1. ARTICLES ARE NEEDED WELL IN ADVANCE OF HOLY SEASONS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES:
We need articles NOW related to Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Black History Week. We need to be lining up those articles NOW. You cannot wait until December to send in your Christmas articles. We need to receive them NOW, and not later than the third week in November. Remember that the paper edition of The Christian Recorder has to be prepared 2 - 4 weeks out. I do not intend to put in, nor do you want to read, news that's "after the fact" or "overcome by the event." I would also suggest that when you write District-wide or Annual Conference-wide articles that you run it past your bishop. I am sure that coordination, can more times than not, be done telephonically. Articles related to the local church probably should be coordinated with the pastor. In the A.M.E. Church, we have a "chain of supervision": we are not autonomous congregations. The online edition is another story because that news comes out immediately. There is not a delay in getting out news and articles. Articles and news can be processed and turned around immediately.
Having said all of that, I still strongly encourage articles and opinions from individuals. Our leaders need to hear from you. Effective leaders need to hear the "good," the "bad," and the "indifferent." Outstanding leaders need to hear as much as possible, what's going on in their areas of operation.
I need articles related to education, and especially constant update on what is happening at Morris Brown College and at our other institutions. We need to keep our institutions" out front; it's means of advertising and might help our schools to attract more students.
2. THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER NEEDS MORE ARTICLES FROM OUR EPISCOPAL DISTRICTS:
I need more articles from our Episcopal Districts. We are doing a lot of things but we need to share the "good news." We need news in "real time," not weeks and months later. We are still looking for news from the Women in Ministry, the laity, the chaplains, youth, Missionaries, from overseas, and from some of the other groups in our Church. We would like to hear from some of our bishops. Wouldn't it be newsworthy to hear from some of our overseas bishops about their work and challenges? Wouldn't it be interesting to hear about the ministry of some of our overseas pastors and their challenges? To hear from some of our service members who are serving in Iraq?
To hear from some of our young people who have gone off to college and the challenges they face. Many of our churches are doing great things and we wish that they would share the "good news" and the challenges of their ministry. We are asking our bishops, presiding elders, pastors, and lay leadership to be more proactive in sharing the work of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. I have heard off-line that several bishops have to make numerous changes in their Episcopal Districts. I would think that those changes would be newsworthy. Send your news to The Christian Recorder.
3. BISHOP PRESTON WARREN WILLIAMS II: DOING A ?NEW THING? IN THE SEVENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
In Isaiah 42:1-9, God?s prophet speaks a word of hope to the people of God living in Babylonian exile - a people convinced that their former shortcomings eliminated any chance for restoration of their hope, their faith or their nation. God?s prophet spoke of the power, grace and redemption afforded by God and of God?s willing ability to move them from old hopelessness to new hope. God directed the prophet to tell a people caught up in familiar routine and despair, ?the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare.?
The words of that prophet reverberate in the initial work of The Right Reverend Preston Warren Williams II in the Seventh Episcopal District. Bishop Williams came from the General Conference to the Seventh District not only as the assigned Presiding Bishop, but also as a man on a mission for positive, Spirit-led change, and he has made it clear in his work thus far that a new day and new things have dawned in one of the oldest and strongest Districts of our Zion. Bishop Williams? ?new thing? has found substance and expression in the Annual Conference system that lies at the heart of our practice and polity.
(Submitted by the Reverend Joseph Darby and approved for release by Bishop Preston Warren Williams)
(Read the complete article in the Christian Recorder)
4. DR. JASON DARBY FORWARDS AN ARTICLE ABOUT INSTALLING CELL PHONE JAMMERS:
Jason Darby
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
Allen University
1530 Harden Street
Columbia, SC 29204
803.376.5749
803.758.2694 - fax
5. THE REVEREND KENNETH GOLPHIN SHARES GOOD NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT ONE OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES
6. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
Funeral 17th Episcopal District
Date: 10/20/2004 12:36:39 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Royd.Mwandu@kcm.co.zm
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Greetings! Hope you are fine today. We are not too well today. My wife, Connie's elder brother who has not been too well he has passed on from labor to reward today October 20, 2004.
During this time, I will be off work and can only be contacted on my personal e-mail: pastorm2004@yahoo.co.uk and on mobile phone 260-96-786632. Funeral will be on Friday, October 22, 2004. Please do pray for us.
Rev. Royd Mwandu
St Thomas AME Church
17th Episcopal District
P O Box 11125
Chingola
Zambia, AFRICA
Please remember the family in your prayers.
God Bless!
Ora L. Easley, President
Email: Amespouses1@aol.com
CONN-M-SWAWO +PK'S
Leadership Planning Retreat
December 3-5, 2004
Embassy Suites Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
WEB SITES
http://www.amemswwpk.org
http://www.connmswawo3.org
Date: 10/20/2004 12:36:39 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Royd.Mwandu@kcm.co.zm
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Greetings! Hope you are fine today. We are not too well today. My wife, Connie's elder brother who has not been too well he has passed on from labor to reward today October 20, 2004.
During this time, I will be off work and can only be contacted on my personal e-mail: pastorm2004@yahoo.co.uk and on mobile phone 260-96-786632. Funeral will be on Friday, October 22, 2004. Please do pray for us.
Rev. Royd Mwandu
St Thomas AME Church
17th Episcopal District
P O Box 11125
Chingola
Zambia, AFRICA
Please remember the family in your prayers.
God Bless!
Ora L. Easley, President
Email: Amespouses1@aol.com
CONN-M-SWAWO +PK'S
Leadership Planning Retreat
December 3-5, 2004
Embassy Suites Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
WEB SITES
http://www.amemswwpk.org
http://www.connmswawo3.org
7. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REVEREND E. C. FANIEL:
Ninth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, Presiding Bishop
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, Presiding Bishop
Funeral Arrangements for Rev. E.C. Faniel, Jr., pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church (Ft. Mitchell), Phenix City, Alabama who passed away on Saturday, Oct 16, 2004.
Service
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -11:00 AM
Nichols Chapel A.M.E. Church
P. O. Box 1293
Phenix City, AL 36867
334-298-2570 (Phone)
334-298-2570 (Fax) call first
Reverend R. J. King, Pastor
Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, officiating.
Services entrusted to:
Battle & Davidson Funeral Home
P. O. Box 1049
Phenix City, AL
334-298-8951 (Phone)
334-298-8940 (Fax)
Messages of condolence may be sent to St. John AME Church, Battle & Davidson Funeral Home or to:
Ms. Rita Faniel & Family (residence)
100 7th Place
S. Phenix City, AL 36867
St. John AME Church
Highway 165
Ft. Mitchell, AL 36856
334-855-4970 (Phone)
From:
Kim Marshall
9th District President
God Bless!
Ora L. Easley, President
Email: Amespouses1@aol.com
CONN-M-SWAWO +PK'S
Leadership Planning Retreat
December 3-5, 2004
Embassy Suites Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
WEBSITES
http://www.amemswwpk.org
http://www.connmswawo3.org
Service
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -11:00 AM
Nichols Chapel A.M.E. Church
P. O. Box 1293
Phenix City, AL 36867
334-298-2570 (Phone)
334-298-2570 (Fax) call first
Reverend R. J. King, Pastor
Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, officiating.
Services entrusted to:
Battle & Davidson Funeral Home
P. O. Box 1049
Phenix City, AL
334-298-8951 (Phone)
334-298-8940 (Fax)
Messages of condolence may be sent to St. John AME Church, Battle & Davidson Funeral Home or to:
Ms. Rita Faniel & Family (residence)
100 7th Place
S. Phenix City, AL 36867
St. John AME Church
Highway 165
Ft. Mitchell, AL 36856
334-855-4970 (Phone)
From:
Kim Marshall
9th District President
God Bless!
Ora L. Easley, President
Email: Amespouses1@aol.com
CONN-M-SWAWO +PK'S
Leadership Planning Retreat
December 3-5, 2004
Embassy Suites Hotel
Hot Springs, Arkansas
WEBSITES
http://www.amemswwpk.org
http://www.connmswawo3.org
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