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 table of contents
Order of Worship............................................................................................................................. 4
Black History Call to Worship.......................................................................................................... 5
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m. – “Blessed Assurance”)........................................................................... 5
Hymn of Praise (11:00 a.m. – “Lift Him Up”)................................................................................. 6
Unison Scripture (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.)......................................................................................... 6
Unison Scripture (6:00 p.m.)........................................................................................................... 7
Lenten Meditation #3...................................................................................................................... 7
Pastor’s Page................................................................................................................................... 8
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Frank Anthony Thomas..................................................................................................... 11
Bishop Nathaniel Jarrett, Jr...................................................................................................... 12
BishopVashti Murphy McKenzie.............................................................................................. 13
Pastor’s Pupils............................................................................................................................... 14
Sermon Notes................................................................................................................................ 15
Stewardship................................................................................................................................... 17
To Do Justice................................................................................................................................ 18
Special Announcements:
Black and Christian New Member Class................................................................................... 19
2008 Art Poster/Essay Contest / Goodsearch.com................................................................. 20

Come Experience A Taste with Rev

36th Anniversary and Retirement Celebration for Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
The Akiba

Special Announcements:
TUCC Youth Ministry Training.............................................................................................. 25
African American Heritage Month........................................................................................... 26
Amani Care Corner/Bulletin Information/Artists-In-Residence Ministry................................ 27
Calendar........................................................................................................................................ 28
Heart of the Community............................................................................................................... 30
Information & Announcements..................................................................................................... 32
Prayer List..................................................................................................................................... 34
Bereaved........................................................................................................................................ 36
Hospitalized.................................................................................................................................. 36
Extended Care . ............................................................................................................................ 37
Members at Home . ...................................................................................................................... 39
Prayer Concerns............................................................................................................................ 42
Service and Support Groups................................................................................... Inside Back Cover
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of Worship
Worship
Worship
SECOND sunday of lent
Choral Introit...........................................................................................“Spirit of The Living God”
Opening Hymn (7:30 a.m.)................................................................................. “Glorify The Lord”
Opening Hymn (11:00 a.m.).............................................................“Father We’re Calling On You”
Opening Hymn (6:00 p.m.)....................................................................... “Is There Anybody Here”
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m.)................................................................................. “Blessed Assurance”
Hymn of Praise (11:00 a.m.).......................................................................................“Lift Him Up”
Unison Scripture (7:30 a.m.)....................................................................... Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (NIV)
Unison Scripture (11:00 a.m.)......................................................................Nehemiah 1:11 (NRSV)
Unison Scripture (6:00 p.m.)................................................................................ Rev. 3:7–12 (NIV)
[PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE READING OF THE WORD]
Invocation
Ministry of Music (6:00 p.m.).................................................................... “Deliverance Is Available”
Parish Concerns
Baby Dedication
Visitor Recognition
Passing of the Peace
The Pastor’s Word
The Service of Giving
Offertory Sentences
Tithes and Offerings
Guest Minister
Altar Call (7:30 a.m.).............................................................................................................“Stand”
Altar Call (11:00 a.m.)..............................................................................“The Battle Is The Lord’s”
Sermon (7:30 a.m.)................................................................................................ “Season of Love”
Sermon (11:00 a.m.)..................................................... “Are There Any Nehemiahs In The House?”
Sermon (6:00 p.m.)........................................................................................“ Work It Or Waste It”
Hymn of Invitation (7:30 a.m.).............................................................. “My Life Is In Your Hands”
Hymn of Invitation (11:00 a.m.)......................................................................................... “I’ll Go”
Hymn of Invitation (6:00 p.m.)............................................................. “Why Not Come To Christ”
Benediction....................................................................................................“Go Ye Now In Peace”
[Once the sermon has begun, parishioners may not enter or re-enter the first floor sanctuary.]

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
CALL TO WORSHIP Hymn of praise
MINISTER 7:30 a.m.
Beautiful are the WORKS of God!
blessed assurance
CONGREGATION
Beautiful also are the SKINS of my people! Verse I
MINISTER Blessed assurance, Jesus is Mine!
Beautiful is the MIND of God! O what a foretaste of glory divine!
CONGREGATION Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Beautiful also are the HOPES of my people! Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
MINISTER
Beautiful is the HEART of God! Chorus
CONGREGATION This is my story, this is my song,
Beautiful also are the SOULS of my people! Praising my Savior all the day long,
MINISTER This is my story, this is my song,
God made the heavens and the earth! Praising my Savior all the day long.
CONGREGATION
And my people built the pyramids and the world’s Verse II
first civilizations. Perfect submission, perfect delight!
MINISTER Visions of rapture now burst on my sight,
God made the Seven Seas! Angels descending bring from above
CONGREGATION Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
And my people were the first to sail them! (Repeat Chorus)
MINISTER
God made us; and God made all nations which dwell Verse III
on the face of the earth! Perfect submission all is at rest,
CONGREGATION I in my Savior am happy and blest;
It is He that hath made us and not we ourselves! Watching and waiting, looking above,
MINISTER Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
With His blood He has saved us. By His Power He
has raised us! (Repeat Chorus)
CONGREGATION
To God be the glory for the things He has done!
MINISTER
And always remember, my Father’s children, that
God is GOOD…
CONGREGATION
ALL THE TIME!
TOGETHER
This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.

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 Hymn of praise UNISON
SCRIPTUREs
11:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m.
lift him up ECCLESIASTES 3:1–8 (NIV)
Verse I
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There is a time for everything, and a season for
How to reach the masses, men of ev’ry birth every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born
For an answer Jesus gave the key; and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time
Will draw all men unto Me. to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to
weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a
Chorus time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a
Lift Him up, Lift Him up, time to gather them, a time to embrace and a
Still He speaks from eternity, time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
Will draw all men unto Me. 7
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be
silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a
Verse II time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Oh the world is hungry for the Living Bread,
Lift the Savior up for them to see; 11:00 a.m.
Trust Him, and do not doubt the words that He said, NEHEMIAH 1:11 (NRSV)
I’ll draw all men unto Me. 11
O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer
(Repeat Chorus)
of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants
who delight in revering your name. Give success
Verse III
to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the
Don’t exalt the preacher, don’t exalt the pew,
sight of this man!” At the time, I was cupbearer to
Preach the Gospel simple, full and free;
the king.”
Prove Him and you will find that promise is true,
I’ll draw all men unto Me.
(Repeat Chorus)

Verse IV
Lift Him up by living as a Christian ought,
Let the world in you the Savior see;
Then men will gladly follow Him who once taught,
I’ll draw all men unto Me.
(Repeat Chorus)

