Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram - Chair, Commission on Publications
The Reverend Dr. Johnny Barbour, Jr., Publisher
The Reverend Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III, Editor, The Christian Recorder
1. REMINDER ABOUT DAILY NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE:
Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III
We are going to publish daily reports, breaking news and press releases from the General Conference for all of our subscribers. The daily reports will be sent as the breaking news items that you receive from time to time via email. You will need to be a subscriber to TCR Online to receive the daily news, breaking news and press releases from the General Conference.
I am still working on the podcasting and video-streaming from the General Conference.
2. EDITORIAL – HONORING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING:
Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III
Some years ago I attended a memorial service for ministers of the United Methodist Church and it was a moving tribute for fallen ministers. The memorial service was so well done; and the families of the deceased ministers seemed to have appreciated the way the annual conference honored their loved ones.
I served as a military chaplain for 28 years and I have seen and participated in probably hundreds of funerals and memorial services, and a couple of those were on the battlefield during the first Gulf War. Honoring fallen soldiers was, and is, something the military takes seriously. The military takes it so seriously that if a chaplain or a survival assistance officer wanted to end his or her career in a disgraceful fashion, all he or she would have to do would be to mishandle a memorial service or a military funeral.
In the Army, at least, memorial services and military funerals are “big deals.” The soldiers who fold the flag that will be presented to the surviving family members practice until they have the flag-folding perfected and they practice until they could probably fold the flag with their eyes closed.
Military memorial and funeral services are of such importance that it is expected that chaplains, the soldiers assigned to funeral detail and the bugler will practice until they have the details and the flow of the service perfected and are sure that the service will be conducted without any flaws.
The commanding officer, the command staff, both officer and enlisted, as well as all of the soldiers, are expected to attend memorial services and military funerals. Honoring and memorializing fallen soldiers is taken seriously; and God help the chaplain who has a flawed service or the flag detail that fails to fold the flag properly.
Over the years, I have had opportunities to visit some of our annual conference memorial services and have been disappointed with the cavalier manner in which some of our annual conference memorial services are conducted. In several instances, the conference leadership was absent; the bulletins looked like they had been thrown together at the last minute and the memorial services were conducted as if they were inconveniences. Some of the ministers and laity occupied themselves with conversations outside or in the hallways. The attitude seemed to me to be one of “get it out of the way so we can get to the pastoral appointments.”
I always felt that more respect should be given to the men and women of our Zion who gave their lives for the Christian ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; their surviving family members deserved more.
As poorly as we have conducted annual conference memorial services, we do a superb job with funerals; AMEs know how to give our fallen Bishops, General Officers, active ministers and their families a rousing homegoing; we are second to none.
When I think about how so many of our pastors sacrifice their own comfort and remain loyal in the face of opposition and the scarcity of financial resources, its shameful that we honor their memory and ministry with a cavalier memorial service.
Most of our pastors serve small to midsize congregations, many of them are bi-vocational, not by choice, but out of necessity. Some of our pastors have to contend with collegial and supervisory interpersonal conflict and yet they “stay the course.”
I believe that the annual conference memorial service might be the most important worship service at the annual conference and it should be done with dignity, respect and awe.
Not only do we have a casual treatment of the deceased, but the casual treatment of our dedicated retired clergy.
Another concern that has been raised is the treatment or mistreatment of our retired ministers. Several retired ministers complain that they do not feel welcomed at some of the local churches and especially if they retire in the area of the local church they pastored. Retired presiding elders also face some of the same challenges.
Our retired ministers should have our highest respect and they should be utilized because of the great knowledge that they “bring to the table.” The ministry of Christ should have no place for turf battles between active and retired ministers; most often, low self-esteem is the culprit when active pastors are threatened by a retired pastor.
It saddens me when I hear about retired ministers who are on welfare; receive food stamp assistance, and who are struggling with paying for their medicine. It’s hard to believe, but I have also been told that there are active AME pastors on welfare and who receive food stamp assistance.
