Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
“RISE TO SERVE:
EXPANDING – ELEVATING –EMPOWERING”
“Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace
that was given me by the working of his power” Ephesians 3:7
Laura L. Turner Women’s Missionary Society and
Young People’s and Children’s Division Annual Day
Lisa Johnson-Whigham, President
Tonya Lowe, YPD Director
Bishop Preston Warren Williams II
Presiding Prelate-Sixth Episcopal District
Dr. Wilma Delores Williams, Episcopal Supervisor
Dr. David B. Rhone, Presiding Elder-North District
Rev. John Foster, Ph.D., Senior Pastor
220 Auburn Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: 404-827-9707 ~ Fax: 404-223-3060
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bigbethelame.org
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
REVEREND JOHN FOSTER PH.D., SENIOR PASTOR
Women’s Missionary Society
and
Young People’s and Children’s Division
Annual Day
Sunday, March 8, 2015
7:45 am & 11:00 am
WORSHIP LEADERS: SISTER CHANTA MILLER—7:45AM SERVICE
FIRST LADY M ARY ANN FOSTER– 11:00AM SERVICE
THE PRELUDE
BRO. VERNON KIMBRO
THE INTROIT
“WE HAVE COME INTO THIS HOUSE…”
THE PROCESSIONAL
MINISTERS, STEWARDS, CHOIR, ACOLYTES AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
* THE DOXOLOGY
#647
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW ; PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW ; PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY
HOST, PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST. AMEN.
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP………………………………..………..…………………………………………………………
Leader:
Come. Let us worship God. Come. Let us worship the One who calls us by name. Come. Let us
worship the God who is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent. Come. Let us worship God in
spirit and in truth.
We come worshiping the God who orders our steps, the God who will guide our feet, the God who directs
mission in our hearts, the God who is pleased when we commit our lives to Him.
We come with the true commitment to seek God first, knowing that it is absolutely impossible to live
a full Christian life and effectively accomplish the work of mission without having a complete
commitment to following God.
People:
Leader:
People:
Come, commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Even in your suffering work,
commit and do good according to God’s will.
Leader:
Therefore, we come in true solidarity declaring that we are called to strengthen our faith and sent to
continue the ministry of Jesus Christ by service and witness in the world. Let the people of God say,
“Hallelujah!”
People:
Hallelujah!
Leader:
Let the people of God say, “Praise the Lord!”
People:
Praise the Lord!
Leader:
Let the people of God say, “Amen!”
All:
Amen!
THE HYMN OF PRAISE………………………………………..……….BRO. CAMRON EPPES/ SIS. CLARISSA CARMICHAEL
AMEC HYMN #60 — WE’LL PRAISE THE LORD
1. We'll praise the Lord for He is great, And in His presence angels wait; All heaven is swelling with His
praise, Shall we not, too, our anthems raise?
REFRAIN: Oh, we will praise Him, Oh, we will praise Him, Oh, we will praise His holy name. Oh, we will praise
Him, Oh, we will praise Him, Oh, we will praise His holy name.
2. We'll praise the Lord for He is wise; His wisdom shines through all the skies; The earth He measures with a
span, And crowns us with His image, man.
REFRAIN
3. O praise Him for His name is love, And from His glorious throne above; He bends to welcome our weak
praise, Shall we not, then our anthems raise?
REFRAIN
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THE INVOCATION………………………………………….………...…….BRO. CORNELIUS PETTWAY/ REV. JOYCE YOUNG
THE CHORAL RESPONSE
WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC…………………………………………………………………………..THE WOMEN’S CHORUS
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD……………………………...………...…….BRO. RYAN JONES/ SIS. MARIA WHITE TILLMAN
Deuteronomy 10:12
So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in
all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
I Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the
strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the
working of his power.
*PREFACE TO THE DECALOGUE
(IN THE TUNE OF #258)
“FROM ALL THAT DWELL BELOW THE SKIES, LET THE CREATOR’S PRAISE ARISE; LET THE
REDEEMER’S NAME BE SUNG, THROUGH EVERY LAND BY EVERY TONGUE.”
*SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE…………………………………….……...…..SIS. CIERA ROBINSON/ SIS. DANITA HINES
GLORIA PATRI
#XVII-XVIII
“GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY GHOST; AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER SHALL BE,
WORLD WITHOUT END. AMEN.”