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 UNIS ON
SCRIPTUREs
6:00 p.m.
REVELATION 3:7–12 (NIV)
7
“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write: These are the words of him who is holy
and true, who holds the key of David. What
he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts
no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See,
I have placed before you an open door that
no one can shut. I know that you have little
strength, yet you have kept my word and have
not denied my name. 9 I will make those who
are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be
Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will
make them come and fall down at your feet and
acknowledge that I have loved you. 10 Since you
have kept my command to endure patiently, I
will also keep you from the hour of trial that is
going to come upon the whole world to test
those who live on the earth. 11 I am coming
soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one
will take your crown. 12 Him who overcomes
I will make a pillar in the temple of my God.
Never again will he leave it. I will write on him
the name of my God and the name of the city
of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming
down out of heaven from my God; and I will
also write on him my new name.
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Lenten
meditation #3
LENTEN HOPE
PERILS AND PROMISES
“WHAT IS HOPE?”
A
young minister was doing his best to prepare
a sermon on hope. He studied, prayed and
worked hard. On Sunday, he presented the
results and his congregation listened attentively.
Afterward, an elderly man spoke to him and said,
“Every farmer knows what hope is. It is what you feel
in the spring, when you bury seeds in the ground.
You know that new life will appear.” With few words,
he said more than had been in the whole sermon.
Hope is trust in life’s spring of goodness. The
Lenten season proclaimed this hope. The word, Lent,
refers to the lengthening of days that herald spring’s
coming. When faithfully and personally observed,
Lent can be a time of sprouting new growth within
ourselves. Trusting in God’s providence, we enter the
cycle of life that is forever being renewed.
It is not by coincidence that people of faith tend to
be hopeful people. They know that there is more to
life than today’s immediate experience. There is an
eternal spirit that gives new life. When Moses gave his
final blessing to the children of Israel, he included the
words, “The eternal God is your dwelling place and
underneath are the everlasting arms.” (Deuteronomy
33:27). These words, often read during funeral
services, should be remembered at all times, for they
are the source of our confidence in life. We trust the
God in whose care and providence we dwell. The
everlasting arms are always there.
Hope is trust. Hope is courage. Hope is a second
wind. Hope is what keeps us going when the road
is hard. Our source of hope is the everlasting God,
who guides and strengthens people throughout the
ages: today, tomorrow and every day to come.
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 Pastor’s page
WITNESS FOR JUSTICE
February 11, 2008
What will be the Future of Test-and-Punish?
By Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education and Witness
T
he No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB),
the federal education law, has pressured
low scoring schools to raise scores at any
cost, thereby prescribing for America’s poorest
children a regimen of relentless test prep. NCLB
sets the narrowest standards, basic skills in two
subjects only: math and reading.
Linda Perlstein’s new book, TESTED,
recounts the choices that the principal and
teachers in one Maryland elementary school
believe NCLB forces upon them. Perlstein tells
the story of the entire 2005-2006 school year
she spent at Tyler Heights Elementary, a school
that serves very poor children and teeters on the
brink of making or losing the Adequate Yearly
Progress rating NCLB awards to a “successful”
school.
“Bombard, bombard, bombard those children
with the kinds of questions they’ll have on the
test,” the principal rationalizes. “You want the
students at a level of automaticity with reading
those test-like questions.” The reader spends
days stretching into months with the third-grade
teaching team. We watch them collaboratively
plan each day to the minute, and we listen as the
children yearn for more at school – to do some
science, read for fun, and perform a play. Will the
school raise its scores enough? Suspense mounts
until the last chapter. Then the reader must
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weigh the benefits and costs.
Many of us now recognize that NCLB
embodies disturbing assumptions about
“standardization.” In the church, we do not
view our children as products to be tested and
managed, but instead as unique human beings,
created in God’s image, to be nurtured and
educated. Jonathan Kozol admonishes, “The
best teachers are not merely technicians of
proficiency; they are also ministers of innocence,
practitioners of tender expectations.”
Now that Congress has delayed NCLB’s five-
year reauthorization, and the law will likely not
be reauthorized until 2009, it is time to review
some principles long thought foundational to
American public education.
Serious education thinkers past and present
agree that schools should form the whole child,
intellectually, socially, physically, psychologically
and ethically. John Dewey teaches that public
schools are where children develop the qualities
of mind essential for a democracy – responsible
for one’s ideas, tolerance, empathy, and
citizenship. James Banks instructs the schools
of a diverse society to affirm and celebrate the
cultures and identities of all the children. Paulo
Freire insists that education prepares students to
act as agents of change on their own behalf and
for the common good.
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Public schools also serve public ends. Benjamin barber calls for public investment in schools as the
path to opportunity: “Equality is achieved not by handicapping the swiftest, but by assuring the less
advantaged a comparable opportunity. Comparable here does not mean identical…schooling allows
those born poor to compete with those born rich.” That NCLB invests rhetoric without adequate
federal financial support for our poorest schools is a moral indictment of our society. Listen to the
words of Dr. Martin Luther King: “I said to my children, ‘I don’t ever want you to forget that there
are millions of God’s children who cannot get a good education. You will never be what you ought
to be until they are what they ought to be.’”

The United Church of Christ has more than 5,700 churches throughout the United States. Rooted in
the Christian traditions of congregational governance and covenantal relationships, each UCC setting
speaks only for itself and not on behalf of every UCC congregation. UCC members and churches are free
to differ on important social issues, even as the UCC remains principally committed to unity in the midst
of our diversity.

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 GUEST SPEAKER

D
r. Frank Anthony Thomas is the senior pastor of Mississippi Boulevard
Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dr. Thomas received a doctor of ministry degree from Chicago
Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL, a doctor of ministry degree in preaching
from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and a doctor of divinity
degree from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition,
he earned a master of divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary, a
master of arts degree in African-Caribbean Studies from Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL, and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
He has taken his pastoral experience, his love of African American preaching
and his abilities as a scholar to McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago,
Illinois where he has taught preaching in an adjunct capacity for many years. He has also taught preaching at
North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. As a co-mentor, he helped to guide 16 students to their Doctor of
Ministry degree at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. Dr. Thomas teaches at the doctoral level in the
Doctor of Ministry in Preaching Program and in the Master of Divinity Program at McCormick, and served as
an adjunct faculty member at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee.
He is the CEO of Hope for Life International, Inc., the non-profit that owns The African American Pulpit
(TAAP).
In 1997, Dr. Thomas wrote his first preaching method book, They Like to Never Quit Praisin’ God: The
Role of Celebration In Preaching. (Pilgrim Press). In 2001, Judson Press published, What’s Love Got To Do
With It? Love, Power, Sex and God, a collection of essays on the intricate connections between love, power, sex,
and God. Spiritual Maturity: Preserving Congregational Health and Balance with a workbook. His most recent
book, The Lord’s Prayer In Times Such as These, has September 11, 2001 as its central focus. Dr. Thomas and
Rev. Martha Simmons co-edited, 9.11.01 African American Leaders Respond to An American Tragedy (Judson
Press, December 2001).
He is married to Joyce Scott Thomas. They have a son, Anthony William, and a daughter, Rachel Sojourner
Thomas King, Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College.

