GREATER MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH
The Zion Trumpet
Volume 1, Issue 4 April 2, 2017
Inside this issue:
Church School 3 Health and Wellness / 4 Social Action Inspirational Moment 5 Preached Word / 6 The Road to Calvary - Holy Week Bible Trivia Pastor’s Message 7 Palm Sunday, April 9th — 6pm Happenings 8-9 Monday, April 10th—7 pm Black History 10 Birthdays 11 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Sick and Shut In 12 The Reverend Dr. John A. Evans Children’s Church 13 The Fun Times 14 Stewardship 15 Tuesday, April 11th — 7 pm
Wednesday, April 12th — 7 pm Word of Life Fellowship Church The Reverend Dr. Ellis R. Hodge
Thursday, April 13th — 7 pm Good Friday, April 14th, 12 (noon) and 7 pm Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church The Reverend Clarence A. Williams P AGE 2 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
Contact Information Jimmy Pritchett Steward Pro-Tem 727-866-0061 Reggie Reed, Trustee Pro-Tem 727-687-5157 Rev. Robert Boyd, Clergy 727-698-1368 Rev. Cherry Chaney 561-856-6535 Rev. Ira Whitson, Clergy 727-823-1923 727-768-6178 Rev. Dr. Sherisse Bryant, Youth Minister 727-608-7695 Valarie Lee, Health / Wellness 727-851-5339 Anna Herring, Social Action 727-258-4769 Elouise Brown, Evangelism Ministry 727-906-7191 Patricia Needom, Class Leaders 727-896-1085 Constance Shaw, Minister of Music 727-678-1921 Terry Bradley, Male Chorus 727-793-7048 Chauntea Kirnes, Voices of Praise 727-710-1620 Gary / Karen Stanford, Couples Ministry 727-784-7360 Shirley Morgan, Lay President 727-815-6563 Patricia Smith-Johnson, WMS 727-459-8584 Verna Thompson YPD 727-348-8509 Karen Stanford, Women’s Ministry 727-784-7360 Donna Butler, Kitchen Manager 727-599-4215 Dozier Harrell, Janitorial 727-656-0302 Frederick Robinson, Sons of Allen 727-563-6054
Excelling Through Talent & Academics
Tamia I. Kennedy inducted into the Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society at Florida State University with a GPA of 3.527
Gabrielle Wright Community involvement: Bayside Gymnastics Level 1 Tropicana Competition qualifying into the 9.0 Club for Vault, Beam and Floor. 4th Grade Student at Sanderlin I.B World School V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 3
04/21 God’s Will Shapes Human Direction Romans 8:26-30 04/22 Paul’s Faithful Ministry Despite Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:21b-27 04/23 God’s Love Never Changes Romans 5:6-11; 8:31-39 04/01 Tending the Flock of God 04/24 Why You Don’t Understand 1 Peter 5:1-11 Matthew 13:10-17 04/02 A Caring Shepherd and Gracious Host 04/25 God Will Rescue the Endangered Sheep Psalm 23 Ezekiel 34:1-10 04/03 God’s Salvation Is for the World 04/26 The Shepherd Cares for the Lost John 3:17-21 Matthew 18:1-5, 10-14 04/04 Don’t Love the World’s Things 04/27 Pastors, “Feed the Church of God” 1 John 2:15-17 Acts 20:25-28 04/05 Nicodemus Pleads, “Give Jesus a Hearing” 04/28 Peter, “Feed My Sheep” John 7:45-52 John 21:15-19 04/06 The Serpent in the Wilderness 04/29 The Blind See Numbers 21:4-9 John 9:35-41 04/07 Nicodemus Brings Spices for Burial 04/30 Jesus the Good Shepherd John 19:38-42 John 10:1-15 04/08 Rebirth and Renewal by Water and Spirit 05/01 God Knows Where I Am Titus 3:1-7 Psalm 139:1-6 04/09 God’s Saving Love in Christ 05/02 Can I Flee from God’s Presence? John 3:1-16 Psalm 139:7-12 04/10 Jesus’ Side Is Pierced 05/03 The Lord’s Voice in the Storm John 19:31-37 Psalm 29:1-9 04/11 The Spirit, Water, and Blood Agree 05/04 Compassion After Rejection 1 John 5:6-12 Isaiah 54:1-10 04/12 The Lord Breaks No Bones 05/05 God’s Wrath Against Nineveh Psalm 34:15-20 Nahum 1:1-8 04/13 Soldiers Cast Lots for Jesus’ Clothing 05/06 Fleeing from God’s Call John 19:23-25a Jonah 1:1-6 04/14 Jesus’ Final Words to His Mother 05/07 God’s Sustaining Love Despite Rebellion John 19:26, 27 Jonah 1:7-17 04/15 The Women and Peter Were Amazed Luke 24:1-12 Join us in Church School 04/16 Victory over Death Easter Morning, April 16, 2017 John 20:1-10; 1 Peter 1:3-5, 8, 9 8:30 am 04/17 Mutually Sharing the Gospel of Christ for our Romans 1:1-15 “Resurrection Celebration” 04/18 Fruit of Justification by Faith Romans 5:1-5 A delightful program and breakfast are being 04/19 Grace Abounds Through Jesus Christ prepared for your enjoyment. Romans 5:18-21 Thank you, 04/20 Believers’ Present Suffering and Future Sister Dawn Bannister and Glory Sister Wilma Lancaster, Romans 8:18-25 Church School Superintendent P AGE 4 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
Are You Election Ready? A Few Facts About Elder Abuse The Primary Election for Pinellas County Residents is August 29, 2017. 1. Elderly Abuse most At that time, we will elect a Mayor and often takes place in the fill several vacant City Council home where Seniors live. positions. It can also happen in Institutional settings, i.e. This is a Great time to make chang- Nursing Homes, Mental es, i.e. address, party, name and Health Facilities. signature. If you need to make 2. One (1) in ten (10) older adults experience changes or need to register to vote, some form of abuse. see Anna Herring in the Health and 3. Most victims are dependent on their abuser Wellness and Social Action Office for basic needs. between Worship. 4. Seniors who have been abused have a three hundred percent (300%) higher risk of death DO THIS NOW, in the next three (3) years compared to those BE ELECTION READY IN AUGUST! who weren’t. 5. The most common form of abuse is financial exploitation, with physical neglect and Autism is a Disorder, emotional abuse following. not a Disease Anna Herring Commissioner for Social Action
Vintage Bible Study
April 12, 2017 Anna Millet
An Investigator with Pinellas County Consumer Protec- tion Agency will make her second appearance. Her presentation will include FREE Services offered by her Agency. Additionally, she will share tips on saving money and time when purchasing groceries, clothing, or big ticket items. Come Out and Become Informed! Thank you, Anna Herring, Commissioner, Social Action V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 5
Hearing God
The young man had lost his job and didn’t know which way to turn, so he went to see the old Preacher.
Pacing about the Preacher’s study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, “I’ve begged God to say something to help me. Tell me, Preacher, why doesn’t God an- swer?’
The old Preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply—something so hushed it was indistinguishable.
The young man stepped across the room. “What did you say?” he asked.
The Preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So the young man moved closer until he was leaning on the Preacher’s chair. “Sorry,” he said. “I still didn’t hear you.”
With their heads bent together, the old Preacher spoke once more. “God sometimes whispers,” he said, “so we will move closer to hear Him.”
This time the young man heard and he understood. We all want God’s voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our problem. But God’s is the still, small voice...the gentle whisper.
Perhaps there’s a reason. Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper. God’s whisper means I must stop my ranting and move close to Him, until my head is bent together with His. And then, as I listen, I will find my answer. Better still, I find myself closer to God.
