OUR FIRST LADY

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Deedra Lynette Pedescleaux-Grant, an anointed Woman of God, is the youngest of five children born to Mr. Charles and Roberta Pedescleaux.

A native of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist First Lady Deedra Lynette Pedescleaux-Grant is a Cum Laude graduate of Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Accounting.  She also received her Masters of Art in Counseling from Prairie View A & M Universityin 1999.  She is currently employed by Houston Community College as a Financial Aid Customer Service Coordinator and an Adjunct Professor.

Deedra is married to Rev. Elvin Glenn Grant, II and they have been blessed with one son, Elvin Glenn, III and two beautiful daughters, Danielle and Destiny.

As First Lady of Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church, Deedra strives to be the ‘first to serve’ in the following capacities – Member of the Deaconess and Minister’s Wives Auxiliary and Music Department. As a consequence of her passion to develop a Women’s Ministry at The Mount, she is the visionary behind the Mount’s Women of P.O.W.E.R. auxiliary and spearheads the anointed Woman of POWER Conference held annually. Women from all walks of life gather together to be renewed, restored and revived in the presence of God and in the fellowship of other sisters.

Among the gifts and talents with which God has blessed First Lady Dee, none are more meaningful and fulfilling to her than teaching the Word of God and speaking and singing on His program. Deedra not only follows in her mother’s footstep with a melodious singing voice, she also follows her father in boldly dividing and speaking the Word of Truth. 

As a diligent and dedicated servant of God, Deedra knows that her strength is provided from above. Christ is the ultimate source of her power and strength. He makes her way perfect, II Samuel 22:33. In her humbleness and humility, she says,

“I may not be the strongest or the greatest,

My presence may not even count at all;

But when I put my trust in Jesus’ power,

I am assured He’ll never let me fall.”

Her favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5 and favorite song is ‘Leaning on the Everlasting Arms’.