Volume 1 Number 7

November 2014

"Money Matters" ANNOUNCEMENTS! Pastor Worthen will spend the entire month of November preaching on "Money Matters" during the 11:00 a.m. worship service along with two Bible studies led by a *Senior Bible Study is held every Tuesday @ certified financial planner. …“The church does a wonderful job 12 Noon.

of teaching & preaching tithes & offerings, yet there are still *Weekly Prayer Call is

countless people who are struggling held every

financially. I submit that people are Wednesday at 8:00 struggling because they are either AM. Dial: 513--386- A.) inadequately informed & 0000 Access Code: 771716# equipped with how to handle their finances, or B.) they refuse to apply biblical principles and precepts *Bible Study is held every Wednesday at with regards to handling money.” 6:30 PM.

---Pastor Carlton Worthen, *WMS General Board Mtg. will be held on Monday, Nov. 3rd @

5:15 PM.

*Steward Board Mtg.

will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4th @ 6:00 PM.

*Trustee Board Mtg. 2. "Fall Harvest Revival" will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6th @ Concept: 6:00 PM. This is a two-night revival where the community can come together for an energetic & soulful Thanksgiving worship experience.

Thanksgiving baskets with all of the trimmings will be given out to members and guests whose names are selected. Persons must be present to receive a basket.

Proposal:

Nov. 24th Rev. Elijah Shafah, St. Paul Church, Troy, Al Nov. 25th Rev. Dr. Isaac Hudson, Nichols Chapel Church, Phenix Citu, Al

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"Fall Harvest Revival"

This is a two-night revival where the community can come together for an energetic & soulful Thanksgiving worship experience. Worship begins each night at 6:30 p.m. Thanksgiving baskets with all of the trimmings will be given to members and guests whose names are selected. Persons must be present to receive a basket. Schedule: Nov. 24th Rev. Elijah Shafah, St. Paul Church, Troy, Al Nov. 25th Rev. Dr. Isaac Hudson, Nichols Chapel Church, Phenix City, Al

Isaac Nelson Hudson, Jr.

Isaac Nelson Hudson, Jr. is a man who believes that with God, under the function of the Holy Spirit, that there is always a way out, a way thru and a way up.

He is married to the Reverend Dr. Mary A Hudson for 37 years. He is the father of four children; Eric, Isaac III, Ikeisha and Ivan, and the grandfather of four, Imani, Isaac IV, India and Israel. He is also the third child born to Isaac N. Hudson, Sr. and the late Levester Harper Hudson.

Rev. Hudson received his early education in the Little Rock Public School System, graduating from Little Rock Central High. He furthered his education and completed requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music. Hudson relocated to , Georgia and enrolled in a degree program at College, transferring to National-Lewis University and completed the Bachelor and Masters Degree in Business Management and Administration. Rev. Hudson also holds the Master of Divinity from the Atlanta Christian College and an Honorary Doctorate from Jackson Seminary. He furthered his studies at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut

Rev. Hudson has served in the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-seven and a half years. He has pastored in the Arkansas Annual Conference; the East Northeast Arkansas Annual Conference- New Bethel, Stuttgart; the Atlanta North Georgia Annual Conference- Amanda Flipper, New Bethel-Yellow River and St. John A.M.E.C. in East Point; the Central Arkansas Annual Conference- St. James A.M.E.C.; the Central Northeast Oklahoma Annual Conference-Vernon Chapel A.M. E. C. in Tulsa; the Oklahoma Annual Conference- Avery Chapel A.M.E.C. in Oklahoma City. Rev. Hudson has also served as Interim Presiding Elder in 1993 and 1994.

In October of 2009, Rev. Isaac N. Hudson, Jr. was appointed to Nichols Chapel A.M. E. Church, Ninth Episcopal District, where he is presently serving under Servant Bishop James Levert Davis.

Rev. Hudson has served on many Boards of the African Methodist Episcopal Church from the Presiding Elder District Level, the Annual Conference level, the Episcopal District Level and Connectional Level. He served as Co-Leader and Leader of the Twelfth District Delegation to the General Conference in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. He served as an elected member of the General Board and the Episcopal Committees.

He is a member of many Civic and Social Organizations which include: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity, Life Member of NAACP, Chairman Search Committee CAP Agency-Tulsa OK, the National Conference for Community and Justice, Board of Trustees Greenwood Culture Center and Greenwood Jazz Hall of Fame, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge- and past chair of the Alternative School Board of Directors in Camden, Arkansas. A past member of the Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta and the Founder of the Summer Youth Program-East Point, GA. Currently Rev. Hudson is serving as the Clergy Liaison for the Russell-Lee County Ministerial Alliance and the Phenix City Board of Education, Phenix City, Alabama.

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