THE OCCASION………………………………………………….………………...SIS. TONYA LOWE/ SIS. CHERYL TAYLOR
WELCOME TO BIG BETHEL…………………….SIS. KENNEDY CAMP & BRO. MCMILLON CAMP/ SIS. CHANDRA BROOKS
THE PASTOR’S WORDS
THE WORSHIP THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION……………………………………....SIGNS OF PRAISE MIME MINISTRY/
KWANZAA-SOL LITURGICAL DANCE MINISTRY
WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING:
TITHES
& OFFERING …………………………....SIS. MORGAN DODSON/ SIS. OLYMPIA MIX
THE CHORAL RESPONSE
“WE GIVE THEE BUT THINE OWN, WHATE’ER THE GIFT MAY BE; ALL THAT WE HAVE IS THINE ALONE, A TRUST, O LORD, FROM THEE.
AMEN”
WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC…………………………………………………………………………..THE WOMEN’S CHORUS
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER……………………………………REV. REGINALD CLEAVER/ SIS. LISA JOHNSON-WHIGHAM
THE MESSAGE……………………………...…SIS. LOREN JOHNSON, PRESIDENT ATLANTA NORTH GEORGIA YPD
DR. DOROTHY JACKSON YOUNG, SUPERVISOR 3RD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT WMS/AMEC
THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP……………….….REV. REGINALD CLEAVER / REV. MONICA JONES, PH.D.
THE DOXOLOGY
THE MISSIONARY BENEDICTION
IN THE NAME OF THE TRIUNE GOD, MAY THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS ENTER EVERY HEARTS, THIS WE ASK IN JESUS’ NAME.
AMEN
THE ORGAN POSTLUDE
~~DEPART TO MINISTER
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JESUS SAVES
SERVE~~
S E R V I N G I N T O D AY ’ S W O R S H I P E X P E R I E N C E
7 : 4 5 A M W ORSHIP E XPERIENCE
Acolytes:
1 1 : 0 0 A M W ORSHIP E XPERIENCE
Acolytes: Joshua Aiken/ Marcus Aiken
Philippians: Kennedy Camp/ McMillon Camp
Philippians: Chandra Brooks
Music Ministry: The Women’s Chorus
Music Ministry: The Women’s Chorus
Stewardess: R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry
Stewardess: R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry
Stewards: Kevin Cruse/ Everett Jolly
Stewards: Azira Hill/ Shirley Simmons
Trustee: Shelly Webster/ Kerry Westbrook
Trustee: Floyd Baxter/ Keith Halford
Ushers: Usherette Ministry #1
Ushers: Joseph Lane Male Usher Ministry
Let us remember our sick and shut-in with our cards & calls.
Sis. Lucille Burch, (404) 696-8524
Sis. Patricia Coles, (404) 254-4806
Sis. Jay Evans, (678) 467-2470
Bro. Horace Ford, (770) 478-3013
Sis. Daisy Gholston, (770) 439-9199
Sis. Jacquelyn Green, (678) 580-1248
Sis. Louise Hollowell, (404) 794-2877
Sis. Pearline Irving, (404) 284-4717
Sis. Ernestine Johnson
Sis. Ruth Lee, (478) 453-8514
Bro. Rupert Littleton, Nursecare of Buckhead
Rev. Betty Miley, (770) 323-6841
Sis. Eleanor Miller, (678) 938-3338
Sis. Mary Miller, Summerset Assisted Living
Community
Sis. Dorothy Moreland, (404) 691-0099
Sis. Ertha Poitier, A. G. Rhodes Nursing Home
Sis. Joyce Spearman, (404) 286-4891
Sis. Emily Stokes
Bro. Thomas Sullivan
Sis. Mildred Whalen, (770) 603-8266
Loren Michelle Johnson, was born to Rev. Ferrun and Lorilei Johnson in December 1993.
