L TR On this way I Start [Applause] P All right I’ll catch up This is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it this is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it I know we can do a little bit better than that God brought us through this
Week and if your week has been anything like my week your worship needs to be a little bit more on 100 the more you bless them the more you praise him the more he will bless you and we serving a god of a much more in 2024 so in
2024 Our Praise should match the blessings that we know we’re going to receive so I ask that you stand on your feet and give God praise on today and not just a lukewarm praise just remember that he brought you through 2023 and now you’re in 2024 this is the second month of
2024 there were some people that didn’t wake up this morning but he put you on the list to open your eyes onday and for that we give God praise right now just take a moment and just reflect on God’s goodness we’re dressed in our colors we’re representing our
Schools we’re here but only by the grace of God we are just one blessing away from losing it all never forget that right now I’m going to call on my sister deaconness Dr Tracy Gardner representing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor Incorporated for our Invocation good morning Saints so as we begin our worship service we want to invoke the holy spirit in this place we are grateful to be here as my sister Roselyn said but we want to make sure that whenever uh we gather together more than two gathered together that we invoke the holy spirit
So I ask you to Bow your heads my Lord and my God we thank you for this day we thank you for Fellowship we thank you for friends we thank you for family we thank you for for colleagues we thank you for college friends we thank you for sister and
Brotherhood friends and family we thank you for black history we ask you we thank you for the Trailblazers we thank you for those who came before us who thought it not robbery to fight the things that we get to benefit from today but we can never lose
Sight that you have to continue to work together in unity to maintain the things that God has given us so on this day that we always remain mindful that we did not get here alone that somebody had to pay the price and each one of these organizations have people in them that
Believed in the Lord thy God that would get them through each one one of these organizations are Christian organizations and we want people to be mindful of that it is not by accident that we are in the Church of God right please don’t mistake that the Lord thy
God continues to bless us and keep us and if you went to a historically black college if you had a family member who went to a historically black college if your child goes to an historically black college right there is someone who couldn’t get in who had everything
Possible but could not get into another University and so historically bad colleges were made do not take your right to an education for granted they are Banning books right now Lord have mercy please know that in the State of Florida the Bible came up as a book to
Ban so please know that this is that these are gifts from God so we’re going to ask the Holy Spirit to come in this place as we worship and fellowship and we’re going to pray as Jesus taught his disciples to pray Our Father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debors and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for
Thine is the kingdom the power and the glory for now and forever Amen you may be seated but not for long cuz we know the worship team is coming and the worship team is not here for entertainment the worship team is to usher in the holy spirit so we are going to be participants in Praise on today amen all Right As we enter into this holy place we give RTO your holy all glory and hon belongs to you for you are worthy and we give your name of Praise as we enter into this heart ho place we give re unto your Holy Name all glory and H belong to you for you are
Worthy and we give your the praise as we live our hands in Praise we sing we acknowledge you are Lord of everything the of God the holy you are worthy and we give your name the Praise as we lift our hands in Praise we sing We acknowledge you are Lord of everything the Son of God the Holy One you are worthy and we give your name of praise You are worthy and we give your name praise you are worthy and we give your name of praise you are worthy and we give your name PR Holiness oh God is what we long for Holiness Holiness is what I long for Hol is what I need Holiness Holiness is what you want for me for me let’s sing that together Holiness Hol Hol is what I long for Holiness Hol is what I need is what I need s
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Lord please take my oh and to you to you oh Lord oh Lord please take my heart take my heart take take my take My to my God pleas take my heart cre me A transform trans Lord take My Lord to Your cuz Holiness Hol is what I long for rightousness is what I need Brokenness Brokenness is what you want for Me is what you want what you Want that’s what you want for me oh God it’s what you want for me oh it’s what you want what you want for me is what you want what you want for Me Hallelujah do you know we serve a good god do you know we serve a good god oh taste and see that the Lord he is good Hallelujah your name oh God help us out this morning clap your hands with Us oh taste and see the Is the is all and the Lord is good he walk right by my right and you promise to be to be my God I never have to worry he walk right by and he promised to prom to be my God so I never have to Wor in my distress my will he Will right and he promised to be God so I never have he walk right by and he promised prom to be my God so I never I never to he is good he is good this is the day the that the will so I willj by
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Is good he is good good good good good he is good so good so good so good he is good so good so good so good he is good do you know we serve a good God God worthy of the praise worthy of the glory worthy of the honor come on let’s sing
It oh taste and see that the Lord is oh taste and see that the Lord he is good I never have to worry your he is good the Lord never fail me yet he is this is the day that the Lord I will and this is the day that the Lord I Will
Rejoice he good good good good good is good he is good good good good good he is good so good so good so good he is good so good so good so Good He walked right by he walked right by my side and he promised he promised to be my I never have To he walks he walks Right By My Side he promised he promis to be my Wor walk right by my by my he promised promised to be my God so I never wor to is good he is good clap your hands and rejoice to a good god a god worthy of the praise worthy of the glory worthy of the honor he’s so good Hallelujah That song that song that song here is good he is good he is good he is good he been good he was good he’s still good he will always be good amen amen amen right now we’re going to ask you all to stand to your feet As we sing Our
Opening hymn which is lift every voice and Sing [Applause] [Applause] Re [Applause] The Great the Victory Is For in [Applause] The Heart Sh amen amen ask that you remain standing as we uh read our affirmation of Faith this will be read by truste Pamela Willer uh streer Esquire and she’s representing Alpha Kappa Alpha soror Incorporated good morning Bethesda and Friends our affirmation of faith today is from Psalm
150 praise the Lord praise God in his Sanctuary praise him in his mighty heavens praise him for his acts of power praise him for his surpassing greatness praise him with the sounding of the trumpet praise him with the harp and liar praise him with tambourine and dancing praise
Him with the strings and flute Praise Him With The Clash of symbols praise him with the resounding symbols let everything that hath breath praise the Lord praise the Lorden amen am amen you may be seated we will now have our welcome by Sister Taylor Christian she’s representing Delta Sigma Theta sorority
Incorporated Howard University is her Amma [Applause] Mater good morning Bethesda good morning everybody um Jesus we thank you for today it’s a great day that you have made we are rejoicing and joyful to be in the house of God Amen on behalf of the ministerial staff and Reverend
Weaver the third we are so delighted that you chose to spend your Sunday morning in worship of Our Lord at Bethesda Baptist Church welcome to the brothers of alpha alpha Fraternity Incorporated founded in 1906 at Cor University to the ladies of alphac Kappa Alpha Authority Incorporated founded
Founded in 1908 at Howard University the brothers of Kappa alpas saai Fraternity Incorporated founded in 1911 at Indiana University the brothers of Omega Sci-Fi fraternity Incorporated founded in 1911 at Howard University the wonderful ladies of Delta Sigma Theta sority Incorporated founded in 1913 at Howard University the ladies