- Author unknown
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March 12th—Church Anniversary March 5th 7:30—Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames 8:00—Rev. Clarence Williams Allen Temple, Tampa Mark 13:1-3, 15-16 Revelations 2:18-20, 24-29 “Watch!” “Hold What You Got” 10:00—Rev. Clarence Williams 11:00—Rev. Dr. Wayne E. Wilson Mark 13:33-37 Unity Community Church, St. Petersburg “Watch! (Part 2)” Matthew 16:13-18 “My Church”
March 19th March 26th 7:30—Rev. Clifford Tyson 7:30—Rev. Dr. Sherrisse Bryant John 4:5-7 Luke 8:11-15 “Happy Hour at “J’s Place” “Hold On to the Word” 11:00—Rev. Clarence Williams 10:00—Mr. Esque Dollar Mark 8:35-36 “Do Better” “Mind, Body and Soul”
Trivia Question for Trivia Answer March March Today, God still requires us TO: 1) Do Justly What THREE things did Micah 2) Love Mercy, and say God requires of His people? 3) Walk humbly with God See Micah 6:8, and lets all begin this walk.
Trivia Question for March
What did Nahum say with the “dust of His [the Lord’s] feet”? V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 7
The Thoughts of God
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are…My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9
In giving us His promises of what He will work in us, God reminds us that, as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are His thoughts above ours — altogether beyond our power of spiritual understanding.
When He tells us that we are made in His image, that by grace we are renewed again into that image, and that as we gaze upon God’s glory in Christ, we are changed into the same image, these are indeed thoughts higher than the heavens. When He told Abraham of all the mighty work He would do in him and his descendants, this again is a thought higher than the heavens. Our human minds cannot take it in. When God calls us to love Him with all our hearts and promises to renew our hearts so that we will love Him with all our strength, here again is a thought out of the very heights of heaven. And when the Father calls us to a life in the light of His countenance, and rejoicing in His name all day long, this is a gift out of the very depths of God’s heart of love.
We ought to have deep reverence, humility, and patience while we are waiting for God to impart to our hearts, by His Holy Spirit, the life and light that can make us feel at home with these thoughts. What great faith is needed to believe that God not only will reveal the glory of these thoughts, but also will so mightily work in us that their divine reality and blessing will fill our inner most beings!
Think of what Isaiah said, as quoted by Paul: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). When Christ promised His Disciples that the Holy Spirit would come from heaven to dwell with them, He said that the Spirit would fill us with the light and life of the heavenly world. In this way, Christ and the purposes of God — which are higher than the heavens are above the earth – were made their abiding experience. Dear reader, seek to realize that every day the Holy Spirit will fill your heart with the thoughts of God in all their heavenly power and glory. P AGE 8 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
The Lay Organization and Church School needs your help as we partner to support a Neighborhood Assistance Program “MPIR”, which provides housing and food assistance with non-perishable food items to those in need. Teacher’s Awards Worship
This is an on-going project; our goal is to provide, not just once but serve as a April 23, 2017 continual Resource to bless others. We would appreciate your assistance in this effort. You 11 am Worship
may place your items in the receptacle in the Theme: “A Faithful Soldier of Jesus Christ” Fellowship Hall labeled “MPIR”.
We reach out at special times of the year but Speaker: Exhorter Constance Shaw the need for many continues on. Please join us as we Celebrate and bring HELP US AS WE HELP OTHERS!! Awareness to the Teaching Ministries Thanks in advance, at Greater Mt. Zion. Sister Shirley K. Morgan, Lay President and Thank you, Sister Wilma Lancaster Sister Wilma Lancaster, Church School Superintendent Church School Superintendent
Do you have a green thumb or an hour to spare? If so, the Floral Committee would love for you to be a part of their " YOUR" Lay Organization needs YOU! Ministry to help with the care of the You are all invited to join in as we host the St. plants inside the Church. Petersburg District Lay Organization’s (SPDLO) monthly meeting. Please call or see Edna Stevens @ Saturday, April 1st at 10:00 am. 727-327-8780 if this Ministry is for you! Let's come together Mt. Zion, Strong!!
