SERVING TODAY GODS GIFTED HOST (GGH) AND CHERUBIC CHOIR Dr. Joanne Clark Minister of Pipe Organ / GGH Director Rev. Amani Henry GGH Director & Hammond Organ Deirdre Thompson Cherubic Choir Director & Piano Derek Washington Bass Arthur Reed Drums USHERS: Youth Usher Ministry IZANDLA INTERPRETERS: Reichelle Tucker ** John Harvey Nina White ** Interpreting Sermon MINISTERS ANOINTING TEAM: Natalie Cherry, Captain Ann Allen Derek Arnold Edie Berry Paulette Bronner Ronnie Davis Jonathan Griffin Denise Henderson Connie Jackson Nathaniel Lewis Carla Mackey Lionel Scott Kevin Taylor Charles Turner DEACONESSES Angeline Brown, On Duty Eula Carter, Team Leader Donna Bradley, 1st Asst. Lannie Davis, 2nd Asst. Verna Brocks Fannie T. Brown Sybil Davis Odell Garrett Bernice Green Clarice Hampton Anita L. Johnson Donna Johnson Janice McCrary Mary Ann Robinson Cynthia Saunders Darlene Spivey-Smith Pearl Stokes Phyllis Turner DEACONS: Thomas Williams, Chairman Veronica D. Thornton, On Duty David L. Ward, Capt. Raven Cannon, Co-Capt. Terri Asbell Annie Bush Janice Bush Michael Fleming Tamika L. Gaines LaMont D. Hampton Thomas Houghton James Johnson Connie McCoy William A. Moncrief John Moore Marie Mosley Washington Porter Yolanda M. Shepard Matthew Smith Odessa M. Spruill Jeffrey Steele James Taylor Patricia Taylor Gary Teasley Terrell Turner TRUSTEES: Virgil Young Sr., Capt. Rosalind Simmons, Co-Capt. Wesley Norris, Co-Capt. Marseille Arbuckle Patricia Brewer Audrey LaSalle Brown Dorothy Cleveland J.C. Douglas Daryl Duncan Raymond Flowers Linda Forte * Jerome Gibbs Vickie Hall Cynthia Harris Kathy Hemingway Schylbea J. Hopkins Debra Butler Jackson Darnell Jackson Anita Moncrease Joyce Parks Sylvia Ross-Sherrill Ronald Spears Linda Swanson * Frank Taylor Ola Taylor Linda Tinsley George Turner Vonzie Whitlow James A. Womble Jr. * Consultative Trustees NURSES: Lydia Douglas Rebecca Hayes Gloria Howard Betty Mapp Janice McCrary Pam Parker Joe Thomas Regina Thomas CHURCH CLERKS Donna Lewis, Vice Clerk Regina Holmes Sharon Jones Denise Madlock Eleanor Spears Venetta Watt-Tucker Dorothy Weeks ANNOUNCEMENT CLERKS 7:30 AM Jessie M. Brad 11:00 AM Nicholas Graham Camiyia Graham SPEARS-WATSON BOOKSTORE Cherokee Cole Nora Sharpley Ferguson Ron Spears Dolores Spencer Andrea Whitfield GREETERS 7:30 AM Terry Graves Roosevelt Paige Jr. Lamar Reed Lydia Smith Mabel Smith Virginia Tate 11:00 AM Carol Anderson Imani Lawson Lavern Lawson Ernest Ndukwe Danielle Norfleet Sonea Norfleet Sonia Norfleet-Johnson Dana Smith Kathryn Watson CHURCH OFFICE—HARTFORD INSTITUTE BUILDING 18900 James Couzens Highway—Detroit, Michigan 48235 Administrative Offices—9:00 AM—5:00 PM Monday thru Friday 313-861-1285 / 313-861-1300 — Fax 313-861-0265 SPEARS-WATSON BOOKSTORE Open Sunday after 7:30 AM Service and 11:00 AM Service, and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM. Bookstore’s direct line —313-864-3404 HARTFORD AGAPE HOUSE 18700 James Couzens Highway—Detroit, Michigan 48235 313-861-1200 — Fax 313-861-7896 Hunger Task Force & Free Shop Mission — 313-861-1202 The Staff Minister on call is Rev. Kevin Taylor. He can be contacted for any emergencies or urgent matters 313-861-1285 or 313-475-0316 — Email: [email protected] SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015 FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT YOUTH SUNDAY GIRL SCOUT SUNDAY Dr. Charles G. Adams, Pastor Rev. Charles C. Adams, Presiding Pastor Rev. Kevin N. Taylor, Assistant Pastor Rev. Lurecie M. Stokes, Minister of Pastoral Care Website: hmbcdetroit.org Streaming Live at 11:00 AM Church Building WIFI Access Code: hartford Sunday’s Broadcast will be aired at 7:00 PM on 1340 AM Gospel Radio 18700 James Couzens Highway— Detroit, Michigan 48235 — 313-861-1300/Church —313-861-1285/Office BEREAVEMENT NOTICES Dr. Harold A. Carter Jr. ... is a third generation preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, having been licensed and ordained in the church of his upbringing (1980), the New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland. ... is married to Rev. Monique T. Carter, and they are the parents of two sons, Daniel Nathan and Timothy Alphonso. