~ Sunday February 17, 2019 ~Ministerial Staff

The Reverend Dr. Larry E. Campbell ~ Senior Pastor ~ Minister

The Reverend Nikia Smith Robert ~ Itinerant Elder

The Reverend Rochelle Wright Moore ~ Itinerant Deacon

The Reverend Van E. White ~ Itinerant Deacon

The Reverend Jennifer Oliver ~ Itinerant Deacon

The Reverend Homer Burnett ~ Local Elder

The Reverend Deborah West-Jones ~ Local Elder

The Reverend Jarroll Taylor, Sr. ~ Local Elder

The Reverend Tonya Turner ~ Local Elder

Dr. Phyllis Beech ~ Licentiate

Our First Lady: Mrs. Melinda G. Campbell

The Reverend Van E. White ~ Executive Assistant/Youth CoordinatorMrs. Selene M. Cox ~ Administrative Assistant

Church Office Hours:Tues Wed 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Thurs 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Fri. 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Closed for Lunch Daily: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.Music Ministry

Bro. Timothy Davis, Minister of MusicBro. Jimmy Watlington, Percussionist ~ Bro. Carlos Caldwell, Organist~ Bro. Darien Dorsey, Keyboardist

Sis. Karen Law, Women’s Chorus Director ~ Sis. Tonia Graham, Children’s Choir DirectorBro. J. Renard Washington, New Generation’s Choir

~ Serving Today ~8:00 A.M. Service

Steward: Bill MatlockAcolyte: Isaiah CrowellMarissa Starks Health Unit: Karin Robinson-Smith

Trustee: Yolanda Oliver Greeters: Dorothy Panton

Class Leaders: Dee Smith - Gibson11:00 A.M. Service

Steward: William HilliardAcolyte: Zion O’tano

Health Unit: Dr. Brian K. Venerable

Trustee: Holland McWhorterGreeters: Mozella Caudle Celeste DrakeClass Leaders: Natayla Romo-Jones

Serving Next Week

Stewards

8:00 A.M. Kischchen Hazelton Venerable

11:00 A.M. Cherri King

Trustees

8:00 A.M. James Ross

11:00 A.M. Henry Sharp

8:00 A.M. Worship Service: 19811:00 A.M. Worship Service: 108

Children’s Church/Church School: 10Bible Study Sessions: 38

FREE WI-FI service is available on the FAME Campus by accessing FAME 1700.

Password: 6267980503

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~ Order of Worship Experience ~

Warning: This order of worship is subject to change without warning or prior notice --- everything is governed by the Sovereignty of the Holy Spirit.

“Live Streaming is taking place during our Worship Services. Please spread the word, the internet stream is available with any device having internet access. You can go directly to our website, http://famepasadena.org/ and click on “Worship With Us Online” or you may copy and paste the following link in your browser: http:///famepasadena.org/services.php#broadca

Praise & Worship Doxology: “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”

The Call to Worship

Leader: I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet shall stand within Thy gates O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1)

People: For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10)

Leader: Because of the house ofthe Lord our God, I will seek Thy good. (Psalm

122:9)

People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalm 92:13)

Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house. Lord, I have loved Thy habitation, the place where Thy honor dwelleth. (Psalm 26:8)

People: For the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.

(Habakkuk 2:20).

Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord my strength and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

Unison: O Sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a

joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing His praises. (Psalm 98:1, 4)

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Every Praise

Lyrics are listed Video Screen

Ride On, King Jesus

(Lyrics are Listed on Video Screen)

The Invocation

8:00 a.m. Choir Selections New Generations11:00 a.m. Choir Selections Morgan Choraliers

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Scripture Lesson(Please Stand for the Reading of God’s Word)

James 2:1-13 (The Message Bible) — Discrimination and Favoritism ForbiddenLeader:My dear friends, don’t let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious,

Christ-originated faith.

People: If a man enters your church wearing an expensive suit, and a street person wearing rags comes in right after him, and you say to the man in the suit, “Sit here, sir; this is the best seat in the house!” and either ignore the streetperson or say, “Better sit here in the back row,” haven’t you segregatedGod’s children and proved that you are judges who can’t be trusted?

Leader: Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges.

