The Shrines of the Black Madonna of the Pan-African Orthodox Christian Church 960 R.D. Abernathy Blvd., S.W. ~ Atlanta, Georgia 30310 Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman, Founder Jaramogi Menelik Kimathi, Holy Patriarch Cardinal Mwenda Yazid -Chief Executive Officer Bishop Jabari Osaze - Chief Operating Officer Sister Abeni Olushola Shrine Administrator Cardinal Mwenda Yazid Pastor Associate Pastors: Fundi Wamuiru Osayimwese, Bishop Jawanza Ambakisye, and Bishop Ahdwele Dakarai October 2, 2011 Anniversary Month Devotional Welcome Five Cardinal Resolutions Negro National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing Congregational Hymn Altar Call/Prayer Responsive Meditation Sacrament of Commitment Choir Selections Sermon Invitational Hymn Church Offerings Church Announcements Offertory Hymn Recessional Hymn Rise Nation, Rise Prayer of Benediction Congregation Standing Sanctuary Etiquette As we cooperate to keep the atmosphere of reverence for everyone in worship, please refrain from talking, texting, and walking in the sanctuary during meditations, prayers, rituals, scripture readings, and messages from the pulpit. God s Messengers Shrine #1 Detroit, MI Cardinal Mbiyu Chui Shrine #9 Atlanta, GA Cardinal Mwenda Yazid Shrine #10 Houston, TX Cardinal Aswad Ambidwile Shrine #20 Beulah Land, SC Cardinal Judas Molikai To Our Visitors and Friends The Officers and members of the Shrines of the Black Madonna welcome you to this morning s Worship Service. We invite you to actively participate with us as we praise GOD. We are pleased that you chose to worship with us this morning. Join us each Sunday and find strength in our harmonious fellowship. Our Worship Service begins at 10:30 a.m. during the summer and 11:00 a.m. at all other times. May GOD continue to bless and keep you. The Prayer of the Black Messiah Almighty God, Who called together the Black Nation Israel through Thy son, the revolutionary Black Messiah, Jesus, hallowed be Thy name. May Thy Black Nation speedily come and Thy will be done on earth as we accept commitment to daily sacrifice and struggle. Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive Black brothers and sisters who trespass against us. Help us to resist temptation, as we struggle against individualism, and may the Black Nation stand, as a living witness to Thy Power and Thy Glory, forever and ever. Amen The Shrines of the Black Madonna are open to all who seek to cooperate with God in the movement toward peace, justice and liberation. Those wishing to join are encouraged to do so during the singing of the Invitational Hymn.
Standing in the Need of Prayer Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 Please continue to keep in your prayers: Mr. Alfred Pittman Bro. Sekou Bs. Ahdwele Sis. Sekayi Bro. Sowande Our College Students Sis. Themba Sis. Okolo Bro. Chunga Bro. Champ Bro. Lateef Cpt. Abubakar Mr. Elmore Randall Bro. Kefing Bro. Moyenda Sis. Mawakana Sis. Tahirah Ms. Tina Fann Ms. Linda Clark Marie Pittman Mrs. Leigh Reynolds Altomease Lucas Ms. Doris Burrow Ms. Lynn Lewis Bro. Javorious Mrs. Mildred Davis Bro. Jabari Henry Bro. Stafford Murray Sis. Simiko Mr. Willie Minniefield Bro. Jack Mitchell Jr. Mr. Wilbert Brown Mrs. Arzella Johnson Martin and Shay Fann Sis. Elizabeth Bro. Craig McClellan Mrs. Catherine Ealy Mw. Abasi, Fd. Asha, and Bro. Rashad Bro. Adio Mrs. Henrietta Day Mrs. Lillian Hughes Mr. Pervis Johnson Jr. Ms. Kendle McFarlin Ms. Marvine Miller Card. Chimba Chui Mr. Clyde Wooten Pvt. Shaquala Auntie Pearl s Words of Wisdom "Until the lion has a historian, the hunter will always be the hero" ~African Proverb The Five Cardinal Resolutions 1. I resolve to practice radical transformative hospitality to those God draws to our fellowship. 2. I resolve to passionately worship God who is the source and substance of my existence and the nourishment of my soul. 3. I resolve to pursue faith development through the disciplines, sacraments and practices of the church to realize my highest potential and prove myself worthy of my inner divinity. 4. I resolve to participate in socially transforming missions, particularly those focused on the Pan-African World Community, in order to do the greatest good with my life and bring the world into greater conformity with God s will. 5. I resolve to exude extravagant generosity in all aspects of life emulating God s precious generosity toward us.