And, unfortunately, retired ministers are not the only recipients of mistreatment. In some of our local churches, the laity are worked “into the ground” because of their love for the Church and when they get old and in poor health, they are forgotten and, in some cases they are not visited or taken the elements of communion.
These issues are easy fixes that can be corrected with “concern” and doing the right thing; no additional funding is needed.
Let’s take care of our deceased and let’s take care of retirees who have given their lives for the sake of the gospel. Let’s love the families of the deceased and let’s love our retirees and let’s make them a part of the team. Invite retired ministers to preach and to serve on local church staffs, take up a love offering and shower them with love.
One day, if we are blessed, we will be retirees; and for sure, one day, we will be among the deceased.
3. RESPONSE TO EDITORIAL AND OTHER ISSUES:
- To the Editor:
RE: CNN News article
I hope that things are going well with you s we prepare for another General Conference. I head back home to Nashville from Chicago on June 16 and will be intermittently going and coming from Nashville before St. Louis.
I'm writing with regards to some of the news coverage that Bishop Cousin received yesterday as part of his meeting with the Obama campaign. It was interesting to me to find that neither the CNN article nor the AP/Reuters report correctly described Bishop Cousin as the Presiding Prelate of the 4th Episcopal District and Senior Bishop of the AME Church. While the articles correctly identified the President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and one of the major ministers in Chicago, Bishop Cousin was referred as either "an AME clergyperson" or as Pastor of Phillip R. Cousin Church in Naperville, IL.
Now admittedly, some of this is due to careless reporting and it is obvious that the authors of the articles simply put Bishop Cousin's name in a web search engine and took the first reference that came with it. It is troubling, however, that despite what we may think of ourselves internally, we don't have a good purchase on our public face. While it true that we do have a global website, good luck in finding an updated page with the current President of the Council of Bishops and Senior Bishop properly referenced outside of our own materials.
The AME Church mandated a Public Relations specialist by the Discipline and I know that position has been in disuse for sometime. But perhaps we should think about our branding and image. No one would ever mistake Rev. T.D. Jakes for being a simple Houston clergyman or Bishop Charles Blake as being a simple COGIC pastor.
John Thomas III
Ph.D. Student
Department of Political Science
University of Chicago
jthomas3@uchicago.edu
- Editor’s Response:
You make some excellent points. I just replied to Bishop Messiah who raised the issue of sending a correction, and in my response was, that I didn’t know if the CNN article was correct or not. Sometimes, things happen and we don’t know about it; I thought that it just might be possible that Bishop Cousin may pastor that church in Naperville, IL; Bishop Hildebrand pastored a church after he retired and Bishop Brookins pastored Brookins Community in Los Angeles for a short while before the then Rev. T. Larry Kirkland was assigned as pastor.
You are correct; someone needs to be given the responsibility to respond on behalf of the Church.
4. WAL-MART/ SAM'S CLUB IS A CORPORATE SPONSOR THE 2008 GENERAL CONFERENCE:
We are pleased to announce that Wal-Mart / Sam's Club is a corporate sponsor the 2008 General Conference. Wal-Mart / Sam's Club is interested in working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church in helping congregations to explore cost-saving initiatives of one-stop shopping and central purchasing.
Wal-Mart / Sam's Club representatives will meet with churches that are interested in exploring ways to increase efficiencies and will be offering incentives to AME Churches that might be interested in establishing new memberships or renewal of existing memberships.
A Wal-Mart /Sam’s Club will have a booth and video presentations will be available at the site of the General Conference.
For additional information go to:
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?catg=7059
5. THE MINISTRY OF THE CLERGY FAMILY INFORMATION CENTER:
The Clergy Family Information Center is a global e-mail notification network of approximately 8,000 e-mail recipients (clergy family and non-clergy family) from Districts 1-20 to whom bereavement and congratulatory notifications affecting ministers and their families are sent electronically. The ministry is available for sending e-mail notifications seven days a week, including holidays.