Thanks in advance, Sister Shirley Kicklighter Morgan, President
Do you own your business and would like to advertise it? One of our members, Sister Angela Wilson is interested in organizing and publishing a book listing businesses of our members. The process of collecting data started on March 11, 2017. She is going to provide you with a form to gather infor- mation and the process will begin. If you are interested in having your business listed, please drop your form in the box on the table by the Health and Wellness Office. Sister Wilson will make herself known to everyone and if you have an interest in assisting her with this project, she will take your information also. Stay tuned for more details. V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 9
Trustees and Stewards on Duty for the Mass Choir - 1st Sunday Month of April
April 02nd Pierce Bryant Male Chorus - 2nd Sunday Kelvin Davis April 09th Patricia Landers Stanley Wright
Unity Choir - 3rd Sunday April 16th (Please make sure your event, activity, rehearsals (Choir and Youth Choir - 4th Sunday Dance), are listed on the monthly April 23rd calendar so we can adequately provide coverage for the build- Unity Choir—5th Sunday ing).
Thank you, Reggie Reed, April 30th Pro-Tem Trustee Board
Rehearsals Schedule (7 pm):
Male Chorus April 4th Unity Choir April 18th Voices of Praise April 25th Youth Choir April 15th and 22nd
Mrs. Constance T. Shaw, Minister of Music
O.L. Nicks Women’s Missionary Saturday, April 8, 2017
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Fellowship Hall
Come Fellowship with us and be BLESSED.
All Women are welcomed and encouraged to attend! April 21, 2017 10 am Sister Karen Stanford, President Men’s Clothing are needed. P AGE 10 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
April 03, 1961 Entertainer Eddie Murphy is born. April 05, 1856 Educator Booker T. Washington is born. April 10, 1943 Tennis great Arthur Ashe is born. April 12, 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes first Black major league umpire. April 15, 1889 Human and civil rights leader Asa Philip Randolph is born. April 20, 1914 Musician and bandleader Lionel Hampton is born. April 21, 1906 First Black woman to earn C.P.A. credential Mary T. Washington is born. April 23, 1856 Inventor Granville T. Woods is born. April 26, 1886 Blues musician Gertrude “Ma” Rainey is born. April 28, 1962 First Black admiral in the U.S. Navy Samuel L. Gravely is born.
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. (June 4, 1922—October 22, 2004) was the first African American in the United States Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an Officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first Fleet Commander, and the first to become a Flag Officer, retiring as a Vice Admiral. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Mary George Gravely and postal worker Samuel L. Gravely, Sr. Being the oldest of five children, he attended Virginia Union University but left before graduating to join the Naval Reserve in 1942. After basic training, he entered the V-12 Navy College Training Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Upon graduating from UCLA, he completed Midshipmen’s School at Columbia University and was commissioned an Ensign on November 14, 1944. In 1946, he was released from active duty but remained in the Naval Reserve. He married schoolteacher, Alma Bernice Clark that year, and they raised three children, Robert, David, and Tracey. In 1948, after returning to his hometown of Richmond