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. (Also Dr.) Harold A. Carter and has one sister, Weptanomah Davis. ... is a graduate of Eastern College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, earning a B.A. in English Literature/ Writing and Religion... is a graduate of the Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, earning a Master of Divinity degree... is a graduate of the United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, earning the Doctor of Ministry degree, and among many honors and awards, he received the Doctor of Divinity degree from the Virginia Seminary and College, Lynchburg, Virginia, and the Doctor of Human Letters from Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky. In 2006, he was inducted into Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Preacher. ... is the pastor (since 1996) of the New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland, along with his father the late Dr. Harold A. Carter, they lead the congregation of more than 5,000 active members with emphasis on Missions, Evangelism, and Christian Education. His preaching is heard widely through radio, television and internet streaming broadcasts. He formerly pastored the First Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia, believed to be the oldest African American Baptist congregation in America* (1989,1996) and the Zion Baptist Church, Reading, Pennsylvania (1983,1989). ... his ministry has taken him to such places as the Middle East, Romania, Panama, Trinidad, Korea, China, England, the Bahamas, and India, where he has, also, been privileged to share the Gospel. He sees his "call" to the ministry as "The Divine compulsion to do God's will." ... he has served on a number of boards and conferences. Presently, he serves as the Vice-President and New Testament & Hermeneutics Professor for the Determined Biblical & Theological Institute of Baltimore, MD. He, also, is a Co-Mentor for doctoral candidate students at the United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. Additionally, he is the Co-chair of the Board of Directors of the New Shiloh Village Development Project; a nonprofit organization with a goal of community development, including the New Shiloh Senior Living building (an 81-unit facility). ... as an outgrowth of his ministry, publications include: Jesus is Knocking at Your Door, Six Significant Sermons, The Sacred Marriage-Getting Started in Pastoral Ministry, The Burning Bush, (Co-author), and Harold's Hermeneutics-Volume One. Additionally, he has written several songs, three of which have been recorded and performed by New Shiloh's Music Ministry, entitled "You Will Know" and "I Never Shall Forget to Praise Your Name," and "Always." 1 Please keep in prayer the families who have lost loved ones. We have received the following names: DECEASED RELATIVES LOCATION DATE Harliss Walker Sr. HMBC Thursday Deaconess Frances Jada Morton 03/12/2015 Vereen Walker Harliss Walker Jr. Margaret Roberts HMBC Thursday Willie Roberts Renee Robinson 03/12/2015 Tammy Harrington Dennyse Douglas Second Baptist Church Friday Michael Lewis Sr. Ypsilanti, MI 03/13/2015 Eulice Estes Winters Funeral Saturday Clayton Estes Kosciusko, MS 03/14/2015 Huey Ferguson Concordia Lutheran Saturday Mr. Hilery Ferguson Nora Sharpley-Ferguson Church 03/14/2015 Bernard Elam Fort Wayne, IN Jacqueline Elam Marcina Cole Park Chester Funeral Home Saturday Qwendolyn Avetta Bronx, NY 03/14/2015 Bryant Lena Bell Bradley Silas Berger Deacon Beverly Tufts Trustee Walter Tufts Walter Tufts II Deacon Dee Jones Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cleveland, OH Tuesday 03/17/2015 TIME FH-11:00 AM Svc-12:00 PM FH-2:00 PM Svc-3:00 PM FH-10:00 AM Svc-11:00 AM FH-10:00 AM Svc-11:00 AM FH-11:00 AM Svc-12:00 PM Svc-7:00 PM FH-10:30 AM Svc-11:00 AM Arrangements Incomplete For additional information on these names and others, please see the notices as posted on the bulletin board in the north corridor, or call the Church Office. Following the loss of a loved one can be a very difficult time. You may experience all kinds of difficult and surprising emotions, such as shock, anger and guilt. A Bereavement Support Counseling Group is being held each 2 nd and 4th Monday of each month, in Room 307 at 6:00 PM. Through a setting that embraces confidentiality, participants may: gain insight from others regarding coping strategies to begin to "live again"; share experiences and feelings that keep memories alive; restore relationships when forgiveness is needed; gain wisdom regarding lifestyle changes; and strengthen our spiritual well-being. Please contact the Church Office to register at 313-861-1285 x 429, and begin the journey to healing. IN THE HOSPITAL/REHABILITATION CENTERS WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MI OAKWOOD HOSPITAL, DEARBORN, MI Inell Watt Vonyetta Poole Rueben James OAKLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SOUTHFIELD, MI HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DETROIT, MI Mother Sarah Olectric Mance Mattie Williams Mother Dithonia Fondren HARPER HOSPITAL, DETROIT, MI DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL, DETROIT, MI Bernice Flannigan Rachael Taylor HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER, WEST BLOOMFIELD NURSING CENTER, LIVONIA, MI W. BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI Herbert Burt Deacon Bernard Parker NOTTINGHILL HEALTHCARE CENTER, WEST WOOD NURSING HOME, DETROIT, MI Charlotte Robinson W. BLOOMFIELD, MI Eugene McCrary LASHER HILLS CARE CENTER, SOUTHFIELD, MI Otis Harris 10 SANCTUARY CELEBRATION FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT – YOUTH SUNDAY -- GIRL SCOUT SUNDAY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015 — 7:30 AM & 11:00 AM ORDER OF SERVICE Devotional & Pastoral Advisements Prelude “Andante” from 5th Symphony – Tchaikovsky Opening Praise Sentences Rev. Robyn D. Moore Processional Hymn #372 “God of Grace and God of Glory” Prayer of Invocation Rev. Robyn D. Moore Glory Be To The Father #541 “Lamb of God”– Paris Interlude Cherubic Choir Sings (11:00 AM) Children Sermon (11:00 AM) Anthem “Face the Cross” – Schram Prayer of Intercession & Song of Inspiration Welcome To The Visitors “I’m In Love With Jesus” – Gray Rev. Robyn D. Moore The Tithes & Offertory Period STEPHEN MINISTRY “Christ Caring For People through People” STEPHEN MINISTERS CARE FOR PEOPLE FACING TOUGH TIMES and are ready to provide the emotional and spiritual help needed with crisis that include: Loss of a loved one Terminal Illness/Chronic Illness Divorce or Separation Unemployment/Job Crisis Loneliness/ Discouragement …and more STEPHEN MINISTRY IS A CONFIDENTIAL MINISTRY and are trained volunteers ready to provide you with one-on-one-care. To Contact a Stephen Minister Call (313) 341-2302 COULD YOU BE A STEPHEN MINISTER??? Are you a believer interested in helping others by being a spiritual partner for someone going through personal crisis? Stephen Ministers are trained to meet this need. The Stephen Ministry is looking for candidates for the April, 2015 training class. Contact Rev. Lurecie Stokes or Min. Curtis Kilpatrick for more information @ 313-861-1285. Applications are available in the Church Office and at hmbcdetroit.org under the Stephen Minister category. Offertory Sentences Leader: Give and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over will be put into your lap. People: For the measure you give will be the measure you get back. Leader: Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. People: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consume and where thieves do not break in and steal. Unison: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. “He’s Able” – Franklin Offertory Selection The Prayer of Dedication Rev. Robyn D. Moore Pre-Sermon Hymn #93 “He Will Remember Me” The Written Word Preached Word Rev. Dr. Harold Carter Jr., Pastor New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD Invitation To Christian Discipleship Hymn of Invitation #227 “I Surrender All” Prayer of Thanksgiving The Right Hand of Fellowship Recessional Hymn #13 “Blessed Be the Name” Benediction Postlude 9 Luke 6:38; Matthew 6:19-21 (NRSV) “Toccata in D minor” – Pachelbel 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS LOOKING AHEAD The Scriptures chosen for next Sunday are: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-23. The issue is, as we see it unfolding throughout this Lenten series of lessons, the covenantal relationship between God and humankind. The Covenant is the meeting place where God and humankind meet face to face. We joyfully celebrate the God who has