The ministry of the Clergy Family Information Center has become a valued and much needed resource in our denomination as countless clergy and non clergy families benefit from our ministry of sharing, most specifically because it provides an avenue for communicating across the connectional church the service (home going) arrangements for those who serve at ALL levels, and their families; from the episcopacy to those serving in the hard and remote places.
On Friday of each week, congratulatory notifications are posted that we might share "Joyful" moments across African Methodism of the "GOOD" news of clergy family graduations, births, weddings, wedding anniversaries and meaningful achievements; that well wishes might be extended to those who are praising God for the joy of significant milestones reached in their lives.
Countless hours are spent weekly updating existing e-mail addresses and adding new ones; responding to e-mail; sending both messages of condolence to bereaved families and words of congratulations to those celebrating joyful moments; making telephone contact with funeral establishments, Episcopal District offices, Presiding Elders and local churches, and with the families of deceased loved ones to verify information received, insuring that erroneous details are not posted. Extreme and constant vigilance is given to assure the privacy and protection of each of the 8,000 e-mail addresses maintained within e-mail databases. We are pleased that The Christian Recorder Online, some episcopal districts and some local church Websites are partners with our email notification ministries and now reprint and email our notifications to an even wider audience.
Having no idea initially that this ministry would grow and develop into what it has become today, I can only humbly accede that this ministry was ordained of God Himself and I am strengthened by the words of the Prophet Habakkuk who wrote: "Then The Lord answered me, and said, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he may run that readeth it, for the vision is yet for an appointed time." Habakkuk 2: 2-3.
I ask for your prayers, as the ministry of sharing continues and as we do that which is God’s will for the Clergy Family Information Center ministry!
Mrs. Ora L. Easley, Administrator
AMEC Clergy Family Information Center
E-mail: Amespouses1@bellsouth.net
Phone: (615) 837-9736
Fax: (615) 833-3781
Cell: (615) 403-7751
Editor’s Note: Sister Ora Easley is to be commended for her ministry and diligence. The Christian Recorder is honored to be a partner with Sister Easley and her ministry.
6. BITS AND PIECES:
Brother Carl Davis will be an At-large Delegate to the Democratic National Convention that will be held in Denver this summer.
7. AME ENDORSED U.S. NAVY CHAPLAIN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION:
Chaplain David Brown received news that he has been selected for promotion to Commander (O-5). The selection to Commander is a significant promotion and, we, the members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, congratulate Chaplain David Brown on this accomplishment. Chaplain Brown is an Itinerant Elder and a member of the Virginia Annual Conference. And, like the Editor, he is a product of Ebenezer AME Church, Rahway, NJ.
8. CALLING ALL PAYNE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ALUMNI - PAYNE IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE ALUMNI ROSTER:
Payne Theological Seminary needs your help!
Payne will have two booths #508 and #510 at the 48th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
We ask that all alumni stop by and update your personal information for the Alumni Roster. As a bonus for doing so, you will receive a special alumni gift.
See you at the Alumni Breakfast on Sunday, July 6, 2008 and the Payne booths #508 and 510.
9. CANDIDATES ROSTER FOR THE FORTY-EIGHTH QUADRENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE AMERICA’S CENTER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, JULY 4-11, 2008:
CANDIDATES ROSTER
GENERAL SECRETARY
(Vote for one)
1. Clement W. Fugh
CHAIR OF EPISCOPAL COMMITTEE
(Vote for one)
2. Harold R. Mayberry
SECRETARY-TREASURER, SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
(Vote for one)
3. Johnny Barbour, Jr.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL WITNESS & MINISTRY
(Vote for one)
4. George F. Flowers
DIRECTOR, CHURCH GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
(Vote for one)