She is the oldest of 3 girls. Ever since she was young, her family knew that she had a love for
school, her community, and leadership. Loren has been a part of numerous extra-curricular
clubs from elementary school through college including National Honor Society, Student
Government Association, and currently Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society of Education. She is
currently a senior at Georgia State University. She will be graduating in May with her
Bachelor’s of Science in Middle Level Education with concentrations in Mathematics and
Reading. Her goals for post graduation are to teach middle school math and within a few years
move up north to pursue her Master’s degree. Besides her education, her life revolves around
the hard work she does within the church. She has been active with the Young People’s
Division of the AME Church since she was young. From singing and playing in her church choir
to being the President of the Atlanta North Georgia Conference to being a current candidate
to become the next Connectional YPD 1st Vice President, Loren has truly grown to become the God-fearing woman that she is
today. She credits the YPD as well as her mentors and parents with preparing her to face the challenges of this world. Without a doubt, Loren is still growing strong. She looks to God for guidance in times of trouble. One verse that she lives by is 2
Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
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Mrs. Dorothy J. Young, was born in Atlanta, Georgia but was reared and educated
in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to being the supportive and devoted wife of
McKinley Young, the 109th Bishop in the history of African Methodism, she is the
caring and devoted mother of four beautiful daughters. Karyn Young-Lowe, a Social
Worker, lives in Alta Loma, California with her husband Ron, and Bishop and Mrs.
Young’s granddaughters, Jennifer Renee and Jessica Christine. Deana Young-McAllister,
Supervisor of Human Resources, Instructional Staff – Leon County Schools Tallahassee.
She lives with her husband, The Reverend Dr. Julius McAllister, Jr., and their sons Julius
III, Colin and Dylan in Tallahassee, Florida. Andrea Young Jones is an Executive Staff
Analyst with the Mayor’s Office, she and her husband Roddy and sons Peyton and
Noah live and work in Houston, Texas. Stephanie Lynn, who lived four years with her
parents in South Africa, recently joined the Obama for America Team as the Deputy
Communications Director for the State of Florida.
Mrs. Young is a graduate of Beth Israel Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. Mrs.
Young worked for twenty-six years as a Registered Professional Nurse in
Massachusetts, Illinois and Georgia and has worked actively in organizations and projects that support global health and the
eradication of worldwide hunger. Dorothy Young has served the African Methodist Episcopal Church faithfully and creatively
through the Women’s Missionary Society. She has served as a Local President, Area Chair, Conference Branch President,
Episcopal District President and as an Episcopal District Supervisor. While serving at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, she led
the Women’s Missionary Society in the development of the Dorothy J. Young Help Center and “My Sister’s Place,” a
transitional living facility for homeless women and their children.
From 1992 to 1996, Mrs. Young lived in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa and served as the Episcopal Supervisor of the
Fifteenth Episcopal District Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She edited a study guide
entitled “Global Economics Seeking a Christian Ethic” and published and distributed a Lenten/Pentecost Devotional Guide in
the voices of the women of Southern Africa entitled “All Things New.” During her work and witness in Africa she hosted
International guests and provided leadership through workshops and mock election forums as South Africa prepared for the
historic 1994 General Elections. Mrs. Young traveled with her husband to Luanda, Angola in October 1995 to receive twelve
thousand members of the Independent Methodist Church into the Fifteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal
Church. In 1998, the Sojourners Mission Sending Program of the AME Church Women’s Missionary Society was enhanced
through the development of a cross-cultural training component developed by Mrs. Young. Her other travels include Central
and South America as well as many countries in West, Central and Southern Africa. While Bishop Young served as Ecumenical
Officer of the AME Church 1996-2000, Dorothy Young was his Executive Assistant and represented the AME Church at the
8th Assembly World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe. Bishop and Dr. Young attended the 9th Assembly of the World Council
of Churches in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2006 and the 20th World Methodist Council in Durban, South Africa in 2011.
The Forty-sixth Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church appointed Bishop
Young as the Presiding Prelate of the Tenth Episcopal District, the state of Texas. While in Texas, she encouraged the
involvement of young women in the church and supported students at Paul Quinn College with Scholarships. Bishop and Mrs.
Young led the Tenth Episcopal District in hosting the 15th Quadrennial Convention in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Young served on the
Self-Study Committee which rewrote the Constitution and Bylaws of the International Women’s Fellowship of the AME
Church, The Women’s Missionary Society. In 2002 Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas conferred The Doctor of Humane Letters
on Dorothy Young for her Church and Community Service.
