The official Newsletter of the EIGHTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
[This is a reprint of what I wrote two years ago while preparing to go to the polls. So, note the context that mentions things like Bishop Umoette’s death in 2000.]
If we give democracy up to any one tradition, any one culture, any one social group, any one race, any one ethnic group, or even any one faith, we may give it up forever, and find ourselves living in an autocratic of some despot leader who cannot be trusted. “Take care of democracy, and democracy will take care of you.” VOTE. PLAN your work, then work your plan.
PART I. NATIONAL HEALTH OBSERVANCES FOR OCTOBER
A. National Domestic Violence Month
B. Age Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
The fourth annual Empowerment Banquet for the Eighth Episcopal District will be at the Crosswalk Conference Center at Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas. The time is 6:00 PM on Friday, November 8th.
Those who have supported this banquet for the last four years are responsible for about $200,000 in payments to the Department of Finance for its loan to the Eighth Episcopal District in the fall of 2010, and for more than $150,000 in aid to several churches of the Eighth Episcopal District. (The churches are told that the aid through the empowerment banquet is for ministries or improvements to the property, but certainly not for the Conference Budget.) I was grateful to hear several of the pastors, in their reports this summer at the annual conferences, mention their gratitude for empowerment how some of the churches used the money.
This year our speaker for the Empowerment Banquet is Bishop Kenneth Wayne Carter, presiding bishop of the Fourth Episcopal District (the work of the church in Louisiana, Mississippi, Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia), who was elected in 2006 from what is now the Dallas-Fort Worth/Northwest Texas Conference.
This is my opportunity to say “Thank You” to you for the tickets you have purchased to the banquet, for the ads you have placed in the souvenir book to support the occasion, and for your presence. The food is good; the program is good; and the ambience of the venue is good.
We have been delayed in publishing the Annual Conference schedules for 2025. I know many of you have been anxious to get that information.
JAMAICA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: April 22-24, 2025
Venue St John CME Church, Hopewell, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
EAST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: July 9-12, 2025
Venue: Holiday Inn, Longview, Texas.
CENTRAL TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: July 16-19, 2025
Venue: Holiday Inn, Tyler, Texas.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: July 23-26, 2025
Venue: Sheraton North Houston, Houston, Texas.
DALLAS-FORT WORTH/NORTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dates: July 30-Aug. 2, 2025
Venue: To be Confirmed.
Website: www.houstondistrictcme P.O. Box 1433 Hurst Texas 76053 817-812-9298 jonathansr303@gmail.com Presiding Elder Jonathan L Jones Sr was born October 22, 1966. He is a native of Los Angeles, California. Elder Jones earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance in 1988 from the University of Texas at Arlington. In 1986, he joined
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Restoration
Pastor Jacqueline Tolbert
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–Pastor Jackie is a true servant and not just on Sundays. She gives and gives and gives!
Pastor Jacqueline Minor Tolbert hails from Kilgore, Texas where she graduated from Sabine High School. She is currently the senior pastor of Vivian Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Longview, TX.
FIGHTING HUNGER
These are pictures of the corn field in Jamaica resulting from the purchase of seeds by the Dallas-Fort Worth Northwest Texas Region WMS. The produce will be free to people in the community in an effort to alleviate hunger. They decided to grow one product to feed many rather than grow several different types of produce.
MINISTERS’ SPOUSES WIDOWS/WIDOWERS DEPARTMENT serving as our 8th Episcopal District Representative and CME MSWWD Vice President. By Mrs. Felecia Johnson Giving all honor and reverence
ECONOMIC VENTURES Strive to Be Good Stewards of Our Financial Resources By Rev. Jonathan L. Jones As the Coordinator of Economic Ventures, I am tasked
Eighth Episcopal District Missionary Institute Missionary Institute Director’s work By Linda Woolage The Missionary Institute Director’s work falls under the Department of Missionary Education of
Eighth Episcopal District Conference Music Eighth Episcopal District Conference Music Coordinator, and District Representative, and Coordinator of the Connectional Music and Arts Ministry By Rev.