Of Zeta fi Beta sorority Incorporated founded in 1920 at Howard University the ladies of Sigma gamma Rose Sor Incorporated founded at 19 in 1922 at Butler University the brothers of f Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated founded in 1914 yeah I see you guys looking spiffy in your blue soups very
Nice uh founded in 1914 at Howard University and the brothers of Iota f data Fraternity Incorporated founded in 1963 at Morgan State University and to all the graduates of HBCU and all the black people in general amen if amen amen um if you are looking for a church
Home Bethesda would be so happy and delighted to invite you to join ours we love you God loves you and we welcome you God bless you [Applause] welcome thank you [Laughter] Taylor we now have our Westchester County National panal Council president coming before us she’s also represent represented in Zeta F beta sity Incorporated and also the second HBCU Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Miss Kima ellerby let us hear her thank you the Shady is real in the house of the Lord amen
Amen um definitely go Lincoln go Lincoln Lions I have to say um as an 18-year-old graduating from White Plains High School it was such an honor to go to an historically black college where people looked like me sounded like me and we were able to focus on our history so
Definitely definitely proud to be an Alum of Link University Now mik official opacity good morning everyone good morning Reverend Allan Paul Weaver III Deacon Bridget McLean mle Williams and Deacon rosn J Barnes my name is Kima ellerby I have the honor and the privilege of being the current president
Of the westest the pan Atlantic Council on behalf of the Executive Board of the panel in a council and the council I say good morning morning all right the National panol Council is a group of nine historically African-American International Greek letter fraternities and sororities that work together in collaboration these nine organizations
Or we like to call ourselves the divine nine so when I call each organization I want to ask that you stand up you do your call and you remain standing remember we are in church so we got to keep it remember we are in church right
So you got to do the clean call version right all right amen so to the men of alpha alpha Fraternity Incorporated are we in the house house okay to the ladies of alpaca Alpha sorority Incorporated please stand up thank you thank you thank you Tanya
Tanya got the memo to the men of Kappa alasi Fraternity Incorporated please stand up no thank you please remain standing please remain standing everyone yes please remain standing to the men of Omega Sci-Fi fraternity and Incorporated there you go all right to the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated please stand
Up to my constitutionally bound Brothers yes I said that uh five Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated please stand up you now my personal favorite to the lovely ladies of Zeta F beta sority Incorporated please stand Up oh they got the memo they got the MEO to the ladies of Sigma gamar Ro sority Incorporated oh I see you I see y’all and last but not least the brothers of Iota F the fraternity excuse me in corp at ladies and gentlemen the divine nine you may be seated thank
You our Council provides various scholarships throughout the year we are doing things such as the school days where we go to high schools in Westchester County and talk about our organization and we offer scholarships we are also in conjunction with the American Heart Cancer Association we we are in March about to
Host our first but not last workshop on Alzheimer’s awareness and how it affects African-American communities we also give our Scholarships in conjunction with the Urban League through the black Scholars Program and this year in May we also will be hosting our Greek honors where we celebrate members of our own so
Once again on behalf of the council I’d like to say thank you for inviting us and we look forward to a long collaboration with the besta Baptist Church thank you thank you madam president we’ll now have um words from Sister Sandra Walters young um highlighting HBCU and she is representing Northfolk
State University which is her arm moer praise the Lord and good morning everyone as sister RZ just mentioned I’m representing the 757 hiwater Hampton Roads area home of one of the best bands in the land the marching Spartan Legion I am North State University always beholding the green and
Gold um when I look back wow it’s been almost 30 years there’s just certain things our fellow HBCU have dealt with um we homecoming step shows hanging out in the calf hanging out in the yard I think every HBCU probably their yard was called the yard um dealing with the financial aid
Department um yeah that’s but yeah but when it’s all said and done um what I can say is we all were resilient that’s something that we were taught there was no mention of failure you you just got it done we were taught Excellence um pride and everything that we’ve
Done and um it was just a great experience being at noric State University um now there has been this ongoing debate conversation about who was the first HBCU okay now if you go to Bethesda that has been drilled in our brain that Shany is which is true but there are several other
First HBCU I’m just going to give a couple um wil Force University in Ohio was the first HBCU opened and operated by African-Americans through the am church and Miss Elby I’m gonna I’mma turn this thing around Lincoln University of Pennsylvania was the first HBCU to Grant
Degrees so all great in their own way all first in their own way but great okay now there’s been several um famous people dignitaries that have attended HBCU but I want to acknowledge and recognize one that we all know and love the Reverend Dr Alan Paul Reaver Jr who was a proud graduate
Of Florida Memorial University now re thank you Reverend Weaver was the epitome of what black college Excellence was through his Teaching and te preaching and teaching of the word of God he held a high standard for Academia there was no failure with Rend we when it came to academics and also his staunch support of social justice so for that we are forever grateful to you Reverend Weaver so now we’re going to recognize
All of the um individuals in the congregation that graduated from the HBCU we’d like you to stand even if you don’t have on your palenia we want you to stand want to recognize you we want you to shout out the schools that you went to so wherever you want to start
Just shout out sing university cookman university okay Beach who’s how okay [Applause] okay [Applause] [Applause] yes that’s true [Applause] okay [Applause] okay yes that’s [Applause] true there someone in the okay [Applause] okay [Applause] okay okay okay so we’re family members our twins Morgan State University all [Applause] right so wherever you attended College
Let us always remember to stay strong stay resilient remember that we are great as a people no matter that’s right what obstacles we go through stay humble we are worthy of everything that this world tries to P us down with thank you and God [Applause] bless thank you
Sandra thank you for the history lesson we still first right now we’re going to have our black history moment video presentation um by our Sunday morning Bible will study um Deacon imore M Lewis long director good morning church and all of our guests this morning our Sunday morning Bible study Ministry is here
This morning to celebrate Black History Month so they will be showcasing their God gifts and talents so that we will understand more about our history and they want to do that this morning in their own special way I want to give a special shout out to our Deacon um Jason
Pul for his intervention and helping us to do our video presentation and also we will have those that will be coming forward to speak so sit back and enjoy the show thank you we And the African Aman Liv Now black fraternities and sororities evolved during a period when African-Americans were being denied essential rights and privileges afforded others racial isolation on predominantly white campuses and social barriers of class on all campuses created a need for African-Americans to align themselves with other individuals sharing common goals and ideals with the realization of
Such a need the African-American Greek lettered organization movement took on the Persona of being a Haven and outlet for black college students it was a movement designed to Foster Brotherhood and Sisterhood in the pursuit of bringing about social change through the development of programs that would create positive change for black people
The country and the world today the need Remains the Same collectively these black fraternities and sororities are known as the divine nine and have created the National panh helenic Council to Foster coop operative actions of its members in dealing with members of mutual concern the primary purpose
