SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Presiding Prelate South Georgia Annual Conference

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1 SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Presiding Prelate South Georgia Annual Conference Proposed Organization Nominees to be considered: MARCH 1-3, 2011 Chief Secretary Rev. Nathaniel Brown Assistant Secretary Mrs. Janice W. Young Statistical Secretary Rev. Ronnie Averett Conference Accountant Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Cooper Secretary to the Bishop Dr. Pam DeVeaux Bishop s Secretary Rev. Conitras M. Houston Conference Marshals: Rev. Joseph Hankins Mrs. Gail Moore Rev. Lawrence Green Rev. Ronald Williams Bro. George Brown Rev. Andrew King Sis. Mattie Byrd Rev. Johnnie Cook Marshals to the Bishop Bro. John W. Herbert, Jr. Sister Margaret Goney-Nix Conference Boundary outside casting of the Finance Committee to be elected: Rev. Ernest Davis, Jr. Rev. Jacqueline D. Smith, Presiding Elder Rev. Elzie Staten Rev. Harvey Williamson, Presiding Elder Rev. E. X. King (Retired) Sis. Joanne Wilson Rev. Gloria Walden Sis. Johnnie Powell Rev. Clement Choice Sis. Betty P. Anderson Rev. George Vereen Sis. Jacqueline P. Smith Rev. Johnnie Cook Sis. Beurena Wakefield Rev. Robert Anguish Sis. Janet Mitchell

2 SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Presiding Prelate Conference: South Georgia Date: March 1-3, 2011 Public Worship HOST PRESIDING ELDER Rev. Jacqueline D. Smith HOST PASTOR Rev. Ernest Davis, Jr. ASSOCIATE PRESIDING ELDER Rev. Harvey Williamson 1. BOARD OF EXAMINERS: Rev. David f. Richards, III Dean Rev. Johnnie Cook Rev. Ernest Davis, Jr. Rev. George Vereen Rev. Ronnie Averett Rev. Shirley Strawter Rev. Clement Choice Rev. Jermaine Harris Rev. Nathaniel Brown Rev. Andrew King Rev. Clinton Brown, Sr. Rev. Gloria Walden P. E. Harvey Williamson, Advisor P. E. Jacqueline D. Smith, Advisor 2. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE/LITERARY REPORT

3 STATE OF THE CHURCH Rev. James Platt, Chair Rev. Nathaniel Brown Rev. E. X. King (Retired) Rev. J. L. Raven, Jr. Retired Rev. Keenan Hale Rev. Ronald Williams Rev. Willie F. Griffin (Retired) Sis. Geraldine Monroe Sis. Constance Hamilton Sis. Virginia Parker Sis. Mazie Wilson Bro. Daniel Gray Bro. Herman Williams Rev. Deborah Knight STATE OF THE COUNTRY Rev. Roy Brown, Chair Rev. Johnnie Cook Rev. W. F. Griffin (Retired) Rev. Joseph Hankins Rev. Ronnie Averett Bro. Robert Shannon Bro. Johnny Brown Bro. Jamol Wright Bro Willie Jackson Bro. Frank Thomas Sis. Janet Mitchell Sis. Alma Reese Sis. Jacki Willis Sis. Annie Jean Green Christian Education: Sister Janet Mitchell, Chair; (Revs.) George Vereen, Ronnie Averett, David F. Richards, III, Rossie Williams, Roy Brown, Keenan Hale, Debra Knight, James Wright, Ronald Williams: (Sisters) Shirley Wilson, Jacquelyn P. Smith, Brenda Wilson-Williams, Medora Lawson, Jean King, Lillie Powell, Dorothy Stubbs, Gloria Thomas, Joan Wilson, Dr. Mary Willis, Ethel Fuller, Johnnie Powell, Eleanor Davis, Barbara Pugh, Carlotte Pascal, Annette Williams, Janice Stewart, Mary Jackson: (Brothers) Robert Shannon, Herman Williams, George Brown, Charles Smith, Willie Toomer, Donald Ware, Brandon Hosley, Donnie Smith. Christian Stewardship: Sis. Janice Stewart, Chair; (Revs.) Lawrence

