I Will Bless The Lord at all times and Praises shall continually be in my mouth this is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it come on and bless the Lord with me come on and bless the Lord with
Me bless the Lord with me come on and bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me come on and bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me come on and bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me come on and clap your hands with
Me clap your hands with me come on and clap your hands with me clap your hands with me come on and clap your hands with me come on clap your hands with me come morning clap your hands with me clap your hands with me come on and
Clap your hands with me yeah clap your hands with me come on and clap your hands with me clap your hands with me Hallelujah Hallelujah come on sing it lift up hallelujah hallelujah oh hallelujah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah on and bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me you wor Lord bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me hallelujah oh hallelujah hallelujah oh oh Hallelujah yeah hey hey yes Lord You’re so worthy Lord bless your name we LIF High your name we exalt
Your name yeah come on and bless the Lord with me bless the Lord with me [Applause] hallelujah oh Hallelujah fre you got still I walked away turn my back on you I was L asay you never left my side when I was full of Pride when the person I became only brought me guil and shame when I broke down to give and I cried out you came
And res me you welome be back with open arms you carry me home away from heart when I broke down had nothing left to give and I C out you came and res me you woke up be back with arms you car me home away from won’t he leave the
99 until the one who’s lost he find won he the9 until the one who won’t he leave the night until the one who l when I broke down had to give and I cried out you came and resue me you welcome me back with open arms you carry me home away from
H when I broke down to give and I cried out you came and resc me you woke up me back with open arm you carry me away From the 9 until the one L [Applause] he he9 until the who L he if you feel lost he’s with you he’s not gone no he’s not gone when I broke down had nothing to give and I cried out you came and res me you back with arm car me home away From ioke Down I CRI out you came and resed me you w be back with open you car me home away from heart you carry me home away From you car me home away from Hallelujah Here we thank you for these representatives of the Gospel we thank you God for these Disciples of Jesus Christ God we thank you Lord God for missionaries and lay persons God and ministers and musicians and worshippers God we thank you for Hospitality we thank you for breakthroughs in the name
Of Jesus God we thank you for a rich and a vibrant history have your way God allow God the good news to go forth in worship today not only in us but through Us in Jesus name we pray come on Let the church say amen amen amen and come put
Your hands together and bless God hallelujah thank you Jesus amen as we continue to share in our worship amen you prepare to hear our morning announcements praise God shared with us amen share with us by uh Aron aai you’ll hear a voice that sound familiar today amen will bless you you’ll hear the
Announcements today receive them if you if you need to write them down you can you can go back and get it on our Facebook page as well of these Announcements Good morning welcome to Brown Chapel am Church in ipsan Michigan where we are building God’s kingdom to his honor and Glory under the leadership of our generously anointed pastoral team Reverend Donald L Phillips III and Reverend Dr tiia Phillips our theme for the year is God’s chosen vessels building connections through word faith
And love you are welcome to join us for worship in person at 10:43 West Michigan a or connect with us online at bcc.org face masks are not optional but please be aware of the current levels of viruses circulating in your community and use wisdom masks are available at
The hospitality table we want everyone at our church to be safe and feel welcome the doors open at 9:30 a.m. and our worship is been exp begins at 10: a.m. and now for our ministry announcements Brown Chapel values prayer here are additional opportunities for prayer Our pastors invite you to share
Your personal prayer requests by placing them in the prayer box in the sanctuary you can also email your request to Communications at bcc.org or through our Bap connect on our website the pastors and prayer team will intercede on behalf of our church family please keep in prayer those who are
Grieving sick shut in hospitalized and recuperating from surgical procedures in addition remember those who are experiencing depression loneliness and other mental stress STS our daily dose intercessory prayer team invites you to join us in prayer on Tuesday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in Zoom or via phone it is a
Divine time in devotion as we study the word share testimonies and and pray with each other you are welcome to pray at the altar in the sanctuary prior to our 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship service the Brown Chapel ministerial team will also be available to pray in person for the chapel on Sundays after
The worship experienced Brown Chapel values growth come and grow with us this New Year church school is held every 2 and 4th Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel come and grow in God’s word with us we grow through the word encounter at our weekly virtual bible
Study on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. we welcome the whole family to join us on any of our virtual platforms such as Zoom YouTube and Facebook to grow in the word of God we also grow by reading our family literacy Ministry supp supplies free new books don’t forget to stop by
The library table for free books every Sunday Brown Chapel values connection the women’s missionary Society or WMS is looking for new members to connect with them if you are interested please see our missionary president Curtis Bell or contact the church office for more information dancers of Faith Ministry
Calling all worshippers to the dancers of faith if you enjoy lifting your hands to give God praise and worshiping him with your whole being and studying God’s word to gain a Biblical foundation for your movement then the dancers and of Faith are for you the adult dance ministry will meet on the Saturday
Before the first Sundays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in this season we will focus on corporate worship and continue our study of Hebrew words for praise using the book holy Ro and learning more about sacred dance through the book My Body is a temple by rever Seany Butler all are
Welcome the youth are also invited to worship with the dancers of Faith preparations for the Youth will be held on Saturdays at 300 p.m. at Brown Chapel these interactive sessions promise to be a great fun time for the Youth to give God some glory in their own special way
While preparing them to worship for the upcoming Kingdom caves in crw Sunday for more information please contact dance info at bcc.org Brown Chapel values Community for over 30 years Brown Chapel has been serving the community of exelan on a weekly basis with free groceries for those in need through the Good Samaritan feeding
Program you can pick up your free Groceries on Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church just drive up and we’ll put them in your vehicle Brown Chapel values New Life In Christ if you or a family member want to be baptized please let the pastors Know social action newes Brown Chapel values democracy and and the right to vote your vote is your choice your the presidential primary election for Michigan will be held on Tuesday February 27th from 700 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. however you can vote now early voting began on February 17th
For more information on early voting go to michigan.gov Vote or visit the social action page on our website the prosecutor transparency project racial disparities study for washingon County Michigan has been released this report investigates and estimates racial disparities and prosecutorial decision making in the wash County prosecutor’s office from 2017 to
20122 to access this PDF document please visit the social action page under the brown Chopper webite site there are no scheduled meetings or events for this week Pastor Donald will be speaking at the Linton service at bethl and Arbor on March 6th from 12:00 p.m. to 1: p.m. the
Am Church M year convocation will be held in Chicago from March 7th through March 9th there will be a retirement service for Bishop what and now join us for our J now worship Experience Hallelujah good stretch good stretch praise God for the sunshine coming in the Wind though anybody glad to be in the house one more time Hallelujah for His blessings his goodness and his Mercy glory be to God so we’re getting ready to hear and share in our call to worship this morning good