And focus of the members of the divine nine remains Community awareness and action through educational economic and cultural service to them Greek membership goes beyond the Collegiate Experience as members of each of the nine organizations view their membership as a lifetime commitment the divine nine began with the first black fraternity Alpha
Alpha which was founded in 1906 the first black sorority Alpac Kappa Alpha was founded in 1908 Kappa Alpha SCI fraternity and Omega Sci-Fi fraternity were founded in 1911 Delta sigmaa sorority was founded in 1913 F Beta Sigma fraternity was founded in 1914 Zeta Beta sorority its sister organization was founded in
1920 Sigma gamma row sorority was established in 1922 and Iota Theta fraternity was founded in 1963 Thison we to black history in our stud home we [Applause] To he was the first blackademy a for the best only being the first is audition and not able to he he per he persevered he persevered and went to win many Rewards that’s our time thank you for on [Applause] news PR Chur [Applause] [Applause] Of 2 [Applause] show On [Applause] all right okay it brings me this pleasure actually it brings me this honor to uh give this tribute to our late Pastor Weaver um like was mentioned before he graduated from Florida Memorial University um going through this uh process just growing up in the church pastor Weavers
Meant a lot to us we’re family he he led us guided us with Christ and first I just want to thank God for allowing him bestowing Pastor Weaver in this church using him as a vessel and everybody knows how strong he was in spirit and
The things he’s done for for all of us um this past uh last year around um uh his homegoing service there was uh plenty of people giving their testimonies their Recollections what passor Weaver is done for for them and and I can say he’s done a lot for me as
Well and if we could have gone all night we could have been spent the whole week talking about how great Pastor Weaver was he was amazing he was a great character it was a great [Applause] Pastor um so I just want to kind of start it off with how he’s touched my
Life and touched my soul um for those who may not know I growing up I was a little bit of a problem child you know little trouble kid I was stubborn and lazy so but um pastor we he came down to my school and uh Elementary School over
Here at Webster Elementary uh talked to the principles talked to the staff and I seen him in there and I was like he really came here for me and just and he began to talk to them asking him what can you do for him how can you how can
You get him more involved and and and and began to to talk to them and then he prayed over me and prayed over my family prayed with my mother and from then on teachers nothing but good reports and they said just totally engaged and involved in the lesson plans and I
Completely changed after that and it’s a blessing just to uh you know come out I know he would be happy for me because now I’m going to Howard University shout out my Howard alumar and I’m also a three- time graduate not one not two but three times went to Community College graduated from
There graduated from Southern Connecticut got my bachelor now I just graduated from NYU and I’m ready to start my dental career at Howard [Applause] so but that’s not even what the best thing he’s done for me cuz I came in this church and I grew up
And as I was growing up uh I had spent some time away and I came back and then I seen uh co-pastor Weaver and I was asked by m who’s who who’s uh co-pastor Weaver and she said that’s his son I said oh he had
Another son he he I thought I was his only son I said where did it come from but it’s okay CU I have a brother in Christ and I’m thankful for that and um and then I started to realize I look we have a picture of the the Weaver
Family in our in our house and I walk by it every day and I and I realized I was like oh these are his sons I thought I had to photoshop my my picture in there because I’m a part of the family too so
And I just want to say I love you and I love your family and you guys done a lot for me and like I said the best thing he’s done to for me is bring me to Christ Christ and save my soul I can stand up here and proclaim the name of
Jesus and tell you how great he’s been to me with like it says in Mark uh 8 um for what shall a man profit if he gains the whole world and lose his own soul so I could have gotten all these stuff all the riches in the world that doesn’t
Matter if you don’t find Jesus it does not matter give your life to Christ and um yeah I just I love the Lord and he’s uh he’s allowed me to see that see see how great Jesus is and and I’m very thankful for him and we all deely miss him
So thank you Pastor [Applause] rer [Applause] Ch Am you Amen amen amen thank you so much Sunday morning Bible study for your presentation and brother Malik Pastor WEA was a great man and he left a legacy a genuine Legacy and all of us we will never forget him now we’re going to have the reading of the word
Jude 24 and 25 by Sister Belinda Miller she’s representing Delta Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated followed by the ministry of Music purpose good morning everyone I want you guys to please bear with me my right eye so I’m having a hard time I will be reading the prayer of Jude
24 and 25 to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy to the only God our savior be glory Majesty power and authority through Jesus Christ Our Lord before all ages now and forever ever more amen amen the
Word of the Lord thanks be to God praise the Lord the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord one more time praise the Lord praise the Lord as uh purpose gets ready to come I just want to take a moment to introduce uh our preacher of the hour uh most of you may know him some of you may
Not but he is uh Reverend Lamont grany who is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Bronxville New York and he is also a son of Bethesda amen amen and so after the uh singing from purpose I asked that you would have however you take notes be ready to take
Notes make sure you buckle your your seat belt uh because if you don’t know Reverend grany likes to move and so we want to be able to move with him as he uh renders unto us the word of the Lord today amen amen so God bless You I love the Lord I love the Lord I love the Lord I love I really the iord I love the Lord love the Lord I love the I love the Lord I love the Lord I love the Lord I love the I really really love the
Lord I love the Lord I love the Lord I love the Lord yes I love him and I adore him I lift my head deep in my heart I really really love the Lord the the the I love the I love the I love the really really good he’s been so
Good he’s been so good he’s been so good he’s been so good he’s been so good been so good I love the I love the the yes I and I adore him I lift my i b him deep in my heart I really really love
The I love the Lord I love the I love the Lord yes I love him and I adore him I my hands I my heart I really really the I the love the yes I love and I adore I my hands I bow before in my heart I really really love
My heart I really love the Lord in my heart I really really love the Lord my heart I really really love the Lord in my heart in my heart in my heart deep in my heart deep in my heart I really the do you love the Lord today it’s a
Real simple song Deep in our hearts we truly love you God my heart I really love Lord my heart I really really love the Lord my heart I love the Lord my heart I really The my heart in my heart di in my heart in my heart my heart I really really love the Lord I love the Lord I love Woo Him worship Him oh worship Him Down and Wor Oh Down and Worship Worship him oh worship Him Down and Worship Him [Applause] foring fire sweet perfume your awesome presence Filds consing fire sweet you your aome Presence Consuming fire sweet love you your aome presence f with is Holy this is ground this is Holy so come And Holy holy Holy Lord God Almighty yes holy holy holy Lord God Almighty holy holy holy Lord God Almighty holy holy holy Lord God Almighty holy holy Lord God God Alm Mighty yes holy holy holy Lord God Almighty holy holy holy Lord God Almighty holy holy holy Lord God Almighty we praise your [Applause] To He is wonderful Hallelu Gloryful Hallelujah Glory hor and power Wonderful Hallelujah Glory and he is God is mighty yes the Lord our God is magificent the Lord God God He is Wonderful for the Lord our God is mighty yes the Lord our God is the Lord God he is Wonderfulest You are the Living [Applause] highest you you are the Living Word [Applause] Halu The Lord our God is wonderful he’s marvelous he is God all by Himself SS of God in this moment in time I stand behind this sacred desk and go through the preliminary of what we always have to do when we go out to preach we go out to preach and we look around and we gaze around the sanctuary
