1. EDITOR'S NOTE:
I will be preaching at Bethel AME Church, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 10, 2004 and then on to Nashville, Tennessee to our new home to receive our household goods on Tuesday. After everything is inside the house and we have some semblance of order, we will visit the Tennessee Annual Conference that will meet in Clarksville, Tennessee. I know that Bishop Vashti and Brother Stan McKenzie are blazing a trail through the 13th Episcopal
District!
We will then return to Hampton, VA to do our final activities as we transition fully to Nashville
2. THE INVESTITURE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND VASHTI MCKENZIE
The invitation:
The honor of your presence is requested at the investiture banquet of Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, President of the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Monday, December 6, 2004 at the Gaylord's Opryland Resort and Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, Tennessee at 7:00 o'clock p.m.
The courtesy of a reply is requested by November 21, 2004.
Name and contact numbers:
Select one:
Inner circle seating and pre-reception $100.00 --------
Regular donation $75.00 -------
Payment must be enclosed - Hotel reservations: (615) 883-2211/(615) 889-1000 - Ask for AME church or code n-ameb4. Space limited so make your reservations early. For more information contact:
- 13th Episcopal District Office AME Church
500 8th Avenue South,
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 242-6814
The African Methodist Episcopal Church Investiture Banquet, Council of Bishops and General Board Nashville, TN - December 6-8, 2004 (Advertising rates will be in The Christian Recorder)
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Camera-ready ads preferred. Ads will be accepted on disk in EPS format with all text changed to รข€œoutlines." Please Submit hard copy of ad. All photos will print in black and white and an original photo or TIFF file format is required.
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Enclosed herewith is $________ (which includes all required fees) for _____ page(s) as indicated in the left column to appear in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Souvenir Journal, which will be distributed at the Bishop's Council meeting in December 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee.
It is further understood that this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 13th Episcopal District, and the party whose signature appears below. This contract cannot be altered verbally at any time, nor in writing after the deadline, November 5, 2004.
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Please make checks payable to: 13th Episcopal District AMEC - Mail contract, ad, artwork, disks and payment to: Investiture Committee for Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie 500 Eighth Avenue South, Suite 201, Nashville, TN 37203
3. THIRTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT PLANNING MEETING:
October 27-29, 2004
Greater Bethel AMEC
1300 South Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: (615) 256-1509
October 27, 2004
7 p.m. A Song for Survivors: Disaster Relief for the
hurricane victims
October 28
9 a.m. Business Session
11 a.m. Preachers: Bishop John and Dr. Cecilia Bryant
October 29, 9 a.m. Business Session
HOTELS Embassy Suites Comfort
Inn Downtown
1811 Broadway
1501 Demonbreun
Nashville, TN 37203
Nashville, TN 37203
615-320-8899
615-255-9977
$119.00 per night
$69.00
Ask for 13th District Meeting Ask for Greater Bethel Cut off date for discounted reservations: October 12, 2004
4. INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT FORWARDED BY PRESIDING ELDER RALPH
JOHNSON:
Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff-- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.
(Author unknown)
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DR. CALVIN H. SYDNOR III
Director, Religious Studies Program
Assistant Professor of Ethics and Religion
Hampton University
Box 6123
Hampton, VA 23668
Voice: 757.728-6677; home: 757.850-5554; FAX 757.728-6515
Email: calvin.sydnor@hamptonu.edu; home: chsydnor@erols.com
