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THE BISHbPS' COUNCIL OF THE

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH JUNE 21-24, 1982 "GOD O R FATHER- CHRIST OUR REDEEMER-MAN 0

SOUVENIR BOOK

THE TW

THE WELCOME FROM THE TWELFTH FROM

BISHOP AND MRS. F.C.JAMES

WELCOME 5

ST A TE

OKL A HO M A

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 212 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73105

April 2, 1982

Governor

GREETINGS:

Bishop Frederick C . James

As Governor of Oklahoma it is a particular ple asure to welcome you, the A.M . E. Council of Bishops, and y our Church delegation to our great State during our 75th Anniversary Diamond J u bilee Celebration . This is a special time for all Oklahomans, a time when we are placin g a special emphasis on our rich heritag e , and we're g lad you ar e h e r e ! This is certainly an appropriate opportunit y to extend special congratulations to you as President Elect of the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. You are to be commended for the hard work and lon g hours you have given toward making this a productive and meanin g ful meeting. This g athering of Officials, Representatives, and lay members shou ld be a spirituall y enli g ht e nin g e vent . You ar e an inspiration to all who have h a d th e g ood fortune to know and work with you. On behalf of all Oklahomans, best wi s h e s for a victoriou term of office! Sincere l y ,

G / EW

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FROM THE HOST BISHOP On beh alf of The " Talented Twelfth " Episcopa l Dist ri ct we salu te th e Leadersh ip and the members hi p of the Church of All en ! We , of the Fam ily of God , are challenged to intensify our w itness today, lest the materialist fo rces of modern ity restr ict us to an isolated ir relevance ! We , of The Counci l of Bishops , are obliged to symbolize , today, that histor ic prophet ic leadersh ip wh ich has neither failed chu rch nor commun ity for six and one-half generat ions ! We , of the Twelfth Episcopa l District , are comm itted today to we lcome The Connection to that peace , progress and partic ipat ion with wh ich God has blessed our labors in the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma ! So relax now, peruse the pages of this Book of Goodwil l, and as you share with us these greetings , share also, with us , the following Coppinian Convic tion :

"Oh ! The Church is moving on; The Church is moving on , F rom low-land a nd from valley, fro m n1oun tain-top th ey rally The Battle-bow is t rung; The banner is ou t-flung A nd gian t w rong (,von't be as) stron g (If this ) hurch (keeps) moving on ." God Ble s You Bish op F . . James

\VELCOl\iIE TO OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA CITY! I would like to extend a hearty welcome to ReYerend Bishop Frederick Jame and the A.:-I.E. de legates. \Ve arc extremely h onored that you are holding your national conYention in Oklahoma City!

D,w id Bo ren l'n ited Sta te s Senato r

STATE OF ARKANSAS FRANK WHITE GOVERNOR

GREETINGS TO BISHOP F . C . JAMES As Governor of Arkansas , I congratulate you on the occasion of your investiture as President of the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church . It is a pleasure for me to personally recognize you for your unselfish service to the people of Arkansas and your Church . Your elevation to this position of responsi bility is the result of confidence placed in you by the African Methodist Episcopal Church through the years , during which time you have demonstrated administrative leadership and spiritual guidance . Their faith in you is certainly well placed , and I wish you every success as you assume your new duties . Please accept my sincere best wishes , on behalf of all Arkansans , for your continued success and fulfillment in your tenure as President of the Council of Bishops . Sincerely ,

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Office of the Governor • State Capitol • Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 • 501-371-2345 7

CITY of OKLAHOMA CITY I

OKLAHOMA CITY. 73102

MUNICIPAL BUILDING

200 NORTH WALKER

Mayor PATIENCE LATTING

WELCOME TO OKLAHOMA CITY! On behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma City, it is my pleasure to extend greetings to those attending the Summer Session of the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church June 21-24, 1982. It is an honor to have this fine group in Oklahoma City, and I am sure you will have a most successful conference. We hope that while you are here you will have an opportunity to visit the many attractions our city has to offer . We believe you will find Oklahoma City a most enjoyable place to visit with friendly people and many interesting things to see and do. We will certainly do our best to insure you receive true Oklahoma City hospitality during your visit . Sincerely, ,

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Patience Latting Mayor

"PEOPLE Are Our Business"

JACKSON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT SI--IORTER COLLEGE- ORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKA SA ERE GREET! G TO THE EXTE DS WARME T AND I CIL ECTIO ALCO COUN IL OF BISHOPS A D THE 0

Faculty & Staff seated from Left to Right Dean J M Watkins, Bishop F C James. Board Chairman. and Dr Thomas B Slater Assistant Dean Standing Rev Wayne White. Ms Loretta Jennings. Ms Bernice Gardner. Ms Gladys C Young Not Pictured Dr R K Young. Or W G Hegarty. Rabb, E E Palnick. Ms Pauline Webber

Faculty & Student Body sealed from Left 10 Righi Dr Thomas B Slater. Dean J M Watkins. Bishop F C James and President John L Phillips - Standing Rev Frederick Hunt. Ms V1ck1e Gray, Rev Fannie Mitchell. Ms M Z Glien. Rev Wayne White. Ms Lorella Jennings, Ms Bernice Gardner. Ms Gladys C Young. Rev Carroll Anderson. Revs Robert Nelson. Eugene Brannon. Gloria Suggs, Benny Kelly. J w Jones. George Coleman. Andrew Barron

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WELCOME TO

THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS AND TO

THE A.M.E. CONNECTION AND

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BISHOP

BISHOP F. C. JAMES UPON HIS INVESTITURE AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS FROM

THE OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE

FORMER EPISCOPAL SUPERVISORS

Mrs. Eugene C. Hatcher

Mrs. Georgia W. Baber

Mrs. John D. Bright

Mrs. G.N. Collins

Mrs. David H. Sims

Mrs. G. D. Robinson

Mrs. R.R. Wright, Jr.

Mrs. S.L. Greene, Sr.

Mrs. S.R. Higgins

Mrs. G.W. Blakely

Mrs. Ida Bonner

Mrs. Carey A. Gibbs

Mrs. Joseph Gomez

Mrs. W.R. Wilkes

Mrs. Reverdy Ransom

A.M.E. BISHOPS

W.F. Ball Senior Bishop

Harold I. Bearden

Hurbert N. Robinson

Henry W. Murph

John H. Adams

Richard A. Hildebrand

Samuel S. Morris, Jr.

Frederick H. Talbot

H. Hartford Brookins

Vinton R. Anderson

Frederick C. James (Host Bishop)

Frank Madison Reid, Jr.

Frank C. Cummings

Philip R. Cousin

Cornelius E. Thomas

J. Haskell Mayo

Donald G. Ming

John Hunter

Rembert E. Stokes

D. Ward Nichols (Retired)

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Howard T. Primm (Retired)

Ernest L. Hickman (Retired)

Odie L. Sherman (Retired)

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Harrison J. Byrant (Retired)

A.M.E. BISHOPS' WIVES

Mrs. Agnes Ball

Mrs. Lois Bearden

Mrs. Mamie Robinson

Mrs. G.S. Murph

Mrs. Dolly Adams

Mrs. Beatrix Hildebrand

Mrs. Ermine Morris

Mrs. Sylvia Talbot

Mrs. Helene Brookins

Mrs. Vivienne Anderson

Mrs. Theressa G. James

Mrs. Irene Reid

Mrs. Martha Cummings

Mrs. Joan Cousin

Mrs. Edith Ming

Mrs. Nancy P. Stokes

Mrs. Delorez Hunter

Mrs. Kay Bailey Nichols

Mrs. 0.L. Sherman

Mrs. Edith Bryant

In Memory Of Mrs. Vera Louise Mayo Dec. 25, 1979

Mrs. Susie Thomas

Mrs. Mildred Primm

Mrs. E.H . Hickman

GENERAL DEPARTMENTS & OFFICERS Dr. J.W.P. Collier , Jr . Secretary-Treasurer Missions Dept. New York, NY

Dr. William Decker Johnson , Jr. Editor AME Review Atlanta , GA

Dr . Hercules Miles Sec reta ry-T reasu re r Church Extension Dept. St. Louis, MO

Dr. Robert Henry Reid Editor AME Chr istian Recorder Nashville, TN Dr. Therien E. Cobbs Editor Relig ious Literature Nashville, TN

Dr. Henry Al len Bel in, Jr. Sec retary-T reasu rer Sunday School Union Nashville, TN

Dr. Henderson Davis Historiographer AME Church Indianapolis, IN

Dr. Edgar Mack Secretary Dept. Christian Education Nashville, TN

Dr. Joseph McKinney Treasurer-AME Church Wash ington, D.C.

Dr . James Madison Granberry Secretary-Treasurer Pension Dept. Nashville, TN

Dr. Richard Allen Chappelle, Sr . Gen . Secretary AME Church St. Louis , MO

Dr . Ezra Melvin Johnson Director Minimum Salary Fund Memph is, TN Dr . G.H.J. Thibodeaux Director Worsh ip and Evangelism Shreveport, LA

CONNECTIONAL OFFICERS 1980-1984

Mr . J.D. Williams President Lay Organization

Mrs. Wilhelmina Lawrence President Women 's Missionary Society

Rev . James L. Davis President R.A.Y .C.

Mrs. Johanna Green Director Young People 's Division W.M.S.

Dr. B.L. McCormick President Connectional Counc il

Ms. Lola R. Gresham President Young People 's Division W.M.S.

Atty . P.A. Townsend President Judical Council

Mrs . Delores Williams Editor Women 's Missionary Magazine

Atty . Dovey Roundtree General Counsel AME Church

Mrs. Callie Harper Treasurer Women 's Missionary Society

Atty . Leroy Nesbitt Consultant Social Act ion

Dr. Rosa McCloud Baxter Director Promotion and Missionary Education

Mrs. Julma B. Crawford Admin istrator C.D.M.C.

Mrs. Octavia Dandridge Historiographer Women 's Missionary Society

Rev . William Ball , Jr. Publ ic Relations Consultant 4

Oklahoma City District

OKLAHOMA CITY DISTRICT

A VERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 North Kelham Avenue Oklahoma City , Oklahoma 73117

To The Bishops, General Officers , Women 's Missionary Society , Connectional Officers and all members of the A.M.E. Church and Friends: The pastor and members of Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church take pleasure in the opportunity to welcome you to the Twelfth and to our City. We wish for you a most enjoyable stay and if we can be of help, it will be our pleasure. We wish to express our gratitude to our distinguished Episcopal Leaders Bishop and Mrs. F.C. James for the opportunity to share in hosting this Summer Session of the Bishop's Council. We also congratulate Bishop James on his investiture as President of the Council of Bishops and pledge our continuous support.

Oklahoma City District

OKLAHOMA CITY DISTRICT Rev. L.B. Qu inn , Presid ing Elde r

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUNCIL

Reading from Left to Right: Bottom Row: Mrs. Leona Quinn Bro. Herb Greaves Rev. Earlene Morrow Rev . Nathaniel C. Irving Rev. B.Z. Lewis Rev . Mose Nettles Rev . Marcellus Fields

Top Row: Presiding Elder L.B. Quinn Rev. Blanton Bennett Rev. Harvey L. Prince Rev. C.T. Carrington Rev. Harold Davis Rev. J.D . Moulden Rev. David W. Gray

Not Pictured: Rev. Lonnie Johnson Pastor, Allen Chapel Rev. H.D . Edwards Pastor, Collins Community Rev. Forrest S. Hill Pastor, McKay-Davis

GREETINGS FROM THE TWELFTH DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE LEADERS BISHOP F.C. JAMES , HOST BISHOP MRS. T.G. JAMES, HOST SUPERVISOR ~ REV . N.C. IRVING, HOST PASTOR REV. E.E. DAVIS , SECRETARY

SOUVENIR BOOK Rev. W.C. Montague , Cha irman ~ Mr. George Ferguson , Co-Chairman Mrs. K. Vannessa Washington , Co-Chair. TRANSPORTATION Rev. LB. Qu inn , Chairman Rev. T.G . All en , Co-Chairman

HOSPITALITY Mrs. Ruby D. Ferguson , Chairman Mrs. Anna B. Graham , Co-Chairman Mrs. O.V. Roberts , Co-Chairman HOUSING Rev. N.C. Irvin Chairman Rev. R.K. Young , Co-Chairman

PUBLIC RELATIONS Mr. Cheste r Gibson , Chairman Rev. J.J. Brown , Co-Chairman MUSIC Mr. Herman Stevenson , Chairman Miss Kat herine Scott , Co-Chairman FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY Rev . Earlene Morrow, Chai rman Rev. Lonn ie Johnson, Co-Chairman

EPISCOPAL COURTESY CORPS Rev . Forrest Hil l, Chairman Rev. E.W. Dawkins , Co-Chairman Rev. Michael Wash ington, Co-Chairman BANQUET HOSTESS ~ Mrs. Ruby Fleming , Cha irma q Mrs. Flossie Haney Wa lker , Co-Cha irman Mrs. Rogen ie Alexander , Co-Cha irman COMMERCIAL CONTACT Mr. George Ferguson , Chairman Rev. G.E. West , Co-Chairman Bro. M.T. Goodwin, Co-Chairman

HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIAL GIFTS Mrs . Octavia Doug las , Chairman Mrs. Fann ie Clayton , Co-Chairman Rev. T.D . Alexander , Co-Chairman COORDINATION Rev. W.H. Hunte r, Cha irman Rev. B.S. Roberts, Co-Chairman Rev. C.V. Boyd , Co-Cha irman

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Presi dent John L. Ph illi ps , Cha irman Representat ive Freddie Will iams, Co-Chairman Bro. Casey Childs II , Co-Chairman

PAGEANT Mrs. Vjrgi nia Irving, Chajrrua.g Mrs. Martha Simpson , Co-Chairman GUIDANCE 12th District Presi ding Elders , Pastors and Lay Leaders

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MEMBER DENOMINATIONS African Method.. t Eplocopal Church Atrk:an Melhodlâ&#x20AC;¢t

OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES

Eplocopal Zion Churc h

WELCOMES

Am.,tcan Lutheran Churc h Anocia Uon of

THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS and

EYlngeUc al Lutheran

Chu rchn Ch ri stian Church (Dltc lplH ol Chriat )

Connectional Meetings convening in

Christian Methodist Eplacopal Church Church ol the Brethren

The R.everend Max E . Glenn Executive Director

Oklahoma City June 21-24, 1982

Cumber1and

PrHbytertan Church Greek Orthodox Church L

Church

In Amertca

Pretbyteri1n Church,

U.S . Sod ety of Friends The

CONGRATULATIONS TO The Right Reverend Frederick C. James Presiding Bishop Twel fth Episcopal District A frican-Methodist-Episcopal Church

Church The Roman Catholic Chu rch

as PR ESIDENT DESIGNATE

United Church of Chrta t United M1 thodl1t Church Unit ed Presbyterian Church In the U .S.A..

T he Oklahom a Co n fere nce of Chu rches apprecia tes the participation an d stro ng support of the A frica n-Methodist-Episco pal Churches in th e Ecum enical m in istry in Oklahoma .

Dr. James W. Rodgers President

Oklahoma Conference of Churches 7501 North wes t Expressway P. 0 . Box 22078 Oklahoma Cit y, Oklahoma 73123 405-722-3100 216

CONGRATULATIONS ...

to Bish op Frederick C . J a mes, ou r beloved Chairma n of th e T ru stee Board a nd

MANY THANKS ...

to th e me1nbers of the T welfth Episcopal District for you r terrific S u pport w hich h elped us gain Accreditation w ith th e North Cen tral Association of Colleges and Sch ools October 1981

THE SHORTER COLLEGE FAMILY Dr. J oh n L. Phillips Sr. , P residen t

"Quality Education in a Chris tian Atmosph ere" 10

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY SUNDAY -

JUNE 19,

BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION MEETING

JUNE 20 , 7:00 P.M.

WOMEN 'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY PROGRAM BALLROOM SHERATON CENTURY CENTER

MONDAY -

JUNE 21, 8:00 AM .

GOVERNOR'S MANSION HOST BISHOP'S BREAKFAST

MONDAY -

JUNE 21, 9:30 AM .

GENERAL BOARD DEVOTIONS AND COMMISSIONS MEETINGS SHERATON CENTURY CENTER

MONDAY -

JUNE 21, 9:00 P.M . . .

CANDIDATES PRAYER CAMPAIGN TESTIMONIAL FELLOWSHIP, AVERY AM.E. CHURCH

TUESDAY -

JUNE 22 , 7:30 A.M.

TWELFTH DISTRICT BREAKFAST HOLIDAY INN , DOWNTOWN

TUESDAY -

JUNE 22 , 8:00 A.M . .

ELEVENTH DISTRICT BREAKFAST SHERATON CENTURY

TUESDAY -

JUNE 22, 12: 00 NOON .

12TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT " FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY " AM .E. CHURCHES

TUESDAY -

JUNE 22 , 7:00 P.M . ..

1982 " A.M.E. HERITAGE BANQUET AND BISHOP 'S INVESTITURE SERVICE '' GREAT HALL, MYRIAD CONVENTION CENTER

WEDNESDAY -

JUNE 23, 8:00 A.M . .

SIXTH DISTRICT BREAKFAST SHERATON CENTURY CENTER

WEDNESDAY -

JUNE 23, 10:00 AM . .

BISHOP'S COUNCIL ANNUAL WORSHIP SERVICE BISHOP WILLIAM FRANKLIN BALL, SENIOR BISHOP, PRESIDING BISHOP VINTON RANDOLPH ANDERSON , PREACHING BISHOP FREDERICK CALHOUN JAMES, PRESIDENT BISHOP FRANK MADISON REID , JR ., SECRETARY . BISHOP FRANK CURTIS CUMMINGS , ASSISTANT SECRETARY MUSIC - TWELFTH DISTRICT MASS CHOIR

WEDNESDAY -

JUNE 23 , 3:00 P.M . .

" BISHOP'S CONNECTIONAL FORUM " TOPIC: " ACTIVE CONCERN FOR THE NEEDY " CIVIC MUSIC HALL PARTICIPANTS: BISHOPS, NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEADERS

WEDNESDAY -

JUNE 23 , 7:30 PM

CONNECTIONAL COUNCIL MEETING , DR. B.L. McCORMICK, PRESIDENT BALLROOM SHERATON CENTURY CENTER

WEDNESDAY -

JUNE 23 , 8:00 P.M.

OPENING SESSION , COUNCIL OF BISHOPS SHERATON CENTURY CENTER GREEN COUNTRY ROOM

THURSDAY -

JUNE 24, 6:30 A.M.

HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE SHERATON CENTURY CENTER

THURSDAY -

JUNE 24, 12:30 PM

BISHOP 'S COUNCIL " REPORT TO THE PEOPLE " SHERATON CENTURY CENTER BALLROOM

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH A

UAL SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS

WEDNESDAY, JU E 23, 1982 10:00 A.M.

CIVIC CE TER M SIC HALL Oklahoma Ci Cy Oklahoma Host District

THE TvVELFfH EPISCOPAL DISTRI T BISHOP FREDERICK CALHO JAMES, Host Bishop MRS. THERESSA GREGG J .MES, Host W.M.S. Supervisor REVERE D LEROY B. QUINN, Host Presiding Elder Â· ~VERE c'CD J\.THA1TIEL C. OFFICER OF THE COU CIL BI HOP WILLIM'I FR NKLI BALL, Senior Bishop BISHOP FREDERI K CALHO N JAMES, President BISHOP FR K M DISO R EID, JR. , ecretary BISHOP FRA K URTIS C ~au TGS, Assi tant ecretary

ORDER OF WOR HIP BI HOP WILLI M F. BALL, Presiding

ENIOR BISHOP

THE ORGA T PRF,T,T nF, THE PRO ESSIONAL PRAYER .... . ... .. . .... BISHOP HARRISON JAMES BRY A T THE PROCESS IO AL THE DOXOLOGY THE CALL TO WORSHIP . . . . .. . . . ... .. .... ... .. ... . . . BISHOP WILLIAM F. BALL T

Bishop:

I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet shall stand within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem.

People:

For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, then dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Bishop:

Because of the house of our God I will seek Thy good.

People:

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God .

Bishop:

Blessed arc they that dwell in Thy house, Lord, I have loYcd Thy habitation, the place where Thy honor dwelleth .

People:

For the Lord is in His Holy Temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Bishop:

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, 0 Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

People:

0 sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marYelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth and sing praises.

THE HYMN OF PRAISE . .. . ....... .. . . . .. . ..... ... .. BISHOP D. \V ARD :-XICHOLS "ALL HAIL THE POWER" (Tune: Diadem) A.~I.E. Hymnal ~o. 4 1. All Hai I the power of J csus' name!

Let angels prostrate fall, Let angel prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, and crown Him Lord of all.

2. Y c cho en seed of Israel's race, Ye ran omed from the fall, Ye ransomed from the fall; Hail Him ,vho saYc you by His grace, And crown Him, cro"Â·n Him, crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him Lord of all. 3. Sinners, whose loYc can ne'er forget The worm-wood and the gall, The worm-wood and the gall, Go, spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, and crown Him Lord of all.

4. Let every kindred, every tripe, On this terrestrial ball, On this terrestria l ball To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him Lord of all. 5. 0 that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall, We at His feet may fall! We'll join the everlasting song, And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him Lord of all. AME . THE INVOCATION . ..... ... ....... . ...... . ....... BISHOP ERNEST L. HICK.MA THE CHORAL RESPONSE . . .. . . "SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER" (A.M.E. Hymnal

o. 260)

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Fathers throne Make all my wants and wishes known, In seasons of distress and grief, My soul as often found relief, And oft escaped the tempter's snare, By thy return, sweet hour of prayer. AMEN. THE ANTHEM . ...... .... . . .. . . . . .... . ... .. ......... . . 12TH DISTRICT CHOIR THE OLD TEST AMENT SCRIPTURE ... ... ... . BISHOP HUBERT

ELSON ROBINSON

THE NEW TEST AMENT SCRIPTURE . ..... . ..... BISHOP HENRY WENDELL MURPH THE INTROIT TO THE DECALOGUE ... . .... . . "From All That Dwell Below The Skies" (Tune: Woodward) A .M.E. Hymnal No. 10 (Choir & Congregation) THE DECALOGUE . ... ... .... .. .... . . . ... . ... BISHOP HAROLD IRVIN BEARDEN THE GOSPEL SELECTION .. . ... . . . . .. ... . ....... . ..... . . 12TH DISTRICT CHOIR THE LIT ANY ON BEHALF OF THE NEEDY ........... BISHOP JOHN HURST ADAMS, BISHOPS AND CONGREGATIO Bishop John H. Adams:

Hear us here this day! ,,_ In the process of our worship we pause to affirm our steadfast commitment and concern for the needy in our midst.

Bishop John E. Hunter:

Eternal God, you are Father of us all.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Hunter :

Christ has redeemed us with his blood.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Hunter:

Man everywhere is brother to us.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop James H. Mayo:

Christ's ministry supported the weak in the midst of the strong.

Congrcga tion:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Mayo:

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Cornelius E. Thomas: God our Father is characterized by Love. Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today. Âˇ

Bishop Tho_mas:

The Christ who redeemed us died because He Loved us.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Rembert E. Stokes:

To be brother or sister to another, one ought release ones love.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Stokes:

The well fed should share with the hungry.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Donald G. Ming:

The powerful should share with the powerless.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop 1ing:

The rich should divide with the poor.

Congregation:

Lord, ,,Âˇc affirm this truth today.

Bishop Phillip R. Cousin:

Those who have should assist those who have not.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Cousin:

"Blessed is the nation whose God is The Lord."

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

Bishop Cousin:

Cursed is the Nation whose God is not the Lord.

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

All Bishops:

We of African Methodism must stand ,vith The

Congregation:

Lord, we affirm this truth today.

All: .

For inasmuch as we have done it unto the least of these, we have done it unto The Lord. AME~.

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THE OFFERING . . . . .. . ... . . . . .. .. ... .. . . ... . 12TH DISTRICT THE OFFERTORY SELECTIO

SHERS AND ALL

... .. .... . ... ... .. . .. .. . .. . 12TH DISTRICT CHOIR

THE OFFERTORY PRAYER . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. BISHOP FREDERICK HILBOR

TALBOT

THE OFFERTORY PRAYER RESPO SE ... "HEAR OUR PRAYER O LORD" ... CHOIR & ALL THE ACT OF PENITENCE . ... .. . BISHOP HOW ARD T. PRIMM Ar D CONGREGATIO Bishop:

Lord God a lmighty, forgive your Church

Congregation:

for its wealth among the poor, for its fear among the unjust, for its cowardice among the oppressed,

Bishop:

Forgive us, your children, for our lack of confidence in you,

Congregation:

for our lack of hope in your reign, for our lack of faith in your presence, for our lack of love in your mercy.

Bishop:

Restore us to your covenant with your people;

Congregation:

Bring us to true repentance; Teach us to accept the sacrifice of Christ; Make us strong with the comfort of your Holy Spirit.

Bishop & Congregation:

Break us where we misuse strength. lake us where we disabuse strength. Shame us when we choose ourselves. 1 ame us when we lose ourselves. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord . AMEN.

PRESE T ATIO r OF THE PREACHER . . ... . .. . BISHOP FREDERICK CALHOUN JAMES THE HYM.N OF PREPARATION . .. . . . .. .. . ... BISHOP S&'\fUEL SOLOMO "HOW GREAT THE WISDOM" (Tune: Cambridge) A .M.E. Hymnal 1. How great the wisdom , power and grace

Which in redemption shine! The heavenly host with joy confess The work is all divine.

2. Before his feet they cast their crowns, Those crowns which Jesus gave, And, with te n thousand thousand tongu es, Proclaim His powe r to save.

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3 . They tell the triumphs of His cross, The sufrrings which He bore, How low He stooped, how high He rose, And rose to stoop no more. 4. 0 iet th e m stiii the ir voices raise, And still their songs r e new ; Salvation we ll deserves the praise Of men and angels too. THE SER 1ON ... . ..... . ......... ... . . . BISHOP VINTO

RA DOLPH ANDERSON

THE LORD'S PRAYER (CHANTED) .... . .. . ... . ...... CHOIR AND CO TGREGATION THE L VI'I;A TIO TO CHRISTIAN' DISCIPLESHIP . . .. . ....... . .. . .. . BISHOP HAM 1ELL HARTFORD BROOKINS THE INVIT ATIO

HYMN . . . ... . . . ........ .. . .. ..... . . . . . A. 1.E. Hymnal ro. 340 "I'VE \V A i DERED FAR AW A Y FROM GOD"

1. I've wandered far away from God,

Now I'm coming home; The paths of sin too long I've trod, Lord, I'm coming home . Chorus: Coming home, coming home,. ever more to roam, Open wide Thine arms of love, Lord , I'm coming home.

2. I've wasted man y precious years, Now I'm coming home; I now repent with bitter tears, Lord, I'm coming home. 3 . I've tired of sin and straying, Lord Now I'm coming home; I'll trust Thy love, beli e ve Thy word, Lord, I'm coming home. 4. My soul is sick, my heart is sore, Now I'm coming home; My strength renew, my hope restore, Lord, I'm coming home. THE ANNOUNCE ffiNTS & ACKNOWLEDGEl\ffi TTS ... . .... . . . .. . ..... BISHOP FRANK MADISO, REID, JR. THE APOSTLES' CREED ..... .. BISHOP FR

rK CURTIS CUMMINGS & CONGREGATION

/1tJ. THE APOSTLES' CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He arose from the dead, He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, The Church Universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. AMEN.

THE DOXOLOGY THE CLOSll'JG PRAYER & BENEDICTION . .... BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN HILDEBRAND THE RECESSIO TAL THE ORGAN POSTLUDE BISHOPS OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CH RCH BISHOP WILLIAM FRA KLI1 BALL BISHOP HAROLD IR WIN BEARDE BISHOP HUBERT NELSON ROBINSO BISHOP HENRY WENDELL MURPH BISHOP JOHN HURST ADAMS BISHOP RICHARD ALLE HILDEBRAND BISHOP SAMUEL SOLOMO TMORRIS, JR. BISHOP FREDERICK HILBOR TALBOT BISHOP HAMMELL HARTFORD BROOKINS BISHOP VINTON RA TDOLPH ANDERSO BISHOP FREDERICK CALHOU JAMES BISHOP FRANK MADISON REID, JR. BISHOP FRANK CURTIS CUMMINGS BISHOP PHILIP ROBERT COUSI BISHOP DONALD GEORGE MING BISHOP REMBERT EDWARDS STOKES BISHOP COR ELIUS EGBERT THOMAS BISHOP JAMES HASKELL MA YO BISHOP JOHN ELSWORTH HUNTER RETIRED BISHOP BISHOP BISHOP BISHOP BISHOP

DECATUR WARD ICHOLS HOW ARD THOMAS PRIMM ERNEST LA WREN CE HICKMAN ODIE LEE SHERMAN HARRISON JAMES BR YA T

Oklahoma C ity District

ALLEN CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES From " THE CHURCH WITH A TASK AND A VISION "

.... .A task without a vision is a drudgery. A vision without a task is a dream ... A task with a vision is victory .. ...

Dr . Lonn ie John son

Mrs. Grac e John son

Allen Chape l African Methodis1 Episcopal Church 1400 Northeast 13th Stree t Oklahoma City, Oklahom a 73107 Dr . Lonnie :J ohnson, Pastor Telephone (405) 424-6625

Mr. Chester Gipson, Secretary

Mr. Arthur Chandler , Treasurer Mrs. Jauqu1n Crawford , Pastor's Secretary

Oklahoma City District

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO THE BISHOPS COUNCIL

E_ Cti u(c f:i1 -

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Lawton District

GREETINGS TO THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS AND THE GENERAL BOARD

ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH 928 S . S he pha rd C hi c kasha, Oklaho ma BI~O . Ci\ SEY CIIILDS , II , Pastor

DA VIS CHAP EL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

1816 Monroe Ave nue

LAWTON , OKLAHOMA 73501

{405) 355-5249

REV. PA TRICK H. JONES JR., Pastor

In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths: Proverbs 3:16 " God Our Father

Christ Our Redeemer

Man Our Brother"

Lawton District

ST. MARK A.M.E. CHURCH BEST WISH ES FOR A SUCCESSFUL BISFIOPS COUNCIL FROM ST. MARK A. M.E . CH URCH P.O. Box 412 Kingfisher , Oklahoma 73750

REV. PAUL G . PRIM , PASTOR

ST . MA RK A.M.E. CII RCII

"HOME OF GIDEONS 300~ Prayer Outreach Minis try

Oklahoma City District

Welcome To The Bishops Council

TO THE COUNCIL OF BISHOP'S AND THE GENERAL A.M.E. CHURCH, WELCOME TO OKLAHOMA!

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Bishop & Mrs . F.C. James , Leaders of the Mighty 12th Episcopal District.

COL-L INS COMMUNITY A .M .E. CHURCH

family,

From the Sherman Chapel A.M.E. Church 12500 N .C. 50th Spencer , Oklahoma

"EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY" Rev. H.C. Davis, Pastor Mrs. Diana Freeman, Secretary Mrs. Marie Sherman, Treasurer

Rev. Henry D. Edwards, Pastor

A Hearty Welcome to all Bishops

Congratulations To The Bishops Council From Rev. and Mrs. David W. Gray, Officers and Members of ~obinson Chapel A .M.~ - hurch.

f;l,~y. & Mrs. Mose Nettles We welcome you from

St. Peters A.M.E. Church " An oasis in a barren land. "

Purcell , OK

Oklahoma City District

Compliments Of

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN OUR

l. J ames

Afri can Method ist Episcopal Chu rch 104 E. 6th Street

First Bishops Council Meeting

ARACDIA, OK

MT. TRUIMPH A .M.E. CHURCH 3901 Lennox Street Spencer , Oklahoma

" And the rain descended , and the floods came and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a ROCK ."

Rev. Blanton Bennett, Pastor

St . Matthew 7:25

Rev. Harvey L. Prince, Pastor

METROPOLITAN A.M .E. CHURCH

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BISIIOP

AND M R . F. . J MES

WELCOMES THE BISHOPS COUNCIL

B st Wishes To All Who Attend The Bishop Counci l FRO~! TIIE GATE OF IIEA \ ' E:-.:: T II E STE\\' A lms, T l~ STEE A:-.:D ALL T l I E ~IDIBERS OF BETI IEL AFRICA:-.: ~IETIIOl)(ST EPISCOPAL CI lllf~C I I. CI I A:'\DLE I~, OI<LAI 10:'> I i\

Rev. Jesse Dan iel Mou lden , Pastor

Rev. B.Z. Lewis Pastor

Oklahoma City District

OMPLIME T

HAVE A GREAT BISHOPS COUNCIL FROM THE BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH FAMILY 519 S. Union Shawnee, Oklahoma

MID-DEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 8211 N.E. 10th Street Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110

REV. MARCELLUS FIELDS, Pastor "BUILDING ON FAITH"

Rev. Earlene Morrow, Pastor and members

Mckay - Davis A.M.E . Church 928 N.E. 4th 232-2705 OKLAHOMA CITY , OKLA. 73104 Forrest S. Hill , Pastor Bro. Herbert G. (Herb) Greaves & Sis . Christine Byrd , Associates

Lawton District

My Very Best Wishes and Congratulations from

REV. W.H. HOLT, Presiding Elder

Presiding Elder William H. Holt, Pastors and Layman of the Lawton District a member of the Oklahoma Annual Conference We wish to extend out cordial and obliging welcome to all of the Bishops , General Officers , Missionary women , Presiding Elders , Pastors and layman that make up this Great Bishop'-touncil. We wish to thank you for selecting our state for host of this high and Holy Council. Again we say Congratulations. We the members of the 12th Episcopal District are very happy to have the honor of serving under the great and holy leadership of Bishop Fredrick C. James and Mrs. James. We join 100% with them in making this council the greatest the church has ever known .

Presiding Elder

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Rev . William H. Holt Lawton District 20

Lawton District

REV . E.E. DAVIS

GREETINGS AND FELICITATIONS TO THE

1982

SESSION OF THE BISHOP'S COUNCIL GENERAL BOARD WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY CONNECTIONAL COUNCIL and "A SP ECIAL SAL UT E" to our Bish op Frederick Calhoun J ames and Mrs. Theressa G. J a mes Leaders of th e Magnificien t 12th Episcopal District Barnett Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church 3421 Abilene Drive Lawton , Oklahoma 73501 " Everybody is Somebody"

Rev. Edward Davis , Minister Office: 355-6326 21

Lawton District

WELCOME

AND BEST WISHES TO THE BISHOPS COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

~EV'r R:C. JENKINS

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Church Membership FROM THE PASTOW?iJJD Â·MEMBERS OF GRANT CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH

REV. R.C. JENKINS , PASTOR

SIS . ANNA M . JENKINS, EVANGELIST

BRO . R. BEMBREY HEAD STEWARD & TREASURER

BRO. A. HOLMES CHAIR. TRUSTEES

SIS. L. TUCKER , PRES . SfEWARDESS

SIS . MARY SCREEN PRES . CHOIR

SIS . L. BEMBREY PRES. ALNEDA STORY WMS .

SIS. MABLE BRADLEY , PRES . LAYMEN

SIS . M. SCREEN , SUPT. SUNDAY SCHOOL

BRO . LEROY STEWART, PRES . USHERS

SIS . B. ENGLISH , PRES . PASTOR 'S AIDE

SIS. M. SCREEN , Y.P.D. DIRECTOR

STEWARD BOARD MEMBERS:

TRUSTEE BOARD MEMBERS :

BRO . B. PHILLIPS

BRO . CHARLES BOUYE

SIS . FAYE ANDERSON

BRO . LEROY STEWART SIS . MARY LEE BRO . B.C. BRADSHAW

SIS ANNIE L. BEMBREY , SECRETARY

Lawton District

ST.JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH Hennessey, Oklahoma

WELCOME AND MAY YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BISHOPS COUNCIL MEETING MEMBERS Bro. John Cole, Sr. Bro . John A. Cole Sis . Fannie B. Cole Sis . Lillie Cole Sis. Kathryn Prim Sis. Rubie James Sis . Beve rly Greenhoward Sis . Myrtle Jackson Sis . Gloria Cole Sis. Tracey Cole

Lawton District

SALTBRS CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH Rev. A .D. Moore, Pastor

WELCOME TO THE SUMMER SESSION OF 1982 BISHOPS COU CIL " MAY GOD BLESS "

Tulsa District

Greetings and Cong ratulat ions From the Tulsa District Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church In t hese c ha nging ti mes, it's t he li ttle t hin gs we do and say t ha t mea ns so muc h as we go our way . T h a t kind ly deed ca n lift a load from weary s houl de rs o n t he road . O r a ge ntl e wo rd like a s umm e r rain may soot he s o me h ea rt a nd banis h pain . What j oy o r so rrow ofte n sprin gs fro m j us t th e s im ple li ttl e t hings .

Rev. E.D . Miller Presiding Elder Tulsa District

Mrs. Gertrude Mill er Supervisor T.O.L.A. Tulsa District

S ince re ly Re v. E .D . Mille r Pres id ing E lde r PASTORS OF I ULSA DISTRICT

Rev. E.W. Dawkins Rev. S.S. Roberts Rev. A.L. Williams Rev. Calvin Brown Rev. E.M. Jackson

Rev. Johnnie Jones Rev. Gerald Davis Rev. Norvell Morris Rev. Millon Goodwin Rev. C.N. Moore, Jr.

Rev. James Walton Rev. Hugh Bennett Rev. E.W. Perry Rev. Joe W. Robinson Rev. Pollie Wallace

Rev . J.C. Williams Rev. Lar ry Watson Rev. C.V. Boyd, Jr. Rev Reuben Simmons Evangelist R.B. McDaniel

COMPLIME T FROM REV. JAMES WALTO A D MEMBERS OF CAMP CHAPEL A .M.E. CHURCH TO TI-IE BISHOPS COU CIL I

GREETINGS WE HA VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH, REV.JAMES WALTON, P ASTOR 29

Tulsa District

GREETINGS from

VERNON AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 307 - 311 N. Greenwood Ave. Tulsa , Oklahoma 74120

Vernon A.M .E. Church

For seventy-six (76) years Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a citadel of Christian service in the community. All through these years, the members have had a hunger for righteousness and an insatiable yearning for truth and freedom . They have dedicated themselves to right conduct , high motive , and Christian service - lest they dishonor their heritage . Remembering their heritage , the membership moves forward with faith under the leadership of Rev. and Mrs . E.W. Dawkins , pastor .

Mrs. Ida Dawkins and Rev. E.W. Dawk ins

Tulsa District

GREETINGS! To the Summer Session of the Bishop's Council, General Board, Connectional Council of the A .M.E . Church

,.,D,r. & Mrs. B.S. Roberts 32 years of progress at Greater St . John A.M .E.

Candidate for 1984 - You know him - Support him. Seven day a week s uccessful service. Presch ool Learning Cen ter. Referral servi ce to th e communi ty. Christia n Education Program-training from infan t th rough golde n age.

Rev. Pollie Wallace Associate Pastor Director Christian Education

Tulsa District

REV. & MRS. J.C. WILLAMS 337 E. 36th Street North Tulsa , Oklahoma 74106 Phone 918-1-425-8689

Visitors ' Chapel A.M.E. Church Nowata , Oklahoma

Tulsa District

"GREETINGS"

PASTOR REV. LARRY B. WATSON & MEMBERS OF COOPER CHAPEL A.M.E . CHURCH , BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA

GOD OUR FATHER-CHRIST OUR REDEEMER-MAN OUR BROTHER

DERRICK CHAPEL A .M.E . CHURCH 108 S. Mosier Pawhaska, Oklaho ma Sunday School 9:30 A M.

ReY. C. N. Moore , Jr., Pastor

Morning Worship 11 :00 A M. Prayer Meeting Wed , 7:30 P.M.

Tulsa District

ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH ST PAU' AM E CHURCH s A l W:LUAt.ts PAS TOR S WORSH BIBL TUOY WED S PRAYER SERV WEDS

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE SPRING SESSION OF TH E COUNCIL OF BISHOPS, OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

â&#x20AC;¢ PASTOR & W IFE Reverend and Mrs . A.L . Williams

STEWARD BOARD (Left to Right): M r. A.B . Ballard ; Ms. Warnetta Barnett , Presi dent ; Rev . A. L. W ill iams ; M rs . Myrtle Dokes ; Mr. Burford Nash ; Mr. Richard Jefferson ; M rs . Naom i Ray , (not shown)

Tulsa District

GREETINGS TO THE BISHOPS COUNCIL 1982 from BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH Claremore OKLAHOMA

REV. CALVIN BROWN, PASTOR REV. & MRS. CALVIN BROWN

Bethel A .M. E. Church

Rev . and Mrs . E .M . J ack son

Rev. E .M. Jackson is Pas tor Be thel A .M.E . Ch urch Bartlesville, Oklahoma T he C hurc h is ta kin g o n ne w life membe rs h ip is steadl y in c reas ing, th e incl eb tn ess o n t h e ne w C hurc h is be ing ke p t c urre nt. Th e 12t he Ep iscopa l Distric t is b lessed wi t h t he lead e rs hip of Bis ho p a nd ;\! rs . Thresse G regg J a mes. 39

Tulsa District

CLEARVIEW CIRCUIT Re v . Joe W. Roberson, Pastor

TYREE A M E CHURCH Stewards • J P Owens Ardell W1kens Trustee Board - V1v1an H Owens President of Stewardess Board & Sunday School Supt & C1rcui1 Sec V,vtan H Owens Emogene Bruton - Sec of Church & Missionary President

GRANT CHAPEL AME CHURCH

Stewards - Ed W1lhams. Wallace Coleman. Johnnie Coleman. Missionary Pres Ester Copeland. S S Supt & Church Clerk

WA LKER CHAPEL Trustee Pres Dorothy Slaughter Ophyler Slaughter M issionary Pres Nellte Fields. S S Supt• Bea1r1ce Sam1lton Church Clerk

ST. JOHN A.M.E. CHURCH

201 North Ocheese Wewoka , Oklahoma REV . HUGH D. BENNETT, PASTOR St . John A.M.E. Church was born in 1902, in a tent, and pastored by a Rev . Nelson . From 1903 until 1910, the Church was housed in a one room box house on the present site . In 1910, a new frame Church was started by Rev. J.S. Smith, who pa stored for four years Rev. W.C. Watt s followed Rev. Smith and completed the Church . The frame Church was replaced by a brick structure in 1930, and pastored by Rev. McGenni s. In 1953, Rev. G.W . Pointer served as pastor, Presiding Elder and builder , and erected the present Church . Watts Fellowship Hall was added in 1960 under the pastorate of Rev. L.E . Winrow . The beautiful structure se rves as a monument to all who have labored in the service of Christ , and is an inspiration for future generations .

Muskogee District

W~ CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH 7th and Cherokee McAlester, Oklahoma 74501

A BRIEF HISTORY OF WARD CHAPEL CHURCH Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has a colorful beginning; In the year of 1894 Bishop Henery McNeil Turner and Harris Ordaine Rev. Morris in the Annual Conference held in Gurthie Indian Territory. His first appointment was at Ardmore Indian Territory, where he built a church and membership; In 1895 the Annual Conference was held in Vinita Indian Territory, Bishop Henery McNeil Turner gave Rev. Morris his appointment to McAlester Indian Territory. When he arrived he found a small building located outside the city limits at what is now 10th & Carl Albert Parkway. The Church membership was very small but loyal; Rev. Morris was reassigned to McAlester in 1886 and was requested to bu ild a new Church and be ready to entertain the Annual Conference in November the next year 1897. They chose the present location at 7th and Cherokee. The lot and material to build the Church cost $306.00 and was the first brick church built in Indian Territory and the state of Oklahoma; by any Denomination; The Church was rebuilt in 1925 and that building lasted till the year of 69-70. The New Church was built in the year of 1970 under the leadership of REV. M.C. JOHNSON : Our present Pastor REV. M.E. GRIFFIN has been with us for 10 years.

MAY GOD BLESS Tl lE 1982 BISI !OPS COU :X CIL PASTOR A;--..:D l\IEl\IBERS OF \\' tV{D CH APEL A.l\l.E. CIIURCII McALESTER OKLAIIOl\lA , REV . l\1.E. GRIFFIN PASTO Officers Of Ward Cnapel A.M.E. Church STEWARDS: E.W. R berts , Joe Harris, P.M. Moore, Wilma Green and L.A. Austin. TRUSTEES: C. Butler, T.C. Johnson, V.V. Palmer, Larcell Ellis, Billie lloway W.B. Boxley and James Olden . CHURCH SECRETARY Celestine Roberts. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FL Johnson. FINANCIAL SECRETARY: RA Jones. CHURCH TREASURER Clifford Butler. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD E.W. Roberts , F.L. Johnson, Wilma Green, James Olden , Ellen Bacy and L.A. Austin . STEWARDESSES: Ellen Bacy, Pres. Mammie Moore, Pres. (Board 3). SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: E.W. Roberts. MISSION RUBY STRONG UNIT: J.L. Porter, Pres. GENERAL MISSION : C. Roberts, Pres. LENA HINDS UNIT: L.A. Austin, Pres. LAY PRESIDENT: Clifford Butler. USHER BOARD Larcell Ellis. Y.PD .: Lois Ph ifer. ALLEN STARS: Wilma Green.

Muskogee District

GREETINGS:

TO THE BISHOP'S CONNECTIONAL COUNCIL - 1982 FLIPPER CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH Taft, Oklahoma Rev. & Mrs. C.L. Avery - The Flipper Chapel Church Family Mary E. Russell , Secretary - Gertrude Morgan, Treasurer

REV. CL AVERY

MRS. AVERY

FLIPPER CHAPEL A. M.E. CHURCH

GREETING TO THE 1982 BISHOPS COUNCIL

WHARTON CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH -

RED BIRD, OKLAHOMA 74458

Erected 73 Years Ago.

PASTOR , REV. MRS . ROSIE PAYNE & M R. PAYNE

CHU RCH MEMBERSHIP: (Left to Right) Rev. Rosie Payne, Bro . C.P. Payne (absent). Sis. Mavie Jenkins-Treasurer . SECOND ROW: Sis . Hattie McHenry-Stewardess. TOP RIGHT: Bro . Clint Nenter-Steward , Sis. Dorothy Newter-Church Clerk, Sis . L. Mc Henry-Asst. Sunday School Supt. , Sis. Shron Carter-Sunday School Supt. and Y.P.D. Leader , Bro . Armstead McHenry-Trustee , Bro . E. ScuabaughPresident of Usher Board., Sis. Shirley McHenry-Choir President.

Fort Smith District

GREETINGS QUINN CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH Ft. Smith, Arkansas

REV . TILFORD C. OWENS Pastor We walk by faith , not by sight. -2 Corinthians 5: 7

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Fort Smith District

BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL BISHOP'S COUNCIL FROM THE FORT SMITH DISTRICT A.M.E. CHURCH Dr. G. Edward West, D.D. Presiding Elder

Ja mes: Left to Righ t: Ministers & Wive First Row - (Seated): Mrs . H . Jus tice , Rev. Mrs . Cora Allen, Mrs. T .C. Owens, Mrs. Mich ael Washington . Second Row - Rev. F,J. Hunt, Mrs. Walter Wilson , Rev. Walter Wilson , Rev. Cleo McKinney, Dr. G. Edward West, Mrs. G . E dward West, Mrs. A.V. Ootsey, Mrs. J .H . P erry, Rev . J .H . P erry. T h ird Row - Rev. T .C. Owe ns , Rev. Michael Washington , Rev. H . Jus tice , Rev. G. W. West, Mrs. G. W . West, Rev. A.V. Ootsey , Mrs. Leon Davis, Rev. Leon Davis.

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Little Rock District

BIG BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH -

LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

NORTH VIEW To The Bishops, General Officers, members of The Connectional Council , Connectional Women 's Missionary Society, Presiding Elders ' Council , General Board , Pastors and Laymen of the Church - Greetings and felicitations from the officers and members of Big Bethel A.M.E. Church , Little Rock , Arkansas , Rufus King Young , Sr. , Pastor. Founded in 1863 , it is the birthplace of The Arkansas Annual Conference, of Shorter College , of the first Conference Branch Women Missionary Society in the state , and of The First Allen Christian Endeavor League (Fellowship) in the state. The following persons have served as Bishops: JAMES SHORTER 1868-1872 J.M. BROWN 1872-1876 T.M.D. WARD 1876-1880 H.M. TURNER 1880-1884 T.M .D. WARD 1884-1888 R.R. DISNEY 1888-1890 B.T. TANNER 1890-1892 B.W. ARNETT 1892-1894 H.M. TURNER 1894-1896 W.B. DERRICK 1896-1900 EVANS TYREE 1900-1904

B.F. LEE 1904-1908 J.S. FLIPPER 1908-1912 W.D. CH AP PELLE 1912-1916 J.M . CONNOR 1916-1920 I.N. ROSS 1920-1927 R.C. RANSON 1927-1928 W.T. VERNON 1928-1932 G.B. YOUNG 1932-1934 S.L. GREENE 1934-1936 H.Y. TOOKES 1936-1939 J.A. GREGG 1939-1940 E.J. HOWARD 1940-1941

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G.E. CURRY 1941-1945 G.W. BABER 1945-1948 W.A. FOUNTAIN 1948-1951 R.R. WRIGHT -1951 W.R. WILKES 1951-1956 S.L. GREENE 1956-1957 O.L. SHERMAN 1957-1962 JOHN D. BRIGHT 1962-1964 G.N. COLLINS 1964-1968 D. WARD NICHOLS 1968-1972 S.S. MORRIS, JR . 1972-1976 F.C. JAMES 1976-Present

Little Rock District

GREETINGS TO THE BISHOP'S COUNCIL FROM THE LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT

FRONT ROW: Left to Right - Mrs. Marlene Smith, Mrs. Wyoma Settles, Rev. Gloria Suggs, Sister Pamela Smith , Rev. BA McGu ire, Mrs. Elmira Brown , Mrs. Gertie Brannon , Mrs. Phyllis Lamb, Mrs. Freda Murdoch , Mrs. Alice Altheimer, Rev. Marcia Stewart, Mrs. Rosie L. Johnson. MIDDLE ROW: Left to Right - Rev. J.J. Brown, Mr. Aaron Higgs, Rev. B.C. Altheimer, Rev. Charles Hill, Mrs. Lily Hill, Mrs. Lillian Green , Mrs. J.L. W illiams, Mrs. Alverta Hodges, Rev. Eugene Brannon , Rev. T.B. Lamb, Rev. Plez Murdoch , Rev. Hezikiah Stewart, Rev. George Bell, Mr. Jesse Snow, Rev. R.K. Young . REAR ROW: Left to Right - Rev. John Grissom, Bro. Vernon Shack, Rev. Charles Cleaver, Mr. L.N. Smith , Rev. Frederick Hunt, Bro. Robert Torrence , Dr . Thomas Slater, Rev. James McGuire. Presiding Elder: Rev. J.J. Brown

First Lady of the District: Mrs. Elmira Brown

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Little Rock District

H .C. BEASLEY 1909-1910 J.M . CONNOR 1910-1912 V.M. TOWNSEND 1912-1914 WM . WINSTON 1914-1916 V.M . TOWNSEND 1916-1922 J.D . DENNIS 1922-1926 S.L . GREENE 1926-1928 W.T. ESKRIDGE 1928-1930 O.L. MOODY 1930-1934 J.W. STINSON 1934-1936 L.C. FISHER 1936-1937 FA ROUNDTREE 1937-1938 G. WAYMON BLAKELY , SR . 1938-1939 L.C. FISHER 1939-1940 L.S. OVERALL 1940-1942 G.B. ASHFORD 1942-1945 V.M . TOWNSEND 1945-1953 D.L. BLAIR 1953-1964 Z.Z. DRYVER 1964-1965 (6 mo.) R.K. YOUNG -1965 (6 mo.) D.L. BLAIR 1965-1972 W .B. BANKS 1972-1976 J.M. WATKINS 1976-1981 J.J. BROWN 1981-Present

The following persons have served us as pastors : NATHAN WARREN 1866-1867 PETER DOUGHTY -1867 NATHAN WARREN 1867-1868 HAGAN GREEN 1868-1870 J.T. JENIFFER 1870-1875 A.H. NEWTON 1875-1876 J.T. JENIFFER 1876-1881 W .A.J. PHILLIPS 1881 -1885 J.P. HOWARD 1885-1888 P.W . WADE 1888-1892 T.H. JACKSON 1892-1895 J.M . CONNOR 1895-1900 J.L. WATKINS 1900-1904 H .C. BEASLEY 1904-1909 J.O. IVERSON 1909-1912 A.H . HILL 1912-1916 S.L . GREENE 1916-1918 J.M.B. MICHELLE 1918-1923 G.B. ASHFORD 1923-1928 J.N. CAMPBELL 1928-1937 A.O. WILSON 1937-1938 J.N. CAMPBELL 1938-1939 G. WAYMON BLAKELY , SR . 1939-1944 G.B. ASHFORD 1944-1945 G. WAYMON BLAKELY , SR . 1945-1953 RUFUS KING YOUNG , SR . 1953-Present

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MINISTERIAL STAFF RT. REV . FREDERICK C. JAMES Presiding Bis hop REV . J.J. BROWN Presiding Elder RUFUS KING YOUNG , SR . Pastor REV . GEORGE BELL Sic k, Shut-in & Heal ing Minis te r REV . MRS. ORA BUNCH Ch ild Evangel ism Min iste r REV . MISS MARLA COULTER Youth Mot ivational & Cou nse ll ing Minister REV. MRS. DIANE BURL Youth Ou treach & Counselling Minister SIS . MARY FRANCES MITCHELL Tutorial Minister BRO . FELTON GRANT, JR . Licent iate BRO . CECIL BROOKS Licentiate OFFICIAL STAFF MRS. C. DELOIS COCHRAN Sec reta ry-Bookkeepe r MRS. LORRAINE H. JORDAN Secretary Officia l Board MR. B.H. DOZZELL Treasurer Officia l Board MRS. WINIFRED M . WHITFIELD Secretary Steward Board MR . JERRY CARMICHAEL Treasurer Steward Board MR . HARRY MOORE Holy Steward MR. B.H. DOZZELL Pastor ' s Steward MRS. VICTORIA C. SIMMS Specia l Treasurer Steward Board MR . JAMES 0 . ISUM Sec retary Tru stee Board MR . JA HILL Treasurer Tru stee Board MRS. GERTRUDE J. DAVIS Spec ial Trustee Board MR. L.W . JORDAN Cap i ta l Improvement F u nd Treasure r

Little Rock District

BIG BETHAL A.M.E. CHURCH, LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

SOUTH VIEW The following persons have served us as Presiding Elders: HOGAN GREEN 1868-1871 L.F. CARTER 1871-1873 J.FA SISSON 1873-1876 GRANVILLE RYLES 1876-1881

J.C. JONES 1881-1883 JAM ES PORTER 1883-1885 F. CAROLINA 1855-1889 WAJ . PHILLIPS 1889-1891

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J.M. MURCHISON 1891-1895 P.W. WADE 1895-1900 AA WILLIAMS 1900-1904 WAJ . PHILLIPS 1904-1909

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CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUNCIL

BISHOP AND MRS. FREDERICK CALHOUN JAMES From The 12TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT LAY ORGANIZATION OFFICERS Rucker E. Clayton - President Delosha Walker - 1st Vice-President Esther Lee Hicks - 2nd Vice-President Edward W. Roberts - 3rd Vice-President Cleora V. Keaton - Secretary Ollie M. Weaver - Assistant Secretary Fran B. Brunson - Compilation/Corresponding Secretary Thelmon Thrower - Treasurer Herman Mitchell - Chaplain Lamar Jones - Parliamentarian Addie D. Brown - Director of Lay Activities Herman Guy - Director of Public Relations Octavia H. Douglas - Historiographer Elnora Riley - Organist Rosetta Stroud - Arts & Crafts ~ George Fergerson - President Emeritus

CON FERENCE PRESIDENTS

"3t Albert Yarbough

Oklahoma Fannie Clayton Central North-East Oklahoma Arkansas Evelyn Kenderick Norene Smith East-North-East Arkansas Central Arkansas Themom Thrower West Arkansas Curtis Jones South Arkansas Lamar Jones

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FLOSSIE WALKER, Preside nt DORIS PETTIGREW, Rec . Sec . LORRAINEJORDAN, Ass t. Rec . Sec . RUBY D. FERGUSON, Cor. Sec. AGNES II UNTER , IIis t ./SLa t. VIRGli'xIA ROBINSON, PME Dir.

