Laura L. Turner Women s Missionary Society & YPD Annual Day Big Bethel A.M.E. Church RISE UP SPEAK UP ACT: FOR SUCH a TIME as This! Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. Proverbs 31:8-9 (NLT) SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 Lisa Johnson Whigham, President Kawanza Smith, YPD Director Ross Turner, YPD President Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, Presiding Prelate, 6th Episcopal District Mrs. Christy Davis Jackson, ESQ Episcopal Supervisor, 6th District Reverend Larry W. Hudson, Sr., Presiding Elder, North Atlanta District Reverend John Foster, PH.D., Senior Pastor 220 Auburn Avenue, NE. Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone number (404) 827-9707 FAX number (404) 223-3060 Website: www.bigbethelame.org Email: jesus.saves@bigbethelame.org
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend John Foster Ph.D., Senior Pastor Annual Day Sunday, March 12, 2017 7:45 am & 11:00 am Worship Leaders: Bro. Ross Turner 7:45AM Service Sis. Clarissa Carmichael 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: I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord! Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2) People: 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 to dwell in the tents of wickedness (Psalm 84:10). Leader: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good (Psalm 122:9) People: They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalm 92:13) Leader: O Lord, I love the habitation of your house, and the place where your glory dwells (Psalm 26:8) People: But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him (Habakkuk 2:20) Leader: People: 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) The Hymn of Praise Bro. David Langley/ Sis. Alaya Boykin This is My Mission (Sung 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 Sis. Paige Thomas/Rev. Lairalaine White Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Sis. Zaire Carmichael/Sis. Carolina Black Proverbs 31: 8-9 (NLT) Leader: 8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves People: 8 ensure justice for those being crushed.. All: 9 Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. 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. Kenniya Copeland/Sis. Cynthia Turner 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 Litany Sis. Jaylaan Parker/Sis. Braunwin Camp Leader: Prayers can t be answered unless they are prayed, so the poet reminds us, and so we have honored the dead in vigils of remembrance, emotional prayers, heartfelt tributes, scripture-based homilies, fervent eulogies, thoughtful soliloquy, and appropriate words spoken by public officials, but something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. People: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: Tragedies are common place, so writes the composer and the choirs sing, and following the tragedies, vigils were called in Newtown, Aurora, New York, Sanford, Jacksonville, North Charleston, Charleston, St. Louis, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Washington, DC, Blacksburg, Roanoke, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Umpqua, and in sympathizing cities, villages and hamlets around the world, for the senseless deaths of mostly young victims unarmed. That s why something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. People: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: Shall we pray? some sincere soul will rhetorically ask for very good reasons. Prayer centers the spirit, calms the mind, sharpens the thought, makes the vision keen, quickens the will, puts a laser beam on a problem. At the end of the Vigil, when the Amen has been said and sung, something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. People: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on us, so says the thoughtful theologian. It is putting feet to our faith, power to our prayers, urgency to the present concern, momentum to the Movement. I received no answer says Frederick Douglass, until I prayed with my legs. Something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. All: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: Vigil is the starting place. The sequence begins in theological reflection, the upward glance, deference to the Creator; marching orders for a parade route out of bondage and oppression to a Promised Land. Next steps include consensus building for political, social, economic solutions. Something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. All: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Jesus Saves 3
The Litany {continued) Leader: After the Vigil, Vigilance, to be daily examples of love and peace, faith and hope, maturity, responsibility and excellence, so that succeeding generations will be motivated to become what they see in us after we have prayed, not merely inspired by what we say. Something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. All: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: After the Vigil, Vigilance, for legislative cures, legal remedies, exercising the franchise to vote in every election, to hold lawmakers and public officials accountable. Something must follow the prayer meeting ACTION. All: Vigilance follows the Vigil! Leader: After the Vigil, Vigilance, against racism. Race is unavoidable. Racism is a decision and optional. Hate is a horrible heritage; injustice is a terrible legacy, intolerance is a hindrance to freedom; indifference is the precursor to decay, apathy is the door to destruction; hopelessness is a path to collective misery. All: Prophetic ministry beckons us again to the Press, to the Polls, to the Precincts, to the Markets, to the School Boards, to the Statehouse, to the Capitol, to the White House to express our Pain, to have our voices heard, our ideas considered, our demands met. Vigilance follows the Vigil! (Composed by Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr.) The Welcome The Worship Through Creative Expression The Worship through Giving: tithes & offering Sisters Linda & Brenda Smith Sis. Anna Cornelious &1st Lady Mary Ann Foster Signs of praise Mime Ministry Sis. Morgan Dodson/Sis. Rosaland Thomas The Choral Response Introduction of Speaker Worship Through Music Bro. Christian Lewis Johnson Sis. Lisa Johnson Whigham & Atty. Stacey-Ann Taylor Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus The Message Bro. Lawrence Samuel Stephens/ Mrs. Christy Davis Jackson, ESQ, Episcopal Supervisor 6th District The Invitation to Christian Discipleship Rev. Joyce Young / Rev. Monica Jones, Ph. D. 4 Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
