WE ARE GOING BEYOND IN 2016!

W. FRANKLYN RICHARDSON, SENIOR PASTOR

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH!WWW.GRACECHURCHTODAY.ORG

52 SOUTH SIXTH AVENUE • MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550

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WE WELCOME TO THE PULPIT!

DATE/TIME MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT/EVENTSun. 9:30 a.m.Mon. 7:00 p.m.

New DisciplesClass Schedule

Lesson 1: 1st Sun & 1st Mon of the monthLesson 2: 2nd Sun & 2nd Mon of the monthLesson 3: 3rd Sun & 3rd Mon of the monthLesson 4: 4th Sun & 4th Mon of the monthFor more details: Please visit...WWW.GRACECHURCHTODAY.ORG

Sun, Feb 21 Sign Language Ministry

Learn the Benediction Song in American Sign Language by watching the tutorial video at these locations: Grace Face Book page; Bookstore@Grace You Tube Channel and the Church Weekly Newsletter

Mon, Feb 22 Health Awareness & Prevention

Join Aisha Prim for Monday's Zumba class at 7:00pm! See you soon.

Tues, Feb 23 Prayer Committee Join us for Noon Day Prayer each Tuesday during the month of February.

March 11-13 BASIC Ministry SAVE THE DATE - March 11- March 13 - BASIC Ministry Convocation Weekend - Three days of Spiritual Enrichment -Jazz Nite, Workshops, Anointed Preaching - all focused on the Singles Population. Stay Tuned for more information.

April 2

June 2

Men’s Ministry You can now begin the registration process for Men’s Ministry events by texting the event name to 914-363-0090. You may also call this number and leave a message. We will contact you to complete the pro-cess. As always you may also register in the Northex after each service. Men’s Ministry upcoming events:1) Pastor’s 41st Anniversary breakfast at Sylvia’s Also in Harlem - Saturday April 2, 2016 @ 8:30 A.M.;2) Fishing Trip to Hyannis, MA, - June 2, 2016 (bus leaves midnight on Wednesday June 1st. Also coming in March: Bring your Bible to breakfast!

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DR. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, named by Essence magazine as one of the 40 most inspiring African- Americans - and by Ebony magazine as one of the 100 most influential black Americans - is one of the nation’s most renowned public intellectuals. When one hears Dyson’s name, one thinks of the many hats he wears: prolific author, scholar, public intellectual, ordained minister, media commentator and talk radio show host.

In his books, Dyson has taken on some of the toughest and most controversial issues of our day.

Some of these topics include Martin Luther King, Jr.’s radical legacy, in I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.; the virtues and crises of hip-hop culture in Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur; racial conflict and black identity in Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line; the political and racial fallout from Hurricane Katrina in Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster; Debating Race, a collection of his previously unpublished intellectual encounters--cordial and combative--with some of today’s most influential thinkers and politicians; to his most recent work, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America in which Dyson explores how President Obama has changed how he talks about race over the past seven years--from the protests in Ferguson to the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, to the controversy over the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.

While Dyson has taught at some of the nation’s most prestigious universities - including Brown, UNC at Chapel Hill, U. Penn and Columbia - his influence has carried far beyond the academy into prisons and bookstores, political conventions and union halls, and church sanctuaries and lecture halls across the world. Dyson has also taken the media by storm through appearances on The Today Show, Nightline, O’Reilly Factor, The Tavis Smiley Show and Real Time with Bill Maher - and he has cemented his star appeal on such shows as Rap City, Def Poetry Jam and The Colbert Report.

Dyson is also the host of the syndicated radio show, The Michael Eric Dyson Show, which addresses social, cultural and political issues in a contemporary vein. Dyson’s powerful scholarship has won him legions of admirers and has made him what the Washington Post terms a “superstar professor.” His fearless and fiery oratory led the Chronicle of Higher Education to declare that with his rhetorical gifts he “can rock classroom and chapel alike.” Dyson’s eloquent writing inspired Vanity Fair magazine to describe him as “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today.” Dr. Dyson is presently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. His legendary rise - from welfare father to Princeton Ph.D., from church pastor to college professor, from a factory worker who didn’t start college until he was 21 to a figure who has become what writer Naomi Wolf terms “the ideal public intellectual of our time” is nothing short of a glorious testimony to God’s grace and promise.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

SAVE THE DATESThe Women’s Ministry of Grace Presents

WOMEN ONLY WORSHIP SERVICEFriday Night • Feb 26 • 7:00pm

“YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK”Saturday, February 27, 20169:00am - 11:00am• A presentatiion will be held at our

Monthly Breakfast Meeting. All please make an effort to attend as we are looking forward to your presence and a blessing for all!