made a decisive step toward us in order to help, heal, save and deliver us. Salvation is predicated upon the divine initiative to ransom, redeem, rescue and recruit us for eternity. We see God’s work and will displayed in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which speaks of a New Covenant-- not like the unilateral, cosmic Covenant that was made with Noah; not like the eternal Covenant that was made with Abraham as a unilateral commitment of God to produce and bless Abraham’s seed forever; and also not like the strict moral code and Covenant made from God through Moses with the people of Israel, who had been set free from slavery in order to be God’s peculiar people devoted to God and instrumental in creating and sustaining justice in the earth. More than these, the new relationship would be inscribed in the hearts and consciences of those who are in right relationship with God. Notice these elements of Jeremiah’s new covenant: The Sunday School & T.R.U.T.H. Ministries of Hartford will present our ANNUAL EASTER PROGRAM Sunday, April 5, 2015, at 9:30 AM If you are under the age of 18 and interested in being part of this exciting program, please pick up a form in the Church Office, fill it out and leave it in the Church Office, or call Phoebe Vanderburg at 313-891-3306, Rev. Robyn Moore at 248-252-7678 or Min. Curtis Kilpatrick at 313-861-1285 x439. Keith Gamble-Woodwind Music Lessons is offering music lessons for saxophone, flute and clarinet for a nominal fee. You may reach him at 313-330-0346, or email at [email protected]. Also, Deborah Scales, a retired DPS band and orchestra teacher is available to assist in beginning strings, snare drum, trumpet and trombone. There is no fee for her lessons. Lessons available for young people and adults. Arrangements and times can be made by calling Ms. Scales at 248-939-7358 or [email protected]. Student must own an instrument. Give the gift of a life time. (1) The New Covenant is collective and not individualistic. The individual will find life by being a member of a people who are bound together with God. God is making a New Covenant to a new community, a new people of internally motivated obedience. Teen Connect Bible Study has star ted. Lear n the Wor d of God studying topics suggested by teens that directly impact their daily living. Studies are 5:30 to 6:30 PM every Tuesday and include guest speakers, projects, prizes and more. For additional info, contact Rev. Robyn Moore at 248-252-7678. (2) The New Covenant is a renewed covenant. It does not annul Mosaic law, but fulfills the Ten Commandments and the Covenant Code of moral and spiritual conduct. The way God is related and bound to us is the model of how we should be related and bound to one another. The 2015 Hartford Adult Golf League is accepting registrations. We will be playing at Rouge Park Golf Course, on Wednesdays, beginning in May. Golf fees will be $325 per player for the complete season, which ends mid-August. To obtain a form or for more information, please contact the Golf Commissioner, Michael Fleming, at 313 318-5772 or [email protected]. (3) The freedom and initiative of the New Covenant is not libertarianism or antinomianism, that is, without commandments, statutes rules and regulations. The New Covenant means that the laws of God will be so enlivened by the love of God that they will be written on hearts of flesh and not merely inscribed on tablets of stone. That’s the only kind of law that really works on a day to day basis, the law that lives in the hearts and consciences of those who have learned to know the law by heart and not just by head. This New Covenant is praised throughout Psalm 119, where love and law embrace to form the moral indoctrination and internalization of a Godly sense of human independence, inter-dependence and responsibility. We are considering especially Psalm 119:9:16. The issue is this: “How can young people keep their way pure?” It is the most difficult thing in all the world to be young; because youth must prove themselves to be worthy of trust, consideration and acceptance, though they are new to life, lacking in achievement, absent of history, experience, deep perspective, broad understanding and the wisdom that comes only through age, experience and