The Pastor s Words Pastor Foster The Doxology The Missionary Benediction The Postlude ~~Depart to Minister and Serve~~ Bro. Phillip Skerrett SERVING IN TODAY S WORSHIP EXPERIENCE 7:45 11:00 Acolytes Charis Eppes and Celeste Jackson Choir Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Johnson-Schofield Male Chorus Philippians Linda and Brenda Smith Anna Cornelious & 1st Lady Mary Ann Foster Stewardesses R.T.Bussey Stewardess Ministry R.T.Bussey Stewardess Ministry Stewards Everett Jolly and Susan Wright Dionysia Massie and Yvette George Trustee Shelley Webster & Martha Thomas Keith Halford & Raushan Murray Ushers Usherette Ministry #1 Joseph Lane Male Usher Ministry AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley & SirRyan May Phyllis Smiley & SirRyan May Finance Team Team 1-A Team 1-B Bro. Lawrence Samuel Stephens II is the youngest son of Reverend and Mrs. Lawrence Stephens, the pastor of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Seale, Alabama. At an early age, he began serving God in the church where his father pastored as an usher and was an active part of the youth ministry. In 2009, Sam graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. He received his Masters of Arts in Teaching in 2011, with a concentration in Secondary Education. Presently, Sam is enrolled at Columbus State University where he is pursuing a degree as an Educational Leadership Specialist. He is currently employed as a Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher and Grade Team Leader at Fulton Leadership Academy, an all male Charter School in East Point, Georgia. Sam s early acceptance of Christ and service in the church has not faltered. He strives to continue in ministry at Big Bethel AME Church where he serves on the Board of Stewards. Jesus Saves 5
Mrs. Christy Davis Jackson, - Attorney, Business Leader, Advocate for revitalizing our great American cities As Chief Executive Officer and partner of City Strategy Group, the first in class company providing its corporate, non-profit and government client with tools necessary to transform and revitalize cities across the country, Mrs. Davis Jackson is a sought after strategist, speaker and thought leader. As part of her 25 year career in strategic management, public affairs and public policy analysis, Mrs. Davis Jackson has served as Chief Counsel for the first African American woman in the state legislature, the late Dr. Wynona M. Lipman, as State Director for the late US Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, as Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs for Warner Lambert Company, as Campaign Manager for former US Senator Jon S. Corzine's US Senate campaign, as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Davis and Partners, a leading public affairs company, as Vice President of the largest health sciences and medical education organization in the country, and as Chief Executive Officer of the premiere education organization in the state of NJ. Her client roster included but was not limited to Prime Healthcare, Verizon, Eli Lilly Companies, Roizman Development, Traffic Plan Company and PKF MARK III. In addition to being an attorney, Mrs. Davis Jackson is a certified compliance professional and has advised clients in workforce compliance protocols as an expert. Mrs. Davis Jackson has been honored to receive numerous professional awards, including the Urban League's Vanguard Award, the Junior Achievement Mega Mentor Award and the Central Labor Council's A. Philip Randolph Award for advancing the interest of minority business in the state of NJ. She has been honored by the city of Newark, NJ and the city of Orange, NJ for her civic and community engagement. She currently serves on the Board of the African American Chamber of Commerce for the State of New Jersey. As a Supervisor in the AME Church, Mrs. Davis Jackson, has served as Supervisor of Missions for the 20th Episcopal District (countries of Malawi, Zimbabwe and Tanzania) and currently serves in that capacity for the 6th Episcopal District (State of Georgia, USA) where her husband Bishop Reginald T. Jackson serves as the presiding prelate. A Midwesterner by birth, Mrs. Davis Jackson holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law. She has also studied at the London School of Economics and Richmond College in London, England. Mrs. Davis Jackson has two children, her step-daughter Regina Victoria, a renowned classically trained vocal artist and performer, who has performed across the country and Seth Joshua, a fifth grader, avid reader, soccer and basketball player and along with his sister, a voracious Dallas Cowboys fan. Second Sunday in Lent March 12, 2017 W E E K LY S C R I P T U R E R E A D I N G S First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 or Matthew 17:1-9 6 Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
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BIG BETHEL AME CHURCH MINISTER OF MUSIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES JANUARY 2017 The Minister of Music is responsible to the church and the pastor for developing and promoting the music and arts ministry of the church. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Direct the organization and implementation of a comprehensive church music and arts program including choir, vocal and/or instrumental ensembles, dance and drama teams, video and audio support. 2. Assist the pastor in planning congregational services and selecting the music. 3. Give direction to the congregational in hymn singing, choir, and other phases of worship. 4. Direct major service choirs and other choirs or ensembles as personal schedule will permit. 5. Supervise the work of music, video and audio staff workers and volunteers. Work with all directors, musicians and choirs to formulate the overall directions of the music and arts program. Conduct regular staff meetings for the purpose of evaluation and planning. 6. Cooperate with church committees to enlist and train leaders for the church music minis try as well as song leaders and accompanists for church educational organizations. 7. Serve as member of the church leadership team. Coordinate the music program with the organizational calendar and emphases of the church. 8. Lead in maintaining a church music and arts committee, team, or council. Seek input from members in matters such as goal setting, evaluation, leadership, personnel policies for staff, facilities, finance, and administrative procedures. 9. Serve on, and work with, church committees as assigned. 10. Plan, organize, and promote concerts, musicals, choir tours, mission trips, retreats, festivals, workshops, clinics, and other special programs to enhance the music ministry. 11. Oversee maintenance of the music library, materials, supplies, musical instruments, and other equipment useful in the music ministry. 12. Prepare reports necessary to keep the church fully informed concerning the music and arts ministry. 13. Prepare, with assistance from the music committee and music staff members, an annual music budget reflecting the needs of the entire music program. Administrate the budget once it is approved by the church. 14. Be informed of denominational goals, emphases, publications, materials, policies, and plans for employing them as they relate to the local church. Cooperate with associational and state leaders in promoting activities of mutual interest. 15. Assist other staff members in church wide events when needed. 16. Assist in the selection and provision of appropriate music for weddings, funerals, special projects, and other church- related activities. 17. Keep informed on current music methods, materials, promotional ideas, and administra tive techniques. 18. Maintain a consistent program of self-improvement. 12 Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
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