INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH USHERS ASSOCIATION OF OHIO, INC. MAY 13, 2016 MORNING SESSTION 76 TH ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION WAS OPEN WITH A WELCOME PROGRAM. SISTER BOBY SENTERS WAS MISTRESS OF CEREMONY. SISTER UTES WALKER GAVE THE WELCOM. GREETINGS WERE GIVEN BY: SISTER NAN WHALEY FROM THE MAYORS OFFICE. SISTER CRYSTAL WALKER, DMIN, CMP AND CHSP REPRESENTED THE DAYTON VISITORS BUREAL. BROTHER MATT CARPEN REPRESENTED THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. REV.CORY J. PRUITT OF MT. ENON BAPTIST CHURCH IS OUR HOST PASTOR. REMARKS WAS GIVEN BY STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON AND CITY PRESIDENT, DARYL ADKINS. CLOSING REMARKS WAS GIVEN BY THE HOST PASTOR. THE GAVEL WAS PRESENTED TO STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON BY THE HOST CITY PRESIDENT DARLY ADKINS. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER. PRERESISTRATION /CREDENTIAL REPORT WAS GIVEN BY DIANE PRINTER. THIS IS A PARTIAL REPORT OF 148 PREREGISTED AND 7 ON-SITE WITH A TOTAL OF 155 DELGATES. PARLIAMENTARY REPORT WAS READ BY LORETTA B. CURTIS AND THE DELEGATES WAS SEATED. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS 45 PRESENTED, 4 ABSENT AND 4 EXCUSED. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MINUTES WERE READ BY ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY PATTI WILSON, STAND APPROVED AS CORRECTED: THE STATE IS ASKED TO DONATE $150.00 TO THE OUTREACH PROGRAM NOT EACH CITY. HEALTH REPORT WAS GIVEN BY NORMA GATSON. COURTESY/PUBLIC RELATION S REPORT WAS GIVEN BY ELIZABETH GILL, WE HAD 7 VISITORS AND EACH WAS GIVEN A BOOK AND PEN. EACH CITY PRESIDENT GAVE THEIR REPORT: AKRON CITY PRESIDENT JOHNNIE HANNAH HAS 23 CHURCHES INCLUDING 2 NEW CHURCHES.
CANTON CITY PRESIDENT LEE NORA SMITH HAS 10 CHURCHES. CINCINNATI CITY PRESDIENT THERESA REED HAS 13 CHURCHES INCLUDING 3 NEW CHURCHES. CLEVELAND CITY PREIDENT LESA JOHNSON HAS 24 CHURCHES. COLUMBUS CITY PRESIDENT BARBARA SIMON HAS 21 CHURCHES. DAYTON CITY PRESIDENT DARYL ADKINS HAS 11 CHURCHES. TOLEDO CITY PRESIDENT BETTY WILLIAMS HAS 22 CHURCHES INCLUDING 2 NEW CHURCHES. YOUNGSTOWN CITY PRESIDENT CORA EVANS HAS 16 CHURCHES INCLUDING 3 NEW CHURCHES. KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS INTRODUCED BY EDNA NELSON. KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS PASTOR SHELBY WALKER OF SUMMIT CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND THE SUBJECT WAS FROM ROMAN CHAPTER 12 VERSE 13 AND HIS SUBJECT WAS LOOK READY. ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE READ. CENTRAL REGI0N DIRECTOR AND NATIONAL 4 TH VICE PRESIDENT, DARLENE ANDERSON GAVE REMARKS OF CHICAGO, ILL. AND ALSON FROM THE CENTRAL REGION, KEN CROWDER GAVE REMARKS. MARY ALICE ROBINSON, STATE PRESIDENT PATTI WILSON, ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY
INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH USHERS ASSOCIATION OF OHIO, INC. MAY 13, 2016 AFTERNOON SESSTION 76 TH ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION WAS OPEN WITH DEVOTION. @ 1:50 PM THE PRESENTATION OF THE GAVEL FROM THE STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON TO 1 ST VICE PRESIDENT DARLY ADKINS. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY 1 ST VICE PRESIDENT DARLY ADKINS. RESISTRATION /CREDENTIAL REPORT OF 149 PRESISTRATION AND 7 ON SITE TOTAL OF 1546 BY DIANE PRINTER WHO MOVE TO ACCEPT HER PARTIAL REPORT AND 2 ND BY THERESA REED. THE MOTION CARRIED. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS 46 PRESENTED, 4 ABSENT AND 4 EXCUSED. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MINUTES WERE READ BY ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY PATTI WILSON, STAND APPROVED AS CORRECTED: AKRON HAS 23 CHURCHES INCLUDING 2 NEW CHURCHES, TOLEDO HAS22 CHURCHES INCLUDING 2 NEW CHURCHES AND YOUNGSTOWN HAS 16 CHURCHES INCLUDING 3 NEW CHURCHES. COURTESY/PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT AND THE OUTREACH PRESENTATION WILL BE ON SATURDAY MORNING SESSION. A. W. HEALTH UNIT DID A SHORT SKIT. BENEVOLENT REPORT WAS GIVEN BY EDNA NELSON. 18 SYSMPATHY CARDS WER DISTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED MEMBERS. 19 GET WELL CARDS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SICK AND SHUT INS. EDNA NELSON MOVE TO HAVE HER REPORT ACCPETED AND 2 ND BY THERESA REED. THE MOTION CARRIED. EDUCATION REPORT BY SHARON CALLOWAY. ESSAY IS THE NEXT EDUCATION CONTEST IN 2017. SHARON CALLOWAY READ HER REPORT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REPROT RECOMMENDING THAT $300.00 BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE PENNY BUCKET DONATION AND ALSO $300.00 GOES TO OUR INSTRUMENTAL CONTESTANT JEREMY MACK AND HIS FAMILY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE EXPENSE OF GOING TO THE NATIONAL FROM THE EDUCATION FUND. SHIRLEY DAVIS MOVE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION BE COMPLIED WITH AND 2 ND BY THERESA REED. THE MOTION CARRIED. THE COLORS FOR THE NATIONAL EDUCATION EVENT ARE LIME GREEN / GOLD ACCESSOIES. TIME AND PLACE REPORT BY OZIE RODDY, MOVE TO BE ACCEPTED AND 2 ND BY THERESA REED. THE MOTION CARRIED.