Morning praise the Lord amen technology I thank God for it in Jesus name well family we are indeed called into worship to respond to the living presence of God and today our guide will be Psalms chapter 105 verse 1-6 on just a moment on our screen uh we’ll have the
Words it says give thanks to the Lord come on tell him thank you thank you Lord and Proclaim his greatness let the whole world know what he has done sing to him yes sing his Praises tell everyone of about his wonderful deed exalt which means to make him high
Than anything else more important than anyone else come on exalt His holy name Rejoice you who Worship the Lord come on if that’s you just ra wave your hand come on Worship the Lord search for the Lord and for his strength continually seek him remember come on somebody say I
Remember I remember remember the Wonders he has performed his miracles come on Jesus and the rulings he has given you children of his servant Abraham you descendant of Jacob his chosen ones say I’m chosen come on I’m chosen Hallelujah if you’re excited about being chosen come on put your
Hands together again and bless the Lord amen we’re preparing to Worship the Lord together amen and we just want to thank God again uh for praise God for the mass choir who are here hallelujah we’ve got some additional folk that are singing with us amen praise God if every y’all look good
Bless the Lord and we thank God for our director Reverend Denita Bell praise God our presiding Elder is here as well Reverend amen welcome thank you praise God Amen and so we’re in their hands as we prepare to go to worship together amen amen praise the Lord Hal hallelujah
We’re going to sing a song and you know how we do we’re singing it but we want you to sing as well so you’ll pick up the tomb as quickly as possible it’s called Rejoice come on everybody say say rejoice REO come on everybody Rejoice Rejoice this is the
Day the Lord has made this is the day the Lord has made be glad be glad about it about amen sopr let’s start this on first okay and then we’re going to add the alos and the ten and then we’re going to have you join with us all right brother Cooper let’s Go you ready I know he’s right all right s bran I hear you come on andj come on everybody yeah this is the day this is the day we Glad on everybody sing praises sing prais [Applause] his keep going out toch joy come on everybody Rejoice this is the day this is the day the Lord has be glad about it rej come on everybody rejo sing praises sing prais to Ho re come on everybody re Hallelujah this
Is the day this is the be it rejo come on everybody sing praises to sing praises to now you join with us rejoice Rejoice come on come on everybody why should we Rejoice come on come on everybody let us sing praises sing praise God has been so good God has been so the Lord the Lord has been so good to us the Lord has so good we should be glad we should be glad come on has he been good the Lord good to us good he good us we should be glad we bead out
By yourself the Lord has good to us has so Us us all right J been so good to us yes he Lord has been so good to us has so good we should be glad everybody in the Lord so he’s been good so good oh yes he been so good to us we should be glad we should be glad conation hear
You so we should be glad should be glad Rejoice rejoice come on come on everybody this is the day the Lord has made this is the day the has re every sing praises three times sing praises to his sing sing praises to his one more time Sing Praises To His Ho name hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah amen praise the Lord you can be seated if you can praise God glory for the sound of worship that has filled God’s house today and at this time we get to continue to commune with he who loves us he who chose us he who called us the
Living God and so at this time we welcome sister Jasmine to come on and I I believe that we’re in for a treat uh Pastor I think I think you told me uh that we are being the global church today and so God’s daughter Zion’s
Daughter is going to lead us in a prayer in a very unique and an International Way praise be to God amen sister Jasmine said well can I pray in Swahili absolutely I said yes I said and then you can tell us what you said in Swahili
Amen and so we praise God for sister jasine is sharing okay let’s Pray it mean Lord thank you for today Thank You For Your Glory thank you for your mercy I leave this day in your hand be with us amen [Applause] am I’ll say yes Lord yes to your will and to your way I I’ll say yes Lord yes
I will trust you when your spirit when your spirit speaks to me with my whole heart I’ll agree and my answer will be yes let’s sing that again come sing that again I’ll say yes I’ll say yes Lord yes to your will to your way I’ll say yes Lord
I’ll Trust you trust you when your spirit when your speaks to me speak to with my whole heart with my whole heart I’ll agree and my answer will be yes Lord yes and my answer and my answer will be yes Lord yes and my answer and my answer will be yes Lord
Yes hallelujah hallelujah come on say yes Lord yes Lord hallelujah yes Lord to your will and to your way amen praise be to God hallelujah Come on how many of y’all know that he’s worthy he’s holy he’s Mighty Amen You Are Holy you are we adore thee adore the done before thee worthy Worthy is You Are Holy we adore thee adore none before the worthy Worthy is You Are Holy you are we adore thee adore none before thee worthy worthy You Are Holy you are we adore
Thee adore none before thee worthy Worthy is your name come on if he’s holy put your hands together you can stand you can move you can praise Hallelujah as we worship God in this house today he is worthy of all the glory honor and praise Amen king of kings and Lord of Lord You Are The Great I Am I Amy king of kings and Lord of Lord You Are The Great I Am I am worthy King Lord and Lord You Are The Great I Am I am king of kings and Lord and Lord you are the great I am worthy Worthy is your name Hallelujah he’s worthy of Glory and Honor he’s worthy of Praise Hallelujah come on give him praise this morning in come on
Lord you save me Lord you save you forgave me you forgave me you are faithful you are faithful is for Me Lord you saved me then you forgave me you forgave you are faithful you are Faith worthy wory Lord you saved me and then you forgave me you for you’re so faithful God you are worthy is your if you believe he’s worthy come on you give him your own praise you can tap
Your foot throw up your hand in the air or just say hallelujah and thank you Jesus Amen change me rearrange me rearr I’ll never the same worthy worthy Lord you change me rearrange AR I’ll never be the same Lord you change me rearranged me I’ll never worthy wory Lord you change me rearrange me I’ll [Applause] Never Hallelujah go declare forever forever I give you the glory say yesy is forever forever you say yes is forever forever GL say yes Worthy is forever forever I give you say yes is forever forever forever forever forever I love you Lord I love
You I Lord I love you I Lord I love you I Lord I praise you I praise Lord I praise you I praise Lord I praise praise you I praise Lord I praise you I praise you you are worthy you are worthy of the glory of the glory and the honor and the
Honor and the praise and the praise say Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah you saying yeah yeah yes yes yes say yes yes yes yes forever forever say yes Worthy is your name hallelujah hallelujah come on hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah is they say the highest praise Hallelujah come on Chet stay right there because when we were hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah you Glory worthy forever amen come on somebody say hallelujah that song that word hallelujah hallelujah in Hebrew means all praise luah unto God halel means all praise luah unto yah is God Hal so every time you say hallelujah you’re saying look God all praise belongs to you so if I
Say it one time I can say it two times if you say it 20 times it’s always true somebody might say why they keep on saying the same word over and over and over again because God’s been blessing us over and over and over again so Hallelujah in the morning Hallelujah in
The noon day Hallelujah when I lay my head down at night to go to bed Hallelujah when he keeps us from dangels toils and snares hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah he’s worthy amen yes he is Jesus amen excuse me I get a little bit excited amen when I think about the goodness of Jesus Jesus
Amen all that he has done for us we said good morning to the Lord amen morning now we can say good morning to each other come on say good morning family good morning come on welcome home come on Wave with somebody come on look around smile at somebody real big
Hallelujah welcome welcome welcome welcome to Brown chap or African Methodist Episcopal Church look I’m so excited we have some family and friends who are worshiping with us and today I just I know I just got to do if you’re here for the first or second time just
Stand up real quick so we can celebrate you being with us amen or wave at us either wave if you’re here for the first or second time come on put your hands together hallelujah amen we’ve got family and friends in the house amen uh from albian
