Worship Service May 1, 2016

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2 Worship Service May 1, 2016 To all those who enter here, be thoughtful, be silent, be reverent. Before the service, speak to God. During the service, let God speak to you. After the service, speak to others. 9:00 AM 11:30 AM Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III Prelude 9:00 AM Roy Jennings 11:30 AM James Davis Jr. Call to Worship Leader: Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice! People: For our God has given us beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning. Leader: God has clothed us with the garment of salvation and the robe of righteousness. People: And our praise shall spring forth forever and ever. Amen. The Lord s Prayer Processional "Old Time Religion" #161 Invocation and Chant Responsive Reading Christian Maturity (NT) #21 Gloria Patri Prayer and Choral Response Anthem 9:00 AM 11:30 AM "Walk Together Children" arr. Moses Hogan Guest Soloist: Bridget Bazile, Soprano Pastoral Emphasis Scripture Meditation 9:00 AM 11:30 AM The Inspirational Voices of Abyssinian & "Perfect Praise (O Lord, How Excellent)" & The Total Praise Ensemble Brenda Moore Guest Soloist: Bridget Bazile, Soprano Sermon and Invitation Invitational

3 Offertory: Offertory Sentences & Selections 9:00 AM 11:30 AM The Inspirational Voices of Abyssinian & "I'm Not the Same" Melvin Crispell The Total Praise Ensemble Doxology Offertory Prayer Recessional "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" #455 Benediction and Amen Postlude NEW MEMBERS CLASS SCHEDULE - Meets Sundays, 8:30 AM Blue Room Class #1 At the Cross: Jesus and Salvation May 1 Class #2 Faith Foundations: Baptist Polity and Practices May 8 Class #3 The Abyssinian Baptist Church: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow May 15 Class #4 Giving God Our Best: Worship & Stewardship May 22 PRAYER REQUESTS Prayer Request forms are available at Ushers station in back of Sanctuary s center aisle, and via Prayer Band meets Sundays, 7AM in Vestry for prayer & testimony. BABY BLESSINGS Babies are blessed on the 2 nd Sunday in 11:30 AM service. Baby Blessing Class is held on the 3 rd Wednesday of the month at 6PM in the Nursery and must be attended by parents who want to have their child blessed at Abyssinian. Next Class: Wednesday, May 18, To register, call x255. MEDIA Photographs and Audio/Video recordings are not permitted in the Sanctuary. Cell phones are to be turned off during worship service. Only the Church s official photographer and ABY/TECH are allowed to take pictures or record services. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To Dr. Butts, Rev. Bachus, Deacons, Deaconesses, Trustees, Naomi Graham, and my entire church family Thank you for the love shown to me and my family in our loss, and the magnificent tribute to my daughter, Kinereth. You touched my heart and made my personal loss bearable. I was blessed to have so many come to my side during a very difficult time. Please continue to pray for us. Deaconess Bernice Fife, Jacqueline Fife & The Stubbs Family. To Dr. Butts, Rev. Bachus, the Ministerial Staff, Deacons, Deaconesses, Trustees and my church family Thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and support that was demonstrated towards us during the passing of my beloved father, Christopher Noel. May God bless you all. Deaconess Cecelia Small & Family To Dr. Butts, Rev. Bachus, the Ministerial Staff, the Official Board, Naomi Graham, and my church family - Words cannot express our deepest gratitude for all the love we felt during the passing of my grandson, Jonathan. Your prayers, phone calls, cards, hugs, and kind words helped to strengthen us through our time of grief. Please keep praying for us. - Minnie Davis & Family

4 AbyWEST Moves Forward 3.0 in 24 Mo! Campaign is well underway Spring 2015 We are very grateful to the membership for their support of our effort to build a $12MM educational center. Following our initial appeal, more than 40% of our members responded to the plea to make a supporting pledge. We are making progress toward the achievement of our goal to raise $3mm in 24 months. Thanks to your generous support we are one-third of the way there. Heed the Call Make Your Pledge Today! 100% Member Participation Requested For those who have not made a pledge, there is no time like the present. Our goal is to attain 100% participation from our members. Pledge cards are available in the church elevator lobby and at Abyssinian.org via the AbyWEST icon. Your completed pledge card can be left at the front desk in the Trustee mailbox. With your help, our goal to raise $3mm in 24 months will be realized. Thank you for your continued support! Dedicated to the Worship of God and the Service of Humanity. Spring 2016

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6 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ABYSSINIAN INSTITUTE FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Searching the Scriptures Spring 2016 MONDAY Noon-Day Bible Study May 2, 9, 16, 23 June 6, 13, 20, 27 Noon-Day Bible Study Class Not in Session: Memorial Day, May 30 th SISTERHOOD BIBLE STUDY May 9, 23 June 13, 27 BROTHERHOOD BIBLE STUDY May 9, 23 June 13, 27 YOUNG ADULT BIBLE STUDY May 14 June 4