People: This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind? Aren’t they the ones who scorn the new name—“Christian”—used in your baptisms?

Leader: You do well when you complete the Royal Rule of the Scriptures: “Love others asyou love yourself.” But if you play up to these so-called important people, you goagainst the Rule and stand convicted by it. You can’t pick and choose in thesethings, specializing in keeping one or two things in God’s law and ignoring others. The same God who said, “Don’t commit adultery,” also said, “Don’t murder.” If you don’t commit adultery but go ahead and murder, do you think your non-adultery will cancel out your murder? No, you’re a murderer, period.

ALL: Talk and act like a person expecting to be judged by the Rule that sets us free. For if you refuse to act kindly, you can hardly expect to be treated kindly. Kind mercy wins over harsh judgment every time.

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Litany in Remembrance of Rev. Jarena LeeWritten by Reverend Pamela Rivera

Leader: God is no respecter of person; gender is not the criteria for those whom God calls or chooses.

People: God looks at the heart.

Leader: God did not instruct us to march to the cadence of genderism, sexism or any other ism that may restrict and bind our mandate to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.

People: We are called to obedience to God and freedom from the chains and weights of humanity that attempts to keep us quiet, still and fearful.

Leader: The voice of history still speaks encouraging us to press forward and not give in to the pressures of those who disavow the call to preach, the call to teach and thecall to evangelize based upon gender.

People: We must go where God sends us and say what God tells us to whomever Goddirects us to speak.

Leader: Jarena Lee heard a call beyond her own inter-consciousness to go and preach theGood News.

People: Although unpopular and not sanctioned by the social and religious norms of the day Jarena Lee dared to say yes to the mantel of ministry with authority and buoyancy.

Leader: Jarena Lee stood firm on her call to preach and did not allow anyone or anythingdictate her Kingdom assignment.

ALL: May Jarena Lee’s courage to defy the doctrine and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and her tenacity to persevere continue to be a torch that lights the path for women fighting for religious equality everywhere.

~ Black History Moment Presentation ~

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Abbreviated Announcements Announcement Clerk

~ K-FAME Radio ~

Visitor’s Welcome Pastor Campbell

We Welcome You

(To The House of the Lord)

Pastor’s Words

The Offertory (Tithes ~ Gifts ~ Benevolent Offerings)

Choral Response: “All things come of Thee, O Lord; and of Thine own have we given Thee. Amen.”

The First A.M.E. Church Pasadena has entered a new era: the age of anytime, anywhere giving. We are now signed up with Givelify, the mobile giving app for churches.To make your first mobile donation the best experience possible, we recommend you download the Givelify app for Apple or Android before you get to church on Sunday.Givelify gives you a beautiful, easy giving experience using your smartphone.

There are no frustrating web forms or text-to-give codes to memorize. Even better, it’s free to download and use. It’s totally safe and secure, and for tax time you have one-tap access to your complete donation records.

Make your offerings, tithes, and gifts to special envelopes right from the palm of your hand. You can give to First A.M.E. Church Pasadena wherever you are.

The free Givelify donation app makes giving and tracking donations easier and more beautiful. However, it’s NOT for everyone. You may choose to continue your conventional giving, checks, cash, money order. The choice is still yours!

~ Altar Call and Intercessory Prayer ~

Sermonic Selection The New Generations Choir

Proclamation of The Word:

8:00 a.m. The Reverend Van E. White

11:00 a.m. - Pastor Larry E. Campbell

The Apostle’s Creed (Please See Monitors)

The Doxology

The Benediction

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Scripture of the Day

Discrimination Forbidden.“In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ.” Galatians 3:28 (MSG)

Quote of the Day“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thought of the WeekWe are all called by God to belong to God’s kingdom. God doesn’t show any favoritism or segregation. The reading from Ezekiel 34:11–15 shows that God gathers all people from every corner of the world to come home. It doesn’t matter who you are—your color, creed, or status. God wants to gather all people no matter where we are. Even those who were scattered in diaspora, they are all called to come back home where they belong. We are called to restoration and reconciliation where we will have the right as heirs and children of God.