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B
ishop Nathaniel Jarrett, Jr. is a native of Montgomery, Alabama.
His family relocated to Detroit, Michigan, when he was eight
years old. His call to ordained ministry came in 1965. Bishop
Jarrett currently presides over the Mid-Atlantic I Episcopal District,
comprised of AME Zion churches in New Jersey and Ohio, western
Pennsylvania, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad, Tobago.
Bishop Jarrett received a bachelor of science degree and a master of
education degree from Wayne State University. He received a master of
divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a doctor of ministry degree from
Chicago Theological Seminary.
Prior to his call to ordained ministry, Bishop Jarrett was a history
teacher in the Detroit public schools. He later served as an adjunct instructor at Chicago Theological
Seminary, teaching “Preaching and the Black Experience.” He has lectured and preached at Yale
Divinity School, Duke Divinity School, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, the McCormick
Theological Seminary, Guatemala, South Africa, and in cities across the nation.
Bishop Jarrett has pastored African Methodist Episcopal churches in Torrington and Ansonia,
Connecticut, Detroit and Chicago. In 1996, he was elected the 90th Bishop in the line of succession
of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. He also served as the acting director of Admissions
at Yale Divinity School.
Bishop Jarrett has received many awards and distinctions, including Fellow of the Rockefeller
Foundation, an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Chicago Theological Seminary, Alpha Kappa
Alpha Man of the Year, the Richard Allen award, and the Excellence in Ministry award.
Bishop Jarrett is married to Estella Rudisel Jarrett and they have three children, four grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.

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GUEST Worship

B
ishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie serves as the 117th elected
and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. Her historic election in the year 2000 represents the
first time in the over 200-year history of the A.M.E. Church in which a
woman had obtained that level of Episcopal office. In 2004, she again
made history, becoming the first woman to become the Titular Head
of the denomination as the president of the Council of Bishops. She
served a one-year term that made her the highest-ranking woman in the
predominately Black Methodist denominations.
Bishop McKenzie is honored to serve as the presiding prelate of
the 13th Episcopal District, which includes the state of Tennessee and
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The former pastor of historic Payne Memorial AME Church in
Baltimore, Maryland, had previously served, in 2000-2004, as the
chief pastor of the 18th Episcopal District in Southeast Africa, which is
comprised of Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Mozambique.
Bishop McKenzie is the author of three books. The first two, Not without a Struggle and Strength in the
Struggle, concern leadership and professional growth for women. Her latest book, Journey to the Well, helps
women seek new directions for personal growth following the footsteps of the Biblical Samaritan woman. Both
the hard and paperback editions of this book have made several best sellers lists, including Essence magazine’s
“Best Sellers List” for non-fiction publications.
She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park; holds a master of divinity from Howard
University School of Divinity and has earned a doctor of ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in
Dayton, Ohio.
She is the national chaplain for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. an international public service organization
and life member of the NAACP. She has received honorary doctorates from Howard University, Wilberforce
University, Morgan State University and Goucher College.
She is the wife of Stan McKenzie, Supervisor of Missions for the 13th Episcopal District. Currently, he is a
human resource consultant and a former player in the National Basketball Association. Together, they have three
children.

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 PASTOR’S PUPILS
Nia Moreno
Gaines Anthony Morris mad
Aaron Demarcus
Robert Garner on Imani A. Muham
Acasia Anne Gibs on Josef Owens u
Ariella Grace Gibs Emmanuel Owus
Alyson C. Godbolt Samuel Owusu
Imani Graham Michellai Parks
Kennedy Green Ariel Parrott
Jazmin L. Hall Brandon Parrott
lton III
Lawrence E. Hami Noah Perkins ll
Tiana Hardy Cheyenne A. Powell
Talliyah Hardy Jr. Justin Malik Powe
Herbert Harper, Zelatandria Quinn
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Lindsey Alexande rez Brianna Harris s Aaron Reese son
Doucette M. Alva Jazmine E. Harri Dorian Jhye Robin
Brenda Aghahowawa Shelbi Harris Melissa Sanders
Stephanie Aghaho Dejona Hawkins rne Tiffrany Schofield
Stephen Aghahowa Morgan Hawtho Michael Scott, Jr.
Khadija Allen Cameron Hill Nasr Simpkins
Khary Armster Elaine L. Hill Tariq Simpkins
Ayinke Arnett Tiffany Hill Darius T. Slatton
Mawusi J. Arnett Nia Holmes Mikal M. Slatton
Bria Atkins Brittany J. House wen Julius Stallwor th
Christian Jay Aving
er Stephen Izedonm kson Donald Stewart
Da mi an Av ing er, Jr. Halona Esther Jac Gregor y Stewart
Taylor B. Bailey Kawena Jackson Kyana N. Stewart
Kimaria Baker Kendal Jackson n Maya J. Stewart
Sydni M. Barclay Jordan C. Johnso Nia E. Stewart
Nicholas L. Bell Nailah Johnson Logan Taylor
Elliot Boston Taylor S. Johnson Darrell Thomas as
Markeyta M. Bowe
n Kayla Jones Dominique Thom
Kayla N. Brock Kia Jones Kyla Thomas
Porshe Buckner Kamia Jones Vernon Thomas
Ahmad Carter Barrett Keithley Victoria Thomas on
Christa Aluse Carte
r Rena Keithley Kamaya Thomps pson
Roberta Carter ns Whitley King Myia Kelli Thom
Rachel Cato-Eva Earle Lawrence Imani Timms
Jasmine Cephas Gene Linton, Jr. Indigoe Timms
Taylore Cephas n Kr ystla Little Lindsey Turner ler
Joshua E. Chapma Andre Mace Kamila Arielle Ty
Violet Clemons an Anthony Mace Joya Laurelle Tylerz
Brandi A. Colem leman Tajean Mathis Max Tyler Vasque
James Wheeler Co Herdie Matthews Kamaul Wade
Kara Coleman Pamela McGhee Marshall Walker
Laurel D. Cosby aft Mayah McIntosh ic Tosha Wells
Morgan Ashley Cr Siobhan A. McKiss Troy White son
Patrick Cobb Racquel McNeil Bria Safe William
Cameron Curtis Ronald McNeil Alicia V. Wilson
Kia Dean Rikida Mitchell Jr. Johari B. Wilson
Cour tney M. Dent
on Steven L. Moore, Isaiah Woods
Cr ystal Denton Lanier Moorer Joshua Woods
Tiffany Dillard Lindsay Moorer Jamila Wright
Diamond Dixon on John Moran Jarrett Wright aynes
Milissa El Akinlaw Jordan Moran Jeremiah Wright-H
Micah A. Ellis Taylor Moran
Malik R. Fowler Kiela Moreno
Debra Franklin

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 STEWARDSHIP
the results of a Redeemed LifE
significance of time

The Christian steward is concerned about the use of time as a part of total
stewardship. The days and years at their disposal are a sacred trust. They are
stewards of time as long as they live.

People these days are aware of the significance of time as never before in human
history. The idea that this is a peaceful and unhurried existence has been replaced
by a rush to accomplish desired purposes immediately, as if there might not be a
tomorrow in which to do it. People are living with a sense of urgency.

Time is holy, because it may be limited. The condition of the world is such that
the representatives of any of the sciences and religion join in the belief that time,
as we have known, may have a definite limit. The current means of destruction
could possibly obliterate most life from the face of the earth.