And we wave to people and give nods and all those type of things and I I got to S always say to my Amen Corner brother Cyrus my man [Applause] those who know don’t ask those who ask don’t know I give honor to God give honor to
Jesus our lord and savior and the Holy Spirit that covers Us in the Midnight Hour to my brother in faith Reverend Allan Paul Weaver III my brother I I I love you dude love you I I I say that out of affection to all the Reverend
Clergy who are here in attendance to all the officers of this historic church in the town the city of Nelle to all my brothers and sisters in Christ to all the the organizational collection the collidoscope of colors here today of the divine nine Grace and peace be unto you
In this moment in time I also want to acknowledge that first lady is not here with me today she is a member of that crimson and cream organization known as Delta Sigma theter s already Incorporated where we have have elephants all over the house you open up open up the refrigerator there’s an
Elephant there it’s all over the house but she is under the weather and she wants to let you know first lady Weaver that she misses you too and I want to honor you and let’s get first lady Weaver amen amen the word was read for us from Jude
24:25 for you to take it in and we’ll go back and revisit that as far as for the message for today I thank God that in this moment in time I can remember the day and the time that I gave my life to Christ here brother Timothy that Pole right there that’s
Where I was sitting right there you’re my you’re in my seat when the call came out and I got up and walked down the aisle here so you’re in the hot seat Today Lord God as your servant stands here in this moment in time I pray now that the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart shall be acceptable in thy sight oh Lord my my strength and my redeemer use this moment Lord God for your glory in Jesus name
Amen out of the night that covers me black as a pit from pole to pole I thank wherever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul in the fell clutch of circumstance I have not W nor cried aloud under the bludging of chance my is bloody bam bowed Beyond this place of
Wrath and tear looms but the heart the shade yet Menace of years shall and shall find me unafraid it matters not how straight the gate how charged with punishment the scroll I am the master of my fith I am the captain of my soul those of us in the divine nine who went
Through a um orientation we had to memorize that inv victus but in the memorizing of so many things I turn now to Jude now to him who was able to keep you from stumbling or falling into sin and to present you unblemished blameless and faultless in the presence of his glory
With triumphant joy in unspeakable Delight to Only God our savior through Jesus Christ Our Lord be glory Majesty dominion and power both all time and now and forever more amen Reverend Wan maker that is the Amplified translation of Jude the American Standard Version opens up saying doxology now to him who is
Able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy to the only God our savior through Jesus Christ Our Lord be glory Majesty dominion and Authority before all time and now and forever more amen this worship experience is the last Sunday in the
Month of February for the year 2024 February is gone we have gathered in this Sanctuary with the theme of Black History Month this Sunday has been designated for the galvanizing of the D9 the Divine n Organization for the men and the women of the fraternities and the sororities
Today I can glance out and see the Greek letters and the colors Associated to each of the organizations I said this before but it needs to be stated again when we were in college we came in as freshmen and we were still holding on to Mother’s apron and then we joined these
Organizations the fraternities and sororities and sometimes our best friends or people who we were connected where they went to a different organization and we became almost Frenemies to each other which was really silly of us at that time because all of us when you place our models our themes our statues
Together they all parallel each other and we allow kindergarten colors the creol the box to separate us from doing the greater good to all Humanity the pride of each organization is evident here and all those who over the years wore the letters and the colors proudly
It is here today that we say and acknowledge ourselves that we are the divine nine but there’s only one Divinity and that’s God I stand here in this sacred Place known as Bethesda Baptist Church of nurel as a son of this house of worship I have been given the assignment
You we have that term now get you get you get your assignment right the assignment to honor this moment and preach from this Pulpit we have already highlighted already today that this is a day that we’re acknowledging so many but this is the first time that I’ve been backed
Into this pull pit to preach since the passing of our pastor Dr Weaver for him not being here in attendance is strange it’s unusual it’s out of the ordinary and the hearts assembled here to Worship in this worship experience you’re looking around and you see the
Impact that he has had on each and every one of us and many of us are nodding our heads in solidarity that in this moment we miss him greatly I have been blessed and I could say Lord has blessed me I have the honor and the title of being a senior pastor
Of First Baptist Church in Bronxville New York I have the honor of being the first African-American Pastor to hold that title in the church is 175 years so someone reminded me that Reverend gramy you are black history yourself and in that I have have the responsibility every single day of
Moving daily with a marking on my back and a measuring in my moment that everything you say and do people are always watching you and with that I could also say that I have memories that are etched in my mind that that today I tell you that
This month and this week this whole series of February is very important to me because it is engraved in the history of my spirit of my Ministry that The God Who woke us up this morning called me to preach the gospel in the month of February it was February 6th 1998 that I
Answered my call to the ministry it was under the Pastoral leadership of our own Reverend Dr Alan Paul Weaver Jr that this past week in February of 98 I preached from this pull pit my first sermon and I was licensed then as a minister minister of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ I can call and recall Church the pivotal events that are on my resume when you go out you have that o that o resume that bio that people read and I can move and recite moment and moment all of my credentials and sometimes you hear it read and it
Sounds as if someone is boasting of and about you but I want to let you know I take on the mindset as the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 3 of the things that he had already acquired I am a son of Bethesda Baptist Church of Nelle I am the pastor of First
Baptist Church of Bronxville I am a legacy of five Beta Sigma fraternity in Incorporated I have been on the cover of our national magazine the Crescent magazine I have preached at the Centennial worship all the preachers that they had in in five b they asked me to preach for the Centennial worship I
Have that on my resume I am a New York City Police Department clergy leaon I am I have all these things that I have in my life I am a a father of three a grandfather of three and a husband of one [Laughter] all of these things are on my resume and
Yet I count it all nothing if I don’t have [Applause] Christ Church on that evening those who occupied the pulpit on that day in February I looked at the picture and every single one of those men have been called home to the Lord our own Pastor Dr weer Reverend Dr Samuel Simpson Reverend
Dr Jerry Mosby that quiet Mentor Reverend Wardell all of those who were in the Pulpit that day have been called home to be with the Lord it was in that moment my Ministry was launched into to a movement to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in season and out of season and
Here I am the text from my initial sermon was from Jude 2425 the sermon title was what a friend we have in Jesus today my brothers and my sisters I return to this text I’ve never preached it since then in this Sanctuary but I return to this
Text however I am changing by the Holy Spirit and Engraving a new title upon this message for today so today’s message is very simply called after the benediction after the benediction the Epistle of Jude is the 65th book in the Christian Bible and the 26 in the New Testament it is the
Shortest one of the shortest books in the Bible for it is only 25 verses long yet the verses for today that we hear Jude 24 and 25 are used more in our houses of worship for the experience of worship at the end of worship from church to church daily
Jude is in the epistle and and and it says these words now unto him who is able to keep you from falling and to present faultless before his presence with exceeding great joy to the only wise God our savior be glory Majesty dominion and power both now and forever
More Jud is the half brother of Jesus Jude gives us this doxology which is is now present and is frequently used as a benediction the congregation we all know over the years we hear this benediction and because it’s like a song to us you see when you hear something
There’s a difference between hearing and listening when we hear the national anthem We rise to our feet when we hear Lift Every Voice and sing emotions are invoked in many of us the same pattern happens in our church life let’s be real about it when at the end
Of worship and we hear the person behind the sacred desk get up and they open up with the benediction and they say and now unto him it’s a different response it’s almost like a p pavlovian experiment that when we hear this coming out and
And we we we hear the words and now unto him many of us stop for a moment brother Ivan and we look at our watches we look at our phones to see what time it is we’re planning the next event some of us start to gather our belongings because we want to leave
Anything in the Pew some glance across the pews and make eye contact with someone you know that that nod of what are we going to do after worship Deacon long and I would nod our heads and we just that means we were going out to have some some waffles and wings you
Know that nod like that’s what we’re doing after worship and it’s in that moment in time that we go forward after the benediction the post church plans are now engaged in your mind and all because you heard that line come out of the pulpit and now unto him Church there’s a difference between
What you hear and what you listen to or listen for you see when you make a moment and take the time to listen to Jude Jude reveal reveals how the blessings of God are being engrafted in your life in this doxology in this time that we use as a benefici benediction when you
Listen to his words and open up your heart and your mind to to have it in you there are many churches that when the benediction is given they close the doors and say no one can leave because you’re leaving without God’s blessing you don’t know what’s on the
Outside of those doors and you need to stop for a moment and stop wanting to run out the door when you hear and now unto him it’s a blessing that you’re listening to it is a salvational blessing that God is given to you it is more than just a benediction because it
Contains God’s grace in it and I’m want to let you know that when you’re listening to this scripture for it contains your future in it this scripture contains your future in it in it in it in it we hear the narrative you have to be in it to what win
It Jude lets you know that you have to be in it after the benediction what are you going to do after the benediction how do you behave or do you misbehave after the benediction we sat together in church and we we nudged each other and we we
Said I’m too blessed to be stressed and praise the Lord and Hallelujah and all the the terms come out of our mouth but after the benediction who are you going to associate with who are you going to Vibe with as a younger generation says who are you going to rock with after the
Benediction and now the text is pinned the text opens up with now the time of now is spiritually crafted so that we are have we all have the opportunity to be blessed and covered by the Lord no matter what the time is it’s always now you see the Lord is so
Amazing God is so just awesome that whether it is 1227 in the afternoon or it’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon the now still applies whether it’s 11 o’l at night you can say still now unto him it doesn’t matter if it’s one 1:00 in the morning you could still
Say now unto him the blessings of the Lord are still in effect and do not have an expiration date to it Church you need to understand that when God gives you a blessing it’s your blessing and only for you now unto him you need to understand that the
Grace and the love of God is Everlasting that’s why the psalmist says and his love endureth forever church it was once preached on a good Friday sermon that when God gives you his blessings when God gives you his love when God gives you his grace and his Mercy it is a
Guarantee and not a warranty you need to hear that again that we live on some things in our life that’s on a warranty a warranty could have a 60-day a 90 day a 2ye a threeyear warranty a seven-year warranty how many of you understand that your refrigerator
Always breaks down the week after the warranty expires but God gives you a guarantee when he says and lo I am with you always that I will never leave you nor forsake you I love that God gives me a guarantee Jude reveals that the time frame with the opening of that the Lord
Gives his favor and we should all really have a shout in our own spirit when we think about that the Lord is saying now you see the now that God gives you is a an anointing now it’s a blessing now it’s it’s a Heavenly now it’s God’s now
And I’m glad it’s God’s now and not Humanity’s now because Humanity now will change on you people will shift based upon how they feel about you that day but God lets you know now unto him now now unto him who is able Church the time is given
And now the subject is also given to the time the one who controls the authority over all time God is not placed in a box where you God is relegated to just here and now God is the same God yesterday today and tomorrow while we’re living in
Today do you realize God is mapping out your tomorrow now unto him who is is able the hym is Jesus the hym is the Lord the hymn is Mary’s baby the hymn is the bright and Morning Star the hymn is El Shai the hym is El ohim the hym is God’s beloved Son
The hymn is the one who came through 40 and2 generations to walk among us to live among us to teach us to give us the way the truth and and the light the hymn is the one who is the Living Sacrifice he is the one who died for our sins the
Hymn is the one who will never leave you nor forsake you the himm is the son of the Living God him is the one who they cried hosana on Palm Sunday and they crucified him on Good Friday what what’s that go there pastor okay the hym is the one who is nailed to
That Old Rugged Cross the him who was on the cross from the 6th to the ninth hour the Hy is the one who hung his head and died from me and for you for our sins the him is the one who was placed on a borrow tomb on Friday night the him who
Is the one who is there on Saturday morning the him is the one who is there on Saturday afternoon the one who is there on on Saturday night that same himy and now unto him who is there but early as Dr W would say ear Sunday morning he got up he got up
He got up with all power in his hand church I’m so glad that the text says now want to him the text doesn’t say next unto him you see there is no next it’s only him now unto him who is able he is able and you need to know that after the
Benediction God is able you need to feel in your very being that after the Ben benediction is rendered today that the Lord is able but not only is God able but you need to have a boldness in your faith and speak it into existence we had a our church
Theme a couple years ago was speaking into existence that sometimes you have to just let God know what you need in your heart in your mind and just speak it out into the atmosphere to let the Angels hear to let those who don’t care about God hear but to let God know that
You believe in him and you have that say and now unto him Paul said who very simply is the Lord is is able to do exceedingly and abundantly you need to let somebody know that you’re speaking to that God and now unto him you see the word word reveals with full
Clarity that he is able to keep you from falling and present you faultless which means blameless without blemish before God the Father you know what when you really think how Jesus is going to present you faultless but Jesus I’ve done some things wrong in my Earth and frame I’m present you
Faultless lord lord I remember some things I didn’t even tell my best friend about I’m going present you faultless Lord I did some things at the Frat party that even my my lion Brothers don’t know I did I’mma present you faultless Lord I remember doing some
Things way back when and way back when could just be yesterday you know sometimes we do that brother Shane we say way back when and it was yesterday and now until him was able to present you faultless before his presence we need to say this church that over the past few
Months I’ve had to learn something I’ve had to learn that I have to make real decisions about how to deal with Worship in my own life life see I’ve learned in the last few months that there are things that will happen in your life and