5. Charles C. McLamore
6. Vernal E. Simms Sr.
7. James C. Wade
SECRETARY-TREASURER, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
(Vote for one)
8. Edrena Houston Brown
9. Daryl B. Ingram
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANNUITY INVESTMENTS AND INSURANCE
(Vote for one)
10. Jerome V. Harris
HISTORIOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP/EDITOR AME REVIEW
(Vote for one)
11. Adonis Carolus Booyse
12. Dennis C. Dickerson
13. Mark Kelly Tyler
TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(Vote for one)
14. Richard Allen Lewis
EDITOR, THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
(Vote for one)
15. Calvin H. Sydnor III
JUDICIAL COUNCIL
(Vote for four Lay; two Clergy)
LAY CANDIDATES
(Vote for four lay)
24. Benjamin F. Edwards
25. Priscilla J. Green
26. Patricia M. Mayberry
27. Rosemarie Rhodes-Miller
CLERGY
(Vote for two)
28. Franklin E. Breckenridge
29. Francine E. Brookins
30. Glenda F. Hodges
31. Granville W. Reed, III
JUDICIAL COUNCIL ALTERNATES
LAY*
CLERGY
32. James T. Golden
*Note: “The term of office for the Judicial Council Alternate elected in 2004 expires in 2012. No other applications were submitted for Lay Alternate for the 2008 General Conference.”
BISHOP
(Vote for )
33. Wayne B. Anthony
34. James E. Arnell
35. Ronnie E. Brailsford Sr.
36. Ronald Eugene Braxton
37. Diane L. Burl.
38. Kelvin T. Calloway
39. Philip R. Cousin Jr.
40. Louis A. C. Davis
41. Ann Lightner Fuller
42. Debora F. Grant
43. Earl G. Harris
44. Larry Stanwyck Hinton.
45. Reginald T. Jackson
46. Jeffrey R. Leath
47. Andrew B. Lewin
48. Julius H. McAllister Sr.
49. Terence L. Mayes Sr.
50. Themba Abram Mbambo
51. Goodfellow Mugala
52. Willie Ray Norful Sr.
53. Allen Wayne Parrot
54. Wesley I. Reid.
55. Harry L. Seawright
56. Daniel L. Simmons Sr.
57. Leodis Strong
58. Nelson Dan Taylor
59. George W. Tyler
60. Albert D. Tyson III
61. Isaiah J. Waddy
62. John F. White Sr.
63. Stafford Wicker
Editor’s Note: This information and all other information related to the General Conference may be accessed on the Official AME Website: http://www.ame-church.com/
10. ON THE ROAD TO ST. LOUIS: THE REV. EARL HARRIS REPORTS ON THE LAST STAGE:
*The Rev. Dr. Earl G. Harris
In just a few short weeks we all head to St. Louis to conduct the quadrennial business of our church. I am taking a break from packing my bags and materials for the trip, to share these last thoughts with you. I go to St. Louis with many images firmly imprinted on my brain. Foremost among them is a picture of a man, tall and smoothed skin, standing alongside his errant son with his head bowed before a principal who was complaining about broken rules. His hands were calloused from a long life of hard work. That man, my father, survived his extreme embarrassment and returned home to make a promise to me that I never forgot. “Boy, if you will go to school, I will find a way to pay for it.”
I went to work in the lucrative industries of St. Louis, got married, started a family and settled in to enjoy life. I did pursue some higher education by attending a local college and taking various courses here and there. But I never really took my father up on his offer. Even after I responded to my call to the ministry, I pursued my old-school approach to education as I read extensively and randomly the world’s great literature. I believe that’s why I never overlooked possibilities provided by the pastorate to initiate and develop educational experiences for young people. Financial aid fund raising for Wilberforce and Central State students, mentoring and guiding the steps of young men and women in the ministry, and eventually the Richard Allen School District can in some real way be traced to that seed planted by my father.
My appointment to Greater Allen A.M.E. Church in Dayton, Ohio did not slow my pursuit of the seminary degree that would represent the culmination of my response to my father’s offer and challenge. I took a few courses every year as my schedule permitted, urged on by President Louis Charles Harvey who was a ministerial associate at Greater Allen, and in later years, by my wife and family. I remember well standing near the pulpit in the Chapel of the Living Savior at Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio, as I was awarded the Master of Divinity degree. I admit to a momentary feeling of pride, which was quickly replaced by a profound sense of gratitude and humility as I looked down into the congregation, and saw the tearful face of my father, who by God’s grace delayed his trip to Glory for this moment.