A Christian steward who is faithful in the use of time does not live in fear of the
future, but constantly faces the question of whether or not they are making wise
use of the years at their disposal. The steward asks, “Am I being true to God if I
devote all my time to work, pleasure and sleep, even if I do tithe my money?”

Your Friends in Service,

The Stewardship Ministry
Constance A. King, Editor
James D. Butler, Chairperson

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 TO DO JUSTICE
by Rev. Reginald Williams, Jr.

T
he Prison Industrial Complex is nothing • Prison companies traded on Wall Street
more than the re-creation of the slave include the following:
plantation. In the slaveocracy of the • Corrections Corp of America
Prison Complex, imprisoned people are rented (NYSE:CXW)
by these For Profit Prisons. Therefore, what • GEO Group (NYSE:GEO)
you have is an essentially free labor base to build • Thirty-seven states have legalized
an economy. Prisoners are rented out to contracting of prison labor by private
companies like Motorola, Nordstrom, Macy’s, corporations.
Revlon, Victoria’s Secret, Target, Honda,
Toys R Us, Microsoft, AT&T, McDonald’s, ACTION ITEMS
IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Sprint. These 1. Do not shop at Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club.
companies have contracted this labor for far
below minimum wage. What makes this Thought for this week:
Complex so sick is, that although African “What affects one of us directly, affects all of us
Americans are only 13% of the population, we indirectly.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
represent over 60% of the prison population.
Consider the following facts:
• Black youths are 48 times, and Latino
youths are 9 times more likely to be
incarcerated than White youths for similar
drug offenses
• Black women are incarcerated nearly 4
times the rate of White women and more
than twice the rate of Hispanic women
• The United States has 25% of the world’s
prison population, but only 5% of the
world’s population
• The Prison Industrial Complex is a $150
billion industry with over 100 prisons
in the U.S. managed by 14 private
companies

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 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

ATTENTION!!!!
TUCC YOUTH MINISTRY SPONSORS,
VOLUNTEERS & EMPLOYEES

PHASE 2 – YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING 2008

Includes Workshop #4 (Boundary Training) and
Background Screening

Pre-registration is not required! • No Registration fee!

Requirements for Phase 2 Training:

Must have completed Phase 1 Training
Must bring a valid Driver’s License or State ID to the training session

Please plan to attend one

of the following training sessions:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 • 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Location: VILLAGE CENTER - 1947 W. 95TH STREET
or
FRIDAY, MARCH 7 • 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: VILLAGE CENTER - 1947 W. 95th STREET
or
SATURDAY, MARCH 29 • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TUCC Atrium

For further information, contact:

Rev. Michael D. Jacobs, Ext. 429, Rev. Ramah E. Wright, Ext. 384

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 spe cial announcement

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

BLACK AND CHRISTIAN NEW MEMBER CLASS
Have you given your heart to Christ, walked the aisle and given your hand to the preacher? So that you
may become a full-fledged member of Trinity United Church of Christ, you MUST complete your
new member class!
The Stewardship Ministry is looking for you!
Please don’t delay!
After you have “walked the aisle,” completion of the new member process is in three (3) stages:
• Stage #1: Completion of Sessions 1 and 2 (in that order) of your New Member Classes.
• Stage #2: Your receiving the Right Hand of Fellowship on a first Sunday evening. Note: The Right
Hand of Fellowship is required for full Membership into your new church home at Trinity.
• Stage #3: Your active participation as a ministry partner who serves diligently in one of the
ministries of your choice at your new church home, Trinity United Church of Christ.
The Stewardship Ministry partners are eager to “walk with you” throughout this process and we are
looking forward to your attendance.
A special class will be held that will allow you to take both sessions on one day!
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
ALL-IN-ONE SESSION (SESSIONS I & II)

Adults & Teens

Registration: 8:30 a.m. • Class: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
children
Registration: 9:30 a.m. • Class: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Continental Breakfast and Lunch Will Be Served
Completion of this “All-in-One Session” will allow you to be able to receive the
Right Hand of Fellowship, BAPTISM AND HOLY COMMUNION
easter Sunday, march 23, 2008 • 10:00 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE
Join us for this special event!
Please CONFIRM your participation!
Call the Membership/Ministry Services office, 773-962-5650, immediately!

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 Come experience

each evening,

as we celebrate his

anniversary and

retirement.

Enjoy a light snack

of a few of

Rev’s favorite foods,

and fellowship with

him before service.

Monday, February 25 – Friday, February 29

5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Atrium

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 Explore our new titles on love, cultural liberation, and more!
Coming soon!
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. CD/ DVD Box Sets

AKIBA STORE HOURS

Monday thru Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Sunday after each Worship Service
www.tucc.org

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 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE MINISTRY ANNOUNCES ITS

2008 ART POSTER/ESSAY CONTEST!

Artists In Residence is proud to offer our youth the opportunity to express themselves through the world of art!

POSTER/ESSAY CONTEST DETAILS:

Contestants will submit a finished piece, along with a typewritten one-page essay on
“Winds of Change: Comparing Rev. Wright’s/Rev. Moss’ Transition to the Change of Seasons”

• Dimensions: Must use Poster Board, 20” x 30” (please leave a 1” border around the edges)
• Medium used: Final piece can be done in pencil/color pencil, pen and ink, marker or paint
• Due Date: Final pieces must be submitted to the TUCC Mailroom by Saturday, February 16, 2008
• Age Limit: Open to children ages 8–16
• Prizes: All participants will receive prizes for participation. We will award a special prize to the
top submission!

All pieces, along with prizes, will be on display at our

8th Annual African American Heritage Art Exhibit, February 24, 2008
For information, send an e-mail to Trinityartists@comcast.net

GoodSearch – www.goodsearch.com – powered by Yahoo! Search the Internet on GoodSearch

and financially support Trinity United Church of Christ! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search
engine that donates half its advertising revenue (about a penny per search) to the charities its users designate.
Use it just as you would any search engine (e.g. Google, AOL, etc.), get quality search results from Yahoo,
and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall that donates up to 50%
of each purchase to charities and schools as designated by their users! Hundreds of great stores including
Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, and Macy’s have teamed up with GoodShop. Every time you place an order,
you’ll be supporting your favorite cause. Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Trinity
United Church of Christ as the charity you want to support, You can also access GoodSearch on Trinity’s
website www.tucc.org. Spread the word!