People will come in and go out of your life and the difference right now I found that there’s a difference between an option and a choice people will come into your life and engage you in because they see you at that moment in time as an option
You’re the option of the moment you’re like the flavor of the week you’re the you’re the option but I want to let you know that I have come into my own mindset that I am not an option that I am a choice and learned from that experience especially with the
Passing of Dr Weaver and so many other people who went home to be with glory in that whole time frame that some people will move on and leave you and that’s okay but I want to let you know you need to tell somebody in your life I’m not an
Option but I’m a choice because Jesus went to Calvary not as an option but Jesus went to Calvary because you are a choice he chose to give his life so that you may have life more abundantly Jesus died for me and died for you but because
He did it because you’re not an option so now my brothers and my sisters the Mandate question is for you today what are you going to do after the benediction after the benediction has been rendered what are you going to do where are you going to go after the
Benediction in all of our organizations we all have criteria we all have themes we all have models we all have codes that we must follow and they’re all very similar as such but also I want to let you know sometimes people get isolated and they become too close together and they
Don’t want to reach out and help somebody else along the way it is in the church that we can remove all the secular affiliations and titles and do what is needed to be the Kingdom Builders here in in Bethesda and in N shell in Mount Vernon in White Plains
Wherever we are we can move away from our title and our positions and be Kingdom Builders here right now can I get an amen on that right now what is your plans today church after the benediction you hear the words and I want you to listen to what the
Lord is doing for you Jesus says he will keep you from falling and present you forless before his presence with great joy you see exceeding Joy lets you know that God’s going to going to present you before God the Father no matter what you have done
All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ as your lord and savior and the Lord Savior Jesus will show you before the father with exceeding great joy church after the benediction are we going to go out and help the helpless after the benediction are you
Going to go out and feed the hungry after the benediction are you going to house the homeless after the benediction are you going to clothe the naked after the benediction are you going to visit the sick and the shut in after the benediction are you going to help
Somebody along the way after the benediction are you going to counsel the weary after the benediction are you going to encourag the the desperate after the benediction what are you going to do are you gonna walk out the door are you going to make a difference in
Somebody’s life are you going to let somebody know that God blessed me and God gave me some things and I’m going to share with you I want to let you know that after the benediction be the child of God that God has called you out of Darkness into his marvelous life after
The benediction to be somebody somebody after the Benediction you don’t have to be a member of the D9 to be part of giving back to humanity you see church after the benediction I am still going to be called Pastor gramby after the benediction I’m going to have the title of Reverend after the benediction people will call me and and
Use whatever affiliation they have with me as a matter of fact let me put it this way for those of you who who who don’t know after the benediction I can walk out on Lincoln Avenue gather with my brothers and I could just have a simple conversation with them and I could say
Something like this allow me to reintroduce myself my name is l s to the OG r r for those who know me 6 for3 and I’m coolest can be my brothers call me after the benediction that’s what happens after the benediction but I want to let you know
After the benediction I’m still gonna praise God after the benediction I’m gonna let somebody know that God has been good to me after the benediction I’m going to let somebody know that I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth
My soul shall make up oath unto the Lord The Humble shall hear of and be glad oh magnify the Lord with me let us exalt his name together after the benediction I will let somebody know that now unto him who is able to keep you from fall
And present you for before his presence with exceeding great joy to the only wise God our savior I want to let there Dominion this power this Authority from now and forever more after the benediction I’m going to let somebody know that no matter what’s going on in my life I’m Gonna I’m gonna praise God I’m going to praise him in the morning I’m going to praise him in the noon day I’m going to praise him in the Midnight Hour because God has been so good to me God has blessed me when I didn’t even deserve
The bless God has looked down in the mucking of M and pulled me up God and after the benediction after the benediction I want to let somebody know that In This Moment In Time God will give you a choice and you better choose him every single time because God is not
An option God is not an AB BC but God is only one God one Lord one Fai one baptism and you ought to praise God no matter who stop you don’t let anybody stop you from praising God because when it’s all over said and done you would hear God say the words to
You Well Done th good and faithful servant you’ve been Faithful over a few things come on up a little higher I make you ruler over many things I want to let you know that after the benediction I want to hear God just bless me I want to
Hear God keep me I want to hear that God is still still my my God after the benediction SS of God now unto him who’s able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before for his glorious presence without fault and with great joy that’s that’s what I’m talking about
When God gives you great joy to the only wise God our savior be glory Oh Glory Glory say Glory Glory power and authority through Jesus Christ Our Lord before all ages and now now and forever more Saints after the benediction I want you to take a moment and just
Breathe don’t run out the door don’t grab your bag and your personal belongings just stop a moment and breathe and then after the benediction allow God in that Sacred Space to speak to your heart you know that’s what you need to do you need to allow
God to speak to Heart Elder can you just let somebody know about speak to your Heart [Applause] Speak to My Heart Holy Spirit give me the words to bring new life Wings on the words of the morning the Dark Nights will fade away if you speak to my Heart Speak to My Heart Holy Spirit message of love to encourage me lifting my heart from despair how you love me and care for me speak to my Heart Speak to My Heart Holy Spirit give me the words to encourage me LIF in my heart from despair how you love me and care for me St to my heart speak to my heart speak to my heart speak to to my heart speak to my
Heart if you know the words let’s sing this part together speak to my heart give me your hold way if I can’t steal from you that I know what to do I won’t go alone I never go on let your spirit gu let your word abide Speak to My Heart
Lord Give Me Your holy word if I can hear from you then I know what to do I’m going go my own let your spirit guide that’s your word let me hear Speak to My Heart Lord give me your hope if I can’t hear from
You then I know what to do I won’t go alone alone never go on my own let your spirit kind let your word of speak to my heart speak to my heart speak to my heart speak to my heart from the very beginning Speak to My Heart
Lord let be your to speak if I can hear from you then I know what to do I’m want go alone never go on on my own let your spirit gu let your word abide speak to my Heart is God speak into your heart right now we have the privilege the opportunity to open up the door the church this chance for salvation this way you don’t have to wait till after the benediction but if there’s someone here today who wants to give their life to Christ it’s
In this moment in time that we accept you from a like a sister Church of faith we accept you as a candidate for baptism and baptize you in the name of the father Son and the Holy Spirit and we accept you on your own Christian experience however you may fall into any
Those categories the doors of the church are now open and we ask that someone want to give their life to Christ on this day stand where you are and walk out on faith to the aisle come receive be received by the deacons if there’s someone here today wants to like the
