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African Methodist Episcopal Church

Fifth Episcopal District

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African Methodist Episcopal ChurchFifth Episcopal District

A Holy Nation!

THEME:

YEAR FOUR: The Season of Kingdomtide (Ordinary Time)

Scripture:

Psalm 126:1-6; St. Matthew 13:10-17

March 10 –13, 2020

Hilton Los Angeles AirportLos Angeles, CA


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A HOLY NATION! SCRIPTURES: Nehemiah 8: 1 – 10; I Peter 2: 1 – 10

QUADRENNIAL CALENDAR[ 2016 – 2020 ]

2016 – 2017 YEAR ONE – LENT

2019 – 2020 YEAR FOUR – KINGDOMTIDE (ORDINARY TIME) Season of Growth - Concentration on the Local Church

Community; Mission; Advocate for something/someone; “Latch onto a Cause that has eternity in it and let it lift you.” (The late Bishop Howard Thomas Primm) Color: Green


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Episcopal GreetingMarch 10, 2020

Praise the Lord, Saints!

Can you imagine the audacity of beginning the Quadrennial with a challenge to the Fifth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to walk in your destiny as the Holy Nation the Lord is calling you to be? And equally as phenomenal was your willingness to take on the challenge. With

During our First Season (Year), we took time to attend to old wounds, some

comes by faith in what God accomplished on our behalf through His Son, Jesus Christ. By the Year’s end, we

unto the Lord.

the door to Pentecost – a Season of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit through miracles, signs and wonders!

soul added to the Kingdom, we rang the bell!

to our generation.

for the change He has made in each of us!

Clement W. FughBishop


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Master Schedule


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MID-YEAR 2020

Dates: March 10 – 13, 2020Hilton Hotel LAX, Los Angeles, CA

Tuesday, March 1012:00Noon Presiding Elder’s Report Bishop Clement W. Fugh Presiding Bishop

7:00 p.m. WMS Meeting La Jolla Ballroom Supervisor, Presiding

Wednesday, March 119:00 a.m. Opening Devotions International Ballroom President PE Council, Presiding

Preacher

9:45 a.m. Organization of the General Conference Bishop Clement W. Fugh International Ballroom Presiding Bishop, Fifth Episcopal District

Presiding

• Election of Episcopal Committee (two clergy/one adult lay/one young adult lay between 18-35)

• Committee Assignments (Based on requests of General Conference Delegates) • Appointment of Administrator of Douglass Hospital

• Appointment of Leaders of the Delegation - Clergy and Lay

Nominations at the seat of the General Conference: General Conference Commission (one clergy/one lay); General Board (three clergy/two lay, at least one between 18-35); Preliminary Inquiry (two clergy/two lay); Compilation (one clergy)

Updates: • Membership Cards

Single/Double (roommate) • Sustentation – Allocation for Delegates/First Alternates/Other Alternates (Payment: April 15th)


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• Fifth District Caucus Sessions • District Breakfast (Monday morning, July 11, 2020)

12:00 Noon Hour of Power International Ballroom

2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Legislation Preview – Legislative Task Force Mrs. Jackie DuPont Walker International Ballroom Leaders

7:00 p.m. Opening Worship Bishop Charles James King Jr. International Ballroom Presiding Bishop 4th Episcopal District Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

PreacherThursday, March 129:00 a.m. Opening Devotions International Ballroom Preacher

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. AME Chaplaincy Chaplain Christilene Whalen International Ballroom Presenter

10:15 – 12:00 Noon Required Sexual Misconduct Training (For Clergy and Lay) Facilitator

International Ballroom

12:00 Noon Hour of Power International Ballroom

2:30 p.m. Component Meetings • WMS La Jolla Ballroom • Lay Organization Los Angeles Ballroom • Fifth District Board of Examiners Marina A • Choir and Music Workshop (Rehearsals) International Ballroom • Women In Ministry Catalina C • Clergy Family Organization Catalina B • RAYAC Catalina A


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7:00 p.m. Worship Without A Word – Song; Dance; Lyrical Message International Ballroom Malik Jo David Sales (Messenger); Greg Jones (Music Director);

Spirit of Praise Sacred Artistry;

Heritage, Dr. Clarence Jones (Director) “I SEE YOU!” Plaza Ballroom

Friday, March 138:00 a.m. Fifth District Lay Breakfast La Jolla Ballroom

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Closing Business Session International Ballroom

President

La Jolla Ballroom Presiding

Saturday, March 148:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

President

La Jolla Ballroom Presiding


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Worship Services


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Morning DevotionWednesday, March 11, 2020

9:00 a.m.