Paul in his letter to the Ephesians writes: So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands—remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:11–13)

There is no one who should look down upon us because we belong to the church of Christ. For God, we are one people redeemed through Christ and called to fulfill God’s mission in the world:

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:12)

We need to be reminded, as in the words of Peter:But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the might acts of [God] who called you out of darkness into [God’s] marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy(1 Peter 2:9–10). We all belong to the First AME Church, Pasadena and to God; we are all here because this is our home and we belong. Amen.

Humor of the WeekA man wants to become a bell-ringer but has no arms. So, he tells the priest of his wish, but the priest says: "How can you be our bell-ringer without arms?" He replied "Arms? Who needs 'em!" So, the arm-less guy runs to the top of the bell tower, and starts ringing the bell with his face, making beautiful music. Unfortunately, he misses the last note, and falls from the bell tower. A bunch of parishioners gather around him, asking: "Who is this guy?" The priest says: "I don't know, but his face rings a bell." 

HOME DAILY BIBLE READINGS

February 18, 2019 – February 24, 2019

Monday In God I Trust Psalm 56: 1-8

Tuesday God Listens to the humble Luke 18:9-14

Wednesday Faith Tested by Fire 1 Peter 1:3-7

Thursday The Lord Is Near in Suffering James 5:7-12

Friday Crossing the Jordan on Dry Land Joshua 4:19-24

Saturday God’s Grace for hard Testing Psalm 66:10-15

Sunday Praise God for His Mighty Works Psalm 66:1-8,16-20

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bereavement NoticeIt is with sadden hearts, we announce the passing of Bro. Charles Ralls on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Charles was the beloved son of Bro. Tom Ralls and a treasured member of the FAME Church Family. May he Rest In Peace. Please keep the Ralls family in your prayers.

Congratulations to Holland and Arielle McWhorter on the birth of Baby, Ivy McWhorter. Ivy was born on February 9, 2019 weighing 7lbs and 3 oz at 20 ¼ inches long.

Congratulations to Laura Terry on being appointedDirector of the Commission on Church Publications.The duties of this commission are to gather and disseminate information of public interest (church events and activities) to the secular press, religious press, network and cable and television station, and other legitimate public-information outlets.

Trustee Board Meeting: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

In Celebration of African American History Month The Richard Allen Theatre Guild of First AME Church Pasadena, CA cordially invites you to attend: “August in Winter: A Celebration of the Life and Works of August Wilson”. Join us as we recognize the contributions and accomplishments of this world-renown African American playwright and present a staged reading of his play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone". The event will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2019 | 5 p.m. in the Thelma Blake Fellowship Hall of First AME Church, 1700 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena.

Official Board Meeting: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Ash WednesdayAsh Wednesday services will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2019at 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday is the first day of 40 (excluding Sundays), leading up to Easter Sunday – the celebration of Jesus's resurrection from the cross. On Ash Wednesday, we come to church to kneel, to pray, and to ask God’s forgiveness, surrounded by other sinners. Human sin is universal; we all do it, not only Christians. Our church tradition sets aside Ash Wednesday as a particular day to address sin and death. We do this mindful that "God hates nothing God has made and forgives the sins of all who are penitent." We are ALL sinners, no better and no worse than our brothers and sisters.

Fifth Episcopal District of The African Methodist Episcopal Church

2019 Mid-Year Convocation from March 6th — March 9th

The Midwest Conference will host the 2019 Fifth District Midyear Conference at the Hilton Kansas City Airport located at 8801 NW 112th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64153 -Telephone: (816) 891-8900.   A block of rooms has been reserved for March 5, 2019 - March 9, 2019. When making reservation, please ask for Group Code "AMEC" Rates. The special room rate is $129.00 per night and will be available until February 12th or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first.  The hotel is just five minutes from Kansas City International Airport and only 15 minutes from downtown Kansas City, MO. Complimentary shuttle will take you to/from the airport as well as anywhere within a five-mile radius of the hotel. 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

SWAG Movie NightFriday March 15, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Thelma Blake Fellowship Hall

Food and beverages will be providedPlease see Rev. Van Edward White for more information.

SAVE THE DATES

CELEBRATING WOMEN’S DAY

Saturday, March 9th Women’s Ministry Kickoff Breakfast at 9:00 a.m.Co- Chairs Lady Melinda G. Campbell & Dr. Phyllis Beech

Women's Day 2019 Worship Service Sunday, March 10th (Combined Worship Service at 9:30 p.m.)