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 spe cial announcement

African American
Heritage Month
Today, February 17, 2008
Pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
36th ANNIVERSARY AND RETIREMENT CELEBRATION,
7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

February 24, 2008

Pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
36th ANNIVERSARY AND RETIREMENT CELEBRATION,
7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Ebony Expressions Oratorical Contest, grades 1st – 12th,

2:30 – 4:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary, followed by a reception
in the Atrium

February 24 – March 2, 2008

Annual African American Heritage Month Art Exhibit
Artists In Residence will display their art work, 2nd floor Narthex

February 25 – March 2, 2008

Pastor Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
36th ANNIVERSARY AND RETIREMENT CELEBRATION,
7:00 p.m. Nightly

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 special announcements

THE AMANI CARE IMPORTANT MESSAGE

CORNER NEEDS YOU! CONCERNING
We are looking for volunteers to staff the Amani
SICK AND SHUT-IN
Care Corner following worship services. AND BEREAVEMENT
What is the Amani Care Corner? LISTINGS
The AMANI CARE CORNER provides
supportive services by trained and dedicated Beginning Sunday, March 2, 2008,
volunteers to TUCC members and the Sick and Shut-in and Bereavement Listings
community, who face chronic health care will no longer be included
challenges. (Visually/hearing impaired/those who in the weekly bulletin.
are immobile; wheelchair, etc). Volunteers respond
to members’ needs, such as transportation, meals, This information will be provided
and CDs/tapes. The Amani Care Corner is in a separate booklet;
located on the west side of the building, under the Copies will be available in the
stairwell. Habari Gani Rack located in the Atrium.
We need volunteers to give of their time, heart
and spirit. Training is provided. We will continue to publish the
Prayer List in the bulletin.
Contact E. McGregor Jones at 773-298-2110 or
emcgregorjones@tucc.org, or Frances Gathings at
773-298-2112 or fgathings@tucc.org.

Trinity United Church of Christ

Artists-In-Residence Ministry
Cordially invites you our
8th Annual Black History Month Celebration of Art
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 24th 2008, Room 203
Immediately following 11:00 a.m. worship service
Fellowship with the artists, enjoy refreshments and view original
artwork of TUCC Artists-In-Residence members, several of whom
have won national and international acclaim
Exhibition will be open for pubic viewing in the
Narthex-2nd floor through Sunday, March 2nd
“Bathsheba”, 20 x 30 charcoal wash

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 C ALENDAR
HIGHLIGHTS TUESDAY – 02/19 (cont’d)
TODAY 36th Anniversary Retirement 400 W. 95th Street
Celebration for Pastor Wright 6:30 p.m. Immabasi: Mental Health
2/22 Music Department Recital Support Group – 102
2/24–3/2 36th Anniversary/Retirement 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Steering
Celebration for Pastor Wright Committee – BR
2/24 African American Heritage Men’s Chorus – SA
Art Exhibit
Ebony Expressions Oratorical TUCC Village Center
Contest 1947 W. 95th Street
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102
TODAY – 02/17 6:00 p.m. Africa Ministry Executive
7:30 a.m. Worship Service – SA Committee – W305
9:30 a.m. Breakfast – FH 6:30 p.m. Tangeni Dance Business
Bible Study – WC Meeting – W302
11:00 a.m. Worship Service – SA
Baby Dedication – SA WEDNESDAY – 02/20
1:30 p.m. Dinner – FH 400 W. 95th Street
My Space: High School Teens 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
– 202 Prayer and Fasting
2:00 p.m. Drug & Alcohol Recovery 11:30 a.m. Prayer Service – WC
Meeting – 203 5:30 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal – SA
6:00 p.m. Worship Service – SA 6:30 p.m. Deacons Prayer Service
7:00 p.m. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Preparation – 102
Photo – SA 7:14 p.m. Prayer Service – SA

