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Reverend T. Larry Kirkland - Chair, Commission on Publications
The Clock changes to
Standard Time in the U.S. This Sunday, November 3, 2013
Advent begins on Sunday
December 1, 2013
1. TCR
EDITORIAL – MODIFIED TCR ONLINE FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor III
The 20th Editor of
The Christian Recorder
I am presently in Santo
Domingo, a beautiful cosmopolitan city of about 3 million inhabitants.
This issue of The Christian Recorder Online will be
abbreviated. We will publish the
articles we received in next week’s issue
2. THE 2013 PASTORAL APPOINTMENTS OF THE TENNESSEE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
The Tennessee Annual Conference
closed on Sunday, October 27, 2013.
Significant pastoral changes and several annual conference transfers
were made.
The Rev. Walter Reid, pastor
of Greater St. James AME Church in Memphis was transferred from the West
Tennessee Annual Conference and appointed as the Presiding Elder of the South
Nashville District of the Tennessee Annual Conference. The Rev. Roderick Belin, who was the
Presiding Elder of the South Nashville District, was assigned as the pastor of
Lee Chapel AME Church. The Rev. Edward
Thompson, the pastor of Lee Chapel was assigned as the pastor of Greater Bethel
AME Church. The Rev. Keith Mayes, pastor
of St. Luke AME Church in Gallatin, Tennessee was transferred to the East
Tennessee Annual Conference and was appointed as the pastor of Bethel AME
Church in Knoxville. The Rev. Michael Broadnax, pastor of Greater Bethel AME
Church in Nashville was transferred to the West Tennessee Annual Conference and
appointed as the pastor of Greater St. James AME Church in Memphis.
The North Nashville District
Presiding Elder, the Rev. W.
Antoni Sinkfield
Church / City / State / Title / Full Name
Lee Chapel AME Ch. Nashville TN Rev. Roderick D. Belin
St. John AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Troy Merritt Jr.
St. Peter AME Church Clarksville TN Rev. James Walker
Gr. Ebenezer AME Ch. Clarksville TN Rev.
Alexander Gatson
St. Luke AME Church Gallatin TN Rev.
Anthony Thomas
Ebenezer AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Vivian Canty
Scotts Chapel AME Ch. Hermitage TN Rev.
Frederick L. Jenkins Sr.
Martin Chapel AME Ch. Clarksville TN Rev.
Lisa Hammonds
St. John AME Church Springfield TN Rev. Donald Williams
St. Peter AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Charles Townsend
St. Paul AME Church Oakwood TN Rev.
Willis Orr
St. James AME Church Dickson TN ` Rev. Jeffrey Norfleet Sr.
St. James AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Randall L. Webster
Mt. Zion AME Church Charlotte TN Rev.
Earl Long
Sulphur Springs AME Cunningham TN Rev.
Anthony Lyle Sr.
First AME Church Pegram
TN Rev. Wanda Kelly
St. Matthew AME Ch. Clarksville TN Rev. Deshnell Cobbin
St. Luke AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Eddie Sneed
McGavock Ch. AME Ch. Charlotte TN Rev.
Benessa Sweat
Smith Chapel AME Ch. Bethpage TN Rev.
Fred Beasley
St. Paul AME Church Ashland City TN Rev. Robert C. Freeman
Winters Chap AME Ch. Lebanon TN Rev.
Sonja Deloatch
St. Luke AME Church Erin TN Supplied
by Rev. Gloria Hall
Green Chapel AME Ch. Hartsville TN Rev.
Wanda Payne
Turner Chapel AME Ch. Carthage TN Suppl
by Rev. Albert Strawther Jr.
Howard Chapel AME Ch Hartsville TN Suppl
by Rev. Albert Strawther Jr.
Mt. Olive AME Church Lebanon TN Rev.
Supplied by Frankie Witt Sr.
The South Nashville District
Presiding Elder, the Rev.
Walter Reid, Jr.
Church / City / State / Title / Full Name
Payne Chapel AME Church Nashville TN Rev. Sidney Bryant
Greater Bethel AME Church Nashville TN Rev.
Edward L. Thompson
Kairos Community AME Ch. Nashville TN Rev.
Tyronda Burgess
Allen Chapel AME Church Murfreesboro TN Rev. Jimmie L. Plummer
St. Paul AME Church Columbia TN Rev. Dennis D. Walker I
St. Matthew AME Church Nashville TN Rev. Reginald Brock
Wayman Chapel AME Church Columbia TN Rev.
Victor Goodman
Webb Grove AME Church Murfreesboro TN Rev. Dr. LeVan Strickland
Shorter Chapel AME Church Franklin TN Rev.
William W. Easley
Salter's Chapel AME Church Waverly TN To
Be Appointed
Bethel AME Church Columbia TN Rev. Trent Ogilvie
Woodfork Chapel AME Ch. Shelbyville TN Rev. Garrett Copeland
St. Paul AME Church Nashville TN Rev. Harold M. Love Jr.
