE
Dr. Donald Bell
Metropolitan Baptist Church
PRAYER
Dr. Sondra Coleman
Houser Memorial AME Zion Church
SOLO
Sis. Keosha Richardson
WELCOME
Rev. Gary Bryant
Springhill Baptist Church
"I HAVE A DREAM"
Rev. Marcus Baldwin
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church
NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Led by Sister Sabrina Letts
PRESENTATION OF MESSENGER
Rev. Sanford Hayes
New Life Baptist Church Crestview FL
Moderator Progressive Missionary Baptist District Association of West Florida
SOLO
Rev. Micah Roland
MESSENGER
Dr. Delwynn G. Williams
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
Panama City Florida
GREETINGS
Two Minutes Please
City of Pensacola Mayor
The Honorable Mayor D. C. Reeves
Escambia County Sheriff The Honorable Chip Simmons
ECUA District 3
Mr. Larry Williams
Movement for Change
Minister Rodney Jones
Escambia County School Board District 3
Dr. David Williams
NAACP
Mr. Arriegious Thomas
Escambia County Democratic Party
Mr. Derrick Scott
Prayer Breakfast - Continued Celebration Service
Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS PRESENTER
Brother Ellison Bennett
MLKCCC Executive Member
MLK 2026 COMMUNITY AWARD RECIPIENTS
Carolyn McIntosh, Willie Junior, LeRoy Boyd, Rev. Hollice Williams, Sr.
Rev. Theophalis May, Doris Hayes, Fannie Finkle, Rev. Sylvia Tisdale, Zoya Phillip
PRESENTATION OF GRAND MARSHAL
Sister Rosa Patton
2026 MLK DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL
The Honorable Lumon May Escambia County Commission District 3
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Elder Robert Lovelace
New Hope Primitive Baptist Church
MLKCCC Executive Member
Recognizing Local Organizations, Local and Past Officials
WORDS OF THANKS
Dr. F. Douglas Young, III
Mount Canaan Missionary Baptist
MLKCCC Executive Director
CLOSING PRAYER
Elder Anthony Bassett
New Outreach By Faith Primitive Baptist Church
SPECIAL THANKS
West Florida High School Black Student Union
Religious Service MessengerCelebration Service
PASTOR LEE B. WALKER
New Home Mt. Meigs Missionary Baptist Church Montgomery, Alabama
Pastor visionary Pastor Since remarkable under graduate University pursuing Seminary.
In recognition he was the Global the Leadership Wright Pastors’ Ambassadors He is equips engagement. and a of Phi VaTedra of two Pastor I might some.”
Elevate, boldly
ReligiousCelebration Service
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
WORSHIP LEADER
ELDER BRANDON MASON
Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church
MLK CCC Religious Chair
WITH UNITY, WE WON’T TURN BACK
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Pensacola City-Wide Choir
SCRIPTURE
Rev. Michael Lett
Mount Olive Baptist Church
PRAYER
Evangelist Angelia Butler
Glory to God Ministry Church
SELECTION
Pensacola City-Wide Choir
AWARDS
2026 MLK JR. HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AWARD
Rev. K.C. Bass, Dr. A. J. King, Sr.
Dr. Lonnie D. Wesley, Jr., Dr. A. L. Durant
Ellison Bennett, Jerry Mcintosh
2026 MLK COMMUNITY AWARD In Memory Of Psalmist Marilynn Rena Cannon Franklin and Rev. John Powell
PRESENTATION OF MESSENGER
WELCOME
Rev. Carolyn Watkins
First Baptist Church of Ferry Pass
GREETINGS
Dr. Paul A. Blackmon, Sr.
Moderator, First West Florida
Baptist District Association
Pastor, First Baptist Church of Ferry Pass
Elder Fredrick Moultrie
Moderator, Mt. Zion West Florida Alabama
Louisiana Primitive Baptist District Association
Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
SELECTION
Pensacola City-Wide Choir
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Pastor Keith Reese
Ebenezer Baptist Church
OFFERING
MLKCCC Religious Committee
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Rev. Charles Thomas
St. James Baptist Church
Religious Committee Vice Chairman
Bishop Chris Sanders
Community House of God
MLKCCC Religious Vice Chairman
SOLO
Sister Sabrina Lett
MESSENGER
Rev. Lee B. Walker
New Home Mt. Meigs
Missionary Baptist Church Montgomery, AL
CHRISTIAN APPEAL
Rev. Joshua Daniels
New Faith Baptist Church
SELECTION
Pensacola City-Wide Choir
WORDS OF THANKS
Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Young, III
MLKCCC Executive Director
MLK Religious, General Chairman
CLOSING PRAYER
Pastor Darold Montgomery
Life Changing Experience Worship
2026 MLK Day Parade Grand Marshal
Commissioner May’s parents taught him that he could change the world if he could change his neighborhood. Applying that lesson to life, Commissioner May has served area youth through sports and academics for more than 25 years.
native ofApopka, Florida, Delwynn Gerard Williams was called to the pastorate of St. John Missionary Baptist Church of Panama City,Wednesday, 2, 2001 and assumed his duties as the 13th pastor of the then 77-yearchurch. He is married to the former Miss Susan C. Edwards. They have adult children, Brandon and Britni, as well as two energetic grandchildren, Major & Reign.
