Y M B C N E W S L E T T E R Yorktown Missionary Baptst Church June 2019

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GOD’S PEOPLE IN WORSHIP *Call to Worship: The Lord is in His Holy Temple, Let all the earth keep silence before him, “Let the words of my mouth . . . *Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below, praise Him above ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen!

Devotion………………………………...... Deacon Ministry *Morning Hymn ……………………………………………………………………………...Congregation and Music Ministry *Invocation/Lord’s Prayer…….………………………………………………………………………………………....Minister Selection …………………………………………………………………...……………………………...….....Music Ministry *Responsive Reading: 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, Amen!

Selection………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... Music Ministry Benevolent Offering …………....………………………………………………………………………………………...Ushers

Hear Our Prayer O Lord, hear our prayer O Lord, incline thine ears to us and grant us thy peace, Amen! Selection …………………….……………………………………………………………………………...…..Music Ministry *Tithes/Offerings ……………….…………………...... Deacons Lord, I honor you with my tithes and offering as I give according to your word; “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse; “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: “Give and it shall be giv- en unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over.” “Every man according as he pur- poseth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” So Lord, teach me to always be a biblical giver so I can contribute to your kingdom. I thank you Lord, for your many blessings, and I come today to give back to you my tithes and offerings that you have blessed me with. Now Lord, please bless our church family and friends that my giving will support The Mission, The Message, The Ministries, and The Ministers that are being Manifested here at Yorktown Missionary Baptist Church. I pray that my giving honors you and that it will be an example of my walk and relationship with your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for blessing me to give back. In Jesus name I pray. Amen

Announcements ……………………..…………………………………………………………...…….…Sister Patricia Walker Pastoral Urges ………………………………………………………………………………..Pastor Christopher L Williams Sr *Hymn ………………………………………………………………………………………..Congregation and Music Ministry God’s Word ……………………………...……………………………………….…………..Pastor Christopher L Williams Sr -INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP- *Invitational Selection …………………………………………………………………………………………...Music Ministry Acknowledgement of Guests …………………………………………………………………………………………….Ushers *YMBC WELCOME SONG *Altar Prayer …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Minister Remarks/Benediction ………………………………………………………………………...Pastor Christopher L Williams Sr *Please stand