MONDAY – 02/18 TUCC Village Center

12:00 p.m. Immabasi: Diabetes Support 1947 W. 95th Street
Group – FH 10:00 a.m. Safer Foundation Employment
5:00 p.m. Voice Class – WC Orientation – W302
6:00 p.m. Band Rehearsal – SA 10:30 a.m. Amani-TUCHC Staff Meeting
7:00 p.m. Women’s Chorus – SA – W305
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102
TUCC Village Center
1947 W. 95th Street THURSDAY – 02/21
1:00 p.m. Counseling Ministry – W305 400 W. 95th Street
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102 5:00 p.m. Voice Class – FH
7:00 p.m. Drug & Alcohol Support Revival 5:30 p.m. Imani Rehearsal – WC
Committee – W305 6:00 p.m. Band Rehearsal – SA
Women’s Drill Team Rehearsal
TUESDAY – 02/19 – Narthex II
400 W. 95th Street 7:00 p.m. Single Parent Ministry (Adults)
7:00 a.m. Food Share Pick-Up – A – FH
5:00 p.m. Voice Class – WC Single Parent Ministry (Children)
6:00 p.m. Women’s Drill Team – Narthex II – 203
Immabasi Faith Subcommittee Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal – SA
– FH Trustee Ministry – BR
Band Rehearsal – SA
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 C ALENDAR
THURSDAY – 02/21 (cont’d)
TUCC Village Center
1947 W. 95th Street
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102
6:00 p.m. Prision Ministry – W302
Cottage Grove Building
901 E. 95th Street
5:30 p.m. Khayrallah Dance Ministry Rehearsal 5:00 p.m. Deacons in Training ’08 Phase II
– Room 2
FRIDAY – 02/22
10:00 a.m. Free-N-One – 207
5:00 p.m. Music Theory Class – 207
6:00 p.m. Voice Class Recital – SA
7:00 p.m. Married Couples Ministry
Marriage Builders Committee
– 202
Caribbean Connection – 207
Tough Love – 203
Free-N-One – 116
Africa Ministry – FH
TUCC Village Center
1947 W. 95th Street
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102
6:00 p.m. Youth Ministry Training
Phase II – W301
SATURDAY – 02/23 Cottage Grove Building
400 W. 95th Street
7:00 a.m. Food Share Pick Up – FH/A
7:30 a.m. Yoga – Narthex II
9:00 a.m. Band Rehearsal – SA
Justice Ministries - BR
9:30 a.m. Church School – Adult Class
– WC/FH
Church School – 116/202/203/
207
11:00 a.m. Math Tutorial – 202/203
Little Warriors Rehearsal – WC
11:30 a.m. Women’s Drill Team General
Meeting – 207
12:00 p.m. Women’s Drill Team Rehearsal
– Narthex II
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12:30 p.m. Walaika Rehearsal – WC
SATURDAY – 02/23 (cont’d)
400 W. 95th Street
1:00 p.m. Youth Drill Team – FH
2:00 p.m. Women’s Guild – 203
Women’s Guild Photograph
with Pastor Wright – SA
3:00 p.m. Pre-Marital Counseling – 202
Meeting and Reception – FH
6:00 p.m. Chinara Dance Ministry
Rehearsal – SA
TUCC Childcare Center
532 W. 95th Street
12:00 p.m. Intonjane
2:00 p.m. Isuthu
TUCC Village Center
1947 W. 95th Street
8:30 a.m. Lupus Ministry Lupus Health
Fair – W301
9:00 a.m. Youth Sexuality Facilitators’
Training – W305
10:00 a.m. THEC ACT Prep – W302
2:00 p.m. Malcolm X Substance Abuse
Class – W302
2:30 p.m. THEC ETS Tutoring – E102
901 E. 95th Street
8:00 a.m. Girl Scouts Cookie Delivery
and Pick Up – Room 1
 heart of the communit y
4 BRO TENORS A Journey Through Black
Sacred Music, from Negro spirituals to
contemporary gospel, Today, Sunday, February 17,
4:00 p.m., West Point Baptist Church,
3656 – 72 S. Cottage Grove, 773-538-7590 or
www.wpmbc.org
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY Division
of Continuing Education hosts a workshop,
“Adolescent Conduct Disorder: Using a
Systems-Based Approach,” 3 CEU’s or CPDU’s
available, Friday, February 29, 9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m., Chicago State University, 9501 S.
King Dr., Registration, Call 773-995-2214
COMMUNITY OF MEN provides positive
male role models for young males 9 –18 years
old, Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., St. Sabina,
78th and Racine, Call Brother Vincent Price,
773-485-1463
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.
presents its 6th annual art exhibition, Gallery
D’Estee, honoring Dr. Margaret Burroughs,
Featured artist, Felecia Grant Preston, Friday,
February 29, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. and
Saturday, March 1, 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
D’Estee Inc., 4525 S. King Dr.
FAITH COMMUNITY OF ST. SABINA
presents “Women of Worship Conference
2008,” April 4 – 6, Eaglewood Resort and Spa,
Itasca, IL, Registration deadline: Today, February 17,
Call Rhea Steele, 773-483-1017 or 773-483-4300
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FIELD MUSEUM presents George Washington
Carver, the life and work of an extraordinary
man, born into slavery, who used his gifts to
became a groundbreaking scientist, educator,
and humanitarian, Now through July 6, 2008
FINANCIAL AID FORM ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM (FAFSA) offered by the Office of
the City Clerk of Chicago, one-on-one assistance
to students and parents, regardless of age or
income level, Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.,
121 N. LaSalle St., Room 107 (LaSalle Street
entrance) through April 8, Call 312-466-0771
FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATION
Assistance for families earning less than $40,000
and individuals earning less than $15,000, For
locations, and information about the Earned
Income Tax Credit, Call 311, 312-409-1555 or
312-630-0273
GOSPEL DIVA DELOIS BARRETT
CAMPBELL 82nd Birthday Musical
Extravaganza, hosted by Rev. Otis Houston,
Sunday, March 9, 3:00 p.m., First Church of
Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash
HE’S GOTTA GO! Meet the inventor and learn
to play this hot, new original card game,
Looking for teens, ages 13-18 for tournament,
Saturday, March 1, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
and Monday, March 10, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.,
Pullman Branch Library auditorium, 11001 S.
Indiana, Tournament held Monday, March 17,
 heart of the communit y
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Contact Francois Jolie,
312-747-7320 or neliegames@yahoo.com
HOLISTIC HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Monday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Chicago State University, Cordell Reid Student
Union, 9501 S. King Dr., 773-983-1244
JOBS FOR YOUTH/CHICAGO assists low
income young men and women, ages 17 – 24,
with training and employment placement,
Contact Direoce Junirs, 312-499-4778
Ext. 132 or djunirs@jfychicago.org
JOEL HALL DANCERS present In the