New Salem AME Church Nashville TN Rev. Dr. Janie Dowdy-Dandridge
Allen-Bethel AME Church Lewisburg TN Supplied by James Scruggs
Canaan AME Church Columbia TN To Be Appointed
St. Phillip AME Church Nashville TN Rev. William R. Jennings
Mullin Chapel AME Church Shelbyville TN Rev. Nathan Frey
Hopewell AME Church Columbia TN Rev. Joe T. Southall
New Bethel AME Church Murfreesboro TN Supplied by Kenneth Odom
Jones Chapel AME Church Mt. Pleasant TN Rev. Sharon Ogilvie
Robert's Chapel AME Church Linden TN Rev.
Andre L. Washington
Clayborne Chapel AME Church
Williamsport TN Rev. Linda Hopkins
St. Matthew AME Church Cornersville TN Rev. Ashley Cox
Mt. Zion AME Church Centerville TN Rev. Anica Howard
Other Appointments
St. James AME Church Memphis TN Rev. Michael Broadnax
Bethel AME Church Knoxville TN Rev. Keith Mayes
3. AMES PARTICIPATE IN WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
ASSEMBLY:
The 10th Assembly
of the World Council of Churches (WCC) will convene in Korea from October
30-November 8 with the theme "God of life, lead us to justice and
peace". The World Council of
Churches is formed of over 340 various Christian denominations around the
world. The Assembly is the supreme
governing body of the WCC and meets every 7-10 years to debate and set policy
and a global ecumenical agenda.
The AME delegation will be
led by Bishop Reginald Jackson. (A complete list of AME attendees will be
forthcoming).
Here are several AMEs with
key positions in the WCC:
-- The Rev. Garland Pierce:
Chief of Staff to the General Secretary of the WCC.
-- Bishop John F. White:
member of the Central Committee of the WCC.
-- The Rev. Dr. Jennifer
Leath: member of the ECHOS Commission and moderator of the WCC dialogue with Pentecostal
denominations.
-- Mr. Derrick Dailey:
participant in the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute
-- Ms. DaRosa Bigford: WCC
Assembly Steward
Additionally, Mr. John Thomas
III is the delegated representative of the World Methodist Council at the
Assembly.
Persons interested in
following the proceedings can go to: http://wcc2013.info/en
A full article will come upon
the Assembly's Conclusion.
John Thomas III, Ph.D.
Student, Department of Political Science University of Chicago
4. GETTING TO ZERO- FIGHTING BREAST CANCER:
*Dr. Oveta Fuller
October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. This “pink campaign” has become highly publicized in the
media, by businesses and individuals. This is deservedly so.
Breast cancer is prominent in
both developed and developing countries.
It is one of the most common occurring types of cancer in American
women, second only to skin cancer. Men can get breast cancer, however there is
less than 1 male for every 100 females diagnosed with breast cancer. Mortality
and morbidity can be decreased by using known preventive measures to reduce or
manage risk. Here we begin a series on cancer awareness and prevention.
First, what is cancer? Cancer
occurs from a change in growth control of a normal cell. Most cells divide in a
highly regulated manner with limits on when and how many times they will
divide. These limits may be due to physical space, nutrients, hormonal
influence or age of the cell. A tumor or cancer is made up of “transformed”
cells that no longer follow or respond to growth restrictions or signals that
regulate division of normal cells. They continue to divide to form a lump of
cells, a tumor or malignant tissue.
Multiple factors can impact
change in control of cell growth. Some of these are aging, hormones, nutrition,
and exercise, exposure to carcinogens and radiation and inherited genes.
Interestingly, the risk of developing breast cancer or other types of cancer
can be reduced by lifestyle choices and preventive care.
How you ask?
Events such as “Breast Cancer
Awareness” month have high potential impact in prevention. A constant focus on
the topic by Health and Wellness Ministries in church congregations also can
have a high impact on fighting breast cancer. Knowing what to do (and doing it)
to lower risk of cancer of the breast, lung, ovaries, prostate, colon, cervix
or skin can reduce death and disease.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) provides reliable web resources to learn more
about breast cancer prevalence, symptoms and preventions. Here are some risk factors and symptoms for
breast cancer as listed at the CDC site-
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/basic_info/index.htm
Reproductive risk factors
• Being younger when you had
your first menstrual period.
• Never giving birth, or
being older at the birth of your first child.
• Starting menopause at a
later age.
• Using hormone replacement
therapy for a long time.
Other risk factors
• Getting older.
• A personal history of breast
cancer, dense breasts, or some other breast problems.
• A family history of breast
cancer (parent, sibling, or child).
• Changes in your breast
cancer-related genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2).
• Getting radiation therapy
to the breast or chest.
• Being overweight,
especially after menopause.
Symptoms: Some warning signs of breast cancer are —
• A lump or pain in the
breast.
• Thickening or swelling of
part of the breast.
• Irritation or dimpling of
breast skin.