4 Green, James Austin: (Sisters) Janet Mitchell, Gwendolyn Johnson, Carrie Glover, Cynthia Inman, Virginia Cladd, Geraldine Wilson; (Brothers), D. U. Pullman, Jr., James Maxwell, Steve Morrow, James Roberts, Lowe Wilson, Paul Witherspoon, John Dye, Clinton Brown. Church School: Brother Charles D. Smith, Chair; Sister Lillie Powell, Co- Chair; (Revs.) Bernard Collier, James Austin, Timothy White: (Sisters) Catherine Brown, Betty Newkirk, Faye Hayes, Annie G. Hubbard, Ada Mae Davis, Jeanette Crawford. Leslie Tillman, Barbara Pugh, Polly Roberts, Dorothy Stubbs, Mary G. Vaughn, Annette C. Williams, Janet Mitchell, Shirley Wilson, Jeanette Crawford; (Brothers) Frank Ford, III, Milton Raven, Sr., Levi Redding, Dennis Monroe. Women s Missionary Society: Sister Brenda Wilson-Williams, Chair; (Sisters) Mary A. Adams, Mary A. Anderson, Eddye Averett, Sharon Brinson, Porthania Brown, Carolyn Campbell, Linda Davis, Verneen Evans, Lillie Freeman, Geraldine Monroe, Connie Montgomery, Ellen Parker, Willie B. Raven, Cora Staten, Janie Traylor, Laverne Green, Annie R. Wilson, Cassandra Crawford-Davis, Delphia Hill, Annie Grace Luke, Lillie Powell, Jean King, Geraldine Williams, Vivian Wiggins, Lillar Shepheard, Annette B. Williams, Ethel Wills, Sheila Butler, Yvonne Bonner, Velma Raven, Dorothy Robinson, Joanne Wilson, Janice Jones, Melony Hill, Susan Huckabee, Janice Terry, Dorothy Stubbs. Young People s Division: Sister Medora Lawson, Chair: (Reverends) Alphannette S. Bozeman, Alfreda C. Williams; (Brothers) Charles Smith, Carlos Carter, Arthur Bacon, Sr., Frank Ford, III, Talmadge Smart, Jr., Brandon Hosley, Timothy Hudson, Sr.: (Sisters) Yvonne Bonner, Cathy Banks, Erica Lark, Gwen Johnson, Kelly Davis, Shirley Henry, Deborah Hollis, Demetria Hudson, Velma Miles, Sherlyn Parker, Geraldine Wilson, Ann Wooten, Wanda Reynolds, Melody Keeton, Chavetta McClenton, Yvette Brown, Mary Huston, Carolyn Brown, Wanda Humphreys, Betty Banks, Essie Beckwith, Mary Jackson, Maxine Paige, Katrina Kennedy, Brenda Wilson-Williams, Joan Wilson, Linda Walten, Nell Little, Cheryl Griffin, Dr. Wilhelmenia Howell, Ava Gardner, Ethel Fuller, Jacquelyn Cuffie, Kimberly Taylor. Brenda Campbell, Bernita Benjamin, Glenda Butler, Lay Organization: Sister Joan Wilson, Chair: (Sisters) Gladys Florence, Ann Jones, Mary C. Vaughn, Paula Williams, Ethel G. Fuller, Janet Mitchell, Janice Stewart, Jacqueline Jordan, Dorothy Stubbs, Lillie Powell,

