THE FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST …

1 THE FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL church Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant Senior EPISCOPAL Supervisor Bishop John Richard Bryant, Presiding Prelate Senior Bishop, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL church The FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL church 5627 South Michigan Avenue, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60637-1103 Office: Fax: Web: Ms. JoAnn Hawkins White, Administrator Ms. Ni Jonna Edge, Secretary March 27 29, 2014 Mid-Year Convocation May 3 10, 2014 AME-India 5th Annual Conference July 23 26, 2014 Christian Education Congress October 23 25, 2014 Planning Meeting CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS THE 15TH OF THE EVERY MONTH WMS NEWSLETTER ARTICLES ARE DUE. EMAIL: The Cost of Discipleship Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

2 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul. - Mark 8: 34-38 I greet you in the strong name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Peace, Power and Love, Bishop John and Rev. C. The Lord has given the Council of Bishops of the AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL church , the vision that we as a Connection ought pursue the mandate to respond to the Call to Christian Discipleship . In the FOURTH DISTRICT , we will continue to pursue the challenge and the responsibility that is ours by way of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16- 20). The church must grow numerically, financially and spiritually, and so, please know that I am praying for the clergy, the laity and the youth, that we will all move from membership to discipleship.

3 I pray that during this Planning Meeting that the preaching and the teaching will be done at such a level that we will all be strengthened as disciples of the Lord, Jesus Christ. We are grateful for the hard work and the planning for the upcoming year that has already begun by our host pastors, local churches, stakeholder leaders and presiding elders. Join me as we assume the posture of tip-toe expectations as the Lord fulfills His word to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT Planning Meeting Grant AME church Toronto, ON, Host Connectional Lay Organization Retreat Atlanta, GA International Day of Prayer Bishop John preaches at First Baptist church Landover, MD at 7:30 am and 11:15 am Bishop John preaches at Cathedral International church Perth Amboy, NJ at 7:00 pm Chicago Conference South DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Wayman AME Chicago, IL Presiding Elder Thomas M.

4 Hughes Chicago Conference North DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Miller Chapel AME University Park, IL Presiding Elder Albert D. Tyson, III Chicago Conference St. Paul /Minneapolis DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Lily of the Valley AME Apple Valley, MN Presiding Elder Alphonse Reff, Sr. Indiana Conference North DISTRICT Planning Meeting Wayman AME Kokomo, IN Presiding Elder E. Anne Henning Byfield Indiana Conference South DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Robinson Community AME Indianapolis, IN Presiding Elder Samuel L. Sumner Illinois Conference North DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Allen Chapel AME Galesburg, IL Presiding Elder Tyson Parks Illinois Conference South DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Shiloh AME East St.

5 Louis, IL Presiding Elder Gary McCants Michigan Conference North DISTRICT Planning Meeting at Vernon Chapel AME Flint, MI Presiding Elder H. Michael Lemmons Bishop John preaches at Bethel AME church Quincy, IL at 4:00 pm 15th NAACP National Religious Leadership Summit Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA World Diabetes Day Canadian Conference Planning Meeting Central Grove AME church Harrow, ON, Host - Presiding Elder Tracey Thomas Chicago Conference Milwaukee DISTRICT Planning Meeting at James AME Maywood, IL Presiding Elder Walter R. Bauldrick, Sr. Bishop John preaches at Metropolitan AME church Washington, Bishop John preaches for the AME Ministerial Alliance - Chicago and Vicinity at St.

6 Stephen AME church at 7:00 pm Bishop John preaches for the Morris Brown College Service of Thanksgiving Atlanta, GA at 12:00 noon International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women October 31 November 2 November 1-2 November 3 November 3 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 12-14 November 14 November 14-16 November 16 November 17 November 19 November 23 November 25 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 December 1 December 1 December 1 December 2 December 6-8 December 6 December 8 December 14 December 15 December 15 December 17 - 21 December 22 December 25 December 29 December 31 World

7 Day of Prayer for AIDS Bishop John preaches at St. Paul AME church Cambridge, MA INTENTION CELL with REV. C - 9:00 pm CST, ; Passcode 652027# Bishop John in Southfield, MI for the Word Network Conn-M-SWAWO Plus PK s Leadership Planning Retreat Wilmington, NC Bishop John speaks at St. Paul AME church Jacksonville, FL Bishop John preaches at Greater Allen Cathedral AME church Jamaica, NY at 8:30 am and 11:15 am Christmas Brunch with Bishop John and Rev. C at New Zion Banquet Facility Chicago, IL Bishop John preaches at Covenant United church of Christ Chicago, IL at 7:30 am Bishop John preaches at James AME church Maywood, IL at 11:00 am Bishop John preaches for Fifteenth EPISCOPAL DISTRICT Planning Meeting and attends EPISCOPAL Headquarters Renovations Dedication and New EPISCOPAL Residence Dedication Cape Town, South Africa Bishop John preaches at Shiloh Baptist church Baltimore, MD Christmas Day Bishop John preaches at Davis Memorial AME church Baltimore, MD Bishop John preaches at Sharon Baptist church Baltimore.

8 MD SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 8 -10 January 13-17 January 18 January 20 January 29 February 1 AME church Growth and Development Conference Memphis, TN AME church Bishops Retreat San Diego, CA Chicago Conference Leadership Training at Grant Memorial AME church Chicago, IL at 8:30 am Milwaukee DISTRICT , North DISTRICT , South DISTRICT Young People s Department (YPD) Dr. King Day of Service: Make it a Day On, Not a Day Off! Connectional Women s Missionary Society 2014 Executive Board, Training and Service Day Little Rock, AR SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 February 1 February 2 February 2 February 3 6 February 8 February 9 February 9 February 16 February 17-20 February 22 February 23 YPD Souper Bowl of Caring Service Blitz www.

9 YPD Souper Bowl of Caring Chicago Conference Founder s Day Worship Service - Ebenezer AME church Evanston, IL Turner Theological Seminary 119th Founder's Convocation Atlanta, GA Bishop John preaches at Davis Memorial AME church LaGrange, IL at 5:00 pm INTENTION CELL with REV. C - February 9, 9:00 pm CST, ; Passcode 652027# Indiana Conference Founder s Day Worship Service Bethel AME church Indianapolis, IN Michigan Conference Founder s Day Worship Service Bethel AME church Detroit, MI at 5:00 pm Conversations: A Pastoral Summit at Sanctuary Resort- Phoenix, AZ Illinois Conference Founder s Day Worship Service St. Paul AME church Springfield, IL at 1:00 pm Canadian Conference Founder s Day Worship Service 6.

10 00 pm SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 March 2 March 8 March 16 March 19 March 23 March 23 March 27 29 March 27 29 March 29 March 30 March 30 Bishop John preaches at Bethel AME church Saginaw, MI International Women's Day 25th Anniversary Bishop John preaches at Arnett Chapel AME church Chicago, IL Bishop John preaches at the 22nd Session of the Pentecostal church of Christ Annual Conference Cleveland, OH at 7:00pm Bishop John preaches at Third New Hope Detroit, MI in the am Bishop John preaches at Trinity AME church Detroit, MI at 4:00 pm FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT Mid-Year Convocation Ward Chapel AME church Peoria, IL, Hosts Connectional YPD Leadership & Training Institute (LTI) Baltimore, MD Women s Missionary Society Blue and White Breakfast at FOURTH DISTRICT Mid-Year Convocation Bishop John preaches at Greater St.