NATCHEZ — The Rev. Queen Jackson knows the people who need to hear her message are not the ones who come to her church in Fayette.

Jackson’s ministry is over the airwaves, broadcasting on WTYJ every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and her message is simple.

“Get up, get up, get up,” Jackson said. “When you are stagnating, and standing still, and lying there and feeling sorry for yourself, nothing can be achieved.”

“But if you get up, you’ll be amazed with the things you can accomplish.”

Jackson has been a pastor for 27 years, and she has also put her efforts into family counseling through faith for 23 years on the airwaves, but also at Greater New Jerusalem Apostolic Healing Temple in Fayette.

Before joining the church, Jackson said she worked a variety of jobs around the Miss-Lou. No matter what job she took, she was not doing enough of what she enjoys the most.

“I like taking care of people, I like praying for people, I like donating to people,” Jackson said. “I love it.”

Jackson said she focuses on helping the individuals improve themselves, but a big part of that is making sure the person builds a community.

“Connect yourself with loving people,” Jackson said. “People you can take advice from, and people who are concerned about your well being. Not just someone you trust, because you don’t know whom you can trust these days. If you pray and ask God, ask Him who, or what or where the kind of confidence you should be in, I promise you, he will lead, and he will guide you.”

Jackson said she tries to be the support structure for people around the community.

Her ministry has donated uniforms, schools supplies, camps and has brought children from the Miss-Lou to places such as Washington, D.C.

“They are taught and trained to be responsible and how to carry themselves,” Jackson said. “And that’s what we need in this day and this age,”

Jackson calls this the law of reciprocity. She believes her efforts in the community will create a better community for herself and her family, no matter where they go.

“It’s all about the reaping and the sowing,” Jackson said.

Jackson is currently in her “Get up” tour, which takes her around the South, and up to St. Louis.

“You have to get up, get out and do something.”