Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend John Foster Ph.D., Senior Pastor Annual Day Sunday, March 13, 2016 7:45 am & 11:00 am Worship Leaders: Sister Chanta Miller 7:45AM Service Sister Alaya Boykin 11:00AM Service The Prelude Bro. Phillip Skerrett The Introit We Have Come Into This House The Processional Ministers, Stewards, Choir, Acolytes and Worship 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: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: All: The Hymn of Praise 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. 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. 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! Hallelujah! Let the people of God say, Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people of God say, Amen! Amen! Bro. Jalen McCloud/ Dr. Andrea Lewis This is My Mission (Song to the tune of Blessed Assurance -Hymn 450) 1. Blessed with His goodness, blessed with His love, blessed with His showers, that comes from above, Blessed with His sunshine, blessed with His air, I ll go on helping everywhere. ~REFRAIN: This is my mission, this is my prayer helping the needy, everywhere. This is my mission, this is my prayer. Helping the needy, everywhere. 2. God gives the courage, faith leads the way onward we travel, happy and gay, Thinking of others, willing to share taking God s message, everywhere. ~REFRAIN 3. Remembering others, where re I pray, Looking to Jesus, He is the way, Onward I travel, Him by my side. I ll never falter, He is my guide. ~REFRAIN 2 Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
The Invocation The Choral Response Worship Through Music The Responsive Scripture Bro. Camron Eppes/Rev. Lairalane White Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Sis. Jaylaan Parker /Dr. Jacqueline Eppes 1 Timothy 4:12, Romans 12:1-2 (NRSV) Leader: 12 Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. People: 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ALL: 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-what is good and acceptable and perfect. 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. Paige Thomas/Sis. LaDonna Edwards Hear what Chist our Savior saith, 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 Patri #xvii-xviii The Occasion The Welcoming of Visitors The Worship Through Creative Expression Worship through Giving: tithes & offering The Choral Response Sis. Charis Eppes/Sis. Olympia Mix Sis. Kennedy Camp & Bro. McMillon Camp Sisters Cheryl Taylor and Lisa Johnson Whigham Signs of praise Mime Ministry/ Kwanzaa-Sol Liturgical Dance Ministry Sis. Morgan Dodson/ Sis. Stacey-Ann Taylor The Altar Call Introduction of Speaker Worship Through Music The Message The Invitation to Christian Discipleship The Remarks The Doxology The Missionary Benediction Bro. Cornelius Pettway/ Dr. Rosa McCloud-Baxter Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Bro. Jeremy D. Satterwhite, Sixth Episcopal District YPD, President Dr. Shirley Hopkins-Davis, 8th Connectional President Women s Missionary Society AMEC Rev. Ali Holness / Rev. Rosie Hunter Reverend John Foster, Ph.D. The Postlude ~~Depart to Minister and Serve~~ Bro. Phillip Skerrett 3 Jesus Saves
SERVING IN TODAY S WORSHIP EXPERIENCE 7:45 11:00 Acolytes Paige Thomas Choir Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Philippians Kennedy and McMillon Camp Cheryl Taylor & Lisa Johnson Whigham Stewardesses R.T.Bussey Stewardess Ministry R.T.Bussey Stewardess Ministry Stewards Tony Jones and Everett Jolly Azira Hill and Shirley Simmons Trustee Shelley Webster & Kerry Westbrooks Keith Halford & Floyd Baxter Ushers Usherette Ministry #1 Joseph Lane Male Usher Ministry AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley & SirRyan May Phyllis Smiley & Diarra Davis Finance Team Team 1-A Team 1-B Jeremy D. Satterwhite affectionately known as Satterwhite is a dynamic speaker, and servant of the Lord. He is the founder of The Courageous Champions a boys mentoring group under the auspices of Social Butterflies Inc. and he is a recipient of the President s National Volunteer Service Award. Jeremy is known to be a great servant and leader within his church. He is a member of Flipper Temple A.M.E. Church in Atlanta, Georgia where he serves as President of the Intense Fellowship College Ministry. Jeremy s list of service and accomplishments doesn t stop at praising the Lord with his voice. Rather, he continues to share his gifts and talents. Jeremy is the immediate past Connectional Going Green Committee Chair. Under his leadership $20,000 was contributed to AME-SADA to support the building of water wells in Haiti, Tanzania, & Liberia. In June of 2015 Jeremy was elected President of The Soul-Saving Sixth Episcopal District Young People's & Children's Division of The Women's Missionary Society. Currently under his leadership Jeremy has pushed mission work, voter education, community police engagement & gun violence prevention. As well as higher education, to include: four year colleges & universities, community colleges, trade schools, and the military. Jeremy believes that every YPD er should have an opportunity to succeed in life and that the church should provide the tools to ensure their success. Jeremy has served in various capacities within the