Sis. Rosita Brockington, Michigan Conference Young People's and Children's Division Director, has confirmed the following dates for the 2008-2009 conference year:
09.27.08 - Conference YPD Officers' Retreat (Greenfield Inn)
10.04.08 - Election of Central Detroit Area YPD Officers (St. Stephen- Detroit @ 1:00 p.m.)
10.11.08 - Election of Flint Area YPD Officers (Quinn Chapel - Flint @ 12 noon)
10.12.08 - Crusade for Christ (St. Stephen - Detroit @ 4:00 p.m.)
10.18.08 - Election of Ann Arbor Area YPD Officers (Campbell Chapel - Whittaker @2:00 p.m.)
10.19.08 - Election of Niles Area YPD Officers (Union Memorial - Benton Harbor @ 3:00 p.m.)
12.06.08 - Conference Leadership Training Institute (thru 12.07.08, Bethel - Saginaw - $30 registration includes lunch)
12.07.08 - Crusade for Christ (Bethel - Saginaw @ 4:00 p.m.)
05.16.08 - Spring Leadership Training Institute and Self-Denial Banquet (thru 05.17.08, Mt. Zion - Battle Creek)
05.17.08 - Crusade for Christ (Mt. Zion - Battle Creek)
Stay posted for additional Crusades for Christ dates.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Prayer List
Mr. Arnold Clarington was memorialized on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Greater Quinn AMEC in Detroit. Mr. Clarington was the son of the late Rev. Issac Clarington and Mother Louise Clarington and the brother of Rev. Vivian Clarington.
Mr. Ephraim Curry passed last week in Royal Oak, MI. Mr. Curry was the gradfather of Rev. Gerald Cardwell, pastor of St. John in River Rouge.
We pray for peace and comfort of the families.
Mr. Ephraim Curry passed last week in Royal Oak, MI. Mr. Curry was the gradfather of Rev. Gerald Cardwell, pastor of St. John in River Rouge.
We pray for peace and comfort of the families.
Dinner Social Hosted by Newman AME Church
The Men's and Women's Day committees of Newman AME Church in Pontiac invite you to a Dinner Social on October 10, 2008. It will be a fun-filled evening of fellowship and dancing.
Please contact Sis. Valerie Bates for more information at (248) 377-0499 or tboogem@comcast.net. Checks made out to Newman AME Church are due by Sunday, October 5, 2008. Thank you so much for your thoughtful participation.
Please contact Sis. Valerie Bates for more information at (248) 377-0499 or tboogem@comcast.net. Checks made out to Newman AME Church are due by Sunday, October 5, 2008. Thank you so much for your thoughtful participation.
Area Global Mission Responsibilities
Each area in the Michigan Conference (and throughout the 4th District) have taken on the responsibility for developing and generating resources - both financial and in-kind - for their chosen mission opportunity. Michigan Conference Areas have chosen to work with the following organizations:
- Flint Area: My Sister's Keeper (Mission Work in Sudan)
- Central Detroit Area: Doctors Without Borders
- Ann Arbor Area: Development of AME India
- Battle Creek Area: Health Care for Haiti
- Niles Area: The Green Belt Movement (ecology) Kenya
We will have opportunities for education on the Sudan, the war in Darfur, and how our efforts in local communities can help women and children in the region. See the left sidebar of this blog for news on the Sudan.
- Flint Area: My Sister's Keeper (Mission Work in Sudan)
- Central Detroit Area: Doctors Without Borders
- Ann Arbor Area: Development of AME India
- Battle Creek Area: Health Care for Haiti
- Niles Area: The Green Belt Movement (ecology) Kenya
We will have opportunities for education on the Sudan, the war in Darfur, and how our efforts in local communities can help women and children in the region. See the left sidebar of this blog for news on the Sudan.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Mother Mary Williams Day at Bethel - Flint
The Rawls Missionary Society of Bethel AME Church in Flint invites you to come and be a part of their first Mother Mary Williams Day.
Mother Mary Williams' life and work in the church and the community will be celebrated. Mother Williams was a founding member of Bethel - Flint.
Theme: A Great Woman of Mission
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Bethel AME Church, 773 E Gillespie Ave., Flint, MI
Please share in this day with the missionaries of Bethel. They would appreciate your presence and financial support. Donations can be mailed to:
Bethel AME Church
P.O. Box 311043
Flint, MI 48531
Sis. Thelma Towner, Chairperson
Mother Rose Henry, President, Rawls Missionary Society
Rev. Darren K. Penson, Pastor
For questions or more information, you may e-mail or call Karen A. Davis, Area Chairperson, for contact information.
Mother Mary Williams' life and work in the church and the community will be celebrated. Mother Williams was a founding member of Bethel - Flint.
Theme: A Great Woman of Mission
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Bethel AME Church, 773 E Gillespie Ave., Flint, MI
Please share in this day with the missionaries of Bethel. They would appreciate your presence and financial support. Donations can be mailed to:
Bethel AME Church
P.O. Box 311043
Flint, MI 48531
Sis. Thelma Towner, Chairperson
Mother Rose Henry, President, Rawls Missionary Society
Rev. Darren K. Penson, Pastor
For questions or more information, you may e-mail or call Karen A. Davis, Area Chairperson, for contact information.
A Message from our New Michigan Conference President
September 30, 2008
Dear Pastors, WMS and Michigan Conference Officers,
Greetings is the Mighty and Magnificent name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It is with the Joy and the abundant Love of Jesus that we, the Women’s Missionary Society and Young People’s Division of the AME Church, send this communication of introduction.
On August 19, 2008, the Elections for the Michigan Conference WMS were held. Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, Supervisor of the 4th Episcopal District, presided. Several new officers were elected on that day. The new President is Jacqueline Mitchell Robinson, a long-time member of St. Matthew AME Church in Detroit where Rev. Gloria J. Clark is Pastor. Jackie has served in the WMS and YPD on the District, Conference, Area and local levels of the WMS and YPD. We thank Almighty God for the return of Rosita Brockington as YPD Director. As many of you know, she is a long-time member of St. Stephen AME in Detroit, where Rev. Michael Cousin is Pastor.
It is with joy that we introduce the new 1st Vice President, Joyce Keys Garrison, First Lady of Vernon Chapel AME in Flint. We are blessed to have Joyce Johnson, First Lady of Bethel AME in Detroit, return as 2nd Vice President. And the 3rd Vice President -- also new -- is Tywanna Johnson, who serves faithfully at Oak Grove AME in Detroit.
The Area Chairpersons appointed for the 2008-09 Conference Year are:
Carolyn Graves (Union Memorial AME) returning as Niles Area Chairperson, Karen Davis (Quinn Chapel AME)returning as Flint Area Chairperson, newly appointed Bonita Cowan-Tucker (Bethel AME), Ann Arbor Area Chairperson; and newly appointed Carol Griffin (Ebenezer AME), Central Detroit Area. The Battle Creek Area Chairperson will be in place on or before Oct. 1.
Our Area Chairpersons are excited and on fire for God! We invite you to check out the Flint Area Blog at http://flintwms.blogspot.com and Battle Creek Area Blog at http://battlecreekwms.blogspot.com, where you can receive current information on District, Conference and Area news.
For the first time ever, the Michigan Conference has an elected Web Master, Diana Psalms, who is a member of Quinn Chapel in Flint. She is overseeing a team that includes Shaunese Cable (Greater Quinn AME in Detroit); they will post the Michigan Conference WMS Blog next week and produce a Website shortly thereafter.
We are excited to serve as the Michigan Conference Branch WMS officers for 2008-09. We ask for your prayers as we seek to serve Almighty God, and to serve Him, and only Him, in a More Excellent Way! We know that God can do all things and that if we submit to His will and His power, we can do all things through Christ Jesus, who strengthens us.
A more complete and detailed Roster will be sent to you shortly but we have included contact information for the officers.
To God Be the Glory for the things He has done and for the great things He will do!
In His Service,
Jackie Robinson
President, Michigan Conference Branch WMS
(Sis. Jackie included a list of Michigan Conference officers with this letter; I will forward a roster separately and the contact info will be available at our Flint Area meeting. - K.A.D.)
Dear Pastors, WMS and Michigan Conference Officers,
Greetings is the Mighty and Magnificent name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It is with the Joy and the abundant Love of Jesus that we, the Women’s Missionary Society and Young People’s Division of the AME Church, send this communication of introduction.
On August 19, 2008, the Elections for the Michigan Conference WMS were held. Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, Supervisor of the 4th Episcopal District, presided. Several new officers were elected on that day. The new President is Jacqueline Mitchell Robinson, a long-time member of St. Matthew AME Church in Detroit where Rev. Gloria J. Clark is Pastor. Jackie has served in the WMS and YPD on the District, Conference, Area and local levels of the WMS and YPD. We thank Almighty God for the return of Rosita Brockington as YPD Director. As many of you know, she is a long-time member of St. Stephen AME in Detroit, where Rev. Michael Cousin is Pastor.
It is with joy that we introduce the new 1st Vice President, Joyce Keys Garrison, First Lady of Vernon Chapel AME in Flint. We are blessed to have Joyce Johnson, First Lady of Bethel AME in Detroit, return as 2nd Vice President. And the 3rd Vice President -- also new -- is Tywanna Johnson, who serves faithfully at Oak Grove AME in Detroit.
The Area Chairpersons appointed for the 2008-09 Conference Year are:
Carolyn Graves (Union Memorial AME) returning as Niles Area Chairperson, Karen Davis (Quinn Chapel AME)returning as Flint Area Chairperson, newly appointed Bonita Cowan-Tucker (Bethel AME), Ann Arbor Area Chairperson; and newly appointed Carol Griffin (Ebenezer AME), Central Detroit Area. The Battle Creek Area Chairperson will be in place on or before Oct. 1.
Our Area Chairpersons are excited and on fire for God! We invite you to check out the Flint Area Blog at http://flintwms.blogspot.com and Battle Creek Area Blog at http://battlecreekwms.blogspot.com, where you can receive current information on District, Conference and Area news.
For the first time ever, the Michigan Conference has an elected Web Master, Diana Psalms, who is a member of Quinn Chapel in Flint. She is overseeing a team that includes Shaunese Cable (Greater Quinn AME in Detroit); they will post the Michigan Conference WMS Blog next week and produce a Website shortly thereafter.
We are excited to serve as the Michigan Conference Branch WMS officers for 2008-09. We ask for your prayers as we seek to serve Almighty God, and to serve Him, and only Him, in a More Excellent Way! We know that God can do all things and that if we submit to His will and His power, we can do all things through Christ Jesus, who strengthens us.
A more complete and detailed Roster will be sent to you shortly but we have included contact information for the officers.
To God Be the Glory for the things He has done and for the great things He will do!
In His Service,
Jackie Robinson
President, Michigan Conference Branch WMS
(Sis. Jackie included a list of Michigan Conference officers with this letter; I will forward a roster separately and the contact info will be available at our Flint Area meeting. - K.A.D.)
Flint Area YPD: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
The Flint Area Young People's and Children's Division has joined the fight against breast cancer. We are showing our support and making a difference by walking as a team in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The YPD will gather at 8:30 a.m. at Quinn Chapel AME Church in Flint.
Please join the YPD by offering your prayers, physical support by walking with them, and especially by donating funds. You can see the mission of the Flint Area YPD and donate to the cause at the team page (click on the link). If you prefer not to donate online, there is more information on the page as to where to mail in your donation.
Hope starts with one walker and one dollar at a time. Hope starts with our team. And hope can start with you.
Please join the YPD by offering your prayers, physical support by walking with them, and especially by donating funds. You can see the mission of the Flint Area YPD and donate to the cause at the team page (click on the link). If you prefer not to donate online, there is more information on the page as to where to mail in your donation.
Hope starts with one walker and one dollar at a time. Hope starts with our team. And hope can start with you.
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