And other places uh we’ve got the new director of Hope Clinic brother we’s here amen hallelujah we at us hallelujah decided to worship with us on this morning and others amen are worshiping with us and we are grateful amen amen we just want to take some time
To uh just ackowledge and say good morning and to our also our faith family who are worshiping With Us online come on wave at a camera there’s cameras all just wave your hand because uh they’re seeing you and greeting you this morning praise God hey look there’s some more
Folk here uh sister Ruth Ridley Armstrong good morning sister Susan good morning sister ve and Susan Carrington amen and others who are worshiping with us in the virtual space good morning Hallelujah uh there’s a brother Kenny cook that always often worships with us online and at the Good Samaritan feeding
Program I I shook the brother’s hand and he said my name is Kenny cook I said really he said I’m his father I’m his father I I watch too but I go to church in my own church but but usually my wife and my son they be online amen
Worshiping with y’all in the house Hallelujah so we’re excited that all those who worship with us we don’t take it for granted you could have gone or clicked on any worship service but you chose to worship with us and for that we are grateful and we love you a amen just
Real quickly we want to uh share just some things that are coming up to be mindful of come on somebody say Brotherhood banquet Brotherhood banqu Hallelujah the 71st annual Brotherhood banquet is coming up and we are indeed excited about it it is going to be April
The 20th 2024 at 2 p.m. at the Eastern Michigan University amen uh there’s a wonderful flight I know look you can refresh it go ahead and refresh it because they made a beautiful Revan Phillips did that one I was that’s my work that blue and that that yellow
That’s my TCH Savvy amen they going to refresh it in a moment you going to see how it should look Hallelujah but again it’s coming up again the Brotherhood banquet we are excited to be able to host this Unity event and though it says Brotherhood it’s talking about humanity
And so we have a chance to celebrate as a community uh the Brotherhood banquet this is our second year being back uh in a person come on put your hands together for that amen it’s our wonderful partnership with Eastern Michigan University uh and you know we we’re just
Excited about what God’s going to have planned for us this year so put it save the date uh don’t plan anything else on that day amen hallelujah uh and there are persons you’ll be hearing more about that you see that P beautiful flyer that’s what folk who know what they do
When who have gifts am amen and talent thank you sister sister Victoria that’s how it’s supposed to look Hallelujah the Brotherhood banquet we’re excited about that come on Save the Date Hallelujah also we want to share with you some things that are happening in the kingdom and in the body of Christ uh
The am church are blessed to have uh in this Linton season they’re doing an international prayer call every Wednesday at 900 p.m. now some of youall have already checked out you checked in your bed by 9:00 p.m. but some of you all are are night persons amen uh and
You’re just getting going and so every Wednesday 900 p.m. uh the Bishops and leaders of the church will be offering a prayer call that will be found on uh their website Hallelujah I’m trying to make it bigger so I can see that right there uh at the am Council of Bishops
Facebook page again the Council of Bishops Facebook page you’ll be able to tune in and hear the various Bishops of our church and other leaders uh in in prayer Hallelujah and we’re just uh excited there’s things coming up as you heard the holy convocations coming up
Very soon so please be praying uh for that uh we’re excited because a person that we love is back in the house they’ve been laid up but praise God they have pressed their way sister Carolyn James amen and it is her birthday today amen happy birthday sister
Hallelujah what a great day to make it back home amen amen so we love you and all of our February birthdays amen shout out Taylor had hers uh last this week amen so every other February birthday I see you amen we in Good Company praise God praise the Lord uh and then we’re
Just excited because it is Black History Month anybody glad and excited about Black History Month amen you all look beautiful in your uh A diversity of clothing and wear and some have their their beautiful African or traditional gar amen some are just wearing their am swag Hallelujah uh some
Are just wearing what you got God bless you amen and so we’re coming in all of our diversity and one thing that we were uh had in our spirit to do was to highlight I know Pastor Leia said you know black history month is great but sometime we talk about the same people
Amen sometime we talk about the same historical figures she said you know we have folks right in our congregation whose family members have done great things or they are doing great things that are worthy of celebrating and this is a way for us to learn about each
Other so a few weeks ago amen we heard folks come up and share about family members and we found out we had Generals in their families y’all know we got a general he he’s on the Move we got a general not in the house today amen but
Uh we have a generals a part of our congregation amen and so we have folks who are serving in all various types of ways and so we put out the call for folks to be willing to share uh some important persons who are of history and
Note uh either in our church family or in their family and so sister Adrien Washington praise God she’s been put on assignment she was volent told hallelujah amen not by us amen but by somebody who loves her real well Amen to come and share about someone about of
Brown Chapel’s history that is of note amen thank you pastors good morning family this is the day the Lord hath made and we shall rejoice and be glad in it pastors I want to thank you for this because because when I was teaching Middle School my favorite time of the
Year was black history and women’s historyall because I would have my students do a a project highlighting somebody that was the first the best or the only and they could do any medium they wanted and those were the most fun times we had in school so we will start with our own Brown
Chapel family it says here for Black History Month it’s important to celebrate local black figures that changed history Charles Chief Eugene batty made history by being a first black principal in Michigan and he was a member of Brown Chapel although we have a long way to go before we reach
Equality it is important to recognize how far we’ve come in honor of Black History Month we are focusing a spotlight on a few local black people who have made an impact on society we’re starting with Chief Eugene batty from 1909 in 1998 the first black Public School
Principal in Michigan he was born in Asheville North Carolina he moved to Michigan with his sister after his parents’ death he graduated from Detroit Northeastern High School where he was a Star Trek and field athlete he broke many records and was one of the fastest men in his
Generation he even took part in the tryouts for the 1932 Olympics what but was rejected in a contested decision after graduating from Michigan State normal college now we know it as Eastern he became a teacher at iolani’s Harriet Street School which is now right up the street Perry school he became the
Principal in 1940 making him the only black Public School principal in Michigan he quickly became a leading figure in oban’s African-American community and the city he is most famous for his role in pioneering the Head Start program a committee came together to study the high drop out rate among black children
In racially divided areas in ipsan he also initiated the Perry preschool project in 1962 the project found a correlation between preschoolers attending a preschool program versus the control group and the measure the and the measure of success later in life this project was the formation of high scope
According to the study students that attended preschool scored higher on standardized intelligence tests while demonstrating higher Scholastic achievement the former preschool students also experienced lower rates of delinquency and incidents of criminal Behavior their rate of employment and college attendance was nearly double that of the control group after his
Findings the Eastern Michigan University inducted him into their athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Michigan Education Hall of Fame in 1985 he spent his entire career working for the Iolani school district and retired in 1974 Eugene batty and next we would like to highlight a local historian
Author teacher Li Arian Mr AP Marshall Mr Marshall came to iilani in 1969 and in that time he taught Library science and served as the Director of emu’s Library as well as the dean of academic Services he was involved in ipsilanti Rotary Club Alpha fight Alpha fraternity the werun salani branch of the
NAACP and of course Brown Chapel while in IPS salani he began to research the city’s historic Afric africanamerican Community his pioneering work brought to life figures like Elijah McCoy and helped transform ipolani sense of itself Mr Marsha wrote many articles and several books about black history including unconquered Souls available at the ipolani
