Adults’ Sessions

Revisiting Spiritual Disciples: Inward Disciplines

Participants in this break out session will have a brief overview of the Nature of the Spiritual Disciplines; The Purpose of the Spiritual Disciplines; The Process of the Spiritual Disciplines; and The Product of the Spiritual Disciplines. Instructor will discuss the Inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting and studying. Instructor will introduce the necessity of the four Inward Disciplines …meditation, prayer, fasting, and study—which will improve a person's spiritual life. Instructor will discuss the fundamentals of the inward disciplines.

Rev. Roslyn Roberts, Hemingway A.M.E.

Reverend Roslyn C. Roberts received a Baccalaureate of Science Degree in Psychology from Bowie State University and obtained a Master of Divinity Degree from Howard University’s School of Divinity (May 2003). Reverend Roberts is a devoted wife and loving mother to two sons and one daughter. She also serves as Director of Rapid Rehousing and Youth Transitional Housing for Housing Up in the District of Columbia. Reverend Roberts is anointed by God and appointed as an Itinerant Elder within the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Revisiting Spiritual Disciples: Outward Disciplines

This course will specifically address the four Outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service. Upon completion of this course, the participants will understand the necessity of the four Outward Disciplines … simplicity, solitude, submission, and service — reveal what people need to do to improve the world around them. Instructor will introduce the outward disciplines.

Presenter: Rev. Edith Robinson, New Creation A.M.E.

Rev. Edith Robinson is the Christian Education Director/Church

School Superintendent at New Creation AME Church in Fort

Washington, Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of

Maryland College Park with a bachelor’s degree in Family Studies.

She earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Howard University

School of Divinity.

In addition to her ministry in the church, Rev. Robinson has dedicated herself to helping people resolve conflict through mediation. For the past 21 years she has served as a mediator

throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area, mediating disputes involving families, workplace, child custody, and neighbors.

She also assists in facilitating forums for local county and city residents. Rev. Robinson lives by the words of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 22:37-39, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, Love your neighbor as yourself.” With the help of the Holy Spirit, Rev. Robinson is spreading this message to as many people as possible through teaching, preaching, and her interaction with others.

Revisiting Spiritual Disciples: Corporate Disciplines

This class will specifically address the Corporate Disciplines of Confession, Worship, Guidance and Celebration according to Foster’s book. Upon completion of this course, the participants will understand the necessity of Corporate Discipline. Instructor will discuss the fundamentals of the Corporate Disciplines of Confession, Worship, Guidance and Celebration for spiritual growth and development.

Presenter: Rev. C. Michele Langston, Mt. Pisgah A.M.E.

Reverend C. Michele Langston a servant of The Most High God was appointed in 2016, by The Right Reverend William P. DeVeaux, Sr., to Mount Pisgah AME Church in Columbia, MD, where she is currently Senior Pastor. Reverend Langston is the Financial Secretary for the Capitol District of the Washington Annual Conference, a member of the Executive Board of the Capitol District Church School Executive Council and a member of the Washington Annual Conference Trustees; she serves on the Board of Instructors, Ministerial Efficiency Committee, and the Planning Committee. She has served as the Registrar and Assistant Registrar of the Capitol District Church School and the Recording Financial Secretary for the Second Episcopal District Women in Ministry. Currently, she is a board member of the Howard County Detention Center, and previously served as a financial advisor for various churches and community associations. She stands on, I Corinthians 2:9 “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man or women, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” She Loves the Lord!