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Reverend Larcenaous LeRoy Williams a native Washingtonian was also raised in Trinity AME Zion Church where he was baptized by the late Dr. John H. Satterwhite at the age of 1.
He attended Cardozo High School here in Washington, DC and DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, Arizona where he received an ET degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. He then went on to work for Rockwell International Collins Avionics Division and later RCA while they were subcontracted to the N.A.S.A. Space Shuttle Project and the US Air Force Eastern Missile Test Range System, in Cape Canaveral Fla.
On September 1981 he returned to Washington DC and Trinity (at our previous location on Park Road) when he elected to dedicate full-time care to his terminally ill father. After experiencing his father's ordeal he found new meaning to Christ's sufferings, confessed the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour and began a new life with God.
On July 17, 1990 while at our present location, Bishop Richard K. Thompson (Then Pastor) requested his involvement in the Trinity Academy for Officers where after graduating he became a member of the Board of Stewards. Rev. Williams later confessed his call into the ministry and on May 26, 1996 after completing 4 years of AMEZ Conference Studies was ordained an Elder by Bishop Milton Alexander Williams.
On September 30, 2000 he was married by both Bishop Milton A. Williams and Bishop Warren M. Brown to his wife Delorna at the Episcopal Residence and has two daughters Aleah and Courtnee, son in law Gregg and two grandchildren Oliviah and Othniel.
He recently returned to the Trinity ministerial staff after retiring February 01, 2011 from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority where he worked as a High Voltage Technician and went on to manage the Authority's Systems Maintenance Operations and Control Center for 27 years.
Rev. Williams has been authorized by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Marriage Bureau to serve as Officiant in the celebration of the rites of marriage.
Rev. Williams was recently appointed by Pastor Kelly as the Minister of Artistic Expression here at Trinity. He has also been appointed Asst. Grand Chaplain of the Prince Hall Most Worshipful Grand Lodge in Washington DC: Chaplain of the Washington Performing Arts Society Men & Women of the Gospel Choir; Chaplain of the Cardozo High School Alumni Marching Band all of which he actively participates artistically and spiritually while expressing the multifaceted movement of God.
His motto is, "First things First". Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. | |
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Humble, resilient, and passionate are three characteristics used to describe Rev. Gerald K. Fosten. Rev. Fosten was born and raised in Nashville, TN. He now resides in Washington D.C and is currently pursuing a Masters of Divinity (M-Div) degree at Howard University School of Divinity. Rev. Fosten has a Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree, with Certification in Non-Profit Management from Tennessee State University - Institute of Government. Rev. Fosten graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration, concentrating in Accounting from Fisk University. He serves as the Minister of Youth and Outreach at Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Zion.
In 1995, while a student at Fisk, he and an entourage of fellow Fiskites attended the Million Man March. He vowed to forever be an asset to his community, nation and world. Rev. Fosten is employed at the Department of Commerce. He recently served as Intern with the Biblical Institute for Social Change (BISC) under the mentorship tutelage of renowned African American liberation theologian Dr. Cain Hope Felder. He has also served as a Counselor at a shelter for pre-adjudicated youth in Washington D.C. In relation, he has served as a Program Assistant at a special needs education center in Prince George’s County, Maryland. He also interned with the State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development Office (ECD). Rev. Fosten has served as a Youth Minister at a local church in the District of Columbia. He continues to minister and mentor to children, adolescents and young adults of various race, gender and ethnicity.
Rev. Fosten continues to make positive impacts in the field of government as well as the non-profit sector. Rev. Fosten has enjoyed past successes in the private sector management field. In the past, he has displayed his entrepreneurship spirit by owning and operating his own interior and exterior decorating company. Recognizing that God’s Providence, Mercy and Grace divinely navigates circumstances in his life, Rev. Fosten’s premiere goal is to provide aesthetic makeovers, as well as, positive transformative changes to the marginalized and ‘whosoever shall come’.
In his spare time Rev. Fosten enjoys traveling, various forms of artistic expressions and exercising. |
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Boards / Ministries |
Presidents / Chairpersons |
| Adoption Support Ministry | Tonya Logan |
| Alter Guild/Buds of Promise | Glenda Hill |
| Board of Stewards | Calvin Cannon |
| Board of Trustees | Jerry Hill |
| Board of Class Leaders | Willie Pearson / Roberta Batey |
| Board of Christian Education: | |
| Christian Education | Shirleeta Beck |
| Children | Elaine Puryear |
| Youth | Debbie Dunn/Deidre Jones |
| Young Adults | Vacant |
| Adults | Mildred E. Beck |
| Care Committee | Catherine Sneed |
| Contact Ministry | Hazel Blakley |
| Children's Church | Elizabeth Nettles |
| Church School | Vacant |
| Creative Movement | Ebony Gordon |
| Culinary Services | Rochelle Savage-Bey |
| Deaconess Board #1 | Glenda Hill |
| Deaconess Board #2 | Norma Jones |
| EMSF | Sacred Bodison, M.D |
| Girl Scouts | Maria Osborne |
| Golden Era Ministry/Welcome Coordinator | Brenda Gross |
| Greeters Ministry | Shirleeta Beck |
| Hands of Praise Ministry | Genie Chisholm |
| Health Ministry | Valerie Bloomfield |
| Historical Committee | Robbie Faye King |
| Hospitality/Transportation Ministry | Betsy Dickason |
| Lay Council | Marilyn Quow |
| Married Couple's Ministry | Donald & Bonita Edwards |
| Melda Martin Student Financial Aid Committee | Sheridan Powell |
| Men’s Ministry | Rev. William E. Kelly, D. Min. |
| Minister of Education | Rev. Gerald Fosten |
| Minister of Music/Artistic Expression | Rev. Larcenaous L. Williams |
| Ministry of Acolytes | Diane Williams |
| Ministry of Kindness | Julious Henderson |
| Ministry of Music: | |
| Chancel Choir | Cheryl Barksdale |
| Children Choir | Minola Kelly |
| Singing Men | Warren Henderson |
| Voices of Gospel | Lisa Edwards |
| Missionary Society: | |
| Life Members Council | Mildred Hendricks |
| W.H.&O.M. Society | Louise Covington |
| YAMS | Cheryl Barksdale |
| Young Women's Society | Vacant |
| Youth Missionary Society | Vacant |
| Supply Department | Marilyn Quow |
| Pastor’s Aid Society | Earline Tolbert |
| Praise and Worship Leaders | Mildred Honablew |
| Puppet Ministry | Wanda Johnson |
| SHARE | Claudette Burge |
| Singles Ministry | Vacant |
| Sound Ministry | William Honablew |
| Usher Boards: | |
| Senior Ushers | Genie Chisholm |
| Usher Board #2 | Carol Voisin |
| Youth Ushers | Sarah Goodwine |
| Vacation Bible School | Mildred Reynolds |
| William H. Burke Memorial Club | Sterling King |
| Zion Loyalty Club | Cheryl Barksdale |