THE MEETING WAS ADJOUNRD BY PRESIDING STATE PRESIDENT DARYL ADKINS @ 2:40 PM. PRAYER BY PAST STATE CHAPLIAN MARY JENNINGS. DARYL ADKINS, PRESIDING STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON, STATE PRESIDENT PATTI WILSON, ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY
INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH USHERS ASSOCIATION OF OHIO, INC. MAY 14, 2016 MORNING SESSTION 76 TH ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION WAS OPEN WITH DEVOTION. @ 10:00 PM THE PRESENTATION OF THE GAVEL FROM THE STATE 1 ST VICE PRESIDENT DARYL ADKINS TO THE 2nd VICE PRESIDENT LESA JOHNSON. PLEASE LOOK AT THE PRINTED AGENDA IN YOUR SOUVENIR JOURNAL, DUE TO THE ESSENCE IN TIME, 2ND VICE PRESIDENT LESA JOHNSON MOVED FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS BE COMBINED AND THE FINAL REPORTS FROM BE READ FROM THE SCHOOL OF USHERING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, PUBLIC RELATION, ALUMNI, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, TREASURER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWED BY THE OUT-REACH AND ENDING WITH THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND 2 ND BY EDNA GAMBLE OF DAYTON. THE MOTION CARRIED. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER. REGISTRATION /CREDENTIAL REPORT BY DIANE PRINTERS MOVE TO HAVE HER FINAL REPORT OF 157 DELEGATES ATTENDED TO BE ACCEPTED AND 2 ND BY THERESA REED. THE MOTION CARRIED. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS 48 PRESENTED, 4 ABSENT AND 4 EXCUSED. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MINUTES WERE READ BY ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY PATTI WILSON, STAND APPROVED AS READ. SCHOOL OF USHERING: CHAIRMAN SUSIE STEELE REPORTED THAT THERE WILL BE NO DRILL TEAM OR FLOOR DEMONSTRATION THIS YEAR, BUT IS ENCOURAGING EACH CITY TO HAVE A DRILL TEAM AND FLOOR DEMONSTRATION FOR NEXT YEAR. EDNA NELSON READ THE REPORT FOR THE SCHOOL OF USHERING, WHICH WAS MOVED AND ACCEPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED. ARTS AND CRAFT REPORT WAS READ BY PATTI WILSON. THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PROJECT OF THE UNISEX VEST FROM MCCALL PATTERN M6228 VIEW LETTER E, IS CINCINNATI WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING OHIO AT THE NATIONAL. CHAIRMAN BETTY WILLIAMS MOVE FOR HER REPORT TO BE ACCEPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED. WILLIAM H. DAVIS HONOR CLUB REPORT, CLARENCE HARRIS MOVED TO HAVE HIS VERBAL REPORT ACCEPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED. PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT - THE FINAL REPORT OF THE STATE DIRECTORIES WAS READ BY JUANITA ZIMMERMAN, WHICH SHE MOVED TO BE ACCEPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED. LIZ GILL READ THE MAY REPORT WHICH WAS MOVED AND ACCEPTED WITH THE NECESSARY CORRECTION: THERE WAS 2 GUEST THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR PUBLIC RELATION GIFT. THE MOTION CARRIED. JUNIOR AND YOUNG PEOPLES STATE ADDRESS WAS READ BY KETURAH HOWARD OF DAYTON FOR BRIANNA ARNOLD.