long reflection. Yet Psalm 119: 9-16 provides nine ways for young people to behave wisely and wonderfully by: (1) Seeking God wholeheartedly, verse 10a (2) Not wandering from God’s Commandments, verse 10b (3) Treasuring God’s Word in one’s heart, verse 11a (4) Reciting with one’s own voice the teachings and laws of God’s Learning is loving, verse 13, (5) Delighting in the path that God has decreed, verse 14a (6) Fastening one’s mind on God’s Teachings, verse 15a (7) Gluing one’s eyes on the path where God leads, verse 15b CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 3 It’s Girl Scouts Cookies time! Gir l Scouts will be selling cookies in the Spear s-Watson Bookstore and Fellowship Hall This is officially the last day for sales. The Pastor's Courtesy Guild Ministry will be having its 2015 Round-Up Luncheon on Satur day, Mar ch 21, 2015, at 11:00 AM in the Vincent Room. Please join us for an uplifting fellowship. The donation for the Luncheon is $15. We welcome all former members and we look forward to meeting and greeting new members. For more information see Sis. Lula Moore, Trustee Artistine Taylor or Deacon Artelia Griggs. Mission Ministry Update: Har tfor d was awar ded the Fir st place tr ophy for our $740.00 contribution to the Annual Clothing Drive; a bus is being offered to attend the Mid-West Convention, April 6-10, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois for $85.00; Annual President's Luncheon will be on May 2, 2015, at American Serbian Hall. See Deacon Justine Lofton for tickets ($35.00); American Baptist Convention will serve supper to walk in clients of the Friendship House, Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 4:00 PM. The Mission Ministry is seeking new leaders and new members to help carry out our varied outreach activities. For additional information, please see Deacon Justin Lofton. All women of Hartford are invited to attend the Hartford Women United Meeting on Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 10:30 AM-12:00 PM. We will have a speaker to discuss identity theft. Come and join us and bring a friend. Look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Deacon Janet L. Gilyard, President. Hartford Members and Friends: You can set up recurring donations to the Church. Contact the Accounting Office at 313-861-1285 x411 to learn how it can be done. 8 ANNOUNCEMENTS (8) Finding great joy in God’s Instructions, verse 16a (9) Remembering God’s Word, verse 16b. 2015 MEN’S DAY TOTALS AS OF MARCH 9, 2015: $46,850.00 Get that Midweek Boost! J oin us for “Hour of Power ” Ser vice each Wednesday, in the Chapel, at 12:00 Noon to 12:30 PM. Lunch is served after the Service in the Fellowship Hall. Be connected! Prayer Service: Wednesday's fr om 7-8 PM, in the Chapel. The Theme for the Month is Goodness. Deacons and Ministers will anoint and offer comforting intercessory prayer. "Prayer is the key, but faith unlocks the door." Hartford Membership Photographers will be taking individual pictur es in Fellowship Hall Stage area behind the screen on the Third and Fourth Sundays after the 7:30 AM and 11:00 AM Services. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by and not be included in our membership publication. Stop by and ask for Delisa. The Joshua Ministry (for adults 18-40) welcomes you to our weekly Thursday Bible Study at 6:15 PM in the Vincent Room. Join us as Reverend Kevin Taylor leads us in Bible study and discussion. Please contact Kamil Williams at [email protected] so that we can get a headcount for dinner. The Hartford Singles Ministry monthly meeting will be March 23, 2015 from 6:30-8:00 PM, in Hartford's Vincent Room. For additional information, contact Deacon Jeffrey Steele at [email protected] or 860-830-8596. Did you know that the Members Orientation Class is not just for new members? If it’s been years since you last attended, never attended or did not complete the series, you are invited to come and learn more about your Baptist heritage, after which you will be awarded your certificate of completion. Classes meet in the Chapel at 9:30 AM on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays. You cannot read this Psalm without rededicating yourself to the Sunday School. Hebrews 5:5-10 presents us with a profound look at