CARRIE BECKNER, 1st Vi ce JA UQUIN CRAWFORD, 2nd Vice MABLE WATKINS, Treasure r WILLA B. BLACK, Par!. ELNORA RILEY, Worship Dir. MARTHA SIMPSON , YPD Dir .

COMMITTEE CHAl.KPERSONS

PEARL IIILL , Csr O.M. WEAVER, B/ F Es t. OLA BLAIR, Nom . BERNICE GARDNER, H-S Sch . ALDRE AVERY, T-T Me m. LEOLA QUL N, C. Arts MENTORIE MONT AG UE , I 1-S Life Me mbe rship WAR.i"'\TJTIT A BAR.i'\TETT, Constitution & By-Laws PHYLLIS LAMB , RSBW BERETIIA JAMISON, M & R LORETT A JENNINGS, AG . FANNIE III LL, SM NORA HAMPTON BIRDIE BOYD l''lARY SQUARE

CONNECTION AL CHAIRPERSONS

ROG ENIA B. AL EXAND E R OTTIV E V. RO BE RTS

CONFERENCE BRANCH PRESIDENTS

D E LOSII A \\' ALKE R RUB YE C. FLEMING LOIS M. l\lEEKI:'\S RUTT I l'-I ORPIIIS A. BUR:'\ ETT GRAI IAl'-1 RUBY B. T ALB E RT GERTIE BRANN O N TIIER ESSA GREGG .JAl\l ES , SU PE RVISOR 166

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES

FROM

THE

DEPARTMENT MINIMUM SALARY EZRA M. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR

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Greetings Fron1 Across The Connection

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T\\"ELITH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT

CENTRAL NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE LAYMEN'S ORGANIZATION

Rt. Rev . Fred rick C. James M rs. Robert L. Clayton (Fann ie) M r. Edwards Roberts M rs . Idel la Blackwe ll M rs . Nemona Ray

Pres id ing Bishop Co nfe rence Lay President First Vice-P resi dent Secon d Vice-P resi dent Third Vice-P resi dent

M rs . Cleora Keaton M rs . Helen Emerson M rs . Mary H. Reed M rs . Elnora Crenshaw M rs . Myrtle Doakes M rs. Joyce Gr iff in M rs. A ldra Avery M rs . Para lee Co leman M rs. Martha Jackson M rs . Ott ive Roberts Mrs . Dorotha Alexander (Fann ie) Mrs . Rosetta Stroud (Pres iden t) Mrs . Elnora Ril ey

)Irs . Dclos ha \Yalkc r )Irs . E lnora Cren s haw

Secret a ry A ssist ant Secretary Corres pon d ing Secretary Treasurer Financia l Secretary Chap lain Assist . Chaplain D irector of Lay Activ ities Pub li c Relat ions Par li amentar ian H istor iographer Arts and Crafts D irectress & Organ ist

BO.-\RD OF .-\DYISORS )Irs . Cle ora K e aton 168

)Irs . .-\nna .-\nde rs on )!rs . Cl estin Robe rt s

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BEST WISHES

"THE MAGNIFICENT TWELFTH" YOUNG PEOP LE 'S AND CHI LDREN 'S DIVIS ION Of The WOM EN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Rt. Rev. F .C. J a mes - Presiding Bish op Mrs . Theressa G. J a mes - Episcopal WMS Supervisor Mrs. Flossie C. Wa lker - E piscopal WMS P residen t Mrs. Martha F. Simpson - Episcopal YPD Director

1981 - 1983 Officers Presiden t - Ani ta M. E lliott F irst Vice P resident - Angel P erkins Second Vice P reside n t - Ir is Renee Duck worth Recording Secretary - Margueri te Murray Asst. Recording Secretary - Cha nel Ba nkston Communications Secretary - Terri Wilhi te F ina ncial Secretary - Mau rice Willia ms Statistical Secretary - Pa mela H ay nes P arlia me n taria n - G regori ta E merson Historia n - Cornelia Graves Worship Leader - Rick y Ba nks

Conference Direct ors i< ah~n1a* . ru.feren ce - Mrs·. · i'rginia H. Irving

Cen tral ort h east Oklahoma Conference - Mrs . H elen E merson East North east Arkansas Conference - Mrs . Rose McGee Cen tral Arkansas Conference - Mrs . Doroth y P e nix Sou th A rkansas Conference - Mrs . Betty A. Willia ms West Arka nsas Conference - Miss Evelyn Pa rker Arka nsas Conference - Mrs. Alice W . Altheimer

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"THE COUNTDOWN"

The First 195 Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

St. George' s M.E. Chu rch

1787 Bishop' s Council - OKC ,OK

Bishop's Counc il Kingston , Jamaica

1856

1978

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Wil berforce Univ.

RICHARD ALLEN

FOUNDER

African Methodist Episcopal Church

for quality education in South Caro lina

1907 j

Shorter College

Oklanoma AME C c etet><ate s

Statehood

"A HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY DRAMA" The Great Hall

MYRIAD CONVENTION CENTER Oklahoma City, Oklahoma June 22 1982

Presented by;

The Oklahoma Conference and the 12th Episcopal District Y.P.D.

Presented at

The Bishops Council

Documentary Outline written by:

The Right Reverend F.C. James Presiding Bishop

of the 12th Episcopal District

AN A.ffi.E. WltNEj$ ACR~S$ 195 gEAR.$ " A IIISt(!)RUAJ: D(!)CJ.lffiENtARY DRAillA"

(the first six antl one-half generations)

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by the 0klahnma Conference ano the 12th Episcopal District g.P . D. ano ao ult supportcrs .

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Is.aac I~imbro-,Soloist >'< rnatti.e B. Coffeg-.Solois t mhe .Stage Cr.ew IDilha Jones 0.E. Ellis [he Abstract Dancers t-:.athaniel C. Irving Connie ID.ashington ;:/< (!)rchest~a members

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ill.e woula like to t.ake this opportunitH to t h.ank all the persons who ;: :-.1\:j ers , patie nce, love ano st r engt h m.ao.e this possible. A sp.eci.al th.anks to members of t he orchestra, mass choir, soloist, artists, prop personnel parent s ano y. P.D . oirectors. Av.erg special thank !JOU to our Bishop(F.C. James) for entrusting this event to the !Joung people for proouction. Above .all, [(!) G(!)D BE [HE GC(!)R!J f~R rnE [HING$ HE HAD D(!)N£. R£$(!)URCE ffiA[£RIA[,S [HE HIS[(!)RQ (!)f [H£ A.rn . £. CTillRCH - Ho\Daro D. Gregg [HE R(!)ffiANCE (!)F AFRICAN ffi£[H(!)DI,Sffi - George ,Singleton ~1 !e~(; T-ActS C(!)NC£RN!NG [HE A. rn . £. CHJ.IRCH - Jam.es H. Smith, D.D. th£ ENCQCC(!)PEDIA (!)f [HE A.ffi . £. OillRCH - Bishop R. R. Wright rnE CHRIStI AN R£C©RD£R-£oitions 1968-1982 PER.sPECUOE.S IN UNH£D $[A[£$ HI.St(!)RQ = Cop!jright 1971 - Peter J. Havenier [HE£B!BC£ PI(!)N££R IN PR(!)t£.St • ...• A Civil Rights Documentarg, the African rnethooist Epis copal Chur ch, Prno uceo for th.e Richaro Allen Founoation Inc . , bg John D. Silvera, a long play album

AFRICAN METHOD IST EPI SCOPAL CHURCH

THE FIRST EPISCOPAL AME SEAL - 1856 " Bishop Payne wa s designa ted to have an Episcopal Seal order ed. Its face is embellished with an open Bible, from wh ic h Divine lignt 1s rad iating; the he aven ly cross lying upon the Book; th e eteÂˇrna l spi rit, in the form of a dove, hove ri ng ove r 1t; the titl e of the den om ina tion below the B ib le. Upon th e border of the seal is the mott o: " God our Father, Christ our Redeeme r, Man our Brother."

This information taken from "The Romance of African Methodism " Singleton

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BISHOP'S COUNCIL SUMMER SESSION 1982 from the OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATION

Albert R. Yarbrough, President 1st Vice-President . 2nd Vice-President . 3rd Vice-President . Secretary . Asst. Secretary . Correspondence Secretary Treasurer Financial Secretary . Chaplin Historiographer . Parliamentarian Director of Lay Activities . Director of Public Relations .

. ...... Mr . Chester Gipson Mrs . Willie J. Yarbrough . ....... Mr. Luke L. Anderson Mrs . Helen Miller . .. M rs . Mable Bradley . Dr . Erma J. Austin .... M rs . Eddie L. Albritton . .. Mr . John H. Powell ......... M rs . Mary Lee rs . Ruby D. Ferguson .. Mrs . Ruth Young . ........ Miss Wanda Evaige . ........ M r. J. Bolden

OKLAHOMA CITY DISTRICT Luke Anderson - President Avery Chapel , Okla . City I Allen Chapel , Okla . City First AM.E. , Okla . City Collins Community, Okla . City Sherman Chapel , Okla . City McKay-Davis, Okla . City Mt. Triumph , Spencer St. James , Arcadia Metropolitan , Luther Bethel , Chandler Bethel , Shawnee Mid-Del , Midwest City St. Peters , Purcell Rob inson Chapel , Guthrie

LAWTON DISTRICT Barnett Chapel , Lawton Grant Chapel , Lawton Davis Chapel , Lawton St. Stephens , Enid St. Mark, Kingfisher Mt. Olive, Perry St. James , Hennessey Bethel , El Reno St. Paul , Fredrick Connor Chapel , Ponca City New Bethel , Pawnee St. Paul , Guthrie Salters Chapel, Langston Antioch , Hobart St. Paul , Chickasha

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PATRONS Allen, Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Allen, Janie Eugene Bennett, Mrs. Cordelia A. Reece, Mr. Eugene Childs, Bro. Casey, II. Childs, Mr. & Mrs. Casey, Sr. Henderson, Mr. & Mrs. Oliver W. Irving, Mrs. Rhoda C .. Kell, Mr. John Mays, Mr. Leon Miller, Mrs. HelenJ. Nelson, Mrs. Emily Pendley, Mrs. Alberta Reed, Mrs. Mayme Richardson, Mr. & Mrs. Edward The How and Why Club of America, Inc. Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Yarbrough, Mrs. BettyeJ. McClellan, Mrs. Irene Savery, Mrs. Rachel Lewis, Mrs. Ruth Cook, Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs. Cora Fleming, Mr. & Mrs. Roosevelt

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Bethel Afriean Methodist Episeopal Chureh West Memphis, Arkans as Salutes and Acknowledges th e Exciting, S terling Successes Of

BISHOP AND MRS. FR ED ERICK CALHOUN J A MES a nd Workers (Clergy a nd Lay) of th e Twelfth E piscopal Dis trict (0 klah oma and Arkansas) on th e occasion of the

A nnual Session of th e Bis hops Council, Gen e ral Board, Conne ctional Council and Ot h er Connectional Meetings Conv ening in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma a t t he She ra ton Century Hotel, Down town Hosted by A very Chapel A.M.E. Church and the Other A .M.E. Churches of Oklahoma City and Contiguous Areas from Bethel, Wes t Memphis "Home of the Queens" 12t h District W.M. S . - Mrs. Rose McGee East Nor th east Arka nsas Annual Conference Y.P .D . - Ms . Ivy McGee Iewport District S unday School - Ms. Dini ta Brookins East North east Arka nsas Conference Sunday School

Rev. Robert 1'\c lson, J r., P astor Dr. Ezra M. J ohnson , General Officer Dr. DJ . Webste r, P residing E lde r Rt. Rev. F.C. J a mes , Presiding Bish op

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THE STEWARD BOARDS OF

Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Welcome You To Oklahoma City THE REV. NATHANIEL C. IRVING, PASTOR

STEWARD BOARD N@.1 Floyd Alexander N. B. Baukni te Fred Factory George Ferguson J ohn H ayes J ohn Kell Dave J ohnson R.D. J ones J a mes Love Gordon Minor Cliston McGlory Osie Parks J ohn H . Powell Oscar Rice Edward Richardson Walter Seward Otho Free ma n Albert Yarbrough Sammie T . Davis

STEWARD BOARD

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Leon Mays E ugene Allen H erbert Bailey Chester Brooks McKinley Connor J ohn Moha m Le roy Glenn Kenneth Hudson J ohnny Banks Charles Wrigh t LJ. P ogue J .H . Smi th Cha rles J ones Van Sims J oe Wedge worth Willia m Allen Willie J ones E mma June Greene Bobby J en kins 170

STEWARD BOARD Mack T elford Gary J ohnson M. B. orton Alonzo T olli ver Mark Stafford Rober t Bluitt Clarice J ohnson Paul Counter Loretta McClain Phillip Crook H arvey P otts Merrill Scott J a mes Bak er

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(3~ 1982 Bishop's Co unc il /[)/~ Hospitality Committee Report

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Basic Objective: The hospitality committee ylans an enthusiastic wel~ome and courteous service as hosts/hostes s es for the guest attending the Bishop's Council in June 1982 . The red carpet treatment for eac h guest will begin upon their arri v al and will continue throughout their stay in Oklahoma City . PLANS:

We will have 100 men & women serving on the hospitality committee. 36 ladies will be assigned 6 hour shifts as hostesses to the Bishops wives .

HOSPITALITY COMMAND STATION : Sheraton Hotel ( a) A Hospitality Center at Sheraton ( b) A hospitality booth in the lobby ( C) A hospitality booth in the lobby of the Skirvin ( d) Hospitality representatives will be at the P.irport to g reet guest on June 19 & 20 . SERVICES T U BE RENDERED: ( a)

( C)

( d)

( e) ( f) ( g)

Refreshme~ts wil l be served in the Hospitality Cen tqr ( r oom) A First Aid station with a Nurse on duty and a doctor or doctors on call An ambulance will be stationed near the Sheraton Typing Service will be available (if needed) · Transportation will be available for the Bishops' wives as needed . A messenger service will be provided Legal advisors will be on call ,

I n order for the host/hostess to be readily .identified; r.; we plan to be uniformly dressed . The ladies will wear denillITl blue or n avy "prairie Skirts" with matching vest , long sleeve white b louse, red/white scarf (bando) and white western straw hat . The ge n t lemen will be wearing deni urn blue or navy slacks , wh·ite long s leeve shirt, red/white scarf tie (bando) and western straw ha~ (white) . Each host/hostess will we~ his/her name tag . Appropriate hospital i t y b a nne rs will be displayed at all s t ations. A minimum of 2 persons wi ll b e in a tt e n dance in the h o sp i tality center from 8 : 00 a . m. unt il 10:00 p . m. (flexible) beginni n g Saturday June 1 9 t h ro ugh Th u rsda~ June 24 . rwo persons will mann t h e lobby booths at the Sheraton,·.and the Skirvin . Three g reete r s will be at the ( hosp i tali ty s t ation) airport to welcome the Bishop's Coun cil guest and coordinate activities with the trans p o rtation committee .

Refres hments will be served each day fro m 8:JO a.m. until 9:JO p.m., beginning on Saturday morning Jun e 19, The first aid station will be setup in the hospitality center with a nurse on duty during the above hours. Information for typing service can be obtained from any member of theÂˇhospitality committee. Also legal advisors will be available should the need for legal counsel arise. A host/hostess will be assigned to each meeting to meet the needs of those in p.ttendance, such as deliver messages, run errands, etc. INFORMATION THE COMMITTEE NEEDs TO BE A TOP HOST/HOSTESS: 1.

A schedule of date and time of arrival of guest (a) (b)

Name of Bishops and Officers Place of assigned accommodation

(c)

Name of airline and flight number, if known.

With this information we feel that we could serve our guest most efficiently. SUGGESTED COURTESY: Bus tour of greater OKC. If there is time, we would be happy to schedule a bus tour of Oklahoma Cij;y. A 5 hour tour could be arranged on a 47 passenger bus for $181.56. This ends our basic plan for the hospitality committee. However, we will submit a more detailed report at the April planning meeting. Respectfully, Ruo y Doris Ferggson, C1iairman Ottive Roberts, Co-ordinator Gertrude Newsome and Janie Jenkin~ Core members P. S .

" Pra ir i e S ki rts", Si mpl i city Patte r n No. 9851.

A HERITAGE TO BE PROUD OF... Langston University's past history can be taken as a prologue to its future . Its rich her itage is a composite of the progress ive endeavors of its staff , faculty and students over more than three quarters of a ce ntury. Chartered as the Co lored Agr icultura l and Normal Univers ity in 1897 by the Oklahoma Terr itor ial Leg islature , the school 's name was formally changed to Lang ston Un iversi ty in 1941 . Throughout the year s the un ivers ity has continua lly moved toward a broader based program for higher educat ion . Both the university and the town where it is located take their names from John Mercer Langston , a black reconstruct ion congressman from Virg inia and a leader in the field of higher education . Today , Langston Universi ty is a mu ltipurpose inst itut ion preparing men and women for a career in the ma instream of the modern world .

Ernest L. Holloway President Langston University would like to give special recognition to the Ambassador of Goodwi ll for the State of Oklahoma , Emeritus , and Langston Univers ity. The Honorable Octavia Harr ison Douglass, AB., B.S., M.A. Ambassador Douglass is directly responsible for the 1954 Supreme Court rul ing to stop injustice on the salaries paid black school teachers within the publ ic school system.

Ambassador Douglass has rece ived numerous honors throughtout her career; National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., The Oklahoma Historical Soc iety, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Langston University, Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University and Agricultural and Mechan ical Colleges, and Outstanding Senior Citizen of Greater Oklahoma City, just to name a few .

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Totally comm itted to the erad icat ion of inequa lity in education, Ambassador Douglass worked zealously for over fifty years to el iminate discrimination in education and other areas of life. A true humanitarian , Ambassador Doug lass recent ly wi lled her " Life Estate " to Langston University, which will be known as the HarrisonDouglass Retreat.

WELCOME To The 1982 Summe r Session Of The Bishop 's Council and Connectional Meetings And To Oklahoma City, Oklahoma From GEORGE T. and RUBYE D. FERGUSON

CONGRATULATIONS and GREETINGS To The BISHOP'S COUNCIL And THE GREATER AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH R epresentative Freddye H. Williams H ouse District No. 99 Oklahoma State Legis lature

Your Voice at th e Oklahoma State Capitol

"A LIFE LONG A.M.E. MEMBER , A VERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH" O klahoma City, Oklahoma

THE TWELFTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT IN HIS SERVICE

THE T~ERESSAJAMES MANOR Multi-Family Housing Project For The Elderly and Handicapped North Little Rock, Arkansas

THE F .C. JAMES HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER 1980 AIA Design Award Winner Shorter College North Little Rock, Arkansas

"GOD OUR FATHER CHRIST OUR REDEEMER MAN OUR BROTHER"

JANIE .L. HARROLD, 90 year old member of AveryÂˇChape~ AME

Church, was recently honored on Mother's Day Sunday as the church's eldest' mother by Rev. Irving and the church membership. She was born May 25, 1892 jn Austin, Texas and joined. Avery in 1917 soon after moving to Oklahoma City. She credits lier church influence with her "Christian mother," Mrs. Etta Smith, now deceased. The honoree is shown wear_ing flower corsage and dressed in attire she remembered being worn by her mother.

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i areads to students at Edwards Elementary School, 1123 NE Grand. Love Is volunteer in the Oklahoma City school district's Leader Reader proJames Love, retired· district · manager in Okla~o,ria for _Pitney Bowes,

gram.~thaL.pro.xldt!..LR.OSitl!!,,...black male . role _models for young black ---.- .. ··----~- --~· students. '

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Rey Edward Alexender the son of Ms. Lequetta Alexander and the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Richardson, will graduate from Douglass High School on May 27, 1982. He is a member of the Douglass High School Concert Choir and hes been a member of the Avery family. Ray plans to attend Oklahoma State University and major in Engineering. Evelyn Laverne Curry received a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in May 1982. She also hes a Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin and completed her undergraduate work at Prairie View A & M University. Dr. Curry is anative of Marshall, Texas and her parents are mr. & Mrs. Bishop Curry. She hes recently united with the Avery family and is actively involved in the Sunday School. Dr. Curry is currently a professor in Library end Information Science et the Univer-

sity of Oklahoma and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority . Bertram E. Sears , Jr . graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School May 18 , 1982 . He is the son of Dr . & Mr s . Bertram E. Sears , Sr . "Buddy " is a Na t i ona l Me r i t Scholarsh i p semi- fi nalist , a member of the National Honor Society , t he J un ior Engi neering and Technical Society and the Science Club ; he is a memb er of the Avery Sunday School and Jack and Jill of America, Inc . This f all he will attend Moorehouse College i n Atlanta , Ga . , where he has recei ved an academic scholarship . Kay Frances Sears receives a Bachelor of Science Degree from Spellman Col lege , Atlan t a, Ga ., May 23 , 1982 . She i s the daughter of Dr . & Mrs . Bertr am Sears , Sr . Kay is a 1978 graduate of Bishop McGuinness High School and plans to attend Oklahoma University School of Nursing in t he fall •

Sheryl Sears has received a Juris Doctor Degree fro m Howard University Law School in Wa shington , D. C. She is the daughter of Dr . & Mrs . Bertram E. Sears , Sr . Ms . Sears also received her undergraduate degree from Howard Univ ersity and is a graduate of Bishop McGuiness High School and is current ly emp loyed by the Office of Employee Appeals in the District of Columbia . Ralph Thomas t he son of Rev . & Mrs . N. C. Irvi ng , wi ll graduate -from U. S. Grant High School May 27 , 1982, where he is a merrber of the Student Council, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes , President of the Conce·rt Cho ir and the Human Relations Club and lettered in Foo t ball and Track and was chosen King of the Concert Choir . He is a member of the Avery Sunday School, YPD , a nd Junior Choir . Ralph will enter the Mari ne Corp in July and will be s tatio ned at t he Marine Corp Recru i t Depot in San Diego, California . Sandra Elaine Yarbrough the daug hter of Mr . & Mrs . Albert Yar brough rec eiv ed a Bac he l or of Sci~nce de gree in Mechanical Engi neering from Oklahoma Sta t e Un i vers i ty May 8, 1982 . She i s a graduate of Northwes t Cl assen Hi gh School. l•Jhi le at OSU she was the rec i pient of the Exxon Scholarsh i p, Champ la ~n Scholarship Award and Scholastic Achievement Award; a member of Kappa Phi (a christian soro rity) , Pi Tau Sigma (a National Mechanical Engineering Hon orary) . She has been a member of the Avery Sunday School, YPD , and Jun i nr Cho i r . After a summer internship at Los Alamos Laboratory i n Los Alamos , New Mex i co , Sandra will pursue a Masters Degree in Mech anical Engineer in g ,·':. Pur due Unive r sity where she has rece i ved a f ull academic Scholarship •

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MRS. CASSIE HAMILTON CHOIR NO. l MRS. BLANCHE JACOBS CHOIR NO. 2 MRS. ESTELLA GRISSOM CHOIR NO. 3 MR. CURITS JOCOBS USHER BOARD MRS. REGINA ALLENSWORTH SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPT. MRS. IVORY PRINCE ORGAN I ST MRS. INEZ PARKS MISSIONARY & PIANIST MS. MELBA HOLDER PIANIST MRS. E. J. TRAYLOR II LOIJE II CHURCH CL ERK Love Is Unselfish, Understanding and Kind For it sees with its Heart, And not with its Mind.

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OFficial Organ of the Christian Education Department. " Light, Freedom, Truth ; Light to see the Truth, Freedom to make it known." THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE IN MICROFORM. University Microfilms International 300 North Zeeb Road Dept. P.R. Ann Arbor, Mi 48106 30-32 Mortimer Street Dept. P.R. London W1 N 7RA England

Edgar L. Mack

EDITOR'S JOURNAL THE TEACHING MINISTRY OF THE PASTOR

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The historic order of ministerial development is clearly indicated in the oft-quoted passage, Ephesians 4:11, 1 2: "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. " The coupling of the terms pastor and teacher together is worthy of comment on the meaning of both. The pastor is to feed the flock with spiritual food. The teacher is to communicate the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as a means of edifying the whole body of Christ. The Christian pastorate is a teaching office. Christ is the model for the Christian pastor. Christ was sent from God as a teacher. Every true pastor s appointed to teach. Even though the early apostles were persecuted, they did not cease to teach and preach Jesus Christ. (Acts 5:42.)

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GREAT SERMON SERIES: "Sin Against the Holy Ghost" By Bishop L. J. Coppin (Page 2)

In 1900, the episcopal committee recommended that five Bishops be elected, three for the home work and one for West Africa and one for South Africa. On the first ballot, Revs. Evans Tyree, M. M. Moore and C. S. Smith were elected. Then, a motion to elect Dr. Coppin by acclamation prevailed. He was consecrated by Bishops Grant, Lee and Gaines, assisted by J. A. Johnson, A. S. Quarterman, W. G. Alexander, John Hurst, A. M.Green, W. H. Davis,J. M.Gilmore, N. 8 . Sterrett, C. Asbury, D. M. Brookins and M. M. Mckone. He was assigned to the Fourteenth Episcopal District (Cape Colony and Transvaal of South Africa) for 1900-1904.

Great Sermon Series. ... .. 2-4 Puppetry in Christian Education ... .. .. ... .. .. ... . . 5 Assistance LTD ... . ....... 6-7 Martin Luther ..... . ......... 8 Christian Education Calendar .. . ..... .. .... ... ... 8 Called To Serve Christ & The Church . ........ ..... ... 9 Higher Education .. .. . .. . . . 1 O Bible Study Aids .... .. .. . . . 11 Resources: Helps for Teachers & Leaders .. .. ... 12 Sunday School At Its Best . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 13 What's Happening In CED? ..... .. ...... .. .... 14 Christian Education Gallery ..... . . .. .. .. ... . 15-16 1984 Christian Youth Witness Program .... ... 1/8/C

THE JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (for· merlythe Journal o f Religious Education), USPN: 282-560, of the Af rican Methodist Episcopal Church is published by the Christian Education Department of the A.M.E. Church, and issued quarterly (October, January, A pril, July), 500 8th Ave., South, Nashville, TN 37 203. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Christian Education Department, P. 0. Box 24390, Nashville, TN 37202. Subscription rates: $6.50 per year; $2.00, single copy prices. All rights reserved. Second Class postage paid at Nashville, TN.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL AT ITS BEST !

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RESOURCES AND RESOURCING CED: Takes Some New Turns

he-flow-of- Gl'lr-istian education resources is like a river: not onlv do materials keep flowinQ. but thev take

"Vacation Bible School/Weekday Agency. " "Pioneers ·with Jesus", for preschoolers, primaries, juniors, teens and adults. "VBS Leader's Handbook." "Multi-Media Agency." "Cooperative Development of Multi-Media Resources'; for all CED Agencies, such as filmstrips, cassettes, posters, pictures, and so on. " Ministerial Education Agency." "Supplementary Educational Materials." ...- "AME Book Digest:" A complication of rare out-of-print books for the growing minister's workshop, $3.50 each. "Girl/Boy Scou't Agency", Girl/ Boy Scout Display projected for CED office in cooperation with the national scouting program. Other Program Areas: "Stewardship Sampler Kit"; "You and Your Money Matters"; "Bible Studies"; "Leadership Training "; "Richard Allen B:.1lletins and Black Worship Bulletins "; "Preaching Helps "; "AME Songbooks: The Chapbook" and "Let's Sing Again." '7. "Black Studies " ' "Teaching Kits;', with Resource Manual. ' 7."The International Library of Negro Life." "Family Life:" Parenting and Family Resources. "Public Affairs Pamphlets." "Issues and Concerns."

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I AVERY CHAPEL A.ME. CHURCH. OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA. VAC"ATION BIBLE SCHOOL CLASS. AGES 7·8 BETTYE J . YARBROUGH. DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTOR REV. N. C IRVING. PASTOR.

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHU'RCH OKLAAOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. COMBINED GENERAL SESSION REV N. C. IRVING. PASTOR.

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E CHURCH.OKLAHO MA CITY. OKLAHOMA VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CLASS. PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS - MRS VINA DULAN ANO MAS. CAROL YN BROWN. REV. N C IRVING, PASTOR

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCl-1 YOUNG AOUL T \/ACATION SIBLE SCHOOL CLASS. IN STRUCTORS EVELYN CURRY ANO VIRGINIA IRVING 1MRS. IAVING NOT INCLUDED IN PICTURE) REV N. C. IRVING. PASTOR.

The AME Corner "WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO"

Brought to you by the A.C.A.M.E.C . Lay Organization Articles of Religion

23-25 of 25 23. Of the Rulers of the United States of America The President, the Congress, the General Assemblies, the Governors, and the Councils of State, as the delegates of the people, are the rulers of the United States of America, according to the division of power made to them by the Constitution of the United States, and by the constitutions of their respective states. And the said states are a sovereign and independent nation, and ought not to be subject to any foreign jurisdiction. 24. Of Christian Men 's Goods The riches and goods of Christians are not common as touching the right, title, and possession fo the same, as some do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally, to give alms to the poor, according to his ability.

25. Of a Christian Man's Oath As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ and James, His apostle, so we judge that the Christian religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the magistrate requireth , in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the prophet's teaching , in justice, judgment, and truth.

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Loretta Love And Elizabeth Rolfe Hono1 _ As Zeta·Amicaes Of The~i Year, ,

Loretta Love

Elizabeth Rolle

The Zeta Amicae of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority recently honored two of their outstanding members during their Finer Womanhood Luncheon held at Alberta's Tea Room. The honorees wereMrs.

Loretta Love and Mrs. Elizabeth Rolfe. Mrs. Love is known among he s·o rors as someone who instills the type of pride that should be displayed by women's organization,

especially those auxiliarie with Greek affiliation. She ha~ ·worked in many capacities wit1 many accomplishments as at Amicae, helping . thE organization maintain its,.higl standatds. She is also_active il communty . and -church responsibilities.. Among· SO!Jle of her activities are •Directress of Alaraf Court No·. 69 Isiserettes Youth in-Oklahoma . Texas·and Coforado;-Judge for, the recent ~iss . 'Teenage · Oklahoma pageant, the ,Miss Love pageant and the Jtininent Women of 1981 pageant. She , was a former ' winner · of theEminent Women ·. of 1979. She is also ·a ·i nem~r" of tneLong J;tange : :: Planning Committee of Millwood High School. As a member ·of Avery , Chapel AME Church for 14 years, she is president ·of her Missionary Unit. a Sunday School teacher, an usher, and 1 Supt. of the Senior Dept. She is · the wife·of James Continued~ Page 3

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A reception ho~orii}~ Lillian F. Hayes (left photo), illustrious commandress, Daughters of Isis, Ollie Woodard (right photo), imperial deputy of the oasis and : Lore~ Love, deputy imperial directress of isisretees, will be honored during a -~ reception set for 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17 in the home of L. Marie Nichols 404 -: Three Oaks Dr., Midwest City. ' ·-

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Shirley Swanson, a member of the Gamma Epsilon chapter, the national sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, was recently named J "Soror of the Year" by the :i 't group. ,i l ''Shirley became a mem/J. ber of Gamma Epsilon chapter •<} in 1971 and has proven a most l valuable asset to the chapter in efficiency, professional determination and dependability," said a spokes~an. Mrs. Swanson, the chapter's Tamias, attended Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., and received a bachelor of arts degree in psrchiatric music therapy. She also com9leted an internship at Topeka (Kan.) State Hospital and Parson State Hospital, both in Kansas. Mrs. Swanson holds director of music honors at Wyoming State Hospital and Utah State University. She received a master's degree in special education from Central State University and has taught handicapped children. Now, working with mentally handicapped children at Dunbar Center, Mrs. Swanson has taught 18 years. She is also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a member of the board of directors for the John F. Kennedy Project Area Committee, the .. Baton and Keyboard Music Club, the Avery Chapel AME · Church and church ensemble . ·, ' .J .··. '' and an assistant pianist/direc-· ·shirley Swanson was recently name<i ..Soror of the Year" by the Gamma Epsilon chapter, the national sorority of Phi Delta Kappa. (Photo/B.P. Bennett) ' tor of the church youth choir.

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Local Sorority Honors Rep. ,I

The Chi Zeta chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority honored State Rep. ·Freddye Williams (Dem., Oklaho~a City) during its 48th annual Finer Womanhood observance luncheon.

" Thanks for the Memories," was the theme. Leonard Benton, State Rep. Kevin Cox, Freddie Cudjoe, Diana Franklin, Juanita Harris City Councilman Goree J~es, Leroy Kirk, Annie E. Moore, Christine Pollard (for Sylvia J . Williams), Patricia Potts, James E. Stewart, Erna Winters (for Gov. George Nigh)

and Exzetta Booker Joseph (of Los Angeles. Calif.) all made comments roasting Mrs. Williams. Other friends and former classmates toasted the honoree. Included in the program was a slide presentation depicting Mrs. Williams with music prpvided by Mary Nichols, Candy Williams, Felix Cole, Emma J . Greene, Freddie Cud. joe and Leontene H~mpstead·. The Amicae of the Year award was presented to Katherine Scott by Lillian McCoy, president. Rep. Williams was president of the charter Amicae

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ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY, 1985

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Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church 1425 North Kelham Avenue - 424-3331 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rev. Nathaniel C. Irving, Pastor

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Mother's Day is a day we all are children, but it is a day to think of ourselves as children in a broader sense - - children of God. We are children of God first and foremost, including our mothers and members of the great family of God. The family relationship is broader than we think it is. In a sense, we are one with all people and all people are related to us . . . This can be a day to express love, to our mothers and to others. If your mother is no longer here so that you can express that love, you can honor her on this day by expressing love to someone, by letting someone know that he or she is loved and appreciated, that you think he or she is a special, beautiful and lovable person. Perhaps this is the real message of Women's Day- Mother's Day,... "that we are to express the love we feel."

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THE PASTOR'S MESSAGE GREETINGS: Women's Day at A very is one of the colorful and exciting events that all look forward to. It is a time the total church is mobilized in a common cause for a common purpose. This year our goal is to do something we have never done before, to raise $35,000.00. This is a challenge, but we can do it when we all pull together. It is also a time to get to know each other and for fellowship. Make it your business to know and appreciate each other. My deepest appreciation to the Women's Day leadership and to all the officers and members of the Church for your Christian cooperation. Let's make this our greatest ever Women's Day.

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Vera Rice, Co-Ch.

My Dear Christian Sisters and Brothers: There is no occasion that brings joy and richer fellowship to all t he members of the "Avery Family" than does our Women's Day Celebration. With Women's Day, on Mother's Day, the members and friends of Avery Chapel will experience a greater apprPciation of this memorable day. May I express my sincere "thanks" and appreciation to our speakers, the committees and to The Captains-Team Leaders for their wonderful cooperation during the planning of this great day. May I also express a special " thanks" to our pastor, Rev. N.C. Irving for his faith, confidence and appreciation he has shown to me and the committee.

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Women's Day - Mother's Day Speakers

Mrs. Pearl Peoples

Representive Freddye Williams

Mrs. Pearl Peoples is originally from Buffalo, New York. She resides in Oklahoma City as a result of her husband being transferred here by AT&T Technological Corporation. She is married and is the mother of two sons, Grandmother of one granddaughter. Mrs. Peoples' educational background includes: B.S. Degree in Home Economics and Special Education. She has recieved two Masters Degrees in Guidance and Counseling and in Education Administration and Supervision. She taught school for 13 years and was an Administrator in Buffalo, New York for eight years. Mrs. Peoples was the Director of Special Education-Habilitative Systems Inc. - under the Chicago Public School system in Chicago, Ill. for seven years. Mrs. Peoples is now the Director of the McFarland Branch YWCA. She is a member of Tabitha Baptist Church. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Representative Freddye Harper Williams has called Oklahoma City her home since her parents moved here from Pine Bluff, Arkansas via Bay Spring, Miss. She is a product of Oklahoma City schools, having graduated from Douglass High School (valedictorian of her class). She attended the Oklahoma University Extension School in Oklahoma City, gn1duated from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Gunther Air Force Base, Alabama, in several specialized courses; has studied Air Force Supervisory Management, Management Analysis, and other specialized courses. She is married to her Douglass High School sweetheart, Calvin, and they are parents of three children. The speaker for the afternoon program is Avery's own. Representative Williams is serving her second term as legislator in t he Oklahoma House of Representatives. Prior to becoming a legislator, Mrs. Williams served on the Oklahoma City

Board of Education for six years. She was the first black women to serve in that capacity. She is a public speaker of note and has received the following awards: Finer Womenhood Award from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Air Force Logistics Command Equal Employment Opportunity National Award, Urban League Recognition Award, Commission Ambassador of Goodwill for the State of Oklahoma by Governor David Hall, Distinguished Community Service Award from the Masonic Keystone Lodge, Distinguished Service Award from Langston University; outstanding Service Award from the Oklahoma Public Employee Association; outstanding Woman of the 80's from the Woman's Political Caucus, Signigicant Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Social Workers; Recognition Award from the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services and Contemporary Black Heritage Leadership Award from Phi Delta Kappa. Community service and affiliations; Member of Directors, OKC Urban League; NAACP; League of Women Voters; Georgia Brown Democratic Women's Clubs; Host Family, OKC Chamber of Commerce; Criterion Study Club; Eastside Culture Club; Delta Gamma Sorority; Church Women United; Board Member, OKC Council of Churches; she has been formerly affiliated with: Board of Directors of the Metropolitan YWCA of OKC, the Junior League Advisory Board and the OKC Chapter, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Representative Freddye Williams is now serving her second term as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE Mrs. Ernestine Luster, Presiding Sunday, May 12, 1985 I.

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WE PRAISE THEE, 0 GOD Sacred Organ Music Processional: "Holy, Holy" (p. 25) Call to Worship ..... ..... . ......................... . ........... . ... Mrs. Ernestine Luster

LEADER: I will extol thee, my God, 0 King; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. PEOPLE: Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. LEADER: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. PEOPLE: One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy migh_ty acts. Opening Hymn: "Faith of Our Mothers" (p. 430)

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WE CALL UPON THEE With Our Prayers...... . ...... . . ... ....... .. ..... . .. . ..... . .... . ..... . Mrs. Mattie Walker We Praise Thee With Our Singing .. .. ....................... .. ..... . .. ... Women's Chorus

"MY SOUL'S BEEN ANCHORED IN THE LORD" Clarissa Maloney, Soloist

Lord, We Hear Thee Through Thy Word Old Testament: Proverbs 31: 10-31 ....... . ............. .. ....... Mrs. Donnie Johnson New Testament: Ephesians 5:25 - 6:4 .. . . ...................... Mrs. Ruby D. Ferguson * Persons who are waiting, please permit them to enter.

We Affirm Our Faith In Thee ........................ .. .. . . ... .. . . ... . . .... Diane Haygood

THE APOSTLES' CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He arose from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church Universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

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WE MAGNIFY THY HOLY NAME The Decalogue (Summarized) .............................. . . .. . .. ......... Mrs. Vera Rice With Our Singing: "He's So Wonderful" ...... ...... .... Barbara Coakley and Patricia Cockburn With Our Tithes and Offering ....................... J • • • • • Mrs. Helen Miller and Committee With Our Singing ..... ............. .. . ........................... .. . .... Women's Chorus "REACH OUT TO JESUS'' Through Fellowship Presentation of Visitors and Announcements.............................. Katie Logan, LaJoyce Lawton Introduction of Speaker ............................. . ........ ....... Mrs. Ernestine Luster Hymn No. 590: "O MOTHER'S LOVE" The Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rs. Pearl Peo !es Executive Director:, McFarlana YWCA

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WE HEAR THY CALL Hymn of Invitation: "HE LEADETH ME" (395) .............................. Rev. N. C. Irving

WE RETURN TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO SERVE Doxology Benediction ......................... . .. .......... ..... . . ·............... Rev. N. C. Irving

MUSICIANS: Mrs. F. M. Cooper, Women's Chorus Director Mrs. Donna Block, Pianist Mrs. Johnnie Kim bro, Organist

(DINNER WILL BE SERVED IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL FOR THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF A VERY.)

AFTERNOON SERVICE 3:30 P.M. Mrs. Vera Rice, Women's Day Co-Chairperson, Presiding HONORING MOTHERS Doxology Call To Worship ...... . ....... . .................... . ...... . . .. .. . .. ___ ... .. .... Mrs. Vera Rice LEADER: I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall be continually in my mouth. PEOPLE: 0 magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together. · LEADER: 0 give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name ; make known His deeds among the people; PEOPLE: Take ye of His wondrous works. Glory ye in H is narne.

HYMN NO. 415: "My Faith Looks Up To Thee"' Prayer .. . ......... . ....... . . . . . ........ . .................. . .... ... . ..... Mrs. Vernon Fleming Solo: "Prayer ls The K ey T o Heaven ··. . . .. . .. . .. .. . - ... . ... .. .. . . .. .. .

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THE WORD: Psalm 96: 1-9 ..... .. . . .. . . . .. . ...... .. . . .... ... ............... Mrs. Fannie Bailey Duet: 'Tll Walk With God" .... . .. ................. . ..... . .. Ammon Jenkins and Shirley Swanson Introduction of Speaker . ......... . . ... . ...... . ........... . ........ .• __ ......... Mrs. Vera Rice Speaker ................. : . . ....................... ... . . ... ... The. Honora6le Freadye Williams Okla h.oma State Representative Tribute to Mothers ..... . ...... .. ... .. . ..................... . ..... _... . .. . .... Mrs. Inez James Women's Chorus: .. . ... . ..... . ............................ . ... . ... ... .. .... . ... "Christ ls Alr' Soloists, Lois Lyday and Edwina Littlepage Visitors Acknowledged . ... . ... . ..... . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . ......... .. __ . . . ...... Michelle Francisco Announcements ............ . ............ . ...... . ...... . ... .. . . ... _...... . . . .... .. . Toye Allen Remarks ................ .. ... . . ... .... . ........ . .. . . ... . . ... .. ......... Mrs. Ernestine Luster Women's Day Chairperson

Benediction

Rev. Nathaniel C. Irving Minister, Avery Chapel

The Stewards Extend Best Wishes to the Women of Avery

BOARD #1 Van Sims

BOARD #2 Leon Mays

BOARD # 3 Mack T elford

COMPLIMENTS OF THE GOSPEL CHOIR

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Congratulations Avery On Women's Day

AVERY CHAPEL TRUSTEES M . F. Luster Herman Stevenson Harold Beatty Winard Normand Roosevelt Fleming John Logan, Sr. Neil Pierce Dorothy Dulaney Eugene Roberts R. D. Williams George Ponds Frank Swain Charles Williams Mintoria Milas Dr. Bertram Sears M. B. Norton Helen Miller Julia Anderson Dr. Frank Wilson Bessie Blanton (Trustee Emeritus)

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Congratulations, Women of Avery! "We Wish You Much Success On Your Day."

Minor, Gordon Asher, Fleetwood Polk, E laine Bruner, Deanna Powell, E leanor K. Cockburn, P atricia Rob erts, E ugene Cooper, F reddie Robinson, Annab elle Counter, Mattie Sanford, Gwendolyn Dowd, William H. Simmons, Lillian Factory, Fred D. Ward, Maxine .James, Sallye Washington, S hirley ,Jenkins, Ammon Williams, Charles Maloney, Clarissa Bluitt, Robert (Inactive) Ferguson, Ruby D. (Inactive) Stevenson, H erman, Director Kimbro, Johnnie, Organist Beatty, Harold, President Evans, Lucy, Vice-President Hicks, Tycene, Secretary Milas, Mintoria, Assistant Secretary Connor, McKinley, Chaplain Lee, Hattie, Sunshine Chairman and Treasurer as Needed

AVERY CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL STAFF Mr. 0. E. Rice, General Superintendent

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Congratulations and Best Wishes

To Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church on Your ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY

" May God Bless You as You Continue in Prayer and Christian Fellowship"

The Alexander Progressive Club

Coletha Allen Sarah Jane Bell *Mattie Buckner Noree Clegg Alice Davis Lovie Factory Fannie Griffin Gooch Doris Hawthorne Ammon Jenkins Louise Logan Ernestine Luster *Ruth McNeeley

Shermaine Maillard Mintoria Milas Lottie Murphy Imogene Normand Nilar Jewell Phillips Delvet Pierce Vera Maye Rice Lonzetta Richardson Ola Mae Smith *Vivian Stevenson Julia Terrell Evelyn Washington

BEST WISHES and CONGRATULATIONS Laura L. Turner Missionary Society Inez James, President

Minerva A. Sloss, 1st Vice Pres. Lillian Hayes, Secretary Helen Miller, Treasurer

Myrtle Brown, President Etta L. Smith Unit Ruby Doris Ferguson, President Eastside Unit Christine Freeman, President Bright Star-Queen E sther Unit

Loretta Love, President Olivia Keeling Unit Lovie Factory, President Laura L. Gibson Unit Vernon Fleming, President L.D. Cottrell Unit

Emma June Johnson, President, Young People's Dept. Virginia Irving, sJpervisor

Congratulations! YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY Mrs. E mma June Johnson, Superintendent

Best Wishes for a Successful Women's Day USHERS - Mr. R. D. Williams, President

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Ernestine Luster COMMITTEES Program Ernestine Luster Vera M. Rice Freddie Cooper

Finance Helen Miller Catherine Little Esther Swain Dorothy Dulaney Ruby Fleming

Souvenir Booklet Sarah J. Bell Ruby J. Alexander Vera M. Rice Minerva Sloss Doris Combs Ernestine Luster

Patrons Theople Roberts Lillian Hayes

Style Show Esther Swain Vina Dulan Ruby D. Ferguson Coletha Allen Imogene Normand

Publicity LaJoyce Lawton

Dinner Alberta Pendley Inez James Christine Nelson Nilar Jewell Phillips Eleanor Powell Emily Nelson Allen, Coletha Alexander, Ruby Coakley, Barbara Crook, Geraldine Factory, Lovie Goodeau, Janie Hudson, Effie

Decorations Coletha Allen Imogene Normand

Music Freddie Cooper Donna Block Johnnie M. Kimbro

Captains - Team Leaders Henderson, Rowena Jenkins, Ammon Little, Catherine Love, Loretta McCloney, Sealie Milas, Mintoria

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-BMr. & Mrs. H erbert C. Bailey Mrs. Jewel Brown Mr. & Mrs. Harold Beatty & Family Ve rnida Ba ker Sarah Bennett Mayme Brown Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Brooks Mr. Stan Branham Ron Barnes Mrs. Jewe l Brown D eaconess Viola Brooks Frank T. Boldoe Mary Bell Mrs. Dorothy Bell Marie Burleigh

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Mrs. Estella Caruthers Mr. & Mrs . A. Strothers Carter Mr. & Mrs . Phillip Crook Geraldi ne G. Crook Mr. & Mrs. Mack Colbe rt & Son Kim Carr .Juanita Carter Mrs. Mattie Culton Ed Clifft Mr. & Mrs. Billy Carte r Linda Crook & F oster Mrs. Dorothy Caldwell Ophelia Cooper Thurman Cumming Carolyn Curry

-DMrs. Alice M. Davis Mrs. Dorothy G. Dulaney Mrs. Alisa Dozier & Lauren Mr. & M rs. Hansel D uncan

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Mrs. Indif! Irving R ev. & Mrs. N. C. Irving & Family

-GMr. & Mrs. H en ry Goudeau & Family Geneva Gentry R ev. & Mrs. Winfred Gilmore Betty Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Dale Green Mr. Robert Griffin & Son The M. R. Glover Family Mr. & Mrs. Gilbe rt Glove r Barbara .). Gissandaner

-HMrs. Lettie R. H unter M r. & Mrs . Larry Euge ne Ha rmon \/Ir. Edgar L. H armon Reva. Ray Mel, & Desia H armon Mr. & :Vlrs ..John H. Harmon Mr. & :\1rs..John H. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Willie H awthorn e & FamiJ~, Hopson, Mast & West Fan-,ilies Margie H ome r Mrs. Mary H arrison Mr. Earl H . H all Mr. & Mrs. \-V endell Henderson Mr. & Mrs . Kenne th Hudson M r. N. S . Hudso n Syrus Hill .Juanita H olloway Archibald B. Hill III Mrs. Nell ie Harmo n Mr. & Mrs. William Gerald H enderson & Family Mrs. Berniece \·ance Hilliard Mr. E. A. Hince Leo di s Harrison Lillie M. H aywood H elen M . Howard

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-LMr. & Mrs. Billy L awton Mack Lyons .Jr. Mrs. E velyn Lee The Edward Li ttle Family Mrs. Alfreda L ittle & Family Mr. & :\llrs . .James D. L ove .J. David L ove II Da\·ondra Y Love Mr. & Mrs. H . Lucks Mr ..Jesse Langston Mr. & Mrs ..Joseph Littlepage. Michelle & .Jackie Ruhy L ewis Bert ha L. Sims Ernest ine Lu ster Mr. & Mrs. Steven Lunsford

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PATRONS CONTINUED Mr. & Mrs. Bill Mickelsen Ruth McClain Oneida Moss -NMrs. Emily Nelson Christine Nelson

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-pM r. & Mrs. Neil Pierce Mrs. Katherine Pendarvis Mrs..Jimmie Powell Barney G. Powell Eleanor K. Powell Bro. & Mrs. Harvey Potts & Family Mr. & Mrs. Keith Powell Gwen Parker Mr. & Mrs. George P onds ,Jane Patzke Cal Patterson

- RMr. & Mrs. Eugene Rohert & Family Esther Richmond Ruby Raigans Mr. & Mrs. George Russell Levi Russell Tia & Toni Roberts Mrs. Ruby .Jones Russell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Henry R olfe Ms. Gail Reed Mrs. Olivia Reed Mrs. Vaneria Rage rs Mr. Howard Russell Phyllis & E velyn Reece Att: Kimherly R ohinson Ms ..Julie L. Robinson Leon C. Ralls Mr. & Mrs. Fran Rainey III Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Rice

-sOpal Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Frank Swain Linda Gail, Raymond H. & Rodney L. Simmons Miss Kaye Sheets Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Sloss Bridgett Steele Shirley Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Scott Mr. & Mrs. T ravis P. Smith Dorothy Stafford Mark A. Stafford

-TVernevi"a Thomas Mr. & M rs. Lorenzo Tolbert Agnes Taylor Mrs. Vina Turner Mr. & Mrs. Mack L. T elford Mrs. Leola Telford Mr. & Mrs. 0 . .J. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Donald Terrell Peggy Taylor Sue Terry Francean Traylor

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The One Hundred Tenth Year Celebration Luncheon Rejoicing, Remembering, and Recommitting WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1985 12:00 NOON AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH 1425 N. Kelham Oklahoma City, Oklahoma * Rev. N.C. Irving, Pastor BISHOP H. HARTFORD BROOKINS, PRESIDING PRELATE Rev. W.H. Holt Presiding Elder, Lawton District Rev. L.B. Quinn Presiding Elder, OK City District Mrs. Flossie Walker Episcopal District President Mrs. Martha Simpson Episcopal Y.P.D. Director * Mrs. Rubye C. Fleming Conference Branch President Mrs. Beatrice Owens Conference Branch YPD Director PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dr. Erma J. Austin, Chairperson Mrs. Helen Miller* Mrs. Elizabeth Gainou~ Mrs. Carrier Beaver ' Mrs. Virginia lr~ing

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Dr. Erma J. Austin, Presiding Musical Prelude .......... ....... .... ... . Mrs. Henrietta Hall

The Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ruby Fleming 'ff Leader: Why are we gathered at this time and place? People: We are gathered to celebrate our ll0 years as the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Leader: How will we celebrate? People: We will celebrate by REMEMBERING, REJOICING, and PRAISING the Lord. All: We have gathered to CELEBRATE! Let every heart REJOICE! Musical Selection ... .. .... ............. ... ..... Congregation "We Praise Thee, 0 God" The Call to Celebrate . . ....... ......... ...... Mrs. E. Gainous The Invocation and The Blessing .... ....... Mrs. Kathryn Mays

LUNCH The Salute' to Women of Faith of The Oklahoma Conference Branch WMS .. Mrs. Virginia Irving * Mrs. Grace Carrington The Gifts of Love . ......... ...... .. Mrs. Dori s Pettigrew, Chr. Mrs. Coree Steele, Co-Chr. The Recognition and Presentation of Disti11guished WMS Service Award . . ........ Mrs. Mary Square The Oustanding Service to the Young People's Division of the WMS Award ..... Mrs. Beatrice OwensEpiscopal Mrs. Martha SimpsonConference Fashion Interlude ........ . .......... Mrs. Lettie Ruth Hunter The Recognition and Presentation of Outstanding 110th Year Celebration WMS Worke rs .. Mrs. Rubye C. Fleming :;/(::. Mrs. Flossie Walker Acknow ledgements and Announcements The Challenge ... . .. .... .... .... Bishop H. Hartford Brookins The Missionary Benediction (song) "In the name of the Triune God, May the Spirit of Christian Missions enter every heart, this we ask in Jesus Name. A-me n."

