Moretha Johnson, a lifelong Washingtonian, grew up in a family of singers including her mother. As a child she became involved at Asbury United Methodist Church and went on to attend Sunday school and Methodist Youth Fellowship, sing in different choirs and help lead the Brighter Day and Crocheting for Christ ministries to assist bereaved people and to make crocheted items for babies and unhoused people. She recalled attending the March on Washington and being helped home by a co-worker when riots occurred in Washington after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She worked as a typist for the D.C. government and later was employed for about 20 years for MedStar Information Services where she was a technical librarian and later worked at its front desk. She was married for 25 years and her husband’s death sparked her interest in starting ministries to help the bereaved. She has long emphasized food and fellowship, both in ministries at Asbury and in the breakroom of her office. She was a longtime volunteer with the PTA, first at her sons’ schools and later as DC PTA president and as a National PTA committee member. She expressed her faith in divine control over her life saying she drove 'God’s car' in all kinds of weather to get to work. This interview was conducted virtually.