By Melissa Perry, Wisconsin State Journal – Myzell Alexander moved from Arkansas to Madison after graduating from high school in 1961. The first thing that he was determined to do was find a church.
“When I left home, my mother always told me, ‘When you leave, get involved with the church,’” he recalled. “So I started going to St. Paul.”
Now, at 81 years old, Alexander has been a member of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church for over 60 years. During those six decades, Alexander has attended countless Sunday services, served as an officer of the church and raised four children. At every stage of his adult life, St. Paul was there.