The 110 Year Salute to Women of Faith of the Oklahoma Conference Branch WMS (We salute all Women who have kept the Oklahoma Conference Branch alive)

Area Recognition ' Mrs. Mrs. , Mrs. I Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. 1 1 Mrs. ; Mrs. 1 Mrs.

Area I Pearl Rogers P.L. Terrill Inez Parks Mayme Reed Deborah Strassner Ela Hill Bernice Hilliard Jean Garner Harriet Riley Marie Rai~ger

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Area II Eddie Lee Albritton Suzanna Richey Martel Guest Ida Parks Rea Banks Fannie Cole Evelyn Hunter Ethel Gray Wilson

Area III Mrs. Earnestine Carmichael Mrs. Will Tom Gibbs Mrs. Willie Williams Mrs. Mary Lee Mrs. Nan Moore Mrs. Goldie Gordon Mrs. Evelyn Johnson Area IV Mrs. Jennie Cheadle Mrs. Mau di a Bell

Distinguished WMS Service Awards

Life Members Mrs. Hariette Riley Mrs. Inez James Mrs. Ruth Young Mrs. Ruby D. Ferguson Mrs. Ada M. Kinnard Mrs. Mayme Reed

Past Presidents Mrs. Ruby Alexander * Mrs. Aggie Lee Vickers

Outstanding YPD Service Awards

Episcopal District Directors . Mrs. Fannie Hill, for more than 20 years Mrs. Flossie C. Walker, 1975-1980 Mrs. Martha Simpson, 1980 -

Past Conference Directors Mrs. Ruby Ferguson * Mrs. Mary E. Square Mrs. Lucille D. Smith ~ Miss Gloria Hall Mrs. Virginia Irving

Special WMS Achievers

Mrs. Otive Roberts Mrs. Rogenia B. Alexander Mrs. Flossie Walker M rs. Ve l ma H o lt

Mrs. Corine Pointer Mrs. Octavia Douglas Mrs. Leona Quinn

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Mrs. Rubye Fleming, Coordinator Mrs. Helen Miller Mrs. Vernon Lee Fleming :If Dr. Erma J. Austin Mrs. Rubye Alexander ::K,,:: Mrs. Elizabeth Gainous Mrs. Mabel Mukes ':kMs. Nilar Jewel Phillips Miss Wanda Evaige Mrs. Janie j enkins l'virs. Rubye Ferguson :j< Mrs. Jauquin Crawford Mrs. Lillie Seward

Conference Branch Award Mrs. Rubye C. Fleming, President ~

Conference Branch Officers .

E#ecutive Board

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Grace Carrington , 1st Vice President Mary E. Square, 2nd Vice Preside nt J auquin Crawford, R ecor ding Se cretary Coree Steele, Asst. Rec. Secretary Ida Parks, Corres. Secreta r y Ernestine Carmichael, Treasurer Minerva Sloss, Parliamentarian Kathrine Mayes, Worship Direc tor Lettie R. Hunter, P.M. Chairman Annie L. Bembry, Historiographer Beatrice Owens, Dir. Y.P.D.

Virginie Gettison Corine Pointer Will Tom Gibbs Ruby Alexander ,>/( Mayme Reed Ada Mae Kinnard Eliza Broaden

Area Chairpersons

Mrs. Helen Miller, Area I Mrs. Elizabeth Gainous, Area III Dr. Erma J. Austin, Area II Mrs. Carrier Beaver, Area IV The 110th Year Celebration Luncheon Committees

E#ecutive

1': Mrs. Rubye Fleming, Chr.

Mrs. Mary E. Square Mrs. Grace Carrington Mrs. Jauquin Crawford Mrs. Beatrice Owens

Finance

Mrs. Earnestine Carmichael, Chm.

Mrs. H elen Miller, Co-Chr.*

Love Gifh

Mrs. Doris P e ttigrew, Chairperson

Host/Hostess

Mrs. Coree Steele, CoChairperson

Lettie Ruth Huter, Chr.

Publicit~

Kathe rine Mayes, Co. Chr.

Decoration

Minerva Sloss, Chr. ~

Wanda Evaige, Chr. Janie Jenkins, Co-Ch. ~

Foods

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Music

Mrs. Virginia Irving, Ch. Mrs. Elizabeth Gainous, Co-Ch. Âˇ Mrs. Henrietta Hall, Co-Ch. " WE PRAISE THEE, 0 GOD" We praise Thee, 0 God, for the Son of Thy love! For Jesus who died, and is now gone auove. REFRA I N Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Hallelujah! A-men Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Revive us again. We puise Thee, 0 God, for the spirit of light! Who has shown u s th e Saviour, and scattere d our night. All glory ,md praise to the Lamb that was s lain, Who hath borne all our sins, and has cleansed e very stain. Revive us aga in; f ill e11ch heart with Th y love! May ou r so uls b e re kindled with f ire fro m above.

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In July 1984, church members of the ·Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist.Episcopal Church, with anxious anticipation, traveled to Kansas City, Missouri to attend the 42nd · Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the .t\frican:Methodist Episcopal Church. It was at ·this conference they would be assigned a new Presiding Bishop. When the ·rught Reverend H. Hartford Brookins, former Presiding Prelate of the prestigious Fifth Episcopal District of Los Angeles, California was assigned to the ·Twelfth, Oklahoma ancl Arkansas geared up for the growth that is in'evitable for followers of this zealous leader. Who is this charismatic man of God? Ask this of any A.M.E. church member ~d get such replies as, "He is a dynamic speaker", He is one who foresees an optimistic future for Christianity via the youth of the church", He is a social activist on the move", "He is one of Ebony Magazine 's 'Ten, Best Dressed Men of America'." These replies are merely samplings that sharpen one's curiosity. Who really is Bis· hop H~ Hartford Brookins? .. . He is the son of a Yazoo City, Mississippi sharecropper educated at WilberfQrce University, Payne Theological Seminary and the University of Kansas, Bishop Brookins was thrust into the civilrights arena during the mid-fifties when . the temper of Wichita, Kansas in the wake of reaciions to the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation · decision demanded a public stance from the clergy of ~hat city. Elected the ninety;.first Bishop of the A.M.E. church in the 1972 General Conference, his first assignment was to the Seventeenth Episcopal District embracing five Central A(rican Counµies, North and South Rhodesia. When the uprising occurred, he identified with the Black Freedom Fighters. · . Bishop Brookin's ministry and his commitment reaffirm the validity of the philosophy of selfhelp upon wbfoh the A.M.E. church was founded almo~t two hundred years ago. In just over a year as Presiding Bishop of the Twelfth District, he is well into the development_of an economic development program. He expects to duplicate the success of a similar program that he_developed in the Fifth Disµict where church members invested over one million dollars in "The People's Trust , Fund" used to generate revenue for church and community projects. . .. . To sum up who Bishop Brookins is-he has grown Jroin an humbl~ pastor, worked for _equality in the inner city, counseled the third world on independence, and now is confidant of presidents, governors, and captains of industry all over the world. . State, community :a nd church leaderss and other guests will have the privilege of meeting Bis-· hop Brookins, Saturday, June 22,, 6:30 p.m. at Eddie's Ala Carte Express at a dinner hosted by · First A.M.E. Church of Oklahoma City. Bishop Brookins will be the guest speaker for this·affair, an occasion that will kick off the dedicatory celebrations of their new church home at 33rd and North Kelley Ave)J.~e. All of Oklahoma is invited to hear him Sunday, JUile 23 at 3:30 p.m. as he preaches the Dedicatory Sermon at the new First A.M.E. Church located at 33rd & N•. Kelley Avenue . . Rev. Charies T. Carrington is the host i!astor.

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On this afternoon at 3:30 p,m, , the entire church is im..>itecl to worship with the first A.M.E. Church, N. E. 33rd & Kelley, in the celebration of their new edifice. Bishop H. J:-1..a.rtford Brookins , Presiding Prelate of the 12th Episcopal District, will deliver the message. All members and friends are invited to attend. **********************************************~************************** Because of the fellows hip with fir s tA.M.E. Church, the Evening Worship Service has bee~ cancelled until next Sunday at 7:00 p.m. ************************************************************************* On TuesdaH, June. 25, 1985, 7:30 p,m. 1 the Pastor, choirs and members are 1.m.,ited -to worship wi·ch the first A ..\,f.E. Chu.-r·ch. vur- pastor wi7.~ ..l~liver the message and the choirs will render the music. All are urged to be present .

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SEPTEMBER 17-22 . AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOP~,CHURCH 1425 North Kell)am, (lklahoma City, Oklahoml 73117 THE RT.~~EV. H.H. BROOKINS PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE TWELFTH EPISCOPAL DISJ-AICT ·\-;-~

-ffe=-"REV:--N:"-&.IRVtNu,"'M. DIV., 0.0., HOST PASTOR Associate Presiding Elders Central Northeast Conference Rev. Ed Miller, Tuls~ District Presiding Elder Calvesta Anderson Muskogee District

Rev. Dr. L.B. Quinn Host Presiding Elder Oklahoma City District Rev. W.H. Holt, Assoc. Host Presiding Elder Lawton District

BI&LfJP H. HA1ITfURD 13RCU:cINS The 13ishop 's Message

GREETil-,qS IN THE MME OF THE RISEN LORD: The Twelfth Is Alive in '85. Goel continues to bless our e,fforts with success. My appreciation goes out to a I I who have been a part of our achievements.

Now, it is Annual ConJerence time. A time for excellencent preaching, generous steward.ship, inspirational s1-nging, fellowship and accountability. It is also a time to respond in a tangible way to help ourselves and our churches. Self-help and Economic Development are part of African Methodist theology. It is also a necessity if our ministries are to continue and meet the needs of our people in these rapid, changing times. Come to ConJerence, bring your families, invite your friends and let us celebrate and rejoice in the Lord and our victories.

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WELCOEE TO OKLAHOMA-I would like to extend a hearty welcome to the ~ight Reverend H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Prelate of the 12th Episcopal District, Dr . ~ - C. Irving, ~ost ~astor, and the A.M.E . delegates attending the 1st Oklahoma Annual Conference Conclave. The State of Oklahoma is extremely honored that you are meeting

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Rev . N. C. Irving and the Aver y Chapel A. M.E. Church family are to be commended for hosting such a select group.

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MUNICIPAL BUILDING

OKLAHOMA Cl 200 NORTH WALKER

August 30, 1985

GREETINGS FROM OKLAHOMA CITY! On behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma City, it is my pleasure to extend a warm welc ome to Bishop H. Hartford Brookins and those attending the First Oklahoma Annual Conference Conclave at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church, Sept. 17-22, 1985.

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It is an honor to have you in Oklahoma City , and I am sure you will have a most successful conference. We hope that while you are here you will have an opportunity to visit the many attractions our city has to offer. We believe you will find Okl ahoma City a most enjoyable place to visit . We're proud of our city and we will do everything possible to make sure that you enjoy your stay .

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,# Dr.

& ./lh-s. Nathaniel C. Irving

To Bishop H. Hartford Brook ins, the Presicli n,9 Bishop of the Twelfth Episcopal District, Pr~siding Elders, Pastors, Delegates, Visitors and friends. In behalf of the entire Avery Community, it is a privileclge and honor to welcome you to our church and our city. It is indeed an honor for us to host the first Annual Oklahoma Conferences Conclave . We are happy to be a part of Bishop H. H. :Brook.ins' Administration and to follow his leadership . ary and charismatic.

His l eadership has been innovative, vision-

IVe are proud to respond to his Economic Developnent

program initiated for the first time in the Twelfth. Thanks :Bishop Brook.ins for your l eadership and may

God continue to

bless your work as you start your 1985 series of Annual Conferences Conclave . Whatever we can do to mak.e your stay a pleasant one, let us know .

BE-ST WISHES A.NJ (:fJD'S BLESSIN.:;S

Mrs â&#x20AC;˘ Leona Qu. inn

Greetings and Welcome to all participants of the First Annual meeting of the Ok lahoma

Conference Conclave.

I wish to

extend a special greeting to Bishop H. Hartford Brook.ins, our charismatic leader, a Man of Vision.

The Rev. Dr. L. B. Qu.irm Presiding Elder, Okla. City District

Avery Chapel, Rev. N. C. Irving, Host Pastor Allen Chapel, Rev. T. C. Owens, Pastor

first A.M.E. Church, Rev. C. T. Carrington, Pastor St. James, Rev. H. L . Prince, Pastor Sherman Chapel, Rev. Harold :Davis, Pastor Bethel, Chandl e r, Rev. J. D. Moulden, Pastor Mt. Triumph, Rev. Blanton Bennett, Pastor Mid-Del, Rev. Earlene Morrow, Pastor McKay-Davis, Rev. Herb Greaves, Pastor

Collins Community, Rev. Marcellus fields, Pastor Metropolitan, Rev. B. Z . Lewis, Pastor

Bethel, Shawnee, Rev. David G-i:_ay, Pastor

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St. Peter, Purcell, Oklahoma, Rev. Mose Nettles, Pastor Robinson Chapel 1 Bro. Harvey Potts, Pastor

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MY VERY BEST WISHES AND CONG RA TUL/H IONS

FROM:

PRESI DING ELDER HOLT, MRS. HOLT & VICTOR, PASTORS AND LAYMEN OF THE LAWTON DISTRICT We wish to extend our cordial an.cl obliging welcome to Bishop H. Hartford Brookins and all the members of the Ok.lahcma AroruaI Conference Conclave .

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.starding lead e rsh ip ar.d herculean job that he 5iving to the Twelfth Episco~aI District. -:. :.J.

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ffiE-CONFERE./ICE LAy BAN].1ET SPEAKER

br . Joseph C. McKinney is a native o.f Magnolia

North Carolina, but has resided in Washington, D. C . .for more than 36 years. An honor 9raduate o.f A&T University o.f Greensboro, North Carolina, he majored in Electrical Ensineering, Physics and Mathematics, and he also took post graduate studies in Engineering at Catholic University o.f America in l\'ashington, tJ. C. He subsequently studied at the Universities o.f Michigan and California under government-sponsored .fellowships. He has received three honorary Doctorate Degrees since his graduation. Also, twice since his graduati o n, he has received the Most Outstanding ,l.Zumm,s Auxird .from A&T University. Dr. McKinney has received .from A&T State University the highest auxird given an alumnus, "The Alumni Exce tlence A11ard" .for leadership in religious, civic, comnunity arn alumni oryani=tions .

He is Vice-Chairman o.f the Trustee Board and O,ainnan o.f the Conmission on finance o.f his local church, ll'ard Memoria l , \Vashinston, D. C. He uxis President o.f the Lay Organization in the 2nd District .for 20 years. He is presently a General O.f.ficer and Treasurer o.f the A.M.E. Church.

Dr. Joseph C. McKinney

ECON:J.tlC tf\fl.Ofl.!ENT and CO,MJNlyY IMU.\/EMENT NI$7 Sf'fAKER

The Rev. James 0 . Brad.ford is the proud pastor o.f the fi.fth Street Missionary Baptist Church,

801 N. E. 5th St., O l t l ~ City, Oklahoma, aJtere he has pastored .for nine years.

He received a

!3 . S. Degree in Secondary Education 111ith Religious

Status .from Mary Allen Colle.ge, Crockett, Texas . He is the first Vice-President of Baptist Ministerial Association; first Vice-Moderator of the Northeastern District and a &arc! Member of the foreign ,\fission Board of the National Baptist Convention of America.

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He is married and the father of 4- children . !3rad.ford

ECT)N:JdIC DEVE1..01'1ENT and

cal\tlNiyY IN\U.\ÂŁ\!ENT NIG-IT

GUEST a-orn

The J. T" s of the Greater New Zion

Baptist Church, 1005 N. E. 28.t h St., Otlahoma City, Oklahoma, named after its dynamic Pastor, Rev. James H. Tucker, Âˇ roere organized in September,

1973.

Under the l eadership o.f the

Pastor, the choir has an enrollment

of over 100 members.

The tJi rector

is Johnny L. Hi It, with Re.ginald J e nkins, James ll'itlis, Melvin Tucker nev. James H. Tucker Pastor

and Andre111 Cudjo serv ing as musici-

ans.

Alquintin Stee l e, President.

Johnny L. Hilt Director

c,ct.qRAWLATZONS & 13EST WISHES To The OKLAHOMA

ANNUAL

CONFERENCE

CONCLAVE

For A Very Successful Â·Meeting

Mrs. Wilhelmina 1...aivrence President

Connectional Women's Missionary Society

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MRS. GERTIE BRANNON

MRS. FLOSSIE C. WALKER

MRS. RUBYE D. FERGUSON

CON:jRA.na..ATIONS ON ya.IR fIRST ANNUAL CONfEREN:E C01'Cl..AVE

FROM THE TWELFTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT W.M.S. EPISCOPAL DISTRICT W.M.S. OFFICERS

President .••••••.•••••••.•••••••••••.••••..•••••••••.••• • • •Mrs. Flossie Walk.er 1st Vice President ••••••••••• ••• •••••••••••••• ...•••.•.•.••Mrs. Gertie Brannon 2nd Vice Presid.ent •••..•.••••••••••••.•.•••••.•.•.••••.• Mrs. Rubye D. Ferguson Recording Secretary ••••••• • ••...••••••.••...••••.••.••..•.•• Mrs. Helen Emerson Asst. Recording Secretary •••••••••.••...••••••••••••••.•• •Mrs. Lorraine Jor:lan Corresponding Secretary ••.••.••••••••...••.•.••.••••••.••• Mrs. Margella Hanles

Treasurer • .••••••..•.•••..•.••••. •••••.•• ••••........••.•• .• • • Mrs. Bi rd. i e Boy;! Historian-Statistician •.• .•.•• •.••••..•.•..•.......•.•.. •• ••. Mrs. Agnes Hunter Parlimentarian ••.•.••• • .•..••.•.••...•..•.••..•••••••...•••.Mrs. Ruth M. Akins Director, P.M.E • •. ••••.•.••••.•••••..••.•. ... ..•....•... \irs . Virginia Robinson Worship Di rector . •.•.••••••...•...••.........•.•...•.•••. Mrs. Jauqui n Craw.ford Worship Director Emeritus . .• •••••..•... •• ...••.......•••.••• •Mrs. Elnora Riley Di rector of Y .P .D . .•••..•. •• • •.•• .•••... • ....•.••• -'-··· . . • • Mrs. Martha F. Simpson CONNECTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

Nominating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ottive Roberts Budget and Financial Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Regenia B. Alexander Rt. Reverend H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Bishop

JOHN PHILLI President Shorter College PS

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CO]VGRA TULA T/01\i Ai\iD BEST WISHES

FOR A SUCCESSFUL C01\1FERENCE Central Northeast Oklahoma Conference Branch Missionary Society

and Oklahoma Conference

Branch W. M.S. Officers

Officers Pres,dem Mrs Aldre Lee Avery 1st Vice President Mrs. I rna Anderson 2nd Vice Presidem Mrs Esther J Tornoson Recording Sec retary Mrs Margeilc: '-i a11 ley Ass: Record, g .::,ecretary Mrs . .'...Irr a Fetty

President

. Hrs. Rubye C. Fleming

Y.P.D Director Mrs Cordelia Bennett

1st Vice President

Corresponding Secretary Mrs Doretha Alexande•

2nd Vice President

Treasurer Mrs. Mary Holley

Recording Secretarl

Mrs. Grace Carrington

Mrs. Mary Square

Hrs. Jauquin Crawford

Par IIarnentanar Mrs Warnetta Barnett Historiographer Statistician Mrs. Fannie Hil ! Worship D1recto~ Mrs. Ida Dawkins

Asst. Recording Secy

Mrs. Coree Steele

Corresponding Secy

Mrs. Ida Pari<s

Promotion and Missionary EducatiorMrs Pearlie M Carne)

Treasure•

Mrs. Earnestine Carmichael

Parliamentarian

.Mrs. Minerva Sloss

Worship Director

Mrs. Katherine .Mayes

Promotion and Missionary Education

.Mrs. Lettie R. Hunter

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Historiographer and St;i tist 1r.Ia r,

.Mrs. A. M. Bembr,

Director of Y.P.D.

Mrs, oE:attice Owens Area Chairpersons

.:j<. Mrs. Helen Miller

Dr. Erma J. Austin Mrs. Elizabeth Gainous Mrs. Carrie Beaver

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ALJ..EN CHAPEL A .M .E. OiURQi 1400 N. E. 13th

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Rev. Tilford C. Owens , Pastor Chester Gipson, Secretary Authur Chandler, Treasurer Jauquin Crawford, Pastor's Secy.

73117 Church - 424-6625 Pastors Study - 427-0332

Parsonage - 677-6786

.,A Q-JURO-l \\.HERE THE,

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Gl-K)ST REIGNS"

caqRATLO...ATIONS TO BISJ-DP H. HAlrrfOIW BRCa<INS and the first Annual Conference Conclave of the Oklahoma Conference and the Centr al Northeast Oklahoma Conference.

Our Best Wis h es for a successful Annual Conference Conclave to Rev. N. C. Irving, Hos t Pastor, and the Avery Chapel Church fami ly~ from Rev. Tilford C. Owens

And The

ALLEN GiAPEL CHLIRQi f AfvlILY

Rever end and 1\.lrs . Ti lforel C. Owens

C O N

G R A T U L A T I O N S and

'f3 E S T

W I S H E S

from The Life Members Of The

HCMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY Cl<l...Al-Ov\. CONFERDCE, 13R.:ANJ-I

CENTRAL N .E. a<:z..Al-D,,iA. CONfERENCE, 13RAN:1:t

Mrs. Inez V. James

Mrs. Virginia A. Thompson

Mrs . Harriett Riley

Mrs. Mattie Lattimore

Mrs . Ruth Young

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Mrs. Fannie Ezell Hill

Rubye D. Ferguson

Amb. Octavia H. Douglass

Mrs . Ada Mae Kenna.rd

Mrs. Louise Price

Mrs. Mayne Reed

Mrs. Era A. Murrell Mrs. Deloshia Walker

BEST

WISHES

ALWAYS

Mr. & Mrs. Chester Gipson

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GRH,TIN:;S AND 13£ST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSfUL CONf]:REN:E

THE, OFFICffiS

AND MEMBERS Of FIRST A.M.E. Q-JLJRCH

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"13:m;t.1), 1:DW (::IX1) AND HJW 'f'J...E.ASANI

IT IS FOR BRETHREN

TO bM:l..L T~THE,R IN UNITY!"

Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Carrington

First African Methodist Episcopal Church 3309 N. E. Ke lly · Oklahoma Ci t y, Oklahoma 73111

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Office: 424-3226

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' Mr. & Mrs. George T. Ferguson

Dear A.M.E. family Members: We welcome each of you to Oklahoma City _for the first session of the

Oklahoma Conference Conclave of the Afrfcan Methodist Episcopal Church. We wish Bro.okins.

to extend -a specia_l heartfelt greeting to Bishop H. 'Hartford

The works and generous Âˇdeeds of Bi-shop Brookins serve as a

110clel wb~thy of emulation by all of ~~- - Under his guidance, we are sure the Con.fere~e Concl~ve will be an unequaled success. With Wannest Regards,

13ro. George T. Ferguson Seni-0r . Pastoral Steward ,A.very Chapel A .M.E .. Church 'S-is. Rubye D. f~rguson Âˇ 2nd v~ice Presiden't , \V.M.S. Twelfth Episcapal District Souvenir 13ook Chairperson

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<CONGRATULATIONS .

BEST WISHES

ON ya.IR

ANN.ML CONfERE.t"l:E COru.AVE

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AVERY CH ft 'EL TRUSTEES

M. F. Luster Herman Stevenson Harold Beatty Winard Normand Roosevelt Fleming John Logan , Sr. Neil Pierce Dorothy Dulaney Eugene Roberts R. D. Williams George Ponds Frank Swain* Charles Williams Mintoria Milas Dr. Bertram Sears M. B. Norton Ju Ha--Andersoct"inr - - - - - - - - Helen Miller Dr. Frank Wilson B~ssie Blanton (T rustee Emeritus} TiiE REV .

tJR.. NJ..~..A.NIB.. C. T.RVI:'-q, M. DIV. , D .D. , PASTOR

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AFRICAN Mfm:1.)IST EPISO'.J?AL CH.Il?Qi

n,e Right Reverend H. Hartfor<l BrooHns Presidi"9 Bi.shop, 12th Episcopal !>istrid

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first Vice Presiclent •. ; •• : .......................... : •.Mr. Chester Gipson Secom Vice Pres iderit ••••... • •••...............•..•.. Mr. Luke L. Ander.son TI,ird Vice President ..••....••.••.......... ... ....... Mrs. Lola ,;t, Johnson -....LRecordi"9 Secretary .•.••••....•..............•... .. •. Mrs. Helen J. Mi 1 ler'7'\ · Assistant Recordi"9 Secretary .•.•...........•......Mrs. Meatrie Patterson Corresponcli"9 Secretary.•.•.•......... •.•• .....•..•.••. th-. fnna J , Austin Treasurer,,., .••••• ,,,., ••. , .•. , .•.......•...•.•.. Mrs. Eclclie L. Albritton financial Secretary.,,,.,,.,,,, ...•.......•...•• , .•• , .Mr. Arthur Chandler Otaplain • • ••••• ,, •••••.••••• , • , .........••...•••••••.•Mr. William GrissO'lt Historiographer., •••••••••••...•.•..•..•.•.•. ... ..•.Mrs. Ouida P. Pierson Part imentarian •. , •••• ,,, ••••..•• •••.. . .• ••. .• . ..••..••••••Mrs. Ruth YOLJ"9 Director qf Lay Activities .••...••.......••..•. . ..••..Mr. Roy L. Robinson !Ji rector Public Relations. , ................... . .....•••• Mr, Jesse Stewart !Ji rector of Youth Actiui ties ..•...............•.... Mrs. Bettye J. Moulden Arts and Cra,fts.,,,.,, .••• , .••••....•• . ...•.......•. Mrs. Lettitia Stewart Organist •••.•.•••••••••••••••• ... .. ......• ..... ...•.•••• •Ms. Wanda f=ige !Ji rector of Music •••.•••..•........ , .....•...... Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gainous

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ct:NFEREN:F. rn..tnrnES

'-/; Oltlahoma City !Jistrict Avery Otapel, Okla. City Alt en Cltapel, Ohta. City first A.M.f., Okla. City Collins Conmunity, Okla. City Mc:Kay-!Jaui.s, Oltta. City Sherman Chapel , Spencer Mt. Triumph, Spencer St. James, Arcadia Metropolitan, Luther Bethel, Chandler Micl-!Jel, Midwest City Bethel, Shawnee St. Peter, Purcell Robinson, Guthrie

Lawton !Jistrict

8antetf Chapel I Lawton Grant Chapel, Lawton !Jaui s Cltape 1 , l.p.wton St. Stephen, Enid St. Mark 1 Ki"9fisher Bethel, fl Reno St. James, Hennessey Mt. 0l iue, Perry St. Paul, Frederick Connor Chapel, Ponca City New Bethel, Pawnee St. Paul, Guthrie flipper, Pauls Valley Salters, Langston Mefropol itan, Ardmore St. Paul, Chi c"-asha Antioch, Hobart· New Bethel, thuis

CONGRATULATIONS AND '!3EST WISHE 0 from

The

A~Y C1-JAPEL A.M.E. a-JURQ-i

SlJNDAy

saroL

The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving, M. Div., D.D., Pastor

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(front Row: E. Roberts, M. Mukes, V. Rice, W. Jones, V. Dulan, I. McClellan, E . Swain, J. Wakefield, L. Love, H. Miller, P. Tolbert, B. Nolan. Back Row: H. Dulan, B. Yarbrough, H. Beatty, L. Pogue , T. Allen, V. Powell, E. Bates, D. Johnson, A. McCann, J. Moham, f. Traylor. Not Shown: T. Haynes, C. Banks, L. Sims).

Oscar E. Rice Sunday School Superintendent Best Wis hes from

First Security ANO TRUST COM PANY

Bank

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C O N GR A T U L A T I O N S

and

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WI S H E S

from The '1!___ LALlRA L. TURNER MISSION4.Ry &XIEyY & UN1TS % AVERY OiAPEL AFRICAN METH:JDIST EPISCOPAL Q-11..filQi

ETTA L. &AIIH, Mrs. Myrtle Brown

l.AURA L. GIBsoN, Mrs. Lovie factory

L. D. CCJITREl.L, Mrs. Vernon Fleming

CLIVIA KEELI~, Mrs. Loretta Love

NEl.LlJE, '13. GRACEY, Ms. Edda All en

EASTSI1JE, Mrs. Rubye D. Ferguson

C}.JEEN ESTHER/BRIGHT STAR, Mrs. Christina Freeman

Mrs. Â· Inez V. James, President

, #The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving, M. Div., D.D., Pastor

Ar-N.JAL CCNfERHCE DAILY SCHEWU,

Tuesday, September 17, 1985 7:00 p.m.

Conference Lay Banquet St. Luke United Methodist Church

Wednesday Morning, September 18, 1985 10:30 A.M. l:00 P.M.

Conference Opening Worship

Service Annual Sermon Lunch

Wednesday Afternoon 3:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.

Business Session

Rol l Call Organization of Con.ference Appointment of Committees Announcements Recess

Wednesday Evening 7:30 P.M.

Holy Communion Service Conference celebration of The Lord's SufPer

Thursday Morning, September 19, 1985

7:00 A.M. 8:30 A.M. Z0:00 A.M.

Z0:30 A.M.

12:00 Noon Z:00 P.M. Z:30 P

Breakfast

Conference Institute Press Conference Business Session Presiding Elders' Swnma.ry Reports Pastors' Reports

Oklahoma Annual Conference • Central Northeast Oklahoma Annual Conference The Conference Worship Hour Recess Lunch Community Luncheon Bishop to lunch with business, civic & political leaders

Thursday Afternoon

3:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.

Friday 'Afternoon 3:00 P.M. Business Session Reports - Memorial Service Announcements 6:00 P.M. Recess Friday Evening 7:30 P.M: ' . _Women's Missionary Society

Service Annual Conferenc e · Program - Night in Whit n.

Saturday Mo~ing, September 21, 1985 7:00 A.M.

8:30 A.M. 10:00 A.M.

12:00 Noon 1 :30 P.M.

Oklahoma Annual Conference Central Northeast Oklahoma Annual Conference Presentation of Visitors Announcements Recess

Community Involvement

Worship with Guest Churches Economic Development Presentation of Visitors Announcements - Recess

Breah,fast Conference Institute

Business Session

Disciplinary Questions Retirement & Recognition Ordination Service Recess for Lunch

Saturday Evening, youth Night 7:30 P.M.

Young People's Division Annual Conference Program

Sunday Morning, · September 22, 1985 7: 00 A .M. 8: 30 A .M. 10:30 A.M.

Breah,fas t

12:30 P.M.

Recess for Lunch

2:30 P.M.

Conference Sunday School Conference Sunday Worship Service

Mass Choir Concert

Economic Development

Business Session Reports Continue

Thursday Evening, Economic Development and 7:30 P.M.

Friday Morning, September 20, 1985 7:00 A.M. Breah,fast 8:30 A.M. Conference Institute 10:00 A.M. Business Session Reports 12:00 Noon · Tne Conference Worship Hour l :00 P .M. Recess for Lunch

Resolutions

Financial Report 3:30 P.M.

The Appointments Hynn - Go Preach My Gospel

Doxology Benediction

a<l...Al-r:MA CONfERE,N:E

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CENfRAL N:K.?.lliEAST CONfEREN:E

fUBLIC llrnSHIP

PUBLIC IICRSHIP

Bishop H . H. Brookins Presiding Elders Dr. N. C. Irving

Bishop H. H. Brookins Presid ing Elders Dr. N. C. Irving

FIOOU CCM\HTIEE - TO BE £1..ECIED

F I ~ CO.l\lIIT.EE - TO BE ELECTED

J[IDICI.Afl.Y CX.M,IITTH - ID BE E1..ECTED

JU[)ICIARY CO.l\lITTH - TO BE E1..ECTED

£o\RD Of .EXN.HNERS

80\RD Of EXAMINERS

Dr. N. C. Irving, Chairperson

Rev. B. S. Roberts, Otairperson

AD.IISS IONS

AZ:MISSICNS

Revs . R. C. Jenkins, C. T. Carrington, David Gray, Presiding Elders

Rev. R. L. Walker

FIRST

YEAR

FIRST

Revs. Harvey Priru::e, Engli s h Collier, B. z. Lewis, Magnus Scott, Presiding Elders SE<n-0

!JEAR

Revs . M. E. Griffin, Cecil Collins , Hugh Benn£tt SEC0!-0

Revs. 0. E. Ellis, Patrick Jones, John Stewart, Harold Davis, Presiding Elders

!JEAR

Revs . IV. R . Nor.fut, Polly Wallace, Lonnie Johnson

!JEAR

n-tIRD ).{EAR

TI-1.IRD

Revs . Na.ncy Newt on, Albert Moore, Billy franklin, Presiding Elders

Revs. C. L. Avery, W. V. Leake, A. L. \Vi l1 iams

faIRTI-i

!JEAR

faIRil:I !-{EAR

Revs. R. C. Jenkins, T. C. Owens, IV. V. Jenkins, Blanton Bennett, Presiding Elders A1W-lXJNE1)

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ABANx:NED PIDPEiay

Revs. Marcellus fields, IV. V. Jenkins, J. :D. Moulden, Presiding Elders R£SCLUTICNS

Sisters :Doris Pettigrew, Rubye :D. ferguson,":X: Leoni.a Qui,1n, Velma Holt MISSIONS,

crnrurrs

Revs. B. S. Roberts, E. IV. :Dawkins, Presiding Elders

& STATICNS

Revs. Harold :Davis, Albert Moore, Earl ene Morrow, Presiding Elders a.ASSifICATION Of 0-flROiES Revs. T. C. Owens, Henry Edwards, Bro. George Ferguson, Presiding Elders

aASSifICATION OF MINISTERS Drs. IV. H. Hott, L. B. Quinn, N. C. Irving ,* Rev. Paul Prim i\lE.\CIRIALS

Revs. Harvey Priru::e, Elza Haynes, Mose Nettles,· Magnus Scott EXPANSION Revs. Albert Moore, B. Z . Lewis, Patri cT, Jones , Alfred \Vi ll iams, Jr. , Bro. Robinson (El Reno), Mrs. Lola Johnson

Revs. Al. E. Griffin, J. M. Thompson , E. IV. fuwkins, C. V. Boy:!, Jr., Presiding Elders, Sisters Fanni e Clayton , Anna Anderson, Panzy Lockridge

Sisters Fannie ,Hi 11, Elnora Crenshaw, \Variuetta Barnett MISSIQ'\15, CIROlITS & STATICNS

Revs. Hugh Bennett , George Austin, Evg. Essie Watkins, .\frs. :Doretha Alexander CLASSIFICATION Of 0-flRQ-IES Revs . E. \V, :Dawkins, M. E. Griffin, James ll'alton, Polly Wallace, J. M. Thompson, .\Ir, ~di:e Roberts aASSifICATION Of MI NISTERS Revs . IV. R. Nor.fut, Norvell Morris, A. L. \Vi t l iams ,\!E\CIRIALS Revs. C. V. Boy:!, Jr., R. B. ,\fcllinie.t, Cecil Collins, ,\frs. Aldre Avery, Mrs. Elois Hit lmon 0

Revs . R. L. >raLl<er, Larry Watson, ileuben Sinrnons , Evg. Rosie Payne

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LOCAL GJUROi IN51./1Wa

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Revs. Edward E. :Davis, Herb Greaves , J. E. Hughes, Harvey Potts

Revs. C. L. Avery, Larry Watson, :Donnell Owens

\01ER REGISmATICT--1

\O!ER REGISTRATION: Revs . IV. R. Nor.fu l, James \Val ton, Mrs. Helen Emerson

TO BE ANa..lKED

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CONFERENE

O!'ENit,q SERVICE

Wednesday, September 18, 1985 10:30 A.M.

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The Rev . L. B. Q,~£nn, Pres icli,,g Processional Hynn No. 25 •.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Holy, Holy, Holy

Doxology Call to Worship ..................................... The Rev. N. C. lrvi"B' ')f(.

Opening Hynn No. 304-, And Are We Yet Alive •••••••••• •The Rev. T. C. avens Prayer . ............................................ The R.et.J. E. \V. 'Dciult. ins

Selection •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• Mass Choir Scripture Lessons •••••••••••.••••••.• Old Testament - The Rev. E. E. Davis New Testament - The Rev. R. L. Walker from All That Dwell Below the Skies ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••• The Decalogue ................... .. . ........... .. .... The Rev. Albert Moore

Benevolent Offering .•••••.. The Revs. C. T. Carrington, 0. E. Ellis, J.C. Williams, B. Z. Lewis, Cecil Collins, Wilbert Brown, Paul Prim The Offertory Selection ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Mass Choir Presentation of the Bishop•••••••·•••••••····••·••••••TheRev. W. H. Holt

Presentation of the Speaker ......... .. The Rt. Rev. H. H. Brookins, Bishop Special Music Sennon • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••• •• The Ret.1. IVi 11 i e R . t~r,/t.J.1

The Lord's Pt:"ayer

The Invitationa.l ...••.•.•.•.••••.•.••••.•.•.•.•.••. The Rev. B. S. Robe~ts The Offerir,,g • .•••.•...•.•..........•...•..••..•••••...• •fir1a.T1C-e Canrni ttees The Offertory·

Introduction of Visitot:"s Announcements

Doxology Benediction

1 I

NI.GHT SERVICE September 18, 1985 7:30 P.M.

WEDNE5DAy

Holy Communion Service The Rev. Eel Mi.Iler, Presiding

Doxology Ca 11 to Worsh i. p •••••••••••••••.••••.••••••••••••••••• The Rev. W. V. Leake

Opening Hynn No. 1+7..........................•.. . .. The Rev. Harold Davis When I &urvey the Wondrous Cross

Prayer . •..•.....••••.•.•....•••.....••...•....•..•.. The Rev. Magnus Scott Selection .•..••...•..•.••••.••.•...•..•...•••......•..•••.••••.Mass Choir Scripture Lessons .••••.••......•. Old Testament - The Rev. C. V. Boy:l, Jr. New Testament - The Rev. J. D. Moulden from Al I That Dwel 1 Below the Skies

&wnmary of the Decalogue .••..•........•..•........ The Rev. J.M. Thompson Benevolent Offering ••.• The Reus. Marcellus fields, Henry Edwards, Norvell Morris, Reuben Simmons, Mose Nettles, W. V. Jenk1.ns, Joe Robinson Offertory Selection..•••.••••••••.•••..••.......•..•.••..•.•.•..••.••..•.Mass Choir Presentation of Bishop .•..•••••...•..••.•.•••. The Rev. Ca1uester Anderson Presentation of the Speaker .•...•...•.....•....••••. Bishop H. H. Brookins Special Music Sermon • • •••.•••..••.••••... . ..... .. ....•. . ......•.. The Rev. B. S . Roberts

The Lord's Prayer Invitation for Discipleship ........•..•.........•.. The Rev. E.W. Daim.ins Offering •.•..••.•...•••••. . •.......................•••• . fi.nance Committee

The Offertory Announcements Holy

CommunionHynn No. 530 ...............••. Let Us Break Bread Together

Communion ..•.••..•••••.••...•...•.....•..........•.• The Bishop and Elders

Doxology Benediction

Thursday Night Service September 19, 1985 Economic Development & Community Night

X: The Rev.

Dr. N. C. Irving, Presiding

Doxology Call To Worship ...•..••.•••..•.•.•.••..•.•.•...•..••• The Rev. E. E. Davis Openirig Hynn No. 519 ••••••.••••••••••••••••••• The Church's One foundation Prayer • ...•..••.•••.•.••....•••••••••.•...•••••..••.•• The Rev . W. H . Ho l t Selection •.•...•.••.•...••••.••.••..•. The J. T's, New Zion Baptist Church The Rev. James H. Tucker, Pastor Scripture Lessons ....••..••.•••...Old Testament - The Rev. Lonnie Johnson New Testament - The Rev. M. E. Griffin from

All That Dwell Below the Skies

Summary of Decalogue ..•..•.•••••.••••.•••••.•••.. The Rev. Blanton Bennett Benevolent Offeririg ••... The Revs . A. L. Williams, Eriglish Collier, Harvey Potts, Larry Watson, Allen Avery, Herb Greaves, A. D. Moore The Offertory Selection. •••••..•••••...•.••.••••••.••••.• New Zion Baptist Church J. T's

Presentation of the Bishop .••.••• • ••••••••••••••••• The Rev. B. S. Roberts Presentation of the Speaker •••.••..•.•••••••••••.••• Bishop H. H. Brookins S~lections •••.•.•••••••.•••..•••••••.••• fifth Street Baptist Church Choir Sennon•••••••••....••.•••.•••••••.• • ••• ••• The Rev. J. 0. Brad.ford, Pastor fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Invitation The Offerirg ..... ...................................... . fi11a.nce CCJrn111i ttee

The Offertory Introduction of Visitors Announcements Doxology ·Benediction

CQNfEREr-cE, ruNDAy J.\.O<SHIP SERVICE

September 22, 1985 Z0:30 A.M.

The Rev. W. H. Holt, Presiding Processional, No. 568.: .. ; ....................•........Gocl Of Our fathers

Doxology Call to Worship ••.•••••••••.•••••.•••.•.•••••..••••• The Rev. N. , C. Irving * 1-iynn of Praise, No. 6, All Hail the Power .......••• The Rev. E.W. Dawkins Invocation •..•••....•.••••...•......•••••..•..••.•. • The Rev. J. E. Hughes Selection ........... . ............ ... . .. . ......... .. ............Mass Oi.oi r

Scripture Lessons •.•••••.•••••••.•.. Old Testament - The Rev. W.R. Norful New Testament - The Rev. T. C. Owens front All

That Dwell Below the Skies

Swnmary of the Decalogue .. ..•.•.. ...... ..•... .. . The Rev. C. T. Carrington Benevolent Offering •.••.. •The Revs. B. S. Roberts, David Gray, Paul Prim, Seaborn Carter, Harvey Golden, Earlene Morrow, Nancy Newton Offertory Se l ecti on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A4a.ss Oto i r

Presentation of the Bishop .•••..••.••••.•••...••.•••• The Rev. ,L.B. Quinn Specia l Selection The Sermon •....•.•.• ,·••••.••••••.••••. •• The Rt. Rev. H. Hartford Brookins Bishop, Twelfth Episcopal District The Lord's Prayer

Invitation for Discipleship Offerirtg . .............................................• . fi11a.T1C.e Cc,rnrni ttee

The Offertory Announcements

Doxology Bene.diction

13APN:IT OiA.PEL AfRILlN METID.bIST EPISCOPAL Q-D..JRQ-t - L-'\\VTON, CTQ..Afi'.JIIA

EXTENDS

Greetings and Best Wishes to Bishop H. H. Brook.ins and members for a successful and inspirational Ok.lahoma and Central Northeast Ok.lahoma Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District.

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Rev. Edward E. Davis, Pastor

Bro. Carney Loveless, financial Secy.

Sis. Doris 0. Pettigrew, Secretary

Sis. Elizabeth Gainous, Asst. Recording Secretary

Bro. Charles Jefferson, Treasurer

Sis. Coree Steele, Pres.â&#x20AC;¢ W.M.S. Bro. Jessie Stewart, II., Lay Pres.

Bro. Albert Pettigrew, Pres., Sr. Usher Bo ard Bro . C. L. Henry, S. S. Superi-.nte ndent

Sis. Elizabeth Williams, Choral Coordinator Sis. Barbara Knight, Pianist Bro. David Barnes, Organist

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Past or and Members of Bethe l A.M .E. Church

Rev . A. D. Moore, Pastor

BEST WISHES From The TULSA DISTRICT

Presiding Elder & Mrs. E. D. Miller PASTORS

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Rev. N. Morris, Claremore

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Rev. J. M. Thompson, Boley

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Rev. Hugh Bennett, Wewoka

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Rev. L. Johnson, Bristow

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Rev. M. L. Blackwell, Pawht-1.ska

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Rev. R. B: McDaniel, Evangelist

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FUR A ver-y successful Joint sess ion of the fir-st Oklahoma Conclave, compr-ising the Con,fer-cnces of Central No.-thcast Ohla11oma an:! Ohlahoma Con,fer-ence, September- 17-22, 1985. "Come Alive in '85" is our- the111e. We come to this first Joint session of the Ohlahoma Conclave with deep gr-ati tu:le arxl thank,ful hearts for the privilege of attending and participating in this great event. The gathering of our grent t eader:,, and the people a,i t t provide many opportunities for /el lowship, learning an:! growth experience. The St. Paul A.AI.E. 01urch family is delighted to .be part of this historic meeting. IVe join you in wefconing our guest arxl visitors. ll'e offer our assistance to Jrelp make this a pleasant ,went. God has smiled on us. May He f;.l ess you, too.

N:.oni- ltay \l'arnetta Barnett Myrtle :tJoakes Rose Chtes Rubye Lyles

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for A Successful Annual Conference Rev. Charles R. Leqrancl, Pastor Ancl The Walls Chapel A.M.E . • Zion Church.Family 2424- N. Kelley Ave. · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111

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A\£Ry HEAD START STAFF

And

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. Rev. R. B. Mc.Daniel Evg. & Senior Minister of the Central N.E. Oklahoma Annual Conference PATRONS

A Allen, Edda F.

Allen, Wi-lliam J. Almon, Jessie Askew, Carrie

13 Baileys, The Herbert Beatty, Harold Beatty, Jewel Bell, Almeta Bennett, Salonia Benton, Leonard. D. (Pres. , CKCJJ. Urban League) Blanton, Bessie Bluitt, Robert Brooks, Dea. Viola

Browns, The C. Browns, The J. Browns, The Leslie Brown, Myrtle Bruner, Deanna

Byrd, Ellen

Caldwell, Jerry Carr, Ve l zora Clopton, John Cole, Imogene

Combs, Doris Combs, The Melvin Connor, Antonette Connor, McKinley Cooper·, Freddie M. Counters, The Paul Crook, Geraldine

D Davis, Blanche Da.vises, The Sammie Depp, Bertha Dond, Wi-lliam Dulan, Hattie Dulans, Tite Hurl on

Elliotts, The Lee Ellis, Hattie Evans, The Raynond

F Fleming, Roosevelt A. Fleming, Rubye C.

freeman, Christina Freeman, otho

§_ Gary, Doris Goudeau, Jannie

Granberry, Rev. & Mrs. J.M. Greene, Enma June Guthries, The William H

Harmon, Edgar Lee Harmon, Nellie Hayes, The John Helms, Marilyn Henderson, Ellen Henderson, Rowena Hicks, The Henry Hilliard., Berniece V. Hodge, Ruth Horton, Clexso Hynes, E. A. Hunes. Gilho..-r

Irving, Rhcxla C.

J Jacksons, The Herman Jacobs, Odessa James, Sallie James, The William Jenkins, Ammon Jenkins, Bobby Johnson.s, The Clarice Johnson, Leola John.sons, The Lonnie John.son, Maxine Jordan, Addie L

Lee, Evelyn Lee, 1-1.attie Lewis, Robert Little Catherine Lockridge, T. 13. Logan, Louise C . Loves, The James Ly:;lay, Hannah M

Mays, Leon McClain, Loretta McCloney, Sealie Milas, Mentoria Millners, The J . Mi nor, Gordon Minor, Vi rgia Moore, Anna Elise Mukes, Mabel

Sanford , Gwendolyn Scotts, The Merrill Server, Daisy Shockleys, The Dennis Simmons, Lillian Smiths, The Tom Sparks, Gladys Swain, Esther Swanson, flora Suxmson, Shirley

Threatt, Elizabeth Tipton, Earlene Tucker, Hattie Turner, Vi na V

Nelson, Emily Ne lson, Emmitt Nelson, Leon Âˇ .

Rader, Dorothy Reed, Ava Marie Reed, Mayne L. Reed, 01 i via Reed, Sereetta Reed, Thomas Reed, Thomas, Jr. Rice, Oscar E. Rice, Vera M. Riley, Elnora Roberts, The Eugene Robin.son, Arnabelle Rolfe, Jarvis Rolfe, John Rolfe, Ruth

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w Walker, Bozie Walker, Georgia Walker, Capt. Michael Wal lace, E. Washington, Shirley Williams, The Charles Williams, Dora Williams, Thelma 13. Wrights, The C . Q.