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
LET S MEDITATE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:13. I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHTHENS ME. MEDITATE ON THAT WHEN THINGS LOOK BLEEK. MEDITATE ON THAT WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF HAND. MEDITATE ON THAT WHEN YOU FEEL YOU CAN T GO ON. MEDITATE ON THAT WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP. MEDITATE ON THAT WHEN THEY SAY YOU CAN T. TELL THEM GOD SAID I CAN. GOD SAID I WILL. BECAUSE IT IS HE WHO STRENGHTENS ME AND IT IS IN HIM THAT I CAN DO NOT SOME, BUT ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST WHO STRENGHTENS ME. JOSHUA 1:8 SAYS THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE IN IT DAY AND NIGHT. LET GOD S LOVE, PEACE AND BLESSING BE WITH US ALWAYS. GOD BLESSES OHIO ICUA. 2 ND VICE PRESIDENT LESA JOHNSON ASKED FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORTS GIVEN BY THE YOUNG ADULTS AND THE STATE PRESIDENT TO BE ACCEPTED AND GIVE THEM A RISING VOTE OF THANKS. IT WAS MOVED BY OZIE RODDY AND 2 ND BY BETTY WILLIAMS. THE MOTION CARRIED. @11:01 AM THE PRESENTATION OF THE GAVEL FROM 2 ND VICE PRESIDENT LESA JOHNSON TO THE 3 RD VICE PRESIDENT JAMES EASTER. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER. ALUMNI DEPARTMENT VERBAL REPORT FROM NEALIE MCHANEY-SMITH; LORETTA COUFIELD OF CLEVELAND SCORED 95% ON HER LETTER FOR THE USHER OF THE YEAR AND BARBARA SIMON OF COLUMBUS - BOOK OF SEVEN PASSED. RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU GO BACK TO YOUR CITIES AND ASK YOUR ALUMNI CHAIRMAN ABOUT HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER FOR ONE OF YOUR USHER TO BE THE USHER OF THE YEAR. NEALIE MACHANEY-SMITH MOVES THAT HER VERBAL REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND RECOMMENDATION BE COMPLIED WITH. THE MOTION CARRIED. JR S AND YOUNG PEOPLES VERBAL REPORT BY TIANNA BUCKLEY. WHO IS TAKING ORDERS FOR HOODIES THAT ARE NOW ON SALE, SIZES SMALL THRU 3X (XXXL) PRICE $35.00 EACH. THE PAYMENT CAN BE CASH OR CHECK S, PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO THE ICUA OF OHIO. THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE SPONSOR, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE JR S AND YOUNG PEOPLES DEPARTMENT FOR THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. TIANNA BUCKLEY MOVED THAT HER VERBAL REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND RECOMMENDATION BE COMPLIED WITH. THE MOTION CARRIED AND A RISING VOTE OF THANKS AND ENCOURAGEMENT. BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHAIRMAN, RAMONA SIMMONS VERBAL REPORT ON THE CHILDREN IS OUR FUTURE. RECOMMENDATION IS TO SPONSOR A CHILD OR TWO TO THE NEXT CONVENTION AND MORE ADULT SUPERVISORS ARE NEEDED TO HELP BROTHER LARRY WYNN LOOK OVER OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CONVENTIONS. RAMONA SIMMONS MOVE THAT HER VERBAL REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND RECOMMENDATION BE COMPLIED WITH. THE MOTION CARRIED AND THE CHILDREN PRESENT WAS GIVEN RISING PPLAUSE OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION. FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND TREASUSER GAVE THEIR REPORTS WHICH WAS MOVE AND ACCEPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED. DARYL ADKINS OF DAYTON MOVE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO GIVE OUR 2 COLLEGE STUDENTS, TIANNA BUCKLEY AND KETURAH HOWARD OF DAYTON, EACH RECEIVE A $500.00 SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE PURCHASES OF BOOKS FOR THE YEAR OF 2016 ONLY AND 2 ND BY LESA JOHNSON. THE MOTION CARRIED.
OUT-REACH REPORT WAS GIVEN BY CHARLENE REESE, WHICH WAS MOVED AND 2 ND. THE MOTION CARRIED. ELECTION OF 2016 2017 OFFICERS. MARY ALICE ROBINSON PRESIDENT DARYL ADKINS 1 ST VICE PRESIDENT LESA YOUNG 2 ND VICE PRESIDENT JAMES EASTER 3 RD VICE PRESIDENT PATTI WILSON RECORDING SECRETARY VERONICA HOLLOWAY ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY BEVERLY GASTON FINANCIAL SECRETARY GLORIA HEDGE ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY CHARLENE REESE FOR TREASURER RUTHIE BELL CHAPLAIN DEBRA CROSS ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN SAM ROBINSON SERGEANT- OF-ARMS RICHARD SPICER SR. ASSISTANT SERGEANT-OF-ARMS I TIANNA BUCKLEY CASE THE UNANAIMOUS VOTE OF THESE ELECTED OFFICERS CLOSING REMARKS FROM OUR STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON. THE MEETING WAS ADJOUNRD AT 12:45 PM BY PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON. LESA JOHNSON, PRESIDING STATE PRESIDENT JAMES EASTER, PRESIDING STATE PRESIDENT MARY ALICE ROBINSON, STATE PRESIDENT PATTI WILSON, ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY