The Editor will be in Hampton, Virginia until Saturday afternoon. I am still having some difficulty downloading from my DSL account in Nashville and am still receiving messages on my Blackberry phone.
1. THE AME LUNCHON AT THE RADISSON ON TODAY - 1:30 – 4 P.M.
The 2005 AME Luncheon will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 756 Settlers Landing Rd. • Hampton, VA, 23669, Telephone (757) 757-727-1271 tomorrow, Thursday, June 9 at 1:30 p.m.
2. THE EDITOR’S BOOK TO READ SELECTION:
The book, The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, ISBN-13: 978-0-374-29288-1, is an outstanding explanation of world globalization and its impact upon the United States. It has great lessons for Black Americans. If America has a problem and Friedman addresses it head-on, then you can bet that Black Americans and other minorities will have an even bigger problem. He explains that technology has flattened the world and has levelled the playing field for countries like India and China. He explains why jobs have been outsourced to third-world countries, even jobs at McDonalds, and explains that the trend will not be reversed. There’s a lesson in this book that all leaders need to understand so that we, especially, in the African American community, can prepare our people for a “flattened world” where jobs are outsourced to foreign countries. It impact jobs and impacts church offerings. Enough said!
3. CORRECTION: BISHOP JOHN BRYANT AND THE REVEREND JAMAL-HARRISON BRYANT ON TBN:
On June 15th 2005 at 10 p.m. Bishop John Bryant of the 5th Episcopal District and Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant will be on TBN.
4. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Happiness keeps you sweet,
Trials keep you strong,
Sorrows keep you human,
Failures keep you humble,
Success keeps you glowing,
But only God keeps you going.
(Author unknown)
5. FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
We regret to inform you of the passing on June 7, 2005 of Presiding Elder Jean Emmanuel Ducasse of the Haiti Annual Conference, 16th Episcopal District. He was also the pastor of Eglese St. Paul AME, Port-au-Prince. Funeral Arrangements are forthcoming.
His wife, Lucie – WMS Conference Branch President and three sons and a daughter, survives him.
Please keep the Ducasse family in your prayers
Submitted by Elvire Douglas
WMS Conference Assistant Recording Secretary
16th Episcopal district
6. ALL BEREAVEMENT AND FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE CLERGY FAMILY INFORMATION CENTER:
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, Chair
Commission on Social Action
Clergy Family Information Center
CONN-M-SWAWO+PK'S
Mrs. Ora L. Easley - Administrator
Email: Amespouses1@aol.com
(Nashville, TN Contact)Phone: (615) 837-9736
Voice Mail: (615) 833-6936
Fax: (615) 833-3781
(Memphis, TN Contact) (901) 578-4554 (Phone & Fax)
Archive of The Christian Recorder Online from 2004-2016; Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III, 20th Editor of The Christian Recorder