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SENIOR OfFICER.S President • ••••.•. .• •.•..•••••.••.. . R. D. Willi.ams first Vi.ce-Presi.dent •..•••••••• John E. Logan, Sr. Second Vice-Presiclent ..••••.••••..Eclgar L. Harmon Secretary ••.•••.••••••.•• • •••••••• . • •Loretta Love· Asst. Secretary •••••.•.•••••••••••••• Emily Nelson. Treasurer ••••.• ..• ••.•••••••• •••• • Theople Roberts . SENIOR f30d..RD MEMBERS Toye Allen Sarah Bennett Casey Chi lcls, Sr.

Jaunita Holloway

Bei:tye Moulden

John E . Logan, Sr.

Joe McCloney

Louise C. Logan

Emily Nelson

Melvin Combs

Loretta Love

George Ponds

Edgar Harmon

Leon Mays

Thelma Hicks

Iheople Roberts R. D. Willi.ams

JUNIOR Off1.CERS

Pres iclent ••. .•• .••..•.. . .••••.• .. ... LaRhonda Sims Vi.ce-Presiclent . •.•••• .••••• .• • • .Dondre Washington Secretary .•...•.•.•. . •.•••••...•••.•. Tony:i Haynes

Treasurer ••••••..••..•.•••••••••••• •Becky Stewart

JUNIOR 1!oA1m MEMBERS Michael Johnson

Tony Shockley

Coletha Banks

Rahi.em Kenan

LaRhonda Sims

Donald Clytus

Lori Keaton

Becky Stewart

Raynel Givens

Marc Shockley

Dondre Washington

Diane Hawoocl

Tera Shockley

Carlos Wil Li.ams

Brian Baker

THE,

REV.

DR. N4.THANIEL

C. IRVIN:i, M. DIV., D.b., PASTCJR

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Mrs. Rubye D. Ferguson, Chairperson N. C. Irving, M. Div., D.D. Virginia Irving, Consultant Marcella Guthrie Mattie Counter Loretta McClain Hattie Lee Eu Ia Chi lcls Casey Chi !els, Sr. Johnny Banks Eloise Banks E.d.cl.a Al l en Coletha Allen Theople Roberts Eugene Roberts Carrie Askew Doris Gary Louise Glenn Helen Boxley Li 1l ie Seward Ruby J. Alexander Johnny L. Hill 0. E. Rice Albert Lindsey Lena Whitfield Dorothy Dulaney

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ADVI~S

Pastoral Stewards George T. Ferguson

Osie Parks

TRANSRJRTATION

Osie Parks

H. Smith

R. D.

Bett~ Moulden

Freel factory

USHERS Williams, Chairperson Louise Logan John Logan

George Ponds

M..JSIC Herman Stevenson.

Freel.die Cooper Ammon Jenkins

Donna Block

FOCD and SN4.CK Mrs. Inez James, Chairperson Charles Willi ams Emily Nelson

Eugene Allen Alberta Pendley

Robert Bluitt Lucy Evans

REGISTRATION and KIT Mrs. LaJoyce Lawton, Chairperson Edel.a All en

Dorothy Dulaney Salonia Bennett

Emma June Johnson

Donna Block

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Mrs. Ivory Preston, Chairperson. Ernestine Luster PUBLICITY Albert Lindsey, Chairperson Freel.cl.ye lVi l l iams J:DSPITALITY Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Minor, Chairpersons Bettye Moulden

Eleanor Bates George Ferguson Amabelle Robinson

E,clcla Allen

COVER ITTIGN - Johnny Banks

Rubye Ferguson

Emma June Johnson

Margaret Baker

ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1986

AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 North Kelham. Oklahoma CHv. Oklahoma 7j117

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We, the women of Avery Chapel A.ME. Church dedicate this souvenir booklet to all our Christian friends as we meditate upon our theme: "WOMEN IN TODA Y'S WORLD · FITTING INTO GOD'S PLAN" As we strive to fit into God's plan, we feel that the women of the Bible are superior examples for us to follow. They have left us a priceless spiritual heritage which we cherish as we seek a closer communion with God and to grow in our service to Him. Respectfully, each captain has chosen the name of a woman of the Bible. Women of courage were there at the cross of Jesus • his mother and "the women who followed Him from Galilee" women first at the sepulchre and Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene-when He was risen. From the time of Christ' s·ascension women have filled an active and fruitful role in the support of the church. Women were among the first converts to the church for when Philip preached the good news "they were baptized, both men and women." We pray then that our lives will serve as examples of spiritual love, peace, faith, obedience, and goodness as these, our ancestors, have done for us. Today, we accept the challenge of the major prophet to " Rise up, you women who are at ease and hear my voice, give ear to my word you complacent daughters . .. Tremble, you women who are at ease, be troubled you complacent daughters." Isaiah 32:9-11.

Dr. & Mrs. N.C. Irving

THE PASTOR'S MESSAGE To Mrs. Effie Hudson, our 1986 Women's Day Chairperson, to Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell, -our 1986 Women's Day Co-Chairperson, to all the women, men, youth and children, Women's Day at Avery is one of our greatest activities, and I'm happy to be a part of it, because I see faith in action. There is a portion of a verse in the gospel of St. Matthew 17:20b (KJV) that reads "Verily I say unto you, ifyou have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto the mountains, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you". This verse is literally acted out by the women and the entire membership during Women's Day. You see mountains of doubt, fears, jealousy, lack of cooperation, moved as all get involved in the Women's Day activities. You set ambitious goals for a worthy cause and I commend you women of Avery for your leadership, your loyalty and support of the church in all of its endeavors. How are you able to accomplish so much? How is it that you are able to put your faith into action and mobilize the entire church? Perhaps the answer lies in verse 21 of the same chapter ofMatthew that reads "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting". Again to all of you, thanks. Dr. NC. Irving, M Div., D.D., Pastor

Effie L. Hudson, Chairperson

Sarah Jane Bell, Co-Chairperson

Dear Christian Brothers and Sisters: We should like to thank the Pastor, members and friends of Avery for their loving support and cooperation which has made Women's Day '86 a success.

It is certain that we all are grateful recipients of the much needed finances and loving fellowship opportunities which have been received and experienced during this observance. Our appreciation is so beautifully expressed in the words of Paul in his second letter to the Thessalonians (1:2,3): "We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers. Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father."

With Sisterly Love, Effie L. Hudson, Chairperson Sarah Jane Bell, Co-Chairperson

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Born in Coshocton, Ohio to the late Rev. and Mrs. Fred D. Dokes, Sr. Father pastored in the African Methodist Episcopal Church for over 50 years. Se grew up in this denomination and chose to remain a member. Education• -Received in the state of Ohio. -Graduated of Poro School of Cosmetology, Columbus, Ohio. -Undergraduate work at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Major - English. -Graduate woi'k in Guidance and Counseling, completed at Wright State University Dayton, Ohio. -Studied at the University of Dayton in - Early Childhood Education. -Completed Head Start Leadership Seminar at Michigan State University and returned to this university for special courses in the field of Social Work. -Has taken several courses in Early "childhood Education from the Oklahoma State University Department of Continuing Education. Work Experience· -Director "Head Start Program" - Piqua; Ohio. -Director "Head Start Programs" - Camden, Arkansas. -Employed as a Child and Family Resource Program for the Oklahoma City Community Action Agency. -Currently is Director of the Linwood Child Development Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Chruch Work Experience· Oklahoma -Y.P.D. (Young P eoples an d Children's D ivision) Director at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Chu rch. -Director of Youth Choir - Avery Chapel Church. -Area I, Y.P.D. Director - Oklahoma Confe rence. -Immediate Past Director of the Oklahoma Conference Y.P.D. of the Wome n's Missionary Society of the 12th Episcopal Dist_rict. -Currently the Worship Director for Area 1, W.M.S. -Co-Sponsor of the Avery Christian Women's Fellowship, Avery Chapel Church. Membership· -The African Methodist Episcopal Church. -The Cosmopolitan Study Club (affiliate of the Federated Women's Clubs) -T he Oklahoma State Child Care Association. Marital Status Married to the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving. -Six children - 4 daughters and 2 sons. -Six grandchildren - 3 boys and 3 girls. Goals· -To author children's books, soon to complete the first book. -To create visual aids for young children for Sunday School Dept.

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MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE Mrs. Effie Hudson, Presiding Sunday, June 22, 1986

10:45 A. M.

WE PRAISE THEE, 0 GOD

Sacred Organ Music Processional: "Holy, Holy" (Blue, 25) (Red, 298) Call to Worship .... . ..... ......... ..... . . ... ............ Mrs. Effie Hudson

LEADER: Be joyful in t he Lord, all you lands; PEOPLE: Serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. LEADER: Know this: The Lord Himself is God: PEOPLE: He Himself has made us, and we are His, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. LEADER: Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise: PEOPLE: Give Thanks to Him and Call upon his Name. LEADER: For t he Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; PEOPLE: And His faithfulness endures from age to age. Hymn:

"Guide Me O -TIJ,ou Great J ehovah" (Blue, 53) (R ed, 78).

II. WE CALL UPON THE.E

With Our Prayers ... .. . ..... ................. . ............. .. Mrs. Vernon Fleming We Praise Thee Wit h Our Singing .............. ... ................ Women's Chorus "MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD" Ammon Jenkins, Soloist Lord, We Hear Thee T hrough Thy Word Old testament: Proverbs 31 :1 0-31 . .. . .. . ... . . . .......... . Mrs. Donnie M. J ohnson New Testament: I Corinthians 13:1-13 . . ..... . ...... .... ........ Mrs. Julia Terrell *Persons who are waiting may enter.

We Affirm Our Faith In Thee ......... . ............. .. ....... Mrs. La Joyce Lawton THE APOSTLES' CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under P ontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He arose from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church Universal, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. AMEN.

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The Decalogue (Summarized) .............. . . ......... Mrs. La Joyce Lawton With Our Singing: ......... . . . . .. . ... .. .......... . .. . . . ... Women's Chorus "MOVE ME " Betty Gipson, Soloist Edwina Littlepage, Obbligato

With Our Tithes and Offering . ........................ Mrs. Helen Miller and Committee With Our Singing .. . . . ..... . ....................... . ..... . Women's Chorus "LORD, TOUCH ME" Devera Moore, Soloist Through Fellowship Presentation of Visitors and Announcements ..... . ....... Ms. Patricia Thomas Mrs. Andrea Luster Introduction of Speaker . . . . ....................... . ... Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell Hymn: "Take My Life and Let It B e" (Blue, 292) The Message . .. .. ..................................... Mrs. Virginia Irving First Lady, Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church

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W E HEAR THY CALL

Hymn of Invitation: "Let J esus Come Into Your H eart" (Blue, 237) (Red, 344) .............. . ...... . . . .... . ... . ........... . ....... . . . . . Rev. N. C. Irving

WE RETURN TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO SERVE

Doxology Benediction ............................................... Rev. N.C. Irving

MUSICIANS: Mrs. F.M. Cooper, Women's Chorus Director Mrs. Donna Block, Pianist Mrs. Johnnie Mae Kimbro, Organist

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"THE GOSPEL IN SONG" Doxology Call to Worship ....................... ... . . ...... . . ... Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell

LEADER: PEOPLE: LEADER: PEOPLE: LEADER: PEOPLE: ALL:

Come let us sing to the Lord. Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands. Lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. Sing forth the honour of His name: make His praise glorious.

0 sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing praises.

Congregational Song: "What a Fellowship" Prayer ........... . ................ .. .............. Â·..... Mrs. Coletha Allen Scripture: Psalm 98:1-9 ....... ... ....... ... ............. . Mrs. Wilbur Jones

PROGRAM (1) E.J. Perry Singers J.B. Thompson, Director/Accompanist (2) Norma Picket Joyce Jenkins Marzett, Accompanist (3) T.L. Turner Singers William Wray, Accompanist (4) Chequita Owens Freddie Cooper, Accompanist

(5) Bea and S' Amore Renee Peterson, Accompanist {6) Novella Palmer William Wray, Accompanist (7) Avery Ladies Ensemble Freddie Cooper, Director (8) Carol Wilson William Wray, Accompanist

{9) E.J. Perry Singers Remarks .................. . ................. . .......... Mrs. Effie Hudson Rev. N.C. Irving Benediction

AFTERNOON SERVICE 3:30 P.M. Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell, Co-Chairperson, Presiding

"THE GOSPEL IN SONG" Doxology Call to Worship ..... . ........ . . . ...... . ............ . . . Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell

LEADER:

Come let us sing to the Lord.

PEOPLE: LEADER: PEOPLE: LEADER:

Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands. Lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands.

PEOPLE: ALL:

Sing forth the honour of His name: make His praise glorious. 0 sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing praises.

Congregational Song: "What a Fellowship " Prayer . .. . .. .. ............ . ... . ............ . ...... -..... Mrs. Coletha Allen Scripture: Psalm 98:1-9 ........ . . . . . .................. .. . Mrs. Wilbur Jones

(5) Bea and S' Amore Renee Peterson, Accompanist (6) Novella Palmer William Wray, Accompanist (7) Avery Ladies Ensemble Freddie Cooper, Director (8) Carol Wilson William Wray, Accompanist

(9) E.J. Perry Singers Remarks . ....... . ... . .................. . . . .. . . . ........ Mrs. Effie Hudson Rev. N.C. Irving Benediction

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Bestow on me also, 0 Lord my God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Toye Allen Sarah Bennett Almeta Bell Casey Childs, Sr. Melvin Combs Phillip Crook Edgar Harmon Thelma Hicks Juanita Halloway Louise Logan

John E. Logan, Sr. Loretta Love Joe McCloney Bettye Moulden Leon Mays Emily Nelson George Ponds Theople Roberts RD. Williams - President Usher Board

THE THRIFT CLUB OF AVERY CHAPEL, A.M.E. CHURCH "We are doing our best to make the 1986 Women's Day a huge success"

Reading from left to right, the members are: Elizabeth Brooks, Virgie Johnson, Ethel Johnson, Carrie Askew, Rhoda Irving, Ruby Jones-Russell and Inez Edwards. Members not shown are: Rosie Lee Eldridge, Helen Poles, Hattie Tucker and Bessie Blanton.,

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AVERY FORUM

The Laura L. Turner Missionary Society Units Etta L. Smith L.D. Cottrell Nellye B. Gracey Laura L. Gipson Olivia Keeling East Side Queen Esther/Bright Star

Presidents Myrtle Brown Vernon Fleming Edda Allen Lovie Factory Loretta Love Rubye Ferguson Christina Freeman

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CAPITOL TIRE AN D A U T O M O TI VE, IN C. Salutes the Women of Avery Chapel, A.M.E. Church Our goal is to make sure that females as well as males receive prompt courteous service with personal care for the least amount of money.

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AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH WOMEN'S DAY COMMITTEES AND CAPTAINS June 22, 1986 Theme: "Vlomen in Today's World Fitting into God's Plan"

CHAIRPERSON

CO-CHAIRPERSON

Effie Hudson

Sarah Jane Bell

PROGRAM

FOOD COMMITTEE

Effie Hudson, Chairman Sarah Jane Bell Ernestine Luster Freddie Cooper Vera Maye Rice

Inez James, Chairman Eleanor Powell, Co-Chairman Flora Swanson Willie Ruth Rolfe Nilar Jewel Phillips Ernestine Luster Lucy Evans Leon Mays Roosevelt Fleming Esther Swain

SOUVENIR BOOKLET Sarah Jane Bell, Chairman Ruby Alexander Vera Maye "Rice Ernestine Luster

PATRONS

DECORATIONS Imogene Normand Coletha Allen

Lillie Seward, Chairman Vina Dulan Wilba J ones Esther Swain

Lajoyce Lawton

FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA

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Loretta Love, Chairman Toye Allen Eleanor Bates Doris Gray Lillian Hayes

Freddie Cooper. Chairman Donna Block J ohnnie Kimbro

WOMEN of the BIBLE TEA Bettye Moulden, Chairman Lajoyce Lawton Gwendolyn J ohnson Lucille Evans

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FINANCE COMMITTEE Helen Miller, Chairman Ruby Fleming, Co-Chairman Wilba Jones Dorothy Dulaney Catherine Little

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Anderson, Julia

Phoebe

Bailey, Fannie

Lydia

Boxley, Helen

Miriam

Crook, Geraldine

Leah

Dulan, Vina

Salome

Dulaney, Dorothy

Ruth

Factory, Lovie

Martha

Fleming, Ruby

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Goudeau, Jannie

Hagar

Henderson, Rowena

Rebekah

Jenkins, Ammon

Esther

Little, Catherine

Delilah

Littlepage, Edwina

Rahab

Love, Loretta

Deborah, the Judge

McCann, Alice

Sarah

Milas, Mintoria

Dorcas

Moulden, Betty

Rachel

Mukes, Mabel

Naomi

Phillips, Nilar

Priscilla

Rolfe, Willie Ruth

Bathsheba

Seward, Lillie

Elisabeth

Shockley, Garvice

Hannah

Swanson, Shirley

Lois

Terrell, Julia

Mary Magdalene

PATRON LIST

Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Alexander Mrs. Edda F. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Allen Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Allen Mr. & Mrs. James Allen Mr. Jessie Almon Mr. & Mrs. Boston Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Banks & Carlotta M. Sgt. & Mrs. William Bates Mr. & Mrs. Harold Beatty Mrs. Solonia Bennett Mrs. Almeta Bell Mrs. Donna Block & Dominique Mr. Stan Branham Mrs. Genese Brown Mrs. Mayme Brown M. & Mrs. Stephen Brown Mrs. Wyolene Brown Major & Mrs. L~gand Burge Ms. Lillie Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Casey Childs, Sr. Mrs. Willa Crain Mrs. Geraldine Crook Ms. Linda Crook & Foste Mrs. Rosetta J. Culpepper Ms. MayBelle Davis Lisa & Lavern Dozier Mrs. Gloria P. Dulan Mr. & Mrs. Hurlan J. Dulan Mrs. Carlis Ervin Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Evans Ms. Fannie Everette Mr. & Mrs. Roosevelt Fleming Mr. & Mrs. James H. Gadderson Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Glenn Mrs. Doris Gray Mrs. Julia Gray Mrs. Almeta Griffin

Mrs. Delbert J. Hawthorne, Chico & Thomas Mr. & Mrs. John Hayes Mrs. Joyce Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Wendel Henderson Presiding Elder & Mrs. William H. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hudson Mr. N. S. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. William Hunter Mrs. Rhoda G. Irving Mrs. Mayme Jackson Mrs. Inez James Mrs. Sallie James Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Jenkins Mrs. Mary Johnson Mrs. Sandra Johnson Mrs. Winfred Johnson Mrs. Lucille Jones Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Jones Mrs. Ruby Jones Mrs. Addie Lee Jordan Mrs. Pat Kizzee Mr. Pierce Langoc Mr. Jesse Langston Mrs. Hattie Lee Mrs. Alfreda Little Edward & Nancy Little Mr. & Mrs. John E. Logan, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. James D. Love Mr. Kenneth Mathews Mr. Leon Mayes Mrs. Mintoria Milas Mrs. Helen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Mims Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Minor Ms. Isora Mitchell Mrs. Christine Moore Mrs. Lauretta Moss Mrs. Emily Nelson Miss Cobina Norwood

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Ms. Geneva Oakley Ms. Dorothy Owens

Mr. Richard H. Sewing Mr. & Mrs. Dorrice Shepard Mrs. Carol Simmons Ms. Lillian Simmons Mr. & Mrs. C.L. Sloss Mrs. Starla K Smith Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Spencer Mrs. Opal Spencer Mrs. Alberta Stephens Freddie & J ameal Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Chris Stevenson Mr. Herman Stevenson Mrs. Esther Swain

Mrs. Katherine Pendarvis Dr. Dorothy M. Parker Mrs. Gwendolyn Parker, Carlos & Gerry Mrs. & Mrs. Thurman Patterson Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Pendleton Mrs. Nilar Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Neil Pierce Mrs. Eleanor Powell Mr. & Mrs. Keith Powell Miss Vera Powell Mrs. Ivory Preston Mrs. Ann Pugh Mr. Leon Ralls Mrs. Shirley Reed Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Rice Mrs. Mary Richmond Mrs. Arnebelle Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Joel Robinson Mrs. Julia L. Robinson Mr. Walter W. Robinson, Jr., Atty. Y/Kimberly Robinson Mr. Jarvis Rolfe Mr. John Rolfe Mrs. Ruby Rolfe Mrs. Ruth Rolfe Mrs. Julia M. Scobey Ms. Brenda Seward-Jones & Katreece Mr. Roland C. Seward Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. Seward & Shaka Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Seward, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Seward, Sr.

Mr. Al Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Donald Terrell Miss Leslie J. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Merell Thomas Mr. & Mrs. O.J. Thomas Ms. Vina Turner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Walker Mr. Dondre Washington Mr. & Mrs. Charles Williams Mr. & Mrs. Henry Williams Mrs. Sharon Williams Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Williams Mrs. Zaelia Williams Mrs. Yvonne Woodson Ms. Coleen Woody Mr. & Mrs. Albert Yarborough

ADDENDA TO PATRONS LIST Mr. Melvin Luster

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Moore

Mrs. Christine Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Irving Peoples Mrs. Olivia Reed

Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Franklin

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Peoples Mr. E.K Russell

Mrs. Dorothy Bell

Mrs. Ernestine Luster Mrs. Alice Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Luster Mr. Samuel Craig Mr. Donald Luster

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1986 ; .

Irving to Be Women's Day Speaker;'.: .

· Virginia H. Irving, a child care professional and the wife of the·-church's pastor, will be the Women's Day speaker during the 10: 45 a.m . morning worship service on Sunday, June 22, at .the Avery Cliapel AME Church, 1425 N. Kelham Ave. -Director· of -the. Linwood Child Development Center, Mrs. Irving was _directed several child care programs in Ohio, her native .state, Arkansas and Oklahoma City-, and will sooh complete a children's · book, which she expects to publish. . ' . ·Mrs. Irving was the director of the Head Start Program in Piqua, Ohio, and also directed a Head Start Program in , Camden,Ark. ·· Prior to assuming her cur. rent position _at the Linwood center, she worked in the Child and'Faµlily Resource.Pro-gra_m of the ·Oklahoma City/County -community Action Agency. , She is .·a member of the Oklahoma Child Care Association. The _Women's Day :speaker has spent a considerable degree of her time working with youths in her denomination's Young People's and Children's Division and with other church programs. For a period, she was director of the Young People's and Children's Division at Avery

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mother of six children and has·;: six grandchildren. ··:~;: Chapel AME. She also previous: · Following the morning wor;._1 ly was director of that congre- ship· s~rvice, 'dinner will b~~; gation's Youth Choir. • served at the church. (lne~. ' _James is chairman of the com- ' Mrs. Irving is the imme- mittee that has planned the din- '. diate past director of the Okla- ner.) i:.: homa Conference YPD of the A 3:30 p.m. musical, dV women's Missionary ·S-ociety rected by Freddye Cooper-, the'.'.: (12th AME Episcopal District) church's minister of music, will ': 1 · and was the Area I director of be held. · ·.,/ the YPD of the Oklahoma ConIt will feature the E.J: i ference. Perry Singers, the T.T. Turner'': Mrs. Irving is, today, wor- · Singers, the Bea and S'More ship director of Area I of the group, the Avery Ladies En-: . 12th Episcopal Distri_c t's semble, Nora Pickett and Che.':.: :;, Women's.· Missionary Society quita Owens. Effie L. Hudson is the chairand is co-sponsor of the Avery man of the Women's Day Plan- : Chapel Women's Fellowship. -=- - ,.,_ · · ·, She is a member of the Cos- um~ vunn111uee. VirginiaH. I.wing .

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New Pastor at Avery Chapel_ Will Be no·nored Nov. ·23rd A reception honoring the recently named pastor of the Avery Chapel AME Church, 1425 N. Kelham Ave., Rev. Leodis Strong, and his family will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the church's Fellowship Hall onSunday,Nov. 23. Rev. Strong pastored the St. · John AME Church of Pine Bluff, Ark., ·prior to being assigned to Avery Chapel AME. He has pastored seven churches during his pastoral career, which began in 1969. · In addition to St. John A.t"\IB, among the churches Rev. Strnng, a native of Banks, Ark., has pastored are the Bethel AME Church of Harrell, Ark., the Calvary AME Church of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Grant Al"\fE Church of Boston, Mass. The minister graduated· from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a bache-

lor's degree and · received a master of theology degree from Boston University. Rev. Strong is married to the former Allena A. Young of Little Rock, Ark. The couple has three children. '!-:::.

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BICENTENNIAL CELEllRATION Sunday, February 22, 1987 .Â·

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AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 North Kelham, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 The Rt. Rev. H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Bishop Dr. L. 8. Quinn, Presiding Elder Rev. Leodis Strong, B.A., Th.M., D.D., Pastor Rev. Harvey G. Potts, Assistant Pastor

Dedication

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

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AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1889-1987

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R.Ichard Allen, our founder, who sought to establish a church where all Christians could worship freely without restrictions.

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All dedicated pioneers (laymen, officers, ministers, Bishops and friends who, with vision and labor, have brought this church from a lowly blacksmith shop to cons_e crated leadership which has been felt around the world.

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Outstanding servants of the Lord who, through ninety-eight years of faith undaunted, have brought Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church from a tent to a meaningful evangelistic force in this community.

UNDER GOD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR HIS GLORY

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The Bishop's Message

Mrs. H . Hartford Brookins

Bishop H. Hartford Brookins

Congratulations to Pastor Strong and the faithful members of the Avery Chapel Family. Mrs. Brookins and I share the joy of where you've been and what God has already done for you and the anticipation of where you are going and what God is going to do for you and through you. Yours in Faith Bishop and Mrs. H. H . Brookins

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Rev. L. B. Quinn, Presiding Elder

Mrs. L. B. Quinn

To the officers, members, and friends of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church Greetings: Mrs. Quinn and I take this opportunity to express our Congratulations and Best Wishes to you for a successful Bi-Centennial Celebration and Rally. We pray that God's presence will be with you and direct you in all the days that lie ahead. Sincerely yours, Rev. L. B. Quinn, P. E.

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The Pastor's Message

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Rev. and Mrs. Leodis Strong and Family

The opportunity to serve as Pastor of "awesome" Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church during the commemoration of the ninety-eighth year Anniversary of this widely known and esteemed church and during the BiCentennial of African Methodism is a matchless honor and a tresured highlight in my calling and career as a minister. Because Avery is the flagship of African Methodism in the Twelfth Episcopal District and respected and revered throughout the length and breadth of our Connectional Church, I am extremely grateful to god and thankful "godly judgement'' of Bishop H. H. Brookins for uniting me with Avery at such a significant moment in history as this. I have no doubt that it was the Lord of Lords, not lady luck, and that it was a gracious Father, not blind fate which has brought us together. I pray that we will be revived and rejuvenated for the remainder of our journey, as we remember God's track-record along the historical highway of our pilgrimage, and that what God has already done will reassure us that "His Grace is sufficient'' for all of the challenges which confront us as we seek "to serve this present age, our calling to fulfill." This journal really cannot adequately commemorate and celebrate and communicate the real saga of the souls who have sojourned at"Avery" and of the people from whom "Avery" has been their "praying ground". The real story of the people who have gathered here and have been encouraged on their Journey with Jesus and of the countless persons who have found here a better and a brighter life may never be told in the books we write, but rest assured it is written in the Book ofLife, and we shall read that story and our own names in the Book of Life ifwe remain steadfast and faithful unto the end of this journey. " Seeing then, that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race which is set before us". Pastor Strong and the First Family - 4-

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The Assistant Pastor's Message

Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Potts and Family

The Christian standard Richard Allen set 200 years ago is alive and well today. This Bicentennial Celebration is also evidence that God is still on the throne. For six years my wife and I have enjoyed the privilege of working with the loyal members of the Avery Family. We have served in the Sunday School, Usher Board and as Associate Pastor. Your prayers have been a source of strength and comfort to us as we strive to give dedicated and committed service to our church and community. As this Christian ship embarks on the next 100 year journey, let us sail full speed ahead with God as our Father, Christ as our Redeemer, and Man our Brother. My wife, children and I thank you very much. May God bless you and keep you is our prayer. Rev. Harvey G. Potts, Sr. - 5-

History of Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Revised 198 7) '

Richard Allen

Our Roots

The A. M. E. Church sprang from the Methodist Church which was founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century and originated in America in 1784. From the beginning Negroes were admitted into membership. Our founder, Richard Allen, was a member of the Christmas Conference on December 25, 17 84 which was the beginning of Methodism in America. Richard Allen was licensed to preach at the age of 22 and purchased his freedom in 1786 at the age of 26. In 17 87, acts of segregation at St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia caused the Negro members led by Allen to leave this congregation. They formed the Free African Society with membership open to all except those who owned slaves. It was agreed that they would remain Methodists because of the evangelical approach to worship; the sense of order implied in the Discipline; the forthright anti-slavery stance and their concern for the poor and needy. A storeroom was first hired for worship. This was the beginning of the first African Church in America Later Allen brought lots on Sixth and Lombard. In 1793, he purchased a blacksmith shop and repaired it for service as a house of worship. It was called Bethel. In 1794 Bishop Asbury, who had ordained him, preached the sermon for the opening of the church. Today Bethel is the oldest church in the nation with a continuous history In 1816, five churches came together in a General Convention and formed the A. M . E. Church accepting the Methodist doctrine and most of its Discipline. On April 9, 1816, Richard Allen was ordained a Bishop. In 1818, Bishop Allen received the authority to publish books such as the Discipline, Minutes, etc. The Steward Board was authorized by the General Conference in 1876. The Sunday School union was adopted in 1884 and the first Children's Day was held October 29, 1882. -6-

Our founders were not educated men. Some could not read, write or figure. Yet the early bishops in 1833 instructed pastors to organize schools. In 1856 Wilberlorce University became the first institution of higher education started by Negroes for Negroes in the United States. By the time Avery was organized in Oklahoma City, there were nine A. M. E. Colleges over the nation, one of which is still functioning in our district - Shorter College in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

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When Oklahoma City was opened for settlement on April 22, 1889, steps were already being taken to establish churches. Among the denominations which were active in laying a foundation for a spiritual environment were a few African Methodists who began to hold prayer meetings in their homes. Rev. Elisha Hopkins established a church in a tent in the 200 block of West Choctaw Street and Rev. William Weir established a church at his residence on Third and Hudson Streets. Since there were not enough members for two churches, they were consolidated in 1890 and Rev. C. C. Hubbard became the pastor. Then members were asked to suggest names. Mr. Willis A. Wade, who had been a member ofAvery Chapel A. M. E. Church in Memphis submitted that name and it was unanimously adopted for this church. OneJune 16, 1892, lots were purchased on Pottawatomie near the corner of Robinson and a frame building was constructed. In 1893, Rev. J. W. Turner was appointed pastor. He was an excellent speaker and a talented singer. A choir was organized. Mrs. Susan Reynolds (who was the grandmother of Mrs. Earl Townsend and the mother of Mrs. Etta L Smith) was a member of that choir. Mrs. Lucy Carruthers was the first organist. George Ray played the cornet arid several persons played the violin. Âˇ It was in June, 1894 that Attorney Henry C. Hawkins joined Avery. It was his article that provided the main information about our early church history from the l 890' s through 1931. Attorney Hawkins served as president of the choir for thirty-five years and as a trustee as well as Superintendent of the Sunday School. During the annual Conference of 1894, Rev. W. T. Montgomery was appointed and in 1896 Rev. A. W. Lewis became pastor. (Rev. Lewis was the father of Mr. Alonzo Lewis and the father-in-law of Mrs. Ruth Lewis who was our organist for forty-six years.) During the pastorate of Rev. Williams, negotiations were begun for a new church site. On May 21, 1897, the church purchased land in the one hundred block of West Reno near Broadway. Rev. G. W. Washington was appointed in 1898. In 1900, Rev.J. T. S. White became the spiritual leader of Avery. On May 7, 1901, lots were purchased on the west side of Hudson between Grand Avenue and Main Street. A large frame building was purchased from the First Presbyterian Church and moved to these lots. In 1901 , Mrs. R. C. Cottrell joined Avery and served for ten years as organist.Joining in 1901 also were Mrs. Anna F. Yates and Mrs. Earl Townsend Mrs. Yates served as assistant organist. Mrs. Townsend served as a class leader, a member of the gospel choir and organized the missionary unit which was named in memory of her mother, Etta L Smith. Mrs. Smith was a lifetime members of the Executive Boards of the District, Conference and State Missionary Societies serving as president of the Laura L Turner Missionary Society for twenty-five years. In 1903, Rev. James A. Johnson was appointed pastor. During his pastorate, property values increased rapidly and the property on Hudson which was purchased for about $1400 was sold for $9500. On January 21 , 1907, lots at First and Geary were purchased and a brick church was constructed. When the co rnerstone was laid, church d ocuments were placed there and are still in our possession. In 1908, Dr. John Abby became pastor and served until he died in March, 1910. Rev. C. R Tucker succeeded Dr. Abby and served more than five years. It was during his tenure that Dr. W. L. H aywood became Choir Director. He served for half a century bringing wide acclaim to the choir. In addition, he became known throughout the connection - serving on the General Board and as a trustee of Shorter College. At Avery he gave long term service as a steward and as a trustee. - 7-

Mrs. Ruth Moore Lewis came to the church as a child and in 1916 became the regular organist serving with unusual faithfulness and efficiency for fity-six years. Rev. J. W. Turner and Mrs. George W. Morris gave outstanding service as soloists. Mrs. Della Alexander joined in 1913 and was honored as a Golden Girl in 1964. A kindergarten was established, possibly as early as 1914. Some pupils were Floyd Alexander, Melvin Lester and Hudon Dulan. Some teachers were Mrs. Abby, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Lucy Winslett and Mrs. Harriet Jacobson. Rev. J. E. Toombs served as pastor from 1919-1922 and the renown of the choir continued to develop with Dr. Haywood as director. Rev. T. M. Greene served from 1922-1925. Heestablishedabuildingfundof$700whichwasinthe treasury at the close of his administration. Rev. Fred Divers served 1925-1929 with great zeal. It ws during this period that George Ferguson joined. He made unusual contributions to the A. M. E. church during his 65 years as a member. He was the Senior Pastoral Steward; a District Steward; President of the Oklahoma City District Lay Organization; President of the Oklahoma Conference Lay Organization; First President of the Twelfth Episcopal District Lay Organization; and Trustee of Shorter College for twenty-two years. He was also Lay Delegate to the National Council of Churches. Another stalwart and dynamic person joined in 19f8. Mrs. Charity Bailetcwas an~nusually loyal and tireless worker for fifty-six years. She served as a class leacler, trustee, President of the Sunshine Club and as First Vice President of the Queen Esther/Bright Star Unit of the Missionary Society. She also served as Co-chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance for Area I of the Oklahoma Conference Missionary Society. Rev. W. D. Miller was appointed in 1929 and served until 1940. Ralph Ellison, award winning author grew up in Avery and Rev. Miller was his last pastor here. Ellison was active in the AC E League and the Sunday School. In 1931, the first women were permitted to serve as ushers. They were ;Mrs. Willa Moore Crane and Mrs. Helen Pratt Miller. There were many members who served with unusual dedication and for long periods of time including W. A. Wade, J. E. Brooks, N. Dorset, Allen Bentley, T. M. Traylor, W. H . Slaughter, A. L Littlepage, R B. Williams, R L Cottrell, Sealy McGrew, Laura Gibson and Lewis Bailey who served as President of the Trustee Board. Mrs. Ina Reed served as a class leader for fifty-two years. Mrs. Zelia M . Breaux was the first female trustee and organized' the first junior church along with Mrs, Lucy Lacy and Mrs. Willa Mae Crane. Another tireless worker was Mrs. Thelma Wilson, trustee and long time Superintendent of the Sunday School. ,. . It was during this time that Mr. A. Burnett began to serve as a very efficient treasurer. He served in this capacity for twenty-one years, as a steward for twenty-nine years, as a trustee for ten years and chairman of the Budget Committee for seven years. He was honored for having served as President of the Board of Stewards for twenty-four years. In 1936, !,frs Seldon joined Avery and was a member for nearly half a centry. At one time she was president of the Laura L Turner Missionary Society and a lifetime member of the Twelfth Episcopal District Missionary Society. A strong trustee board at this time included W. L Haywood, A. B. Whitby, W. S. Lay, W. T. Price, clenry Dunn, George Sparks, J . A. Cox, Sr., I M. Lott and Mrs. Z. N. Breaux. Rev. S. E. Kolen served from 1940 - 194 7. The building fund grew to $6000. The Thrift Club was organized during this pastorate. Rev. J. S. Johnson served 1947 - 1949. Rev. G. N. Collins was appointed in 1949 and served until 1952. The Daughters of Allen Club was .OFganized under his pastorate with Mrs. Catherine Little as president. Âˇ In 1950 â&#x20AC;˘..M,rs. Bessie Blanton was elected as a trustee. She became treasurer of the Trustee Board in 1956 serving in that capacity until 1985 when she was named Treasurer Emeritus.

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In 1952, Rev. Robert H. Alexander became pastor. The Alexander Progressive Club was organized that year with Mrs. Ernestine Luster as president. Âˇ The Building Fund Committee was organized in 1953 with Dr. G. E. Finley as chairman and Dr. J. A. Cox, Sr., as secretary. In I 955, Rev. Alexander was elected as the first black president of the Oklahoma City Council of Churches. Rev. Alexander was active in church circles on an international scale. He served on the Board of Directors and as Vice-President of the Oklahoma Council of Churchs; as Vice-President of the Concerned Clergy for Spiritual Renewal; as President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and served eight years on theJudicial Committee ofthe A. M. E. Church. He was elected more than once to serve as a delegate to the World Conference of Methodism and the National Council of Churches. On February 8, 1959, the membership paraded from First and Geary to 13th and Kelham, the present site of Avery. The mile long parade was led by Pastor Alexander and four bands. Mrs. Freddye Cooper became director of the choir in 1959. She was "Christened" in Avery, played for the Sunday School and theJunior Church and as a youth and sang in the choir after returning from college. She took a leave but is once again Director of the Sanctuary Choir and Minister of Music. In 1960 a four bedroom parsonage was purchased. In 1966, the Avery Child Care Development Center was established to provide supplemental care for children of low income families. Mrs. T. R. Pendleton was the first principal. Enrollment was 111 and the budget was $134,000. This enabled parents to further their education and become gainfully employed. The Kathryn Cooper Nursery was opened under the sponsorship of the Alexander Progressive Club. Children from 2 months to 5Â˝ years were cared for during worship services. On January 12, 1969, the last note on the mortgage was paid and on March 16, 1969 the mortgage burning was held with Bishop D. Ward Nichols officiating assisted by Bishop W. R. Wilkes and Bishop 0. L Sherman. In 197 5, Pastor Alexander completed a twenty-three year tenure - longer than any other pastor in the history of Avery. The Rev. Nathaniel C. Irving was appointed to succeed Rev. Alexander. During his pastorate there was a sixty percent increase in membership. Believing that "a learning church is a growing church", he encouraged members to study, thus growing in ability to serve. Bible Study classes were held at weekly intervals. New members were encouraged to study "Know Your Church". Courses were regularly offered for the improvement of Sunday School teachers. During this time the Sunday School was .the recipient of varied connectional honors. In addition various classes were offered to all segments of the membership. As Dean of Education, he conducted shorter Institute courses primarily for ministers-in-training but some dedicated laymen also participated. Each year Lenten and Advent study courses were offered. The library was professionally organized. The evangelistic program was expanded. Administratively the following changes were made: The number of Steward and Stewardess Boards was increased; the central budget grew from $50,000 to $195,000; facilities were improved at a cost of $2000,000; the parking space was expanded. As an expression of love, the Irving family served as hosts for an Annual New Years' dinner for all church members. In October, 1986, Rev. Irving was reassigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church in Little Rock and appointed to serve as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Jackson Theological Seminary at Shorter College. At this time, Rev. Leodis Strong was transferred to Avery from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Wedded to the spiritual doctrine of "God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Man Our Brother, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we look forward to solving whatever internal and external problems which may confront us in the future. We rededicate ourselves to His service and we seek to make His kingdom a reality for all. I

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Chairpersons' Message

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MESSAGE FROM CHAIRPERSONS

To our Pastor, officers, members and friends. May we take this means of expressing our sincere appreciation for the beautiful and concerned cooperation that you have exhibited in helping to make this Bicentennial Celebration a tremendous success. We claim victory for the future of the A. M. E. Church. Let every loyal A. M. E. celebrate and praise God for 200 years of a glorious past. During our Bicentennial Celebration let's claim: 1. God our Father 2. Christ our Redeemer 3. Man our Brother Victory is ours! God has not brought us thus far to leave us. The future belongs to those who seek it. It is not impossible to create the life that we describe realistically as utopian ... but it is so close within our grasp. Reach out and claim these promises. We have always believed that our church is one of the outstanding churches in our community. Hopefully, God will continue to bless and keep us so that we cannot only help ourselves, but help others. Sincerely and prayerfully yours, Sister Effie Hudson, Chairperson Sister Esther Swain, Chairperson Brother Gordon Minor, Co-Chairperson Sister Dorothy Dulaney, Co-Chairperson -10-

BICENTENNIAL RALLY CELEBRATION COMMITTEES CHAIRPERSONS Esther Swain Effie Hudson

CO-CHAIRPERSONS Dorothy Dulaney Gordon Minor

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PROGRAM Freddie Cooper Esther Swain Effie Hudson Dorothy Dulaney Vera Maye Rice Ernestine Luster Sarah Jane Bell Gordon Minor MUSIC Freddie Cooper Johnnie Kimbro Donna Block Lisa Jeanpierre

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PUBLICITY La Joyce Lawton Albert Lindsey FINANCE Helen Miller Rubye Fleming Dorothy Dulaney Albert Yarbrough Wilba Jones Oscar E. Rice Bettye Yarbrough SOUVENIR BOOKLET Vera Maye Rice Sarah Jane Bell Ernestine Luster Theople Roberts Lillie Seward Johnny Banks Vina Dulan Oscar E. Rice

FASHION SHOW Loretta Love BABY CONTEST Vina Dulan FOUNDER'S DAY and HOMECOMING

Rubye Fleming Vernon Fleming Rowena Henderson Rubye D. Ferguson Kenneth Hudson Eula Childs Class Leaders FINANCE CAPTAINS All Class Leaders TELEPHONE Emma June Greene Ruby Doris Ferguson Louise Glenn Vina Dulan Wilba Jones Edwina Littlepage Rubye Fleming Donald Luster Mark Stafford

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HISTORY Sarah Jane Bell Vera Maye Rice Ernestine Luster Freddie Stephens Catherine Little Lanzetta Richardson Vernon Fleming Hurlon Dulan Minerva Sloss Freddye Williams Annie Fant Ruby Alexander Inez James Lillian Hayes Dorothy Dulaney Gladys Sparks Vada Young DECORATING Imogene Normand Coletha Allen Vena Dulan Winard Normand Hurlon Du lan FOOD Inez James Eleanor Powell

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Steward Boards

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Mr. Van Sims, - President Pro Tern Mr. Leon Mays - President of Steward Baord #2 Mr. Mack Telford - President of Steward Board #3

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Trustees of Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church (From left to right) Row One: Mrs. Dorothy Dulaney, Mrs. Mintoria Milas, Mr. Eugene Roberts, Mrs. Esther Swain and Mr. Herman Jackson. Row Two: Mr. Harold Betty, Rev. Leodis Strong, Pastor; Mrs. Helen Miller, and Mr. Charles Williams. Row Three: Mr. R. D. Williams, Mr. Roosevelt Fleming, Mr. George Ponds and Mr. Melvin Luster.

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Avery Chapel Stewardess Boards

Boards #1, #2, and #3

From left to right: Row One: Eloise Banks, WilbaJones, Ellen Byrd, Elizabeth Brooks, Catherine Little, Christine Freeman. Row Two: Opal Spencer, Thelma B. Williams, Carrie Askew, Lillie Seward, Vernon Flemings. Row Three: Donna Johnson, Virgie Johnson, Eva Jackson, Ethel Johnson, Mattie Walker and Lovie Factory. Not Pictured: Thelma Williams, Noree Clegg, Nilar Phillips, Mattie Tucker, Doris Hawthorne, Dorothy Stafford, Dorothy Steward, Louise Glenn, Charlie Parks, Theresa Pendleton.

CONGRATUIATIONS!

Usher Board Members

Toye Allen, Sarah Bennett, Almeta Bell, Casey Childs, Sr., Melvin Combs, Phillip Crook, Edgar Harmon, Thelma Hicks,Juanita Holloway, Louise Logan,John E. Logan, Sr., Loretta Love,Joe McCloney, Bettye Moulden, Leon Mays, Emily Nelson, George Ponds, Theople Roberts, R. D. Williams. -14-

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AVERY CHAPEL CLASS LEADERS 1986 - 87

Class 36. Louise Logan Class 37 . Anna Hill Class 38. Imogene Normand Class 39. Steve McKee Class 40. Willie Coakley Class 41. Mack Telford Class 42. Esther Swain Class 43. Julia Terrell Class 44. Viola Brooks Class 45. Delois House Class 46. Carrie Askew Class 47. Almeta Bell Class 48. Collotta Banks Class 49. Edward Richardson Class 50. Flora Swanson Class 51. Theople Roberts Class 52. Alphonzo .Taylor Class 53. Eva Jackson Class 54. Eugene Allen Class 55. Bruce Nolan Class 56. Lucille Smith Class 57. Effie Hudson

Pastor's Class Robin Adams Class 1. Helen Boxley Class 2. Janie Goudeau Class 3. L. J. Pogue Class 4. Harold Beatty Class 5. Leon Mays Class 6. Rubye Fleming Class 7. Virgia Minor Class 8. Ruby D. Ferguson Class 9. Lucy Evans Class 10. Oscar E. Rice Class 11. Garvice Shockley Class 12. Amabelle Robinson Class 13. Doris Wright Class 14. Dorothy Stafford Class 15. Eula Childs Class 16. Kenneth Maillard Class 1 7. Helen Miller Class 18~ Mattie Walker Class 19. Dave Johnson Class 20. Albert Gattison Class 21. Doris G~ Class 22. Albert Yarbrough Class 23. Bernice Hilliard Class 24. Ruby Jones Class 25. Otho Freeman Class 26. Dimple Tolbert Class 27. Emily Nelson Class 28. Ivory Preston Class 29. Genise Brown Class 30. Clarice Johnson Class 31. Geraldine Crook Class 32. Leon Ralls Class 33. Nilar Jewel Phillips Class 34. Loretta Love Class 35. Herman Johnson

Youth Class 1. Class 2. Class 3. Class 4. Class 5. Class 6. Class 7. Class 8. Class 9. Class 10. Class 11.

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Class Leaders Roland Seward Dondre Washington Lori Keaton Brian Baker Tonya Haynes La Rhonda Sims Kendra Potts Diane Haygood Raymel Givens Travis Bowie Erika Ward

Congratulations on your Bicentennial Celebration From The Sunday School

Superintendent of Sunday School: Oscar E. Rice Assistant Superintendents: John Moham, Alice McCann, L J. Pogue Departmental Superintendents: Helen Miller (Primary Dept.), Wilba L Jones Uunior Dept.), Irene McClellan (Intermediate Dept.), Loretta Love (Senior Dept.), and Donnie Mae Johnson (Adult Dept.). Dr. Leodis Strong, Pastor

Congratulations to Mrs. Hattie Ellis, who for 44 years served as Superintendent of theJunior Department, until her health hindered her services. Also in 1984 she was elected "Mother of the Yeart, bv the Sundav School. (From left to nQ'ht\: Tt>rr.1

Continuing a Proud Music Tradition 1898 - 1987

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Edward Burks; Bass

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Best Wishes For A Successful Bicetennial Celebration

THE NEW ENSEMBLE OF AVERY CHAPEL Mrs. Donna Block, Director

THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

During the pastorate of Rev. Nathaniel C. Irving, under the leadership of Mrs. Ruby J. Alexander, this club was organized by Mesdames Virginia Irving and Ruby J. Alexander at a dinner meeting (April 15, 1985) in the home of Mrs. Alexander. The purpose was to increase the involvement ofyoung women in the Christian Fellowship of the Church and community. Under the skilled guidance of the club sponsors, expressions of love, caring and sharing manifested by the young women were soon felt by the members of the church and community, as they shared their spare time to make life brighter for the elderly and made season posters adding beauty to the worship service. It is with great pride and joy that we join in the Bicentennial Celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal dedicating our lives to the continued perpetuation of this glorious Christian Heritage. (From left to right): Row One: Vera Lee Powell, Debra Gray, Robin Adams, Mrs. Ruby Alexander, Sponsor, Portia Love. Row Two: Patricia Thomas, Janeth Lowe, Toye Allen, President; Debra Baker, Julia Bailey. Row Three: Renee Peterson and Michelle Francisco. Not pictured: Andrea Luster, Katie Logan and Mrs. Lovie Factory, Sponsor. -18-

BEST WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS LAURA L. TURNER MISSIONARY SOCIETY AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 North Kelham Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117

Minerva A. Sloss, First Vice President Lillian Hayes, Secretary Helen Miller, Treasurer Betty Moulden, YPD Director Myrtle Brown, President Loretta Love, President Etta L. Smith Unit Olivia Keeling Unit Ruby Doris Ferguson, President Lovie Factory, President Eastside Unit Laura L Gibson Unit Christine Freeman, President Vernon Fleming, President Q.ueen Esther - Bright Star Unit L D. Cottrell Unit Inez James, President

Etta Faye Allen, President Nellie B. Gracey Unit

OLIVIA KEELING AND LEDORA COTTRELL UNITS OF THE LAURA L TURNER MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF AVERY CHAPEL Pay Homage To The Bicentennial of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and The Nintieth Birthday of Avery. OLIVIA KEELING UNIT

Alexander, Ruby J. Bennett, Salonia Bauknite, Henry Etta Dulaney, Verleen Factory, Josephine Fant, Anna H.

Hudson, Elaine Jenkins, Ammon Love, Loretta Maillard, Shermine McGlory, Alberta Delaney, Dorothy

Bell, Sarah Jane Coombia, Dacia Clegg, Noree N. Fleming, Vernon Lee Francisco, Maurine

Henderson, Rowena Nelson, Mildred Jones, Wilma Pendleton, Theressa Rice, Vera M.

COTTRELL UNIT

Sloss, Minerva Spraggins, Jean Stratter, Rosalee Williams, Agnes Williams, Eula Williams, Thelma

Sneed, Alice Tolliver, Areda Tolbert, Dimple McNeeley, Thomas (Mrs.) Moore, Anna Elese

The Olivia Keeling and Cottrell Unites of the Laura L Turner Missionary Society of Avery Chapel AM.E. Church with pride, pay homage to their heritage. It was thru the vision and wisdom of our pastor's wife, Mrs. Ruby J. Alexander who saw the need 10 bring more and younger women into the society 10 safeguard the future of the missionary society in our church. Mrs. Alexander, a past conference branch president of the Oklahoma Conference Branch Society, working closely with the missionary society in Avery, personally contacted the women of these two units who constitute the charter members. The units selected their names, and honoring and perpetuating two faithful women in Avery whom they had known and respected for their Christian work. Mrs. Keeling was a class leader and stewardess for fifty years. Mrs. Cottrell was one of the first organists of the church. Her contribution was made in the field of music; and today, the church boasts of the third generation of musicians from the Cottrell family. These units, the youngest in the society, became official members of the Laura L Turner Missionary Society of Avery Chapel in 1970 under the presidency of Mrs. W. B. Seldon .and the a dministration of Rev. Robert H. Alexander.

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Congratulations Avery on your Bicentennial Celebration

We are thankful to God for serving in the capacities we are now serving. God never closes one door without opening another. MR. and MRS. CHARLES WILLIAMS

Avery Chapel Bible Study Groups

Congratulate the A. M. E. Church on its 200th year and Avery for 98 years

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Brother Kenneth Hudson Sister Effie Hudson Brother Nathaniel Hudson Brother Clarice Johnson Sister Donnie Mae Johnson Brother Donald Luster Sister Mintori4 Milas Sister Vera Maye Rice Sister Thelma Williams Sister Bettye Yarbrough Brother John Maham

Sister Eleanor Bates Sister Sarah Jane Bell Sister Freddie Cooper Sister Geraldine Crook Sister Eula Childs Sister Lucy Evans Sister Renee Ferguson Sister Vernon Fleming Sister Deborah Gray Sister Rowena Henderson Sister Ruby Doris Ferguson

New members are always welcome. We meet on Tuesdays from 8 - 10 a.m. and from 7 - 9 p.m.