7 HEALTH Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. III JOHN 1:2 Today, the Abyssinian Medical and Health Ministries, in conjunction with neighboring churches and the Harlem Chamber of Commerce, observe Spiritual Health Sunday. This morning s presentation from the Medical and Health Ministries will focus on Our Spiritual Health MINISTRY The Sister to Sister Book Ministry is currently reading Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson. Book discussion takes place on Saturday, May 14 th at 10:30AM in the Fellowship Hall (Aby Cafe). SAVE THE DATE: Friday May 20, :00 PM (Vestry) For Abyssinian s American Baptist Women & Brotherhood Ministries ANNUAL PRAYER & MEDITATION WORKSHOP. Arrive early for Refreshments served in Fellowship Hall, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Devotion & Workshop immediately follows. The dynamic Kathleen S. Turner, Ph.D facilitates on "Be Still And Know That I Am God" Psalm 46:10. Mattie Fletcher Powell Satellite Ministry travels to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, July 22 - August 1, Take advantage of $1,045 trip cost for double occupancy (triple & single occupancy also available) that includes: transportation, hotel, all tours, most meals, and great fellowship opportunities. Seats are still available. For more information, pick up trip flyer at lobby desk; call Minnie Davis, ext. 225, or Minnie Mott,

8 Happy Birthday to Abyssinians Born in May Della Adams 19 Beverly Alston 25 Bobby Anderson 23 Kisha Anthony 10 Stephanie Arthur 16 Donette Ashman 3 Pamela Babb 16 Tonita Bailey 19 Ophelia Baldwin 22 Velma Banks 3 Gerald Barbour 18 Linda Bell 30 Munah Bertsche 1 Pyne Bertsche 11 Desiree Bidgood 28 Cecelia Brewington-Small 12 Pamela Brown 8 Martha Brown 14 Thelma Bryant 12 Duane Burrell 2 Thomas Bush 4 Lois Butler 18 Marsha Campbell 27 Kaloma Cardwell 10 Phyllis Carter 12 Oscar Carter 21 Robin Joy Case 16 Anthony Caudle 20 Victoria Chapman 9 Barbara Chapman 16 LaShekia Chatman 24 Paula Cherry 16 Richard Clark, Jr. 11 Jacqueline Clarke 21 Robyn Clay 26 Louise Colbert 4 Jeris Coles 23 Michael Collins, Sr. 19 Ericka Consin-Mosheshe 9 Carole Darden-Lloyd 21 Jamanie Davis 12 Imani Deas 31 Kordai DeCoteau 19 Milagros Denis-Rosario 25 Tanyette Dewsese 16 Noreen Dodson 8 Susie Drayton 11 George Dunston 21 Christine Durand 1 Patricia Eaton 12 Shafiqah Faust 6 Michael Feimster 11 Deborah Fields-Newallo 25 Althea Finley 16 Isabelle Forde 4 Dudley Franklin, Sr. 30 Israel Garcia 12 TuJuan Garner 8 Diedre Gary 7 Aida Gaston 23 Darnell Gatling 1 Barbara Gause 22 Dodji Gbedemah 14 Jonathan Geffrard 5 Imani Gethers 24 Eugene Giscombe 17

9 Renee Gladden-Richardson 15 Harriett Glover-Harrison 3 Lillian Goring 11 Randolph Graves, Sr. 6 Henry Greenup 7 Joseph Gregory 16 Nicole Grimes 14 Jillian Guerra 24 Iris Gumbs 16 Candi Halbert 4 Grace Hamler 17 Kendra Harris 28 Louise Harris 30 Martha Hatcher 22 Robert Henry 4 James Hill 17 Lillian Hoffler 5 Curtis Holden, Jr. 31 Roberta Holeman 12 Sunny Holiday 4 Beatrice Hunter 30 Phillip Isom IV 16 Tiwana Jackson 28 Zevilla Jackson-Preston 28 Victoria James 31 Judith Jamison 10 Kenneth Jeffers 9 Herman Jenkins 7 Keith Johnson, II 2 Mary Jones 11 Indee Jones 21 Debora Jones 24 Valeria Kennedy-Miller, Esq. 16 Danita King 3 Amir Kirkwood 21 Sarah Kunsa 24 Gloria Lattimore 9 Keema Leathers 28 Christina Lenear 15 Lezli Levene-Harvell 24 Jason Lewis & Family 15 Rosalie Long 20 Sharonne Lynch 3 Stephanie Mack 27 Juliette Mamby 13 Tjaden Marks 10 Crystal Marsh 6 Kimara Mason 10 Alicia Matias-Grampus 9 Warren McCain 14 Maureen McCollum 8 Ethel McCullum 8 William McCutcheon 10 Fred McGee 22 Aharon McIver 15 Genna McNeil 14 Brian McPherson 25 Oreatha McShay 24 Louise Meriwether 8 Kisalyn Michael 22 Prenard Mickens 8 Dennis Mitchell 13 Harrison Mitchell, M.D. 2 Chimene Montgomery 28 Zukiswa Mthimunye 3 Sarah Nagadya - Sanders 13 Jack Nettles 5 Harvey Newkirk 5 Kiema Olive 14 Zachery Osbourne 20 Anthony Overton 22 Pamela Owen 13 Angela Owens 1 Malea Parker 9

