Released On:
Friday, January 30, 2009
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Wiley College Public Relations
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WILEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK FEB. 1-4
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Marshall, TX - In honor of its covenant relationship with The United Methodist Church, Wiley College officials have scheduled Religious Emphasis Week for Sunday, February 1 through Wednesday, February 4, 2009.
The week will begin on Sunday night with a worship service featuring the legendary Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. at six o’clock. Theologian, pastor, and civic leader the Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. is one of America's most influential religious leaders and highly sought-after public speakers. From 1961 to 1975, he pastored the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Lockland, Ohio, and in 1971, he served as co-pastor, with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. In 1975, he was called to pastor Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Moss preached his last sermon, after 33 years as pastor of Mt. Olivet on December 31, 2008 which, according to Cleveland newspapers, was attended by more than “3,000 persons who packed the church…to hear the farewell homily of a preacher who many count among the 50 most influential persons in American history.” Most recently, Dr. Moss provided the opening prayer for the Fifty-Sixth Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service for the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Bishop Linda Lee, Resident Bishop of the Wisconsin Annual Conference, will serve as the guest speaker for worship services on Monday night and Tuesday morning. A graduate of United Theological Seminary, Bishop Lee began her ministerial career as a chaplain intern at Adrian College prior to her graduation from seminary. She was appointed to serve Residence Park United Methodist Church, Dayton, Ohio, and then served as assistant to the dean for educational administration at Methodist Theological School. She also served as an associate pastor at Central United Methodist Church, Detroit, and as pastor of Conant Avenue United Methodist Church, Detroit prior to being named to the Detroit Conference Cabinet. Bishop Lee served as chair of Black Clergywomen of The United Methodist Church and has been a member of a number of Annual Conference committees including the Board of Ordained Ministry. She has served as a speaker for numerous schools, retreats, and conferences, and is a two-time delegate to General Conference. She is a contributing writer in several publications. Bishop Linda Lee was the first African American woman to be elected as Bishop in the North Central Jurisdiction.
The Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III will close the week’s worship services on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. For 26 years, Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III has made it his mission to empower changed people to change the world. His message is clear -- Christians are to positively impact the world; they must be willing to minister beyond the walls of the church. As senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church since 1983, Dr. Haynes leads one of the largest church congregations in Dallas. In the last decade alone, the 31-year-old church has grown from approximately 500 members to over 8,000 members. The church currently has 45 full- and part-time employees and more than 45 ministries that emancipate the oppressed, equip the masses and exalt Jesus Christ. The church has two worship services, two corporate Bible studies, and weekly concentrated areas of study for men, women, youth, children, seniors, singles and married couples.
All of the Religious Emphasis Week events are open to the public.
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