5 Joe Ann Simpson, Gloria Blaylock, Johnnie Powell, Gwen Johnson: (Brothers) Robert Albritton, Jimmie Griffin, William Hall, Clifford Lucas, Earl K. Marable, Lonzo Seadrow, Robert Shannon, Stephen Brown, Frank Thomas, Charles D. Smith, Wade Wilson, Gary Federick, Eugene Hollis, Joseph Jones, George Brown, Marcus Parker Re-arrangement of Work and Presiding Elders Salary and Upkeep: (Reverends) Ernest Davis, Jr. Chair; Ronnie Averett, Clement Choice, Jacqueline Smith, Harvey Williamson, Elzie Staten, Sr., George Vereen, James Davis, Johnny L. Raven, Jr., (Retired) E. X. King (Retired), David F. Richards, III, Shirley Strawter, Robert Angrish, James A. Platt: (Sisters) Ruth K. Council, Joyce Evans, Mary G. Vaughn, Joanne Wilson: Burena Wakefield, Delores Thomas, Janice Stewart. Bros. Willie Toomer. Deeds, Abstracts and Abandoned Property: (Reverends) George Vereen, Chair, Ernest Davis, Jr., W. F. Griffin (Retired), E. X. King, Martha Lambert (Retired), Lawrence Green, Harvey Williamson, Sims Lewis (Retired), Elzie Staten, Sr.,, Ronnie Averett, Gloria Walden, Jacqueline D. Smith; (Sisters) Carolyn Walton, Annette Williams, Janet Mitchell; (Brothers) James Maxwell, George Brown, Jr., Herman Williams, Charles D. Smith. Social Action and Community Development: Sis. Janice Stewart, Chair, Rev. Johnnie Cook, (Reverends) Keenan Hale, D. Bozeman, Clement Choice, Martha Lambert (Retired), Gloria Walden, George Vereen, Shirley Strawter, Ronald Williams, Roy Brown, Andrew King, Gail Wilfork-Brown: (Sisters) Naomi Carole, Burena Wakefield, Geraldine Monroe, Carolyn Campbell, Annie Grace Luke; (Brothers) Robert Albritton, Carlton Hollis, James Maxwell, Arthur K. Williams, Dr. Cedric Shepheard, William Wright. Church Growth and Expansion: (Reverends) Jermaine Harris, Chair, Ronnie Averett, Ernest Davis, Jr., Elzie Staten, Sr., George Vereen, Walter Washington, (Retired), Alfreda Williams, Joseph Hankins, Sims Lewis (Retired), Vera Caruthers; James Austin, Timothy White: (Sisters) Alma Reese, Janet Mitchell, Claretha Vicks, ; (Brothers) Herman Williams, Charles Smith,. Evangelism:, Rev. Clinton Brown, Chair:, Chair; (Reverends) Joseph Hankins, James Davis, Elzie Staten, Sr., George Vereen, E. X. King (Retired), Rossie Williams, David F. Richards, III, James Banks, Frederick Foster, Gloria Gadson, Beverly Griffin, Sandra Yates; (Sisters) Alma Reese, Janet Mitchell, Dr. Mary Willis, Lillie Powell, Renee McKinnon; (Brothers), Al Evans,

6 Employee Security/Classification/Participation: Rev. Lawrence Green, Chair; (Reverends), Linda Matchett,, W. F. Giffin (Retired), E. X. King (Retired), Shirley Strawter, Gloria Walden, Keenan Hale, Andrew King; Johnnie Cook: (Sisters) Cynthia French, Mary Coleman ; (Brothers) Wendell Chisholm, Ellis Woods,. Temperance: Rev. Gloria Walden, Chair; (Reverends) Clement Choice, Martha Lambert (Retired), George Vereen, E. X. King, James Davis, Keenan Hale, Shirley Strawter, James Banks; (Sisters) Burena Wakefield; (Brothers) Carlton Hollis, Ronald Williams, Dr. Cedric Shepheard. Special Resolutions: Sister Jacqueline P. Smith, Chair; (Reverends) Linda J. Matchett, Alfreda C. Williams (Retired), Roy Brown; (Sisters) Richie Adams, Janice Stewart, Brenda Williams, Dorothy Stubbs; Shirley Wilson, Gloria Blaylock, Maxine Paige, (Brothers) Earl Thomas, Lawrence Williams. Memorials: Rev. Michael Burns, Chair; (Reverends) W. F. Griffin (Retired), Vera Caruthers, Gloria Walden, James Davis, Dale Flucas, Bernice Horton-Cooper; (Sisters) Alma Reese, Delores Thomas, Laverne Carter, Sandra Webb, Velma Raven, Lilar Shepheard, Janet Mitchell. Judiciary: (To be Elected) Ministerial Efficiency: (To be Elected)

7 SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORSHIP SERVICE Participant Recommendation Form Annual Conference: South Georgia Elders: Jacqueline D. Smith Harvey Williamson TUESDAY OPENING WORSHIP/COMMUNION SERVICE Worship Leader Reverend Harvey Williamson, Presiding Elder MUSICAL PRELUDE INTROIT PROCESSIONAL AME HYMN NO. 25 Holy Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty; God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty; God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Amen. DOXOLOGY AME HYMN NO. 647 Call to Worship Rev. Ernest Davis, Jr. (The minister and congregation standing) I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the

8 Lord! Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2) For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10) For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. (Psalm 122:9) They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalm 92:13) O Lord, I love the habitation of your house, and the place where your glory dwells. (Psalm 26:8) But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:20) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14) O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing (Psalm 98:1,4) HYMN OF PRAISE Rev. Robert Anguish AME Hymn #304 And Are We Yet Alive And are we yet alive, And see each other s face? Glory and praise to Jesus give For His redeeming grace. Preserved by power diving To full salvation here, Again in Jesus praise we join, And in His sight appear. What troubles have we seen, What conflicts have we passed, Fightings without, and fears within, Since we assembled last. But out of all the Lord Hath brought us by His love; And still He doth His help afford, And hides our life above. Then let us make our boast Of His redeeming power, Which saves us to the uttermost, Till we can sin no more. Let us take up the cross Till we the crown obtain;

