Dr. James C Johnson Lay Banquet

Announcements

Mount Zion AME Church 5124 Highway 86 North, Hillsborough,NC 27278, will be hosting James C. Johnson Lay Banquet on Saturday, April 18, 2015  in  the Mitchell-Vanhook fellowship Hall  This event will take place at 5:00 p.m.  We are asking for a donation of $20.00 which will include a meal along with great entertainment.  We are looking forward for this event in honor of an outstanding member of our church, also, a dedicated member of the Lay Organization of the Second Episcopal District. We are asking for advance tickets.

If you need further information, please do so at 919-732-7289, or the church at 919-732-5450, or e-mail at lewlt8@aol.com.

WNCCLO Election for Biennial Delegates

Announcements

The WNCCLO election for Biennial delegates is scheduled for March 14, 2015 at our regular conference lay meeting at Mt. Zion, Greensboro.   Membership dues must be current for voting and delegate privileges.

The criteria, to be elected as a delegate from the WNCC Lay Organization to the Biennial, are as follows:

All elected delegates must be a member in good and regular standing in their local church lay organization (attends ½ of their local lay organization’s meetings and pays required dues as set by his/her local lay organization).

Must have attended at least ½ of the official established meetings for the WNCCLO (8/2013 – 2/2015).

Nominations for delegates will come from the floor.

Thank you for your willingness to serve!

Living Legacy Award

Announcements, For Lay Members

The Second District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church takes joy in recognizing those unique women and men have and continue to significantly bring change to our churches and communities. The following two lay persons from the Western North Carolina received the Living Legacy Award at Founders Day 2015:

Sister Shirely Sheares and Brother Robert Lindsay

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Obituary for Mrs. Beulah Rowland Hill

Announcements

Mrs. Beulah Rowland Hill, age 93, departed this life on February 6, 2015.
Surviving relatives include her loving husband, James W. Hill; one son, James Rowland Hill; two daughters, Virginia D. Hill, Althea Hill McPhael and five grandchildren.
A wake will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at St. Joseph’s A.M.E. Church, 2521 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707. Funeral service will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at St. Joseph’s A.M.E. Church, beginning at 11 a.m. A visitation with family and friends will be held one hour prior to the service.

Moral March on Raleigh

Announcements

North Carolina continues to face a crises of leadership–and we need your support to push our moral and constitutional agenda for the greater benefit of all people.

 

This Saturday, February 14th, is the 9th Annual Mass Moral March on Raleigh and Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition. And we’d like you to join us.

Learn more about the march here.

The North Carolina NAACP, together with more than 170 coalition partners from the Forward Together Moral Movement, will convene across the street from the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at 2 East South Street at 9 a.m, Saturday, February 14.  The march will begin at 10 am.

Take a stand with us– RSVP here for Saturday’s march, it is imperative that we show North Carolina lawmakers that we’re not going anywhere.  Invite the community to join the NAACP, HKonJ and the largest most diverse group of organizers in the country.hey took a stand then, surely we must stand now.

Forward Together,

Rev. William Barber

North Carolina State Conference President