10 Chenoa Perkins 28 Theodore Perrington 2 Debra Perry 27 Brandon Phifer 7 Javon Phillips 11 Stephen Poole, Jr. 28 Stephen Poole, Sr. 27 Patricia Proctor 2 Kenyatta Punter 28 Judith Purcell 20 Nannie Puryear 11 Jorgette Ramos 17 Helen Ramsaran 11 Michelle Reid 9 Bess Reynolds 27 Sharon Rhodes 10 Ederle Richards 2 Nathan Rivera 3 Drema Robinson 4 Rosemary Robinson 29 Helen Rogers 16 Junell Rollerson 6 Bernice Rutherford 18 Sandra Sam 13 James Sampson 2 Michael Saunders 27 Charlotte Scarbrough 22 Catherine Scott 6 Deceil Sealey 25 Fidele Seka 5 Janice Shaw 27 Tracie Shelby 29 Dolores Simanca 26 Mitchell Simmons 16 Sharon Small 29 Donna Smith-Frierson 1 Barbara Smith-Graves 26 Yadira Solano 23 Paulette Starling 11 Patricia Stevens 26 Ellen Suber 17 Blaise Thevenot 12 JoAnne Thigpen-Siler 26 Sharon Thomas 1 Adrienne Thomas 15 Patricia Thomas - Jackson 15 Barry Thompson 4 Vaughn Thompson 15 Bessie Thompson 29 Cynthia Thurman-Thomas 30 Mbayo Umba 16 Anita Underwood 11 Erica Urquhart 15 Shellae Versey 6 Christopher Walker 20 Marilyn Walker 20 Jojo Wallace 28 Linda Walls 26 Florence Washington 13 Tenille Washington 23 William L. Watkins, Jr. 17 Michele Watson 6 Audrey Weaver 18 Wendy Wilkins 21 Caroline Williams 4 Lamonda Williams 6 Jamila Williams 18 Tiffany Williams 31 Johnsie Williams-Thomas 2 Robert Wilson 29 Jeffrey Woodley 30 Joan Woods 1 Ronald Woodward 16 Alfred Zollar, Sr. 18

11 Attention All Young Seventies Come Join The Abyssinian Deaconess Board for The Ida Bell Newman 53 rd Anniversary Luncheon On Saturday May 7, 2016 at 12 Noon In The Vestry Come Dance on The "A" Train and Enjoy Live Music featuring Fred Staton, The Jazz Gents with Annette St. John & Hazel Rosetta Smith Journalist, Actor, Playwright, Executive Director of Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries, portraying a character from her gospel play, Tell-It, Sing-It, Shout-It. Please Respond by April 28, 2016 to one of the Deaconesses on the Invitation If you are Age 70 or older and did not receive an invitation, please leave your name, address and telephone number at the Lobby Front Desk Thank You

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16 AFFILIATE NEWS Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School is now accepting applications for Grades 1, 2, 4 and 5. Interested families can pick up application 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday at the school (282 West 151 st Street between 7 th Avenue/Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and McCombs Place). We are inviting new families into the dynamic educational experience TMALS provides.