9 And gladly reckon all things loss, So we may Jesus gain. INVOCATION Rev. Roy Brown CHORAL RESPONSE He is Lord He is Lord, He is Lord He has risen from the dead, and He is Lord, Every knee shall bow every tongue confess That Jesus Christ is Lord! Amen. WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC SCRIPTURE LESSONS Old Testament Scripture Rev. Frederick Foster The Epistle Rev. Vera Caruthers New Testament Scripture Rev. Patrick Brinson PREFACE TO THE DECALOGUE From All That Dwell 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. DECALOGUE Rev. Gloria Gadson And God spoke these words, saying: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or

10 your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. Hymn: Hymn: Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. My soul, be on your guard; Ten thousand foes arise; And hosts of sin are pressing hard To draw you from the skies. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not kill. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not commit adultery. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not steal. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. You shall not covet your neighbor s house; you shall not covet your neighbor s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass or anything that is your neighbor s. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write these laws upon our hearts. Near my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer my God, to Thee; Nearer my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

11 And Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it; you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. GLORIA PATRIA Glory Be To The Father 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. Amen. WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC GIFTS FOR MISSIONS Rev. L. H. Jackson THE LITANY OF THANKSGIVING Rev. E. X. King Praise God from who all blessing flow! It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High. Let us thank God for all things beautiful, good and true. We also thank you, Lord, for things that seemed not good, yet turned to good in your hands. Let us thank God for all the sweet compulsions of His will, that sometimes tried us, and always helped to shape us into what He would have us to be. We thank you Lord, for things without number, which we take for granted, and learn to appreciate them only when they are withheld from us. We thank you, Lord for your invitation, indeed for your commandment, to work in your vineyard. Thank you, Lord, for the success we have experienced, and for your grace and understanding when our best efforts seem to produce no satisfactory results. Thank you, merciful God, for the hurts and failures along the way, for these have produced sensitivity and compassion.

12 All: Thank you, Lord, for the defeats that have tempered our ego, deflated our pompous airs, and shattered our pretenses to righteousness. Thanks for pain and thanks for pleasure. Thanks for comfort in despair! Thanks for grace that none can measure. Thanks for love beyond compare. WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP Rev. Jacqueline D. Smith PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER.. Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Sr. THE SERMONIC HYMN Rev. Walter Great AME Hymn No. 448 When Peace, Like A River When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows, like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control; That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And has shed His own blood for my soul. My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious thought; My sin, not in part but in whole, Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight. The clouds be rolled back as a scroll. The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul. (Refrain) It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul,) It is well, it is well with my soul. THE SERMON Rev. Andrew King THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Rev. Bernard Collier

13 AME Hymn No. 323 What A Friend We Have In Jesus What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer. Have we trials and temptation? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; Take it to the Lord in prayer. THE WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING THE OFFERTORY RESPONSE AME NO. 645 We Give Thee But Thine Own We give Thee but Thine own, What-e er the gift may be; All that we have is Thine alone, A trust, O Lord, from Thee. Amen. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE HOLY COMMUNION COMMUNION HYMN AME Hymn No 256 There is A Fountain Filled With Blood There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emmanuel s veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stain, Lose all their guilty stain. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away, Wash all my sins away. When this poor lipsing, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave,. Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I ll sing Thy power to save, I ll sing Thy power to save. THE HOLY COMMUNION Bishop William P. DeVeaux (Assisted by Visiting Bishops, General Officers, Presiding Elders and Ministers)

14 Communion Participants: THE HYMN OF FELLOWSHIP AME Hymn No. 525 What A Fellowship What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. THE DOXOLOGY THE BENEDICTION THE RECESSIONAL Refrain Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. WEDNESDAY NOON DAY HOUR OF POWER Worship Leader Rev. Eric Etheridge Praise Team Invocation Rev. Walter Great Scripture Lessons Rev. Bernice Horton-Cooper Preface to Decalogue From All That Dwell AMEC#69 Decalogue (Summary) Rev. Beverly Griffin Gloria Patri Gift for Missions Rev. James Banks Presentation of the Bishop Presiding Elder Harvey Williamson Presentation of the Preacher Bishop William P. DeVeaux Sermon Invitation to Christian Discipleship Rev. James Wright THURSDAY WOMEN IN MINISTRY (11:00 AM)