HOMECOMING 2004
This is our Annual Homecoming Day for the year of 2004. We will be coming together at
3:00PM to worship and praise our God and Savior, Jesus the Christ for
another year's journey. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
The Homecoming Committee has spared no effort to make this a wonderful occasion.
Scripture Lessons
The Scripture lessons for this Sunday comes from the Gospel of John [John 14:5-14, and 20:24-29], ". Pastor Paris will also preach from this text.
"No, we don't know, Lord" Thomas said."We haven't any idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me. If you had known who I am, then you would have known who my Father is. From now on you know Him and have seen Him!"
Philip Said, "Lord show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."
Jesus Replied, "Philip, don't you even yet know who I am, even after all of the time I have been with you? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father! So why are you asking to see Him? Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say are not my own, but my Father who lives in Me does his work through Me. Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Or, at least believe because of what you have seen Me do.
The truth is, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, because the work of the Son brings glory to the Father. Yes, ask anything in my name and I will do it! [John 14:5-14, NLT]
SCHEDULE . . .
- 08:30AM - Early Worship and Praise with Pastor Paris
- 09:30AM - Church School with Brother Clemmie Watson
- 11:00AM - High Holy Worship and Praise - Brother Ricky Salters, Worship
Leader - Pastor Paris, Preacher
- 1:00PM - Lunch in the Fellowship Hall
- 3:00PM Annual Homecoming Service with many Visitors and Guests
THIS WEEK
North Texas Annual Conference
The 47th (2004) General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
passed a resolution to re-district the 10th Episcopal District conferences
reducing from seven (7) to four (4) conferences. The Conferences are:
- Texas
- Southwest Texas
- North Texas
- Northwest Texas
Macedonia is currently in the "old" Northeast Texas Conference which will give way to the "New" North Texas Conference.
The Presiding Elder Districts - Conferences are:
- North Houston - Texas
- South Houston - Texas
- Austin-Capital - Southwest Texas
- San Antonio - Southwest Texas
- Tyler - North Texas
- Greater Dallas - North Texas
- Paul Quinn - Northwest Texas
- Greater Fort Worth - Northwest Texas
We (Macedonia) will be in the Tyler Presiding Elder District at the close of the Conference.
Therefore, during the Eighth-Fourth Session of the North Texas Conference
and the Session of the Northeast Texas Conference the conferences will
conduct a joint Annual Conference resulting in the merger of the two (2)
conferences into the new North Texas Conference with two Presiding Elder
District; The Greater Dallas District and the Tyler District.
Locations . . .
- Adams Mark Hotel - 400 North Olive Street, Dallas TX 75201
(214-922-8000) [October 11 - 15, 2004]
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1638 Ann Arbor Ave, Dallas
TX (214-375-3567), Rev N. Jordan Mkwanazi, pastor [October 16, 2004]
Schedule:
- Saturday, October 9, 2004 - Young People's Department (YPD)
- Monday, October 11, 2004 - Women's Missionary Society (WMS) Convention
- Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 9:00AM, A Gathering of Women (Hosted by
Reverend Dr. Jessica Kendall Ingram
- Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 2:30PM, Women In Ministry
- Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPENS
- Saturday, October 16, 2004 - ANNUAL CONFERENCE CLOSES @ Bethel AME
Church, 1638 Ann Arbor Avenue
The reading of the NEW Pastoral and Presiding Elder Appointments will be done at the Closing Service.