our Great Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the Source, Substance and Structure of our salvation. Notice these three features of Christ: I. Jesus is not a self-appointed priest, but the one designated by God (5:5-6, 10). He is God’s Son. He is also a unique priest who stands in the succession of the mysterious and mystical Melchizedek, who ministered to Abraham and received tithes of all from Abraham. Jesus is not our elected representative, but God’s gift of God’s own self, soul and substance, in order that we might be citizens of God’s Paradise of praise, prayer and power. II. Our Great Savior has fully with us identified in weakness, intimacy and vulnerability. Jesus does not come to us with an affected, superficial, supercilious “God complex.” He is meek and lowly of heart. He sympathizes with our feebleness and frailty. He comes with no demanding imperial consciousness, but as broken bread, poured out water, spilled blood, scattered light, open door and suffering servant. He begs for no release from anxiety, easing of pain, rescue from death nor rush to happiness--only unbroken dialogue with God. He learns obedience from suffering. Is there any other way to learn except by suffering? III. Our Great High Priest, Jesus Christ, is the Source of salvation for all who obey him. His example of reliance on God, amid his identification with human suffering, establishes a firm basis for Christian conversion and decision as we new Christians learn through Christ to live according to God’s will, spirit and word. John 20:20-33 shows us Jesus as one who is so committed to our salvation that he is willing not only to die, but to view death as his hour of glorification, exaltation, completion and attraction. It is the death of Christ that empowers Christ to draw all people and all races and all nations to Himself. Earline Philips is sponsoring a bus trip to New Orleans, LA for 7 days and 6 nights. The bus will be leaving May 17, 2015 and will return May 23, 2015. The trip includes bus fare, lodging, tours, and some meals. The donation is $629 per person, double occupancy (an additional $210 charge for a single room). To make reservations or ask additional questions, Ms. Philips will be in the Fellowship Hall after each Service. She can also be reached at 313-835-3729. The world is a thoroughly unreliable place. Neither should its hostility be feared, nor its adoration trusted. Then death becomes a station for the perfection of the children of God, validation of the saints of God and empowerment of the Church of God. Listen to Jesus: “Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all humankind and all things to myself.” John 12:31,32 (my translation) The Hartford Business Ministry is her e to ser ve! We invite all HMBC business owner member s to its inaugural 2015 “Meet and Greet” Membership/Networking Event TODAY, between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM in the Youth Lounge. Get exposure for your business by joining the Hartford Business Ministry…now more than ever, business people need to network and build strong relationships with one another. New and existing business owners are encouraged to come and have continental breakfast with us…bring your business cards, and let’s learn how we can help the Church, the community, and each other! Contact John Bradley at 248.789.0504 ([email protected]) or Devin Durrell at 248.224.2590 ([email protected]) for more information. Love ya, C.G.A. The Young Adult component of the Hartford Social Justice Ministry will have its monthly meeting tomorrow, March 16, 2015, at 6:00 PM in Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to attend. See you there. For more information, please contact Rev. Edie Worthy, Ministry Leader at 313-704-3695. Clothing Donations: The Transitional Ministry is asking the congr egation for new or gently used clothing for Men (sizes medium – x-large). Please bring the clothing to Fellowship Hall, Sunday, March 22, 2015, between Services. Rev. Denise Henderson, Ministry Leader. 