Despite my deep respect for the other well-qualified aspirants for Episcopal service, I know that I am gifted with the ability to pastor, pastors. I am deeply motivated by some sort of internal programming to help others uncover, unfold and unmask their skills, talents and abilities. I have never forgotten the look of shame on my father’s face, as we stood before that principal so many decades ago. I have never forgotten the pastors who influenced and helped me along this road, especially my own father in the ministry, Bishop Vinton R. Anderson. I know how meaningful their counsel has been, from the days when my flock of 12 left me weary about my future, until these very days where I have the luxury to grapple with some of the big issues facing our church.
I believe the AME Church needs bishops with long memories. We need bishops who remember from whence they come. We need bishops in tune with and compassionate about the spiritual, emotional and financial struggles young ministers must overcome. We need for bishops to be savvy about the challenges posed by large and complex congregations, capable of balancing the competing interests, and finding ways to let everyone’s light shine brightly. I will be this bishop, if you make it so. See you in St. Louis.
*The Rev. Dr. Earl G. Harris is the pastor of Greater Allen AMEC in Dayton, Ohio
11. THE 2008- 2009 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR THE SEVENTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH:
Bishop Paul J. Mulenga Kawimbe
Mrs. Yvonne Kawimbe, Episcopal Supervisor
North East Zambia Annual Conference
August 13th - 17th, 2008
Host Church: St. Thomas A.M.E. Church
Host: The Rev. B.L. Chola
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. A.B. Sinkamba Nakonde
North West Zambia Annual Conference
August 20th - 24th, 2008
Host Church: Muombo A.M.E. Church
Host: The Rev. C. Mulenga
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. C. Mulenga Mporokoso
Zambezi Annual Conference
September 3rd - 7th, 2008
Host Church: Bethel A.M.E. Church
Host: The Rev. G. Kanjilu
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. D.S. Kapepa Solwezi
South West Zambia Annual Conference
September 10th - 14th, 2008
Host Church: St. Johns A.M.E. Chapel
Host: The Rev. E. Kahenge
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. H.C. Alimasi Kitwe
South East Zambia Annual Conference
September 17th - 21st, 2008
Host Church: Bethel A.M.E Church
Host: The Rev. V.N. Sikazwe
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. A. Mumba Kabwe
Kawimbe Theological School
October 07th – 17th, 2008
Residential Courses
District Planning Meeting
December, 2008
Dates – TBA
Kitwe
Katanga Annual Conference
February 24th - 26th, 2009
Host Church: Wokovu A.M.E
Host: The Rev. M. Kafwila
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. T. Kafand Lubumbashi
Kinshasa Annual Conference
February 28th - 1st March, 2009
Host Church: Belle Confession A.M.E
Host: The Rev .C. Malonda
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. R. Bissiono Kinshasa
Congo Brazzaville Annual Conference
March 3rd - 4th, 2009
Host Church: Eglise De Brazzaville A.M.E.
Host: The Pastor Floribert
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. Nzundu Brazzaville
Kasai Annual Conference
March 6th - 8th, 2009
Host Church: Semeur De La Foi A.M.E.
Host: The Rev. R. Nkita
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. H. Mudi Panu Tshikapa
Kananga Annual Conference
March 10th - 12th, 2009
Host Church: Ditekemene A.M.E.
Host: The Rev. J.P. Kanumbedi
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. J. Mukengeshayi Kananga
Mbuji - Mayi Annual Conference
March 14th - 16th, 2009
Host Church: P. Kawimbe A.M.E.
Host: The Rev. L. Kapiamba
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. F.K. Mukamba Mbuji Mayi
Burundi Annual Conference
April 1st - 3rd, 2009
Host Church: Rweza A.M.E.
Host: The Rev. D. Nshirimana
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. Z. Mpawenayo Bujumbura
Rwanda Annual Conference
April 5th - 7th, 2009
Host Church: Goma A.M.E.
