Western North Carolina Conference Second Episcopal District AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Lay Organization
15th Annual Prayer Breakfast and Memorial Service Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00AM VIRTUAL
Bishop James L. Davis, Presiding Prelate Mother Arelis B. Davis, Episcopal Supervisor Bishop Stafford J.N. Wicker, Lay Commissioner Matikane Abednego Makiti, President, Connectional Lay Organization Patricia Wright, Director of Lay Activities, Connectional Lay Organization Jamesha Williams, Young Adult Representative Connectional Lay Organization Matthew Douglas, President, Second Episcopal District Lay Organization Adrienne Warren, Director of Lay Activities, Second Episcopal District Adam Johnston, Young Adult Representative, Second Episcopal District Barbara R. Myers, President, Western North Carolina Conference Lay Organization Azzie Y. Conley, Director of Lay Activities, Western North Carolina Conference Organization The Reverend Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen, Presiding Elder, Western District The Reverend Anita Thompson, Presiding Elder, Eastern District
Western North Carolina Conference Lay Organization
15th Annual Prayer Breakfast and Memorial Service “Living a Global Witness Ministry that Transforms, Transcends, and Liberates”
Luke 4: 18-19 The Reverend Shontea L. Smith, MA-RELS, MTS, Presiding Mt. Sinai AMEC, Pittsboro, NC Musical Preclude - Opening Selection Sister Carol V. Davenport, Chaplain Saint Paul, AMEC, Raleigh, NC
Invocation Scripture
Luke 4: 18 - 19
Sister Brelynn Harris Macedonia AMEC, Milton, NC Sister Barbara R. Myers, President Gaston Chapel, AMEC, Morganton, NC
The Welcome & Occasion Recognition of Visitors
Brother Brandon Owens, Recording Secretary Shiloh AMEC, Morganton, NC Musical Selection
Presentation of Scholarships
Jaden Izzard Iyanna F. Robinson Jayla Adams MiRonda Swepson Jasmine Paschal
Presentation of Speaker
Sister Sonia P. Barbre, Western District Coordinator St. James AMEC, Winston-Salem, NC Recipients St. Joseph AMEC, Durham Stoney Creek AMEC, Elon St. Paul AMEC, Raleigh Springdale AMEC, Burlington Springdale AMEC, Burlington
The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Augustine The Reverend David P. Lowe The Reverend Robert L. Hodges, Sr. The Reverend Andra D’Etta Hoxie The Reverend Andra D’Etta Hoxie
Brother Kenneth Woods, Sr., Eastern Coordinator White Cross, AMEC, Efland, NC Musical Selection
The Message
The Reverend Devin D. Paylor, MDiv. Turner’s Chapel AMEC, High Point, NC Musical Selection “Have A Little Talk With Jesus”
TALK WITH JESUS THROUGH PRAYERS (PRAYERS OFFERED FOR) Our Church, Pastors, Clergy
The Reverend John Capers, MDiv. Flat Rock AMEC, Hillsborough, NC Coordinator WNCC Sons of Allen
Our Personal Transformation, Body, Heart, & Soul Sister Lori Montgomery, President WNCC Ministers’ Spouses, Widows and Widowers Organization Plus PK’s Zion Campbell AMEC, Laurinburg, NC Our Families, Laity
Sister Lauren Hester, President, WNCC RAYAC St. Joseph AMEC, Durham, NC Musical Selection
Children and Youth
Brother Abdue Knox, II President WNCC YPD Greater Bethel AMEC, Charlotte, NC
Our Community and Social Justice
Sister Diane Tawwab, President, WNCC WMS St Paul AMEC Church, Raleigh, NC Musical Selection Memorial Service
Closing Remarks
Sister Barbara Myers, President
Solo ”When Peace Like A River”
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The Reverend Dr. Abdue Knox Greater Bethel AMEC, Charlotte, NC
Our Tomorrow Closing Prayer
Lay Benediction
The Reverend Dr. Gwen Wise – Blackman, Union Bethel AMEC, Cary, NC President WNCC Women In Ministry Sister Dorothy Jeffreys, Treasurer Oak Level AMEC, Milton, NC
May God Bless us with the true Spirit of Christianity. That we may live together, not as man over man But as lay persons working with God.
Thank you for your support of our 15th Annual Prayer Breakfast.
15TH Annual Lay Prayer Breakfast and Memorial Service Committee Sonia P. Barbre, Western District Coordinator Azzie Y. Conley, Director of Lay Activities Carol V. Davenport, Chaplain Bettie Duell, Financial Secretary Mary R. Harris, 2rd Vice President Dorothy H. Jeffreys, Treasurer Kenneth Woods, Sr., Eastern District Coordinator Barbara Myers, President
Consultants Bobbie Hague, Parliamentarian Jacqueline C. Kanipe, Immediate Past Director of Lay Activities Penny Oliver, Immediate Past President Brandon Owens, Recording Secretary The Reverend Shontea L. Smith, Mt. Sinai AMEC, Pittsboro, NC “The Connectional Lay Organization has one (1) highly recognizable logo, which incorporates the cross and anvil surrounded in a circle by the AME Church Lay Organization banner in the organization’s colors of royal blue and white. “The Anvil… has a symbolic and a historical meaning which must be noted by all who call themselves African Methodists. The founding fathers purchased a blacksmith’s shop and converted it into their house of worship. The empty cross represents the ultimate sacrifice and victory that Jesus made for all who believe.” Sister Valerie Gary Bell, President Connectional AMEC Lay Organization October 11, 2019
DATE
SAVE THE DATE Western North Carolina Lay Organization ACTIVITY
Thursday, September 29, 2022 through Saturday, October 1, 2022 ✓ Saturday, October 8, 2022 Sunday, October 9, 2022 Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Friday, November 11, 2022 Saturday, November 12, 2022
SEDLO Conference
VENUE Virtual
Ticketed event WNCCLO Monthly Meeting AMEC Connectional Lay Witness Sunday Election Day Veterans Day WNCCLO (Clergy) Lay Institute
Virtual: 10:00AM
DYK: Eleventh Biennial Session in 1969, designated the 2nd Sunday in October
Virtual: 10:00AM
Ticketed event $10.00 Thursday, November 24, 2022 Friday, December 9, 2022 Sunday, December 25, 2022 Saturday, December 31, 2022 Sunday, January 1, 2023
Thanksgiving Day WNCC Christmas with the 2ndAME Christmas Day News Year’s Eve New Year’s Day
6:00PM / TBD