7 4 AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE REFLECTION The three SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES in 1965 were part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement and led to the passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. Activists publicized the three protest marches to walk the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma to the Alabama state capital of Montgomery as showing the desire of black American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression. A series of discriminatory requirements and practices disenfranchised most of the millions of African Americans across the South since the turn of the century. The African American group known as The Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) launched a voters registration campaign in Selma in 1963. Joined by organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), they began working that year in a renewed effort to register black voters. Finding resistance by white officials to be intractable, even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation, the DCVL invited Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the activists of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to join them. SCLC brought many prominent civil rights and civic leaders to Selma in January 1965. Local and regional protests began, with 3,000 people arrested by the end of February. Please take the time to join a Lenten Cell Group near you during this season. We will be studying from the book, The Will of God, by Leslie D. Weatherhead, which is available in the Spears-Watson Bookstore. Lenten Cell Groups will begin the week of March 1, 2015. If you would like to host a Lenten Cell, please call the Church Office at 313-861-1285 x417. GROUP NAME 48201 48221 48223 Southfield/Lathrup Village HOST Rev. Natalie Cherry Bernie Beaumont Debra Beckon Rev. Shaun Turner ADDRESS 3963 Miracles Blvd 20437 Renfrew 15751 Kentfield 18130 Kilbirnie Ave Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Southfield, MI ZIP 48201 48221 48223 48076 DAY Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesdays TIME 7:00 PM-8:30 PM 7:00 PM-8:30 PM 7:00 PM-8:30 PM 7:00 PM-8:30 PM TELEPHONE 313-833-3710 313-727-6477 313-244-4554 248-797-8504 INSTRUCTOR Rev. N. Cherry Rev. Lionel Scott Rev. LaVerne Bostic Rev. Shaun Turner GROUP NAME Men's Bible Study Mission Married Couples Ministry Young Adult Cell Rev. C. Christian Adams Deacon Justine Lofton Rev. Robyn Moore HMBC—Room 304 HMBC - Room 106 Deacon Leon & Deaconess Rhonda Johnson HMBC Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Oak Park, MI ZIP 48235 48235 48235 48237 DAY Tuesdays Wednesdays Tuesdays Sundays TIME 7:00 PM-8:30 PM 10:00 AM 7:00 PM-8:30PM 2:00 PM TELEPHONE 313-861-1285 313-934-1427 313-861-1285 248-252-7678 INSTRUCTOR Rev. C. Adams Deacon Justine Lofton Rev Kevin N. Taylor Rev. Robyn Moore GROUP NAME Joshua Ministry Revelation Thursday Bible Class Women's Bible Study Mrs. Kamil Williams Rev. Dr. Urias Beverly Sis Rosalind Wiley Rev. Cecilia Holliday HMBC—Vincent Room HMBC - Room 106 HMBC - Library HMBC - Room 106 Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Detroit, MI ZIP 48235 48235 48235 48235 DAY Thursdays Thursdays Thursdays Tuesdays TIME 6:00 PM-8:00 PM 6:00 PM-7:30 PM 11:00 AM 6:00 PM-7:30 PM TELEPHONE 313-861-1285 313-861-1285 313-861-1285 313-861-1285 INSTRUCTOR Rev. Reggie White Rev. Dr. Urias Beverly Sis. R. Wiley Rev. C. Holliday CITY ST HOST ADDRESS CITY ST EASTER LILY REMEMBRANCES Please help beautify our Sanctuary this Holy Season by placing an Easter Lily IN HONOR or IN LOVING MEMORY OF a loved one! The cost of each lily is $10.00 per honoree. Please place your order TODAY (NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, March 29, 2015). Your payment must accompany the or der . Simply complete the form below and place it (and check) in an envelope marked “Easter Lily,” and drop in the collection tray during the offertory period. Thank you. Easter Lilies (Please Print) Your Name ______________________________________________ Amount per honoree: _____________ IN MEMORY OF: ______________________________________________________________________ HOST ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ IN HONOR OF: Please check one: _________________________________________________________________ Give to Sick & Shut in Will pick up after 11:00 AM Service 5 CITY ST 6 21310 Parklawn
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