Lumon is currently serving on the Selection Committee for the PSC Foundation Board of Governors. Commissioner May and his wife Tammie have two children, Armoni and LJ.
Overcoming the divorce of his parents at an early age, Pastor Williams left home in Jacksonville, Florida and settled inApopka, Florida where he completed his primary and secondary education.After graduating from Edgewater High School in 1984, Pastor Williams decided to continue his formal education by enrolling in the Religion and Philosophy program at FloridaA&M University. He then entered the Springfield Christian Bible Seminary in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he received the Bachelor of Theology and Doctor of Divinity degrees.
Commissioner Lumon May was first elected to serve as the commissioner for Escambia County District 3 in November 2012, and was appointed chairman from November 2013 through November 2014.
Preaching an initial sermon Sunday,August 31, 1986 at the Greater Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church of Tangerine, Florida under the tutelage of the late Pastor Solomon Neal and being ordained to the Gospel Ministry Sunday,April 30, 1989 at the Greater Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida by the late Pastor T. T. Jackson.
Pastor Williams’ministerial career now spans over 30 years with his most recent previous pastoral experience being that of serving as Senior Pastor of Higher Heights Christian Baptist Fellowship in Tallahassee, FL (May 3, 1998 – May 2, 2001) and Mt. Moriah First Baptist Church in Quincy, Florida (April 7, 1989 – May 3, 1998). He has served in the leadership capacity for several Christian and civic organizations and conducted countless crusades, revivals, workshops and conferences across the United States.
Commissioner May currently serves as chairman of the Public Safety Coordinating Council and the Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Board. He is a member of the Southern Youth Sports Association, Community Action Program Committee, Inc., Juvenile Justice Council, and Council on Aging. A PJC Alumnus, this former PSA Board member and director of the Southern Youth Sports Association in Pensacola, was awarded the Admiral Kenneth L. Shugart Award. The honor is presented to someone who contributes to youth sports and seven core values.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pastor Williams is a member of the National Baptist Convention ofAmerica, Progressive M&E Baptist Convention of Florida (Minister of Music & Organist),Progressive Missionary BaptistAssociation of Florida (Former Moderator), NAACPm and SCLC (1st Bay County Chapter President). In July 2015, Pastor Williams was appointed by then Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, to the Board of Directors One Church One Child of Florida (OCOCFL).After approximately five months months on the OCOCFL Board, Pastor Williams was appointed to the Executive Committee of the organization. Pastor Williams is also listed in the 1996 Edition of Strathmore’s Who’s WhoAmong Business Leaders and the Edition of Outstanding Young Men ofAmerica.
LUMON MAY Escambia County Commissioner District 3
NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM Lift Every Voice And Sing
Lifteveryvoiceandsing Tillearthandheavenring, RingwiththeharmoniesofLiberty; Letourrejoicingrise
Highasthelisteningskies, Letitresoundloudastherollingsea.
Singasongfullofthefaiththatthedarkpasthastaughtus, Singasongfullofthehopethatthepresenthasbroughtus. Facingtherisingsunofournewdaybegun, Letusmarchontillvictoryiswon.
Stonytheroadwetrod, Bitterthechasteningrod, Feltinthedayswhenhopeunbornhaddied; Yetwithasteadybeat, Havenotourwearyfeet Cometotheplaceforwhichourfatherssighed?
Wehavecomeoverawaythatwithtearshasbeenwatered, Wehavecome,treadingourpaththroughthebloodoftheslaughtered, Outfromthegloomypast, Tillnowwestandatlast Wherethewhitegleamofourbrightstariscast.
Godofourwearyyears,Godofoursilenttears, Thouwhohastbroughtusthusfarontheway; ThouwhohastbyThymightLedusintothelight, Keepusforeverinthepath,wepray.
Lestourfeetstrayfromtheplaces,ourGod,wherewemetThee, Lest,ourheartsdrunkwiththewineoftheworld,weforgetThee; ShadowedbeneathThyhand,Mayweforeverstand. TruetoourGod,Truetoournativeland.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Youth Explosion Messenger
Commemorative Celebration Commission Committee Members
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Executive Director - Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Young, III
Executive Secretary - Sabrina Cummings
Scholarship Affairs Chairman - Charles Jefferson
Parade Affair - Mike Kenan
BOARD MEMBERS
Elder Brandon Mason, Rev. Donald Harris, Elder Robert Lovelace, Brother Ellison Bennett, Sister Artonja Dixon, Sister Elizabeth Davis, Brother Vernon Watson
MLKCCC RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE
General Chairman - Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Young, III
Program Chairman - Elder Brandon Mason
Assistant Program Chairmen - Bishop Chris Sanders and Rev. Charles Thomas
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Sister Sabrina Cummings, Sister Elizabeth Davis, Sister Artjona Dixon, Rev. Carolyn Watkins, Sister Thelma Reeves, Minister Donna Crosby, Sister Rosa Patton James, and Rev. Donald Harris
PARADE CHAIRMAN
Brother Mike Kenan
PARADE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Sister Rosa Patton-James, Brother Vernon Watson, Sister Sabrina Cummings, Rev. Donald Harris, Dr. Dionne Johnson, Sister Rebecca Hale, Sister Ethel Grace, Sister Linda Green, Sister Carolyn McCray, and Sister Geraldine Bonner
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Elder Brandon Mason, Pastor and Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church
With Unity, We Won’t Turn Back
Designed by Teresa Lee