Committee Co-Chairs Sis. Ashley Williams, Sis. Carolyn Simmons& Sis. Teri AndersonWomen’s Day Color

Please join us in wearing your favorite shade of BLUE Women’s Day Assessment $100

Ladies and Gentlemen for your consideration $25 on 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, & 3/10 (Mark your envelopes) Women’s Day 2019

Annual Lenten CaravanThe FAME, Pasadena Church Family will be participating in the upcoming 2019 Annual Lenten Caravan. The Lenten Caravan is a voluntary collaboration of churches of like-minded pastors to bring their congregations together during the Lenten season for worship and fellowship. As the motto says, “We come together, to be together, to become one together in Christ”.PLEASE JOIN US FOR DINNER FROM 5:00-6:45 P.M. The following worship services schedule is provided:

DATE HOST CHURCH PREACHERMarch 13 Price Chapel AME Church Rev. Dwaine Jackson – Bryant Temple AMECMarch 20 FAME, Pasadena Rev. John Cager III – Ward AMECMarch 27 Brookins/Kirkland AMEC Rev. Carolyn Baskins-Bell- Second AMECApril 3 New Philadelphia AMEC Rev. Dr. Mary Minor, Brookins/Kirkland AMECApril 10 Ward, AMEC Rev. Benjamin Hollins, Price Chapel AMECApril 17 Bethel AMEC Rev. Darryl Walker

Please JoinTheOlivia Wilson Women’s Missionary Society for our 2019 Annual DayTheme: This is US! Unity with God Through Praise!

Sunday, March 31, 2019(Combined Worship Service at 9:30am)Followed by our Inaugural Gospel Brunch

11:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall Delicious Delectable Buffet, Music, and Great Fellowship | $25 per person

Tickets available from Missionary members

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REVEREND JARENA LEE (1783–185?)

Reverend Jarena Lee was the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Lee, whose family or maiden name is unknown, was born to a poor but free black family on February 11, 1783, in Cape May, New Jersey. In 1790 at the age of seven, Lee was sent to work as a live-in servant for a white family named Sharp.

Lee moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a teenager and continued to work as a domestic servant. One afternoon, Lee attended a worship service at Bethel

Church where Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church, was scheduled to preach. After hearing the powerful sermon delivered by Allen, Lee became filled with the Holy Spirit and converted to Christianity.

In 1807 Lee heard the voice of God commissioning her to preach the Gospel. She was initially reluctant to pursue ministry, given the male-dominated nature of the church. However, she decided to confide in Bishop Allen and revealed to him her call to preach. Allen told Lee that he could not grant her permission to preach because he was required to uphold the A.M.E. Church’s ban against female ministers.

In 1811 Lee married Pastor Joseph Lee, and the couple had two children. After seven years of marriage, Lee’s husband died. During the course of her marriage and after her husband’s death, her desire to proclaim the word of God grew even stronger. This caused Lee to renew her advocacy for women in ministry.

In 1819 during a worship service at Bethel Church, a guest preacher began struggling with his message and abruptly stopped preaching. As he stared into the congregation at a loss for words, Lee sprang to her feet and began preaching, picking up where the minister had left off. After Lee’s sermon, she was afraid that Bishop Allen would punish her for preaching without permission. On the contrary, Allen was so impressed by Lee that he officially gave her authorization to preach the Gospel. Allen asserted that God had called Lee to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Shortly thereafter, Lee began to travel to various cities for preaching engagements and was highly praised for her powerful sermons.Her life’s witness demonstrated that “possibility” with many saved, churches built, and communities restored with schools, and mission support. Further in2016, she finally received posthumously, her full ordination.

In addition to her work in ministry, Lee was also heavily involved in the abolitionist movement and joined the American Antislavery Society in 1839. To share her experiences in ministry, Lee decided to pen her autobiography titled The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee. She completed her autobiography in expanded form in 1849. The exact date and circumstances of Minister Lee’s death are unknown. However, the records of Mount Pisgah AME Church Cemetery where she is buried indicate that she died in 1855. Other sources list her death in 1857.

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Request(s)

Please notify the Church Office of Sick & Shut-in additions, deletions, or status/address changes.