Host: The Rev. M. Ntageruka
Host Presiding Elder: The Rev. J. Kamutera Goma
Christian Education Congress
April 19th – 24th, 2009
Hillcrest Technical School
Livingstone
12. EPISCOPACY AND CLERGY CONGRATULATORY NOTICES:
- This is to announce the graduation of Aisha Pauline Tyler, from the Coachella Valley High School, in Coachella California.
Aisha will attend Azusa Pacific College in the fall, where she will study Psychology. She received the "Jackie Robinson" sports award from her school where she was an honor student athlete.
Aisha Pauline Tyler is the granddaughter of Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tyler.
Congratulations may be sent to: Gldsoul@aol.com
- The daughter of Dr. Floyd W. Alexander, Presiding Elder of the Cleveland District-North Ohio Annual Conference earned the Master of Science Degree from Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May10, 2008.
Debra will practice as a family practitioner in nursing.
Congratulatory messages can be sent to: FALEXAND1@aol.com
- Necole Shawnta Thomas, the youngest daughter of the Reverend Anthony Thomas, pastor of Salem AME Church in Nashville, Tennessee (Tennessee Annual Conference, 13th Episcopal District) received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on May 4, 2008.
Congratulatory messages can be sent to:
Necole Shawnta Thomas
1185 Mountain Creek Rd - Apt 502
Chattanooga TN 37405
- It is with great pride that the Rev. and Mrs. Carlton V. Rickman Jr. (5th Episcopal District) announce the graduation of their daughter, Brittany Ann Rickman from Claremont Senior High School as a 3-year graduate with a 3.95 GPA.
Brittany, a member of the Chamber Singers Chorus at Claremont will be attending California State University, San Bernardino, California.
The graduation was held on Thursday, June 12th and Brittany was chosen to sing for the departing Senior Class.
Congratulatory messages can be sent to: dlgr99@aol.com
13. EPISCOPAL FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
Aunt of Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster
Regretfully this communication comes to inform you of the passing of Dr. Gladys Catherine Young, a member of Bethel A.M.E. Church, North Little Rock, Arkansas and a professor at Shorter College. Dr. Young is the aunt of Bishop Robert V. Webster (Presiding Prelate of the 3rd Episcopal District).
Arrangements for Dr. Gladys Catherine Young are as follows:
Family visitation:
Thursday, June 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Funeral services:
Thursday, June 12, 2008
10:00 a.m.
Both will be held at:
Bethel A.M.E. Church
600 North Cedar Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Phone: 501-374-3685
Rev. Tyrone A. Broomfield, Pastor
Services have been entrusted to:
Watson-Northcrest Funeral Home
1801 North Maple
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Phone: (501) 812-5303
Fax: (501) 812-5304
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to:
Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster
2767 Halleck Drive
Columbus, OH 43209
Phone: (614) 235-8791
Fax: (615) 231-6068
Email: RobertVWebster@aol.com
Or to:
Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster
3rd Episcopal District AME Church
288 South Hamilton Road
Columbus, OH 43213-2034
Phone (614) 575-2279
Fax: (614) 575-2375
14. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
With sorrow we announce the death on Sunday, June 8, 2008 of Mrs. Dianna Frazier Blake, the grandmother of Mrs. Dianna Brown Golphin, spouse of the Rev. Kenneth J. Golphin, Presiding Elder of the Lexington District of the 13th Episcopal District.
Services:
Mrs. Blake's wake will be held at the Greater Mount Zion AME Church in the South Santee Community of McClellanville, South Carolina on Friday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. The Homegoing will be on Saturday, June 14 at 2:00 p.m., with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Contact:
Gethers Funeral Home
200 Grace Street
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Phone: 843/761-8519
Fax: 843/761-1860
www.gethersfuneralhome.com
Greater Mount Zion AME Church
789 South Santee Road
McClellanville, SC 29458
843/546-6051
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to:
Mrs. Dianna Brown Golphin
PO Box 746
Versailles, KY 40383-0746
Phone 859/333-4678
Fax 859/251-4076
dianna.golphin@kctcs.edu
eldergolphin@aol.com
15. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Marjorie Outten, the mother of the Rev. Roger O. Alford, Presiding Elder of the Muskogee District-Central Northeast Oklahoma Annual Conference, 12th Episcopal District.