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Congratulations

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Brown, Mayme Hayes, Lillian Hicks, Thelma Hilliard, Berniece

Holloway, Juanita Jackson, Eva Johnson, Donnie Laryea, Sarah

McClain, Loretta Nelson, Emily Preston, Ivory Roberts, Theople Tipton, Malinda

May God Continue To Smile On "African Methodism"

Lay Organization of Avery Chapel

Lay persons throughout the connection will meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the 20th Biennial Session of the Lay Organization of the A.M.E. Church. Dates: August 3 - 8 , 1987 (Monday through Saturday) Alberty Yarbrough, Oklahoma Conference President Rucker Clayton, 12th Episcopal President H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Bishop - 2 1-

Irene Bluitt McClellan

As an A.M.E. Minister's daughter, I was raised in a Christian atmosphere. Its horizon has helped me to fill many places in Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church. . The Christian Education has caused me to seek other valuable fields which led me to a B.S. Degree from Langston University and an M.A. Degree from Oklahoma City University. As a Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent, my prayer is "LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU."

Best Wishes On Your BiCentennial Celebration

AVERY CHAPEL Y P D's

Raymel Givens, President Mrs. Bettye Moulden, Dir ector - 22-

The Alexander Progressive Club

Mrs. Ernestine Luster

The late Rev. Robert H. Alexander

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In Ottober of 1952, Ernestine Luster approached the late Robert H. Alexander, Sr., the newly assigned minister of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church regarding the need and desire of forming an organization of young adults to implement the teachings of our church. Within weeks, about ten women were notified of the "new'' organization and the following goals were approved: I. To provide group fellowship 2. To provide opportunities for the study of: a. church problems b. programs on evangelism c. correct misinformation as it relates to our church d . to develop a greater appreciation of stewardship and Christian Education It was during the first meeting that the members voted to name the club in honor and respect for our pastor; thus the Alexander Progressive Club evolved. Ernestine Luster was elected President and served for more than sixteen years. Many activities, programs, and projects were sponsored by the Alexander Progressive Club over a number of years - namely: The Evangelistic Department under the direction _of Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell. This department was the first, knowingly, to adopt a house to house survey of winning souls. The bazaars were always a big success; serving breakfast and lunches, selling homemade jellies, jams, ceramics, clothing and other useful items for the home. Worship and fellowship were observed on anniversaries, caring for the sick and bereaved were a "must''. The Kathryn Cooper Nursery was furnished, dedicated and sponsored by the club for over a period of ten years. Realizing the need to raise money for assessments of the Church, this group of innovated women initiated many projects. Other members who served as president are Ammon Jenkins and Nilar Jewel Phillips. Coletha Allen Fannie Bailey Blanche Banks Sarah Jane Bell • Mattie Buckner Noree Clegg • Kathryn Cooper Alice Davis Lovie Hill Factory Dorothy Floy_d • Fannie Griffin Gooch Doris Hawthorne • Deceased

Rowena Henderson Honor Herring Ammon Jenkins Louise Logan Ernestine Luster •Ruth McNeely Sherniaine Maillard • Rita Marshbanks Mintoria Milas Lottie Murphy Imogene Normand Nilar Jewel Phillips Delvet Pierce -23-

•Mary Pogue Vera Maye Rice Lonzetta Richardson Billie Sanders Ola Mae Smith •vivian Stevenson Shirley Swanson Rivers Julia Robinson Terrell Maxine Turner Evelyn Williams Washington Mauderie Wilson

Daughters of Allen

(From left to right): Erp.ma June Greene, Vina Dulan, Catherine Little, Esther Swain, Ruby Alexander, Amabelle Robinson, Eula Childs, SallyJames. Row Two: Lillie Seward, Âˇ Loretta Love, Lucy Evans, Lillian Simmons, Bettye L Walton and Freddie Cooper.

Congratulations Avery on your Bicentennial Celebration The Willing Workers

(From left to right): Rubye Fleming, Jamie Goudeau, Mary Cook, Irene McClellan, Treasurer; Vernon Fleming, President. Not pictured: Hattie Ellis, Secretary; Gladys Sparks, Freddie Stevens, Almeta Griffin, Ruth Littlepage, Rachel Savery, Mary Harrison and Marsella Guthrie.

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Congratulations Avery Chapel on your Bicentennial Celebration and Ninety-Eight Years of Service

There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul's garden, which I love to have watered once a week. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Love, Sr. (Loretta M.) -25-

BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND RALLY, Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church Welcome to our First Lady ofAvery SOROR ALLENA STRONG

Some of the Oklahoma City Deltas who are members of Avery are: Julia Anderson Fannie Bailey Sarah Jane Bell Donna Block Wyolene Brown Effie Hudson Rhoda Irving Wilbajones La Joyce Lawton Mabel Mukes Lillie Seward Shirley Swanson Rivers Minerva Sloss Bettye Yarbrough

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Morn ing Worship Service February 22, 1987 10:45 a.m.

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WE PRAISE TH EE, 0 GOD

Organ Prelude . . ..... . ... . . ... . . .. .. .... . .. . . .. ... ... . . .. Mrs. Johnnie Kimbro Processional Hymn - "Come We That Love The Lord" ... (Blue-520, Red-541 ) Call To Worship . ..... . . .. . .... . ....... . ..... . ....... . ..... . . . .... Fred Factory Hymn of Praise - "God of Grace and God of Glory'' ....... . (Blue-62, Red-284)

WE CALL UPON THEE

With Our Prayers . .. . . ... .. ............... . ...... . . . . ... .. .. . . .. . Pastor Strong We Praise Thee With Our Singing ............ . ... . .. The New Avery Ensemble Donna Block, Director The Holy Scripture .. ... . ..... .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . ... . .. . .. Rev. Harvey G. Potts Hebrews 11 :32-40 and 1 2: 1-3 *Persons who are waiting may enter. We Affirm Our Faith In Thee ... ...... .. ....... . . . ..... . . ... . . ... . .. L. J. Pogue I bel ieve in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He arose from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church Universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting, Amen.

WE MAGNIFY THY HOLY NAME

The Decalogue (Summarized) . . .. . .. ...... . .. . .. . .. . . Mrs. Emma June Greene With Our Singing ..... .. ..... .. .. .... .... .. ... . ..... . .... . . . .. Children's Choir Donna Block, Director With Our Stewardship of Tithes and Offering . .... . . . . ...... . Mrs. Helen Miller, Eugene Roberts, Hurlon Dulan, Mrs. Loretta McClain With Our Singing .... . ... . . . ...... . ... . .. . . . .. . ... . . . The New Avery Ensemble Through Fellowship: Presentation of Visitors .. . . ... . .. . ..... . . . ... ... ... .. ... Mrs. Katye Logan Concerns of Our Church and Community .. . . .. ...... . . . Mrs. Loretta Love Altar Prayer - " We Shall Behold Him" .... .. ..... . .. . . . Mrs. Edwina Littlepage Presentation of the Bishop . .. .. . . .. . . ..... . . . ... . ... . .. .. . . .. . . . Pastor Strong Sermonic Selection ... . ... . . . . . .. . ............ . . . .. . The New Avery Ensemble The Sermon . .. . . . . .... . .. . .. .. . ... . ....... . The Rt. Rev. H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Prelate, Twelfth Episcopal District

WE HEAR THY CALL

Hymn of Invitation: (251) (349) .. .. ... . . . . . . . ... ... .. "All To Jesus I Surrender" For reception of New Members and Rededication

WE RETURN TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO SERVE

Doxology Benediction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop H. Hartford Brookins

AFTERNOON SERVICE February 22, 1987 3:30 P.M.

"THE GOSPEL IN SONG" Organ Prelude ... . ...... .. ....... . ......... . ............ . ....... Mrs. Johnnie Kimbro Doxology - "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow'' Call To Worship ........................ . . . . .. . . ..... ........... . . ...... Gordon Minor, Co-Chairperson Leader. Come, let us sing to the Lord PEOPLE: Let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Leader. Sing to the Lord and bless His name. PEOPLE: Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Sing to the Lord a new song Leader. PEOPLE: For He has done marvelous things. ALL: Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; Lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing. Hymn - "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart'' (Verses 1, 3, 6) . .. ........ .. ... .. . Congregation (Blue-8, Red-51) Prayer .... . ..... . ... . .... .. .... . ... . . ... .. . . . ..... ... . .. .... .. . .... Mrs. Esther Swain, Chairperson Scripture - Psalm 66:1-4 and Psalm 67:1-5 ...... . ............ . ..... . . . . Keith Powell "The Occasion" .. . . ... . .. . ...... . ...... . . .. .. .. ...... . ..... . Mrs. Dorothy C. Dulaney, Co-Chairperson

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PROGRAM

Sanctuary Choir, Avery Chapel Freddie Cooper, Director Solo - Carol Simmons Emmanuel Baptist

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Solo - Rodney Foster Allen Chapel

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Allen Chapel A.M.E. Choir LaDonna Miller, Organist Thecla Hodge, Pianist

Followers of Christ Baptist Church William Wray, Director

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Solo - June Carter St. Jude Baptist

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Duet- Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Greeves

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Fairview Youth Choir Sandra Thompson, Director

First A.M.E. Choir Toye Smith, Director

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MEMORIALS

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Rev. Robert Henry Alexander, Sr. Pastor AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1952 - 1975

CONGRATULATIONS A VERY!!

As we participate in the Bicentennial Celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, we can be proud of the ninety-eight (98) years of continuous growth and Christian service Avery has rendered to the Oklahoma City Community and State; and rededicate our efforts to a greater service in days to come.

Seek yefirst the kingdom ofGod and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33

Righteousness exalteth a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34

Robert Henry Alexander, Jr. Annita M. Bridges Blayne Bridges Alexander -41-

MRS. MARY J. L VONS

MR. SIDNEY D. L VONS

IN MEMORY OF OUR Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, and Great Grandparents Melvin F. Luster . Frank Melvin Luster, Ill Donald David Wayne Luster Falanda Wright Luster Melvin F. Luster, II

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IN LOVING MEMORY of DELLA ALEXANDER and CLARENCE COOPER

Trustee Sanctuary Choir Board of Directors Avery Child Care Men's Club

Stewardess Board No. 1 President - VANGUARDS Golden Girl, 1964 Mother of the Year, 1967

Freddie Mae Cooper (Daughter and Wife) Minister of Music, Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church

William Walter Wray (Grandson)

Minister of Music, Followers of Christ Baptist Church '

In Memory of Our Beloved Wife and Mother

Mrs. Gertha Lucille Hudson joined the Avery Famly in 1918. She was a soloist and member of the Sanctuary Choir for more than fifty years, a faithful member of the Thrift Club and served in 1962 as Co-Chairman of Women's Day.

Nathaniel S. Hudson Kenneth and Effie Hudson Waddell Mitchell, Detroit, Michigan -43-

RESUME

Name: George T. Ferguson Address: 1304 N. E. 53rd St. Okla. City, Okla. 73111 Phone: (405) 424-6545 Service to African Methodism Local

65 year member of Avery Chapel A. M.E. Church, Okla. City, Okla. Rev. Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving, Pastor Member of Steward Board No. 1 Senior Pastoral Steward Voted Avery's Man of the Year- 1960

District

Oklahoma City District Steward Past President of Okla. City District Lay Organization Past President of Oklahoma Conference Lay Organization Delegate to the Oklahoma Annual Conference

Con nectiona I

First President and now President Emeritus of the 12th Episcopal District Lay Organization Delegate to the General Conference Was Trustee of Shorter College for 22 years Served at the 12th Episcopal Distrit Lay Delegate to the National Council of Churches, held in St. Louis, Mo., appointed by the late Bishop S. L. Greene

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1 967 recipient of the Certificate of Outstanding Achievement and Appreciation from the Oklahoma State Senate Served 10 years as President of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce (under his ledership Black Postal Workers and Firemen were hired) The Urban League of Oklahoma City was organized under his leadership Selected in 1977 as the Man of the Year by the Okla. City Set Club Graduate of Tillison College, Austin, Texas and the General Electric School of Business He was owner of the Ferguson Music Company for 32 years and served as President of Ferguson Entrprises, Inc. He is happily married to Mrs. Rubye Doris Ferguson. - 44-

In Memory of Mrs. Etta L. Smith and Mrs. Earl Townsend

(Grandmother and Mother of Mrs. Lonzetta Richardson)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richardson

Willie Edward Richardson, Earl Mae Townsend, Lequetta Richardson Alexander, Grandpa Levi Smith, Earl Townsend and wife, Edwina Richardson Littlepage, Mrs. Etta L. Smith, Jerry Townsend, Father

Seven Generations:

Brian L. Alexander Etta L. Smith (Deceased) Levi Smith (Deceased) Earl Mae Townsend (Deceased) Earl Harold Townsend (Deceased) Alonzo Postal Townsend (Deceased) Susan Reynolds (Deceased) Harriet Reynolds (Deceased) Joe Harris

Edwina Littlepage Derra Moore Marcia Moore William C. Moore Michelle Littlepage Jacquelyn Littlepage Derek Christopher Roach Lequetta Alexander Ray Edward Alexander - 4 5-

In Memoriam

THELMA B. WILSON

A life enriched by dedicated service to Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church. This is the Gospel of Labor! The Gospel of Labor This is the Gospel of Labor Ring it, ye bells of the kirk The Lord of love came down from above To live with the men who work. This is the rose that he planted Here in the thorn-cursed soil Heaven is blessed with perfect rest; But the blessing of earth is toil Henry Van Dyke

Frances W . Sears and Family- Frank F. Wilson, III, M.D., and Family -46-

In Memory of EDWARD D. JONES

Devoted Husband, Father and Steward of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church MRS. RUBY M. JONES, Wife MR. and MRS. C. L. SLOSS and FAMILY MR. and MRS. R. C. McKERSON and FAMILY MRS. DORTHOLA GRAY and FAMILY

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In Memory of the Founders of McKay - Davis Funeral Home

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Mrs. Beula L. McKay

Mr. A. L. McKay

Mr. A. L. McKay, founder of McKay Funeral Home in 1926, was a respected Oklahoma City business man, a fraternal worker on both the local and national levels and a trusted and faithful layworker in the Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church. He was serving as president of the choir and Treasurer of the church at the time of his death June 2, 1946. He and his wife, Beula, were faithful contributors to the church.

MR. and MRS. SAMMIE DAVIS

In Memory of HERMAN M. BROWN SHERIDAN W. WILSON CHARITY BAILEY

Wyolene Brown Mary Wilson Ron and Gena Battle and Erica Lyndon and Michelle Brown and Jeffrey

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In Loving Memory

Mary and Harold White

Children: Donna Walters, Mark White Grand Children: Mechilee Gaines, Darin Walters, Bryan White, Awia White, Sly White and Branden White Great Grandchild: Evin Jamair Sisters: Alberta Pendley, Almeta Bell, Jean Lewis, and Bettye L. Walton Brothers: Charles Bates, Billy Bates, John Bates, Daniel Bates, Don Bates

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In Memory of Our Mother, Father, Grandfather and Grandmother

Rev. Alexander F. Fleming Mrs Madeline Smith-Fleming

Pioneers of Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church United with Avery Chapel, 1915 - The Pastor was Rev. T. H. Wiseman

The Love You Gave To Us All, And The Many Joys We Shared Will Always Remain In Our Hearts Roosevelt Fleming and Family Mrs. Elvira Fleming-Townsend, Booklyn, New York Grandchildren Charles Townsend, Jr. Alexander Townsend Charlese Colemon Elvira Moon Myrna Peterkin Stephney Ferguson

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER ILLIE COLEY ADAMS-CHANDLER "And the child grew and waxed strotig in spirit, filled with wisdom" Luke 2:40

Our Father, we are grateful to Thee for all the Blessed influences that entered into our lives when we were young. We thank Thee, also, for the things that have remained with us through life, making us better, truer, and novler. The Lord is praised for all Christian parents whose earnest aim and effort have been the rearing of their children into fine, Christian women and men. May those of us who are parents today let nothing take precedence over this God-given duty and privilege, and grant us good success in our efforts here; whatever failures may attend elsewhere. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Christine Adams Nelson Ernestine Adams Luster

Louise Adams Shelton-Wilcat Dorothy Lee Adams Bell

In Memory and Appreciation of LAURA L. GIBSON

From the Coley-Adams-Luster Family Original Motto: "Always a worker and always a sharer" LAURA L. GIBSON MISSIONARY UNIT Formerly, Camilette Missionary Unit from 1935 to 1938

* Geraldine Crook *Mayme Brown Colotta Banks Lovie Factory, President Lillian Hayes Juanita Holloway Deloris House Donnie Mae Johnson Emma June Johnson, Vice Pres. *Charter Members

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Louise Logan Emma Madden Theople Roberts Opal Spencer Shirley Swanson Rivers Ellen Alexander Lottie Murphy Alberta Pendley Dorothy Stafford Bertha Sims

In Loving Memory of ANNA F. YATES Anna F. Yates joined Avery Chapel Church in 1901 under Rev. White and served as the Assistant Organist. Her poem, printed here, served as a graphic description of the early Avery Chapel.

AVERY CHAPEL by Anna F. Yates

Away way back in Nineteen One, Before our Statehood was begun; I came to town from Tennessee; My mother, by brother, along with me. Avery Chapel was not as it is today, It stood on Hudson, across the way, And was just a hut - made of logs and such; But we cherished it as our Mother Church. Rev. White was the pastor in that day. And Ludora Cottrell used to play The organ that she pumped by foot; While the pot-bellied stove gave heat and soot. I played for her when she wasn't there And the Church existed mostly by prayer. Money was scarce, but religion was not. Five dollars for a rally was all we got! There were no choirs in Avery then We sang congregational songs - and when We built the church close to Grooms Hill Dr. Haywood worked and worked, until He had a choir that filled the place With songs like "God's Amazing Grace" We've traveled far and here today We feel we've come a long, long way From the Church I joined in Nineteen One Before our statehood was begun.

Avery Chapel Pioneer

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In Loving Memory of RUTH SYBLE LEWIS Avery's Late Organist

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In Loving Memory of Our Loving Husband, Father and Grandfather

FRANK SWAIN Esther Swain - Wife Frank Swain, Jr. - Son Frances Swain-Hawkins - Daughter and Grandchildren

In Loving Memory of Our Loving Husband and Father, Daniel Stewart Alice A. Stewart, Wife Jacquelyn Stewart-Barnes, Daughter - 55-

Best Wishes Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church For a Successful Bicentennial Celebration

In Loving Memory of My Family Mrs. Dais M. Armstrong (Mother) Mrs. Geraldine A. Williams (Sister) Dr. Nellie D. Wiggins (Cousin) Daisy H. Server

IN LOVING MEMORY of OUR MOTHER AND FATHER ARRILLA C. WILLIAMS

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JOE N. WILLIAMS Dorothy M. Stafford, J. W. Williams and Geraldine Crook

IN LOVING MEMORY of Our Husband and Father LEON CROOK

Geraldine, Herman, Gwen, Phillip, Phyllis and Linda

In Loving Memory of Mr. and Mrs. L E. Russell and Mrs. Thera Faye Teague Parents and Twin Sister of Vera Maye Rice

In Loving Memory of My Beloved MOTHER and FATHER SUSIE E. SPARKS Stewardess and Missionary Society GEORGE B. SPARKS Trustee And My Beloved SISTERS Mrs. Garvice S. Ricks Mrs. Louise S. Reed A Beloved BROTHER George A. Sparks A Loyal Member of Avery and A Friend Mrs. Kathryn B. Hardin GLADYS A. SPARKS Daughter, Sister and Friend ,~

lt/S1 Congratulations and Salutations to the A. M. E. Church A Memorial to Honor ttarneue Aaye uu1an ._....

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(Former Church Secretary) What a lovely Flower Ha,ul,picked by God So fall of love and grace Our hearts are filled with love and joy When we remember your smiling face Loving - The Hurlan J. Dulan Family

In Loving Memory nf ...... Shelby and Gertrude Stewart from Nieces and Nephews

With Precious Memories of Our Father Rev. E. J. Vance, D. D.

In Memoriam of A. L Littlepage

Past Presiding Elder of the Okla. District. He obtained his Doctor of Divinty from Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas. Faithfully Submitted, Dr. and Mrs. D. Bronson Vance Mrs. Berniece Vance Hilliard

Mobelia Littlepage

In Loving Memory of Our Sisters Mrs. Lillie Burton Mrs. Florence Potts Miss Mary Etta Moore Mrs. Lula White From Sisters Miss Christina Moore Mrs. Willa Mae Crane

In Loving Memory of Lois Holley Chatwell from LaJoyce Chatwell Lawton and Darcell Chatwell Luke

(Trustee) and (Soloist) From

Mary H. Harrison, Sister Rowena L Henderson, Niece

In Loving Memory of My Honored Dead "They lived, felt life. saw sunset's glow; now they sleep . . . " FREDERICK G. HARPER Father (SS and Choir) LUELLA HARPER VAUGHN Mom (S.S. Miss. Society) J.C. HARPER, SR. Brother (Choir) GENEVA BOYD HARPER Sister-in-law (Choir) MARTHA STEWARD Aunt _(Pastor,s Aid) CALVIN WILLIAMS Husband (Choir Trustee)

FREDDYE HARPER WILLIAMS Okla. State Representative

/931 In Loving Memory of

William "Dock" Davis and

Johnnie L. Swanson, Sr.

In Loving Memory

Flora D. Swanson Shirley Swanson Rivers Johnnie L. Swanson, Jr.

Our Devoted Mother and Grandmother MRS. NELLIE HARMON

IN LOVING MEMORY

Mr. Edgar Harmon and Family

MY HUSBAND MR. R. T. GRACEY GLENNELL M. GRACEY

In Me_mory of Dr. and Mrs. M.A. Clark

Bicentennial Greetings From The j. S. Littlepage A very Heritage

Wilba Jones Daughter Claudette, Donna, Dondre', Dominique, Lamurelle Grandchildren

J. S. and Aner Littlepage

(Trustee)

(Sun. Sch. Teacher)

Rowena L. Henderson (Steward)

Diane T. Sharazz and Joyce Kerlegon Christopher Kerlegon

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BEST WISHES TO A VERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH~S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mrs. Yvonne Canada Davis

Mr. Sammie T . Davis

McKay-Davis Funeral Home, Inc.

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SAMMIE T. DAVIS Manager-Secretary Treasu rer

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Rev. James Avery Alexander Mrs. Ruby J. Alexander Shelia Alexander, M.D. Mrs. Coletha Allen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Allen Mr. and Mrs. Boston M. Anderson Mrs. Carrie Askew Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Atkins Avery Youth Ushers Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. James E. Baker Mrs. Hazel Baldurn Miss Colotta Banks Mr. and Mrs. Johnny W. Banks Mr. and Mrs. William L. Bates Mrs. Dorothy L. Bell Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell Mrs. Solonia Bennett Mrs. Bessie Blanton Mr. Robert Bluitt Dominque Block Mrs. Donna L. Block Mrs. Thelma P. Boolds Mrs. Viola Brooks Major and Mrs. Legand Burge Ms. Carol J. Childs Mr. and Mrs. Casey Childs, Sr. Rev. and Mrs. Casey Childs, II Mr. Freddie D. Childs Âˇ Mr. Kenneth Childs Mr. Michael R. Childs Mrs. Freddie Alexander Cooper Mrs. Willa Mae Crane Mrs. Geraldine Crook Ms. Linda Crook Phillip and Mary Crook Ms. Alice M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Leonardo DeBose Alisa and Lauren Dozier Dorothy C. Dulaney Mr. and Mrs. Hasell Duncan Ms. Inez Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Evans Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Fleming Mrs. Vernon Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Otha Freeman Mrs. Doris Gary Mrs. Geneva Gentry Rev. David W. and Deboray Gray, Aisha and David L. Mr. and Mrs. JeRue Hawkins Gwen, Tonya and Tyron Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holmes Mrs. Rhoda C. Irving Mrs. B. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Jackson Mr. and Mrs. William I. James Mrs. Ethel Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Johnson and Mar!a Mrs. Virgie Johnson Mrs. Brenda Seward-Jones and Katreece Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Jones

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Mrs. Marvienne Keeton Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lawton Mrs. Parilee Lewis Don D. W. Luster Ernestine A Luster Frank and Andrea Luster Melvin F. Luster Harold and Phyllis McDonald Mr. and Mrs. A. Randolph Mason, Jr. Mr. Leon Mays Mrs. Willie Maves Mrs. Mintoria Milas Mrs. Helen J. Miller Mr. Foster J. Moham Mr. John Moham Mrs. Christina Moore Mr. Marvin Moore Mrs. Christine Nelson Dexter Nelson Mrs. Emily Nelson Miss Cobina Norwood Mrs. Imogene Normand Gerrv and Gwendolyn Parker Mr. and Mrs. Osie L. Parks Mr. and Mrs. Irving R. Peoples and Granddaughter, Pamela Cairo Childs Persons Mr. Barney Powell Mrs. Eleanor Powell Mr. and Mrs. Keith Powell Miss Vera Lee Powell Mrs. Ivory Preston Mr. Leon Ralls Mr. Leon Ralls and Family Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Rice Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts & Tia Julie Lynette Robinson Attorney Kimberly Robinson Dr. A C. Sales Roland Conklin Seward Lillie and Walter Seward, Jr. Nadine and Lcpl Walter Seward, Ill Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sims and LaRhonda Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Spencer Mrs. Dorothy Mae Steward Mrs. Esther Swain Mrs. A. S. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Donald Terrell Mr. and Mrs. 0 . J. Thomas Mrs. Hattie Tucker Captains Michael and Brenda Walker, Kellen and Gerald Dondre' Washington Carlos Williams Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Williams Mrs. Claude Esther Woodson Mrs. Charlesetta Combs Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Hudson Mr. N. S. Hudson Attorney and Mrs. Frederick Mccann Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McClellan Mrs. Vivian Slade

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rfhe AME Corner

"vVHY WE DO vVHAT vVE DO" Local Church Organizalion Consljluenls Boar<ls, Workers, Organizalions ,m<l Auxiliaiics Boai·ds: Stew,mls, Trnslees, Stewardesses, Deaconesses. Workers: licensed Missionai-y Workers. Organizalions: The Class, Choir(s), Church School, Allen Chrisli,u1 Fellowship, Lay Organization, Women's Missiona.1-y Socicty/ YPD ;md Sons of Allen Auxiliaiies: The pastor shall be the ollicial head of all boards a.11d auxiliaries ;md no change in their composition shall be considered legal wilhoul his/her co11se11I mid coopnalion. All hoards ;md auxiliaries are ;u11c11<lablc to the Qumterly Conkrcncc.

Christian Symbols and Colors The Journal of Christian Education SYMBOLS: DESCENDING DOVE

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Symbol of the Creator; signifies purit1::J, light, rejoicing, glory; seasons relating to Jesus. VIOLET Signifies penitence, humility, suffering, s1::1rnpathy, and fasting; used throughout Lent.

Symbolizes Christ as the light of the world; the two candles emphasize the RED two human natures of Christ-divine Symbolizes blood, Christian zeal, the work and and human ministry of the Church. TH£ CROWN WITH A CROSS

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Symbol of Christ's resurrection: victory The color of sorrow grief; also the color for Good , over death. This symbol is w;,ed to Fridat.::J and on days of humiliation of prayer in ' signify the resurrection of the body of all connection with catastrophe.

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AME Chun;h Adds Women, African Bist)9.ps By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

file African Methodist Episcopal Church has made history twice in its election 1uadrennial meeting in Indianapolis.

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: allowing the election of its first woman bishop four years ago, delegates elected two more women .(

fhe bishops-elect for Africa are the Rev. Wilfred Messiah of Sc-uth Africa, the Rev. Paul J.M. Kawimbe of ~ambia, and the Rev. David R. Daniels of Liberia. fhose who will serve as bishops in the United States are the Rev. Carolyn Tyler Guidry, a presiding elder ·rom Los Angeles, and four pastors: the Rev. James L. Davis of Atlanta; the Rev. Samuel L. Green Sr. of Jrlando, Fla.; the Rev. Sarah Frances Davis of San Antonio; and th~Rev. Earl McClo~ Jr. of Atlan ta

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OUR STAFF

Rev. H. Potts Associate Pastor Dr. Leodis Strong Pastor

Dr. L. B. Quinn Presiding Elder

Mrs. Sarah Jane Bell, Executive Administrative Assistant

0. E. Rice Treasurer

A. R. Yarbrough Finance Chairman

Osie Parks Pastoral Steward

Van Sims Chairman, Steward Board

Harold Beatty Trustee Chairman

Leon Mays Custodian

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Laura L. Turner Missionary Society

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Sanctuary Choir

Youth Choir

New Ensemble Musicians

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FIRST ANNUAL CHURCH UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY THEME "FAMILIES UNITED -

THROUGH CHRIST"

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1987

AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 NORTH KELHAM AVENUE OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73117 THE RT. REV. H. HARTFORD BROOKINS, PRESIDING BISF90'P· DR. L.B. QUINN, PRESIDING ELDER REV. LEODIS STRONG, B.A., TH.M., D.D., PASTOR REV . HARVEY G. POTTS, · ASSISTANT PASTOR

Message from the Pastor Christ the Tie That Bind& Our Lord Jeaua Chriat ia the head of our church. We acknowledge Him ea the only euthority in our church end thet our loyalty ia only to Chri&t the Son of God. Christ is to the church what the head is to the body. Aa verioua aembera of th• human body function harmoniou&ly, ao we the ••mbara of Avery are united in har•onioua fellowahip end aervice by our per&onal tie& with our Lord, Jeaua Chriat. Permitting the Holy Spirit to guide ua, we will not ceuae diviaion thua atrengthening the forces of derknesa. are ell diffarnt but with one teatimony - on• faith- one baptiam- one God and Father of all. We ere of one mind united in thought end purpoae.

With each part of the body of Christ <i.e., you and me) doing ita pert, we can worahip end aerv• together to His 91lory. Through unity and loyalty we will respond to the prayer of Chriet that "they will be of one heart and one mind, Just ca you end 1 are, Father (John 17:22 LB>. We ahcll be "one big happy family, full of sympathy toward each other. loving one another with tender hearts end humble minds" <IPeter

3:8LB>.

We will &hare spiritual moments such as praise, prayer and ain9in9 ca well aa being united in trouble and Joy. The tiea which unite us will enable us to ahare each other's Joys and alao give solace when sorrows strike. •"Mey God who gives patience, steadiness. and encouragement help you to live with the attitude of Christ toward the other. And then all of us can praise the Lord together with one voice, giving glory to God. the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" <Romans 15:5.6LB)

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love. Rev Leodis Strong

A new tradition hos been established ot Avery with this the firat annual Church Unity end Loyalty Doy. Thia event hea been preaented in lieu of Men'a Dey end Women'• Doy ectivitiea. The 1987 theme hoa been .. Familiea United Through Chriat••. We have celebrated this entire Month of August with ectivitiea focuaing on the family. We heve preyed together, wo~x•d together- ployed together end enJoyed fellowship in e chriatien etmoaphere. Aa e reault we have learned •ore about each other end atrengthened our individual fe•iliea_ ea well ea our church family. A greater aenae 0£ loyalty to our church end aore unity within the Avery faaily ia alao evident. Th••• benefit• £er outweigh the financial gain we expect from thia program. The Avery family ia indeed united through Chriat ea we £ace the chellengea of todoy end prepare £or thoae to come in the future.

It has been e pleasure end a priviledge £or me to hove been ••l•cted to aerve ea your cheirperaon £or thia event. I wiah to particularly thonk our paator £or hia confidence ahown by appointing me to thia teak. I wiah to eapecielly thank the co-cheirperaona and the verioua committee ••mbera £or their herd work ond dedication in •eking this event aucceaa£ul. My aincere gratitude to all of the member& 0£ the Avery family who participated in th• varioua ectivitiea leading up to our apeciol day. Lest- but not least, I ahell be eternally grateful for your preyera and worda of encouragement that hove been a source of inapirotion to me throughout thia entire month. Alice N. l'fcCenn

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Church Unity e nd Loy c lt y Do y Morning Worship Service August 30, 1987 10:45 AM Processional Hymn #221

"Lift Him Up"

Call to Wor&hip

Mrs Lovie Factory

"I Love Thy Kingdom Lord"

~pening Hymn #5i5 Prayer

Rev ·H~rvey Potts· Chopel Maa·a Chofr The Av•~Y ;, ..

Selection

Scripture-I Corinthicns 12:12-17

The Decalogue <Summarized) Selection

Mr Kenneth ~~illord

Plr BilTy Lawton The A~~ry Chapel Ma·s s Choir - -M'8 Ji11 · we99o~e_r

' Mrs Loretta Lovs Rep Freddye Williams

Announceme'n t _a

· ·Mr Hurlan Dulan . . .

Tithes o~d Offeri~gs Altar Prayer Selection ..

Int,roduct_ion of Speaker · Sermonic Selection #394

"Toke It To The Lord In Prayer" ·Mrs Alice N. PlcCann "We Are Tossed and Dr i~ve~"

The Unity and Loyalty Day Message Patricia Ruaaell-McCloud, Eaq Hymn of Invitation #511 "Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus"

Doxology Benediction

Rev Leodis Strong

DINNER WILL BE SERVED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

PATRICIA RUSSELL-MCCLOUD. ESQ. Patricia Russ~ll-McCloud, Esq, President. RussellMcCloud and Aaaociot••• Atlante. Georgia ia o graduate o:f Howard Univeraity School o:f Lew and Kentucky Stet• Univeraity. heving completed en intenaive atudy program in law at He~vard Vniveraity. She ia certified to prectic• before the u.s. · supr•m• Court. Oiatrict of Columbia and Indiene Bc.r A.a~ociet.iona.. . Ruaaell:-Mc_C loud, th• forJ11_er Chief of the Comploi~ta Branch, Moaa Media Bureau~ Federal Communica~ion& Commiaaion, Washington. DC. ha& received numeroua cwcr~a on~ honors for her dedicated efforts. among them. the H?norory Doctorate of Lcwa Degre• :from North Carolina- C'9_n trcl Uni verai ty and Bethune Cookman College. Rus&el-1-McCloud is th.e former National Parliamentarian for the Alpha: Kapp.a A.lpha i ty, Inc• and- i~ -the recepient . ,. . -· .S~ro"r . of more than 25 keya to cities throughout the. United States. She ia a_ mem_b er of. ri_um:erou~ pro:feaaionol end _ civic organizations. including the Notional Bar Association, Life Me~ber of the Notional Aaaociet~on ·for the Advancement of C~lored Peopl~. N~tio-nol Urban Le~gue, Alpha K~ppa .. AlphaSorori.ty,. In_c , The Linka, Inc end the A:fr_iccn M.e.t hodiat . Episcopal Church . •'

The former Patricio A. Russell ia married to the Rev E. Ecrl McCloud~ Jr, Poat.or, St Paul African Methodist Ep~~copol Church, Fairfield, Alabama. ATTOR~~y RUSSELL-MCCLOUD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT -THE~E BE NO AUDIO OR VISUAL REPRODUCTION OF HER REMARKS

Afternoon Progra~ August 30. 1987 Miatress of Ceremonies

Opening Song #525

4:00 PM Mrs Salonia Bennett "What!- Fellowship"'

Prayer

Mr Donald Luater

The' Occassion

Mrs Rubye Ferguson

Musical Selections By The Following Participants: 1. The Hill Family: Barbera & Willie Coakley, LeJun Hines Betty & Keaha Gibson Anna Hill Gordon Minor 2. Ammon Jenkinâ&#x20AC;˘ 3. Mark. Terry & Jerry Stafford. Harold McDonald 4. Caaaandra. Lionel and Renita Bennett 5. Rene Peteraon 6. Michelle Wright. Patricia Thomas. Jill Waggoner Presentation of Essay Contest Winners

Mra Minerva Sloas

First Place Senior Dept.

Tonya Haynes

Firat Place Inter Dept

Tamera Scott

Firat Place Junior Dept

Honorable Mention Junior Dept First Place Primary Dept Honorable Mention

Primary Dept

Mortgage Burning of Renovation Note Offering Re~arks Benediction

Dimitri Allen Merrill Scott. Jr Muhammad Allah Tamika Scott Rev Leodis Strong Officers Mrs Alice McCann Rev Leodis Strong

Church Loyolty ond Unity Dey CoMMittee Alice .Mcconn

Choirper$on

Lovie Foct.ory Hurlon Dulon Kenneth Maillard

Co-Cheirperson's

Johnny Bonka, Dorothy Ouleney

Decoretiona

Ine:z J'eMea

Food Fecilit1•• end Ground•

Rooaevlet Fle~ing, Leon Moya Ceaaondro Bennett, Rene Peteraon

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Billy & LaJoyce Lawton

Program Booklet

Helen Boxley

Prayer Brunch Program Carnival

June Johnson, Eleanor Bates, Keith Powell. Bertha Si••• Travia Bowie Young Women's Christian Fellowship

Picnic Victoriously Beautiful

Allene Strong, Velma Trahan

Closs Leaders

Eula Childs

Easey Conteat

Minerva Sloas

Calendar of Events August 1. 1987

Prayer Brunch

August 2, 1987

Prayer Sunday

August 8 , 1987

Carnival

August 15, 1987 August 3,9,16,24 1987 August 30, 1987

Picnic Victoriously Beautiful Church Unity and Loyalty Doy

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Then let us make our boast Of His redeeming power, Which saves us to the uttermost, Till we can sin no more; Let us take up the cross, Till we the crown obtain; And gladly reckon all things loss, So we may Jesus gain.

Preserved by power Divine to full salvation here, Again in Jesus praise we join, And in his sight appear.

What troubles have we seen, What conflicts have we passed, Fightings without, and fears within, Since we assembled last;

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He spake the light shone round his head; On a bright cloud to heav'n he rode; They to the farthest nation spread The grace of their ascended God.

"While thus ye follow my commands, I'm with you till the world shall end, All power is trusted in my hands, I can destroy, and can defend."

"Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, Go cast out devils, in my name; Nor let my prophets be afraid, Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme."

"I'll make my great commission known, And ye shall prove my gospel true, By all the works that I have done, And all the wonders ye shall do."

"Go preach my gospel," saith the Lord, "Bid the whole earth my grace receive; Explain to them my sacred word, Bid them believ~, obey, and live."

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Go Preach My Gospel

But out of all the Lord Hath brought us by His love; And still He doth His help afford, And hide our life above.

And are we yet alive, And see each other's face? Glory and praise to Jesus give For his redeeming grace!

NO. 304

And Are We Yet Alive

GENERAL THEME -

The Rev. C. T. Carrington, Co-Host Pastor

The Rev. E. W. Dawkins, Co-Host Pastor

The Rev. Leodis Strong, Host Pastor

The Rev. B. S. Roberts, Associate Presiding Elder

The Rev. Edward E. Davis, Co-Host Presiding Elder

The Rev. Dr. L. B. Quinn, Host Presiding Elder

Mrs. Flossie Walker, Episcopal WMS President

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THE RT. REV. H. HARTFORD BROOKINS, PRESIDING BISHOP

"RECYCLING OR RETOOLING?"

September 15-20, 1987

1425 North Kelham Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH

TO CONVENE AT

OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE (98TH SESSION)

CENTRAL N.E. OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE (112TH SESSION)

OF THE

/C/3 1 THE THIRD CONFERENCE CONCLAVE

Rev. Edward Davis

THE APOSTLES' CREED . ........................ Rev. W. T. Erby

Bishop H. Hartford Brookins

POSTLUDE

BENEDICTION

DOXOLOGY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

OFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance Committee

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP . . . Rev. E.W. Dawkins No. 251, "All To Jesus I Surrender"

ANNUAL SERMON .. . . . .. . ......... . ... . ...... Dr. D. R. Stuckey

SERMONIC SELECTION .. . ............. . . Vernon A.M.E. Ch urch

PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER .. Bishop H. Hartford Brookins

PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP ..... . ....... Dr. B. S. Roberts

SELECTION . .. . ...... . ............. .. ................. Mass Choir

BENEVOLENT OFFERING ....... Revs. Hugh Bennett, Lula Adams , David Gray, Marcellus Fields, C. W. Perry, B. Z. Lewis, A. D. Moore, J. L. Williams

DECALOGUE (Summary) .. . . ... . . . .. . ... . . ...... Rev. W. R. Norful

HYMN, No. 69 . .................. . .......... "From All That Dwell"

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Patrick Jones

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE .... . ....... Rev. C. T. Carrington

SELECTION .. .. ........... .. ................. . ........ Mass Choir

CHORAL RESPONSE ................ . ..... .... ...... . . Mass Choir

PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. E . D. Miller

OPENING HYMN, No. 304 . . ......... . . . .. ...... Rev. Leodis Strong "And Are We Yet Alive"

CALL TO WORSHIP

DOXOLOGY

PROCESSIONAL HYMN, No. 25 .. .. . . ......... "Holy, H oly, Holy"

ORGAN PRELUDE

Dr. L. B. Quinn, Presiding

Wednesday, September 16, 1987 10:30 A.M.

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From this connectional picture we must draw our own Twelfth District road map if we are to serve the present age. "Designing new models", refining local and conference techniques, re-ordering priorities, redefining our church mission are but a few ways to make real our witness, and all of this must be done to proclaim the mission of Jesus Christ.

But again, our history is blighted with many imperfections and failures. These two reflections offer on the one hand, great hope with much promise, on the other hand, there is obviously great challenge. At best we can say there is a mixture of ideas and impressions by all of the students of our history. Yet the message is clear. There is much more to rejoice about than to cry over.

Our long and rich history provides us much to celebrate. This same history lifts up the labors and sacrifices that thousands upon thousands have made to make possible what we have today.

THE BISHOP'S WORD

OPENING WORSHIP SERVICE

J. D. Moulden

Rev. Seaborn Carter

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE

Rev. Leodis Strong

PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS THE APOSTLES' CREED DOXOLOGY BENEDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop H. Hartford Brookins POSTLUDE

HOLY COMMUNION .. .. ......... Bishop, P residing Elders, Pastors

INTRO DUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE APOSTLES' CREED ... . ...... . .... . ... ...... Rev. David Gray

DOXOLOGY

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

THE OFFERATORY .... .. ... . . . . . . .. ......... . . . Rev. Mose Nettles

THE OFFERATORY ....................... . .. Rev. Lonnie Johnson

Rev. Melvin Felton

OFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance Committee

SERMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rt. Rev. H. Hartford Brookins Presiding Bishop of The Twelfth Episcopal District

SERMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Hugh Bennett

OFFERING .... .. ....... .. ..... ..... . .. ... .. .. . Finance Committee

HYMN OF PREPARATION .. . ........ . . .. . Rev. Perry Wainwright No. 394 "We Are Tossed and Driven"

HYMN OF PREPARATION, No. 141 ..... . . .. . . Rev. C. V. Boyd, Jr. "Alas, And Did My Savior Bleed"

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP .. . . . .. . .... Rev. Edward Davis

PRESENTATION OF THE PREAC H ER . . Bishop H. Hartford Brookins

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP .. . Rev. A. L. Williams No. 405, "Nothing But the Blood"

SELECTION ..... . .. . . . ...... ... . .... . ... . ... .......... Mass Choir

BENEVOLENT OFFERING .. Revs. Wilbert Brown, Earlene Morrow, Charles Avery, Nancy Newton, Harvey Potts, Johnny Jones, Larry Watson

DECALOGUE (Summary) ... .. .. ... .. ...... . . . . ... Rev. W. V. Leake

HYMN, No. 69 ... . ..... . ..... .. ..... ... . . ... "From All That Dwell"

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE ............. Rev. E.W. Dawkins

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. D . R. Stuckey

SELECTION .. ... . .. . ...... . ........... .. .. .. .... . . .... Mass Choir

CHORAL RESPONSE .. .... . .. ...... . .. . . . . ...... ... .. . Mass Choir

PRAYER ...... .. . ......... . ....... .. ........ Rev. C. T . Carrington

HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Harold Davis "O God Our Help In Ages Past"

CALL TO WORSHIP

DOXOLOGY

PROCESSIONAL

ORGAN PRELUDE

Sunday, September 20, 1987 10:45 A.M. Dr. B. S. Roberts, Presiding

CONFERENCE SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE

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PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP ... . .......... Dr. L.B. Quinn

SELECTION . .. . . .... . .. . .. .... .... . .. ...... .. .. . .... .. Mass Choir

BENEVOLENT OFFERING . ... . Revs. Blanton Bennett, G. R. Davis, James Walton, John Stewart, Rodney Foster, Homer Williams, A. L. Williams, Harvey Potts

DECALOGUE (Summary) .... . ....... ..... . . ... .. Rev. R. C. Jenkins

HYMN, No. 69 ........ . ...... . ..... . . ..... . . "From All That Dwell"

Rev. Pollie Wallace

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE

SELECTION .. .. ..... . ................................. Mass Choir

CHORAL RESPONSE ....... .. .... ... .... .. ............ Mass Choir

PRAYER .. . ......................... . .... .. . Rev. J.E. Hughes, Sr.

HYMN OF PRAISE, No. 5 .. . ........ . . . ...... . Rev. "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"

CALL TO WORSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. M. E. Griffith

DOXOLOGY

PROCESSIONAL

Wednesday, September 16, 1987 7:30 P.M. Rev. Edward Davis, Presiding ORGAN PRELUDE

THE UPPER ROOM WORSHIP SERVICE

By November of 1787, circumstances in the St. George's Church came to a point where Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and others found it necessary to leave the worship service one Sunday morning. This decisive action is the point at which African Methodists mark their beginning as a separate and independent group of Methodists. Allen was 27 at the time.

During April, 1787, a group of the members of St. George's Methodist Church formed the Free African Society. They were agreed on pursuing liberation, although they proved to have more than one denominational preference. Forming the Free African Society, however, did not terminate their St. George's membership.

He preached at 5:00 a.m. at St. George's Church on Sundays. He also preached on the commons in Southwark, Northern Liberties. It was not uncommon for him to preach four or five times a day. He held prayer meetings and raised a society of 42 members. In the city, Allen "felt that conditions of his'African brethren' presented a special need for their being sought and instructed".

During this half century, idealism hit a peak as the colonies declared independence and formed the statement of their principles and rights. At the same time that the Methodist movement was taking form in the nation, the African Methodist people were present at the same time and in the same areas. They were organizing churches in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and all the way down to Charleston, South Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana. The first AME General Conference was held in 1816 in Philadelphia. Representatives were present from Baltimore, Maryland, Wilmington, Delaware, Attleborough, Pennsylvania, Salem, New Jersey and Philadelphia with 16 delegates accounted for by name. The enabling action taken at that time was "Resolved; that the people of Philadelphia, Baltimore and all other places, who should unite with them, shall become one body under the name and style of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Thus we have established some dates that African Methodists have kept alive, which are benchmarks that locate early levels of development.

The national policy was set from 1775 - 1825 that human slavery was lawful in this new nation. The churches went along with this decision in the treatment of black people in their memberships. Or, they failed to take black persons into their memberships at this time.

Life in the emerging new nation was affecting persons of color in the last quarter of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century. American Methodism was taking shape at these early dates.

He had traveled in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In some communities during this travel and preaching, he found himself at times entirely among white people. At one point he states, " I had comfortable meetings with the Germans".

After the Christmas Conference, however, Allen declined to travel with Bishop Asbury on a preaching tour into the South. Instead, Allen moved from Hartford Circuit to Lancaster Circuit in Pennsylvania. In the autumn of 1785 he went back to Radnor. The elder in Philadelphia frequently sent for Allen, who was in Pennsylvania, and in February of 1786 he returned to Philadelphia.

Allen felt that he was acting with the advice of some of his associates when he proposed to build a house of worship on his own lot and at his own expense as an" African Methodist Meeting-house". The building was completed and Bishop Francis Asbury of the Methodist Episcopal Church accepted the invitation to come and open the house for worship services in 1793. The house was named Bethel.

Similar events were happening in other places. In Baltimore, Daniel Coker was at work as a minister and Don Carlos Hall as a layman. When Allen and others took action to build a house of worship in Philadelphia, they found it necessary to send in their resignations to the Methodist Society, whether they desired this result or not, "being now as outcasts".

When the Christmas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met in Baltimore in December, 1784, Allen was present. He and Harry Hoosier were two black persons in brickyard, driving a salt wagon during the Continental War, and preaching the gospel. He worked against extreme exertion, exposure to the weather, threatening seasons of bodily discomfort, and illness.

The African Methodist movement identifies its origin in the life of Richard Allen. In this part of the account we move from the 1760's and 1770's to the 1780's.

Brief Historical Highlights

THE BI-CENTFN"NIAL OF AFRICAN METHODISM: 1787-1987

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Loyalty Day Â·

THE YEAR OF JUBILEE

A Time For Restoration and Rededication SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1988

AVERY CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1425 North Kelham, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 The Rt. Rev. H. Hartford Brook.ins, Presiding Bishop Dr. L. B. Quinn, Presiding Elder Rev. Leodis Strong, B.A.., Th.M., D.D., Paster Rev. Harvey G . Potts. Assistant Pastor

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To Sister Ernestine Luster and Sister Ruby Alexander and to each of the following persons: Your love of God and loyalty to His Church has enabled the p urchase of 135 new hymnals to be used to glorify and magnify the Lord of the Church by praising Him in song. Words alone are too weak to adequately express the depth of our appreciation to you, but please accept these words as a symbolic representation of our gratitude. Thank you. Pastor Strong and the Avery Family AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH HYMNAL SPONSORSHIPS Allen; Eugene ~lexander, .Ruby Alexander, Sheila Alexander, Robert, Jr. Bailey, Fannie Bailey, Julia Banks, The Johnny

Davis, Sammie Duncans, The Hansel Factorys, The Fred Flemings, The Roosevelt Glenns, The LeÂˇr oy Gary, Doris

~cCann, Alice McClain, Loretta Mc Cloney, Joe Milas, Mentoria - Mukes,-;4abel Phillips, tHlar J.

Griffin, Almeda

Preston, Ivory

Beatty, Harold

Hayes, Lillian

Pendley, Alberta

Beatty, Jewell

Henderson, Rowena

Bell, Almeta Bell, Sarah Jane

Hudsons , The Kenneth Johnsons, The Herman, Sr.

Bennett, Cassandra

Johnson, Cora

Bennett, Salonia

Jenkins, Ammon

Bluitt, Robert

James, Inez

Boxley, Helen

Johnsons, The Clarice

Po~ue, L. J. Richardsons, The Edward Sears, The Bertram Server, Daisy Sims, Van Stephens, Freddie Mae Swain, Esther

Bridges , Annita

Jones, ~h e Richard

Swans on, Fl o ra

Brown, Wyolene

Lawtons, The Billy

Tolliver, Alonzo

Brown, Mayme

Locust, Glenda

Ward, Sever ly

Counter, Paul

Loves, The James

Williamson, Grace

Combs, Melvin

The Luster Family

Wilson, Dr. Frank

Cooper, Freddie Mae

Lyday, Hannah

Dulans, The Hurlon

Mays, Leon

Williams, Freddye

Wrights, The C. Q.

Williams, The R. D.

' The Charles Williams~ Yarbrough, Albert

The Pastor's Message

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Rev. and Mrs. Leodis Strong and Family

My Dear Brothers and Sisters of Avery: The dream of African Methodism was born in the heart of Richard Allen, an exslave who purchased his own freedom and that of his brother, who would not relinquish his God-given personal human dignity in the face of slavery and oppression, who purchased a black-smith's shop and transformed it

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into Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and who bequeathed to his descendants a rich legacy of spiritual efforts for the salvation of souls for the kingdom of God and of social involvement in the struggle for the liberation, equality and the recognition of the human rights of all God's children in this world right here and right now. As A. M. E's, all of us have become "trustees" of the spiritual and social "estate" which has been left to us by Richard Allen. Faithfulness, on our part, to the mission and dreams of Richard Allen requires that we duplicate in our lives his unselfish spirit of sacrificial giving to advance God' s Kingdom and to help alleviate the needs of humankind. Please continue your current efforts and encourage others to share in Richard Allen's commitment and spirit of self-less, sacrificial giving. Allen first gave himself to God, to God's causes and to God's people; then he gave his time, talents and treasures to God as a natural follow-up to the first step which he had already taken. Our primary goal this year is a spiritual one. Our spiritual goal this year is to reclaim, rededicate and recommit ourselves to the dream and legacy of Richard Allen as faithful "trustees" of his spiritual estate. Our secondary goal is a financial one. Our financial goal is to raise $25,000.00 for Unity-Loyalty Day, to be used to meet all of our connectional and Episcopal District budget responsibilities for September of 1988 (Annual Conference) and March of 1989 (Mid-year Convocation). The achievement of these goals will be important milestones in the life of our church. As members of the local A.M.E. Church, we support the work being done by our connectional A.M.E. Church around the globe and throughout the world. But often, the members of the local church are deprived of the sense of satisfaction and gratification that comes from actually seeing first-hand what his or her connectional budget dollars are doing for God and humankind at the connectional and worldwide level (The Carribean, Africa, etc.). Along with what our church continues to do on the national and international level, we must also provide a stronger witness and more service in the local communities where our congregations are located. We cannot at this time, with world conditions being what they are, do less than what we have historically done at the connectional level. At the same time, we must do more than we have ever done before for our people at the local level. The pro bl ems faced by our senior citizens and our junior citizens (young people) demand our immediate attention and a larger share of our resources. Thank you, again, for duplicating Richard Allen's spirit of commitment and sacrificial giving. Thank you for your faithfulness as a trustee of Richard Allen's spiritual estate and thank you for helping us to lay a solid foundation for future growth and service to God and humankind worldwide, nationwide and communitywide.