Library in the process uh in the process of his research he conducted dozens of interviews and collected hundreds of documents to access his papers you may go to the Iolani historical archives he died on March 9th 2001 at the age of 86 and these are some of the books that he
Wrote wrote and authored and you can get these copies at the library and now I would like to add my blackhat history fact because I have a famous person in my family and when we did it a couple of weeks ago I wasn’t ready to talk so I prepared this time
George T Sims Jr was the first black City police official in Chicago Illinois he was a world World War II vet but his claim to fame was that he was a Narcotics officer and he and his partner confiscated more than $3 million in Narcotics and arrested over 1,200 men
And women who were engaging in those activities he was the first black to achieve the highest ranking on the captain’s exam in Chicago and he was the commander of the toughest District in city in the city the Filmore District uh after several promotions he was promoted to the assistant Deputy
Superintendent and in the 70s was touted to be Chief or mayor for the city um after the death of his baby sister which was my mom he became the legal guardian for my brothers and myself he retired as the assistant director of the Chicago Department of Human Services
And then became director for the security and safety of the Chicago Board of Education you can look him up on Google George T Sims Jr okay TR say amen amen we have some more uh we have plenty more history and we do want to call up another person that uh has a personal
Note in their family sister Tracy McMillan if she could come up and and to to share today let me just say this some of you all may uh we want to you know just give space that your history matters amen uh so if you have I mean
It’s good just to kind to Fellowship afterwards and share stories and just to remind you that Brown Chapel am Church uh will be featured at the ipsilanti Historical Museum with a whole display about the history of Brown Chapel the Brotherhood banquet uh silver the Lea what it called Silver Leaf Club palm
Leaf ex me palm leaf club excuse me amen I’m thinking about silver silver sneakers I’m got got them together amen uh and so they will be uh highlighted coming up in March uh so you’ll be able to go by and hear about Brown Chapel’s not only uh pictures but also video
They’re going to use QR codes to connect to videos and things that Brown Chapel has done and so we’re excited that this dynamic duo a mother and daughter get a chance to share about someone very special to them amen I know I know I’m let you yes good morning Brown Chapel so
Yes I I got up to highlight my sister and to my pleasant surprise she actually showed up she’s in the building yes so I was hoping that if it was okay with you pastors can she actually come up and share about herself you don’t want To okay all right so my sister her name is Kimberly an Napoleon she is a 1986 graduate of Arthur Hill High School in sagon Michigan she served this country as a member of the United States Army from 1987 until 1995 she served during operation just cause Operation Desert Shield Desert
Storm commonly known as the Gulf War Kimberly is a bronze Legacy life members and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America her local post is Wallace C Schultz Dwight a McKenna Jr post 19 9931 sorry where she served as the post Commander from 2017 to
2021 Kimberly served as a veteran of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan District 9 Commander from 2020 to 2021 as the first female Commander my Lord in 2022 Kimberly was elected as the veterans of forign wars’s Department of Michigan Junior Vice Commander at its 103rd convention and she is currently
The department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander elect and set to make history at the 105th convention which will take place June 1st this year in kalamazo Michigan becoming the first female an African-American elected to the position since the organization was chartered in [Applause] Michigan
She will assume command at the close of the closing of the 125th VFW national Convention in Louisville Kentucky she’s a life member of Disabled American Veterans where she also served as post Commander from 2012 to 2015 as the first elected female Commander Kimberly is a member of the American
Legion her local her local post is 439 and she also has membership with the National Association of minority Veterans of America Kimberly serves as a peer leader with the national woven network of women’s veterans and its bridges program which supports women veterans within one year of transitioning from their military
Service Kimberly serves six years as a mentor with Sagar County veterans Justice treatment court she is a commissioner on the soldiers and sailor relief Commission in Sagar County she also serves on the board of directors for the child AB abuse neglect Council in Sagen County in addition Kimberly was
Recently appointed to the Sagar County Michigan veterans trust fund committee women of colors member of Kappa Epsilon s military sority Incorporated she has membership with NAACP Sagar Branch Sagar County League of Women Voters where she serves on its board of directors she’s also a founding member of impact 100 Global veterans a philanthropy
Organization Kimberly is also a certified Suicide Prevention specialist gatekeeper with question persuade and refer Kimberly is employed Kimberly is employed by Department of Michigan American Legion as an accredited veteran service officer in her hometown of Sagen yes yes so I’d like to say um thank you
Kimberly and thank you to all of the veterans and just and I just thank you pastors for giving us this opportunity to acknowledge those you know ourselves or our family members who have just made an impact in term terms of black history and just who’s making an impact in the
World and it encourages me that that’s why it’s so important for us to know our gifts and use them for the kingdom of God and use them to just make an impact in the lives of other people so thank you all so much for doing this praise the Lord can we have amen
All of our now I look I’m stop stay right there mother real quick sis you got to come up and take a picture with your mother come on Tracy come right back over there this is a moment a part of brown Chapel’s history that we acknowledge this and so I know somebody
Going to take out the phone I’m look oh she’s up there amen we want to take a picture of uh This Moment amen picture of this moment hallelujah amen do Dr Grover is coming amen amen you want to take a picture of this moment so excited
This mother F I know she just is happy as a peach amen just beam in to have her daughters with her prise Lord amen and could all of our could all of our veterans could all of our veterans who are here please stand up any other veterans in the house if you could
Please stand up so we could just acknowledge and thank God for you amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you thank you thank you thank you all so much we thank God for you and for your contribution to the kingdom and Community amen uh we have one more uh
Offering to present in light of our history our story and how powerful it is and we didn’t forget that this is technically Jen now young adult Sunday uh and so one of uh the blessings the seeds of Brown Chapel uh used his gifts sister Tracy amen for God’s glory and
Birth is what I’m going to call it a a offering and a tribute to Brown Chapel so in just a moment you’re going to see the offering of Xavier Foley and this is what he says he says here is my new Bas solo entitled Brown Chapel he says this
Piece is dedicated to the Brown Chapel am Church in ipsan Michigan to my family for showing me the power of music as a child and so now see the offering of a seed that you are nourished to Bear good fruit amen don’t worry we’ll start it over we’ll get
It amen I’m thankful for the media Minister we got media folks singing in the choir amen and all over the place and so praise God for the grace amen just for a moment amen amen as we’re I guess we’re peing and getting ready for that we want to take moment
Just to hear h a scripture today and this really is is you all remember that our our theme is chosen amen that we are uh chosen people that God has chosen us uh to just be fruitful to Bear much fruit chosen us uh to walk in love
Chosen Us in so many various ways and so this month we’ve been been talking about that we are chosen disciples amen everybody say disciples disciples and so I’m going to read in your hearing of scripture uh some verses from John chapter 15 I encourage you all to to
Meditate upon John chapter 15 throughout this year and so amen they got it and so we’ll hear this and then we’ll hear the reading of the scripture this morning amen The N A [Applause] N [Applause] N The The Amen amen amen the church say amen amen uh Xavier Foley if you go to his fa excuse me go to his YouTube page you will see him playing in front of concert halls and traveling and uh when he came back for his grandmother’s homegoing service last year he played uh and