Bishop & Supervisor Fugh Presiding Elder & Dr. Kaye Lindsey Rev. Dr. Larry & Melinda Campbell Rev. Homer &Norma Burnett

President Donald Trump Tracy Anderson Ruth Angela Patten Tara Williams Myrtle Anderson Kernola Arnold

Rev. Tonya Turner Bonnie Hood Vannie Brown Rosetta Lynch Olive Murphy Lamar Odom Cox Family Karean Nemo Rebecca Robbins Victor Sutphen Patty Blanco Daneya Baber Vicky Steward Al Deas India Key Lee Wheaton Charles Perkins Bobby Hearns Alan Family Anderson Phillips Nancy Johnson Delores Dixon Melody Forhis Will McCraw

William Turner Dorsey Tiashia & Eric Brown Kim Flagg Family Arzella Ross-Miller Erin Murphy Bettina Ayers

Michael Skinner Buchanan Family Seymone Kelly Wilma Haynes Sharon Davis Julian Shirley

Jason P. Shirley Joshua C. Shirley Florentine Shirley The Mitchell Family Beau J. Wallace Willa Wiggins

Patsy Smith Alan League Ralls Family Diane Jordan Isaac Petersen Robert Smith

James Emerson Clyde Brinkley Minnie Hudson James Johnson

College Students

Let’s continue to support and pray for our beloved College Students

Taylore Thomas Azhia Harris Marina Banks Maya Banks Kyarra Hampton Blaine Radley Miguel O’tano  Devin Henry Eddie Boyd Noah Goldstein  Kylee Sharp Unique AndresGuy Woods Aaron Ealy Taylor Holmes Elyse Sharp Cheyanne Rolison

Sick and Shut-Ins

Arnice Wilfong 8417 Mission Dr. Rosemead, CA 91770Bernice Washington 1201 S. California Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016Bobby Thomas 1052 E. Morada Place, Altadena, CA 91001Charlene (CJ) Bradford 540 Fair View Ave # 35 Arcadia CA 91007David (Dewey) Richardson 6273 Hart Ave. Temple City CA 91780Delores Mitchell 1132 Forest Avenue. Pasadena, CA 91103Doris Curd P.O. Box 782 San Fernando. CA 94341Dorothy Plummer Golden Cross Nursing Facility, 1450 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103Elois Blizzard P.O. Box 3646 South Pasadena, CA 91031Erma Bullock2433 N. Glenrose Ave. Altadena, CA 91001Gwendolyn Pitter South Pasadena Care Center 904 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030Henry Hammell 3117 N. Thurin Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001Jack Allen2269 Santa Rosa Street. Altadena, CA 91001Joe Hopkins 1541 N. Lake Ave Pasadena, CA 91104Jo Ann Thomas4027 Crossing Way. Stone Mountain, GA 30083Juanita Lawson 975 E. Union St. Unit #103, Pasadena CA 91103Kathryn Ray580 MacDonald Street. Pasadena, CA 91103Leo Tavares 785 W. Altadena Drive. Altadena, CA 91001Linnie G. Nollie2250 E. New York Drive. Altadena, CA 91001Malika G. HendryP. O. Box 94082 Pasadena. CA 91109Mary Armistead 1135 Wotkyns Dr. Pasadena, CA 91103Mildred Hawkins 762 N. Fair Oaks #327. Pasadena, CA 91103Mildred Lewis 43 East Manor, Altadena, CA 91101Murray Huff 727 Coniston Road. Pasadena, CA 91103Olevia Brown 2621 Home park Avenue. Altadena, CA 91101Queenie Williams 2518 N. Marengo Ave. Altadena, CA 91001 Richard Johnson 938 Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010Ron Brown 2584 Catherine Road. Altadena, CA 91001Shirley Ryan 408 E. Marigold Street. Altadena, CA 91001Tom Ralls1492 North Arroyo Blvd. CA 91103Vivian Ewing 692 W. Mariposa St. Altadena, CA 91101Waydene Jackson 1965 N. Garfield Avenue. Pasadena, CA 91103Yvonne Hagan 1550 N. Mar Vista Avenue. Pasadena, CA 91104Zell L. Hill 375 Barthe Dr. Pasadena, CA 91103

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