"Beloved, now are we the children ofGod, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know. .. that we shall be like Him. " I JOHN 3:2

Your Brother in labor and love, Pastor Strong

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Mrs. Alice N. McCann Message from the Chairperson: Today, we culminate an entire month of activities which have bought us closer together in loving fellowship and produced a substantial financial gain for our church. The theme of this year's celebration of Church Unity and Loyalty Dav is:

THE YEAR OF JUBILEE A Time For Restoration and Rededication The reference for our theme is found in the book of Leviticus. It is in this book that Moses, inspired by the Lord, gave regulations and instructions for worship and religious ceremonies to the people of Israel. The year ofJubilee was then designated as a time for restoration and rededication. In reaching our monetary goal, we hope to restore our church to a sound financial base. Let us continue to dedicate our hearts to use our talents, time, energies and resources to ensure that Avery continues to provide spiritual nourishment for its m embers and make a positive impact on this community, as well as satisfy its Connectional responsibilities. It has been my privilege to serve as the general chairperson for this second annual Church Unity and Loyalty Day celebration. Witho ut the co-operation and hard work given by each of the cochairpersons, the success of this celebration would not have been possible. I wish to thank all of the sub-committee chairpersons and others who worked so unselfishly and all of the members who participated in the various activities to make this entire month-long celebration successful. I am especially grateful to the pastor for the confidence shown by selecting me as chairperson of this celebration for the second year. Finally, the Avery family will always have my appreciation for its sustaining prayers and words of encouragement. Mrs. Alice N. McCann

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Unity and Loyalty Day Committee GENERAL CHAIRPERSON

Sis. Alice N. McCann

I. PRAYER BREAKFAST Sis. Rubye Alexander

2. SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM Sis. Alice Mccann Sis. Sarah Jane Bell Sis. Eleanor Bates 3. FASHION SHOW Sis. Lovie Factory Bro. and Sis. Rico and Phyllis Harmon

4. COOK-OUT Sis. Lovie Factory Sis. Toye Allen, Chairperson Young Women's Christian Fellowship

5. Men's Activities (Father's Day) Bro. Billy Lawton Sis. Bettye Moulden

6. SOUVENIR BROCHURE Sis. Vera Rice, Chairperson Sis. Ernestine Luster, Co-chairperson Sis. LaJoyce Lawton, Co-chairperson Sis. Mabel Mukes Sis. Lillie Seward Sis. Theople Roberts Bro. John'n y Banks Bro. Oscar Rice

7. MUSIC

Sis. Cassandra Bennett Sis. Renee Peterson

CO-CHAIRPERSONS

Sis. Lovie Factory Bro. Billy Lawton Sis. Esther Swain

8. Decorations Sis. Dorothy Dulaney 9. Facilities and Grounds Bro. Roosevelt Fleming Bro. Leon Mays 10. CAPTAINS (Class Leaders) Sis. Esther Swain Sis. Helen Boxley Sis. Robin Adams Sis. Rubye Fleming Sis. Rubye D. Ferguson Sis. Dorothy Stafford Sis. Eula Childs Sis. Donnie M. Johnson Sis. Doris Gary Bro. and Sis. Lincoln and Delois House Bro. and Sis. Kenneth and Effie Hudson Bro. and Sis. Herman and EvaJackson Bro. and Sis. Hurlan Dulan 11. FOOD Sis. Inez James Sis. Eleanor Powell Sis. Nilar Phillips Sis. Alberta Pendley Sis. Almeta Bell 12. SKIT Bro. Fred Factory

Unity and Loyalty Day

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Unity and Loyalty Calendar 1. June 4, 1988

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Prayer Breakfast

Sunday School Program Fashion Show

Cook-out Edwards Park Father's Day (Men's Activities)

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Drama (Skit) Fellowship Hall

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CHURCH UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY Morning Worship Service JUNE 26, 1988 10:45 A.M. The Introit No. 594 . . .... ... ... ......... .. ........ "Bless The Lord, O My Soul" Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me bless His Holy name. He has done great things, He has done great things, He has done great things, bless His holy name.

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Cal l To Worship ....... .. ........... . .... ... ............... Sis. Lovie Factory Hymn Of Praise No. 304 .. ... ........ . ........... "And Are We Yet Alive" Invocation ......... . ........ . ........ ... ........ ..... .... Rev. Leodis Strong Choral Response, No. 187 ....... .. .. . ................... "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus" Jesus, Jesus, Jesus: There's just something about that name! Master, Saviour, Jesus, Like the fragrance after the rain; Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, let all heaven and earth proclaim; Kings and kingdoms will all pass away, But there's something about that name. ·

Choral Selection .. . .... . ................ . ..... .. ....... Unity and Loyalty Chorus The Holy Scripture .... . ....................... . . . ...... . ...... Rev. Harvey Potts Leviticus 25 :8-23 The Decalogue ... ... ... .. .. .. . .................... ... ......... . Bro. Billy Lawton Choral Selection ...... ....... ................ .... ...... Unity and Loyalty Chorus Concerns of Our Church and Community ... . .. .. . ......... .. .... Sis. Loretta Love Presentation of Visitors . . ........................... .. . .. .. . ... .Sis. Jill Waggoner The Occasion . . .. . ......... . . . . . ........................... Sis. Alice N. McCann Presentation Of Tithes and Offerings ............... Sis. Esther Swain and Captains Offering Selection.............. . ... .... .... . ........... Unity and Loyalty Chorus The Altar Prayer No. 333 ........ . . . ....... ... ...... . ... "Is Your Al l On The Altar" Presentation Of Minister ... . ..... . ............. ... ............ Rev. Leodis Strong The Sermonic Selection No. 379 .... .... ....... "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" The Sermon . . ................................ . . ... . .. . .... . .. Rev. Lynn B. Mims Christ United Methodist Church Invitation To Discipleship Invitational Hymn No. 364 ......................... . ......... " My Hope Is Built" Affirmation Of Faith .. . ................... .. ... . .... . .............. Bro. Van Sims Recessional . . ....... .. .. ........ . ................... . ....... "God Be With You"

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UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY LITANY Leader: 0 give thanks unto the Lord for He is good, it is He who remembered usin our low estate and rescued us from our foes; His steadfast love endures forever. Come bless the Lord all you servants of the Lord. Praise the Lord all you who stand in the courts of the Lord our God. People: Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised for His greatness is unsearchable. All the Kings of the earth shall praise Thee O Lord for Thy great goodness. All the people shall sing of the ways of the Lord, even our God, for He lifts up the downtrodden and casts the wicked to the ground. Leader: Thanks be to God for all those men and women through whom His glory and power were made known in powerful words and in mighty deeds. Thanks be to God for Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and the noble company of men and women in Philadelphia in 17 8 7, who rejected the prejudice and discrimination of St. George Methodist Church and organized the Free African Society. People: Praise the Lord who called Daniel Coker, Richard Williams, Stephen Hall, Peter Spencer, Peter Cuff, Morris Brown, Henry Drayton, and a host of others who, living in other cities and towns, were captured by a common dream, came together in 181 6 in Philadelphia to organize the African Methodist Episcopal church. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. Leader: Sing praises to God for his mighty works. He upheld black men and women, slave and free, in their struggles and journeys, in search of freedom and justice, who fled to Canada, returned to Africa, sought refuge in Mexico and the Caribbean Islands, and in the Westward migration in this country, who in every place they stopped; preached, prayed, organized prayer meetings, Sunday Schools, and Churches ~n the homes, barber shops, saloons, barns, blacksmith shops, tents, on wagon tops, street corners. People: Kings of the earth and all people. Princes and all rulers ofthe earth; Young men and maidens together, old m en and women and children praise the Lord for He has done wonderful things and we are glad. Leader: Give thanks to God for Edward Waters, Morris Brown, Daniel Payne, Paul Q.uinn, Henry McNeil Turner, Joshua Jones, Reverdy C. Ransom, and all other great leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, past and present, who with courage in both hands, dared organize schools, and social centers, published newspapers, initiated public and private efforts to halt the violence of the Klan: lynching, and every form of prejudice, discrimination.

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People: Sing praises unto the Lord who through his servants, known and unknown, remembered and forgotten, broke the power of ignorance, dread, and fear, gave hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak and satisfied the desires of those who put their trust in him by providing places for worhsip, organization and action to secure and protect freedom, justice, and equality for the poor of the earth. Leader. Blessed be the name ofthe Lord who raised up Scipio Bean and the endless line of saints committed to mission and service overseas, and in this country, who out of their meager store have given and continued to support and sustain the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. People: Give thanks to the Lord who has been mindful of us. give thanks, for the little company who founded this congregation, for other congregations of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in this nation, and in other countries, where faithful people gather each week to sing, to pray, to serve; for Sunday Schools, and choirs; for faithful saints, ancient or young, who in school rooms, factory, office, home or street, bear witness to the presence and power of our God. Leader. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, all you his people. Praise the Lord for the mighty works He will yet do among us in this congregation and in all the congregations of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 0 Lord, open our eyes that we may see, our ears that we may hear, our hearts that we may feel, our hands that we may serve. With the Lord on our side whom shall we fear and from whom shall we flee? Bless our work that we may go from strength to strength and hallow all our labours that the stone which the builders rejected might become the head of the corner. People: The Lord has been mindful of us, he will bless us, he will bless us, he will bless the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He will bless all, both great and small who put their trust in him. He is our help and shield. Unison: Praise the Lord Let all the people praise the Lord, for He has done great things for us and we are glad.

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STEWARD BOARD #1

Van E. Sims, Pres. Pro Tern Johnny Banks N. B Bauknite Sammie Davis Rubye Ferguson Otho Freeman John Hayes Rowena Henderson Kenneth Hudson Charles Jones Dave Johnson James Love Gordon Minor John Moham Ossie Parks Oscar E. Rice Edward Richardson Walter Seward Albert Yarbrou gh

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STEWARD BOARD #2

Leon Mays, Pres. Eugene Allen Sarah Jane Bell Robert Bluitt Hurlon Dulan Fred Factory Leroy Glenn Emma June Greene Bobby Jenkins Willie Jones Clarice Johnson Alice McCann Loretta McClain Joe McCloney L J. Pogue Keith Powell Curley Sloss J. H. Smith C. Q. Wright

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STEWARD BOARD #3

Mack L Telford, Pres. Robert Alexander James Baker Wyolene Brown Melvin Combs Dana Hill Inez James Gary Johnson Kenneth Maillard Eleanor Powell Shirley R. Reed Shirley Rivers Mark Stafford

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES May the good Lord Illuminate each of Our Lives With the True Spirit of Loyalty and Love

Tru stees of Avery Chapel Bro. Sis. Sis. Sis. Bro. Sis. Bro. Bro. Bro. Sis.

Harold Beatty, President Helen M iller, Secretary Julia Anderson Dorothy Du laney Roosevelt Fleming Mrs. Vernon Fleming Herman Jackson Billy Lawton M. F. Luster Mintoria Milas

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Winard Normand Neil Pierce Geo rge Ponds Eugene Roberts Dr. Bertram Sears Esther Swain Charles Williams R. D. Williams Dr. Frank Wilson

Congratulations for a Successful Unity and Loyalty Day

Youth Choir

Sanctuary Choir

Gospel Choir

'.' Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints." Psalms 149:1 Minister of Music ........... .... ............ .. . . ....... Ms. Cassandra Bennett Director . .. .. .. .. . ............ . .. . . . ........................ Mrs. Donna Block Pianist (Sanctuary Choir) ................................... . Ms. Lesa Jeanpierre Musician ... .. . . .......................................... Ms. Renee' Peterson Bassist .... ... ... .. ................... . .. .................. Mr. Johann Kimbro Drummer...... .. ... ............ ....................... ... Mr. Michael Grundy President of Gospel Choir . . ....... .................... . . .... Ms. Jill Waggoner President of Sanctuary Choir. ... ......... ........ . ........... Mr. Harold Beatty

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BEST WISHES FORA SUCCESSFUL UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY

AVERY CHAPEL USHER BOARDS Mr. R. D. Williams, President

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Congratulations and Best Wishes for a Successful Unity and Loyalty Day --

STEWARDESS BOARD .#1

STEWARDESS BOARD #2

Ethel Johnson. Pres. Helen Boxley Eva Jackson Vernon Fleming Donnie M. Johnson Verlean Delaney Lillie Seward Opal Spencer Dimple Tolbert *Ellen Byrd *Mattie Walker *Thelma Williams

Virgie Johnson, Pres. Carrie Askew Elizabeth Brooks Mildred Duncan Doris Gary Catherine Little Nilar Phillips Hattie Ruth Terrell Julia Terrell *Hattie Tucker *Theresa Pendleton

STEWARDESS BOARD #3

Wilba Jones, Pres. Eloise Banks Lovie Factory Christine Freeman Louise Glenn Lillian Hayes Dorothy Stafford Dorothy Steward Thelma B. Williams *Charlie Parks

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BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL UNITY-LOYALTY DAY CELEBRATION Laura L. Turner - Missionary Society Inez James - President Rev. Leodis Strong - Pastor Etta L. Smith Unit Myrtle Brown - President

East Side Unit Ruby Doris Ferguson -

Olivia Keeling Unit Loretta Love - President

Laura L. Gibson Unit Lovie Factory - President

L D. Cottrell Unit

Nellye B. Gracey Unit Allena Strong - President

Vernon Fleming -

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President

Best Wishes to Avery Chapel A.M. E. Church on your Unity and Loyalty Day Celebration From the Sunday School Dr. Leodis Strong, Pastor SupÂ·erintendent of Sunday School ... .. ....... .... . .. .. Oscar E. Rice Assistant Superintendents ..... John Mo ham, Alice McCann, L J. Pogue Treasurer......... . .. ... . ..... . ... ........... . _.... Tommie Williams Secretary ...... . . .. . ... . . . ... .. ........ . ... ...... . . ... Loretta Love Assistant Secretary .. ... . ..... . .... . .. . ...... . . . . . .. . .. Lillie Seward Sunshine Chairman ............. . ... . .. ... . . . . .. Arnebelle Robinson Director of Christian Education . . . . . ... . .... .. ....... Sarah Jane Bell

CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT

Superintendent....... . ... . .... . .... . . .. .... . ....... . .. Helen Miller Teachers . . ... . .............. Vina Dulan, Esther Swain, Lucille Smith Teacher's Aid.................... . ................. . ... Vera Powell

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT

Superintendent . . . .. . . . . .... . ... .. .. .. . . ........... . . . . Wilba Jones Assistant Superintendent..... .. ............ . . . .. . . . ... Eleanor Bates Teache rs .... . ... .. . . .......... .. ..... Wilba Jones and Eleanor Bates

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT

Superintendent.. ... . .. . .. . .. . . . ..... . ..... . . .. . .. .. . .... Toye Allen Teachers .. .... . ........... . ... . . . ..... Toye Allen and Donna Bowie

SENIOR DEPARTMENT

Superintendent. . ... . .. ............. . ....... . .. . . . ..... Loretta Love Assistant Superintendent. .. . . ... . . . . . . . . ..... . ... . ... Mabel Mukes Teachers.... ..... . . . . . ... ....... . ... Bruce Nolan and Mabel Mukes

ADULT DEPARTMENT

Superintendent. ........... . ............... . .. Donnie Mae Johnson Assistant Superintend ent. .. . ... .. . .. .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . ... . . John Logan Teach ers: Harold Beatty, John Logan, Vera Rice, Lillie Seward, Julia Terrell Assistant Teachers: Sarah J. Bell, Hurlon Dulan, Leroy Glenn, Louise Logan, Eugene Roberts, and Arnebelle Robinson

BIBLE CLASS

Teacher...... . .............. . . . ... . .. .. . .. ......... .. Phillip Tolbe rt Assistant Teach ers . .. .. .. ... .. . Willi am Traylo r and Fran cean Traylor

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Best Wishes To Our ,. Brothers and Sisters in Christ on CHURCH UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY From ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY Members of Avery Chapel

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Best Wishes To My Wife, Alice Nolan Mccann, Chairperson and

Avery Chapel A.M. E. Church On Your 1988 Celebration of "CHURCH UNITY and LOYALTY DAY" from

Attorney Frederick W. Mccann

May God Bless the Avery Church Family In This Endeavor of Growth. l

Lovingly Submitted Vina and Hur-Ion Dulan Hurlon J. Dulan, Jr. and Family Michael H. Dulan and Family Michelle L. Claybon and Family Vina D. Dulan and Family :\~r. Hattie B. Dulan, mothei

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Congratulations to Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church On Our Second Unity-Loyalty Day Celebration

Mr. Nathaniel Samuel Hudson has been a member of Avery for sixty-eight years. He served as a Steward for a number of those years and sang in the choi_r for more than fifty years.

In Memory of Our Beloved Wife and Mother

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Congratulations Avery on a Successful Unity and Loyalty Day Celebration AVERY HEAD START STAFF

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Patsy Kizzee Tarleace Robinson Julia Gray Yvonne Woodson Stephanie Williams Leon Deere Jacquelyn Walker Charles Cooper Phelix Scott Margo Gordon Hildreth Langoc Carlis Irvin Linda Deloney Cassandra Bennett Vina Dulan Gwendolyn Murray Glenell Jones Leola Gadderson Mrs. Imogene Normand, Director

Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church Lay Organization

THEME:

"Stirring The Gifts Within" Lay Ministries of Liberation and Recondlitation. II Timothy 1;5-7

Mr. Albert Yarbrough, President

Best Wishes from the Avery Forum for a Successful Unity-Loyalty Celebration Juanita Holloway .......... . .. . President Lillian Hayes .... .. ..... . . Vice President Mayme Brown . .. ... . . . ....... . Secretary Emily Nelson ........ . Assistant Secretary Eva Jackson . ... . .. .......... . . Treasurer Ivory Preston ......... . .. .. .... Chaplain Theople Roberts ... Sunshine Chairperson

MEMBERS

Ella Floyd, Thelma Hicks, Berniece Hilliard, Donnie Johnson, Loretta McClain, Sarah Laryea

Best Wishes

for A Successful Unity and Loyalty Day at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church MEMBERS OF THE THRIFT CLUB

CONGRATULATIONS SILK FLOWERS BY DONNA Donna L Block

5409 N . Terry Ave. Oklahoma City, 0 K 7 3111 427-3139 FLOWERS

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Julia Anderson Fannie Bailey Julia Bailey Gena Battle SarahJane Bell Donna Block Donna Bowie Wyolene Brown Effie Hudson Rhoda Irving Ammon Jenkins -

WilbaJones LoJoyce Chatwell Lawton Sealie McCloney Yvonne Williams Pace Shirley Swanson Rivers Lillie Seward Minerva Sloss Allena Strong Valerie Williams Bettye Yarbrough

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PATRONS UNITY AND LOYALTY DAY

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Allen Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Mrs. Carrie Askew Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Banks and Carlotta Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Benefee Ms. Casandra Bennett Mrs. Solonia Bennett Mrs. Lequetta Bowman, Bryant and Ray Mrs. Viola H. Brooks Mrs. Wyolene Brown Mr. and Mrs. Casey Childs, Sr. and Veronica Mrs. Freddie Cooper Mrs. Alice Davis Mr. Leon Deere Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Mrs. Dorothy C. Dulaney The Duncan Family Mrs. Mamie Edwards Mrs. Lucy Evans Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Fleming . Mrs. Vernon L Fleming Mrs. Ella Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Otho Freeman Mrs. Doris Gary Drs. James and Annie Gavin, and sons: Hakkim E. and Lamar Mrs. Margo Gordon Mrs. Julia Gray Desia Harmon M r. Edgar Harmon Mrs. Bobbye Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hawthorne Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Henderson Mrs. Berniece V. Hilliard Ms. Juanita Holloway Mr. Clexo Horton Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Hudson Mr. Nathaniel S. Hudson Mrs. Carlis Irvin Mrs. Rhoda C. Irving Mrs. Dollie B. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jackson Mr. and Mrs. E. Lamar Johnson, Katreece and Danielle Mr. and Mrs. Herman Johnson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Johnson, Jr. Joy and Herman, 111 Mr. and Mrs. R. (Jack) Johnson Mrs. Virgie Johnson Ms. Winifred Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Jones, Dondre and Dominique Mrs. Patsy Kizzee Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lawton

Mrs. Katherine Little Mr. and Mrs. Joe Littlepage, Michelle and Jacquelyn Mr. and Mrs. James D. Love Mr. Don Luster Mrs. Ernestine Luster Mr. and Mrs. Frank Luster and Torie Mr. Melvin F. Luster Ms. Loyce Lyday Mrs. Alice McCann Mrs. Loretta McClain Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. McCloney Ms. Clarissa Maloney Mr. Leon Mayes Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Moore Mrs. Ch ristine Nelson Ms. Emily Nelson Mr. Osie Parks Mrs. Alberta Pendley Mr. and Mrs. Irving R. Peoples Ms. Renee' Peterson Mrs. Nilar Jewel Phillips Mr. and Mrs Neil Pierce Mr. and Mrs. George Ponds Mrs. Ivory Preston Mrs. Olivia Reed Mrs. Shirley Washington Reed Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Rice Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts Mr. Mark Robinson Mrs. Lennie Russell Mr. Phelix Scott Mrs. Frances W. Sears Mrs. Daisy A Server Mr. Roland Conklin Seward Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Seward, Jr. Lcpl. and Mrs. Walter E. Seward, 111 and Walter, IV Mr. and Mrs. C. L Sloss Mrs. Dorothy S. Stewart Mrs. Esther Swain Mrs. Agnes Taylor Mr. Al Taylor Mrs. Electa Telford Mrs. Hattie Ruth Terrell Ms. Jill Waggoner Mrs. Jacquelyn Walker Mrs. Beverly White Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Williams Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Williams Ms. Stephanie Williams Mrs. Yvonne Woodson Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yarbrough

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Â·CENTENNIAL . CELEBRATION . .

May 28~ 1989

Avery Chapel, African Metho dist Ep iscopal Church I<irst Street at Geary Oklahom a City, Oklahom a

THEME "REFLECTIONS ON OUR PAST - VISIONS OF OUR FUTURE"

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The Rt. Rev. H. A. Belin, Jr., Presiding Bishop Dr. L. 8 . Quinn, Presiding Elder Rev. Leodis Strong, B.A., Th.M., D.D., Pastor Rev. Harvey G. Potts, Assistant Pastor

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To those dedicated pioneers 11!ith VJSION, who blazed the trail and~.:..~ labored.untiringly . . . served their day and generation and·have:passed on t-o their reward_· causing Avery Chapel A.fri,can Metho.dis{ _· -•ll' Episcopal Church to further the Commission of Christ -. wit :./·:'..,,

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Be itfurther dedicated to the members ofthe Church, friends and well : · t. wishers far their heroic efforts through 100 years offaith undaunted who brought Avery Chapel Church from a tent in 1889 to a mean.; ·. · ingful farce in this com"!-unity; who established Avery upon t~e · .-: ~\principles ofthe FA ~HERHOOD ofGOD and BROTI-IERHOOD _ :'J;f of MAN, as enunciated by CHRIST OUR REDEEMER. ·- ~;:- :.

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Congratulations to Pastor Strong, officers and the faithful members of Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 100 years of service to God and the community. To God be the glory!! May the years ahead be as productive and as helpful as the years that are now behind us. Yours in Christ, The Rt. Rev. Henry H. A. Belin Presiding Bishop Twelfth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OKLAHOMA CITY DISTRICT REV. DR. L. 8. QUINN, PRESIDING ELDER 1812 N. E. 55th Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111 (405) 424-4440

Presiding Elder L. B. Quinn Sincere Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Avery Chapel A . M. E. Church on 100 years of faithful service to the Oklahoma City community. PASTORS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY DISTRICT Rev. Leodis Strong, Avery Chapel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rev. E. W . Dawkins, Allen Chapel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rev. C. T. Carrington, First A. M. E., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rev. Hugh Bennett, St. James, Arcadia, Oklahoma Rev. H. D. Edwards, Mt. Triumph, Spencer, Oklahoma Rev. J. D. Moulden, Bethel, Chandler, Oklahoma Rev. Marcellus Fields, Collins-Community, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rev. Seaborn Carter, Sherman Chapel, Spencer, Oklahoma Rev. Maurice Goodwin, Bethel, Shawnee, Oklahoma Rev. Mose Nettles, St. Peter, Purcell, Oklahoma Rev. B. Z. Lewis, Metropolitan, Luther, Oklahoma Rev. Earlene Morros, Mid-Del, Del City, Oklahoma Rev. 0 . E. Ellis, Forrest Hill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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The Pastor's Message

Rev. and Mrs. Leodis Strong and Family The Theme, "Reflections of Our Past: Visions of Our Future" is an awesome challenge to all of us to do some honest historical homework and serious soul searching about what we have been, where we've come from and "how we got over" for the past one hundred years. Even to casually glance back at the circumstances which gave birth to the inception of Avery is to re-link ourselves with the spiritual identity and ideals which are still, and will always be, the hallmarks and trademarks of "peculiar people" who "have heard of a city" and who are determined to "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness." But doing our Centennial Celebration, we must do more than reflect on our past. If we merely reflect on our past, all we have done is hold a pep rally for a game that was played yesterday when what we really need is a spiritual boot camp to equip christian soldiers for a battle that must be fought today and tomorrow. So, we need a vision of our future, for "where there is no vision, the people perish." If we have no seeing vision of ourselves as the people of God, we will merely join those who perish in this sin-cursed world, rather allow ourselves to be used by God to "rescue the perishing, care for the weary, to snatch them in pity from sin and the game, and tell them ofJesus the mighty to save." My prayer for each of us and for our church is that we will seriously take the theme and spirit of this Centennial Celebration into our hearts and emerge from it with " Reflections of Our Past and a Vision of Our Future" that will equip and inspire us now and in our next one hundred years of service to God to TESTIFY, MAGNIFY, GLORIFY AND RESCUE. Mrs. Strong, Adam, Lela and Bethany join me in expressing ourJOY for being blessed to share a part of this Centennial and our LIVES with you. - 3-

The Assistant Pastor's Message

Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Potts and Family

On behalf of myself, my wife Beatrice and our four children, we salute and congratulate you for one hundred years of devoted, loyal and insightful labor in a desire to make the Kingdom of God a reality here on earth as it is in Heaven. It is fitting that we come to this period in our history to reflect upon our past accomplishments, to thank God for allowing us to be a part of our present-day mission thrust, and to seek His help as we try to carve out new directions for our future. This Celebration is a perpetual reminder of His Words - "ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT." Matthew 16:18 The Harvey Potts Family

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The host pastor, Rev. Alexander, extends greetings to the South Georgia Annual Conference, the first of seven series of conferences, and the newly assigned bishop and supervisor of the 6th Episcopal District (Bishop and Mrs. John Hurst Adams).

"IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU"

Grant Chapel A. M. E. Church

318 West Central Avenue • Moultrie, Georgia 31768 Office I912 ] - 985 -2553 - Parsonage [ 912 ] • 985 · 2557

JAMES AVERY ALEXANDER Pastor

"THE CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. WITH YOUR HEART AT INTEREST"

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MOUNT LEBANON AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH POST OFFICE BOX 108 DUE WEST, SOUTH CAROLINA 29639

Reuerend Casey Childs, II, Pastor

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Parsonage (803) 379-2673 Home (803) 288-7676

Reverend and Mrs. Casey Child, II

Mount Lebanon A. M. E. Church

Congratulations to the Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Family - our church, on the celebration of your Centennial. I grew up in Avery Chapel dating from the old church at First and Gary. I was a member of the church from 1951 to September, 1981 when I was appointed pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I entered the ministry under Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving. I was licensed to preach May 24, 1981 by Presiding Elder L. B. Quinn. I had previously served as a Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Departmental Superintendent, and a Steward. I was first appointed a Steward by Rev. Robert Alexander. Avery Chapel is a unique church with a giving people who exemplify excellence by giving God their best. Lois and I will forever be grateful for the support of the officers and members of our home church who have loved us across the years. Avery nurtured, loved, shared, and gave us the opportunity to serve Christ in many ways, as we exercised our God-given gifts.

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REV. ANDERSON V. SANDERS Pastor COPPIN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 3201 N. Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46205 Church: (317} 926-4024 Parsonage: (317} 283-7519

CONGRATULATIONS From THE SANDERS FAMILY ANDERSON BILLIE JAKI - Married - 3 Children - Michigan LANITA - Married - 1 Child - Indianapolis MICHAEL - Divorced - 2 Children - Indianapolis KIM - Married - No Children - Atlanta, GA DAISY - Senior in HS - Indianapolis

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CONGRATULATIONS AVERY CHAPEL AME CHURCH

Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Carrington We salute you on your 100th birthday. We pray that God will continue to bless you in the future as He has in the past.

THE FIRST AME CHURCH FAMILY 3309 N. Kelly Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Congratulations on your Centennial Celebration

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Rev. Dr. Earlene L. Morrow, a former member of Avery Chapel A. M. E. church, after graduating from Oklahoma City University in Christian Education, co-founded with Rev. Dr. Robert H. Alexander, the Oklahoma City Branch of the Jackson Theological Seminary at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1st and Geary Street. She continued to work in District, Conference, Episcopal and Connectional Lay and Missionary work. In 1974 she was admitted to the ministry and led a newly founded congregation in founding Mid Del A. M. E. Church, 8211 N. E. 10th Street, Midwest City, Oklahoma where she still pastors and is involved in GED, Laubach one teach one to read, and is active in social, political and religious affairs . - 9-

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The Parish Family

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From left to right: Mrs. Ruby Alexander, James Avery, Robert Henry, Jr., Sheila Ann and Dr. Robert H. Alexander

... and the children grew! Dr. Sheila Alexander Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Department of Surgery University of Connecticut School of Medicine Attending Physician Emergency Department Hartford Hospital Hartford, Connecticut

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Reflections On Our Past Avery Chapel Baptizes the Future Church June, 1952

Children's Day was a big day at Avery Chapel, African Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The sermon at the morning service was delivered by Bishop W.R. Wilkes, Presiding Prelate of the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In the picture above, seated and reading from left to right are: Roosevelt and Rubye Fleming, their son, Ronald Eugene, the other parents and the children who were baptized by our new pastor, Dr. Robert H. Alexander, who came to Avery from Little Rock, Arkansas, and at the time of his calling was president of Shorter College. Standing are: Dr. G. N. Collins, former pastor of Avery; The Rt. Rev. W.R. Wilkes; Avery's new pastor, Dr. R.H. Alexander and Dr.J. S.Johnson, presiding Elder of the Oklahoma City District of the Twelfth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Church.

In Loving Memory of A Prominent Pioneer Family My Mother and Father

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Mrs. Susie Annetta Price Haywood, called "Sweet'' by her husband, and friends was born in San Augustine, Texas.

William Lewis Haywood, affectionately called"Little Will ie" by his friends, was born on the farm of ex-president of the United State, James K. Polk. The farm is located nea r Columbia, Tennessee. When he was four or five years old, his mother moved to Waxahachie, Texas, taking her two sons, willie, and Johnnie with her. His mother died soon after her arrival in Texas leaving the two boys in the care of an aunt who saw that Willie and Johnnie were placed in good homes of white people Willie was placed in the home of Judge F. L. Hawkins where he remained until he fi nished high school.

At a very early age, she was taken by her mother, to Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas where she graduated fromJuniorCollege. She was married to Doctor Haywood on the three hundred and sixty acre family pine studded farm deep in the heart of Texas. Doctor and Mrs. Haywood immediately set sail on their matrimonial voyage in Oklahoma City as "Wi llie" and "Sweet". To further her training Mrs. Haywood entered Langston University at Langston, Oklahoma from which school she graduated Cum Laude with an A. 8 . degree. She also had a Masters of Arts degree from Northwestern University of Evanston, Illinois. She entered her professional life as a teacher in the public school system of Oklahoma City. She was the first principal of the City's summer schoo l for Negro children. She served as one of the City's first visit ing teachers during which time her office was at the board of education. She served as Director of Guidance and Research of the Negro schools of Oklahoma City and as principal of the Opportunity school for under priv ileged children. She also served as Dean of girls and director of guidance of Douglass High School which position she held when she retired from the system. After her retirement from the Oklahoma City school system she served as Dean of women at Langston University. During the time she worked for the Oklahoma City school system she served on the summer faculty of Langston University as a teacher of English and Assistant Registrar.

After high school Willie went to Prairie View State school, then to Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas where he graduated with a 8. S. degree. He then entered Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Ten· nessee. While attending Meharry he served two years as a student instructor in Bacteriology and Histology, and at the same time he studied at Walden University. When he received his M.D. degree from Meharry he also received a Master of Science degree from Walden University. Since his graduation from Meharry he has received two Doctor of Humanities deg rees; one conferred by Shorter College in Little Rock, Arkansas and the other by Paul Quinn College. Doctor Haywood came to Oklahoma City to begin his practice of medicine. In 1910, he built the first hospital for Negros west of the Mississippi River. It was located at 415 North East 1st Street, named Utopia Hospital. In 1918 it became necessary to move to larger quarters, so it was moved to 221 North East 2nd Street and renamed the Great Western Hospital. It was later moved to the 1800 block on North East 4th Street where there was capacity for fifty beds. It remained at this address until 1945 when it was closed because Doctor Haywood was elected to become Chief-of-Staff of the South Ward of the State University Hospital. Doctor Haywood served Okla· homa County as health officer for fourteen years.

Mrs. Haywood had a deep interest in commu nity we lfare. While she was a visiting teacher for the City system she called the first meeting and spearheaded the establishment of the first c ivic supported day nursery in Oklahoma. The venture was backed by the Oklahoma City Board of Education.

He was elected and served as first Vice-president of the National Medical Association three years, was a charter member of the Local Negro Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Local N.A.A.C.P. and a charter member of the Langston University chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was a member of the Y.M.C.A., a memberofthe General Board of theA.M .E. Church and was on the Execu tive Commit· tee of the General Board, president of the National Alumni Association of Paul Quinn College, a member of the trustee board of Shorter College and was on the Executive Committee of Shorter. He served as a Steward of Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church forty-eight years. He was also on the trustee board thrity-two years and was director and Minister of Music for forty-eight years.

She was secretary of the In itial Committee for the establishment of the Y. W. C. A. on the east s ide. She served the organ ization as a member of the House Committee. She held membership in the NAACP, the Cosmopolitan Study Club, was president of the Auxiliary to the State and Local Medical Association , a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and was the saxaphon ist of the sanctuary choir of Avery Chapel A. M . E. Church.

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COMMITTEES OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COORDINATORS FOR CAPTAINS Effie and Kenneth Hudson Loretta and James Love LaJoyce and Billy Lawton Lucille Smith

STEERING COMMITTEE Rev. Leodis Strong Rubye C. Fleming .Rubye Doris Ferguson Charles Jones Johnny Banks PROGRAM AND HISTORY Sarah Jane Bell Minerva Sloss PUBLICITY Ruby J. Alexander Freddye Williams FINANCE Hurlon Dulan Charles Jones Al bert Yarbrough Helen Miller Oscar E. Rice SOUVENIR JOURNAL Wilba Jones Vera Maye Rice Dorothy Dulaney Minerva Sloss Johnny Banks

FINANCE CAPTAINS Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Ellen, Edda Faye Anderson, Julia Bailey, Fannie Beatty, Harold Bennett, Salonia Brown, Genese Childs, Eula Dulan, Vina Factory, Fred Fleming, Vernon Lee Gary, Doris Hayes, Lillian House, Delois Kimbro, Mr. and Mrs. Johann Luster, Ernestine Maillard, Kenneth Mays, Leon

McClain, Loretta McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moulden, Bettye Mu kes, Mabel Nelson, Emily Phillips, Nilar Jewel Reed, Shirley Washington Rivers, Shirley Swanson Rolfe, Ruth Seward, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sloss, Minerva Smith, Lucille Swain, Esther Terrell, Julia Ward, Beverly Williams, R. D. Wright, Michelle

MUSIC The Music Staff Donna Jones-Block Cassandra Bennett Lesa Jeanpierre Lynda Garcia SPECIAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS Alexander Progressive Club Avery Forum Club Ernestine Luster, Chairperson Juanita Holloway, President Patrons and Ads Patrons and Ads for Memorials PicnicYoung Women Christian Fellowship Patricia Thomas, Chairperson Toye Allen, Co-Chairperson

Da ughters of Allen C lub Emma June Greene, President Fashion Show and Decorations 89'e rs Parade 0. E. Rice, Chairperson C. Q. Wright, Co-Chairperson

Planning Prayer Launching Breakfast Inez James, Chairperson Eleanor Powell Leon Mays Nilar J. Phillips Roosevelt Fleming Alberta Pendley Gordon Minor

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General Steering Committee

From left to right: Mr.Johnny Banks, Mrs. Ruby Ferguson, Dr. Leodis Strong, Mrs. Rubye Fleming and Mr. Charles Jones.

Souvenir Journal Committee

From left to right: Mrs. Willa Jones , Mrs. Rubye Ferguson, Mr. Johnny Banks, Mrs. Rubye Fleming and Mrs. Dorothy C. Dulaney. Not pictured: Mrs. Vera Rice and Mrs. Minerva Sloss. - 15-

Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church Our Heritage 1889-1.99 When Oklahoma City was opened for settlement on April 22, 1889, steps were already being taken to. establish churches. Among the denominations which were active in laying a foundation for a spiritual environment were a few African Methodists who began to hold prayer meetings in their homes. Rev. Elisha Hopkins established a church in a tent in the 200 block of West Choctaw Street and Rev. William Weir established a church at his residence on Third and Hudson Streets. Since there were not enough members for two churches, they were consolidated in 1890 and Rev. C. C. Hubbard became the pastor. Then members were asked to suggest names. Mr. Willis A. Wade, who had beeh a member ofAvery Chapel A. M. E. Church in Memphis submitted that name and it was unanimously adopted for this church. On June 16, 1892, lots were purchased on Pottawatomie near the corner of Robinson and a frame building was constructed. In 1893, Rev. J. W. Turner was appointed pastor. He was an excellent speaker and a talented singer. A choir was organized. Mrs. Susan Reynolds (who was the grandmother of Mrs. Earl Townsend and the mother of Mrs. Etta L. Smith) was a member of that choir. Mrs. Lucy Carruthers was the first organist. George Ray played the cornet and several persons played the violin. It was in June, 1894 that Attorney Henry C. Hawkins joined Avery. It was his article that provided the main information about our early church history from the 1890's through 1931. Attorney Hawkins served as. president of the choir for thirty-five years and as a trustee as well as Superintendent of the Sunday School. During the annual Conference of 1894, Rev. W. T. Montgomery was appointed and in 1896 Rev. A. W. Lewis became pastor. (Rev. Lewis was the father of Mr. Alonzo Lewis and the father-in-law of Mrs. Ruth Lewis who was our organist for forty-six years.) During the pastorate of Rev . Williams, negotiations were begun for a new church site. On May 21, 1897, the church purchased land in the one hundred block of West Reno near Broadway. Rev. G. W. Washington was appointed in 1898. 1900 - 1909 In 1900, Rev. J. T. S. White became the spiritual leader of Avery. On May 7, 1901, lots were purchased on the west side of Hudson between Grand Avenue and Main Street. A large frame building was purchased from the First Presbyterian Church and moved to these lots. In 1901, Mrs. R. C. Cottrell joined Avery and served for ten years as organist. (She was the mother of the late Anne E. Moore.)Joining in 1901 also were Mrs. Anna F. Yates and Mrs. Earl Townsend. Mrs. Yates served as assistant organist, (she was the mother of our own Freddie Mae Stephens), Mrs. Townsend served as a class leader, a member of the gospel choir and organized the missionary unit which was named in memory of her mother, Etta L. Smith. Mrs. Smith was a lifetime member of the Executive Boards of the District, Conference and State Missionary Societies serving as president of the Laura L. Turner .Missionary Society for twenty-five years. (She was the mother of Mrs. Lonzetta Richardson.) In 1903, Rev. James A. Johnson was appointed pastor. During his pastorate, property values increased rapidly and the property on Hudson which was purchased for about $1400 was sold for $9500. On January 21, 1907, lots at First and Geary were purchased and a brick church was constructed. â&#x20AC;˘ When the cornerstone was laid, church documents were placed there and are still in our possession. In 1908, Dr. John Abby became pastor and served until he died in March, 1910. Rev. C. R. Tucker succeeded Dr. Abby and served more than five years. It was during his tenure that Dr. W. L. Haywood became Choir Director. He served for half a century bringing wide acclaim to the choir. In addition, he became known throughout the connection - serving on the General Board and as a trustee of Shorter College. At Avery he gave long term service as a steward and as a trustee. Mrs. Ruth Moore Lewis came to the church as a child and in 1916 became the regular organist serving with unusual faithfulness and efficiency for fifty-six years. Rev. J. W. Turner and Mrs. George W. Morris gave outstanding service as soloists. Mrs. Della Alexander joined in 1913 and was honored as a Golden Girl in 1964. A kindergarten was established, possibly as early as 1914. Some pupils were Floyd Alexander, Melvin Luster and Hurlon Dulan. Some teachers were Mrs. Abby, Mrs. Watson , Mrs. Lucy Winslett and Mrs. Harriet Jacobson. - 16-

1920 - 1929 Rev. J.E. Toombs served as pastor from 1919-1922 and the renown of the choir continued to develop with Dr. Haywood as director. Rev. T. M. Greene served from 1922-1925. He established a building fund of$ 700 whi~h was in the treasury at the close of his administration. Âˇ Rev. Fred Divers served 1925-1929 with great zeal. It was during this period that George Ferguson joined. He made unusual contributions to the A. M. E. church during his 65 years <IS a member. He was the Senior Pastoral Steward; a District Steward; President of the Oklahoma City District Lay Organization; President of the Oklahoma Conference Lay Organization; First President of the Twelfth Episcopal District Lay Organization; and Trustee of Shorter College for twenty-two years. He was also Lay Delegate to the National Council of Churches. Another stalwart and dynamic person joined in 1928. Mrs. Charity Bailey was an unusually loyal and tireless worker for fifty-six years. She served as a class leader, trustee, President of the Sunshine Club and as First Vice President of the Q.ueen Esther/ Bright Star Unit of the Missipnary Society. She also served as Co-chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance for Area I of the Oklahoma Conference Missionary Society. Rev. W. D. Miller was appointed in 1929 and served until 1940. Ralph Ellison, award winning author grew up in Avery and Rev. Miller was his last pastor here. Ellison was active in the ACE League and the Sunday School. 1930 - 1939 In 1931, the first women were permitted to serve as ushers. They were Mrs. Willa Moore Crane and Mrs. Helen Pratt Miller. There were many members who served with unusual dedication and for long periods of time including W. A. Wade, J. E. Brooks, N. Dorset, Allen Bentley, T. M. Traylor, W. H. Slaughter, A. L. Littlepage, R. B. Williams, R. L. Cottrell, Sealy McGrew, Laura <;ibson and Lewis Bailey who served as President of the Trustee Board. Mrs. Lucy Evans began singing in the choir. Mrs. Ina Reed served as a class leader for fifty-two years. Mrs. Zelia M. Breaux was the first female trustee and organized the first junior church along with Mrs. Lula Lacy and Mrs. Willa Mae Crane. Another tireless worker was Mrs. Thelma Wilson, trustee and long time Superintendent of the Sunday School. It was during this time that Mr. A. Burnett began to serve as a very efficient treasurer. He served in this capacity for twenty-one years, as a steward for twenty-nine years, as a trustee for ten years and chairman of the Budget Committee for seven years. He was honored for having served as President of the Board of Stewards for twenty-four years. In 1936, Mrs. Seldon joined Avery and was a member for nearly half a century. She served for twenty-five years as president of the Laura L. Turner Missionary Society and for nearly fifty years as a stewardess. She was a lifetime ~ember of the Twelfth Episcopal District Missionary Society. A strong trustee board at this time included W. L. Haywood, A. B. Whitby, W. S. Lay, W. T. Price, Henry Dunn, George Sparks, J. A. Cox, Sr., I. M. Lott and Mrs. Z. N. Breaux. 1940 - 1949 Rev. S. E. Kolen served from 1940 - 1947. The building fund grew to $6000. The Thrift Club was organized in June, 1943. Mattiejeltz served as sponsor and Dr. W. L. Haywood was speaker for the first public pragram. Three charter members are still active members of this group: Donnie M.Johnson, first president; Loretta McClain and Lillian Hayes. Rev. J. S. Johnson served 1947 - 1949. â&#x20AC;˘ Rev. G. N. Collins was appointed in 1949 and served until 1952. The Daughters of Allen Club was organized under his pastorate with Mrs. Catherine Little as president. 1950 - 1959 In 1950, Mrs. Bessie Blanton was elected as trustee. She became treasurer of the Trustee Board in 1956 serving in that capacity until 1985 when she was named Treasurer Emeritus. In 1952, Rev. Robert H. Alexander became pastor. The Alexander Progressive Club was organized that year with Mrs. Ernestine Luster as president. The Building Fund Committee was organized in 1953 with Dr. G. E. Finley as chairman and Dr. J. A. Cox, Sr., as secretary. In 1955, Rev. Alexander was elected as the first black president of the Oklahoma City Council of Churches. Rev. Alexander was active in church circles on an international scale. He served on the Board of Directors and as Vice-President of the Oklahoma Council of Churches; as Vice-President of the - 17-

Concerned Clergy for Spiritual Renewal; as President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and served eight years on theJudicial Committee ofthe A. M. E. Church. He was elected more than once to serve as a delegate to the World Conference of Methodism and the National Council of Churches. On February 8, 1959, the membership paraded from First and Geary to 13th and Kelham, the present site of Avery. The mile long parade was led by Pastor Alexander and four bands. Mrs. Freddye Cooper became director of the choir in 1959. She was " Christened" in Avery, played for the Sunday School and the Junior Church as a youth and sang in the choir after returning from college. A new altar rail was presented by the Daughters of Allen under the direction of their president, Annabelle Robinson. The rail was built by Orlando Nelson. 1960 - 1969 In 1960 a four bedroom parsonage was purchased. In 1966, the Avery Child Care Development Center was established to provide supplemental care for children of low income families. Mrs. T. R. Pendleton was the first principal. Enrollment was 111 and the budget was $134,000. This enabled parents to further their education and become gainfully employed. The Kathryn Cooper Nursery was opened under the sponsorship of the Alexander Progressive Club. Children from 2 months to 5Â˝ years were cared for q_uring worship services. On January 12, 1969, the last note on the mortgage was paid and on March 16, 1969 the mortgage burning was held with Bishop D . Ward Nichols officiating assisted by Bishop W. R. Wilkes and Bishop 0. L. Sherman. 1970 - 1985 In 197 5, Pastor Alexander completed a twenty-three year tenure - longer than any other pastor in the history of Avery. The Rev. Nathaniel C. Irving was appointed to succeed Rev. Alexander. During his pastorate there was a sixty percent increase in membership. Believing that "a learning church is a growing church", he en couraged members to study, thus growing in ability to serve. Bible Study classes were held at weekly intervals. New members were encouraged to study "Know Your Church". Courses were regularly offered for the improvement of Sunday School teachers. During this time the Sunday School was the recipient of varied connectional honors. In addition various classes were offered to all segments of the membership. As Dean of Education, he conducted Shorter Institute courses primarily for ministers-in-training but some dedicated laymen also participated. Each year Lenten and Advent study courses were offered. The library was professionally organized. The evangelistic program was expanded. Administratively the following changes were made: The number of Steward and Stewardess Boards was increased; the central budget grew from $50,000 to $195,000; facilities were improved at a cost of $200,000; the parking space was expanded. As an expression of love, the Irving family served as hosts for an Annual New Year's dinner for all church members. 1986 In October, 1986, Rev. Irving was reassigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church in Little Rock and appointed to serve as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Jackson Theological Seminary at Shorter College. At this time, Rev . Leodis Strong was transferred to Avery from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At the beginning of his ministry, Rev. Strong held many meetings with the Trustees in order to establish business procedures. Mr. Harold Beatty served as President Pro-Tern. A budget committee was formed and presented an Operational Itemized Budget for the conference year. The trustees were empowered to purchase a parsonage and necessary furnishings. The old parsonage was sold. Because several cars had been stolen from the parking lots, a licensed armed guard was hired to patrol during the various meetings and services. In addition, more lights were installed. 1987 Rev. Harvey Potts was hired as Assistant Minister. He came to us from Forrest Hill, A. M. E. Church. A customized cover featuring the interior of the sanctuary was developed for the Sunday Bulletin. It was financed by the McKay Davis Mortuary, Inc., Mr. Sammie T. Davis, President and Manager. Seven additional stewards were recommended and confirmed; of this number, fiv e were women. A liturgical schedule was planned and developed by each steward board. All stewards were given the opportunity of serving during worship services at least four times a year. - 18-

The Sunday Bulletin was expanded to indudr: "Scriptures for the Week", "Positive Points", "From th<' Pastor's Study", "Welcome to New Members" and "Comfort for the Bereaved". Copies of this bulletin W<'re then sent to our "shut-in" members. A revival was held with Rev. T. L. Kirkland serving as Revival Guest Evangelist. Rev. Kirkland also held a lrade1·ship Srminar with about 150 in attrndance. All mrmbers were urged to join the Bible-Thon. A schedule of daily Bible readings was printed along with prrtinent questions. Each loyal Averyitewas asked to set aside some time each day to read the rrrommended selections. The BirrntenniaJ Rally Celebration was held during the month of February. Chairpersons were Mrs. Effie Hudson and Mr·s. Esther Swain. Co-Chairpersons were Mr. Gordon Minor and Mrs. Dorothy Dulaney. Recognition was given to the 98th Anniversary of Avery and the 200th Anniversary of the A. M. E. Churc-h. A mammoth Homecoming Service was held with mini-sermons by three ministerial sons of Avery: Rev. C. T. Carrington, First A. M. E. Church; Rev. Hugh Bennett, St.James A. M. E. Church, Arcadia; and Rev. Harvey G. Potts, Assistant Pastor at Avery. An impressive presentation was made by Mrs. Rubye Fleming who st>rved as Chairperson for the Bicentennial Celebration. A Fashion Show was held with Mrs. Lort>tta Love as Chairperson. A Baby Contest chaired by Mrs. Vina Dulan culminated. A skit revealing some facts of A. M. E. history as well as the history of Avery was produced by Chaiq>ersons, Mrs. Minerva Sloss and Mrs. Vera Rice. Our recently purchased and furnished parsonagt> was dedicated by Bishop Brookings followed by an open house. Tht> Birentennial Celebration culminated with a sermon by our bishop and an afternoon concert under the <lirertion of Mrs. FrC'ddie Cooper who also directed the music for other phases of this cC'IC'bration. Mrs. Helen Mille1·, Finance Chairperson, reported that the financial phase of this effort netted $26,000.23. Th<' Ensemhk was re-named the New Ensemble of Avery and allocated two Sunday out of the month to sing. Instrumental accompaniment was added with Mr. Willie Coakley on the drums and Mr. Johann Kimbro playing the bass guitar. Th<' Sanctuary Choir grew under the direction of Mrs. Freddie Cooper and with Mrs.Johnnie M. Kimbro as organist. Miss Lisa Jeanpierre was the pianist. Mrs. Eula Childs was namC'd president of the Class Leaders. The services of this group were revita.1 ized with lifiy-scven da'>s leader·s and eleven youth leaders. Twenty-nine persons united with Avery this ronferencC' year. ThC' Laura L. Turner Missionary Society presented Evangelist Epron Monson as speaker and "The Old Ship of Zion", a musical drama, from Marshall Memorial Baptist Church. ThC' Young Women's Christian Fellowship sponsored its First Annual Fellowship and Membership Tea. One of thC'ir sponsors, Mrs. Rubye Alexander, was the speaker. Five young women accepted the opportunity to join. President was Mrs. Toye Allen. This group also opened a nursery for the care of young children during worship services. Avery published its first pictorial directory. The commitee was chaired by Mrs. Vera Rice and Mrs. Leodis Strnng. Co-Chairpersons were Mrs. Wilba Jones and Mrs. Rowena Henderson. Our first van was purchased. Another r est room was added along with other improvements of the facilities. Sunday School Work.shop was initiated with staff meetings monthly to plan revitalization and C'xpansion of this important teaching auxiliary. A new curri culum was developed and job descriptions wen· formed for all workers. Twelve Mcmbnship Orientation and Training Classes were planned and begun. 1988 Avery Business Dirt'ctory was developed and published in the Sunday Bulletins. A Senior Citizen Ministry Commitee was organiz<'d. A scholarship program was initiated. Finances were raised through fourth Sunday Fellowship Dinners. A Graduation Recognition Banqut't was held. A van ministry was developed and new hymnals purchased. The YPD was reorganized under the direction of Mrs. Phyllis McDonald and Mrs. Lucile Smith. Mr. Oscar Rice who had given nearly 20 years of dedicated service to the Sunday School resigned and was honored for the dedicated service he had given. Stewards adopted the "Every Me mber Canvas" as their project for this conference year. 1989 A new tape duplicator was given by Mrs. Nilar Phillips. About 25 people attended a series of Christian Education Workshops and Seminars at the Myriad. Wedded to the spiritual doctrine of God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Man Our Brother, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we look forward to solving whatever internal and external problems which m ay confront us in the future. We rededicate ourselves to His service and we seek to make His kingdom a reality for all. -1 9-

BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

STEWARD BOARD #1 Bro. Van E. Sims, Pres. Pro Tern Bro. Johnny Banks Bro. N. B. Bauknite Bro. Sammie Davis Sis. Rubye Ferguson Bro. Otho Freeman Bro. John Hayes *Sis. Rowena Henderson Bro. Kenneth Hudson Bro. Charles Jones Bro. Dave Johnson Bro. James Love Bro. Gordon Minor Bro. John Moham Bro. Ossie Parks Bro. Oscar E. Rice Bro. Edward Richardson Bro. Walter Seward Bro. Albert Yarbrough

STEWARD BOARD #2 Bro. Leon Mayes, Pres. Bro. Eugene Allen Sis. Sarah Jane Bell Bro. Robert Bluitt Bro. Hurlon Dulan Bro. Fred Factory Bro. Leroy Glenn Sis. Emma June Greene Bro. Bobby Jenkins Bro. Willie Jones Bro. Clarice Johnson Sis. Alice Mccann Sis. Loretta McClain Bro. Joe McCloney Bro. L. J. Pogue Bro. Keith Powell Bro. Curley Sloss Bro. J. H. Smith Bro. C. Q . Wright

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STEWARD BOARD #3 Bro. Mack L. Telford, Pres. Bro. Robert Alexander Bro. James Baker Sis. Wyolene Brown Bro. Melvin Combs Bro. Dana Hill Sis. Inez James Bro. Gary Johnson Bro. Kenneth Maillard Sis. Eleanor Powell Sis. Shirley R. Reed Sis. Shirley Rivers Bro. Mark Stafford Bro. Richard D. Jones - Emeritus

Best Wishes on the Centennial Celebration

Trustees of Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church From left to right (Front Row): Mr. Herman Jackson, Mrs. Dorothy Dulaney, Mrs. Helen Miller, Mrs. Vernon Fleming, Mrs. Mintoria Milas, Dr. Bertram Sears. (Center Row): Mr. R. D. Williams, Mr. Harold Beatty, Mr. George Ponds, Mr. Neal Pierce, Mrs. Julia Anderson, Mr. Melvin Luster, (Back Row): Mr. Winard Normand and Mr. Roosevelt Fleming, (Not Pictured): Mrs. Esther Swain, Mr. Charles Williams, Dr. Frank Wilson, Mr. Billy Lawton and Mr. Eugene Roberts. President Pro Tern, Mr. Harold Beatty.