Blessed us and uh really get shared that some of his earliest moments of playing was encouraged right here at Brown Chapel so there’s just so much to be grateful for and what God is doing amen good soil helps seeds to grow Hallelujah and so Brown Chapel you are indeed great
Uh soil amen Let’s us prepare just to hear our scripture uh for a scripture for today just as far as a theme uh goes amen amen and it comes from John 15 1-8 uh and then uh 16 uh and 17 uh in in the hearing it’ll be 1 through eight
Then we’ll jump down to 16 and 17 that are uh in different translations hear now the word of God Jesus said I am the true grape vine and my father is the gardener he cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit
So they will produce even more you have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you remain in me and I will remain in you for a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine and you cannot be my fruitful my you not you cannot be
Fruitful unless you remain in me yes Jesus says I am the vine and you are the branches those who remain in me and I in them will produce much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing anyone again somebody said that apart from me you can do nothing anyone who does not
Remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and Withers such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned but if you remain in me and my words remain in you you may ask for anything you want and it will be granted verse 8
When you produce much fruit you are my true disciples this brings great glory to my father verse 16 in the Amplified Bible says this you have not chosen me but I have chosen you and I have appointed you and placed and purposefully planted you so that you
Would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing that your fruit will remain and be like lasting amen so that whatever you ask of the father in my name as my representative he may give to you verse 17 verse 17 in The Message Bible says but remember the root command somebody
Say the root command Ro remember the root command love one another the word of God for the people of God thanks be to God Just one thought to put in your mind that I was reading that it says that if you aren’t producing fruit you get cut guess what happen if you are
Producing fruit you get cut either way you’re going to get cut amen and sometimes we mistake being cut to produce more is being God forsaking us but really he’s just pruning you amen some of us are going through pruning Seasons right now and you’re wondering
Why is it so hard why is it so challenging God is just pruning you in this season so you can be more productive in the next amen amen amen praise God at this time we’re going to be blessed to have the the introduction of hallelujah our gen now
Speaker oh that’s the introduction then the choir amen amen hallelujah amen hallelujah well praise the Lord amen I am grateful for all of you all who answer God’s call uh you answered it when you woke up and came to church today amen but today we’re grateful for
You young adult who not only answered his call to come into his house today but to be his vessel uh so I’m grateful for the gift and privilege to present to most of you but maybe to introduce to some the anointed person that is akaya Ridley I’m going to read this piece of
Paper that she gave us but then I’m going to tell you uh how I see her in my heart aaya Ridley grew up in Albi in Michigan whoop whoop she attended Marshall High School in Marshall Michigan and received her Bachelor’s in history and sociology from albian college yeah that’s applaud worthy where
She was a part of a uh groundbreaking program that literally highlighted the gift and the richness in African-American students from the albian community called build Albi and fellows currently she’s a graduate student at em you with the Masters in the Masters of Science historic preservation and preservation
Studies program come on we right in her lane today she’s dedicating her life uh to preserving the story of her people amen it says zakai is currently serving as an oral history program associate for the University archives k has also served as the assistant director for Alban’s big
Read literacy program for the last two years akaya has been a member of lwis Chapel am Church in albian Michigan since she was young where she was involved in the ypd in the choir and in the lurgical dance ministry and now somebody say now now she is a proud
Member of the Brown Chapel am church family right here and actively engaged if y’all didn’t notice it was her voice reading them seven minute announcements amen so we praise God uh for knowing her story today uh and I just want to share with you all today a little bit more
Beyond what’s on that paper uh Kaa uh has a glorious heart she has a brilliant mind and she is full of God’s gifts uh we were blessed to witness her Supernatural capacity to absorb massive amounts of words and informations even at seven and 8 years old and then to
Kind of wield them and release them to make powerful impact aaya at seven and 8 years old for her Easter speech uh was reciting entire pages of literature uh and every time we gave her something more challenging she’d rise to it and then we’d have to dig deeper the next
Year and she’d rise to it and then we’ dig deeper and she’d just keep rising to it and we learn then how gifted she was at utilizing the power of word aaya also has a god-sized heart I often times see that it is big as Heaven uh and we see
That in good ways and in challenging ways because her heart is also yielded to a spirit of Excellence she she doesn’t do anything halfway she doesn’t settle for anything what you may not know about this scholar is that her grades have always been exceptional I mean straight A student all the way
Through the Journey all the way and we would have to calm her down when she did not get a 4.0 in some class we would have to pray her through because she has a heart of Excellence and she also has a huge heart so I want
To share with you Brown Chapel family to pray for this blessing because sometimes the enemy will take our hearts and he’ll manipulate it so that we pour out more than we should so we’ve had to Anchor her in her gifts and remind her that balance and wholeness and wellness are
Her portion so church family say we will pray pray for her and all the other young adults in this season amen amen she is good ground God has put in a miraculous seed in her and we cannot wait to see the full story of the fruit
In Jesus name amen amen I just want to add to that amen praise God that before co uh she was she was our kids babysitter amen and we didn’t know as brother Larry said that we were surrounded by greatness amen they was just hanging out playing can I play with
Your hair can we do this and that amen while she was knocking out straight A in college and other things and so we praise God for her and after the singing the hearing of this next Ministry song uh with the mass choir and you all are part of the mass worship experience
We’ll be hearing from the person of aaya Ridley amen amen amen how many know that God is awesome yes I mean really really awesome we’ve heard from the testimony of so many here in this place but I know if we all got on the witness stand today we have reasons and opportunities to
Share how awesome God has been in our own lives so today’s song is my God see how we say personal not just your God but my God every time we say my I want you to own it put your hand on your own heart Amen to testify if he is awesome
In your life amen all right thank god brother Cooper Is aome he can Mo Keep Me In The Valley in the ground hide me from the rain hide me from the rain yes he is my God is awesome my God is awesome heals me when I’m broken when I’m BR strength when I’ve been strength when weed we forever he will reain
Forever he will I hear you choir say it one more time my God is he can move mountains he can move keep me in the valley keep me in the valley hi from the rain from the rain my God my God is aome he heals me he when I’m broken strength
Strength anybody been weakened forever he will reain my God my God is all awesome yes he is awesome awesome awesome awesome my God my God is awesome awesome awesome yes he is awesome Hallelujah awesome my God my God is he’s a savior of the whole worldi The Giver of Salvation Giver of
Salvation by his stripes I’m Healed his I am my God is my God is all today I am forgiven today am for his grace is why I’m living is why I’m Liv somebody ought to praise His holy name my God is my God is awesome oh yes he is he’s
Awesome Hallelujah he’s awesome awesome oh yes he is awesome awwesome my God is awesome think about how good he’s been awesome he’s made a way out of nowhere awesome yes he is yes he is awesome tell you how you doing he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s
Mighty he’s Mighty awesome awes oh yes he is awesome awwesome not only that he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s awesome yes he is he awesome awesome I’m so glad God is great he’s great he’s great he’s great he’s great he’s great