17 Youth On The Move currently seeks tutors for the After School Study Buddy Program If you re committed to helping students in underserved communities to build necessary skills for promotion to the next grade level, and develop academic identities in their classrooms, then this opportunity to make a difference is for you! Use your mastery in reading, writing or math to support students via skill building activities and homework help. As a "Study Buddy" you ll provide young scholars with the small group attention that most students lack in traditional classroom settings. To apply, contact: Elijah Brooks, ; Deborah Winfield, COMMUNITY EVENTS Book Purchase & Signing Events for Church Ladies: Untold Stories of Harlem Women in the Powell Era take place: TODAY Sunday, May 1 st, 2 PM 4 PM at the Alma Rangel Gardens, 55 West 137 th Street. Buy book and have it signed by author, Dr. Martia Goodson. Event also pays tribute to Church Ladies narrators, Deacon Peter Holden and Grace L. Jones. May 5 th and 6 th, 2 PM 6 PM, stop by Harlem Barbershops: Jackson s, Denny Moe s, Big Russ, Brownstone, Levels 125, and Fig s, to purchase Church Ladies, and have it signed by Dr. Goodson. Church Ladies is still available in the Abyssinian Bookstore. May don t miss the 2 nd Annual Harlem EatUp! Culinary & Cultural Festival. Founded by Marcus Samuelson, event showcases local and national celebrity chefs. The Taste is the Ultimate Harlem Grand Tasting event to enjoy UNLIMITED food from 35 Harlem restaurants plus a wide variety of beverages. Ticket also includes access to Harlem EatUp! Market and MainStage where you can watch cooking demos and more. Enter discount code HEUp2016f20 for 20% off tickets for "The Taste" on Saturday, 5/21 or Sunday, 5/22. Visit harlemeatup.com to buy tix and for more info SCHOLARSHIP New York Alumni Chapter and New York Alumni Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (NYASF) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. proudly announce 2016 Reginald F. Lewis Scholarships. NYASF will award five scholarships to young men who are college bound High School Seniors. Applications must be postmarked by May 2, 2016, and applicant must be in attendance at the Reginald F. Lewis Scholarship Luncheon on June 5, Contact NYASF Director, José Zenón at: nyafoundation@gmail.com for more information. For application, go to: nyakappas.com/nya-foundation.

18 REALTY Rental: Luxury studio condo in heart of downtown White Plains features Washer/Dryer in unit, underground parking, and Concierge for $1,600 per month (Gas & Electric not included). Serious inquiries only contact: Rental: Beautifully decorated, fully furnished, sun-filled 2 bdrm/1bath apt. in West Harlem Brownstone is conveniently located near #2 & #3 subways, houses of worship, supermarkets, restaurants, shops, Starbucks, and entertainment. Apt. features hardwood floors, granite countertops, glass mosaic backsplash, three A/C units, microwave, coffee maker, and more. Rent - $3,300 per month/available Now (Gas & Electric included). Call for more information. ARTS & CULTURE ECLIPSED, the critically acclaimed play by Danai Gurira, directed by Liesl Tommy, and starring Academy Award-winner, Lupita Nyong'o, runs for Limited Engagement Performances! Tickets-$89/$69/$59 with code: ECTALL1123, visit or call Discounts for groups of 10+, call THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, directed by Marishka S. Phillips, runs May 12 - May 29 at WOW Cafe Theatre, on 4 th and Bowery, the East Village's "Theatre Row." By Zora Neale Hurston and adapted by Laurence Holder, play focuses on the life story of Janie Mae Crawford as she evolves from child bride to liberated woman in the early 1900s American South. General admission tickets - $18 with discount code ABY18 at smarttix.com or Group Sales available, contact info@create-inc.org or call Thursday, May 12, 2016, 6:30 PM, HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (HSA) presents HAVANA NIGHTS Benefit Dance at The Herb Alpert Center, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, NYC Tickets $150. Event proceeds to benefit Harlem School of the Arts. RSVP to: Dwight@dwightjohnsondesign.com. BLOOD AT THE ROOT runs now through May 15 at National Black Theatre, located in heart of Harlem, National Black Theatre Way (125 th Street & Fifth Ave.) Use Discount Code WICG for $5 OFF. For tix, call or visit Group Sales available, contact WICG at or TONI.WICG@gmail.com. PULPIT FLOWERS Courtesy of Saundra Parks ABYSSINIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION adcorp.org

19 SERMON NOTES Take personal notes while listening to the Word of God Date: Sermon Title: Biblical Text: Points to Note:

20 THE ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH OFFICERS Gerald Barbour Eleanor E. Olive Alexis Thomas Walter Douglas Sheila S. Boston Robinson Chairman, Board of Deacons Chair, Board of Deaconess Chair, Board of Trustees Treasurer Church Clerk MINISTERIAL STAFF Reginald L. Bachus Associate Pastor Ext. 203 Itang H. Young Assistant Minister for Youth Ext. 220 Rashad R. Moore Assistant Minister Ext. 212 MUSIC MINISTRY James Davis, Jr. Director, Music Ministries & Fine Arts Ext. 261 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Finance Ext. 245 Building, Grounds & Maintenance Ext. 244 WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday 7:00 am The Praying Band 9:00 am Bible Class 9:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Worship Service 9:15 am -11:00 am WE Youth Worship Experience 11:30 am Worship Service 2 nd Sunday 11:30 am Babies Blessed 3 rd Sunday 9:00 & 11:30 am Communion/Right Hand of Fellowship (11:30 am) 4 th Sunday 11:30 am Baptism 5 th Sunday 11:30 am Youth Sunday Wednesday 7:00 pm Mid-Week Manna THE ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH 132 Odell Clark Place New York, NY (T) (F).abyssinian.org