Negro National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson Lift every voice and sing, 'Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on 'til victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast'ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, 'Til now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land. Congregational Hymn This is the Day This is the day, this is the day, that the lord has made I will rejoice, I will rejoice And be glad in it, glad in it This is the day I will rejoice and be glad in it This is the day This is the day that the lord has made (Repeat above as directed)
Response: Response: Response: Responsive Meditation (We Seek the Experience of God) KUTAFUTA means that we have entered the sacred circle and we seek the experience God. We open ourselves to receive the power of God. KUTAMUNGU means that we can come upon God, here where we are. If we seek, we will find. When we are open, our inner divinity can be touched by the cosmic power of God and KUGASANA will come like a mystical explosion. The overwhelming power of God enters into us. The Creative Intelligence of God directs us, we become one with God and with our people everywhere. When our inner divinity comes into contact with the higher power out of which it was created, we are born again in the fullness of life. My Sermon Notes Sermon Topic: Scripture Lesson: Response: The sacred triangles, the mystical sacraments, and the disciplines of the Transforming Community open us to receive the power of God. In our surrender to God, KUJITOA, we have new strength for our earthly battles. Response: We share a sacred trust, with those who have gone before and with those who will come after, we are in total submission to the will of God, KUJITOA. Chant together (at least three times) KUTAFUTA, KUTAMUNGU, KUGASANA, KUJITOA
From the Desk of Bishop Jabari Osaze, Chief Operating Officer Very Important Information To Department heads, group leaders, team leaders, committee heads and ministry chairpersons: As you know, the Shrine in Detroit and Atlanta are web streaming. We will rotate the streaming on a monthly basis for now. Atlanta will stream for the month of November and Detroit for December. Reminder: Any presentation given on a Sunday that we are streaming, which includes playing recorded songs not sung by our own choir, cannot be played, so that we can be in compliance with copyright laws. On Saturday, October 29 th, a community service event that grew out of a tragedy, took place in two locations. The accident that claimed the life of Malcolm Omari Hill has been transformed into a vehicle to save the lives of others. (See the following for filming of the event from the Shrine) http://www.11alive.com/news/article/210898/40/parents-offersafe-driving-classes-after-losing-son 20 students at the class held at the Shrine. Most of the students were from Washington High School. The class was facilitated by a certified instructor from the AARP. The AARP instructor (Mr. Bobby Jones) was a senior citizen who expressed his joy in finding that he could relate to the young people after mostly facilitating this class for seniors There were 20 students at the second class held at the Five Star Insurance Agency in Lithonia. Those students were from Lithonia and Stone Mountain High Schools. The outcome was positive as many of the students said they thought it would be boring, but found the information to be very helpful. Their classroom participation with the instructor was very good.
International Black Man Film Festival Come celebrate the 10 th Anniversary of the International Black Man Film Festival on November 19, 2011. Films will be shown simultaneously at the Shrine in Atlanta, Ga., and in Accra, Ghana. The two audiences will then discuss the films live over the Internet. Please Join us. More information forthcoming. Contact Yemi Toure (director) at 404 432-2194 email: info@blackmanfilmfest.net web site: http:// www.blackmanfilmfest.net