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O n Saturday, September 27th the First Jurisdiction Illinois Church of God in Christ Women’s Department converged upon Inspirational Deliverance Center COGIC with their Annual

Workshop under the direction of our Jurisdictional Supervisor, Mother Shirley Hughes. What a wonderful day it was. The workshop opened with prayer at 9:30 a.m. by our New Generation Group, which ranged in ages from 19 to 45. We were blessed to have Sister Keeya Thomas and Sis-ter Latoya Gipson from Emanuel to participate in the opening prayer service. The atmosphere was set for the day and by 10:15 am the house was packed with women adorn in their white. The Mother Carrie Cantrell Chorale blessed us with musical selections; lifting up their voices and giving God praise. The workshop was coordinated by our Jurisdictional Assistant Supervisor Mother Myrna Herndon and the workshop committee. Many new ideas and changes were instituted this year. The overall theme for the work-shop was “Responding to the Call for Ministry”. There were three differ-ent classes to accommodate various age groups. They were as follows:

Respond to Divine Purpose (Teens) Know who you are and whose you are – Instructor – Sis. Chantelle Bittings

Seizing the Moment for Ministry (New Generation) Delighting in the Lord and taking advantage of every spiritual gift and tool to do the work of the Lord. - Instructor – Sis. Antoinette Brown

Accepting the Call to be a Difference Maker - Actively participating in good works and im-pacting your family, community, and church for Christ. – Instructor – First Lady Sherelene Harris.

After the workshop we had a special Yes Lord Anointing lead by District Missionary Caberia Show-

ers, which ushered us back into the pres-ence of the Lord and every participant was anointed. We heard echoes and remarks from our leaders, Jurisdictional Supervisor Mother Shirley Hughes and Jurisdiction Prelate, Bishop Ocie Booker. Mother Hughes gave out a special award, the “Mother Charlotte Eades Award”. The 2014 Recipient was District Missionary Maggie Gill who is the Chairperson of the

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District Missionary Unit and District Missionary of the Bishop C. L. Moody District. Recognition was also given this year to the District Missionaries who registered the most delegates.

1st Place went to Dis-trict Missionary Feli-cia Sanders of the Charles M. Hughes Memorial District and 2nd place went to (me) District Mission-ary Anastasia Rich-ardson of the D. A. Reed Sr. District. We were elated and hap-

py to be among the top winners. The Lord truly poured out on us mightily. Not only did we receive spiritual food we ended by receiving natural food, lunch was served to all. Pictures of this great event can be found at www.fjicogic.org.

PRAYER LIST Mother Ophelia Turner The Gipson Family The Brown Family

The Calloway Family The Owens Family Sis. Chantelle Edwards

Sis. Rosemary Allen The Richardson Family