Service arrangements for Mrs. Marjorie Outten:
Funeral:
Friday, June 13, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Sweet Hope Freewill Baptist Church
3925 Dolfield Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
Phone: (410) 542-4356
Professional services entrusted to:
Compassion Funeral Services
3000 E. Baltimore, Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Phone: (410) 675-5200
Fax: (443) 535-9401
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the church or to funeral home (addresses are listed above).
Or, sent to:
The Rev. Roger O. Alford, Presiding Elder
Muskogee District Office
P.O. Box 501
Lawton, Oklahoma 73502-0501
Phone: (580) 250-1377
Email: Ralford11@yahoo.com
Family contact information in Maryland:
Mrs. Carolyn Simmons (Sister)
1533 Lochwood Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Phone: (410) 235-2101
16. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
It is with regret that we announce the passing of Bro. Floyd C. Chandler, husband of the Rev. Helen Chandler Staff Pastor at Rice Chapel AME Church - Dallas, Texas (North Texas Conference-Tyler District).
The following information has been provided regarding services held for Brother Floyd C. Chandler:
The funeral has been held.
Condolences may be sent to:
The Rev. Helen Chandler
223 Slade Street
Dallas, Texas 75203
Ph: (214) 941-9154
17. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
The 8th District announces the homegoing of Mrs. May Francis Murphy, the mother of the Rev. William Murphy. The Rev. William and the Rev. Evelyn Murphy are the pastors of Little Rock A. M. E. Church - Shubuta, Mississippi of the East Mississippi Conference.
Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. May Francis Murphy:
Saturday, June 14, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
900 East 8th Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
(601) 544-6734/ (601) 545-3367-FAX
Funeral Home:
Century Funeral Home
622 New Orleans Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: (601) 583-1761/ 601-543-0398 - FAX
Condolences may be sent to:
Reverends William and Evelyn Murphy
422 Miller Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
(601) 325-3508/ cm3luvbree@aol.com
18. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE:
We are saddened to announce the passing of Mrs. Hazel Pates, the mother of the Rev. Oretha Cross, pastor of Gaskin's Chapel AME Church in Melfa, VA (Virginia Conference, 2nd Episcopal District).
Service arrangements for Mrs. Hazel Pates:
Friday, June 13, 2008
Viewing:
2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
A.L. Bennett & Sons, Inc. Funeral Home
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Family Visitation: 11:00 a.m.
Homegoing Service: 12:00 noon
Little Union Baptist Church
17150 Mine Road
Dumfries, VA 22025
(703) 221-4994
Professional services are entrusted to:
A.L. Bennett & Sons, Inc. Funeral Home
200 Butternut Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Phone: (540) 373-5593
Fax: (540) 898-7916
Messages of sympathy may be sent to:
Reverend Oretha Cross
201 College Place, Apt. 209
Norfolk, Va. 23510
Phone: (757) 222-0049
Email: sorneagle@msn.com
19. CLERGY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT NOTICES AND CONGRATULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS PROVIDED BY:
The Clergy Family Information Center
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, Chair
Commission on Social Action
Ora L. Easley, Administrator
AMEC Clergy Family Information Center
E-mail: Amespouses1@bellsouth.net
Phone: (615) 837-9736
Voice Mail: (615) 833-6936
Fax: (615) 833-3781
Cell: (615) 403-7751
20. CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FROM THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER:
The Chair of the Commission on Publications, the Right Reverend Gregory G. M. Ingram; the Publisher, the Reverend Dr. Johnny Barbour and the Editor of The Christian Recorder, the Reverend Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III offer our condolences and prayers to those who have lost loved ones. We pray that the peace of Christ will be with you during this time of your bereavement.
Archive of The Christian Recorder Online from 2004-2016; Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III, 20th Editor of The Christian Recorder