He’s great great he is awesome yes he is yes he is awesome I’m so glad he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s Mighty he’s mightyy he’s Mighty awesome oh yes he is he’s awesome a anybody know him as a deliverer has he delivered you he’s a
Deliverer oh yes he is I said that he’s awesome awesome oh bless his name he’s awesome awesome oh God We Know You Are Holy he’s holy nobody like you nobody nowhere holy he’s holy he holy he’s holy aome yes he is yes he is aome can anybody witness that he’s a provider has
He provided for you I know he is he’s a provider he’s awesome a I wish I had some witnesses in the house I know that God a protector he’s a protector oh yes he is he’s a protector he’s awesome Hallelujah yes he is awesome my God my God is awesome he can move
Mountain he can move Mountain he keeps me in the valley me in the Valle hide me from the rain me from the rain my God is my God is he heals me heals me Bren strength strength where I been we praise His holy name Hallelujah he’s awesome give you a thanks
Hallu he’s Mighty he’s Mighty go down to the mhm Mighty aome oh yes he is yes he is aome yes he’s holy he’s he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s holy he’s and he’s awesome awesome bless his name bless his name awesome I’m so glad he’s
Great he’s great he’s great and greatly to be praised he’s great he is awesome awesome yes he is yes he is aome yes he’s a Deliverer I just have I just have to say I love that song so much um well thank you all for having me here in front of you today um giving all the glory and honor to God um I stand before you um once again my name is aaya
Ridley and I am coming here in front of you all to share a little bit about my testimony and how the Lord has placed me in the path that I am in today um so I would like to talk to you all about serving through building Community um so Community is very very
Important to me um we have especially I’m kind of surprised because I didn’t know that my mom and my grandma and my aunt were going to join us today so I had to shout them out um they have been a great large part of my life um
Everything that I have done I owe it all to the community in the village that raised me um the city of albian especially So currently I am a graduate student here at Eastern Michigan University and I recently moved to the ipsilanti area so this is not my home as
Well and um this month is Black History Month and as a black woman I come from two different under repesentative groups that have stories to share and like I said I come from albian which is where my story began and shape me into the person that I am today so I would like
To draw back from the reading of the scripture that we have um God says you didn’t choose me I chose you I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit so that the father will give you whatever you ask for exceedingly and abundantly all things um using my name this is my
Command love each other now growing up I have to give you a little bit of background I was surrounded by a community um V of various talents I was surrounded by my peers who played Sports and they were singing and they were dancing and so many other talents that um unfortunately
Although I tried to participate in I wasn’t the best person on I wasn’t the best person on the court or on the Dance Floor you know uh and people they let me know it um so it was it was discouraging at first um because I felt like I needed to
Be good at those things in order to have purpose and to be successful and um I kind of struggled in the beginning um like Reverend tiia was saying I was all into school uh I knew that even though outside of school I wasn’t doing too much besides being active in um
Community events and all that I still felt like because I wasn’t doing what everybody else was doing that I wasn’t like I wasn’t up there um and like I said it was discouraging at first but I had to sit down and talk to God and I
Asked him I said okay Lord what am I supposed to be doing um so even though I was feeling behind um the Lord told me he said well you you’re a talker and everybody who knows me knows that I am a talker uh I will talk your
Ears off and I will listen to you while you talk my ears off just because I love to talk to people and like they were saying I was reading scriptures and speeches that were three four pages long as a child and being able to pronounce words and read different lens of books
In school I it never occurred to me that that was a talent that was a skill um and even being able to speak in front of people not everybody does that and I am able to do that and I have been able to
Do that so I said Lord how can I use the talents that I do have to serve you and do the work that you want me to do so I knew that there was a part of me that wanted to continue to stand out not negatively but positively um and when I
Was on my college journey I toured lots of different universities and thought maybe I needed to you know leave albian right away and find myself at a larger space but then I realized I’m not that’s not me I like to make impact and I like to have a direct impact on the people
That I’m around and going to albian um college for a tour I realized that I instantly felt community and I know that might sound crazy because I’m from Al and it’s down the street but but it wasn’t it it felt like a new home for me
And I knew that the sense of community that I felt from the people that were a part of my tour and a part of my visits showed me that I could go there and do great work so we have been learning that to be a disciple is to be a a student
And we are given different opportunities to learn and to grow but also to share that information with others and I became very aware of this when I decided to direct my studies towards history growing up in Alan and I know we heard a members today talk about your community
And all of the rich history that has come out of people that you see every day people who are in your family um who you wouldn’t even know unless you sit down and talk to them and I learned that about my community as well uh The Great Migration uh brought black people from
The South to the north to work in our Industries and albian was one of those cities who received a lot of black families um they pushed for Education rights and um other social justice rights in the community and that was so that was so important to me because
These were people that I was seeing at church every day or or not every day every Sunday or in the grocery store or my Grandma’s friends and um just family members who I didn’t realize had such a rich impact on not only our community history but our overall overall National
History as well and I began to realize the important of black history in the community and how we would not even be where we are today if it wasn’t for our communities and our support um we have all learned about different historical figures who have had the opportunity to
Present to the masses and that’s I mean maybe one day that’ll be me too but so once I realized this I started to understand what God wanted my purpose to be to learn more about my people and to help them share their stories with everyone Hallelujah and of course
Even though all of my even though I had all of my studies and taking four classes at a time couldn’t I couldn’t sit still on campus I had about five or six campus jobs that I was doing in a week on top of like babysitting and
Going home and um everything else that I did but one thing that one of the jobs that specifically stuck out to me was I got the opportunity to be an academic mentor and tutor to a lot of students who were a part of underrepresented communities and um these kids they would
Tell me about the opportunities that they missed in their communities and that honestly they felt that they were missing from the community that we were a part of now and that really put pushed me to want to do something about it and there was a lot of things going on on
Our campus at that time but I tried to lend my voice and be a voice to those who aren’t comfortable talking and aren’t comfortable expressing themselves and myself and a group of my peers we were very strong minded and we we stood out and we stood up and we advocated for
Um our community of underrepresented on the campus so I was approached then after someone heard me speaking at a rally where we were advocating for changes in albian college for black students they heard me speaking and I was presented with the opportunity to help the Albin College archives build a black history exhibit
There was so many black alumni from the campus who have gone on to do great things um things that we haven’t heard about or that we will hear about and nobody really knew and these students on campus needed I felt that they needed to
Know that you can be here and you can be successful and here’s are here are examples of people who have went here and have gone through the things that we are going through even today um and I wanted to celebrate their Blackness and their success so I worked this led to
The creation of my first oral history project the beginning of belonging and where I explored the black history of albian college and even with the little knowledge that I had I understood that the impacts that students had on their campus and how their stories were going Untold this opportunity allowed for me