Christ we welcome you just as you are just who you are don’t wait until the benediction allow this moment of Salvation to be upon you come to Jesus is there one here wants to give the life to Christ come to Jesus [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] He There may be somebody here who’s thinking you know I can wait until next week to give my life to Jesus I don’t need to do it now I still have time I still have things that I want to do but the Bible lets us know that today
Is the day of salvation every day that the Lord lets us be alive we don’t know if that will be our last day and I’ll share this at my previous church one day I was leaving service and I usually would speak to the pastor before I left who was also my my wife’s
Godfather and on that particular day I was rushing out and so I left and as I was leaving the Lord said go back and say goodbye and I said oh well you know I I’ll see Pastor later on in the week and so I didn’t listen when the spirit
Spoke and before the week was out Pastor had Died you never know when it’s your time to go and Pastor Samson he passed away on Martin Luther King Day in the pull pit down in the city while he was on duty overseeing a worship experience there was no indication that that day was going to be his last day
There is no indication that today is going to be our last day what we know is that we have right now and if you know that right now you have not surrendered your heart and your mind your entire life to Jesus Christ who is the only one who can save you for
All eternity then now is your opportunity we have heard the word we have heard the call now the question is will you receive him and so we’re going to take an extra moment because we don’t want anyone to leave out of this sanctuary and not be Saved and you don’t get another opportunity so today is the day of salvation if there’s anyone and it doesn’t matter what your reasoning is for not coming oh I want to get my life together first I my I’m in shambles I go whatever it is come to Jesus
Anyway and let him work his work out in you so if you’re here today and you have not receive Jesus Christ as your lord and savior this is your opportunity we invite you to come even if you don’t live in the area we can connect you to another church but right
Now now is your opportunity to get connected to Jesus so this is an opportunity doesn’t matter who’s around don’t worry about what other people think be concerned about what God thinks because Jesus says if we deny him down here then when we die and we stand before God on the day
Of judgment he’s going to deny us before his father so it is only while there is still breath in our body and our mind works for us to think and believe that we can receive Jesus as our Lord and savior so once again are there any who want to receive Christ and this
Is not to to to to bully you this is not to to force your hand or twist your arm this is about the urgency of the matter we’re talking about eternity we’re only here on Earth for 50 60 70 80 years 90 plus and then that’s
It and then we step into eternity and our Eternal destination is forever and the Bible lets us know that there are only two choices not even options only two choices we either go to be with God forever in his kingdom or we are rejected by him because we did not
Choose him now and we suffer forever with the devil in the Lake of Fire those are the only two choices and so now is your opportunity are there any who want to receive Jesus we invite you to Come he will save [Applause] you Amen amen and amen after the benediction what will you do if after the benediction today you feel the Lord tugging on your heart it’s still not too late to come find one of us so that we could lead you to the throne of grace and mercy from the Lord
And you can bow your heart at the foot of the cross and receive the Savior and the lord of the world amen amen we want to say thank you to Reverend gramby for the word today after the benediction amen what will we do God bless you brother God bless you
Amen we have a few announcements as we continue on in worship as we prepare for uh our uh time of offering I just have a few uh announcements uh as is our custom uh when a covenant disciple here has a birthday that falls on on Sunday while
We’re here we acknowledge them and so today is uh sister Rebecca web’s birthday and so we want to say happy birthday to you sister Rebecca and we pray that you have many more amen amen happy [Applause] Birthday amen and we pray you have many more amen all right I was just informed that someone needs to uh get out of the parking lot and they are blocked by a car with the license plate ajp 2020 ajp 2020 so if that is your license
Plate in your car we asked that you would go and reposition it so someone uh can leave right now amen amen uh your bulletin is full of uh many announcements that you can read but I just want to quickly highlight uh them this February 29th this Thursday uh
There is a celebration of H Legacy of Black Culture that’s happening at our city hall uh in new relle there’s a flyer in there you can get all the information about that uh also uh we have our Easter lily uh sale that is happening if you want to purchase a lily
As we’re moving towards uh Resurrection Sunday uh next month you can see our Deaconess and specifically Deaconess Eliza mckever and if you want to purchase a lily in honor of a loved one there’s information in the bulletin about that uh also on March 16th there is the black and uh black
Family Wellness Expo amen there’s a lot of great information there’s a flyer in your bulletin about that uh also uh on March 30th there is the Dare toe different uh Gathering that is happening there is information in your bulletin about that say amen amen amen uh also there is an historically black college
And university tour that’s happening uh next month there’s information in your bulletin about that amen uh and finally there is a scholarship essay contest that is being presented by Omega uh sci-fi yes thank you fraternity there is information in your bulletin about that amen amen and amen so please uh read the
Bulletin at your leisure this week and govern yourself accordingly there are a lot of great things that are happening uh in our midst that we can have an opportunity to be a part of family what time is it it is giving time amen the Lord has truly blessed us uh beyond measure and
So we want to bring our tithes and our offerings back to him uh as a way of saying thank you and as a way of making sure that the work continues in the vineyard and so we have our tithe box for those of you uh who tithe as well as
We have our basket for our general offering and if the message uh impacted you then we want to be a blessing to the messenger today and so we’re asking that Deacon S Tracy uh will come and hold the basket for our guest preacher yes you have been requested by trusty
Pam am amen so uh we will have our tithe box we’ll have a basket for our general offering we’ll have our basket for our debt-free uh campaign to pay off the mortgage and we will have a basket for our guest preacher Reverend Lamont uh grany and so we ask that you would
Follow the leading of the ushers as our ministry of Music provides us with some giving music and we will make our way around to bring our tithes and offerings to the Lord Amen He Heavenly Father we’re just grateful for today we’re grateful for this opportunity to come and give back to you a small portion of all you have given us God we can never say thank you enough but in obedience to your word we come joyfully bringing out tithes and
Offerings bless them God bless us and may those who had not to give know the joy of giving in the future we ask all this in the name of Jesus the Christ amen [Applause] [Applause] Amen [Applause] Oh [Applause] H Amen amen you may be seated before Deacon Roslin comes with her remarks I have a presentation that I’m going to do from the microphone down as you can see there is some flowers there are some flowers on the piano here and these flowers are for my [Applause] mother
So Bethesda has a u one of our sister churches is Fountain Springs Baptist Church uh in uh in the Bronx and the pastor is uh Reverend Nelson C Dukes who you know family is no stranger uh here he has preached here on numerous occasions my father has preached at Fountain spring on numerous
Occasions and so uh today marks uh Reverend Duke’s 38th pastoral anniversary every year my father would preach the anniversary and of course this is the first year where my father uh did not do so and so he called me yesterday and he said Allan I I want to
Drop off some flowers for your mother and as is his custom whoever preaches his anniversary he always gives flowers to uh the the pastor’s wife uh as a way of saying thank you for just being you and so he asked me to make this presentation in front of
Everybody and I told him I was like we got a special day going on he said no you need to make it in front of everybody everybody so we’re making this presentation and I see my mother is smiling so that’s always a good thing and Mom these flowers are from Reverend
