A higher calling

YOUNGSTOWN — He was awarded a Bronze Star when he served in the Marine Corps, where he rose to lieutenant colonel.

As an executive with Marriott International Inc., he was awarded multiple honors for a successful welfare-to-work program he developed.

The awards have special meaning for the Rev. Solomon P. Hill because of the accomplishments they represent.

But it’s the rewards of the Rev. Mr. Hill’s call to the ministry he holds most dear. It was a long and winding path before Mr. Hill said he acknowledged in words and actions what he knew in his heart and soul: God was calling him.

“Faith was a part of my life,” Mr. Hill said, adding his father was a pastor and he grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. “But I went ahead and lived life.”

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