To connect with black alumni and also I was ultimately I was able to use oral history to help others share their stories with the public and by the grace of God as one person I was the only person um who worked on this project and I was able to help strengthen
Relationships not only with myself in the alumni but with the campus and the college in the black alumni um I began to be invited into spaces where my voice was being heard and where I could like I said represent my community in spaces that not a lot of other students were being invited
Into and so now as much as I’ve just talked about my relationship to my hometown you can imagine that I had no motivation to leave um growing up I was never the one that wanted to you know leave the comfort of my own home and my mom and my
Grandma they kind of baby me a little bit so I was definitely like okay after Al been I’m going to find something to do around here and you know and even after encouragement blessed them for Reverend Phillips and Reverend Tia they like no ma’am we got to get you from going
Home and so I was then presented with the opportunity to learn more about preserving history I had learned about Eastern Michigan’s historic preservation program um one of few in the state of Michigan at that and as I was presented with this opportunity I was like okay but that’s in ipsan that’s that’s kind
Of far from me so I don’t know what I’m going to do but um this was the opportunity to learn how to create compositor and build research for future Educators and future students um who want to know more history and I have also learned that the
Program was not as diverse um I’m the only uh black person in the program only person of color in the program now that I’ve been here and I took that as to mean that I needed to go learn how to do the basics of preservation but also to
Use those opportunities to bring those skills back to not only the community of albian but into the black community like we were saying earlier we all have such Rich history that’s sitting in our living rooms and to me I feel that we need to have this history somewhere and
Preserve it the right way that’s right and so even though I wasn’t familiar with Eastern or ipsan I talked to I sat down with my mom my grandma and I said said well what do y’all think if I go to Eastern and my mom had attended Eastern
Before and so she was all like oh my gosh I remember this I remember that and I’m like so what if I go and um I prayed about it and I asked the Lord I said oh well if I’m supposed to go there then you will make it happen
For me and I expressed my interest to the program director and I decided to apply and I was accepted like within weeks of applying and the director reached out to me personally and was like I’m so happy that you applied for this program we’ve been watching your
Work at albian and we were very interested in everything that you were doing and we hope that you can come to our program and help us do some of the same things and I got a little nervous I was like okay going back to being the
Only one um it was it was messing with my mind a little bit so I worked all summer and I began to save up to pay and um be able to go towards this next step in my life I didn’t know what I was going to do I didn’t know where I was
Going to live when I got here or I was going to support myself when being a student on campus but my grandma keep kept saying just pray about it and put it in God’s hands and um I have one of those grandmas who got scriptures all
Over the wall and the Bible and um different messages from the Lord and every day I would look go from my room to the kitchen I would read all of the scriptures and the Lord was just telling me like everything’s going to work out everything’s going to work out and so I
Ended up being able to find campus housing and um and then I was like okay so now I got somewhere to live what am I going to do when I get up there and after a summer of being patient I just happened to to receive a phone call one
Day from the program director and she said well they only give us a couple graduate assistantships a year but they offered us one more so if it if you want it it’s yours and a graduate assistantship is like your tuition is paid for and um on Tope of stiping that
That so I’m thinking I didn’t know what I was going to do for work I didn’t know how I was going to pay I know financial aid I was going to get some of that but she was like one thing is I don’t know what the job is it we’re in the geology
Departments or geography department so it could be anything and I was like that’s okay I’ll take it um even though I didn’t know what I was going to be getting myself into and so then the following week she called me back and said well we actually just got a
Scholarship from a group a group of people who are who are willing who are wanting to help en encourage diversity in our program so we also have a scholarship for you so on top of the graduate assistantship I also received scholarship money to help me pay for it
As well and so I was like okay Lord that mean I got to go so so I went to the orientation not knowing what I was going to be doing still and then I found out the oral I went up to the oral historian at the program and he said well going to
Be working with me and I’m like what so so this whole time I was stressed out about having to be in a science lab and I’m actually going to get hands-on experience working with the oral historian um after all of the work that I got to do at albian I realized that
Oral history and oral Traditions are a huge part of our black community um while we have different physical materials the best story stories come from us and what we say and what we listen to and so being able yes thank you God being able to get the opportunity to learn from a professional
And then like I said before being able to bring those skills back to my community I was very excited and um and often I would still get asked like even to this day well what are you going to do with a history degree or what jobs can you get as a
Preservationist and I didn’t know and I still don’t know but I knew I was going to find out um and and like in our scripture um verses 7-8 it says but if you remain in me and my words remain in you you may ask for anything you want
And it will be granted when you produce much fruit you are my true disciples I did this brings G great glory to my father I didn’t give up because I believe that the Lord will help me and he then started to show me well watch
This I’ll show you what you will do with those degrees and so as I am progressing in the program and will be graduating here in a couple months I [Applause] yes yes thank you I started to feel comfortable on Eastern’s campus and in ipsan coming here to Brown ch and being becoming a
Part of a new community and experiencing the love and support I feel like this is my home this is my this is my second home um I feel the sense of diversity everywhere and like I said before I am I’m the only black person in the program
So being able to find another home outside of that surrounded by my people and people who love me even though you might not know me or um know me well enough yet you still support me in every way and I knew that I had to make it a
Point to stand out and help my colleagues understand the importance of intangible Heritage so opportunities poured out for me I was asked to conduct oral history interviews with civil rights activists who were visiting Eastern Michigan and helped build community between our program and other departments on campus I was um invited
Back to speak at albian about serving the community through oral history and now currently I have been given the um opportunity to have my own project at Eastern Michigan where I’ll be documenting the impact that the Emu Gospel Choir had on the campus So yes I know I’ve been hearing so many stories about how the E the Eastern Michigan Gospel Choir has not only impacted the Campus Community but also the community of ipsan and Greater Detroit area so I am so excited to learn more and complete interviews with people
Who were involved and as I begin to speak with the members of the choir and learn more about the impact I realized why the Lord wanted me to come to this program he knew that my talents and skills that I didn’t even know were talents and skills could be used for
Good and to help my help me help my peers understand the importance of preserving black stories black stories shape our world and they deserve to be told it’s so amazing how black people can go into spaces and make those spaces their own and they came to new places
And they built their families up with villages and supporters who helped them raise their children and Chang laws and set new standards and I have a appreciation beyond words for the work that is being done so with that being said this is why I do what I do and what
I will continue and I don’t want to be the only one I want others to learn to that any community that you are a part of has a story to tell and I am so grateful to God for everything that he has done for me and every that he has