Y.P.D. serving as local President, Area Vice President, Conference Worship Director and Conference Vice- President. A graduate of Morrow High School, Jeremy proudly furthered his studies at Norfolk State University; a historically black college & university in Norfolk, Virginia. He continues his pursuit of a higher education at Southern New Hampshire University in the Bachelors of Arts program as a History major. Among his flourishing resume of servant leadership and other accomplishments, Jeremy is employed by the Clayton County Public School District where he serves as a school bookkeeper. He can certainly be called a zealous young man. Son of Dion A. Satterwhite and Ernestine Mattox, Jeremy plans to continue inspiring others by serving, speaking and rendering his gifts and talents where God ordains him to do so. 4 Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
Shirley Hopkins Davis, Ph.D. was the 8 th President (Sept. 14, 2010-July 31, 2011) of the Connectional Women s Missionary Society (WMS), African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), and is a member of the 8 th Episcopal District, South MS Conference. She was elected Connectional First Vice President in 2007, during the 16 th Quadrennial Convention in Philadelphia, PA. Upon the resignation of Dr. Jamesina Evans in September 2010, she assumed the Connectional Presidency. Dr. Davis hails from the great state of Mississippi, born in a little place in the Mississippi Delta called Fitler. She was reared and developed spiritually in the Delta and Vicksburg, MS. She is a wife, mother, and long time educator/administrator in Jackson and Utica, MS. Dr. Davis received her preparatory education in the public school systems of the MS Delta and Vicksburg, MS. She has earned the following: Bachelor s degree (Magna Cum Laude) in English Literature (speech minor) 1972; Master s degree (Magna Cum Laude)-1973, in same area from Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. In 1975, she studied further in English Literature at the University of Southern MS, Hattiesburg, MS. She received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Curriculum and Instruction (reading/linguistics emphasis) from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, in 1979. She praises God for His goodness and credits Him for enabling her to obtain all degrees by age 29, and to be the first in her family to do so. A 40-year tenure of dedicated and committed service as an English instructor and administrator inspired Dr. Davis faculty/staff/ administrative colleagues to bestow upon her several honors and awards: Outstanding Non-teaching Administrative Professional (four times), Distinguished Non-teaching Administrative Professional, Distinguished Benefactor s Award-Utica Campus Centennial, Boss of the Year, Hinds Community College Life Star Award, and others for service to the College and community. Through her work as Title III Coordinator and proposal developer, the Utica Campus has five new/renovated buildings and numerous programs for students, faculty, administration, and the surrounding community. Across 24 years of Dr. Davis professional work and leadership in grant writing and program coordination, the College amassed more than $38 million for programs and buildings. In the African Methodist Episcopal Church, her work and spiritual growth span 30 plus years as a member of Pearl Street AME Church, Jackson, MS. She has served in the 8 th Episcopal District under the leadership of seven Bishops and Supervisors. According to Dr. Davis, each leadership team has mentored her, engaged her in works, and contributed significantly to her movement up the ranks of leadership in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Davis, a Life Member in the WMS since 2004, has served well in numerous leadership capacities in the AME Church WMS: Conference YPD director and President; Episcopal President; and Connectional 1 st Vice President and President. Additionally, she has served as Local Church Christian Education Director and Episcopal Assistant Director of Christian Education Congress, a steward since 1984, a Sunday School teacher, and a member of the Lay Organization. For the work and labor of love in the AME Church, Dr. Davis has received numerous commendations and awards: Youth Day Lofty Leadership Award, Women s Day Outstanding Dedicated Service Award, Church Member of the Year Award, Conference Award for Outstanding Leadership, Lay Person of the Year Pearl of Pearls Award, Conference WMS Spirit of Missions Award, and Connectional Boulder Shoulders Award. Dr. Davis retired from professional employment at Hinds Community College in 2014, as Dean of Academic and Career-Tech Education. She is married to Samuel W. Davis and they reside in Clinton, MS; she has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is a member of Pearl Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Samuel Boyd Sr., Pastor and Mrs. Gloria Graise Boyd, First Lady. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth (Ps. 34:1) is Davis constant message of joy in the Lord for the opportunities He has provided her in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and in her family/professional life. 5 Jesus Saves
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