ANNUAL CONFERENCE VISITS - OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2008
OCTOBER 29, 2008 -THE FLORIDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE: REV. DAVID DODGE WILL BE ON CAMPUS TO INTERVIEW WITH FLORIDA STUDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED SEMINARIANS FROM 10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON IN THE BISHOP L. SCOTT ALLEN CONFERENCE ROOM-GAMMON HALL.
THE INTERVIEW SIGN-UP SHEET IS LOCATED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN
WILLIS J. KING APARTMENT COMPLEX : 80 WALNUT STREET, ATLANTA, GA 30314-ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
NOVEMBER 14, 2008-WEST OHIO ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INTERVIEWING INTERESTED STUDENTS FROM 10 AM-12 NOON IN THE BISHOP L. SCOTT ALLEN CONFERENCE ROOM-GAMMON HALL, 653 BECKWITH STREET! PLEASE SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEWS IN THE WILLIS J. KING APT. COMPLEX, 80 WALNUT STREET.
NOVEMBER 17, 2008-BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INTERVIEWING INTERESTED STUDENTS FROM 10:00 AM-2:00 PM IN THE BISHOP L. SCOTT ALLEN CONFERENCE ROOM-GAMMON HALL, 653 BECKWITH STREET. EVENING TRACK STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO A DINNER SESSION MEETING FROM 5:00 PM-6:30 PM IN THE ITC DINING HALL. ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS NEED TO SIGN THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE WILLIS J. KING APARTMENT COMPLEX, 80 WALNUT STREET.
BUILDING BRIDGES INTO THE FUTURE
2009 CONVOCATION FOR PASTORS OF BLACK CHURCHES
JANUARY 6-9, 2009
WESTIN GALLERIA HOTEL
HOUSTON, TEXAS
REGISTRATION ONLINE: www.gbod.org/pastorsconvo
Hosted by: Windsor Village UMC
Houston, Texas
ALUMNUS VANCE P. ROSS
NAMED DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY, THE GENERAL BOARD OF DISCIPLESHIP
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REV. VANCE P. ROSS
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REV. L. CHARLES STOVALL, HONORED BY DALLAS PEACE CENTER
The Dallas Peace Center (DPC) hosted its 22nd annual Peacemaker Awards Dinner on Thursday, December 4th at the Double Tree Hotel, honoring Rev. L. charles Stovall, Hope for Peace & Justice, Robert Dennis and Mavis Belisle for their diverse and successful efforts in promoting peace,justice and human rights.
Rev. Stovall will received the 2008 Peacemaker of the Year Award for a body of peace and justice work that spans several decades and continents. His strong and consistent demand for justice for the most marginalized in society have taken him to the voting booths of South Africa, where he monitored their first all race election, and to the streets of South Dallas, where he has campaigned against police brutality and racial violence.
Rev. Stovall is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University and Gammon Theological Seminary, where he received the Master of Divinity degree. Rev. Stovall is married to Denise Johnson Stovall and they have two children.
REVERENDS JAMES AND MELVIN AMERSON
GAMMON ALUMNI, BROTHERS AND AUTHORS, OF THE BOOK
CELEBRATING THE OFFERING
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"Celebrating the Offering, gives congregational leaders the Biblical and practical resources necessary to strengthen the giving patterns of congregations. Here is practical advice to assist the people of God in understanding th essential act of giving praise through sharing from our material abundance." --Philip A. Amerson, President of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Rev. James P. Amerson is presently senior pastor of the historical Simpson United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. An Elder in the Southwest Texas Annual Conference, Rev. Amerson has a pastor's heart because of his profound love for people. This love for people gives him an enthusiasm for seeing individuals mature in their faith and love for God.
Rev. Melvin Amerson is an ordained Elder in the Texas Annual Conference where he serves as a Stewardship Consultant for the Texas Methdodist Foundation. Known for his energetic and engaging presentations, Melvin has led numerous training events across the country, and is the author of Stewardship in African American Churches: A New Paradigm (Discipleship Resources). He resides in the Austin, Texas area.
REV. CANDACE LEWIS
Class of 1996
Rev. Candace Lewis graduated from Gammon Theological Seminary in May 1996. Rev. Lewis was appointed in the Florida Annual Conference to start a new church in 1997. Her church, New Life UMC celebrated their 11th Anniversary recently and purchased a 1.2 million dollar church building on 8 acres in Jacksonville, Florida. Rev. Lewis' church has a community based Christian pre-school--The Village Christian Academy that serves over 100 students daily and employs over 15 full and part-time staff.
Rev. Lewis is widely sought after as a Revivalist, Seminar Presentor, and dynamic Speaker.
Rev. Chester Jones, District Superintendent
Class of 1975
The Rev. Chester Jones, formerly the top Executive of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race left this position in July 2007. Rev. Jones was appointed a District Superintendent in the Arkansas Annual Conference, The South Central District based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He will supervise about 70 churches as superintendent of the South Central District.
Rev. Jones, an Arkansas native accepted the invitation of Bishop Charles N. Crutchfield to join his cabinet. Rev. Jones had served as District Superintendent of The Pine Bluff District in the Little Rock Conference for six years before becoming the commission's third general secreatry inn 1999 of the General Commission on Religion and Race in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Jones previously was pastor of Hunter United Methodist Church in Little Rock -the conference's first cross-racial appointment. Prior to that he worked for the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries as a field representative for its Office of Town and Country Ministries and as a consultatnt for its Ethnic Minority Local Church missional priority work.
Rev. Chester Jones was a 1975 honor graduate of Gammon Theological Seminary.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MAY GRADUATES 2008
Master of Divinity Degree
Paul Gourdine, Fadetra Harrington, Marie Harris, Beverly Holland, Tarnishia Jenkins-Jackson, Sandra Johnson, Jacqueline 'DeeDee' Lawson, Andy Machine, Wayne Mims, Henry Ravenel, Willie Vincent, Barbara Smith
Master of Arts in Christian Education
Lillian Ferguson
Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education
Shirley Crockett
Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Church Music
Newlove Annan
Doctor of Ministry
Victor Nartey
Honorary Doctorate
James H. Salley
July Graduates 2008
Master of Divinity
Jacqueline Carter-Harris
Ronsonn Jackson
GAMMON QUASQUICENTENNIAL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI 2008/09
REV. MAXINE ALLEN SELECTED GAMMON DISTINGUISHED ALUMNAE FOR 2008/09. REV. ALLEN WAS HONORED DURING THE 125TH FOUNDERS' DAY ALUMNI LUNCHEON ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT PASCHALS' RESTUARUANT
REV. MAXINE ALLEN
REV. DR. LENTON POWELL - 2008/09 GAMMON DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR: GAMMON BOARD OF TRUSTEE AND RETIRED SOUTH GEORGIAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE PASTOR.
REV. DR. LENTON POWELL