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Congratulations and Best Wishes for a Successful Centennial Celebration

STEWARDESS BOARD #1 Ethel Johnson, Pres. Helen Boxley Eva Jackson Vernon Fleming Donnie M. Johnson Verlean Delaney Lillie Seward Opal Spencer Dimple Tolbert *Ellen Byrd *Mattie Walker *Thelma Williams (deceased)

STEWARDESS BOARD #2 Virgie Johnson, Pres. Carrie Askew Â· Elizabeth Brooks Mildred Duncan Doris Gary Catherine Little Nilar Phillips Hattie Ruth Terrell Julia Terrell * Hattie Tucker *Theresa Pendleton Noree Clegg (deceased)

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STEWARDESS BOARD #3 Wilba Jones, Pres. Eloise Banks Lovie Factory Christine Freeman Louise Glenn Lillian Hayes Dorothy Stafford Dorothy Steward Thelma 8 . Williams *Charlie Parks

Best Wishes From The

AVERY CHAPEL USHER BOARDS Mr. R. D. Williams, President

Our Future Church

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Congratulations and Best Wishes Avery Chapel Sunday School

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Youth Department of Sunday School

Adult Department of Sunday School Staff: Mrs. H. Miller, Supt. of Primary Dept.; Mrs. W. L.Jones, Supt. ofJunior Dept.; Mrs. M. Mukes, Supt. of Intermediate Dept.; Mrs. L. Love, Supt. of Senior Dept.; Mrs. D. Johnson, Supt. of Adult Dept.; Mr. John Moham, Supt. of Sunday School; Mr. L. G. Pogue, Assist. Su pt. -25--

The Laura L. Turner Missionary Society Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church

President. .. . . .. ... . . . . . . .... ... ... . Ruby J. Alexander Vice President . . .... ... . .. . . . . ... Donnie Mae Johnson 2nd Vice President ........ . . . . .... . . . . Edda Faye Allen Recording Secretary . .. ... ....... . . . . . . . . . Lillian Hayes Assistant Secretary . .. . . . .... . . . . ...... .. . Louise Logan Corresponding Secretary .. .. . .. .. . . ....... Eva Jackson Treasurer ... . .. . .... .. . . .. . .... .. . .... .. . Lillie Seward Parliamentarian . . . . .. ... . . .. . . .. . . : . ...... Wilba Jones Historiographer ... . .. .. . . ...... ... .. Juanita Holloway Worship Director ..... . . ....... . . .... ... Ruby Fleming PME Director ... . ... .. .... ... . ..... .... .. Helen Miller YPD Director . . . . .... .. . ... .... . . .. . Phyllis McDonald UNIT CHAIRLADIES Bright Star ................ . .... . . . . . . .. .. Helen Miller Cottrell . .... . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .... .. Vernon Fleming Eastside ......... . . ............. .. . . Ruby D. Ferguson Gipson, Laura L .. .. . ... ........ .. . . .. . . . Mamie Brown N ellie B. Gracey .. ........ ..... . ...... .. . Allena Strong Olivia Keeling . ..... ....... .. . ..... . . . . Salonia Bennett Etta L. Smith ... ... .. ..... .. .. ... . . ..... Myrtle Brown

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Edward Burks, Bass Rev. W. D. Miller, Pastor

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Youth Choir Lisa Jeanpierre, Pianist

BEST WISHES TO A VERY CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The Alexander. Progressive Club

The Alexander Progressive Club was organized November, 1952. Members shown seated left to right are: Mesdames Lonzetta Richardson, Evelyn Williams, Vera Rice, Fannie Griffin, Noree Clegg, and Rita Marshbanks. Standing: Mesdames Collette Allen, Ernestine Luster, president; Delvet Pierce, vice-president; Mattie Buckner, treasurer; Fannie Blanton, assistant secretary; Vivian Stevenson, chaplain; Honor Herring and Miss Alice Wyatt. In October of 1952, Ernestine Luster approached the late Robert H . Alexander, Sr. the new assigned minister of Avery Chapel A. M. E. church regarding the need and desire of forming an organization of young adults to implement the teachings of our church. Other members who served as president are Ammon Jenkins and Nilar Jewel Phillips. Coletha Allen Fannie Bailey Blanche Banks Sarah Jane Bell • Mattie Buckner *Noree Clegg • Kathryn Cooper Alice Davis Lovie Hill Factory Dorothy Floyd • Fannie Griffin Gooch Doris Hawthorne • Deceased

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• Rowena Henderson Honor Herring Ammon J enk.ins Louis Logan Ernestine Luster *Ruth McNeely Shermaine Maillard • Rita Marshbanks Mintoria Milas Lottie Murphy Imogene Normand Nilar Jewel Phillips

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Delvet Pierce *Mary Pogue Vera Maye Rice Lonzetta Richardson Billie Sanders Ola Mae Smith *Vivian Stevenson Shirley Swanson Rivers Julia Robinson Terrell Maxine Turner Evelyn Williams Washington Mauderie Wilson

Best Wishes for a Successful Centennial Celebration From The Avery Forum

Congratulations! Rev. David and Deborah Gray Alisha -

Mayme Brown Ella Floyd Lillian Hayes Thelma Hicks Berniece Hilliard Juanita Holloway

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Eva Jackson Donnie Johnson Sarah Laryea Loretta McClain Emily Nelson Ivory Preston Theople Roberts

The Avery Forum was organized in June of 1943, by the late Rev. S. E. Kolen. Three ofthe Charter members are still active members of the group. They are: Donnie M. Johnson , who served as the first President; Loretta M cClain and Lillian Hayes. The late Mattie Jeltz served as s ponsor for several years, and the late Dr. W. L. Haywood was speaker for the first public program . The current president is Juanita Holloway.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM Daughters of Allen

Organized under the pastorate of Rev. G. N. Collins, Pastor of Avery, 1949 - 1952. (From left to right): Emma June Gr een e, Vina Dulan, Cath erine Little, Esth er Swain, Ruby Alexander , Amab elle Ro binson , Eula Childs, Sally J a m es. Row T wo: Lillie Seward, Loretta Love, Lucy Evans, Lillian Simmon s, Bettye L. Walton and Freddie Cooper. -28-

Best Wishes On Your Centennial Celebration

THE OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE LAY ORGANIZATION OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Right Reverend Henry A. Belin, Jr. Presiding Bishop Dr. Erma J. Austin, President OFFICERS Mr. Chester Gipson ........... . ....... ............. First Vice-president Mrs. Lola M. Johnson ..... .. . . .................. Second Vice-president Mrs. Ouida Pierson ..... .... ..... .. ..... .. ......... Third Vice-president Dr. Elizabeth C. Gainous ......... ... .. . ........... Recording Secretary Mrs. Susie Hagens. .. .. . .... . ........... Assistant Recording Secretary Mrs. Michelle Wright ......... . ............... Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Eddie L. Albritton ....................................... Treasurer Mr. Arthur Chandler ............ .. .. . ............ . .. Financial Secretary Mr. Wayne Grissom ........................................... Chaplain Mrs. Helen J. Miller ...... . ........ ... ..... . . ......... . . Historiographer Mr. Albert R. Yarbrough . ... ................ .. ........ . . Parliamentarian Ms. Gloria Hall ................................ Director of Lay Activities Mr. Jesse Stewart ... . ............. . .... ... Director of Public Relations Presiding Elders .... ...... .... Rev. L. B. Quinn, Oklahoma City District Rev. M. E. Griffin, Lawton District

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES to the AVERY CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH FROM AREA I - W. B. SELDON W. M. S. OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE W. M. S.

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The Family of Bessie L. Blanton wishes to honor and thank her for the excellent example she has set by being a faithful and dedicated member of Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church - sixty-one of Avery's 100 years. She joined Avery in May 1928, and since then has served willingly and capably in the following capacities: Usher Member of the Choir Charter member of the Thrift Club Elected a Trustee in 1956 and eventually became treasurer of the Trustee Board Due to poor health, she chose not to continue as an active Trustee - and was appointed Trustee Emeritus by Reverend Nathaniel Irving in 1985. This appointment was continued by Reverend Strong. During the past 61 years, she has exhibited love for Avery by contributing unselfishly in many ways to support the Church's program. Such service was acknowledged at the 1972 Founders' Day Banquet when the late Reverend Robert H. Alexander presented her an Appreciation Award (in the form of a plaque) for "sincere and devoted service". Gloria B. Green, M. D. and Fannie and Herbert Bailey

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Albert is currently a Steward, Class Leader and president of the Local Lay Organization. Other points of interest include being elected a coordinator for the 12th Episcopal District Economic Development Fund, was president ofthe Oklahoma Conference Lay Organization 1978-1988 and elected a delegate to the 1976, 1984, and 1988 General Conference. Bettye is currently a member ofthe Avery Scholarship Committee, Adult Sunday School Class #5. She was Director of Christian Education 1973 - 1986. Sandra E. was president ofthe Local Y. P. D., 1st vice-president of the Area Y. P. D., pianist for the Children's Choir and member ofthe Sunday School. Sandra is now a member ofBethel A. M. E. Church in Springfield, Mass. where she and her husband are members of the choir. - 31-

Congratulations Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church on your Centennial Celebration

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THE JONES FAMILY The Jones Family has been members of Avery since 1961. Richard - A Class Leader and Steward Emeritus Wilba -Supt. of Jr. Dept. of Sunday School, President of Stewardess Board #3, and Vice President of the L. D. Cottrell Missionary Unit. Claudette Jones Burge - Instructor at Bowie College, Pianist for the A. M. E. Zion Church in Washington, D. C.

Lt. Col. Legand Burge- U. S. Air Force, Organist at the A. M . E. Zion Church. Lamurelle Burge - Sunday School Student. Donna Jones Block-D irector of SanctuaryChoir, Youth Choir and Men's Chorus. Member of Nellie B. Gracy Missionary Unit. Capt. David Block - U. S. Army Reserve, and member of Class 27. Dondre' - University of Oklahoma Student, Usher and Men's Chorus. Dominique - Jr. Usher, Y. P. D. and Youth Choir.

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A Living Tribute To Mrs. Theresa White Pendleton First Director of Avery Chapel's Child Development Center 1966 - 197 4 Stewardess and former President of Stewardess Board #2 Member - Cottrell Missionary Unit and Thrift Club

Mrs. Ammon P. Jenkins, Daughter

Your examples of Christian living have been a source of inspiration and motivation to many. ., ,

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE A. M. E. CHURCH ON THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mr. Nathaniel Samuel Hudson has been a member of Avery for sixty-nine years. He served as a steward for a number of those years and sang in the choir for more than fifty years.

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Nathaniel S. Hudson Kenneth and Effie Hudson Waddell Mitchell, Detroit, Michigan

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as we continue to serve Him." THE CURLEY SLOSS FAMILY: Curley L Husband, Father and an Avery Steward Minerva A. Wife and Mother Curley, III Son Mrs. Ruby M. Jones Mother and Grandmother The Late Ed Jones Father, Grandfather and Avery Steward

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CONGRATULATIONS Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church I am a former member of Avery, and I was active with the Children's Choir directed by the late Mattie Locust, the Sunday School and was involved in all aspects of the church - spiritual, intellectual and social. Thank you, AVERY!You taught me to care by showing me how to care. Your nurturing atmosphere has helped me to think spiritually, professionally and wisely. CAROL CHILDS, Freemont, California

CONGRATULATIONS AVERY CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH ON YOUR FIRST CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mr. and Mrs. Pies L. Williams

''I once complained because I had no shoes; then, I met a man who had no feet. " . . .

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CONGRATULATIONS

AVERY CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH on your CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MRS. NILAR J. PHILLIPS IS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN WORKER: MEMBER OFStewardess Board Sunday School Alexander Progressive Club Women's Missionary Society Weekly Bible Class Culinary Arts Department

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Best Wishes and God's Blessings For Your Faith and Work In The Lord.

Mrs. Nilar Jewel Phillips

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES

Mr. Gordon Minor (Lifetime Member)

Mrs. Virgie Minor

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MEMORIALS

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In Loving Memory of

Mrs. Zelia N. Breaux

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Our Mother A Lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light,

In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

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An ardent, zealous, and interested worker in her church as well as in community and civic activities, was Mrs. Thelma Boyd Wilson. She served Avery Chapel as a Trustee, and as Superintendent of the local Sunday School. She was District Sunday School Superintendent of the Oklahoma City District; member of the Board of Christian Education, and she was a Counselor of Douglass High School in Oklahoma City.

Frances W. Sears and Family - Frank F. Wilson, III, M.D., and Family -43-

SPEAKER REPORTER - FREDDIE MAE STEPHENS

Mrs. Freddie Mae Stephens reports live 011 the Clara Luper Show even1 Saturday moniing, 9:00 a.111. KTL V 1220 am 011 your radio dial. Size has been 011 the radio broadcast since January, 1999, and expects to be 011 the radio broadcast for the entire year of 1999. Tize topic of her report is " WORDS OF WISDOM ". Mrs. Stephens is a long time member of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Cl111rc/1.

In Loving Memory of MY MOTHER

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Freddie F. Stephens

AVERY CHAPEL by Anna F. Yates

Away way back in Nineteen One, Before our Statehood was begun; I came to town from Tennessee_; My mother, by brother, al~f!g with me. Avery Chapel was not as 1t 1s today, It stood on Hudson, across the way, . And was just a hut - made of logs and such, But we cherished it as our Mother Church. Rev. White was the pastor in that day. And Ludora Cottrell used to play The organ that she pumped by foot; While the pot-bellied stove gave heat and soot. I played for her when she wasn't there And the Church existed mostly by prayer. Money was scarce, but religion was not. Five dollars for a rally was all we got! There were no choirs in Avery then We sang congregational songs â&#x20AC;˘ and w~en We built the church close to Grooms 1:1111 Dr. Haywood worked_ and worked, until He had a choir that filled the.place ,, With songs like "God's Amazing Grace We've traveled far and here today We feel we've come a long, long way From the Church I joined in Nineteen One Before our statehood was begun.

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"If we did not got to sleep at night We'd never awaken to see the light Or meet the dawn by some quiet lake With the joy of watching a new day break; And death, too, is a time of sleeping, For those who are gone are in God's keeping; There is a sunrise for each soul, For life, not death, is God's promised goal, So trust God's promise and doubt Him never For only through death can we live forever!"

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Mrs. Geraldine A. Williams

"He has put on invisibility. Dear Lord, I cannot see But this I know, although the road ascends And passes from my sight, That there will be no night; That you will take them gently by the hand And lead them on Along the road of life that never ends, And they will find it is not death by dawn. I do not doubt that You are there as here, And You will hold them dear." ... Paraphrased from THE TRAVELER by James Dillet Freeman

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In Memory of The Charles and Rebecca Williams Family Mr. Charles Williams - Father 1874 - 1932

Mrs. Rebecca Williams - Mother .1878 - 1951

Professor L. C. Williams - Son 1903 - 1972

Ma ttie Jane Williams Counter Daugh ter - 1909 - 1986

Mar cella Loree William s G uthrie Marguerite D otsy Wedgew orth Daughter - 1907 - 1988 Niece and Cousin - 1912 - 1985 -47-

In Loving Memory

of Della Alexander and Clarence C. Cooper

Trustee Board of Directors of Avery Child Care Men's Club Sanctuary Choir

Stewardess Board No. l Pres. - VANGUARDS Golden Girl, 1964 Mother of the Year, 1967 Member of Avery, 1913 - 1968

Freddie Mae Cooper (Daughter and Wife) Lifelong member of Avery Minister of Music (1959 - 1970) Interim Minister of Music (1984 - 1987) and

William Walter Wray (Grandson of Della)

Minister of Music, Followers of Christ Baptist Church

In Loving Memory of THE BLUITT FAMILY

Rev. Edward D. Bluitt

Mrs. Savannah Bluitt

Mrs. Ruth Bluitt

I Mrs. Lou Ethel Forshee

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bluitt

Mrs. Irene McClellan

Robert Bluitt - Juanita Holloway --49-

In Loving Memory of

Rowena Littlepage Henderson (Lifelong Member of Avery)

''A Loved One is one loved in life and in death. Life is a privilege that only God can grant. A soul on its journey is even more beautiful. Let Love, God, beauty and cherished memories brighten up the tomorrows of your life." Thoughts of love from Rowena (Nov., 1984)

Oliver Wendell Henderson, Husband Diane Turner-Sharazz, Daughter Joyce E. Kerlegon, Daughtr Christopher Kerlegon, Grandson

Our Mother

Cora Johnson Daughter

In Memory of Mary F. Vickers, Deaconess of Avery

Mary F. Vickers Mother

Mary Cook Daughter

We extend our warmest thoughts and prayers to Avery Chapel A._ M. E. Church on your Centennial Celebration

Mary A. Cook, Daughter

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In Loving Memory RESUME

Name: George T. Ferguson Address: 1304 N. E. 53rd St. Okla. City, Okla. 73111 Phone: (405) 424-6545

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Service to African Methodism 65 year member of Avery Chapel A. M.E. Church, Okla. City, Okla. Rev. Dr. Nathaniel C. Irving, Pastor Member of Steward Board No. 1 Senior Pastoral Steward Voted Avery's Man of the Year - 1960 Oklahoma City District Steward Past President of Okla. City District Lay Organization Past President of Oklahoma Conference Lay Organization Delegate to the Oklahoma Annual Conference

Connectional

First President and now President Emeritus of the 12th Episcopal District Lay Organization Delegate to the General Conference Was Trustee of Shorter College for 22 years Served at the 12th Episcopal Distrit Lay Delegate to the National Counci l of Churches, held in St. Louis, Mo., appointed by the late Bishop S. L. Greene

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1967 recipient of the Certificate of Outstanding Achievement and Appreciation from the Oklahoma State Senate Served 1 O years as President of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce (under his ledership Black Postal Workers and Firemen were hired) The Urban League of Oklahoma City was organized under his leadership Selected in 1977 as the Man of the Year by the Okla. City Set Club Graduate of Tillison College, Austin, Texas and the General Electric School of Business He was owner of the Ferguson Music Company for 32 years and served.as President of Ferguson Entrprises, Inc. He is happily married to Mrs. Rubye Doris Ferguson. - 51-

In Memory

Sidney Ralls and Cornelia Ralls Mother and Father of Leon Ralls LEON RALLS

Member of Avery Chapel Church for over one-half century. Class Leader of Class #32

In Loving Memory

of my Beloved Family Members Now With The Lord.

ii' Father Leo Mays Mother Doney Williams Mays Sisters Doney Stapleton Mamie Parker Vivian Smith Brothers Rev. Frank H. Mays Leo S. Mays Lesly Mays

LEON MAYS

A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN WORKER President, Steward Bd. #2 Chaplain, Usher Board Member of Avery Staff Member of Sunday School -53-

In Loving Memory of a Dedicated Christian Worker Mr. Swanson joined Avery Chapel A. M. E. in 1953. He was affiliated with many activities of the church: Trustee President of the Choir Men's Day Chairman Publicity Chairman Member of the Lay Organization

Submitted by the FAMILY:

HUSBAND and FATHER J. L. SWANSON, SR.

Wife - Flora Davis Swanson Daughters - Elizabeth Swanson-Watkins Shirley Swanson Rivers Son - Johnnie L. Swanson, III Wife - Linda Abner Swanson Grandson - Johnnie Swanson, IV

In Loving Memory of our Devoted Mother Mrs. Allie L. Randolph ELMER and DR. HELEN R. CARTER

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Frank Leslie Swain was a long time member of the Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church. Mr. Swain served for a considerable period as a leader for class number 42. He served for years as a trustee for the Avery family. He was named as outstanding civic leader by the Oklahoma City Set Club, A charter member of the Beta Eta Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

In "Loving Mem·ories" of MRS. CHARITY BAILEY MY AUNT

... Loyal and tireless worker for 56 years, a Trustee, Class Leader . ' President of the Sunshine Club.

MARZETTA BROWN WESLEY

Mrs. Charity Bailey

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In Loving Memory of Mary and Harold White

Harold White

Mary White

Harold L. White was a Sunday School teacher. Mary Bates White was a member of the Daughters of Allen. BRIAN A. WHITE, Grandson -57-

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In Loving Memory of My Family

Father HUBERT G. LOCUST Soloist, Sanctuary Choir Steward

Mother MATTIE MORGAN LOCUST POGUE Founder/Director Cherub and Youth Choirs Assistant Church Pianist Daughters of Allen Church Clerk Steward

Maternal Grandmother MAUDE E. MORGAN Soloist, Sanctuary Choir "Mother of the Year," 1965 "They have achieved success Who have lived well, laughed often, loved much; Who have gained the respect of intelligent men and women The love of little children Who have accomplished their tasks; Who have made the world better than they found it Whether l,y an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; Who have not lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it. Who have always looked for the best in others And gi,ven the best they had; Whose lives have been an inspiration and whose memory is a benediction. " DR. GLENDA LOCUST BREWER

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Best Wishes For A Successful Centennial Celebration from Members and Friends ofAvery ,. !

Mrs. Ella Alexander Mrs. Essie Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Boston Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Banks and Family Mr. Willie Bates Mrs. Gena Battle Quincy Cheo Baines Sheryl Kay Baines Mrs. Donna L. Block, Dondre' and Dominque Mr. Robert Bluitt Ms. Genese Brown Mrs. Wyolene Brown . Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brown Mrs. Mayme Brown Mrs. Onedia Brown Lt. Col. and Mrs. Legand Burge Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks Veronica-James Childs Freddie Don Childs Michael Ray Childs Mr. and Mrs. Casey Childs, Sr. Rev. and Mrs. Casey Childs, II Ms. Carol Childs The Willie Coakley Family Mrs. Willa Mae Crane Mr. William David Mr. and Mrs. Hurlon Dulan Mrs. Bernice S. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Duncan Mrs. Enola Dunlap Dr. Gary Dubois Mrs. Dorothy C. Dulaney Mrs. Alice Davis Mrs. Lucy Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Factory Mrs. Rubye Doris Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Fleming Mrs. Ella Floyd Mrs. Gloria Forshee Theron H. Forshee Mrs. Ethel Guyton Ms. Paula Gary Mrs. Doris Gary Ms. Ethyl L. Grandberry Mrs. Jannie Goudeau Mrs. Almbeta Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hawthorne Mrs. Luella Hayes Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes Mrs. Boisey H. Haynes Mrs. Juan ita E. Holloway Mr. Earl Hall Mr. Edgar Harmon Desa Harmon Mrs. Berniece Hilliard Ms. Hazel Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jackson Mrs. Dollie A. Jackson Mrs. Inez James Mr. and Mrs. Dave Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Johnson Mrs. Winfred Johnson Miss Prudence H. D. Johnson, Ft. Smith, Ark. Mr. Charles Jones Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones Mrs. Addie Jordan Rev. and Mrs. Goree James Mrs. Francis Kellin

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Best Wishes For A Successful Centennial Celebration From Members and Friends ofAvery

Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Laskey Mr. Albert J. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lawton Mrs. Hattie Lee Ms. Catherine Little Mr. and Mrs. Don Luster Mr. and Mrs. Frank Luster Mrs. Ernestine A. Luster Mr. Melvin F. Luster Mr. Leon Mayes Mrs. Helen Miller Mrs. lzora Mitchell Mrs. Robert Moore Dawn Danyel and Bettye Moulden Mrs. Mabel Mukes Mrs. Loretta McClain Mr. Ollie L. McClain Rev. and Mrs. Henry McKey Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McLunken Mr. and Mrs. Leathon Nash Mrs. Emily Nelson Mr. Alvin Owen Mrs. Katherine L. Burkhalter Mr. and Mrs. Neil Pierce Mrs. Nilar Jewel Phillips Mrs. Eleanor Powell Mrs. Ruth Poles The Partridge Family Claude, Pamela and Dewayne Mrs. Tibertha W. Raimey Mr. Leon Ralls Mrs. Julia Reece Mrs. Gail Reed Olivia Reed Tia Nicole Rideau

Toni Rena' Roberts Ms. Barbara Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts Mrs. Amabelle Robinson The Rivers Family Shirley, John and Lena Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Rice Rev. Pansy Saulters Dr. A. C. Sayles Ollie Chapman Smith Lucille, Tommy Smith and Khaliliah Donna Smith Mrs. Opal Spencer Mrs. Esther Swain Mrs. Flora Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Sykes, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Steward Mr. and Mrs. Donald Terrell Mrs. Earlene Tipton Mrs. Onedia Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Walker and Sons Katy Williams Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Williams and Grace Mrs. Vera Williams Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Williams Miss Stephanie Williams Representative Freddye Williams Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. Wright Mattie Whitsitt Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yarbrough Mr. and Mrs. Winard Normand Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Robinson and Family Mr. and Mrs. Omega Robinson and Alvarez Mrs. Claybron Robinson

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Thank You After 100 years of caring, sharing and serving, it seems appropriate to celebrate. Take time out to inventory our past and chart a course for the future. Âˇ On behalf of the Pastor, together with the members of the Steering Committee, we expr~ss sincere thanks and appreciation to our hard-working and dedicated committees, - members and well-wishers who have assisted in any way to make this Journal and the Centennial Celebration not only possible, but a meaningful and inspiring event. Rubye C. Fleming General Chairperson

Rev. and Mrs. Leo dis Strong and Family

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WHAT WAS NEW:

The .telephone. had bee.n aJLou.nd f,01t one tjeaJL. The elewuc. ligh:t had bee.n aJLou.nd f,01t .te.n ( 7O) tJflil/l,6. Coe.a. Cola. Wa.6 f,,t/tl),t heltve.d in 1886. Huc.klebe/t/ttj F-i.nn wtU a. bu.t 1, e.il,e1t in 1884 . "TIC..U.6.t and Obey" and "S:ta.nd.i_ng an .the P1tomi..l>u" we.Jte. wlLU::te.n in 188 6. The S.ta..tu.e of, Lib eJt.ty wtU .thlc.ee ( 3 ) y eaJL1, old.

OUR NATION

Papuiat,,i.on Wa.6 60 million. Ufi e. e.x.pec;tanc.y wtU 44 yeaJc.1,. The.1te. we1te 38 1,.ta..tu.

WHAT HAVN'T HAPPENEV

Wamen· c.oui.dn'.t vo.te. The P-f.e.dge of, AU.egi.a.nc.e had na.t been wlLU::ten. The1te. Welte no mp.la.nu O1t a.t.damab.Uu. BtUke.tba.li had no.t bee.n .i.nven.te.d. A.i.Jt c.on.cli:tion-i.ng Wa.6 na.t a.va.ila.b-f.e. The.1te Wa.6 no Jc.a.<Li..o.

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!!!! BUT THE CHURCH WAS ALIVE ANV HAV BEEN FOR NEARLY TWO HUNVREV CENTURIES ! ! !

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AVERY CHAPEL A

A.M.E. CHURCH

BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH: "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST"

VIV YUU KNOW • • • ••

THAT when Ok.tahoma Cdy, Oklahoma, WM opened 6ofl. 1.:,e;tttemen;t on Ap!til 22 , 1889, among .tho1.:ie denom,lna.tioM .ta.fung 1.:i.:tep.1.:, .to u.tabw h c.hUJLc.hu w~e a 6ew A. M. E. ' S who be1 gan .to hold pMyeJt. mee.u.ng1.:i ,ln .thw nomu?

TH AT Rev. Elli ha Hoplu.M u.tabfulted an AME CltUJLc.h. ,ln a .:ten.:t ,ln .the 200 Bloc.k 06 Wu.:t Choe.tow S:ttr.ee.:t and ~ev. W ~ Ww u.tabwhed one a.:t hA...6 1t.u,ldenc.e on Th-utd and Hu.Mon S:ttr.ew? S,lnc.e .th~e w~e not enou.glt membeM 6ofl. :two (2) c.lWJtc.hu, .they c.oMoUda.:ted ~n 1890 and Rev . C. C. Hu.bbMd bec.ame .the pM.:tofl.. THAT on Ju.ne 16, 7092, a 61t.ame bud.d-<.ng WM c.oM.ittu.c..:ted on pUJLc.hM ed lo:U on Po.:t.towa.:tom,le neM .the c.ofl.neJt. o6 RobiMon? THAT ,ln 1893, .the 6ill.t ofl.gan,lzed c.ho~ WM 1.:i.:taJt..:ted wait MM. Lu.c.y CoMu..iheM M .the 6iM.t ofl.ga~.t u.nd~ .the leadeMhip 06 Rev. J . W. TUJLn~, .:talen;ted 1.:i~nge1t. and dynamic. .6 peafu.ng pM.:tofl.? THAT ~n Ju.ne, 1894, A.tty. Hen1t.y C. Hawlu.M jo~nect .the c.hUJLc.h. and 1.:,~ved M Pfl.uiden;t 06 .the c.h.o,lfl. 6ofl. 35 yeaM? THAT .the c.u.Men;t name, Av~y Chapel'.. A.M . E. ChUJLc.h, WM 1.:iu.ggu.ted by Mfl. . W,U'.,l,i_,t, A. Wade, who had been a membeJt. 06 .the AveJt.y Chapel A.M.E. Ch.UJLc.h ,ln Mempw , lennu1.:i ee? THAT du.fl.,(_ng .the Annual Con6~enc.e ,ln 1894 , .the Rev. W. E. Mon.tgom~y WM appo,ln;ted pM.iofl., bu..t bec.aMe 06 ,lllnu.6, WM la.:t~ 1.:iu.c.c.eeded by Rev . W. H. Cole? 0th~ pM.:toM 06 .tw 6ill.t dec.ade w~e Rev. J . E. W,lll,lam1.:i ,ln 1895; Rev. A. W. Lew,ll.:, ,ln 1896 (Rev . Lwu WM 6a.:th~ 06 Mil.. Alonzo Lewu., and 6a.:the1t.- ,ln-law 06 MM. Ru.th Lewu., who WM OJ:l.ga~.t 6ofl. 46 yeafl..6) •

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THAT on May 21, 1897, .the c.hUJLc.h pUJLc.hMed fund 601t. a new c.hUJLc.h ,ln .the 100 Bloc.k 06 Wu.t Reno neM Bll.oadway and Rev. G. W. WM lung.ton bec.ame .the w.t pM.iofl. o 6 .th,ll.:, 6ill.t dec.ade o 6 AveJty Chapel' .6 h,ll.:,:t_ofl.,(_c.al beg,lnn,lng.6? NOTE:

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dec.ade w£il.. be appll.eua.:ted.

CHARGE TO STEWARVS

PASTOR STRONG: I plt..e..6e.nt oWt S.tewaJtd 6011.. 11..e.de.cU.c.a.tion. 06 .them.6e.lvu .to .6Vtve. molt..e. e.66e.c.:ti,,vely ,t.n, .the1Jr. po1.i,t.tion..6. We. aJte. p11.a.yIn.g join.:te.y and In.div,i,du.a.11..y .tha.;t. :the.y wLU'. 6oUow .the. -gu,i,.dan.c.e. 06 .the. Ho.ly Sp.ltcil and 1.ivc.ve. w.lrh an. a..i..m .to p.le.a.1.ie. God in. aU :that the.y do. STEWARVS: We. 11..e.n.e.w oWt de.dic.a.tio n. .to God a.n.d .to .the. 1.i vc.vic.u o 6 HI-6 c.hWtc.h. Now may .the. God 06 peac.e. make. U6 pVt6e.c.,t in. e.vvc.y good wo1t..k .to do HI-6 Will and that all oWt wo1t..k.J.i w..iU be. ple.a.1.i-ln.g ,ln. H,t.-6 J.i,t.gh.t • . To .thw e.n.d we. 11..e.cte.cllc.a.:t.e. oWt.6e.lvu a.n.d pledge. .to g,i,ve. oWt be..6:t e.669.tdo 6011.. .the. adva.n.c.eme.nt 06 :the. c.hWtc.h; in. .the. n.a.me. 06 .the. FathVt a.n.d 06 :the. Son., a.n.d 06 .the. Ho.ly Sp.ltcil. Ame.n.. MEMBERS ( In. Un.,t..6on.: a.n.d S.ta.n.d-ln.g) : We. 11..e.c.ogn.-lze. you. a.J.i OWl. leadelt.6 ,i.n. .the. wO/f..k. we. 1.iha.11..e. a.J.i membelt.6 .toge.thvc. in. .th-l..6 c.on.g1t..e.ga.tion.. We. .tha.n.k God .that you. have. de.d-lc.ate.d yoWt livu .to HI-6 .6Vtv-<.c.e.. We. .tihall 6oUow you. wUh oWl. p1t..a.yVtJ.i; we. w.lU. .6u.ppolt...t you. in. yoWt p1t..oje.w. We. w..LU look :to you 6011.. in..6p.ltta;ti_on. a.n.d godly e.xa.mplu ,t.n. aU .th0.6 e. :th-<.n.g.6 wh-<.c.h wilt e.n.able. U6 :to be. 6a.dh 6u.l memb Vt.6 06 .the. Body 06 Chlt..i-6.t a.n.d 06 Ave.Jt..y Cha.pe.l A61t..ic.a.n. Me..thocU..6:t EpI.6c.opa..l ChWtc.h.

SCHtVULE

Theme.:

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/1.o.y 14 May 27 May 28 /1.o.y 30 Mo.lJ 31 June. 1 June. 2 June. 3

OF TTft CENTENNIAL CtLE8RAfION OF AVERY CHAPEL A.M. E. CHURCH:

J<e.6.f.e.c..ci.on.6 on .the. P~.t--V..u..wn.6 06 .the. Fu.twi.e. K.lc.h.066 Sunday

Ke.c.ogn.<,t.lon Vay 60~ S.tewa1td.t, Re.c.ogn.i.ti.on da.y 60~ TIU.L6.te.u Ea..1.t~ .. Fa..1h.i.on Show; Mil.cl. Enma. June. G.li.e.e.n, Cha.ut.pe..tion l<e.c.ogn.<,t.lon Vay 6M l.!Ah(!)l.6 Re.c.ogn.i.ti.on Vo.lJ 6M Cfa.6.5 Le.a.c1(!)1.6 Re.c.ogn.ltwn vay 60~ Cho.bu. Patuu!e.; ~. 0.5c.M R.lce., Cha.ut.p~on Ke.c.ogn.i.ti.on Vay, Wome.n' .5 WA-5.ionM!j Soc..ie..ty S Young Pe.opl.e.' .5 D.iv.u..i..on Re.c.ogn.ltion V4JJ, S.twevtde.u.u Re.c.ogn.ltion V4JJ, CT.ufu. 1<e.c.ogn.i.t.wn V4JJ, uzyme.n s wac.ome. .to Ne.w Me.mb(!)l.6 V..u.WJtg 11.i..n.u,,t~ and Cho~ V.u..it.lng /.1.ln.u..t~ and c:ho-Ut. V..u.dlng 11.i..n.u,.t~ a.na Cho~ You.th FolW.ffl: Mlt.6. Phyi.U.5 Mc.Voncu:d S M1t.6. Luc..i.U.e. Sm.i...th Annua.l C~c.h P.i..c.n.i..c. (Young Wome.n'-5 C~.t.i..a.n Fe.Uow.1h.i.p) Pane.a/le. Bll.e.ak6a..1.t; Ine.z Jamu, Cha..iJr.p(!)l.6on

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Se.e. bac.k. 06 pa.ge. 6011.. &ue.6 Hi.6.tolt..ic.al Sk.e.tc.h.

CHARGE TO TRUSTEES PASTOR STRONG: We. 1te.c.ognize. and app1te.ua-te. the. -6Vtvic.e. and wOJtk. of, the. T1tt.L6te.u of, AveJUJ Chape.£ Af,Jt,<,c.an Me.;thod,<,J.,t Ep,<,,6c.opal ChWtc.h who Me. p1tue.n;t today. We. thank. God f,oJt thof.ie. who Me. no longe.Jt able. to -6e.Jtve. ac.:ti..ve.£y bu;t -6uppoJt;t in SPIRIT ANV PRAYERS.

We. 1te.me.mbe.1t wdh PRIVE the. ac.c.ompwhme.n;t,6 of, aU of, oWt Pa-6t T1tt.L6te.u who a-6-6ume.d le.ade.Jt-6hlp in e.f,f,e.iling c.hange.-6 in AveJUJ C~ape.£ and b1tough;t t.L6 to th,<,,6 plac.e.. We. Jte.joic.e. and c.e.£e.b1ta-te. thw gif,u of, Love. and Se.Jtvic.e..

TRUSTEES:

We. Jte.new. oWt de.d,<,c.ation to God and to the. -6 e.Jtvic.e.-6 of, H,<,,6 c.hWtc.h. Now may the. God of, g1tac.e. .make. t.L6 pe.Jtf,e.c.;t in e.ve.Jty good wo1tk. to do H,<,,6 Will and tha-t aU oWt wo1tk.-6 will be. ple.a-6ing in H,<,,6 f.iig h;t. To th,<,,6 e.nd we. Jte.de.d,<,c.a,te. ouM e.£v e.-6 and ple.dge. to give. oWt but e.f,f,oJt;t-6 f,01t the. advanc.e.me.n;t of, the. c.hWtc.h; in the. name. oi the.. Fa-the.It and of, the. Son, and the. Holy Sp,i.Jta. Ame.n. MEMBERS ( In un,<,,6on and f.itand,<,ng): We. Jte.c.ognize. you oWt le.ade.M in the. wo1tk. we. -6hMe. a-6 me.mbe.M toge.;the.Jt in th,<,,6 c.ong1te.gation. We. thank. God tha-t you have. de.d,<,c.a-te.d yoWt Uvu to H,<,,6 -6 e.Jtvic.e.. We. -6haU f,oliow you wdh oWt p1taye.Jt-6, ·we. w,<,ll -6uppoltt you in yoWt pitaje.w • . We. w,i.ll look. to you f,01t inf.ip,<,Jta;t,i.on ~nd godly e.xample.-6 in aU tha-6e. ihlng-6 whlc.h w,i.ll e.nable. t.L6 to be. f,ailh~ul me.mbe.Jt-6 of, the. Body o,6 ChJt,i.f.,;t ..n,d of, Ave.1ty Chape.£ Af,Jt,<,c.an Me.;thofut Ep,<,,6c.opal ChWtc.h. -

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INFORMATION FOR CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR BROCHURE: Fu.Lt Page. Half, Page.

$100.00 60~ 00

Qu.aJC.te.1t Page. Eigh;th Page.

$35.00 20. 00

PATRON PLAN

Single. Name. •••••••••••••••••••• "John Voe." $ 2.00 MJt. & MJL6 • • •••••••• "MIL. & /.{/t,6. John Vo e." $ 3.00 The Slnilh Famu_y ........................ . $ 4.00 MIL. & MIL6. John Voe. & Fam,<,ly ,MIL. & M!L6. John Vo~ and MaJ",_y, John ••••••• $ 5.00 The. ~ea..dLi..n.e f,o_tr.. ad-6 and pat/ton:' .6 w t w-i.ll.. be. ApJui.. 29, 7989. NOTE:

Se.e. ba.c.k. of, pa.ge. f,_OJc. BlLi.e.f, H-iA;to/t,<,c.a,i Sk.e;tch.

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AVERY CHAPEL A. M.E. CHURCH "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST" VIV YOU KNOW .·•.•••••• _ · THAT on Ma.y 7, 19 O1, lou wVte. pWtc.ha.1., e.d on :the. wu:t --oJ..de. ofi Hud--oon be;twe.e.n G1ta.nd Avenue. a.nd Ma.J..n S.:tltie.:t? A laltge. ,, fiJtame. build,,i,ng wa.1., pWtc.ha.1.,e.d a.nd moved :to thue. lou. THAT in 7901, MM. R. C. Co:t.:tltel,l, - MM. Anna F. Ya.tu a.rid MM. Ea.Jr.l TOWYL--6 e.nd j oJ..n,~d Av Vty? MM. Co:t.:tltel,l wa.1.,

OJr.garuld fi Oil. :te.n ( 10 ) y e.a.M; . MM. Ya.tu -0 Vl..V e.d a.l.,}.,J..f.,:ta.n:t oJtgaw:t a.nd MM. T owYL--6 e.nd oJtga.n,i,ze.d :the. E:t:ta. L. Smilh MiMJ..onall.!:f un,i,;t whJ..c.h wa.1., name.d fioJt hVt mo:thVt who wa.1., pll.Uide.n:t ofi :the. LaUJta L. TWtnVl.. M£MJ..oncuiy Soue.:ty fioJt twe.n:ty-fiJ..ve. (2s1 ye.a.M.

THAT MM. R. C. Co:t.:tltel,l J..-6 :the. mo:thVt ofi :the. late. MM. -Anna

F. · MooJte. a.nd :the. g1ta.ndmo:thVt ofi Anthony and Andll.e.' FJtanwc.oa. fioJtmVl.. me.mbVt ofi AvVty. MM. Anna F. Ya.tu J..-6 :the. mo:thVt - Qn OUlt own me.mbVt, MM~ FJte.dd,,i,e. Mae. S:te.phe.YL--6 and MM • .. EaJi.l Towrt..6e.nd and . ·.. MM. E:t:ta.. L~ Smilh a.Jte. :the. pa.Jte.n:t-6 and gJta.ndpa.Jte.n:t-6 ofi MM·. Lonze.i:te. RJ..c.ha.Jtd--oon and he.Jr. c.hild!te.n and now :the.Jte. a.Jte. mofte. :than -0J..x. ( 6) ac.;t,i,ve. ge.ne.Jta.:t,i,oYL--6 now -0 e.Jtving in Av e.Jty. /

THAT in 1 undVt :the. pa.1.,:toJta..:te. on Rev. Jamu A. Johrt..6on, :the. pll.opvz;ty on Hud--oon whJ..c.h wa.1., pWtc.hMe.d ~oil. $1400 wa.1., -0 old noli. $9 500, a.nd lou a:t FJ..M:t a.nd Ge.a.Jty we.Jte. pWtc.ha.1., e.d on Ja.nua.Jty 21, 1907? THAT a bJt,i,c.k. c."hWtc.h Wal., C.OYL--6.:tltuc.:te.d on a.bove. .tau whe.n· :the. ..,. ~_-0.:tltuc.;tUJte. wa.1., c.q_mple.:te.d, do c.ume.n:t-6 whJ..c.h we.Jte. pla.c.e.d in~.the. " c.9Jtne.M:tone. a.Jte. -0:t,i..tl J..n p0-0-0u-0J..on ofi :the. c.WtJte.n:t c.hUJtc.h. .

THAT V!t. John Abby -0Vtve.d a.1., pa.1.,:toJt fill.om 1908-1910, :the. ye.a.Jr.

on hJ..-6 de.a.th? .FoUowJ..ng V1t. Abby wa.1., Re.v. C.R. Tuc.k.Vt who -0e.Jtve.d moJte. :than nJ..ve. ( 5) ye.a.M. ·

THAT V!t. W. L. Haywood be.c.ame. ChoJ..Jt VJ..Jte.c.:toJt undVt Re.v. Tuc.k.Vt

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a.nd be.c.ame. wJ..de..ty k.nown be.c.aUlie. ofi hJ..-6 de.d,,i,e.a.tion a.nd e.nfiec.tive. le.ade.Mhip ofi :the. ChoJ..Jt? - He. aJ;..60 -0e.Jtve.d a-6 a S:tewa.Jtd c..nd a TRIISTEE. --A.mi ~wdhvi. mt,o"iunati.on a.bout: -tki.h dee.a.de will. be a.ppJtec.i.a;ted.

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH - FOURTH VECAVE OF AVERY'S CENTENNIAL YEARS VIV YOU KNOW •. • •. . .. THAT 1920 - 1930 ,u., the. FoUJLth [4th) Ve.cade. 06 oUJt chUJtch'J Centennial h,u.,to~y? THAT Rev. T. M. G~e.e.ne., who J~ve.d M pMto~ n~om 7922-7925, utabwhe.d a bi..u.lcli.ng &und ofi $700 wh-<.ch WM in the. chUJtch ~e.MUJtlj at the. c..loJ e. on h,u., pMtMate.? THAT Rev. F~e.d VIC~ J~ve.d M pMto~ fi~om 7925-7 929? THAT Ge.o~ge, F~g~on joined Av~y d~ng th,u., FoUJLth (4th) Ve.cade.? THAT dU}t,{,ng h,u., mo~e. than 65 yeaM in Av~y, M~. F~g~on WM the. Senion PMto~ StewMd, a V,u.,~d StewMd, P~uide.n.t on the. Ofz.lahoma Cily V,u.,U,{,d Lay O~ganization, P~uide.nt on the. Oklahoma Con&~e.nce. Lay O~ganization, T~~te,e, 06 Sho~~ College. no~ :twe.nty-:two [22) yeaM? THAT MM . Ch~y Ba,,Ue.y, anoth~ Jtalw~ and dynami~ p~on, joined Av~y d~ng th,u., FoWLth [4th) Ve.cade.? V~ng h~ 6i6tyJix. [ 56) ye.aM Jhe. J~ve.d M a clMJ .le.ad~, ~~tee., P~uide.n.t on the. SuMh-<.ne. C.tub and M Fwt Vice. P~uide.n.t on th~ Que.en EJth~/B~ght StM Una on the. M,u.,JionMy Soue.ty, and Jhe, J~ve.d M Co -Chwp~on ofi the. Commilie.e. on Budget and Finance. 60~ A~e.a I ofi the. OR.tahoma Confi~e.nce. W.M. S. THAT Ralph Eli,u.,on, awMd winning autho~, g~ew up in Av~y? He. WM ailive. i n the. A. C. E. Le.ague. and the. Sunday Schoo.t. THAT the. Rev. W. V. Mill~ wM appointed pMto~ in 792 9? He J ~v e.d until 194 0' and he. WM the. wt pMto~ h~e, 60~ Ralph EU,u.,on, the. {io~ whom oUJt uty' J RALPH ELLISON LIBRARY ,u., named. No.te:

Any

£ii.Lit.th~

i.nfioJuna;tion a.bout .tkih dee.a.de will. be. appll.ecia;ted.

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH: "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST"

VIV YOU KNOW ••.••••• THAT :the. Fi6:th (5:th) Vee.a.de. 06 AvVty ' .6 h,,u,:toll.lj wM 1930 79 40?

THAT Rev . W. V. M,i,,U,Vt who WM appoin.,te.d pM:ton in 7929

wM pM:ton :thnough :the. whole. dee.a.de.?

THAT MM . Eul.a. Chil~ , de.dic.a.te.d me.mbeJt 06 oun c.hunc.h :tod.a.y, hM a c.opy 06 a 7935 New Ye.AA'~ Gne.e.ting 6nom Rev. and MM . M,i,,U,Vt? I:t i.A addnv.i.oe.d :to all " OFF ICIALS, MEMB ERS ANV ' FRI ENVS" 06 AvVty. THAT MM . CW~ wo .ohMe.d a c.opy 06 a MISSIONARY VAY PROGRAM dated May 30 , 7937? THAT in 793 7, :the. 6iM:t wome.n weJte. pVtmilie.d :to .6Vtve. M

u-6he.M? They weJte. MM . W ~ Moone. Cnane., MM . He,,e.e.n Pnatt M,i,,U,Vt and MM . Lillie. Bunton.

THAT :theJte. weJte. many me.mbe.M who .6Vtve.d with u..nu/2u..o.1. de.dic.ation and 6on long pe.nio~ on time. incl.uding W.A . Wade., J.E. Bnook.6, N. VoMe.t, AUe.n Be.ntie.y, T. M. Tnaylon, W. H. Slau..ghteJt, A. L. Little.page., R. B. W,i,,U,iam.o , R. L. Cottne.U, se,a,e_y Mc.Gne.w, Launa Gib.oon and Lewi.A Bailey who .oeJtve.d M Pnv.iide.n.,t 06 :the. Tnu-6:te.e. BoMd?

THAT MM. Jna Re.e.d .oeJtve.d M a cl.M.o le.adeJt 6on 6i6:ty-:two ye.M.6? THAT among :the. .otnong Tnu-6:te.e. BoMd me.mbe.Jt.6 weJte. MM . Ze,,e.ia M. Bne.au:x., :the. 6iM:t 6e.mo.1.e. tnu-6:te.e.; MM . Thrua Wilion, W. L.

Haywood, A. B. Whitby, W.S. Lay, W.T. Pnic.e., He.nny Vu..nn, Ge.onge. SpMk.6 , J. A. Cox., Sn., I. M . Lott? THAT duning :thi.6 dee.a.de. Mn. A. Bunne.tt be.gan :to .oeJtve. M a v Vty e.6 6ic.ie.n.,t tne.MMVt, and he. .6 Vtv e.d in :thi.6 c.a.pac.J..;ty 6 on :twe.n:ty- one. ( 27) ye.M.6 ?

NOTE:

AnJJ nWLth.e1t ,lnn01r.mati.on a.bout .tki.A de.c.o.de. will be. a:ppne.c.,i,ajt/.

