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Pictorial Highlights

Weekend Guests:

Jacinta V. White
Healing & Reconciliation Workshop Facilitator
Word Project
Kernersville, NC

Rev. Dr. Staccato Powell
Sunday Morning Worship Service Preacher
Pastor, Grace AME Zion Church
Raleigh, NC

Love Feast

Breakfast, Workshop & Lunch

Morning Worship Service

Conference location, Our Lady & The Snows Retreat Center, Belleville, Illinois.

Dr. Freddie Banks, Jr., pastor, Samuel Brown Temple AME Zion Church.

The Call to Worship.

Rev. Sherrie Saunders, minister at Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church, served as worship leader for evening worship service.

Rev. Henry Tutt, Jr., minister at Samuel Brown, participates in evening service.

Rev. Roseanna Brannon, Assistant to the Pastor at Faith, reads scripture.

Rev. Saunders (far left), Rev. Love (center), and Dr. Banks (far right) in the pulpit.

Faith’s Mass Choir encourages through song.

Richie Williams, Washington AME Zion Church, played the drums during service.

Rev. Love imparts an electifying word from God, entitled, “It’s Not Too Late” (Joel 2:25-27).

Workshop presenters, Rev. Theresa Flag (far left), pastor of Smith Memorial AME Zion Church in Duquoin, IL and Rev. Gwendolyn Lee,minister at Calvary Baptist Church in St. Louis, MO, listen to the message at evening service.

Rev. Anthony Witherspoon, pastor of Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church, listens to the message at evening service.

Bro. John Richardson, local preacher at Faith, listens to the message.

Faith members pose in front of Retreat Center before mounting the bus to return to Atlanta.

 
From left to right: Tammi Love (Women’s Ministry Director) and Deborah White (Women’s Month Coordinator)

Rev. Sharon Caldwell, Sunday Worship Service guest preacher.

Guest soloist, Kathy Brewer, of Shaw Temple AME Zion Church, blesses service with a song.

Guest soloist, Tamekia Milton of The King’s Daughters Ministry, Inc., blessed the service with a beautiful medley of preparation.

Pastor Love commends Deborah White, Women’s Month Coordinator, for a job well done.

Rev. Marion Pierre, shares greetings with the women of Faith.

Oneida Johnson makes morning announcements.

Rev. Sharon Caldwell thanks Marcia Mickens, Faith’s Director of Music Ministry, for her piano solo to “My Soul Has Been Anchored”.

Leslie McCrary, Church Administrator, introduces the Morning Worship Guest preacher.

Men of Faith help to serve at the Fellowship Reception following the morning worship service.

Pastor and Mrs. Love at Fellowship Reception.

Juanita White, mother of Women’s Month Coordinator Deborah White, enjoys herself at Fellowship Reception.

A woman joins Faith at the altar as Mrs. Georgia Adams and Bro. Solomon Missouri look on.

A young man transfers to Faith from a connecting AME Zion Church in the Virginia area.

 
Children play games before Easter Egg Hunt.

 
Children prepare and hunt for eggs.

 
Children still hunting.

 
Determined hunters.

 
Snack time and choir rehearsal.

  
(Photo on left) Sharon Ingram, Christian Education Director, stands with ministry helpers. (Photo on right) Adult helpers count collected eggs.

 
Children recite Easter poem during Sunday School.

      
(Far left) Corey Booker reads scripture in Sunday School program. (Center) Sharon Ingram, Christian Education Director, gives remarks. (Far right) Pastor Love gives remarks.

 
Resurrection morning!

 
Youth participate in service. (On left) Children sing under the direction of Akosua and pianist, Leslie McCrary. (on right) Akosua ministers through praise dance.

Mass Choir blessed Morning Worship by singing  ”No Greater Love” with hand movements, accompanied by a liturgical dance.

The Preaching Series dates, speakers, and topics are listed below. All services will be held at Faith.

February 17 (Ash Wednesday), 7 pm
Rev. Reginald Morton
Pastor, New Vision AME Zion Church
“The Loveless Church”

Wednesday, February 24, 7 pm
Rev. Rosanna Brannon
Faith AME Zion Church
“The Persecuted Church”

Wednesday, March 3, 7 pm                                  
Bro. Solomon Missouri
Faith AME Zion Church
“The Compromising Church”

Wednesday, March 10, 7 pm                                
Bro. John Richardson
Faith AME Zion Church
“The Corrupt Church”

Wednesday, March 17, 7 pm                                
Rev. Robin Joseph
Pastor, Greater Light Fellowship AME Zion Church
“The Dead Church”

Wednesday, March 24, 7 pm                                
Dr. Ndugu G. B. T’Ofori-Atta
Faith AME Zion Church
“Faithful Church”

Wednesday, March 31, 7 pm                                
Rev. Jeffrey Briggs
Pastor, Carters Temple AME Zion Church
“The Lukewarm Church”

Thursday, April 1, 7 pm (Maundy Thursday)                                    
Rev. Jawwad J. Love
Pastor, Faith AME Zion Church

Friday, April 2, Noon (Good Friday)                                    
Special Good Friday Service
“A Woman’s Voice: He Walked With Me”
Seven Women, Seven Sermonettes

Dr. Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin and her colleagues are conducting a study to explore ethnic differences in midlife women’s attitudes toward physical activity. 