and re-enrolling at Virginia Union University, he graduated in 1948 with a degree in History. He was recalled to active duty in 1949 and remained in the Navy until retirement. His military decorations include the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal with two service stars, the United National Korean Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. In Richmond, the street on which Gravely grew up was renamed “Admiral Gravely Boule- vard” in 1977. The Destroyer, USS Gravely (DDG-107), commissioned in 2010, was named in his honor. V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 11
04/01 Kesha Clark 04/01 Antonia Swain 04/01 Brianna Jernigan If you were 04/02 V. Louise Mack born in 04/02 Gwen Woods April… 04/02 Marvin Butler Your 04/02 Ebony Harrell characteristics 04/03 Cassandra Jackson 04/03 Ginger Roberts show you are 04/03 Deonte Mixon Loyal, Patriotic, 04/03 Frankie Harris Courageous, 04/04 James Davis Adventurous, 04/04 Frederick Davis 04/04 Keontae Mosley Confident and 04/20 Dorothy Walker Passionate 04/04 Samuel Boney 04/20 Javonda Bryant 04/04 Jamari Green 04/20 Dexter Churches 04/05 Priscilla Alexander 04/21 Calvin Butler 04/06 Tommie Keys 04/21 Sampson Canfall Birthstone: 04/06 Dorothy Williams 04/21 Dennis Williams 04/06 Elisha Gilbert 04/21 Candice Mells The Diamond 04/07 Linda Thompson 04/22 Pierce Bryant 04/08 Latasha Gilbert 04/22 Robert Green 04/08 Latricia Harrell 04/22 Malik Brown 04/08 Curtis Dawson, Jr. 04/23 Charlie Jenkins 04/09 Latoya Clark 04/23 Kristen Gibson 04/09 Michael Crawford 04/23 Nikisha Watson 04/09 Chris Davis 04/23 Felicia Pizana 04/09 Latedra Everett 04/23 Amber Bannister-Akins 04/10 Vincent Cole 04/23 Dimetric Williams, Jr. Birth Flower: 04/10 Copper Atwood 04/24 Willie Mae Davis Sweet Pea 04/10 Ashley Pickens, III 04/24 Patricia Daniels 04/11 Guianna Brantley 04/24 Herman Williams, Jr. Means 04/11 Delmar Brent 04/25 Alicia Johnson Good-bye or 04/11 Floyd L. Crawford 04/26 Tangerae Brown Blissful Pleasure 04/12 Untilla Davis 04/26 Tiffany Lene’ Williams 04/12 Donovan Brown 04/27 Calvin Ward 04/13 Latoya Letthand 04/27 O’shen Allen 04/15 Rev. Sherrisse Bryant 04/27 Harry Harris 04/15 Kadijah Ervin 04/28 Ramon Cruz 04/16 Gregory Keys 04/28 Latricia Harrell 04/16 Jamy’ya Washington 04/29 Michael Bivens 04/16 Henry Jackson 04/29 Marvin Poe, Jr. 04/17 Shekerra Rose 04/29 Melissa Smith 04/18 Omega Adams 04/30 Cassandra Williams 04/18 Angela Butler 04/30 Alfreda McClendon 04/18 Barry Polite 04/30 Walter Butler 04/19 Tikki Davis 04/30 Shamoya Hedley 04/19 Dantonio Wilson P AGE 12 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
Sister Betty Covington Bouey 1458 15th Street South Sister Linda Churches 701 1/2 18th Avenue South, Back Apt. Sister Leola Currington 3022 Melrose Avenue South Brother Marvin Flemmings 2901 22nd Avenue South Sister Dezra Flournoy-Hudson 2012 69th Avenue South Brother Rubin Jackson 1920 26th Street South Sister Sallie Johnson 1230 40th Street South Brother P.L. Keys 2546 6th Avenue South Sister Terri Murph 1430 63rd Avenue South Brother Charles Myrick 514 Kingston Street South Sister Daisy Powell 3474 15th Avenue South Sister Elizabeth Smith 2528 17th Avenue South Ms. Jasmine Walker 1955 29th Street South
Nursing Homes and Rehabilitation Centers Sister Ethel Eva Pinellas Point Rehab 5601 31st Street Brother Eugene “Gino” Harrell Egret Cove 550 62nd Street South, Bed 18B Sister Betty Jordan Menorah Manor 255 59th Street North Brother Quentin Keys Shores Acres Rehabilitation 4500 Indianapolis St. N.E.
