Historic Staten Island church celebrates 119 years: ‘We are standing on the shoulders of giants’ (49 photos)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shiloh AME Zion Church, West Brighton, celebrated another milestone on Saturday, marking 119 years of serving the community.

Parishioners joined with friends and family at Z-Two Restaurant and Lounge in Charleston to celebrate the church’s history.

The Rev. Kenneth P. Heyman Jr. welcomed the guests and gave the invocation…

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