N and his wife and they are for [Applause] [Applause] You I was corrected that’s a plant not a flower yes Okay so we’re about to close out service with our prayer from our Reverend Alan Paul Weaver III he’s representing Bon cookman University before we do that um I would just wanted to thank all of you for um coming to our church um just worshiping God together we’re different bodies from different
Places from different walks of life but we serve one God there’s one faith and there’s one baptism and the way that you came in today my prayer is that you don’t leave out the same way after the benediction yes um but before I go and and just say thank you
To each of the organizations and the schools um I did want to recognize um our beloved pastor grany on February 22nd he celebrated his 26th 26th pastoral anniversary LIC sorry licensed to preach licensed to preach all right let correct me correct me correct me and then on
Today then on today what’s today my fellow CU alumni yes heavy Founders Day to cheny University of Pennsylvania yes 187 seven years I had to throw that out [Applause] there um going through the program I want to thank um deaconness Dr Tracy Gardner I want to thank um Deacon uh
Trusty Pamela wheer streer both representing alphac cap Alpha sorority Incorporated I want to thank sister uh Taylor Christian and uh sister Belinda Miller both representing Delta Sigma Theta sorority incorpor at I would like to thank Madam president from um the National panhala Council Westchester County sister Kima
El Elby she is representing Zeta five beta sority Incorporated and Lincoln University of Pennsylvania I kept it I kept [Laughter] it um and again Pastor uh gramby he’s representing F Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated Deacon uh Janice Francis she’s representing Howard University College of Medicine so shout out to I don’t know if Hampton or Howard is the real hu y’all work that out but
Um uh Bon cookman and um all of the S Sor um sister um and also sister Sandra Walter Young represented North Folk State University thank you for that uh D9 highlight thank you so I mean not D9 the HBCU highlight and then for um Deacon um imore Michelle Lewis long thank you for
Putting the youth together presenting um the black history moment video presentation my heart is full we can’t do this without you um so I just want to say thank you again to the ladies um I’m going to the sorar first alphaa Alpha sorority Incorporated Delta Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated Zeta fi Beta
Sorority Incorporated and my Wars Sigma Gamal sority Incorporated to the fraternities alpha alpha Fraternity Incorporated cap Alpha SI Fraternity Incorporated Omega SII Fraternity Incorporated 5 Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated and ioty Theta Fraternity Incorporated thank you so much for your attendance it’s time to pray so we can go oh one
Other thing I want to say thank you um to Sister wheeler yes yes sister Virginia Willer for the food that we will um partake uh next door so I I know we we’ve kept you but we going to feed you too so it’s next
Door um I want to say thank you to um Sister Kim Jones as well um because behind the scenes I know you got your head down but behind the scenes um you’re always always always that Ram in the bush and I I thank you for [Applause] that and I pray I’m not forget
Anybody I’m not forget R okay Ryan okay Ryan streer and Malik yes I gotta make sure that anyone else because charge it to my head and not my heart amen of course right I sang today right okay so thank you so much to purpose um I will tell you that we
Learned we we we learned those songs like a couple of days before we came up here and I just want to say thank you you got put together thank you Lord to the band to Mark to Ivan to Jerry to Edison thank you so much
And to our Usher board thank you so much for all that you do sister um emarie thank you for the calls making sure that we was all logistically sound yes thank you did I forget anybody oh okay would you like to say yes I I I I I think I said [Applause] [Laughter]
[Applause] you listen good job you only as great as your team so you know I don’t do public praise but thank you thank you thank you so much um if all hearts and minds are clear at the end of um worship um I would asking all of my Denine brothers
And sisters if we come into the front we will take a photo we will be in founding order starting to my rights okay and found an order and after that my HB Su HBCU alumni the same we’re going to follow suit right after the D9 pick amen all right
Blessings praise the Lord praise the Lord may we rise for our time of prayer and family those of you who are are online uh who are on zoom and YouTube we just say God bless you we are grateful that you’ve been present with us uh as
Well uh from those who are around uh the country we have some from down south and Out West uh who are present as well as those of you who are local but cannot be here and during our our time of prayer I ask that you would put in the chat
Whatever your prayer request is uh those of you who are present here we serve the one true and living God who is all knowing all powerful and is everywhere at the same time and scripture lets us know that there is no distance in prayer
To him and so we can pray right now and he will not only hear us but he promises to answer our prayers we may or may not like the answer but he promises to do what will be best for us and that will bring him glory and will help us to do
What he’s called us to do and so with that in mind this morning this afternoon let us pray and so Heavenly Father once again we come before you in the name of your son Jesus always to give you the praise the honor and the glory for you are worthy
To be praised at all times father in every situation in every circumstance in every season of life you are worthy to be praised and father you have blessed us to have a wonderful worship experience in your presence and father as we have have heard today you’ve blessed each and every one of us
Individually you’ve blessed each and every one of us through the various institutions and organizations from historically black colleges to fraternities and sororities you have blessed each and every one of us father and we are mindful that we are here today not because we are all that but because of your grace and your
Mercy father you have blessed us as a people you have blessed us as a people father you have blessed us as a people thank that we stand here today because because of those that you have sent before us upon whose shoulders We Stand father we thank you
For the doors that you have opened through those who you sent before us and father most importantly you have blessed us with your son Jesus that if we are in Christ then we are in the largest ferity in the entire universe that we are in the Eternal family of
God with sisters and brothers which s span the entire world and in every generation and oh what a day it will be when homecoming comes when Jesus you return and we can all gather together in Christ at the ultimate homecoming celebration and so we give you praise
And glory and honor even now in anticipation of that day which is to come and so father right now we say thank you that we can present all of of our issues all of our concerns all of our cares to you because you care for us
We say thank you that you promise that if we humble ourselves before you that you will help us in the midst of our struggles we say thank you that you have let us know in your word that you have plans for us sir which surpass all of our understanding we say thank you
That you have promised that if we are in Christ you will never leave us nor forsake us but you will be with us even until the end of the age and so now father we say thank you for hearing our prayers and we say by Faith by faith we claim the victory we
Claim the victory right now right now right now right now in The Marvelous name of our Lord and savior and sooncoming King we pray and say now unto him who is able to present us faultless who is able to keep us from falling and present us faultless before
His presence with exceeding great joy to the only wise God our savior be glory and Majesty dominion and power both now and forever in the name of God the father let us Say in the name of God the son in the name of God the holy spirit in Jesus name we pray amen amen and amen give your neighbor a hug let them know that you love them don’t forget we have food next door upstairs in our Elwood tuck Banquet Hall so please come
Next door and let’s Fellowship together God bless you in the sanctuary God bless you online Amen E to Matter just how Thank you good play Get I really this right I really like that man it’s okay Right it’s to see for [Applause] All my studio yeah the north talking about theth beautiful the piano is like yeah piano is [Applause] authentic I would I would get 8 and just lock it into my studio that’s it I wouldn’t take it no I got some had to you know what I’m saying the hardware
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