News & Upcoming Events for Collins Chapel
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News & Events for Collins Chapel Memphis, Northwest District & First Episcopal District News, Community News, Relavant National News
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2009-2010 Upcoming Events
As always, please join us for...
Sunday School 9:30 AM Each Sunday
Worship Service 10:45 AM Each Sunday
Bible Study 6:00 PM Each Tuesday Night
Afternoon Bible Study 12:30 PM Each Wednesday
Feeding of the homeless first Saturday in each month Noon
Our Calendar...
May 2, 2010 District Ushers’ Day TBA 3:00 P.M.
May 8, 2010 No District Meeting this month
May 9, 2010 Happy Mother’s Day
May 14-15, 2010 District Sunday School Convention Mt. Olive-Somerville
May 16, 2010 Annual Missionary Day Collins Chapel CME 10:45 A.M.
May 22, 2010 Ushers Workshop TBA
May 30, 2010 Recognition of 2010 Grads Collins Chapel CME
May 30, 2010 Fifth Sunday Fellowship Mt. Tipton CME Church
June 6, 2010 Annual Stewardess’ Day Collins Chapel CME
June 10-12, 2010 District Conference New Hope CME Church Henning, TN
June 13, 2010 Mrs. Diane Higgs’ Birthday
June 14-18, 2010 Vacation Bible School Collins Chapel CME
June 20, 2010 Happy Father’s Day
June 24- July 4, 2010 General Conference of the CME Church Mobile, AL
August 1-3, 2010 Annual Conference with new Presiding Bishop Mt. Olive - Memphis
August 14, 2010 Pastor W. Otis Higgs’ Birthday
August 14, 2010 CME General Board
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Black History Timeline...
1619, first recorded history of African slavery in Colonial America
1770, Crispus Attucks killed in the Boston Massacre
1777, Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery
1791, Benjamin Banner assisted in surveying the boundaries of what is now the District of Columbia
1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin
1816, AME Church founded by Richard Allen
1821, AMEZ Church formed
1839, Slaves revolt on the slave ship La Amistad
1843, Sojourner Truth begins to preach for abolition of slavery
1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published
1863, Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
1865, 13th Amendment abolishes slavery
1866, Civil Rights Act of 1866 passed
1867, Howard University founded in Washington D.C.
1875, Civil Rights of 1875 signed
1896, Plessy v Ferguson, separate but equal
1932, Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in Black men begins
1957-1969, Various strides in civil rights, court cases, and civil rights acts being enacted
1968, Martin Luther King killed in Memphis
1976, Black History Month established
2009, Barack H. Obama becomes the First African American President of the United States; he is the 44th President
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Internet Evangelism Day
A resource for churches, Bible Colleges, groups and individuals because …... over 1 billion people use the Web
... the Internet is changing the world
... God is using the Web to transform lives
... “We’d love to use the Web for outreach, but we don’t know how”
Internet Evangelism Day is here to tell you about …
- what God is doing on the Web
- outreach strategies that work online
- how you, your church or Christian group can use the Web for outreach – and how to make effective church websites reach into the community
- planning an Internet Evangelism focus day for your church, Bible college or Christian group
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