6:00pm-7:00pm: Early Conference Registration and Hospitality Hour 7:00pm-7:30pm: Pre-Service Prayer 7:30pm-10:30pm: Evening Worship *Apostle Raymond Keith (Refuge in Kentucky Church, Louisville, KY) will serve as the guest speaker.
“Celebrating our past and reimagining our future” Scripture: Acts 2:17 •Devotional Worship (Missionary Ava Gardner, Lady Verbena Boone, Missionaries from the VND and youth from the VND) •Greetings from the VND Missionary President Missionary Queen Nash •Processional of Missionaries Designee •Opening Selection VND Missionaries •Official Opening of the VND Fall Conference Bishop Roy Johnson •Introduction of the Mistress of Ceremony Lady Valarie Thomas •Greetings from Mistress of Ceremony-Lady Blossom Fallie/Missionary Mildred Radcliff •Welcome Address Mother Bernice Hill/Mother Mary Brown •Response to the welcome Guest •Selection by Guest Choir Voices of Praise from the Morning Star Baptist Church •Offering VND Missionary Officers
•Selection by Guest Choir Voices of Praise from the Morning Star Baptist Church •Introduction of Speaker Designee •Evening Message Apostle Raymond Keith •Altar call •Remarks •Benediction
7:00am-8:00am: Morning Prayer 8:00am-9:00am: Mother Edith Johnson Prayer Breakfast (open to all) *Breakfast Theme: Don’t Let Go: Stand! *Scripture: Ephesians 6: 13-19 *Teaching: Chosen To: 1 Peter 2:9 Lady Verbena Boone, speaker Grow:II Peter 3:18 Missionary Cheryl Lindsey, speaker Glow: (Matthew 5:14-16) Missionary Glorydine Pryor, speaker Go: (Mark 16:15-20) Lady Blossom Fallie, speaker *Overview of the Topic Designee *Thank you Offering Designee *Memorial Mother Q. Davis;Lady V. Johnson; Mo A. Fallie *Spotlight Missionary Queen Nash •9:00am-12:00pm: Missionaries and Women’s Council in Session *Spiritual teaching, business sessions and the election of officers for the VND Missionary Department and VND Women’s Council will occur during this time.
•9:00am-12:00pm: Brotherhood in Session
*Elder David Hill will facilitate a teaching session and we will welcome a special guest from Richmond, VA to facilitate a teaching session on social justice.
12:00pm-1:30pm: Lunch and Family Hour
•2:00pm-3:30pm: Conference Leadership Session (open to all) *Apostle Raymond Keith will facilitate •3:00pm-5:00pm: VND Conference Choir Rehearsal •5:00pm-7:00pm: Dinner and Family Hour •7:00pm-7:30pm: Pre Service Prayer •7:30pm-10:30pm: Evening Worship *Apostle Raymond Keith (Refuge in Kentucky Church, Louisville, KY) will serve as the guest speaker.
•7:00am-8:00am Morning Prayer •8:00am-9:00am Breakfast •9:00am-10:00am ABYPU/Sunday School Business Session
*Elections for ABYPU and Sunday School officers will occur after the business session.
•9:00am-10:00am Deacon’s and Brotherhood Business Session •10:00am-11:00am Conference Leadership Session (open to all) *Apostle Raymond Keith will facilitate
•11:00am-12:00pm VND Executive Business Session *Bishop Roy Johnson, Presiding
•12:00pm-2:30pm VND Outreach Opportunity *Location: Refuge Temple *Contacts: Sister Victoria Davis and Elder C.J. Hoyle •1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch and Family Hour •3:00pm-6:00pm Afternoon Worship
*Apostle Raymond Keith (Refuge in Kentucky Church, Louisville, KY) will serve as the guest speaker.
Bishop Raymond J. Keith, Jr. is the son of the late Deacon Ray-
mond J. Keith, Sr. and the late Mother Addie Keith. He was reared in New York City, New York. He received the gift of the Holy Ghost under the leadership of Chief Apostle W.L. Bonner at the Greater Refuge Temple Church, New York City, and soon after heard the voice of the Lord and was called to the ministry in 1966.
His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Education from New York University and a Masters Degree in Theology and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree from Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College, Sacramento, California. He has taught in the New York City Public School System and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has also studied under Chief Apostle W.L. Bonner at the W.L. Bonner Bible College in Columbia, South Carolina. He is the affectionate and dedicated husband of Lady Joan D. Keith, “his lady”, and to this union, they have three sons, three daughters-in-laws; one daughter, “his princess”who is resting in the sweet arms of Jesus, along with nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild. All of their children are fervently serving the Lord and are ministering in their talents. Family is the foundation of his life. In 1976, at the National Convocation of the Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., in San Francisco, California, under the unction of the Holy Ghost, Chief Apostle Bonner appointed then Elder Keith to go into the field to establish and shepherd a church in Louisville, Kentucky. He called the church, “Refuge In Kentucky”. In 1980 he was appointed as the National Corresponding Secretary of the Church Of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Bishop Keith became District Elder of
Kentucky in 1986, and was elevated by the Board of Bishops to serve as Junior Bishop from 1990-1995. In 1995, in Columbia, South Carolina, Bishop Keith was consecrated to a full Bishopric with the duty to preside over the states of Kentucky and Indiana. Bishop Keith was appointed Administrative Assistant to the Regional Apostle, Bishop James I. Clark, Jr. at our convocation in New Jersey, in August of 1998. He served as the Chairman over the Board of Bishops for the Church Of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., for four years, the Region 6 Regional Coordinator, and the Diocesan Bishop for Kentucky and Indiana. He presides over two churches in Kentucky and three churches in Indiana. He was elevated to an Apostle July 2017. Along with his wife, he teaches a monthly class for couples and they co-facilitate Marriages Alive and Well Seminars. In addition, he has conducted revivals from coast to coast across the continental United States, preached innumerable sermons, taught many classes, and prayed many prayers. His goal and calling is to “Reach the Lost At Any Cost�and to please the Lord with his life.
Bishop Johnson, Mother Johnson and the entire VND would like to send a profound thank you to EVERY person who served, supported and/or promoted this conference in ANY way. You are loved and valued by us all. May your reward be eternal!
Directory of VND Churches:
Calvary Apostolic Community Church 541 Warrenton Road (Comfort Suites) Elder C.J. Hoyle, Pastor
City of Refuge COOLJC 520 Whiteside Road Sandston, VA, 23150 Bishop Roy Johnson, Pastor
Calvary Temple COOLJC Community COOLJC 110 North Dunlop Street Petersburg, VA, 23803 210 North James Street District Elder Wesley M. Taylor Jr., Pastor Ashland, VA, 23006 Elder Marloe Fallie, Pastor Refuge Temple COOLJC Cornerstone COOLJC 1890 Boydton Plank Road Petersburg, VA, 23803 202 Terrace Avenue Petersburg, VA, 23803 Elder Jerry Rose, Pastor District Elder David Boone, Pastor Morning Glory COOLJC P.O. Box 14 Woodbridge, VA, 22194 District Elder Daryl Thomas, Pastor