Committee on Ministerial Examination Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 8th Episcopal Region Committee on Ministerial Examination By Rev. Dr. Charles W. Johnson I would like to
Eighth Episcopal District Technology Ministry WHAT TECH DOES? By Tina Jones Our churches depend on technology to communicate both live and online. Our Technical Ministry
The vision for an annual training institute is about providing an opportunity to all persons, in particularly, our young people who otherwise would not be engaged in CYYAC as well as General Conference.
Women Empowerment 2021 “And With The Woman Still Standing: Identity, Equity and Inclusiveness: Women in Ministry Standing Forward in the 21st century.” By Rev. Dr.
One Church One School Teach the Value of Life and the Value of Learning By Rev. Pamela Blair COMMITMENT Our focus remains on the Vision
Mr. Rickey Fontenot
Connectional Lay Ministry Vice President ernestbaptist13@hotmail.com
Mrs. Felecia Johnson
Connectional Ministers’ Spouses, Widow(er)s, Organization Vice President
fefejohnson@gmail.com
Dr. Patricia McKenzie
Connectional Stewardess Vice President
patriciamckenzieedd@hotmail.com
Mr. Ernest Baptist
Connectional Stewards Vice President ernestbaptist13@hotmail.com
Mrs. Evelyn Bassett
Connectional Ushers Vice President
evelynbassett75160@yahoo.com
Ms. Quitney Pryor
Connectional Young Adult Vice President
qtpryor@gmail.com
Miss Shelbriana Le’Cole Myers
Connectional Youth Vice President
juwanamyers@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Van Carl Williams
Coordinator for Annual Conference and Episcopal District Meeting Contracts
vcwilliams@hotmail.com
Rev. Katrina Trotman
Coordinator for Annual Conference Registrars
ktrot0318@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Charles W. Johnson
Coordinator for Committees on Ministerial Examination
c9johnson@aol.com
Rev. Valencia E. Edner
Coordinator for Conference Music
pastorvvee522@yahoo.com
Rev. Jonathan L. Jones
Coordinator for Economic Ventures
jonathansr303@gmail.com
Dr. Patricia McKenzie
Coordinator for Health Ministries
patriciamckenzieedd@hotmai.com
Mrs. Beverly Ross
Coordinator for Jamaica Region Travel
bross11@comcast.com
Rev. Jamie L. Capers
Coordinator of Ministerial Development
pastorjlcapers@yahoo.com
Rev. Pamela Blair
Coordinator of One Church One School Ministries
revpamelablair@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Kai Horn
Coordinator of Women in the Ministry Conference
revhorn.kai@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Jerry L. Christian, Sr.
Episcopal District Budget Director
jerrychristian@sbcglobal.net
Rev. Dr. Clarence Kelby Heath
Episcopal District Dean of Leadership Institute
clarenceheath68@yahoo.com
Rev. Dr. Van Carl Williams
Episcopal District Director of Christian Education and Formation
vcwilliams@hotmail.com
Rev. Jamie L. Capers
Episcopal District Director of Evangelism
And Missions
pastorjlcapers@yahoo.com
Rev. Trever Barnett
Evangelism Team for Church Planting
preacher_06@yahoo.com
Rev. Kenneth Hollingshed
Evangelism Team Coordinator of
Evangelism
hollingshedkenneth@sbcglobal.net
Mrs. Sue Alexander
Evangelism Team Coordinator for
Non-US Mission Journeys
Emery.alex@yahoo.com
Mr. Willie A. Jackson
Episcopal District Director of
Ministry to Men
willie.jackson@suez.com
Ms. Linda Woolage
Episcopal District Director of the
Missionary Institute
lindawoolage51@gmail.com
Rev. Clarence Ford
Episcopal District Director of Social Justice
Ministries
clarence.ford@sbcglobal.net
Mrs. Tina Jones
Episcopal Director of Technology
Ministries
tjthecomputerlady@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Shazetta Thompson-Hill
Episcopal District Director of US Mission Engagement
shazetta@gmail.com
Rev. Russell O. Fuller, Sr.
Representative of Presiding Elders to Eighth District Leadership Team
rofuller52@gmail.com
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