Shadows of Nina Simone, Saturday, February 23,
8:00 p.m., Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N.
Southport, Tickets, Call Clarence Brown,
773-875-5795 or mrcebrown@yahoo.com
JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL
Alumni Association honors the 1958 Basketball
team, Return of The Champions, Thursday,
March 13, 6:30 p.m., Marshall High School,
3250 W. Monroe, Call Willie Box, Jr.,
708-534-3634
LITURGICAL DANCE WORKSHOP
Trinity Christian College, Ozinga Chapel,
6601 College Dr., Palos Heights, IL, Saturday,
March 8, 9:30 a.m., Space limited, Information,
e-mail Jane.Voss@trnty.edu
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MAYFAIR ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
commemorates 50 years of community service,
Mayfair Academy Awards Gala, honoring the
Joel Hall Dancers, Muntu Dance Theater,
Human Rhythm Project, Mayfair Performing
Company, the Sutton Family and their directors,
Saturday, March 15, South Shore Cultural
Center, 7059 S. Shore Drive, Tickets, Contact
773-846-8180 or mayfair79@sbcglobal.net
NATIONAL PAN HELLENIC COUNCIL
OF CHICAGO Worshiping at the 11:00 a.m.
worship service, Sunday, February 24, Contact
Angelyn Anderson, whitedove1920@yahoo.com
or www.nphcchicago.org
ST. SABINA AFRICAN AMERICAN
SPEAKING SERIES ’08 Guest speakers
include Susan L. Taylor, Friday, March 7;
Maya Angelou, Friday, March 28, Tickets,
773-483-4300
WOMEN OF DELTA SIGMA THETA
SORORITY, INC. group photo with
Pastor Wright and Soror Bishop Vashti
McKenzie, Today, Sunday, February 17,
following 6:00 p.m., Sanctuary, Please wear red,
Contact Natalie Bumpers, 773-919-0888 or
nbumpers@aol.com or Adrienne Wynn,
773-505-1655 or adriennewynn@comcast.net
 information & announcemenTS
AFRICA MINISTRY Join Pastor Wright on his
annual spiritual and cultural sojourn to Ghana,
West Africa, August 6 – 16, 2008, Information,
Contact Sydney Wilson, 773-363-9500
AMANI CARE PROGRAM and Trinity
Amani Care Team with Vitas (TAV) seek
volunteers to provide companionship, support
and other services, No experience required,
Training provided, Call Etta McGregor Jones,
773-298-2110
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE presents its 2008
African American Heritage Month Art Exhibit,
February 24 – March 2, 2008, If you create art
in oil, acrylic, pen/ink, pastel and want to be
considered, e-mail trinityartists@comcast.net, Call
Mitch Anderson, 312-404-4267
COMPUTER CLASSES begin February 25,
Computer Learning Center, Village Center,
1947 W. 95th Street, Classes offered include
Excel, Unix and Computer Repair, Registration,
Contact Martha Madkins, 708-334-8310 or
mmadkins329@sbcglobal.net
DRAMA MINISTRY needs you for upcoming
projects, New ministry partners of all ages
welcome, Meetings every 2nd and 4th Monday,
7:00 p.m., Contact Rev. Tiffany Trent,
773-962-5650 Ext. 510
EMMAUS ROAD “GRIEF WORK”
SUPPORT GROUP This month’s topic, “Pain
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and Suffering, the Price You Pay For Loving!”
Thursday, February 28, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.,
Wright Chapel, Call Deacon Herbert Goodman,
Jr., 773-370-4256
FINANCIAL COUNSELING
CONSORTIUM presents The Money Smart Kid
2008, a contest sponsored by the Federal Reserve
for children in grades 5 – 8, Students must write
an essay on: 1. Why you want to attend college;
2. Ways you and your family could pay for college;
and 3. Which ways do you think are best and
why; Must obtain teacher recommendation letter,
Applications and details available in the Credit
Union office, Deadline, April 1
MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY Have you
been married over 20 years? Share your love story
during one of our monthly meetings, Contact
William Davis, 630-771-9484 or Willdavis4@
sbcglobal.net
MEMBERSHIP/MINISTRY SERVICES
Have you moved? Any children left the nest? New
employment or newly married? Forgot your giving
number? Call Membership/Ministry Services,
773-962-5650 x233 or x232
MUSIC DEPARTMENT presents the Voice
Class Annual Recital, Friday, February 22,
6:00 p.m., Sanctuary, Come celebrate with voice
class students as they minister in song, Contact
Deacon Joe Ann Watson, 773-962-5650 Ext. 430
or JWatson@tucc.org
 information & announcemenTS
TRINITY AMANI HOSPICE CARE TEAM
WITH VITAS (TAV) provides full hospice
service, a special concept of care designed to
provide comfort and support to patients and
families when a life-limiting illness no longer
responds to cure-oriented treatments, Call
Etta McGregor Jones, 773-298-2110
TRINITY HIGHER EDUCATION
CORPORATION offers free college application/
financial aid form completion workshops for
groups and individuals, Information, visit the
THEC Table in the Atrium, after the 7:30 a.m.
and 11:00 a.m. worship services, or contact
Ms. Frankie Wilson or Rev. Ruvinia Owusu,
773-298-
TRINITY UCC AND SAFER FOUNDATION
Seek business owners or persons with human
Resources oversight, and your company is
willing To give ex-offenders an opportunity for
Employment, contact Vanessa Cosby-Shannon,
773-233-1492 AND…sponsoring Prisoners Re-
Entry Program, aftercare program for ex-offenders:
18 years old and up, out of prison 180 days or less,
no crimes against women or children ALSO…
Prisoners Re-Entry Program mentors needed,
Must be available to meet with mentees 2-6 hours
per month, If ex-offender: conviction must not
have been crimes against women or children, must
be out of prison for at least 2 years, Call Vanessa
Cosby-Shannon, 773-233-1492
TRINITY UCC LEGAL CLINIC Providing
direct legal advice, services and representation
to the congregation and community, Every1st
and 3rd Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 2nd
Thursdays, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Village Center, Call
Rev. Reginald Williams, 773-962-5650 x 428
YOUTH SEXUALITY PROJECT Spring 2008
“Keeping It Real!” sessions, March 9, 2:00 p.m. –
4:00 p.m., “Keeping It Real!” is a groundbreaking
faith-based sexuality education dialogue model
created for African American youth and prepares
them to make healthy, responsible decisions as
spiritual and sexual beings, Participants must be
between the ages of 10 – 18 years old and willing
to commit 9 weeks to the program, Parental
consent required, Register in the Atrium following
morning worship services, Today, Sunday,
February 17 and Sunday, February 24, Contact
Joanne Dorn, 708-862-6981, Courtney Avery,
773-230-8819 or tuccysp@yahoo.com