2 Clotlda (slave ship)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The schooner Clotlda (ofen misspelled Clotlde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captves from Africa to the , arriving at in autumn 1859 or July 9, 1860, with 110– 160 slaves. The ship was a two-masted schooner, 86 feet (26 m) long with a beam of 23 f (7.0 m). The importaton of slaves into the United States had been banned by Congress through an act en- acted on March 2, 1807 (efectve January 1, 1808), but the practce contnued illegally untl this vessel was burned and scutled soon afer arrival at Mobile Bay in an atempt to destroy the evidence. The sponsors had arranged to buy slaves in Whydah, , on May 15, 1859. Cudjo Kazoola Lewis was said to be a chief and the oldest slave on the ship. Afer the Civil War, he was among the founders of , a community founded by some 32 former slaves on the north side of Mobile, Alabama. They were joined by other contnental Africans and formed a community that contnued to practce many of their West African traditons and Yoruba lan- guage for decades. A spokesman for the community, Kazoola Lewis lived untl 1935 and is considered the second to last survivor of Clotlda. Redoshi, another captve on the Clotlda, was sold to a planter in Dallas County, Alabama, where she became known also as Sally Smith. She married, had a daughter, and lived to 1937 in Bogue Chito. She is thought to have been the last survivor of the Clotlda. Some 100 descendants of the Clotlda slaves stll live in Africatown, and others are around the country. Afer World War II, the neighborhood was absorbed by the city of Mobile. A memorial bust of Lewis was placed in front of the historic Union Missionary Baptst Church. The Africatown historic district was listed on the Natonal Register of Historic Places in 2012 History Built in 1855, the schooner Clotlda, under the command of Captain William Foster and carrying a cargo of 110 African slaves, arrived in Mobile Bay in July 1860. Captain Foster was working for Timothy Meaher, a wealthy Mobile shipyard owner and steamboat captain, who had built Clotlda in 1856 for the lumber trade. Meaher was said to have wagered some "Northern gentlemen" from New England, who likely pro- vided the fnancing for the illegal venture, that he could successfully smuggle slaves into the US despite the 1807 Act Prohibitng Importaton of Slaves. Clotlda was a two-masted schooner, 86 feet (26 m) long with a beam of 23 feet (7.0 m), and a copper-sheathed hull. Meaher had learned that West African tribes were fghtng and that the King of Dahomey (now ) was willing to sell prisoners taken in warfare as slaves. The King of Dahomey's forces had been raiding communites in the interior, bringing captves to the large slave market at the port of Whydah. Departng on March 4, 1860, Foster sailed from Mobile with a crew of 12, including him. In additon to supplies, he carried $9,000 in gold for purchase of slaves. He arrived in Whydah on May 15, 1860,where he had the ship outited to carry slaves, using mate- rials he had transported. He ofered to buy some 125 Africans in Whydah for $100 each. They were primarily Tarkbar people tak- en in a raid from near Tamale, present-day . He described meetng an African prince and being taken to the king's court, where he observed some religious practces. Describing how he came in possession of the slaves, Captain William Foster wrote in his journal in 1860, "from thence I went to see the King of Dahomey. Having agreeably transacted afairs with the Prince we went to the warehouse where they had in confnement four thousand captves in a state of nudity from which they gave me liberty to select one hundred and twenty-fve as mine ofering to brand them for me, from which I preemptorily [sic] forbid; commenced taking on cargo of negroes [sic], successfully securing on board one hundred and ten." As the slaves were being loaded, Foster saw two steamers of the port and ordered the crew to leave immediately, although only 110 slaves had been secured on board. The Clotlda sailed without the last ffeen slaves, in order to avoid capture. Afer making their way for a tme, they saw a man o' war, but were saved when a squall came up and they outran the ship. They reached Abaco lighthouse at the Bahama banks by June 30, on their return to Mobile. As they contnued across the Caribbean, they disguised the schooner as a "coaster" (a ship that carried slaves in the coastal trade of domestc slaves along the US coast) by taking down the "square sail yards and the fore topmast", and avoided intercepton. Foster anchored Clotlda on July 9 of Point of Pines in Grand Bay, Mississippi, near the Alabama border. He traveled overland by horse and buggy to Mobile to meet with Meaher. Fearful of criminal charges, Captain Foster brought the schooner into the at night and had it towed up the to the Alabama River at Twelve Mile Island. He transferred the slaves to a river steamboat, then burned Clotlda "to the water's edge" before sinking it. He paid of the crew and told them to return North. The federal government prosecuted Meaher and Foster in 1861 for violaton of the act prohibitng the slave trade, but did not gain a convicton. They had no evidence from the ship nor its manifest. The men were tried in a federal court in Mobile, and the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Historians believe the case was dropped by the federal government in part because of the outbreak of the . References ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f David Pilgrim. "Question of the Month: Cudjo Lewis: Last African Slave in the U.S.?" Jim Crow Museum, Ferris University, July 2005. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Black Travel - Soul Of America | Home" (historic sites), Soul of America, 2007, webpage: SoulofAmerica-6678.^ "AfricaTown, USA". The American Folklife Center: Local Legacies. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-05-12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Durkin, Hannah (26 March 2019). "Finding last middle passage survivor Sally 'Redoshi' Smith on the page and screen". and Abolition/ A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies. Retrieved 5 April 2019. ^ Ben Raines, "Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship, archaeologists say", AL.com, 25 January 2018; accessed 26 January 2018. Quote: "...the ship's license and the captain's journal make clear that is correct." (as the name) ^ Jump up to: a b Sandra E. Garcia and Matthew Haag, "Descendants' Stories of a Slave Ship Drew Doubts. Now Some See Validation", New York Times, 26 January 2018; accessed 26 January 2018 ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship, archaeologists say". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24^ Jump up to: a b c "AfricaTown, USA", Local Legacies, 2000, Library of Congress; accessed 28 January 2018 ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Last Slaver from U.S. to Africa. A.D. 1860": Capt. William Foster, Journal of Clotilda, 1860, Mobile Public Library Digital Collections; accessed 28 January 2018 ^ Sarah Gibbens (Mar 6, 2018). "The Last Ship to Bring Slaves to the U.S. Has Not Been Found". National Geographic Society. Retrieved Mar 12, 2018. ^ Jr, Cleve R. Wootson (2018-01-24). "The last U.S. slave ship was burned to hide its horrors. A storm may have unearthed it". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-24. ^ Ingber, Sasha (May 22, 2019). "Alabama Historians Say The Last Known Slave Ship To U.S. Has Been Found". NPR. Retrieved May 22, 2019. ^ "Wreck found in Delta not the Clotilda, the last American slave ship". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05. ^ Bourne, Joel K. Jr., Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama, National Geographic Society, May 22, 2019 ^ Koplowitz, Howard (May 22, 2019). "Clotilda, the last American slave ship, found in Alabama, historical commission says". AL.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019. ^ "Officials: Last slave ship from Africa ID'd on Alabama coast". WALA-TV. May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019. ^ Ingber, Sasha (22 May 2019). "Alabama Historians Say The Last Known Slave Ship To U.S. Has Been Found". NPR. Retrieved 22 May 2019. ^ "Independent Lens . THE ORDER OF MYTHS . The Film | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2019-05-25. ^ Boyd, Jared (December 18, 2017). "PBS show reveals descended from last known slave ship, which landed in Alabama". The Birmingham News. Retrieved December 18, 2017. ^ Sexton, Genevieve (2003). "The Last Witness: Testimony and Desire in 's "Barracoon"". Discourse. 25 (1): 189–210. doi:10.1353/dis.2004.0012. ISSN 1536-1810. 3

