Tallahassee District Lay Organization

Time to un-decorate the Easter tree.

Today’s Lay meeting was held at Stewart Memorial in Perry, Florida

Workshop: Electorial College part II

Be Mindful.

Sunday August 05, 2012 Early Voting Alert

Bethel AME Church-Reverend Julius McAllister, pastor
501 West Orange Avenue
Tallahassee, Florida
BUS RIDES TO THE POLL FOR EARLY VOTING

Bethel AME Church will sponsor rides to the polls for the only Sunday available for early voting August 05, 2012. The buses will run continuously from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.taking passengers to the Leon County Courthouse. Please come participate and bring others. For in formation please call the church at 850-576-7501

Greetings Lay Members:
The General Conference is over and there is a new Bishop, Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr. Now it's time to "Get to Work."

The Quarterly FCLO meeting will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2012, at St. John AMEC, Campbellton, Fl. Rev. Bernard Hudson, Pastor; Sister Rebecca Pittman, Local President, at 10:00 AM CST.

This is our last meeting before the Annual Conference; therefore, we will need to finalize our Lay Night Program for the Annual Conference. The DOLA will be contacting each District for program participants.

Secondly, District Presidents remember your obligation to pay for the Layman's Voice. Each District is also requested to pay at least $100.00 in dues at the meeting. It is requested that each Conference Officer pay dues even though you are absent from the meeting. Officers REMEMBER to advise the President if you are not going to be present at the meetings.
Have A Jesus-Filled Day. And I will see you on Saturday.

Jennifer C. Lawson,
FCLO Corresponding Secretary

For the Primary on August 14, 2012 - Voter Registration ends on this coming Monday, July 16, 2012

There is only one Early Voting Sunday for the Pimary Election and that's this coming First Sunday, August 5, 2012

Voter Registration will be conducted this coming Saturday, July 14th at the following locations:

1. The All Star Day School, 702 Orange Avenue
2. The Tallahassee Urban League Office, 923 Old Bainbridge Road
3. Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church, 3115 North Meridian Road
4. All Walgreens Stores in Leon County

All the above locations will have trained persons on hand from noon until 4pm on this Saturday, July 14th to assist citizens in registering to vote.

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Greetings Lay Members:

Due to the General Conference convening from June 25-July 4, 2012, the quarterly meeting slated for Saturday, June 30, 2012 has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 28, 2012, at St. John AMEC, Campbellton, Fl. Rev. Bernard Hudson, Pastor; Sister Rebecca Pittman, Local President, at 10:00 AM CST.

This is our last meeting before the Annual Conference; therefore, we will need to finalize our Lay Night Program for the Annual Conference. The DOLA will be contacting each District for participants for program.

Secondly, District Presidents remember your obligation to pay for the Layman's Voice. Each District is also requested to pay at least $100.00 in dues at the meeting. It is requested that each Conference Officer pay dues even though you are absent from the meeting. Officers REMEMBER to advise the President if you are not going to be present at the meetings.

Dr. Bobby Jones to MC

Centennial Celebration Breakfast



Dr. Bobby Jones, Grammy Award-winning Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee will be the MC for the Connectional Lay Organization (CLO) Centennial Celebration Breakfast Sunday, July 1, at the Ga***rd Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee (USA). Dr. Jones is also the host and executive producer of several cable television gospel music programs including Bobby Jones Gospel. This celebration will occur during the 49th Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.



The history of the Connectional Lay Organization is one of progress, achievement, and service. At the General Conference, the Connectional Lay Organization will celebrate its 100th anniversary since the passage of the legislation from which evolved the Connectional Lay Organization. This is a praiseworthy milestone in the history of the laity of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This event is part of the Connectional Lay Organization’s celebration of its Centennial year and will serve as a primary fundraiser for the Organization with a focus on supporting its scholarship program, providing global disaster relief funding under the AME Church banner and continuing its program of Lay Witness, Leadership Training and Advocacy – a role the CLO has played through these 100 years. The Connectional Lay Organization President, Dr. Willie C. Glover, stated that “Our centennial year will be a time to give th anks, reflect, celebrate, evaluate, and reposition ourselves for greater service to the Church and the world.”



The breakfast promises to be an exciting event and will feature some of the 13th districts top talent and will also include participation from Africa, India, the Caribbean and Europe which reflects the diversity and inclusiveness of the AME denomination. This event represents a huge milestone for the Connectional Lay Organization and we want all who can to participate in this momentous occasion.

The breakfast will take place in the Presidential Ball Room at the Ga***rd Opryland Hotel - 2800 Opryland Drive – Nashville, Tennessee. Breakfast will start promptly at 7:00 a.m. (doors will open at 6:15 with open seating unless otherwise noted). Tickets are $100 and can be secured through the Episcopal District Presidents. Tickets will not be sold at the door. District Presidents can contact Ms. Anna Johnson, breakfast committee co-coordinator, for additional tickets via email [email protected] by phone on 859-539-4674. Please see the Connectional Lay Organization Centennial webpage www.connectionally.org or our face book page www.facebook.com for additional insight about Centennial events and the Connectional Lay Organization and its varied programmatic endeavors.

connectionally.org

First Lady Michelle Obama to Address AME General Conference

Contact:

CDT Richard Lewis (615.259.3771)

or Royya James (615.554.2269)



AME Church Announces First Lady Michelle Obama as Keynote Speaker at General Conference



Mrs. Obama’s visit marks the first time a sitting First Lady has spoken to the Conference



The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest Black religious denomination in America today announced First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at the 49th Session of the General Conference on June 28, 2012 at the Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. President Barack Obama addressed the AME Conference in 2008 when he was a U.S. Senator.



Host Bishop of the Conference, Presiding Prelate Vashti Murphy McKenzie, stated, “We are extremely honored First Lady Michelle Obama will be sharing her thoughts at this quadrennial meeting. Mrs. Obama’s commitment to family as the Mother-In- Chief is encouraging to women around the world and her leadership in fighting childhood obesity has been embraced by many of our congregations in the United States.”



Nashville is part of the 13th Episcopal District, which comprises Tennessee and Kentucky. The last time the 13th District hosted the General Conference was in 1996 in Louisville, KY., and this year is the first time the conference has been held in Nashville since the late 1800s. The mission of the AME Church is to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional and environmental needs of all people by spreading Christ’s liberating gospel through word and deed.



Every four years the AME Church assembles for the General Conference when delegates and leaders from around the world are charged with the responsibility to discuss, debate and pass significant legislation that will impact the mission and ministry of this great Zion.



The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a membership of more than three million people worldwide with an even broader range of influence. There are approximately 7,500 churches throughout North and South America as well as Europe, Africa and India. The Church has established and supports 12 higher education institutions, helping those with diverse backgrounds to obtain formal educational opportunities. The Church was founded in 1787 in Philadelphia, PA, and in 1816 the AME Church became an official religious denomination.



Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram serves as chair of the General Conference Commission, Bishop John R. Bryant is Senior Bishop and Bishop David Daniels is president of the Council of Bishops.

Media interested in covering the First Lady’s remarks should contact Royya James at 615.554.2269 or Anica Howard (615.305.9985) to RSVP by Tuesday, June 26th. For information about the conference contact the Office of Bishop McKenzie (Linnie Davis at 615.242.6814.)

Friendly reminder, the Florida Conference Lay Organization will hold it's annual convention in Pensacola, Florida on Friday May 25 and Saturday May 26.

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