GRACE AT WORSHIPRIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP WORDS FROM OUR PASTOR

Sunday, February 21, 2016 My Loved Ones,

As we know, February is Black History Month and today, we celebrate our heritage as African Americans. It is indeed a noble legacy that we inherit, one peppered with pain, struggle and sacrifice. The achievements we celebrate cannot be fully understood without an appreciation of the blood, sweat and tears that made it

possible. Our celebration, though it has its ambivalence (“we’ve come a mighty long way, but still have a long way to go” to we fulfill our promise and potential), we continue our struggle.

Today’s celebration must be viewed as an inspiration to not give up the fight. Ours is a responsibility to interpret the meaning of our struggle and pass it on to a new generation and encourage them to continue the struggle. Our interpre-tation must include our understanding of how God has been faithful to us in the rising and falling of the uneven terrain of our journey toward full inclusion in America. “God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path we pray.”

We welcome Dr. Eric Michael Dyson to our pulpit this morning as our Heritage Sunday speaker. His latest book, “The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America” is available this morning in the book store. He will be signing books after the 9:30am and 11:30am services. We are grateful for his presence.

This Friday evening, February 26, at 7:00pm, the Women’s Ministry will host their Winter WOW Service. They are asking all the women of Grace to join them and to invite your female family members, friends, neighbors and co-workers to a spirit-filled evening of praise and worship.

Be blessed,

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016 - MAY 11, 2016WEDNESDAYS, 12:00P.M. - 1:00P.M.

DR. ALLEN PAUL WEAVER, JR. Pastor Bethesda Baptist Church New Rochelle, New York

WED, FEBRUARY 24WE INVITE

YOUTO JOIN US DURINGTHIS SEASON OF HIGHPRAISEWORSHIP!

THE HYMN OF PRAISE“Every Time I Feel the Spirit"

THE INVOCATION

*THE RESPONSIVE READING

*THE INSPIRATIONAL HYMN “Study War No More"

WORDS OF WELCOME

CONCERNS OF THE PARISH

PRESENTATION OF GOD’S TITHES & OUR OFFERINGS

*THE OFFERTORY “All things come of Thee, O Lord, and

of Thine own have we given Thee.” Amen.

SACRED MUSICGrace Cathedral Choir

*THE HYMN OF PREPARATION“Amazing Grace”

THE SERMON9:30am & 11:30am - Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Professor of Sociology, Georgetown Author & Radio Host

THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP

*BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

THE CALL TO WORSHIPOh come; let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before God’s presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to God with psalms. For the Lord is great, Praise ye the Lord!

ATTENTION 9th & 10th GRADE

FAMILIES !THE PSAT PROGRAM AT GRACE

COURSE REGISTRATION IS OPEN! IT ENDS 2/25!REGISTER TODAY!!

For more information, contact Dr. Barbara Sanders at

bhsandersmd@aol.com.

Includes Sat And College Planning

You're invited to join the Health & Wholeness Ministry

for a fabulous Go Red for Heart Health Luncheon

Saturday, February 27 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Come prepared to be blessed by our dynamic

speaker, Thomas Price, M.D.

Registration begins this Sunday after each service in the Narthex!

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The Bookstore at Grace, Educator’s Ministry & the Parent Network

invites you to join us for theBLACK HISTORY MONTH

BOOK FAIRSunday, February 2810:30am - 3:00pm

Levister-Doles Banquet HallFor more information, contact Arlene Fabio, Event Chair at (845) 269-0676.

• Black History• Children’s Books• Black Classics• Parenting• Relationships• Wealth Building• Christian-Based

Prosperity• Health/Wellness• Childrearing

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCHYOUTH MINISTRY

2016 COMMUNITYSERVICE PROJECTMIDNIGHT RUN

• Homeless Families Outreach• Impacting our Community and

Ourselves

Friday, February 26, 2016HOW TO HELP: Donate new / unused

TRAVEL SIZED toiletries. Donations accepted in the Youth Center. Everyday and Sunday’s

after 11:30am service. God bless you!

Andrea BirthwrightTrevor ColeDevaughn CollinsKayla GillispieElias GootzeitGabrielle HarperJasmine JamesArlene NelsonRoy Omess, JrSemone-Claire WalkerCharaun Wills

Tiffany Brady DaleyJohn Daley

Laurine Davis Louisa Fociah-Baker

Apienti GyapongVonetta Hairston

Eselyn NembhardJennifer Robertson

Tanisha Wright

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