President, Presiding Elder Council, California

THE CALL TO WORSHIP

THE HYMN OF PRAISEPresiding Elder, Rocky Mountain District - DMT

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing #1

O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise,The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim,To spread thro’ all the earth abroad The honors of Thy name.

Jesus! the name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease;‘Tis music in the foulest clean; His blood availed for me.

He breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free;His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood availed for me.

He speaks and listening to His voice, New life the dead receive;The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe.

Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ;Ye blind, behold your Savior come; And leap, ye lame, for joy. Amen.

PRAYERPresiding Elder, St. Louis/Cape Girardeau - MO

PRAYER RESPONSEHear Our Prayer, O Lord #612

Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord;Incline thine ears to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.

THE SCRIPTURE LESSONSPresiding Elder, San Francisco/Sacramento - CA

THE SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUEPresiding Elder, Arizona/New Mexico - DMT


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THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHERPresiding Elder, South District - MDW

THE HYMN OF PRAISE

SERMONPresiding Elder, Omaha District - MDW

INVITATIONPresiding Elder, Los Angeles South - SCC

THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOPPresiding Elder, North District - MDW

THE ANNOUNCEMENTSPresiding Elder, St. Louis/Columbia - MO

DOXOLOGY

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #647

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

BENEDICTIONPresiding Elder, Los Angeles North - SCC


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Keynote Speaker

Bishop Charles James King, Jr. was elected the 63rd Bishop of the Christian Meth-odist Episcopal Church on the fourth ballot on July 1, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland.

grandparents, Mr. Horace and Mrs. Zadie Mae Middlebrooks.

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and Ohio (Peoples Community, Dayton; Phillips Memorial, Cincinnati; and St. Phillips, Hamilton).

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president for the school.

-copal Church which includes the states of Mississippi and Louisiana.


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Opening WorshipWednesday, March 11, 2020

7:00 p.m.

THE PRELUDE Organ Voluntary

THE PROCESSIONAL

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name #4

All hail the power of Jesus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all;

Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all.

Ye chosen see of Israel’s race, Ye ransomed from the fall,

Hail Him who saves you by His grace, And crown Him Lord of all;

Hail Him who saves you by His grace, And crown Him Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget The wormwood and the gall,

Go spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him Lord of all;

Go spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him Lord of all.

Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball,

To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all;

To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may all!

We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all;

We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all. Amen.

THE DOXOLOGYPraise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #647

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen.

THE CALL TO WORSHIP

stand within they gate, O Jerusalem!People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.


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Minister: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.

courts of our God.

People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.Minister: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,

All: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things! Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing praises.

THE HYMN OF PRAISE Dessert Mountain Annual Conference

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken #521

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!

He, whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for His own abode.

On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose?

With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.

See, the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love,

Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove:

Grace which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age.

For a glory and a covering, Showing that the Lord is near!

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God;

He, whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for His own abode.

THE INVOCATIONMidwest Annual Conference

PRAYER RESPONSE Choir and Congregation

Take Time to Be Holy #286

Take time to be holy, Speak oft with thy Lord;

Abide in Him always, And feed on His Word;

Make friends of God’s children, Help those who are weak,

Forgetting in nothing His blessings to seek.

Take time to be holy, The world rushes on;

Spend much time in secret With Jesus alone,

By looking to Jesus, Like Him thou shalt be;

Thy friends in they conduct His likeness shall see.


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THE ANTHEM Choir

THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS The Psalter

District President RAYAC

The EpistleDistrict President WIM

The Gospel Mr. Askia Stewart Jr.