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 PRAYER LIST
Adams, Deacon Lorraine Chatman, Carole Flowers, Jr., Charlie Houston, Cozetta
Adams, Eddie Cheatom, Cecil Ford, John Howard, Cynthia
Adams-Carter, Cynthia Clark, Corine Ford, Lula Hunter, Nell
Adams-Childs, Vernita Clark, Norman & Ruby Ford, Nola Hurley, William
Akbar, Dr. Na’im Cochran, Christopher Fortson, Mary Ingersoll, Bob & Zell
Alexander, Delores Coleman, Neal Fuller, Helen Ingram, Julia
Amedee, Earline Collins, Deacon Yvonne Gaffney, Beverly Ingram, Junius
Anderson, Rev. Danita Cooksey, Kristena & Krista Gage-Wilson, Jozanne Jackson, Betty Jo
Anderson-Brown, Pierre Cooper, Minnie Gandy, Donna Jackson, Briana
Askew, Jeremiah Corbett, Joycelyn Garrett, Stephanie Jackson, Donald
Atkins, Helen Corder, Marva Gavin, Sharon Jackson, Lizzie
Austin, Oliver & Charliestene Cosby, Cynthia Gentry, Callie Jackson, Pamela
Avent, Carolyn Cosby-Shannon, Vanessa Gibbs, Charon Jackson, Queen
Bailey, Ruppert & Rose Coutee, Nastarcia Gibson, Donald & Donna Jackson, Yvette
Baker, Leneide Craft, Vera Gill, Charlotte Jacobs, Isom
The Ballentine Family Crenshaw, Darrell Gill, Deacon Eldridge James, Hazel
The Barksdale Family Crenshaw, Kathy Givens, Charmaine & Family James, Mike
Barrigher, Deacon Elwood Crenshaw, La Tonia Gosha, Tammy Jenkins, Deacon Herschel
Barrigher, Jeffrey Crider, Rev. Tyrone Graham, Elder Lucille Jenkins, Georgette
Benson, Marjorie Cross, Chris Grant, Lynette Jenkins & Family, Sandra
The Bentley Family Currie, Leonard The Green Family Johnson, Anita
Bertha, Deacon Helen The Dade Family Green, Clara Mae Johnson, Dr. James
Bland, Telina Daniels, Carbena Griffin, Carrie Johnson, Gloria
Blasingame, Mattie Daniels, Celeste Griffin, Icheka Johnson, Kierra
Bondurant, Carol & Family David, Baby Jacob “Ray Ray” Grigsby, Bernice Johnson, Martin
Booker, Jr., Raymond J. Davis, Edrena Guerin, Norma Jolliff, Marcus & Family
Boose, Christopher Davis, Green Lee Guerin, Jr., Jerome C. Jones, Donald & Jerrius
Boose, Claudia Davis, Sr., George Guerin, Sr., Jerome C. Jones, Edith
Borden, Adrianne Dell, Rev. Nathan Gwynn, Arthur Jones, George
Bowers, Jeffrey Denson, Louise Hall, Sandra Jones, Karen
Brackett, Michael & Ascylyn Dickinson, Dr. Gloria Hamilton, Dorothy Jones, Pierre
Bramlet & Thomas Families Donaldson, Kathy Hamilton, Sr., Reuben Jordan, Manny
Branch, Esther Dorham, Barbara Hammond-Miller, Deacon Kemp, Harold & Betty
Branch, Yvonne Dorn, Louise Donna Kenner, Lillian
Brathwaite, Loretta Dorsey, Sam Hannah, Hubert Kitching, Shirley
Bratton, Marjorie Draper, Roscoe Harding, Christine Korvo, Baby Sean Paul
Breaux, Freddie & Nannie Dunlap, Phillip Hardy, Glodine Larramore, James
Brewer, Deacon Evelyn Dunn, Almeda Harrell, Rev. Joan Latham, Odean
Brockington, Shirley Dunnings, James Harris, Deacon Fatima Bey Lawson, Robert
Broughton, Lawrence & Durham, Eric & Erika Harris, Deacon Mosea Lee, China
Cynthia Eason, Margarette Harris, Macbeth Lee, Jimmy
Brown, Denise Ebanks, Clayton Harris, Natashyah Lehmann, Auguestine
Brown, Dr. Harriett Edwards, Deacon Carol Harris, Sr., MacBeth Lemon, Jackqudene
Brown, Hysson Edwards, Jr., Eugene Harvey, Jason Lenox, Mary F.
Brown, Terrance Ellis-Davis, Rev. Sharon Hawkins, Jasmine Lewis, Deacon Pattrice
Bul, Peter & Ayual & Family Elzy, Jr., Alice & Louis Haynes, Shelly Lewis, Kathy
Bunkley, Baby Ameeor Eskridge, Floyd & Edita Haynes, Vera Lloyd & Family, Frankie
Burrell, William & Sarah Eskridge, Sonny Henderson, Gregory Lockett, Thetis
Butts, Larvette Eskridge, Sr., Floyd Henley, Candace Lofton, Heather
Campbell, Deborah Fairchild, Inez Hennings, Willa London, Millie
Carter, Deacon Carole Fairchild, Josie Hickman, Nellie Long, Deacon Rosemary
Carter, Doris Farrakhan, Minister Louis Higgins, Annola Love, Margaret
Carter, Herman Faulkner, Alice Hill, Rev. Angela Love, Mary
Caston, Aletha & Alfred Faulkner, Bernice Holloman, LaSonja & Tracy Lovelace, Sonji
Cephas, Grace Felnnoy, Angelque Holmes, Louise Lowe, Jennifer
Chapman, Malachi Ferguson, Coleatha Hooker, Timothy Lyle, Paul
Chappell, Richard Few, Sondra Horton, Kierra Lyles, Johnise
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Family of Steven Lyons Orr, Andil Simmons, LaVerne Tyler, Demetri
Maclin, Audrey Orr, Kenneth Simpson, Lois I. Tyler, Shelton
Mae, Viola Owens, Blake Sims, Constance Vilo, Douglas
Manney, Eric Owens, Mozetta Singleton, Ed Wade, Patricia
Manney, Jordan Pearson, Kim Siwatu, Akiaha Wade, Thurlene
Martin, A.D. Peavy, Irene Smith, Annie Walker, Honoria
Martin, Loretta Peavy, Walter Smith, Carmencita Walker, Langston
Martin, Rosie Pegues, Latanya Smith, Derrick Lee Walker, Thelma
Mason-Matthews, Karen Pepper, Evelyn Smith, Jacinta Walker & Family, Judge Carl
Mayes-McCruel, Deacon Pepper, Robert Smith, Jeffrey Ward, Alphonso
Alma Perry, Toya Smith, Jonathan & Delores Warmack, Charlene
Mays, Ethel P. Pilcher, Del Rita Smith, Louis & Virginia The Warne Family
Mays, Robert & Delores Pincham, Judge R. Eugene Smith, Willie Warner, Anese
McClellan & Barksdale Pitts, Bernice Spann, Theresa Washington, Emma
Families Poole, William Stacker, Lenise Washington, Lee
McDade, Darlene Pope, Dakita Staples, Staci Watson, Deacon Joe Ann
McFadden, Franklin & Pope, Gladys Steele, Deborah Watson, Janet
Deborah & Family Porter, Anita Steward, Anna White, Jr., Royal
McGee, Jessye Porter-Stanley, Leslie Stewart, Cheryl & Juanita White, Sr., Joseph
McGowan, Milton & Theresa Pruett, James & Loretta Stewart, Gloria White, Sr., Royal
McIntosh, Emily Putman, Delores Stewart, Irma Whitlock, Kesha
McKinney, Rev. Marian Quick, Dr. Nathan Stokes, Joy Williams, Brandi
McKinney, Takiesha Renfroe, Ernestine Stone, Larry Williams, Celeste
McKinnon, Cora Reynolds, Tracey The Story Family Williams, Deacon Mattie
McKissic, Siobahan & Deborah Rhyal, Stephen Summerville-Moore, Tamika Williams, Leon & Panice
McQueen-Williams, LaVada Rice, Gladys Sykes, Rev. Michael Williams, Lillie
Melton, Alzenia Rice, Sylvester Tassone, Baby Carina Williams, Nettie B.
Miles, Beatrice Riley, Maria Taylor, Jeffrey & Jorene Williams, Ollie
Miller, Deacon Beatrice Roberts, Erskin Taylor-Tukes, Deacon Angela Williams, Willie Ruth
Miller, John Robinson, Candy Tellis, Demetrius Williams, Willy Ann
Mischeaux, Kalilah Marjorie Robinson, Gregory Tellis, Jr., Alfred Williams-Clark, Glenda
Mischeaux, Raydian Robinson, Lola Tellis, Sr., Alfred Willis, Stanley
The Mitchell Family Robinson, Sheila Terrell-Haynes, Rosalyn Wilson, Barbara & Dardina
Mitchell-Shields, Deacon Robinson, Theresa Terry, John Witherspoon-Water, Yolanda
Sharon Robinson-Holyfield, Camille Teverbaugh, Olivia Woodson, Janice
Monegan, Jerome Roebuck, Evelyn Thearance-Boyd, Vicki Wooten, Ernest
Moody, Cynthia Rogers, Alfred Thomas, Anita Wooten, John
Moore, Hilton Rolle, Castella Thomas, Brenita Wooten, Sr., Robert
Moore, John Rollins, Alice Thomas, Drew & Valda Wordlaw, Jean
Moore, Loyd & Eula Rucker, Clarence Thomas, Edward & LaVerne Wordlaw, Kenya
Moore, Marilyn Ruff, Carolyn Thomas, Gloria D. Wordlaw, Ted
Moore & Family, Lloyd Rushing, LaBarain Thomas, Lisa Wright, Deacon E. Janet
Mootry, Mary Rushing, Melner Thomas, London Wright, Deacon Jeri
Moss, Jr., Rev. Dr. Otis Rushing, Michelle Thomas, Rosetta Wright, Loretta
Muhammond, Nia Russell, Cora Thomas, Jr., Lewis Wright, Rev. Ramah
Murff, Margaret Russell, Tamon Thurston, Cancey Wright, William
Murphy, Hattie Sampson, Mary Tibbs, Brenda Wright-Miller, Mildred
Muwwakkil, Baby Morgan Sanders, Deacon Robert Tillman, Edith Yarber, Vernatta
Naggles, Melissa Sanders, Valencia Timberlake, Deacon Joyce Yates, Roosevelt
Narvasa, Veronica Sangster, Joe Nathaniel Toliver, Ahmed & Crystal Young, Thelma
Nathan, Latroy Sangster, Katherine Torrence, Fannie
Naylor, Johnathan Sansone, Marie Torrey-Parker, L. Julie
Neal, Dena Scates, Hermine Tregre, Deacon Evelyn
Nurse, Emma Scott, Alice Trotter, Shirley
O’Neal Family Scruggs, Mattie Tucker, Geraldine
O’Neal, Baby Tyler Shah, Lynda Tunstall, Jay
Only, Sherry Shelton, John Tyler, Deacon Lazane
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 SERVICE
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SUN: After Each Service 773-962-5686 773-734-4033, Ext. 111
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