Put in my path helping me grow as the person I have became today and I would like to thank you all for having me and once again thank you for all of your love and support and yeah so thank [Applause] you [Applause] [Applause] Somebody say that’s good news good news can we stand to our feet all over the House you know UHA just shared so eloquently and profoundly the importance of history but also I’m we’re just blessed that her weaving in the rootedness of her Faith amen that she was able to know who to call on and to recognize who was calling on her
Yeah to know that she was chosen by God to do this in in time like this amen hallelujah hallelujah and so today just we want to take moment and thank God for that but to recognize that he is also making space to call all of us somebody say He’s Calling My Name
Calling my name and whether you have already accepted Jesus Christ into your life he’s still calling you to purpose amen the Salvation amen is just a part of the process of living out being a disciple of Christ we just want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to receive that invitation from
Jesus with eyes closed and heads bowed if you’re here today and you recognize that you’ve never asked and accepted the invitation to be a follower of Christ you’ve never asked him to come into your heart into your life and you recognize that you need him for salvation you need him to
Lead you and guide you if you’re here today and you say you know what Reverend I I I need Jesus in my life I have not made a profession of Faith publicly today is my day if that’s you just raise your hand we’ll encourage you we’ll pray
With you we’ll walk with you in the journey amen it let you know the Des the doors of the church are open if you’re looking for a community a place to call home a place to grow we’re not the only one but we are a great place to grow in Grace and Faith
Amen we’re not a perfect church but we do serve a wonderful and a perfect God if you’re here today and you feel God drawing pulling upon your heart to to make your place your community here at Brown Chapel if that’s you just raise your hand we’ll pray with you encourage
You amen and walk with you in the journey those who are online amen you can respond to as well whether you respond with the connect link we will reach out to you and connect with you and pray with you but last invitation if you’re here today and you’re wondering about God
What is my purpose you’ve been got to have that own prayer for yourself that’s you you’ve been wondering God what do you want me to do with this this calling this ministry these feelings this these gifts if that’s you don’t worry about anybody else if you just been praying that
Prayer we want to pray with you if just raise your hand so we can be praying in agreement see your hand I see your hand I see your hand see your hand hand glory be to God you hear what what do you want me to see your hand glory be to God what
Do you want me to do with these gifts and offer a word of Prayer let us pray God we thank you right now we thank you oh God that you called us chose us appointed us to produce fruit for your glory god I thank you Lord for even the persons who have been asking the question Lord what do you want me to do
Uh the first answer he gives is I want you to trust me sometimes we don’t get the what until we get that question answer do you trust me do you love me then to believe you Jesus believe you God that you have the best intentions
For our lives and for what you want to do through our lives to believe that you want to produce much fruit through our lives so God I thank you right now as you reveal yourself in in in in prayers and in dreams and in vision and in what
Seems like happen St conversations you will reveal yourself and your plan to your children we thank you Jesus that you said I no longer call you servants because a a servant a master doesn’t tell a servant all his plans but now I call you friends so I thank you God that
You’re telling your your story and you’re giving wisdom to your friends today you’re giving direction to your friends today God you’re giving understanding and Grace and support to your friends today God God we thank you that you are calling us your friends we receive your friendship receive your
Love receive your grace and your power we recognize that you will not leave us nor forsake us a matter of fact you’re setting us up for Glory setting us up God to be a part of your wonderful story so God bless strengthen and encourage thank you God
For the young adults who are making their way for those who are pressing towards graduation in the name of Jesus those who are in school give them Grace and strength whatever age you are in school bless these students bless these disciples God to learn and to grow and
We thank you for the witnesses the the witnesses that will encourage them in the journey this we pray in Jesus name you church say amen and amen amen praise come put your hands together and bless God again for that testimony in the witness amen amen you may be seated amen as we
Continue in our service we’re preparing now for our our our generosity moment amen our generosity moment where some Churches they just call it offering amen but it’s a chance for us to be in the same footsteps of Christ and Of God scripture says he is a generous God Amen
2 Corinthians 9 that he does indeed give seed to the swer that as we are giving and being generous he makes it possible for us to be more generous we want to thank God for so many of you who are praying and trusting God in generosity amen thank God how
You’ve been able to be a blessing not just uh locally here in this local church but a blessing to community amen I thank God for Partnerships and connections with places like like Hope Clinic and the corner amen and and black men Reed Hallelujah and other places we
All have sowed seeds into persons and Growing Hope amen hallelujah some of our own teachers amen who are now teaching that we’ve helped to be able to bless brother Davis amen amen so many brother Drake Hallelujah brother Bri other be blessing their classrooms so we want to
Continue to be cheerful givers and glad in what God is calling us to do amen hallelujah and walk in faith how many yall know there’s no one like him amen as the ushers Make Ready amen you can also give not only by check or what you
Have but also those who are in this digital age through cash app gfy PayPal amen you’re also able to to give in those way amen while we’re giving come on let’s sing a little bit amen now there going be some words up on the screen some of you’all May Hallelujah just sing along
Hallelujah on Yahweh yahe yah yahe holy is your name Thank yah way yah holy is your name I don’t want to take it in there way y yah y holy is your name I don’t want to take it in there there will be no other God before you there will be no other God before you there will be no Other God no one cu no one no one no one no one no one no one s to our feet come on say together yahe yah yahe Y come on holy is your name holy is your name I don’t want to take it In God we thank you God we bless you we thank you for these gifts and for the givers build it God multiply It For Your Glory we thank you as you can meet all our needs according to your riches and Glory this we pray in Jesus name
Amen holy holy is your name come on I don’t want to take it in vain cuz there will be cuz there will be no other gods before you cuz there will be cuz there will be no other gods before you oh God there is no one above you no one
Beside you nobody because there’s no one above you because there is no one above you no one you nobody CU there’s no one above you there is no one above you no one beside you nobody like you there will never be there will be no other God before
You no one no one no one God we thank you that there is no one like you thank you oh God how you draw us into Purpose By Your your plan God now bless the family bless these disciples God as they go out into the world sharing good news
Sharing your love proving by the fruit that they belong to you God Now cover them in the name of Jesus we thank you that we will be fruitful For Your Glory this we pray in Jesus name God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and
God bless you Let the church say amen Amen Lord Lord bless you and keep you make his face sh upon you and be gra to you Lord turn his face toward you And bless you and keep you make his face upon you gra to you Lord turn his face toward you and give You Aen aen Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine the one to Lord turn his towards you and give you pe Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine on You Lord turn his face for you and give you A be upon you and thousand generation and your family and children and children and children his presence go before you and behind you and beside you all around you and within you he is with you he is with you in the morning in the evening and you’re coming and you’re
Going and you’re weeping and rejoicing he is for you he is for you he is for you he is for you he is for you he is for you he is for you he is for he is for you he is for you amen aen aen amen Aen
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