FAMILY OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BILOXI

Blessed Gyrls Rock

FAMILY OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BILOXI

MAY 3, 2014

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Program8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00a.m. ...................LeKeisha Cotten and BGR Praise Team

9:30 a.m. ...................Welcome First Lady C.J. Johnson

9:40 a.m. ...................Testimony (Cerenity Pharr) — ESTER

9:50 a.m. ...................Testimony (Brandy Cotton) — WOMAN AT THE WELL

10:00 a.m. .................Testimony (Brittany Davidson) — MY LIFE10:15 a.m. .................BREAK/BOOTHS OPEN10:45 a.m. ................. Introduction of Guest Speaker Speaker, Lady Aimee Clute of River of Life Church Song by “Make Me Beautiful”11:15 a.m. .................Family of Faith Praise Dance Team11:30 a.m. .................LUNCH/BOOTHS OPEN12:30 p.m. ................BGR Praise Team 12:45 p.m. ................Welcome Back Mistress of Ceremony First Lady Michele Bolden International House of Prayer - “IHOP”12:50 p.m. ................Women’s Health — Kathy Dumal of Coalville United Methodist Church1:05 p.m. ..................Song selection by Lady Aimee Clute, River of Life Church1:15 p.m. .................. Introduction of Keynote Speaker — Kearn Cherry Speaker, Sally Ann Roberts 1:40 p.m. ..................Song selection — Dorothy Roberts McEwen 1:50 p.m. ..................Recognition of Nominees Veronica Scaief, Visionarie Kathy Nobles, Pioneer Accomplishments2:15 p.m. ..................Special Recognition for Lucimarian Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award and BLESSED GYRLS WHO ROCK2:30 p.m. ..................BGR Praise Team — Altar Call3:00 p.m. ..................Benediction

Please visit the silent auction table and bid Door prizes will be given throughout the program

(DEUTERONOMY 28:2-9)

“GIVING MY ISSUES TO HIM”(Matthew 9:20-22)

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Nominees for

RoyaltyAges 60 PlusETHEL SHAWMARY TELL

PromiseAges 13 - 18

TIZAH WOODS

DESTINY PETERS

JAYLEN JOHNSON

FlameAges 19 - 35

MICHEALA ROBINSONCHARITY INZER

TIFFANY TAYLORJESSICA SMITH

KIMBERLY SCOTT TURNERJASMINE CHERRY

DiamondAges 36-59

JANICE BROOKSCARETTA HALL

BARBARA SCOTTDR. TRACY DANIEL

MONICA BENJAMINRENEE EVANS

PAMELIA NELSON

PioneerRACHEL WEATHERSBY

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SPECIAL THANKSVeronica Scaief Darlene PinckneyKathy Nobles First Lady Michelle BoltonBessie Marshall Jasmine CherryAva Philpott Denise CherrySharon Hanshaw

Tanja WatsonChanda Benoit Gwen JonesDesseray Strickland Joyce MaddenKearn Cherry Janiece HardyLillie Pittman Brandy Cotton

Altrina Johnson Lela Kinlock Sonya Blade Catherine HaynesKathy Preston Deborah HintonAngelina Hinton Nikki SkinnerValerie Morgan

Jennifer DanielsBinah Benoit Rachelle JohnsonShirley Bell Willie SheppardEbony Urbano First Lady CJ Johnson

Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts was born on February 5, 1924 in Akron, Ohio to the union of William and Sally Suddeth Tolliver. She was married to the late retired United States Air Force Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts. They were the proud parents of four adult children: Lawrence E. Roberts, II, educator with the Houston

Public School District; Sally-Ann Roberts Nabonne, anchor of WWL- TV 4 Morning Show in New Orleans, Dorothy Roberts McEwen, Director of South Mississippi Regional Center, of Long Beach, MS; and Robin R. Roberts, anchor, ABC’s Good Morning America, New York, NY. She was also the loving grandmother of eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Roberts graduated from Howard University in Washington, D. C. where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She is a former social worker, college counselor and educator.

Her numerous honors, awards and recognitions included: 2011 NAACP Medgar Evers Lifetime Achievement Award; 2011 Mississippi Medal of Service, presented by Honorable Governor Haley Barbour; 2010 Tocqueville Award Recipient, United Way of South Mississippi just to name a few.

She was the author of My Story, My Song: Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith, which will be available April 2012. This is an inspirational memoir of Mrs. Roberts, detailing pivotal moments in her life and revealing how faith in God has provided her with strength and hope to face the challenges of life. Reflections from her daughter, Robin on her mother’s life and faith cap off each chapter.

Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts

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