In July of 2004 Bishop and Dr. Young and family were assigned to the Electrifying Eleventh Episcopal District AME Church.
(State of Florida and the Bahamas). She served as a mentor with Take Stock in Children and supervised the Women’s
Missionary Society, the Debutante Master Commission and the Ministers Spouses Alliance. She actively supported the
recruitment of students and led the women of the 11th in support for Edward Waters College. In July 2011, the Inaugural
Class of the Dorothy Adams Peck Leadership Institute, a vision of Dr. Youngs’ graduated at the Christian Education Congress.
The 17th Quadrennial Convention of the Connectional Women’s Missionary Society was hosted by the 11th Episcopal District
in Orlando, Florida, July 21-31, 2011. Her favorite scriptural passage comes from the Book of James, Chapter 1 verse 22, “But
be ye doers of the word, and not merely hearers, who deceive themselves.”
Dr. Young is a member of the Bold City Chapter, Links Inc. In July 2012 at the 49th Session of The General Conference Bishop
and Dr. Young were assigned to the Third Episcopal District. Dr. Young will continue her work as Episcopal Supervisor, wife,
mother, grandmother, Church and Community activist in Columbus, Ohio.
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HEALTH MINISTRY
The Big Bethel Health and Wholeness Ministry plans to offer
CPR AND EMERGENCY TRAINING to those
interested. The training is scheduled to occur during the
months of January, February and March. The value of this
training will help each person to develop
fundamental skills for handling emergencies and basic life
support issues. The classes will be taught by certified trainers. ***PLEASE NOTE: Anyone with a desire to be certified
or health care professional who are wanting to renew their
certifications will be able to accomplish this for a nominal
fee. Please indicate your interest by giving your contact information to a member of the Health Ministry after service.
YOUTH CHURCH
During the 2014-2015 Annual Conference year Youth
WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church will be raising awareness about environmental
If you would like to have your announcement featured in
responsibility. While there are other facets of learning that
the weekly announcements email blast, please submit all
will occur, they will all be centered around the completion
text information or flyer information to
of an urban garden which will be housed in the
[email protected] by Wednesdays at 3:00PM.
amphitheater. There is a booklet available that goes into
This does include meetings and rehearsals. If you do not
more detail regarding the urban garden. We are asking for receive the email blast and would like to, please also email
donations of $10 per book. We would love to see everyone
[email protected].
get involved by filling out a volunteer card and committing
GAP OFFERING—THANK YOU!!
to one of the seven areas of assistance. Any way that you
Big Bethel AME Church Family!!! Congratulations and thank
can help would be much appreciated in addition Youth
Church is held on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each month
you for participating in the God’s Anointed People (GAP)
during the 11:00AM Worship service. Volunteer assistance
love offering. We received $12,378.00 towards the GAP
is needed for chaperones and teachers during each service. offering on Sunday March 1, 2015. If you have not given
Snacks are being provided and individual and/or ministry
your GAP offering to date, we are accepting GAP offerings
sponsors are requested. Contact the Church office for addithroughout the month of March 2015.
tional information.
HERITAGE/ CD MINISTRY
CD of 167th Church Anniversary Service—$5.00
CD’s of Revival Services—$10.00 (set of 3)
DVD of History of Big Bethel—$10.00
CD of Any Sunday Service—$5.00
Items can be ordered and purchased in the Tape Room
CHURCH SCHOOL
You are invited to join us each Sunday at 9:45am for study
and fellowship. We have classes for all age levels. COME
and GROW SPIRITUALLY WITH US!
~~Sis. Sylvia McRae, Superintendent~~
ACOLYTES TRAINING
Calling all those interested in becoming Big Bethel Acolytes.
Training will be held: March 7, March 14, March 21 and
March 28.
Contact Donna Williams
404-349-5615 or [email protected]
For more information.
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MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY KICKOFF
ALL Married Couples please REGISTER TODAY!
Registration will be held in the rear of the sanctuary after
7:45am and 11:00am Service.
FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2015.
ONE SERVICE BEGINNING AT
10:00AM
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS
First Reading
Psalm
Second Reading
Gospel
BIG BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John 2:13-22