Sister Evelyn Hall SSgt. Terrance Bunn, Air Force Sister Clara Kirksey SGT. Elizabeth Hawthorne Brother Senious Caldwell SGT. Tristan Petway, Army

MSgt. Jeremy Singleton, Marines Health Care Brother Sam Davis

Happy Birthday June Celebrants

Feo Brown 2nd Shinyah Gowdy 17th Traylon Packer 2nd Tristne Petway 17th Doulglas July 3rd Erica Allen 18th Mary Jones 8th Ronnie Packer 18th th th TruVaughn Caldwell-Auburn Univ Jacqueline Henley 10 Jessie Smith 18 Raven Henley 27th Daylon Harris-Alabama A&M Irma Perine 27th Lugretha House 30th Justn Hunter-Bishop State

Antonio Lambert Jr-Univ Auburn Montgomery Happy Anniversary Tierra Lambert-Univ AL Birmingham

th - Devontae Packer-Lincoln College Nashville Levi & Irma Perine 28 45 years Traylon Packer-Coastal Community College

4 ministerial staff pastor christopher l. williams sr.

deacons (family assignments)

chairman, george wells 345-0670 (c,i,l,o)

joe collier 452-1393 (a,d,m,s) ron davis 456-2500 (b,o,w,y,z)

lonnie harbin (675-0551 g,u,f,t) douglas july 457-4532 (j,x,n,r)

lonnie july 476-5997 (e,h,k,p,v)

Deaconesses & ministers’ wives

chairperson, helen wells 345-0670

**first lady *ministers wife

patricia collier *lolisa july

*jacquelyn henley ossie july

lugretha house earnestine scott

**theresa williams

trustees

macarthur steele, chairman eldria caldwell charles hope patricia collier vincent house david henley nashasta pollard

auxiliaries/ministries

christian education scholarship missionary

couples sunday school nurse aiders joy club ushers publicity

matrons church beautification singles

music helping hands transportation

Pastor’s aiD kitchen youth development

5 NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY

Darius Cunningham WHAT’S HAPPENING Certificate Honor Roll & Reading–Tytianna Bonner

June 9th—Men & Women Day NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

June 10th—VBS Caden Taylor—A honor roll

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Jeremy Jowers June 16th—Father’s Day (women in charge) Traylon Packer—Dean’s List June 23rd—Graduation/Scholarship Jeremy Jowers-Microsoft Tech

Santagia Hill [A] Honor Roll

July 21st—Youth Day Shinyah Gowdy TOP TEN SCHOLAR July 16th—Business Meeting Tamia Hill—[A] Honor Roll

6 HEARING GOD’S WORD IN THE SERMON Since we forget 90% of what we hear, it has been suggested that note taking will double the percentage of our take- home response. Why not give it a try? Messenger: ______Scripture: ______Subject: ______Outline of Main Thought or Idea: ______Application To My Life: What did God say specifically to me during the Sermon? ______Is there anything which God would have me do? ______

Open Discussion with the Pastor: Wednesday, 1p.m.-3p.m. & 7p.m.-8p.m. (Please call Thursday-Tuesday for Appointment

7 KOINONIA How can I say that I love the Lord Whom I’ve never, ever seen before And forgot to say that I love the one That I walk beside each and every day? How can I look upon your face And ignore God’s love? You, I must embrace! You’re my brother, you’re my sister, And I love you with the love of my Lord.

To Contact Pastor Williams Church 452-8108 Pastor’s Study 452-1242 Home 675-6051 Email [email protected]

YMBC WELCOME SONG We welcome you in the name of Jesus Christ. Here we preach and sing the gospel of His life. We’re glad you decided to join us today. We consider it a privilege you came our way, WELCOME TO YORKTOWN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

PLEASE DO NOT WALK DURING: Prayer, Benevolent Offering, Announcements, Reading of God’s Word, Invitation to Discipleship and Benediction

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