• Redness or flaky skin on
the breast.
• Pulling in of the nipple or
pain in the nipple area.
• Fluid other than breast
milk from the nipple, especially blood.
A thorough monthly self-
check to examine breast tissue and look for changes is an essential part of a
prevention strategy. Getting regular mammograms at intervals recommended for
your age and level of risk factors is another essential prevention strategy.
Both allow early detection of changes in tissue when there are more choices
available to control or eliminate cancer cells.
Other articles in this series
will explore ways, in addition to regular self-breast exams and mammograms, to
reduce cancer risk and how to manage positively if cancer is detected. We also
will look closely at the prevalence of cancer by age, gender and race.
Meanwhile, when you see pink,
think of the women in your life that you cherish. Start the conversation with
them to share what you know and are learning about cancer prevention and care.
An ounce of prevention is
worth more than a pound of cure.
5. iCHURCH SCHOOL LESSON BRIEF FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
2013
GOD PREPARES FOR DELIVERANCE EXODUS 3:7-17:
*Bill Dickens, Allen AME
Church, Tacoma, Washington
Church School Lesson Brief
The opportunity to be
involved in something great or transformative often occurs in the most
unexpected occurrences. We are
comfortable and content carrying out our perfunctory day-to-day duties and
then, without notice, something happens and we must regroup. Typically our reaction is one of skepticism
about the new challenge. Why should I
assume the risk associated with this career changing task?
The Adult AME Church School
Lesson for November 3, 2013 addresses the important topic of how we respond to
a sudden “change of plans.” Moses’ life
changing event occurs when he meets Yahweh at the famed burning bush. God conveys his message to Moses for him to
be the spokesperson and field general in leading his fellow Israelites out of
Egyptian captivity and tyranny. Like
many of us, Moses is deeply apprehensive about his new “job assignment”. He cites his own perceived
inadequacies. He complains about not
knowing how to respond in the face of his fellow countrymen who would question
his own authority. Finally, he offers
pushback by suggesting that he doesn’t even know the Name of God in order to
establish credibility. Moses forgot a
critical theological truth. God doesn’t
give us a new job assignment without equipping us with the tools to do the
job! Yahweh responds in the affirmative
that His name is I AM. This name
transcends space and time. The Great I AM has heard the cries of Moses’
oppressed kinsmen. He will deliver them
from their oppression and fulfill the promise he made to Abraham about their
inheritance of a land over-flowing with “milk and honey.”
As members of the African
Diaspora, African Americans can easily identify with the rich symbolisms of
this story. We too endured hardship and
suffering under the brutal regime of slavery and the attendant years of Jim Crow. God dispatched Moses-like personalities for
African American deliverance – David Walker, Richard Allen, Henry McNeal
Turner, Harriett Tubman and Frederick Douglas.
The common denominator for each of the historical personalities is
preparation preceded deliverance. As
Jesus indicated, many are called but only a few are chosen.
6. MEDITATION
COLUMN BY THE REV. DR. JOSEPH DARBY WAS RECEIVED, BUT I CAN FIND IT!
7. EPISCOPAL FAMILY CONGRATULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT:
- The Recent Marriage of the Rev. Micah C. T. Sims,
Sr. and the former Rev. Tameaka D. Reid
Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church Harrisburg, Pennsylvania would like to formally announce the
recent marriage of our pastor the Rev. Micah C. T. Sims, Sr. to the former Rev.
Tameaka D. Reid of Cleveland, Ohio. The Rev. Sims is a member of the First
Episcopal District under the leadership of Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram. The
wedding took place on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of
Bethel AME Church. It was officiated by the Rev. Dr. Wesley I. Reid, father of
the bride and pastor of Lee Memorial AME Church in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Rev. Micah C. T. Sims, Sr.
is the grandson of the late Dr. George T. Sims, Jr. and great nephew of Bishop
David Henry Sims, 55th elected and consecrated bishop of the AME Church.
The Rev. Tameaka was one of
the morning glory preachers during the Lay Biennial Meeting in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Pastor Micah Sims and the
Rev. Tameaka Reid Sims parent five wonderful children: Micah II, Jeremiah
David, Reiley, Christopher and Joshua. They reside in Harrisburg where they
provide Bethel AME Church with an awesome anointed pastoral leadership team.
For more information go to
the church website: www.igotoBETHEL.org
Congratulatory responses can
be emailed to: Info@igotobethel.org
8. CONGRATULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS PROVIDED BY:
Ora L. Easley, Administrator
AMEC Clergy Family Information Center
Email: Amespouses1@bellsouth.net
Web page: http://www.amecfic.org/
Phone: (615) 837-9736 (H)
Phone: (615) 833-6936 (O)
Cell: (615) 403-7751
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMEC_CFIC
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-AME-Church-Clergy-Family-Information-Center/167202414220
9. CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FROM THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER:
The Chair of the Commission on Publications, the Right Reverend
T. Larry Kirkland; 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.
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