CHARGE TO

USHERS

I:t ,l6 my ple.aliWte. :to p1te.1> e.n:t ouit U..shvu, in 1te.c.ogn,i;uon on :the. de.dJ.c.a;te.d ..se11.vic.eo whic.h :they Me. 1te.ndrung. We. Me pM.y.lng join:tly and .lndJ.v.ldu.ally :that :they will nollow :the. gu,i.danc.e. on :the. Holy Sp.uu:t and 1.ie.1tve w.l:th an a,.un :to ple.Me. God .ln all :that :they do . PASTOR STRONG:

We. 1te.nw oWt de.d-i:.c.a:t.lon :to God and :to :the. c.hWtc.h. We. PIULY :that God will c.on:t.lnue. to allow u.o :to 1.ie.1tve. M good and na.l:thnul "doo1tk.e.e.pell..6 .ln H,lli hou.oe. - :to 1.ie.1tve. M :the. " Le.v.l:teo dJ.d .ln the: Tabe.Jtnac.le., un.oe.ln,llihl{J and obe.dJ.e.n:tly. To :th.ll.i we. 11.e.de.dJ.c.a;te. oWt1.ie.lve.1> in ;(;he. name. of, :the. Fa.the.It and :the. Son and :the. Holy Sp.l!t.l:t. Ame.n. USHERS:

MEMBERS {sta.ncli.ng and in Un.-i.Aon):

We. :thank. God that you have. 11.e.de.dJ.c.a:t.e.d yoWt Uveo to H,lli .oe.Jtv.lc.e.. We. 1.ihall noilow you w.l:th p1taye.1t1.i and c.on:t..lnue. :to 1.iuppolt:t. you .ln oWt e.f,nolt:tJ.i :to be.:t:te.Jt .oe.Jtve. :the. c.ong11.e.ga:t.lon a:t Ave.JtfJ Cha.pe.l A. M. E. ChWtc.h. We. will c.on1.i:tan:t.e.y p!ta.lJ tha:t the. Holy Sp.l!t.l:t will c.on:t..lnue. to gu,i.de. U.6 .ln all oWt 1.i e11.v.lc.eo.

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AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH: "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST" VIV YOU KN(){II •• ••••••

THAT the Six.th (6th) Vee.a.de. 06 AveJUJ'-0 ~tony Wal.> 1940-1950? THAT Rev. S. E. Kolen -0enved al.> pa1.>to1L oil.om 7940-7947?

THAT the buil~ng 6und gnew to $6000 unden Pa1.>ton Kolen? Tha:t the Th.Ju6t Club Wal.> ongaMze.d unden Rev. Kole.n' -0

pa1.>tonate.?

THAT Rev. J. S. JohMon -0enved al.> pa1.>toll. 6nom 7947-7949? THAT Rev. G. N. ColliM Wal.> appointed pa1.>ton in 7949 and he -0enved u ~ 7952? THAT the Vaugh:teM 06 AUe.n Club Wal.> ongaMze.d unden Rev. ColliM' pa1.>tonate.? MM. Cathrune. Latle. Wal.> the 6iMt pn~ide.nt. THAT in 1950, MM. B~-0ie Blanton Wal.> ele.c.:te.d al.> a tnMte.e.? She laten bec.ame tneaJ.>MM 06 the TnMte.e. BoMd and -0enved int~ c.apac.ily u ~ 7985 when -0he. Wal.> named Tll.e.al.>MM EmMilM.

NOTE:

Any f,UJLthVt inf, oJc.rna,;U,on a.bout: t:hi..l, dee.a.de. w,i.U be appll.e.cia.ted.

CHARGE TO CLASS LEAVERS I.t l..1, my ple.<UiWte. to p'1.eJ.ie.n.t oWt Cl<Ui.o Le.a.de.M ,i,n '1.e.c.ogn,i,t,i,on 06 the. .oe.'1.v,i,c.v., wh,i,c.h the.y '1.e.nde.'1. to oWt c.ongll.e.ga.t,i,on.o. The.y Â·Me. v.ipe.c.,i,a.U.y c.ha.Jtge.d wUh k.e.e.p,i,ng ,i,n touc.h wUh membe.M and '1.e.po'1.ting tho.1.:, e. who Me. .oic.k. to the. 06 6iCA..a.l BoMd. Th'1.ough thw J.:,e.'1.vic.v.i we. hope. that not one. "lamb" will be. .t0.ot. Le.t U.6, ptr...a.y that the.y w,i,.t.t c.omnue. to 6oUow the. gu,i,danc.e. 06 the. Ho.ty Spvut a.nd .oe.'1.ve. wUh an cii..m to p.te.<Uie. God ,i,n aU .that the.y do. PASTOR STRONG:

CLASS LEAVERS: We. .tte.ne.w oWt de.d,i,c.at,i,on and c.ommi:tme.nt .to God and to .thl..1, c.hwic.h. We. p.ttay that the. Lo'1.d will c.omnue. .to a.U..ow U.6 to ,6 e.'1.ve. oaUh6uliy ,i,n thl..1, c.apac.Uy. We. do '1.e.de.d,i,c.ate. OUM e..tvv.i ,i,n the. name. 06 the. Fathe.'1., the. Son and .the. Holy Sp,t'1.,i,t. MEMBERS (sta.n.di.n.g and -i.n. Urzi..hon): We. .thank. oWt Lo'1.d .that you have. . .tte.d e.d,i,c.ate.d y OWt UV eJ.i to tw V e.'1.y .6 p e.CA..a.l .6 e.'1. V,LC. e.. We. ,6 hall '1.e.c. u v e. yoWt J.:,e.'1.vic.v.i wdh .love. and g'1.a.,.u;tu.de. hoping .that oWt c.hwic.h may inc.'1.e.<Ui e. ,i,n undy and ,i,n 1.:, p,t'1.,i,t.

AVtKY CHAYEL A.M.E. CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORICAL SK.ETCH: "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST''

VIV YOU KNOW •••••••.

THAT 1950-1 960 WM :the. Se.ve.n.:th (7:th) Vee.a.de. on AvVUJ '_-6 w:to.ti.y?

THAT Re.v. Robe..ti.:t H. Ale.xa.n.de..ti. bee.a.me. pM:to.ti. in 1952 nollowin.g

Re.v. G. N. Coil,<.nl.J' pa.1.>:t.011.a;te.?

THAT Re.v. Ale.xa.nde..ti. .6e..ti.ve.d M pM:to.ti. 6.ti.om 1952 - 1975,:the. lon.gu:t :te..ti.m nor.. a pM:to.ti. in :the. h,<.,,6:to.ti.y 06 Ave..ti.y Chapel. ChWteh? THAT :the. Ale.xa.nde..ti. P.ti.og.ti.U.6ive. Club wM 011.gaMze.d in 1952 wilh

E.ti.ne.l.Jtine. LUI.J:tVl. M p.ti.Uide.n.:t?

· THAT MM . Eula Ch,Ud/.J hM a 19 5 2 AvVl.y Sun.day Sehool :te.aeh,<.ng

c.a..ti.d nor.. ehld.ti.e.n in hVl. po-6-6 U.6ion :today? She. ;., ha.ti.e.d :tw inwdh :the. Wll.Ue.11..

n011.mation

THAT :the. Build,<.ng Fund Commil:te.e. wM o.ti.gaMze.d i n 19 53 wdh

V:·... G. E. Finle.y M Cha,<.Jtman and V.ti.. J . A. Cox.., S:... , M Se.e.ti.e.:ta.ti.y? THAT Re.v. Ale.xa.ndVl. WM e.le.e:te.d in 19 55 M :the. nillt Bladz. -p.ti.uide.nJ:. 06 the. O/-wz.homa Cily Couneil 06 ChMd1u? THAT Re.v . Ale.xa.ndVl. .6e..ti.ve.d a-6 Viee.-P.ti.uide.n.:t 06 .the. ConeVtne.d

Cl v-Lgy 6or.. Spill.dual Re.newal, P.ti.uide.n.t on :the. ln.t.Vtde.nominational Min,<.f.,;tvua.i, AU,<.anee.? He. wo .6Vl.ve.d ugh,t ye.ae.M on :the. Jud,<.ua.t Commd.te.e. of; .the. A. M. E. ChWteh; he. WM a de.le.ga;te. mo.ti.e. :tha:t onee. .to :the. Wo.ti.ld Con6e..ti.e.n.ee. 06 Me.:thodi;.,m and .the. National Counul 06 ChWtehu. THAT on May 79, 7957, Ave..ti.y ee.le.b.ti.a;te.d ili Se.mi- Ce.n.:te.nnial Me.n' -6 Vay wdh :the. :the.me., "Wo.ti.lun.g wilh Ch/!.if.,.t-The. Hope. on :the. Wo.ti.ld"? '

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THAT on Fe.b.ti.LLMy 8, 7959 , :the. me.mbe.Mh,<.p pa.ti.ade.d 6.ti.om Fill:t and

Ge.a.ti.y :to 1425 No.ti..th Ke.lham Ave.nue., :the. p.ti.ue.n.t ;.,de. 06 Ave..ti.y? The. pa.ti.ade. Wa-6 le.d by Pa-6:toJt Ale.x..andVl. and 6oWt ( 4) band/.J .

THAT MM . F1te.ddye. M. CoopVl. be.eame. V,<_11.e.e:t.011. of; the. Cho,<_11. in 7959?

C~:te.ne.d in AvVUJ, .6he. la;te.11. playe.d 6011. :the. Sunday Sehool and :the. J UMOlt ChWteh M a youth. She. I.Jang in :the. eho,<_11. a6:tVt Jte.:t.Wtning 61tom eolle.ge., an.d la;tVt .6he. bee.a.me. V,<_11.e.e:to1t of; :the. Sane:tuaJty Cho,<_11. and Min,<.f.,:te..ti. 06 MU1.Jie wh,<.eh .6he. he.ld un.:til ;.,he. 1te,:t,<.Jt~d no:t !oo long ago .

CHARGE TO THE CHOIRS

Today we. Jte.c.o gruz e. .6 ome. c.ompe..te.nt, de.cllc.a.:te.d .6 e.Jtva.n;t,6 on .the. LoJtd--oWL .6on.g.6.te.Jt.6, pVl..6oYl..6 who play .the. vaJUotU:, iYl.-6.tJtwne.n.t.li a.n.d .tho.6 e. .ttta,,i,n.e.d, c.ommille.d pV'J.i oYl.-6 who cllJte.c..t oUJt c.hoA..M. WUh c.aJt.e.tl~ .6e..le.c..te.d .6on.g.6 06 high qua,U;ty they pltomo.te. .the. .6pA..ll.U o-6 devotion. a.n.d woMhip--he..lp oWL .6ou.Lb .to Jte.a.C;h out .to God. PASTOR STRONG:

To c.e..le.blta.:te. .the. btln.gin.g on the. A1tk. iYLto .the. new Ta.b e.1tn.a.c.le. "Va.vid .6po k.e. .to the. c.hA..e.n on .the. Le.vUu .to appoint .thw b1te..thlte.n. .to be. .the. .6in.ge.Jt.6 with iYl..6.tJtu.me.n.:t-6 o~ mtU:,ic.k., p.6a1.;f:_e.JtA..e..6 a.n.d ha.1tp.6 a.nd c.ymba.l-6, .6ouncli.n.g by lintin.g up .the. voic.e. wUh joy." La.:te.Jt, Va.vid be.ga.n. .the. c.tU:,;tom 06 tU:,in.g c.hoA..M in. .the. Ta.be.1tn.a.c.le. .to .6in.g Tha.n.k.-6 givin.g .to .the. Lo1td .6a.ying, ·"SA..n.g unto him, .6in.g p.6a.lm.6 unto him, 1.iin.g• unto .the. Lond. In the. 6ina.l book on the. P.6a.lm1.i , woMhipe.lt.6 a.1te. iYl.-6.tJtuc..te.d .to plta..,{,.6e. him with the. 1.ioun.d on .tltumpw: prt.LU,6e. him wUh .the. p1.ia.Ue.1ty a.n.d ha.1tp. PJta.il.ie. him with .the. ;t,i__mb1te..l: plta..,{,.6 e. rum wUh 1.i.tJtA..n.ge.d iYl..6.tJtwne.n.:t-6 a.n.d 01tgaY1.1.i. PJta.il.i e. him upon. .the. loud c.ymba.L~- -- "I c.ha.Jtge. you, oUJt c.hoA..M, .to c.on.tin.ue. .to p1twe. .the. Lo1td wUh c.a.1te.nu.Lt.y .6e.le.c..te.d and ne.he.a.Me.d mMic.a.t n.umbVl.-6 a1.i we.U aJ.i .6uila.ble. iM.tltwne.n.;t,~. CHOIRS: We. a.c.c.e.p.t the. c.ha.1tge. c~ oWL .6pA..ll.Uua.l le.a.de.It and tr..e.de.cllc.a;te. oUJt.6 e..lve.J.i .to .6e.Jtve. wUh e.ve.n moJte. c.ommUme.n..t. Be.c.a.tU:,e. we. love. .the. Lotr..d, we. will wotr..k e.v e.n. ha.1tde.Jt .to LU, e. OU,':. va.JtA..otU:, .6 pA..ll.Uua.l gi6.t.6 6011.. HA..-6 glotr..y. We. a.Jte. gtr..a.:te.6ul .tha;t we. may .6e,,-:.ve. Him in ;th,i__,6 mann.e.Jt.

We., .too, ne.a.Uze. .tha;t we. a.Jte. 6oJt..tuna;te. . .to ha.ve. .thue. .ttta,,i,n.e.d, c.ommille.d pe.lt.6oYl..6 .to ptr..ovide. mU.6ic.a.l .6e..le.c.tioYl..6 al.) we. ,6 e.e.k 6Wt.the.It al.i.6A...6.tan.c.e. A..11 plte.prun.g OUJt ,6 pA..JtilJ.i .to Jt e.c.uv e. .the. me.J.i.6a.ge.. We., .too, love. .the. Lo,-:.d a.nd will .tha.n.k Him 6011.. yoWL .6e.1tvic.e.1.i a.nd c.on.tinue. .to pna.y .tha;t a.U 06 ycUJt ac.tiv,i__ilu will be. gu,i__de.d by .the. Holy SpA..ll.U. MEMBERS (sta.nc:li.ng and .i..n Uni.Aon):

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stwaJUi BoaJUi mee.iln.g will be held on Monda.q, Mag 1, 1989 at 6: 30 p. m. he1te at .the chwtc.h. Pleiu e be .i..n att.enda.nc.e!

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AVERY CHAPEL A.M. E. CHUR.CH A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH: "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST" VIV YOU KNOW •• •• ••• • THAT :the. Eig~h Vee.a.de. oo AvVty ' -0 ~:toity ~a.1.> - 1960- 1910? THAT in 1960 a oou.it be.dttoom paJtJ.iona.ge.

Wal.>

pWtcha!.>e.d?

THAT in 7966, :the. AvVty Ch,.Ud CaJte. Ve.velopme.M Ce.Me.It

Wal.>

~:tabwhe.d :to pnovide. -0uppleme.nta1. c.a.Jz.e. oon chil..dJc.e.n oo low income. oa.rru.Li.~ ?

THAT MM . T. R. Pendleton

:the. oiM:t Pll.inupal oo :the.

AvVty Ch,.Ud CaJte. Ve.velopme.M Ce.MVt?

THAT e.nnollme.M in :the. Ce.MVt

Wal.> 111, and :the. budget Wal.> $134, 0.00 which e.na.ble.d pMe.nu :to oUll.:thVt :thw e.duc.a.:ti..on and be.come. gainouily employe.d?

THAT :the. Ka:thll.yn CoopVt NuMVty

ope.ne.d undVt :the. -0pon-00Mhlp oo :the. Ale.x.andVt Pnogn~-0ive. Club? Wal.>

THAT ch,.UdJc.e.n oil.om 2 moMM :to 5½ ye.aJtJ.i wVte. CaJte.d ooll. dull.ing

WOM hip

-0 Vtvic~?

THAT on JanUMy 12, 7969, :the. la-0:t note. on :the. moll.:tgage. paid?

Wal.>

THAT ON MMch 16, 7969, :the. moll.:tgage. bunning oo :the. cUll.ll.e.M

-0de. wa.1.> held with B-L6hop E. WaJtd Nichol-0 oooiua:ting? He. wa.1.> a.1.>-0-L6:te.d by B-L6hop W. R. Wilk.~ and B-L6hop 0. L. ShVtman.

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CHARGE TO WOMEN MISSIONARY SOCIETY ANV Y.P.V. PASTOR STRONG: Toda.y -i..:t ,<.,6 a. ple.a.hWte. to 1te.c.ognize. membvu, 06 the. Women''-> M,<.,61.>ionaJuj Society inc1.u.cli..ng the Young People''-> Viv,<.,6ion. Me.mbe.M thltoughout oUJt Conne.c..:Uona.l ChWtc.h a.Jte united in theilt e.6 6o/L:t6 to "help e.a.c.h woman and youth g1tow in the k.nOVJle.dge. a.nd e.x.pe.Jtie.nc.e. 06 God thll.ough H,<.,6 Son, Ju~ CM.,t,6t, thM c.ha.lle.nging them ;t,o ltUpond to God''-> 1te.dempilve. plan in ;t,he. wo/tld. " They e.nde.avolt to meet the. c.hanging ne.e.~ a.nd c.onc.e.JtM 06 women. and youth .thll.ough in.te.Mive. .tlta.ining, 1te.c.1tuitme.nt a.nd Ch/t,<.,6.tA..a.n. witnUhing. Any AvVUjltite. ma.y join ;t,he. Women''-> M,<.,61.>ion.a.Jty Soc.ie.;ty and be.c.ome. a membe.Jt olt Ml.>oc.ia.te. me.mbe.Jt. OWt Young Pe.ople.' '-> Viv,<.,6ion ,<.,6 moving ~he.ad with new and e.nthM,ta..oilc. le.ade.Mhip with in.tent to p1tovide. ouJt youth with me.a.ning6ul le.ade.Mhip e.x.pe.Jtie.nc.e. M well M oppoJU:u.nitie.,o .to pa.Jttic.ipate. in ;t,he. ;t.o;t,a.l mi.Mi.on 06 ;t,he. c.huJtc.h.

WOMEN''S MISSIONARY SOCIETY: We. ll..e.ne.w oWt de.die.at.ion and c.ommitme.nt to God and ;t.o ;t,h,t,6 c.hUJtc.h. We pJtay that the. LoJtd will guide., iMpi.Jte. and 1.>uppoJU: M M we. 1.>;t.Jtive. to 6ulf,ill oUJt m,<.,61.>ion. Jte.,opoMibiii;t,iu in ;t,h,t,6 c.hWtc.h. We. thank ouJt LoJtd that you. have. Jte.de.dic.ate.d youJt Uvu .to .t/Uli pa.Jttic.ula.Jt 1.>e.Jtvic.e.. We p!taff that o;t.he.M will fioUOVJ yoUJt ex.ample. and be.c.ome. du.upaying me.mbe.M ofi ouJt M,<.,61.>,i..ona.ltlj Soc.idy. Thll.ough ;t,he. guidanc.e. ofi the Holy Spilu:t we will 1.>u.ppoJU: you ~n yoWt p!toje.w hoping that oUJt c.hWtc.h will c.on.tinu.e. .to inc.Jte.Me. in unity and in hpi.Jtit. MEMBERS (st.anding and in. Uni.hon):

See ba.c.k 6oJt a bltie.fi H,<.,6;t.oll.ic.al Jkdc.h

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i AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH "REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST"

A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH:

VIV YOU KNOW.: .....

THAT -t.he. runth Ve.c.ade. 06 Avvuj' -6 pll.o6ound IU-6t.011.y WM 79 70- 79 80?

THAT 6ollow-i.ng ;tile buJtn.i.n.g 06 the. c.huJtc.h moll.tgage on

the. c.Ull.ll.e.n.;t -6de. in 7969 , Rev . Robv-J: H. A.tex.ande.Jt c.omp.e.e.:ted a .:aoe.nty- tf11te.e lje.all. te.nuJte.--- tonge.Jt tlian. any o-t.he.Jt pMtori.. in the h-<.I.Jtoll.y 06 Ave.Jty?

THAT d

wa/2 in 197 5 that PMt.011. Ale.x.a.nde.Jt WM ,'l.eM.oigne.d, and Rev. Nathaiuet C. IJtving wa/2 appo.i.iu:e.d to .6uc.c.eed Rev . Atex.an.dc':.?

THAT du.,~._,i.;tg Rc.v. hvin9 1 .5 pastollate -c!tellC. p c ':.c.c.n.t i.ne,'LC.a,s c rn mC!..r.lo c;;.,.5 Ii i.p?

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THAT Rc.v . I tvin9 . be.li.c.t·i.;:g tha.t "a ZC'.ev'u1-t,"a .:_;,:c:. ,_; L6 a g,'l.ow.<.ng c./w.,":.c.'1 11 ' enc.oUJi.age.d me.mbe~'i..6 U : Sf!...d{r, .thu.o g1tcw,C:,ng i..11 ,?..bili,,t£r tC' s vi. v e?

THAT Bible Study C.tevs.oc.s

Welle

at we.e.ki.y cn--te::.t,·cu.. s?

THAT new me.mbe.M we.Jte. e.nc.ouJtage.d to .otudy " Know YouJt ChuJtc.h" ?

THAT c.ouMe..6 we.Jte lle.gu£a:-._,ly ofifie.Jte.d fiOJt the. -<.mpll.c ve.me.n.;t 06 Sunday Sc.hoof ,teac.he.M?

THAT dUIL-<-ng tlU-6 de.c.ade. , the. Sunday Sc.hoo.e. wM the Jte.upie.nt 06 va1t-<-e.d c.onne.c.t-<.onal honoM?

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CHARGE TO STEWARVESSES PASTOR

STRONG: . Lt J./2 my ple.aJ.iWte. :to. p1te1.ie.n:t oU:Jt -6:te.wa1tde1.i-0e1.i in.

Jtc.r_ogYUtion. 06 :the. -6Vtvic..e..o wh,i,c..h . :the.y _Jte.n.de.Jt :to oWt c..on.gJte.ga;(j.on.. They ha.ve. be.e.n c.h0.oe.n be.c..a.lL6e. :the.y a.1te -6,(,-6:te.Jt-6 on good c..ha1ta.c..te.1t and in. 1te.guhut -6:ta.n.din.g a..o me.mbVt-6 on AvVtff. The.y a1te. e..ope.ua.Uy c..ha1tge.d wilh p1tovidin.g the. ne.c..e.-6-6aJT..y_ e.le.me.n:t-6 no.It :the. Holy Commun,i,on and :to ma.ke. p1te.pa1ta.t,i,on no.It a.U ba.pWm-6. We. p1tay tha.t :the.y w,i,,e,,e, c..ont,i,nue. :to 6oUow the. gu,i,da.nc..e. on :the. Holy Sp,{,/t,{,;t_ and -6e.Jtve. wilh an cum :to ple.aJ.i e. God in a.U :tha.t :the.y do.

STEWARVESSES:

We. ac.c.e.p:t :the. c..ha1tge. on oWt .op,{,/t,{,;t.ua.f le.a.de.It and 1te.de.dic..a.te. oWt.oe.lvv.i :to .oVtve. wilh e.ve.n mo11.e. c..ommilie.n:t. Be.c..a.lL6e. we. love. the. Lo.ltd, we. w,i,,e,,e, WoJtk e.ve.n ha.JtdVt :to lL6e. OWt -6p,{,Jt,i,:tua.l g-ln:t-6 n011. H,{,-6 gla11.y. We. a.Jte. g.!ta.te.6 ul tha.t we. may -6 e.Jtv e H-lm in .tlli ma.nnVt. MEMBERS (In un,{,-6on a.nd -6:ta.nding): We. :tha.nk oWt Lo.ltd :tha.t you ha.ye. Jte.de.dic..a.te.d yoWt uve.-6 :to :tw v_v;..y -6pe.ua.l .oe.Jtvic..e.. We. .oha.U Jte.c.uve. yoWt -6e.Jtvic..e..o wilh love. a.nd' glta.t.Uude. hoping :tha.:t oWt c.hWtc.h may inc.1te.a..oe. in unily a.nd in -6pJ.!u.;t.

AVERY CHAPEL A.M.E. CHUR.CH

A BRIEF HISTOR.ICA.L SKETCH:

"Re.6,te.c.:tionli ON THE PAST''

VIV YOU KNOW •••• •• •• THAT 7980 - 798 9 ,u.:, the Ten.:th Vee.a.de 06 Avvz.y'-6 H,u.:,tony? I

THAT Rev. Na;tharu.el C. Invin.g en.c.ouJtaged membe.M to -6tudy? Tha;t n.w me.mbe.M we.n.:t thnough a tJz.a)_n,,i_n.g pnoc.~-6 and wvz.e. e.n.c.01.u:.aged to -6.tudy "Kn.ow You.Jt ChuJtc.h?

THAT c.o~~ wvz.e. o66vz.e.d 60~ the imp~ove.me.n.:t 06 Sun.day Sc.hoof. te.adie.M?

THAT the Invin.g {iamily -6Vtve.d a./2 hMU 60~ an Annual New Ye.AA' -6 din.n.vz. {io~ all. c.huJtc.h me.mbe.M? THAT, -i..n. 19 86 Rev . Invin.g WM ~e.M-6ign.e.d to Bethel A. M. E.

Chu.Jtc.h in. Ld;tte. Roc.k and appointed Ve.an o{i Ac.ade.mic. A6{ia-i..M a;t Jae.Iv.ion. Theological Se.min.My a;t Shorvtvz. College?

THAT Rev . Leofu Suon.g wa-6' then -bent to Avvz.y 6~om Pine

Blu6 6, Anfw..n.-6a-6?

THAT, ON Jan.auJty 1, 7987, Rev. Hanvey Po.tu bec.ame ou.Jt A-6-6-i..-6ta.n.t Min.,u.:, t Vt? . THAT a ~ev-i..val Wa-6 held in MMc.h, 7987? THAT a Bi c.en.:ten.n.,,i,a.,t Rally Celeb~on. wa-6 held in. Feb~uMy,

7987?

THAT the. young Women. ' -6 CM-Wtian Fu.low-6/up -6pon.-6o~e.d

6-i..Mt Fe.Uow-6h-i..p and Me.mbe.Mh-i..p Tea?

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THAT a van Wa-6 puJtc.ha-bed and a van min.,u.:,uy begun? THAT anothvz. p~on.age. Wa-6 pu.Jtc.ha-6ed

at a c.o-6t o{i $120,000?

THAT a new Tape. Vupuc.a;to~ Wa./2 given by MM. N..ua.Jl. Pfull-i..p-6? THAT a Cen.:ten.n.,,i,a.,t Celeb~at-i..on. 60~ the 700th b~hday 06 AvVUJ Wa,6 held 6~om MMc.h-May, 7989n

CHAR.GE TO CLUBS PASTOR. STRONG: Ve.aJWJ be.lot!e.d, toda.y we. )(_e_c.ogruze. and au;c.e.pt 601t 1te.de.cli.c.a.tion membeJt).i 06 6ive. (5) c.hi.bJ.i who, th/tough the. ye.a.M, have. give.n !.:it/tong J.iuppoltt to Ave.1ty.

To membeJt).i 06 thue. c.lubJ.i: Ple.Me. !.:it.and: Ale.x.ande.1t P1tog1tMJ.iivu, Ave.1ty Foll.um, VaughteJt).i 06 Aile.n, Wiiling Wo1tke.1tJ.:, and Young Wome.n'J.i ChJr.,,i,J.:,tian Fe.ilowJ.ihip. We. 11.,e, j oic.e. that you Me. unde.d 6oil. the. pMpoJ.i e. o6 MJ.i,tJ.:,ting ,th,t!.:, c.hMc.h in the. pe.1t601tmanc.e. 06 ili ·m,tJ.:,J.iion. We. give. thank!.:, 60/t the. gi6:t.J.:i and g1tac.u you on6e.1t and p1tay that we. ail may be. 6aith6u1. in oU/t de.vat.ion and J.ie.1tvic.e. 601t the. glo1ty 06 oM Lo1td and SavioUfl., JuuJ.:i Ch/t,tJ.:,t.

CLUBS: We. 1te.ne.w oU/t de.cli.c.ation to God and to th,t!.:, c.hMc.h whic.h we. de.light to J.ie.ltve.. We. pltom,tJ.:,e, to c.ontinue. giving c.he.e.1t6ully 06 oM time., e.ne.1tgy, tale.nu and me.anJ.:i j:,o J.iuppoltt the. wo1tk o-6 ;th,t!.:, c.ong1te.gation • . we. p1tay that we. will a.1.wayJ.i have. a 11.,e.ady will to obe.y the. wo1td and to J.ie.1tve. 601t the. glony 06 oM Lo1td.

MEMBERS (Stancli.ng and in uni!.:ion):

We. ne.joic.e. to 1te.c.ogruze. you M J.ipe.ual gnoupJ.i unde.d to J.ie.1tve. in the. wonk. we. J.ih.atte. M me.mbe,/1.,J.:, toge.the.It in th,t!.:, c.ongne.gation. We. thank. God that you have. de.cli.c.ate.d yoM uvu to th,t!.:, J.i e.1tvic.e. and be.lie.ve. that toge.the.It we. J.ihall 1te.ne.w oU/t mini!.:itlty to b/t,tnging , m'a.ny to a f.iaving k.nowle.dge. 06 oWt Lo1td, J MU!.:i ChltiJ.:it. ,I,

Unde.d we. pnay: Thy k.ingdom c.ome.; the.y will be. done. on e.Mth M it ,tJ.:, _in he.ave.n. And to th,t!.:, e.nd we. de.cue.ate. ouMe.lvu in the. name. 06 the. Fathvz., and 06 the. Son, and ·06 the. Holy Spbut. Amen

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THE OCCASION

We are here today for a very significant and special occasion. The occasion is the dedication and .J}allling of the Nilar Jewel Phillips Chapel of Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. This beautiful we dedicate by chapel today has been made possible the generosity of our dear Sister Philllips and by the grace of our loving Heavenly Father. dear and We thank Sister Phillips for her supplies, painting, generous gifts of pews, carpeting, and other materials and workmanship. This latest gift of a chapel today is many on a long list of gifts Sister Phillips just one of has shared Phillips, with her church family. Sister we thank you and we thank God for you. Brother Leroy Glenn has spent many liours renovating, resurfacing, refinishing, refurbishing and remodelih~" to give this chapel a "church-like" atmosphere. Brother Glenn, )'vU have our never-ending gratitude and appreciation for the care and love which has gone into your workmanship. We trust and pray that all who enter this chapel way which helps God's presence them to experience now these three remain: of the is Love". greatest "And

Faith,

hope . and

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use it and love.

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PROCESSIONAL

"TO GOD BE THE GLORY"

HYMNOF DEDICATION

IN THE GARDEN

THE INVOCATION

BRO. BRUCE RANDOLPH

THE LITANY OF DEDICATION

BRO. JAMES LOVE, LEADER

THE DEDICATORYPRAYER

SIS.

RUBY FLEMING

THE ACT OF DEDICATION

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCCASION AND RECESSIONAL

, RECESSIONAL

DR. LILLIANTINE FIELDS

"BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS"

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(Recess GRACE

into

Conference

Room) BRO. KENNETH HUDSON

THE LITANY OF DEDICATION Leader: People:

Leader:

People: Leader: People: Leader:

People: Leader: People:

Leader:

People:

How amiable are thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of Hosts. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord, my heart and my flesp God. crieth out for the Âˇliving Yea, the sparrow hath fqund a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, 0 Lord of Hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they will be still praising thee. Blessed 1s the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the ways of them. Who p~sing . through the valley of Baca make it a well: the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 0 Lord God of Hosts, hear ~ 7 prayer, give ear 0 God of Jacob. Behold, 0 God our shield, and look upon the face of thine annointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a the thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . . For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory, no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly . 0 Lor_d of Hosts, blessed is the man that trustetli in Thee.

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THE ACT OF DEDICATION

Pastor:

People: Pastor:

People:

Pastor:

People: Pastor:

People:

In the

name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit we dedicate the Nilar Jewel of Avery Chapel African Phillips Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church to the glory of God and the service of His kingdom and the human family. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. For the worship of God in prayer and praise; For the preaching of the everlasting gospel; For the celebration of the Holy Sacraments; We dedicate this Chapel. For the comfort of all who mourn; For strength who tempted; For light to those to those who seek the way; We dedicate this Chapel. For the hallowing of family life; For the and guiding the young; teaching For the perfecting of the saints; We dedicate .this Chapel. the For the conversion of >sinners; For of righteousness.: ., For the extension promotion of the Kingdom of God. We dedicate this Chapel. In gratitude for the labors of all who love and serve this church; In loving remembrance course; In of those who have finished their through the • hope of a blessed . . immortality Jesus Christ OUr Lord; We dedicate this Chapel. Beloved, we have now set apart this place to be none other than the place where God lives, the awesome entrance to heaven; however, such a dedication is vain without the solemn consecration of those whose gifts and labors arc herein represented, let us now give ourselves anew to the service of God, that the fruits of our labor may tend to the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom. We dedicate ourselves anew to the worship of Almighty God, the service of bwnankind, in obedience to the commission of Our Lord, who sent us into the world to be His witnesses. Amen.

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1r1c Âˇ. CHURCH TERMS AND SYMBOLS

compiled by the "Kits Committee" 1990 Twelfth Episcopal District Leadership Congress (African Methodist Episcopal Church) '

AISLE:

Space between rows of pews (main aisle and side aisles)

ALMS BASON:

Large plate into whicQ offering plates are placed.

ALTAR:

The most important furnishing of the church, a table of wood or stone placed in the Sanctuary facing the congregation. It may be against the wall or Âˇfree-standing. At the Altar the Holy Communion is conseqrated and administered, and worship is conducted.

ALTAR CROSS: Cross which is alway~ on the Altar. ALTAR RAIL:

The railing which enclosed the Sanctuary and at which the communicants kneel.

AMEN:

Hebrew, translated by Luther as "yes, yes, it shall be so." A response indicating assent, said or sung at the end of payers, hymns, and anthems.

ANTEPENDIUM: Latin for "to hand before." Ornament cloth paraments hung before the altar, pulpit and lecturn.

ANVIL:

Symbol of African Methodist Episcopal Church, which relates to its orgin as the church was founded in a blacksmith shop. The anvil speaks to our belief of self-help and responsibility.

APPLIQUE:

An embroidered ornament (symbol) applied to paraments.

APSE:

Latin for "arch." The rectangular or semi-circular recess at the front of the church in which the altar stands.

BAPTISTRY:

Where the sacrament of Holy Baptism is administered.

BELFRY:

Church tower containing church bells.

BRACKET: (SANCTUARY BRACKET): Shelf in sanctuary on epistle side for

holding alms plate and offering plates. CANDLES:

Symbolical of Jesus as the light of the world. When two are used on either side of the Cross, they represent His two natures.

CHANCEL:

The Sanctuary of the church raised by steps above the level of the Nave.

COLORS:

Five liturgical colors are used symbolically in the paraments of the Altar, Pulpit and Lecturn. The following listing indicates when the various colors are used:

Sundays in Advent

Christmas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violet

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . • . . White

Sundays after Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White

Epiphany and following Sundays . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . White Pre-Lenten S1J.11days ................ ... ... . . .. .. .. ........... Green Sundays and other days in Lent up to good Friday . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • Violet

Maundy Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violet Good Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black

Easter and the following Sundays of the Season . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . White

Pentecost (Whitsunday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red

Trinity Sunday and first Sunday following . . . Other Sundays after Trinity Sunday . . . . . . . . Harvest Festival, Reformation Sunday, Church Anniversary, Dedication, Martyrs' Days Thanksgiving Day and All Saints' Day . . . . . .

. . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . White . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . • . . . . . . . •·• . • • • . . . . . Red • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red

CROSS:

On the Altar in the church; symbolic of Christ's atonement.

DOOR:

A symbol of Christ. John 10:9

DOVE:

The descending dove represents peace and purity and is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32.

ELEMENTS:

The bread and wine used in Holy Communion and the water used in baptism.

EWER:

A pitcher-like vessel in which the water for baptism is brought to the font.

FONT:

Latin for "fountain". Contains water for Baptism.

GRAPES:

On the vine, they represent Christ and his disciples. John 15:5.

LECTERN: Latin for "to read". A desk or stand opposite the pulpit for the Bible from which the lessons are read. The Easter Lily symbolizes the Resurrection.

LILY: NARTHEX: NAVE:

The vestibule entered by the main entrance and usually stretching across the entire end or front of the church. Latin for "ship." Area that extends from the Narthex to the Chancel. This area contains pews for worshippers. It is separated by the Communion Rail.

PARSONAGE:

Residence of "parson" or minister. Same as manse or rectory.

PRIE-DIEU: (French) "Pray to God." A movable prayer desk with a kneeler for use in services by the clergy or by anyone in private devotions. PULPIT:

Latin for "raised platform." The place from which the sermon is delivered. Usually raised so that the speaker may be easily seen by the congregation.

REGISTERED BOARD: Similar to hymn board, Has information related to roll,offering, and attendance (usually in Church School). SACRAMENTAL LIGHTS:

SANCTUARY:

SEDILIA: TRANSEPT:

VAULTED:

The two Altar Candles representing the human and divine natures of Christ. (The two Altar Candles on either side of the Cross.)

The elevated place where the Altar stands in the Chancel, and where the ordained servant of the congregation leads the worship. Seats for the clergy officiating at worship service.

In a cross-shaped (cruciform) church, the part that corresponds to the arms of the cross. There is the south transept area and the north transept area. When looking down upon the arrangement from above, the church would appear in the shape of a cross. The part that corresponds to the arm of the cross is the Transept. The doomed or arched structure of a ceiling.

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1. Increased involvement of members in all aspects of the church progTa.m, 2. Increased love, respect and unity among the bret.\~eu, J. Increased spiritual uplift through worship and study of the Word.

It appeared that his :,ajar objectives are:

Uncier his leadership ::.any ?r0Jects have been success:'::lly ;:ompleceo··such as che ~urchase of a parsonage; a ;::sccmized cover for the Sunaav 3ulleci3, the public3cion .:ii a Church Oireccory and ~urcnase oi a Church Van .

~ei;,c oi :he ".-Ul Civic :-li;nc Service Award" :or human1::1r:.an service co ?ine Blui:: and .:ei::erson County. Since ~is appoint=enc :o Avery, Jr. Strong now serves on the 3oard of ~ireccors oi the Ur:an League of Greater Ok..laho:na C!:y, !cc., and on the ooarc of Directors of :he Area ~ide -~ency on ~ing.

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seccs ona ..:Jlvar:, ~lE C.urc~ in 3rcoKlyn. :~ev Yer~ .. C:;r~cncly ~e is .1 =e:noer oi :::e ~eneral 3oarc o i :he A.~.! . .:-;;u::-c:~ ::xecuc:.ve C.:>=miittee. :~e Ccnnec:!onal Council. :,i :::e ..;.'!E C:iurc:: ::xecut!ve C.:=itcee ana Shorter C.:ille~e

3eiore co:n1n5! to Aver;, ::e served as ?ascor for 31X .;c::er ::nurcnes ~::cludinl! ~t . .:onn ..;.~:: C!::urcn, ?ine 3lui::, .;,rx.ansas; ..;r.:int ..1na cvo 3ec~eJ. .~'!E c~urc::es i:1 ~seacnu-

Jr. Stron~ has servea as ?astor or Avery Chapel .~'1£ -:~urcn :or one conierence ::ear. :!e !.s a graauate of :he ooston t:n1·:ers1ty :Scnool o: ::ieolo~y ·..11tn a :::aior in ?as:oral Counsel!a5!. He holds an Honorary Joc:ornce oi :1v1nity ~roM Shorter Colle~e.

DR. LEODIS STRONG

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Benediction

Doxology

Remarks

Offering •••.•••......•..•..•.••••••••• Finance Co111J1ittee

·Invitation to Discipleship

Speaker ...................•....... Dr. James Gavin, III

Avery Forum ............... . ..... Juanita Holloway Senior Ushers . ........ . .......•.... R. D. Williams Junior Ushers ...••................ Danyel Moulden Bettye Moulden ...•••......•.........• Van Ministry Khaliliah Smith ......•............•.. Y.P.D. 'ers

Mini Presentations (2 minutes) :

Selection .......•..........•.•.... •...... McGuire Center Senior Citizen 1 s Choir

Prayer Scripture Mini Presentations (2 minutes): Walter Seward ..............• • ..•••••••.• Stewards Eva Jackson .•••••.•...••.•.........•• Stewardesses Harold Beatty .....................• .. ..•. Trustees Helen Miller •....•............••..... Missionaries Emily Nelson ......•....•.•......••.. Class Leaders Albert Yarbrough ............•.•.. Lay Organization

Opening Selection •....•••••......•. ...••• McGuire Center Senior Citizen 1 s Choir

P R O G R A MME

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1425 North Kelham Avenue

Church 73117

Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal

DR. AND MRS, LEODIS STRONG, PASTOR

HONORING

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4:00 O'clock P.M.

Sunday, August 12, 1990

PASTOR'S APPRECIATION SERVICE

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••••.•••..•..••••••.....••••••••• Pastor Strong

Benediction

Doxology

Remarks

Offering •••••••••••••••• • ••••••••••••• Finance Co11111ittee

Invitat~on to Discipleship

Speaker .••••••••••.••••...•••• •..• Dr. James Gavin, III

Avery Forum ••••................. Juanita Holloway Senior Ushers ...........•.........• R. D. Williams Junior Ushers . . .••.... • .• • ••• . •• .. Danyel Moulden Bettye Moulden .•..•••. • .•••• •. •• • ..•. Van Ministry Khaliliah Smith ..••.•••.•.••.•.•••••• Y.P.D. 'ers

Mini Presentations (2 minutes) :

Selection ...••.•••••.•••••.•..•••• • ... • •• McGuire Center Senior Citizen's Choir

Opening Selection ••••••••••••••••••••.•.. McGuire Center Senior Citizen's Choir Prayer Scripture Mini Presentations (2 minutes): Walter Seward •...••.•••..••••••••••••••• Stewards Eva Jackson •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Stewardesses Harold Beatty •••...••••.•..• • •.••••.••••• Trustees Helen Miller .••. • .••••..•.••.•...•... Missionaries Emily Nelson •••••....••.........•.•• Class Leaders Albert Yarbrough ...............•. Lay Organization

P R O G R A MME ---------

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1425 North Kelham Avenue

Church 73117

Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal

DR . AND MRS. LEODIS STRONG~ PASTOR

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PASTOR'S APPRECIATION SERVICE

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• The Friends ............ .

• The Children

. Mrs. Marie Wilson

Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church

.......... Rev. Leodis Strong, Pastor

Mrs. Lois M. Childs

• The Neighbors ..........

• The Church ..................... .

THE REMARKS:

THE POEM

Ms. Michelle Thomas

.......... Rev. Harvey Potts

THE GRACE

THE MUSICAL SELECTION

........... Ms. Carol Childs

THE OCCASION ........... .

THE DINNER

Rev. Prince Maxwell, Jr.

THE HOLY SCRIPTURE

.. Rev. N. C. Irving

Mr. Herman Johnson

THE MUSICAL SELECTION

THE PRAYER .................. .

Rev. Casey Childs, II

THE WELCOME

THE PROGRAM

'The 50 tfi Jllnniversary Ce{ebration for Casey and 'Eu{a Cfii{cfs

Special Thanks

Kenneth Alphonso Childs

Michael Ray Childs

Freddie Don Childs

Casey James Childs, II

Carol Jean Childs

THE CHILDREN

........................ Mr. Herman Johnson

Casey and Eula Childs

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Banks

Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

THE BENEDICTION

THE MUSICAL SELECTION

THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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"If my people, which a.re called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. II CHRONICLES 7:14 I,

Due to the enthusiastic reception of our Tuesday night Prayer and Bible

Study, and

ttie nurn0rn11s requests that it he continued.

we have committed

ourselves as a dwrc:h to meet on Tuesdays for this spiritual enrichment.

Please

continue tc join 11s each and every Tuesday at 7:00 PM for this uplifting of our !,vnL

~Study to slicw thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth' not to be ashamed, rightly dividing tile word cf trutl1".

H Timoth.>' 2:1.5

Our spiritual pra.)'er leader, ti,e dynamic Rev. Leodis Strong· shall guide u ::;

to ward spiritual renewal by uniting ou1· hearts and minds I hrough

PRAYER THAT

BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE WHILE INCORPORATJNG BinLE STUDY WIIICH WILL SUPPLY VS WlTH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WORD.

Our leader in God 's church lias been

.-;;trong not onl,y in the Spirit, but also bless by tlie calling of our Lord and ,, Savior tc:. ~et the right example for others to follow. This means that Stewards, Tr 11stees, Class Leaders, Missionaries, S tc wal'desses, Musicians, Choir Direct.ors, Choir

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KNOWLI:;DGEABLE persons who ar e consecrated unto the Lord.

ANYTHING LESS

THAN THAT WILL NOT ALLOW US TO BE EFFECTIVE SERVANTS OF GOD--AND PEOPLE--IN HIS CHURCH! Remember and continue to reserve your Tuesdays for the Lord. THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER & POWER IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WORD.

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Mrs. Virgie Johonson

Her love and dedication to humanity gained the respect and love of those who knew her young and old. She served as President of Stewardess Board Number Two for more than twelve years.

Lovingly Submitted, Dave Johanson

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Ethel Mae Johnson She was active member over 50 years, was over all Stewardess boards and President of Stewardess Board #1 until her death. Member of the Missionary Board. A faithful member and worker. Always greeted you with a smile.

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In Loving Memory Of

!Rposeve[t YI.. ![[eming My Beloved Husband

Roosevelt A. Fleming was a devout Christian. One of Avery Chapel's most Dedicated and Faithful Members. He served in many positions and was a Trustee for more than thirty years. Rubye C. Fleming, Wife

Throughout his life, Edward Richardson was known for his sense of caring for all people and his enduring love for family. He served as a Senior Steward for thirty years. Submitted by Wife, Lanzetta Richardson

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In Loving Memory of Our Parents Lena and Jewel E. Lyday (1914-1992)

(1912-1991)

We Love You Eternally, Romie, Joyce, Marcus, Charles, Lo~s, Gwen, & Kermit 843

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Mrs. Marcella Guthrie She has always inspired others by her loving, living and giving. A very sizeable donation is given each year to Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church for students scholarships. Submitted by Husband, William Guthrie

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Mrs. Earl Townsend Joined Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church in 1901 Class Leader Gospel Choir Member Organized the Missionary Unit named in memory of her mother, Etta L. Smit Mother of Mrs. Lanzetta Richardson

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Mrs. Etta L. Smith Lifetime member of the Executive Boards of the District, Conference, and State Missionary Societies. President of the Laura L. Turner Missionary Society for twenty-five years. Grandmother of Mrs. Lonzetta Richardson.

ANNI.JAL LAURA

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TURNER

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MISSIONARY

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:I"HE WOMEN• S MISSIONARY

Facing

Ch:r.-ist:i..an

T arranie Tho.rnpson Kemp, A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y bf S t a t e o f Ok1ahoma

SOCIETY.

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State

A v e r y Chape1 A-M-E- Ch-..i.rch, Dr- L e o d i s S t r o n g , P a s t o r

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Women's M i s s i o n a r y President, LaJoyce

Society La~ton ,.;

The .llost Rt. Rev. Frederic.t Hilborn Talbot, Presiding Bishop Dr. L. B. Quinn, Presiding Elder Dr. Leodis Strong, Pastor Bro. Bruce M.1-.dulph :.n., Licen&!e ·***ANNUAL .IIISSIONARY I>AY*** THE CELEBRATION OF DIVINE WORSHIP AND PRAISE .IIA Y 30, 1993

"I will sing to the Lord all •Y life; I will sing praise to •Y God; as long as I Jive. May •Y aeditation be pleasing to Hill, As _I rejoice in the Lord. " (Psa 104:33-34) SILENT MEDITATION/ORGAN PRELUDE•••••••••

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THE INTROIT•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• "We Have Coae Into This House" "We have coae into this house, To gather in His naae and worship Him. We have coae into this house, To gather in His naae and worship Hill. We have coae into this house, To gather in ffis '.naae, Worship ffia, Christ the Lord. So, torg-et abouf yourself And concentrate on Hill and worship Ria. So, forget about yourself And concentrate on Hi• and worship Hi• Worship Ria, Christ the Lord. Let us lift up holy hands And aagnify His naae and worship Ria. Let us -l ift up holy . han_d s .:· . And aagnity His naiae .atid .worship Ria. Worship Hia, Christ the Lord." PROCESSIONAL, Ryan No. 520•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• "We're Marching- To Zion" DOXOLOGY . 'fRE CALL TO WORSHIP

****Congregation Standing-****

Sis. Devondra Love

Leader:

We are coamitted to walking- with God each day.

People:

Wh~n God wants a thing done, He seeks out peopie to do it. There is no Jiait to what God can do when He gets people who are really dedicated to ffi.aselt.

Leader:

We dedicate ourselves to Ria.

Let the Lord's People Bring the Lord's Money To the Lord's House On the Lord's Day For the Lord's Work And receive the Lord's Blessings. (Malachi 3:10) PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS................................................. Unit Treasurers

We give Thee but Thine own9 What-e'er the gift aay be; · All that we have. is thine alone A trus4 0 Lord9 fro• Thee. Aaen• .,,..

OFFERING SELECTION•••••.•.•••••.•••••••••••.••••••••••••••••: ••••• •••••.•.••••.••.•••.•·•••••••••••••• Woaen's Choir ,. OFFERTORY RESPONSE (No. 645)•••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• .............. '!We Give Thee But Thine Own" .

lfEAfORIAL SERVICE•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••• Dr. Lillia.ntyne Fi.elds ALTAR PRAY.ER..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••~----~•••••••••••••••••••••••••••~••~•••••••••• ~is. Eail.,y Helson

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER.••••••••••••••••••••••••••; .~ •• ................... ................ Sis. LaJoyce Lawton CHORAL SELECTION•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••;.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Woaen 's Choir

SPEAKER....................................................;: ...... .........................~ e Thoapson Keap 7 ' -. , t Secretary al State State al Oklahoaa INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP (Hyliln No.221)................................. "Lilt Hill Up" APPEAL TO JOIN MISSIONARY SOCIETY•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Lovie Factory REAIARKS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

....... ............ ••••••••• Sis. LaJoyce Law ton,

President

MISSIONARY BENEDICTION.................. .............................. "In the Naae of the Triune of God" .

People:

We dedicate our lives to God coapletely. _, ··We are. willing to obey Ria, and we pledge ourselves to take a stand>ifor ' i-ighteons~-~ ~$i

Leader:

We are coaaitted to walking with God each ,day., ft~.',

People:

As Christians~' 'Ye .tbow- that we'are.:·coaaissioned·to witness, to tell the good

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Leader:

We are coaaitted to waJJwigr with Gad. -~ ~h day.,:,

All:

We will abide in Ria and He in us•..,. Thro.ugh .us .His strength and love will flow to others. "He who abi4es iri •~anif-f int.hia,· b~.it-is that bears auch fruit. "

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. HYMN OF PRAISE, Ryan No._92•••••~•••··•··••···••••···•·•••• .• •·••••-·••·-•••••"Praise llilll! Praise Ilia!" ;

~NVOCATION••••••••••••••••'!". . . . .. ......................~•••··••·••••••·••·••··•••·••·•••••••••••••••Dr.Judit.h WaJcefield

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THE CHO.UL RESPONSE .......................................................... "We Need To Hear Fro• You!" ..".· ·······w•·;' 11eed to hear froa you• ., . . We need a word fro• you. If we don 't ·hear "f~o- you, What will we do? Wanting you aore each day. Show us your perfect way. There is no other ·way•-· That we can live.

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CHORAL SELECTION•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••-•••••••··•••••·•·•••••••••••••••···••••·••··•••·•·•••••"o•en 's Choir HOLY SCRIPTURE ....................................................................................Sis. Bettye lfoulden .

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DECAioouE......................~.~••!•--•••••••••••-•--•••••••••..••••~•••••••••••••••••••••••••..•••••Sis. Lillian llayes

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CONC.ERNS OF OUR CHURCH AND COMMUNITY AND RECOONITION OF VISITORS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sis. Vic.lei Maillard

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Avery Chapel Annual Missionary Day May 30, 1993 ~:30 p.a. LaJoyce Lawton Presiding

PROGRAMME OPENING SONG PRAYER •••••••••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mrs • Jle<J~n Pii.11 er

GREETINGS •..••.. .....•••.•.•••.••••......•..••..••••....••••••.•..•.•..•...•..•.• • Lela StrongMUSICAL SELECTION . ..•.... .. .................................................. . Avery Mass Choir

INSTRUMENIALSOLO ........................................................ ..... Nicole Augustine READING . .....................................................................•.. . Erika Patton

SOLO •••.••.••.•••••.••••••••.••.•••••••••.••••••••••.•••..•.•...••••••.••.·,••••• Tajuana Harr is SKIT • •....•.•..•.......•.....•........•.........••......... . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Solidarity

In God"

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President

BENEDICTION