Hospital Brother Marcus Wynn Bay Pines Hospital Dozier Harrell Bayfront Medical Center, Room 561
Addie and Wilson Bryant and all other Jermaine Tindell and other Family Family Members on the loss of your Members on the loss of your Fa-
Nephew: ther: Brother James Jackson Mr. Alphonse Tindell Miami, FL
Bessie Kirnes, Latonna and Kelvin Lamar, Galen Kirnes and all other Dontae and Quindon Nolton and Family Members on the loss of your all other Family Members on
Love One: the loss of your Aunt: Mr. Clarence Kirnes Ms. Virginia L. Harmon Leesburg, FL V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 13
Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Youth Department is seeking your help!
We are looking for Committed Servants of God to serve as:
Church School Teachers Youth Church Teachers Nursery Volunteers
If you love working with youth, and is led by God to assist us, please contact Rev. Bryant directly.
Thank you, Rev. Dr. Sherrisse Bryant Youth Minister
Open on Sundays for ages up to three years.
Let us keep your babies while you enjoy Worship! Mrs. Keisha Patrick, Director P AGE 14 T HE Z ION T RUMPET
Easter Word Scramble
RIVOAS ______Spring Word OTSSPLAE ______Scramble Answers ATFHI ______
Rainbow LABM ______
Umbrella RREREOSTUCIN ______
Flower OGD ______Tulip NOS ______Green EJUSS ______Bloom Pilar CIIFAECSR ______
Butterfly OSSCR ______
Rain LANIS ______
Garden AEONIPPTSUILT ______Bee RNOHST ______May Spring OCRNW ______
Sunshine ETDMRONPEI ______Bunny IDUCRCEFI ______March Seed
How did you do? V OLUME 1 , I SSUE 4 P AGE 15 Commission on Stewardship and Finance
Four (4) Steps to Achieving an All-Cash Diet
Every diet has its secrets. The same is true of spending plans. If you are changing your financial habits to cut back on high-APR credit cards in favor of more crunchy green stuff, a wallet- slimming debit card or other pay-it now option, here are four steps to ease your transition:
1. Go cold turkey or take baby steps—depending on your financial situation, you may need to go all cash at once. Such is the case when you enter bankruptcy or attempt a debt-management plan. If not, ask yourself if you’d do better to change entirely to cash only or gradually increase your use of cash over plastic. “Subtle changes over time become a habit,” says Sheryl Garrett, a Certified Financial Planner and founder of the Garrett Planning Network in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. 2. Before you start, track your spending—divide expenses between bills you must pay— mortgage, phone, electric—from “wants” such as entertainment, cable TV and gifts. Factor in monthly set-asides for sporadic expenses such as quarterly insurance premiums or back-to- school clothes. Also, don’t forget the emergency fund, which you can use instead of plastic for truly unexpected expenses. Without coming to terms with your spending, your cash only plan could easily fail. 3. Decide what forms of ‘cash’ to spend—once you map out where your money goes, figure out the right mix of “pay-for-it-now” methods - cash, checks, debit cards or electronic pay- ments—to cover monthly bills and one time costs. For example, some all cash spenders might automate certain regular bills, finding it simplifies life. Or, they might use a debit card while shopping at the mall for the added security. 4. Have a safety valve—either put enough money in a savings account or keep a credit card close by for use in a crisis. Says Garret, “Treat it as sacred.” -Dana Dratch
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From The Office Staff April will begin an emotional and inspirational time in our lives, which begins with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. What a celebration that was for the people who laid down their cloaks and small branches of trees in front of Him and sang part of Psalm 118: 25–26 – ... Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord ....Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Then there is the heart break of Good Friday. On this day, Christians commemorate the passion or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Many Christians spend this day fasting, praying, repenting, and meditating on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross.
Let us take a moment and think of that time, of the pain and suffering He endured. Are we living as if the Son died for our sins? Do we love one another?
Take another moment and remember how God gave the ultimate sacrifice for our sins — His only Begotten Son. He loves us and forgives us daily. Let us do likewise.
May we celebrate the risen, true and living Saviour, Jesus Christ. May our lives show this Son shining in us, around us and from us.
Be Blessed this Easter Season.