Join the Panel 2/27?

Dear Cececila,

Memorial AME Zion church (my church) is celebrating Black history Month with a Black History Month Forum. The forum is Saturday February 27th from 10am -12:30pm in the fellowship hall of the church at 529 Clarissa Street.

The topics to discuss are :

The role of the Black church

Do Black Lives Matter

Health:A matter of life and death

Education Why Rochester Youth are failing

Social media and it impact on an evolving generation

You would be the educator on the panel. Would you like to be a part of the panel? We would be happy to have your expertise.

Peace,

Delores Jackson Radney

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FW: Shop Kwanzaa Marketplace 12/6

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:14:12 +0000
From: baobab.center@yahoo.com
To: deloresradney@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Shop Kwanzaa Marketplace 12/6

Also here is a version that will be easier for you to post to facebook, etc.

 

The Baobab Cultural Center

728 University Ave.

Rochester, NY 14607

www.thebaobab.org 

baobab.center@yahoo.com

Facebook: Moka Baobab

Twitter: @BaobabCenter

On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:02 AM, The Baobab Art-Film-Stimulating Discussion <baobab.center@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Delores. Terry said you wanted to have the flyer formatted so there would be two on one sheet, correct? I've attached one for you.

Bethany

 

The Baobab Cultural Center

728 University Ave.

Rochester, NY 14607

www.thebaobab.org 

baobab.center@yahoo.com

Facebook: Moka Baobab

Twitter: @BaobabCenter

On Monday, November 24, 2014 3:26 PM, "delores jackson radney deloresradney@hotmail.com [Baobab_patrons-members-friends]" <Baobab_patrons-members-friends-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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A thought for today as Lent begins

Good morning.

 

This is a prayer known as "Wesley's Covenant Prayer." It is a prayer adapted by John Wesley for use in services for the "Renewal of the Believer's Covenant with God." The words of that original covenant prayer are lost, but are thought to be reflected in the Directions for Renewing our Covenant with God which Wesley issued as a pamphlet in 1780. I pray they will inspire and encourage you as we begin Lent today.

 

I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by you,
or laid aside by you,
exalted by you or brought low by you.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you are mine, and I am yours.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
Let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

 

Pastor Kenneth Q. JamesPsalm 119:33-34
"Let truth, the light of my heart, speak to me, and not my own darkness!"
Augustine, Confessions, Book XII, Chapter 10

A Thought for the Day - August 28, 2012

After the devotional readings for today (August 28, 2012) from Psalm 116:1-2 ("I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live," ESV), and 1 Peter 3:11-12 ("Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil," ESV), I picked up my daily reading from Howard Thurman's book "The Inward Journey" and found these inspirational words. It all comes together: 

"'Let not thy will be set to sin.' These searching words are from the Book of Tobit...The judgment which says that a deed is wrong is always a reflection of the content of the individual's sense of value. (A person) may say 'I know my feeling of guilt for what i have done does not make sense, except to me.' Our reaction is the way we are trained, conditioned, taught. But this does not alter the fact of our responsibility for our acts and reactions. It is important to make the full context of one's life pattern to the end that one's deeds will flow more and more from the center of one's intent. Perhaps this is a goal that is never reached, but to work at it is to become increasingly mature and responsible."

A word/thought for the day

This morning I woke with anxieties and questions on my mind. As I prayed about them, this passage came to mind (as I substituted my name in the verse), "Kenny, Kenny, you are worried and distracted by many things" (Luke 10:41).

Then I read this from Howard Thurman (which I believe to be my answer to my prayer concern):

"He leads us on by paths we did not know. There is an abiding desire to know the future, to see around the corner of the days and years. Even when we say we do not concern ourselves about what will happen next month or next year, the shy insistence still remains - we want to know. This normal feeling is a part of all the anxiety which we face on the threshold of any new adventure. If we could be sure that all will be well - if we could have some guarantee that our present hopes would not betray us and leave us deserted in the lonely place - then we would find the peace that belongs to the contented. But life is not like that...He leads us on by paths we did not know."

Yes, I am indeed "worried and distracted by many things." But there is one thing about which I need not be concerned. "In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5).

"He leads us on by paths we did not know." Amen.

Pastor Kenneth Q. JamesPsalm 119:33-34
"Let truth, the light of my heart, speak to me, and not my own darkness!"
Augustine, Confessions, Book XII, Chapter 10

Good morning everyone,

 

I read this in my devotional today (from a piece by Joyce Meyer) and it really blessed and inspired me, so I thought I'd share it.

First Response
"O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water." Psalms 63:1
Sometimes I marvel at how long we can struggle in a situation before we think to talk to God about it and listen for His voice. We complain about our problems; we grumble; we murmur; we tell our friends; and we talk about how we wish God would do something about it. We struggle with situations in our minds and in our emotions, while we often fail to take advantage of the simplest solution there is: prayer. But worse than that, we then make perhaps the most ridiculous statement known to man: "Well, I guess all I can do is pray." I am sure you have heard that before and maybe you have even said it. We all have. We are all guilty of treating prayer as a last-ditch effort and saying things like, "Well, nothing else is working, so maybe we should pray." Do you know what that tells me? It tells me that we really do not believe in the power of prayer as we should. We carry burdens we do not need to bear - and life is much harder than it has to be - because we do not realize how powerful prayer is. If we did, we would talk to God and listen to what He says about everything, not as a last resort, but as a first response.
God's word for you today: Let prayer be your first response, not your last resort.

 

Pastor Kenneth Q. JamesPsalm 119:33-34
"Let truth, the light of my heart, speak to me, and not my own darkness!"
Augustine, Confessions, Book XII, Chapter 10

A Thought for the Day

The sermon on Sunday (March 4, 2012) spoke about Peter stepping out of the boat, walking on the water, sinking when he took his eyes off of Jesus and focused on the storm, but in the end reaching out to Jesus to be saved.

These words from Max Lucado reaffirmed for me the need to trust God completely and without reservation, even in and during a storm.

"As long as Jesus is one of many options, he is no option.

"As long as you can carry your burdens alone, you don't need a burden bearer. As long as your situation brings you no grief, you will receive no comfort. And as long as you can take him or leave him, you might as well leave him, because he won't be taken half-heartedly.

"But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other option but to cast all your cares on him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on him, for he is waiting in the midst of the storm."

Pastor Kenneth Q. James
Psalm 119:33-34
"Let truth, the light of my heart, speak to me, and not my own darkness!"
Augustine, Confessions, Book XII, Chapter 10