"Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine…” – Matthew 7:6

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Cost: $45 | $30 for Seniors & Students(with ID)
Attire – Casual

All attendees are asked to bring their bibles.

Itinerary

Registration & Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:00  AM

Opening Plenary:  I Need You to Survive: Black Women and HIV/AIDS

 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Keynote Speaker: C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO, National Black  Leadership Commission on AIDS, Former Manhattan Borough President

Morning Concurrent Workshops

10:30AM – 12:00 PM              

• • Is This What I Signed Up For??? Interrogating Unhealthy Relationships
• • Sex in the City…of God: Black Women, Intimacy, and Sexual Health
• • Listening for God: Sisters Praying in the Spirit
• • Making Peace With My Past: The Power of Forgiveness

Lunch (Working Lunch/Small Groups)

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM               

Afternoon Concurrent Workshops

1:30 PM – 3:00  PM                

• • For Colored Girls: Emotional Wellness for Black Women
• • Soul Sisters: Cultivating Positive Female Relationships
• • Labor of Love: Finding Work/Life Balance
• • About My Sister’s Business: Finances for Women of Faith

Closing Plenary: Born Beautiful: Black Women and the Politics of Beauty

3:15 PM – 4:15  PM                 

Keynote Speaker: Marcia Ann Gillespie, Co-Author of Maya Angelo: A Glorious Celebration, Former Editor-in-Chief, Essence and Ms. Magazines, Adjunct Professor at SUNY College at Old Westbury

Closing Conference Ritual

4:15 PM -4:30  PM

The Church will be closed on Sunday Aug. 28th due to Hurricane Irene. We pray that you and your family will be safe.

Spring 2011 Registration will be held on the first evening of classes and is ongoing. Bibles and textbooks may be purchased in the Melvin E. Weaver Bookstore in the Elevator Lobby.

For more information, contact the Office of the Assistant Minister at 212.862.7474 ext. 212.

• INSTITUTE REGISTRATION FORM- SPRING 2011

Mondays, 12-1pm-Ongoing
Monday Afternoon Bible Class
Instructor: Reverend Joshua Bartholomew
This midday class offers an ongoing, in-depth study of biblical characters, themes, and liturgical seasons. Light lunch is served. All are welcome to join.

Mondays, 6-7:30pm (begins Monday, April 4th)
Bible Basics 102: The Blessing Blockers
Instructor: Sister Pamela Mason
Are you free from the bondage of fear, doubt and worry? Jesus said He came to set the captives free. If you believe that a Christian’s heart, thought, life and speech can foster an intimate relationship with God, you won’t want to miss The Blessing Blockers. This course is an extension of Bible Basics 101. Join us as we seek spiritual growth by conditioning our hearts, trading in our thoughts for the thoughts of God and learning to speak what God speaks in His Word.

Wednesdays, 8:15-9:30pm (begins Wednesday, April 6th)
PREACH! A Sermon Talk-Back
Instructor: Reverend Nicholas S. Richards
This class will examine the theological, philosophical and literary devices used in six different sermons. Described as “truth through personality,” preaching, at its height, communicates the grand mysteries of God to God’s people, in a manner consistent with their lived experiences. There are often several moves in a given sermon which guides it from introduction to the “close”; students of this course will leave with an enriched appreciation for the power and glory of the written and spoken word! We will listen to, watch and read sermons, studying how “homileticians” aka Preachers incorporate various tools in the design and delivery of a sermon

Fridays, 7-8:15pm (begins Friday, April 29th)
CROSS Examinations – “Thank God It’s Friday” Joshua Ministry
Instructor: Rev. Dr. E. Marshall Turman
Must Jesus Bear the cross alone? In our contemporary society it is quite unfortunate that there are more Christians concerned with climbing the ladder of success than clinging to the “old rugged cross.” Self-satisfaction and self-fulfillment have replaced sacrifice and self-denial. In this 4-week post-Easter study, students will be guided in examining the primary symbol of Christian faith, the cross, not only as a symbol of salvation, but as a call to discipleship.

Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III
Officiating Host Pastor

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011 – 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Sister to Sister Testimonial Service

Rev. E. Marshall Turman, PhD – Guest Speaker

SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011, 1:00 – 4:00 PM

High Tea Luncheon Honoring Abyssinian’s First Lady, Mrs. Patricia R. Butts

Deaconess Lynne Holden-Morrison, M.D. – Guest Speaker

MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2011, 7:00 PM

Evening of Christian Education

Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown – Guest Lecturer

Professor of Homiletics and Director, Black Church Studies Program Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, GA

All Female Worship Service

Guest Preacher
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011
7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011, 7:00 PM
Three Night Revival
Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight – Revivalist
Founder, Can Do Ministries – Atlanta, Georgia

SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 – 58^th ANNUAL WOMEN’S DAY
9:00 AM and 11:00 AM Worship Services
Evangelist Kimberly L. Ray – Guest Preacher
Pastor, Church on the Rock, Matteson, IL

Friday, December 31, 2010

10:00 PM

132 Odell Clark Place

New York, New York 10030

Holy and Magnificent!

Let us rejoice in the coming of Emmanuel who

brings peace throughout the earth

Ministry Leader

• Louisa Tatum

asm@abyssinian.org

“Love one another as I have loved you.”  John 15:12

The Love & Marriage Ministry is especially for members of our church who are married or engaged.  This ministry hosts classes, workshops, and regular fellowships that are designed to strengthen the Christian bond between husband and wife.  The Love & Ministry Marriage also helps to facilitate recently engaged couples’ Pre Marital Counseling and Wedding Planning.