You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a midlife woman aged 40 to 60 years old who does not have any mobility problems; who can read and write English; who is online; and whose self-reported ethnic identity is Hispanic, non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African American, or N-H Asian.

Data will be collected through an internet survey among 500 midlife women in the U.S. starting Feb. 1, 2008 and ending May 21, 2011.  Your involvement will consist of about 30 minutes to complete the Internet survey questionnaire. You will be reimbursed with a $10.00 gift certificate for filling out the Internet survey.

For more information and to begin the survey, please visit our project website http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu/MAPA/ and/or contact us.

Contact Information:

Chelsea McPeek, Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701
E-mail: cgmcpeek@mail.utexas.edu

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, Professor
School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX, 78701
E-mail: eim@mail.utexas.edu
Project Website:  http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu/MAPA/

The following is the background information on the study:

eMAPA is a NIH/NINR funded study (1R01NR010568-01) entitled “Ethnic Specific Midlife Women’s Attitudes Toward Physical Activity”.

The changing racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. will require health professionals to practice with cultural competence in areas such as promotion of physical activity, where cultural beliefs may mediate health promotion behaviors. Although the benefits of physical activity are now widely accepted, midlife women, especially ethnic minority women, have low participation rates in physical activity, and prevalence rates of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, and all-cause mortality among ethnic minority women (that can be effectively reduced by increasing physical activity) have been reported to be much higher than those of White midlife women. A plausible reason for the low participation rate is that the women’s ethnic-specific attitudes toward physical activity have rarely been incorporated into relevant interventions. 

The purpose of this study is to explore attitudes of midlife women from four ethnic groups [Hispanic, Non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African Americans, and N-H Asians] toward physical activity while considering the relationships between their attitudes and their actual participation in physical activity within the ethnic-specific contexts of their daily lives. Data will be gathered via Internet survey and ethnic- specific online forums to allow for a national sample.

Rev. Dr. Carolyn Huff (Shaw Temple)
“Woman With Issue of Blood”

 Sis. Connie Gross (Spring Hill)
“Crippled Woman” 

Rev. Anita Coud (Hemphill)
“Syrophenician Woman” 

Rev. Pamela Spears (Greater Light Fellowship)
“Woman at the Well”

 Sis. Angela Branch (Shaw)
“Mary Magdelene”

 Rev. Rhonda Johnson (St. James)
“Mary, Mother of Jesus”

 

First-time children’s author, Margina Graham Parker, shares, “This book started out as a poem. I was on my way to work one morning when the words hit me. I was so overwhelmed I had to pull the car over to write the words down. Each stanza is a glimpse of the accomplished life of our First Lady, presented in a rhythm that keeps the attention of a child.” Margina adds, “First Lady Michelle Obama has broken the mold of doing it all – she started with humble beginnings; excelled in her education; and shines as a wife, mother, and career woman. She has done it all well. I had to tell that part of her story.”

Taryl Nugent, president of Tumaini Publishing, states, “The book is an encouraging message that if she (First Lady Michelle Obama) can do it, I can do it. The book highlights Obama’s accomplishments from a young girl to being a young woman, to becoming a wife, then a mother, and ultimately becoming the First Lady of the United States of America.”  Taryl adds, “The book is an excellent example of our company’s commitment to telling the stories of African-American heroes and history-makers. It is a must-have for your children’s library and for the coffee table.” This is the company’s first published children’s book.

Margina Graham Parker, author of I Am Michelle Obama: The First Lady, resides in Romulus, Michigan. She graduated with an Art degree from Jackson State University. Margina is an eighth grade paraprofessional and a mother of three.  She is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education with an anticipated graduation of May 2010. Margina is looking forward to writing her second children’s book.

Marco Birge, illustrator, resides in Como, Mississippi. He graduated with a Visual Arts degree from Jackson State University.

The word tumaini in Tumaini Publishing is derived from the Swahili word for “hope”. The company’s purpose is to help increase the literacy rate of African Americans, bring families together through reading, and to instill hope in their customers by making a positive impact in and among the African American community. Tumaini’s published work includes a 2010 Barack Obama Presidential Calendar. It highlights some never before seen pictures of President Obama, along with important historic dates. The calendar is available at www.tumainipublishing.com.

I Am Michelle Obama: The First Lady is available at http://tumainipublishing.com, www.amazon.com, and bookstores across the country.