District President YPD

THE PRELUDE TO THE DECALOGUE

From All That Dwell Below the Skies #69

From all that dwell below the skies, Let thy Creator’s praise arise;

Let thy Redeemer’s name be sung, Through every land by every tongue.

THE DECALOGUE (Summary)

commandments, hang all the law and the prophets.

THE GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

THE BENEVOLENT OFFERING Mrs. Mary Mayo MayberryDistrict President WMS

THE ACTS OF PRAISE IN MOTION Spirit of Praise Sacred Artistry

THE WELCOME AND FELICITATIONSSouthern California Annual Conference

THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOPPresident, Presiding Elders Council

THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER Bishop Clement W. FughPresiding Bishop, Fifth Episcopal District

African Methodist Episcopal Church


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THE SERMONIC SELECTION Choir

THE SERMON Bishop Charles James King Jr.Presiding Bishop, Fourth District

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLSHIP Missouri Annual Conference

THE OFFERINGSouthern California Annual Conference

THE OFFERATORY RESPONSE Choir and Congregation

We Give Thee But Thine Own #646

We give Thee but Thine own, Whate’er the gift may be;

All that we have is Thine alone A trust, O Lord, from Thee. Amen.

THE ANNOUNCEMENTSMissouri Annual Conference

THE DOXOLOGY Choir and Congregation

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow #647


THE BENEDICTION Midwest Annual Conference


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Morning DevotionThursday, March 12, 2020

9:00 a.m.

CALL TO WORSHIP Ms. Jessica Byrd

THE HYMN OF PRAISE Mr. Jeremiah Hill-Settles

What a Friend We Have in Jesus #323

What a friend we have I Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptation? Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged; Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Jesus knows our every weakness; Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge: Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer!

PRAYER

PRAYER RESPONSEBe Still, My Soul #426

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side; Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;

Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change He faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS THE SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE

THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER

SERMONIC SELECTION Choir

SERMON Pastor, Bethel AME Church - Oxnard

INVITATION

OFFERING


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REMARKS Bishop Clement W. FughPresiding Bishop, Fifth Episcopal District

DOXOLOGY

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #647


BENEDICTION


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HERITAGE

HERITAGEand directed by Clarence Jones was organized to restore and pre-

blending of an obscure past with a luminous future, Heritage en--

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Heritage per-formed in a 20 year celebration with the Ebony Chorale of West Palm Beach Florida. An-

American Sounds Showcase, celebrating musical traditions of the South, supported by the

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forming the Negro Spiritual. God

refresh the spirit and keep the leg-acy of this unique art form of the


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Worship Without A WordA Service of Song and Dance and Instruments

Thursday, March 12, 20207:00 p.m.

Mr. Greg Jones, Music Director; Spirit of Praise Sacred Artistry

The Prelude Anthem of Praise (Instrumental)

The Processional and In-Gathering Glad to Be in the Service

(Choir and Congregation)

The Hymn of Praise Bringing in the Sheaves

(Choir and Congregation)

The Invocation Give Us This Day

The Prayer Response Psalm 23

(Harpist)

The Anthem

Choir)

The Proclamation in Rhythm and Flow

The Absolution Give Me Jesus

The Celebration/Song of Triumph Hallelujah Chorus

The Recessional Anthem of Praise/Exaltation


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Connectional and District Schedule 2020

51st Quadrennial Session of the General Conference July 8 - 15, 2020African Methodist Episcopal Church Orlando, FL

Desert Mountain August 12 – 15, 2020

Midwest September 2 – 6, 2020 Hilton Airport, Kansas City, MO Bethel AMEC, KCMO, Host

California September 9 -13, 2020 Hilton Airport, Oakland, CA FAME AMEC, Oakland, Host

Southern California October 13 – 18, 2020 Hilton LAX, Los Angeles, CA Bethel AMEC, San Diego, Host

Missouri October 21 – 25, 2020 Hilton Airport, St. Louis, MO St. James AMEC, St. Louis, Host

Planning Meeting October 26 – 27, 2020 Hilton Airport, St. Louis, MO St. James AMEC, St. Louis, Host


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