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2015 June/July SPECIAL EDITION

THE LAMP NEWSLETTER Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psalm 119:105 KJV).

MRS. WANDA J. BURNSIDE, Founder and Publisher MR. SIMMIE LEE BURNSIDE, JR., Manager

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MINISTER SANDRA HICKMAN, International Ministry Leader: Australia FIRST LADY CHRISTINE V. MITCHELL, International Ministry Leader: UK

A Time to Mourn BISHOP EARL J. WRIGHT, Sr.

AND

Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina

We are praying for: The Wright Family Greater Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ in

Warren, Michigan The Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southwest

Michigan Church of God in Christ A Host of Friends and Supporters

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BISHOP EARL JEROME WRIGHT, SR.

December 10, 1929 June 10, 2015

I have fought a good fight, I have finished

my course, and I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown

of righteousness, which the Lord, the

righteous judge, shall give me at that day:

and not to me only, but unto all them also

that love his appearing

(2 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV).

I have fought a good fight, I have finished I have fought a good fight, I have finished

my course, and I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown

of righteousness, which the Lord, the

righteous judge, shall give me at that day:

and not to me only, but unto all them also

that love his appearing that love his appearing that love his appearing

(2 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV).


BISHOP EARL JEROME WRIGHT, SR. A Father and General in the Gospel

He dedicated his life to the Lord at the early age of 13

at White Lilly Church of God in Christ in Hot Springs, AR.

10 YEARS ASSISTANT PASTOR ---1953-1963 Hartford Street Church of God in Christ

6115 Hartford Avenue Detroit, MI 48206

In 1953, he was appointed Assistant Pastor to Bishop U. E. Miller by Bishop John Seth Bailey

52 YEARS PASTOR --- 1963-2015

Greater Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ Formerly Hartford Street Church of God in Christ

4439 East Nine Mile Road Warren, MI 48091

In 1963, he was appointed Pastor after the death of Bishop U.E. Miller

30 YEARS JURISDICTIONAL BISHOP --- 1985-2015 In 1985, he was appointed Jurisdictional Bishop of the Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

of Southwest Michigan Church of God in Christ, Inc. by Bishop J. O. Patterson

Former General Board Member of the Church of God in Christ, Inc.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS National and International Leader in the Church of God in Christ 40 Years District Superintendent Lifelong Leader in the SCLC and NAACP Lifelong Community Worker and Leader Ecumential Church Leader 50 Years Radio Broadcast Ministry Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, and Great-Great-Grandfather

BISHOP EARL JEROME WRIGHTS MOTTO: What God has promised

He is able to perform (Romans 4:21 KJV).

A Father and General in the Gospel

He dedicated his life to the Lord at the early age of 13at White Lilly Church of God in Christ in Hot Springs, AR.

10 YEARS ASSISTANT PASTOR ---1953-1963Hartford Street Church of God in Christ

6115 Hartford Avenue Detroit, MI 48206

In 1953, he was appointed Assistant Pastor to Bishop U. E. Miller by Bishop John Seth Bailey

52 YEARS PASTOR --- 1963-2015Greater Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ

Formerly Hartford Street Church of God in Christ 4439 East Nine Mile Road

Warren, MI 48091 In 1963, he was appointed Pastor after the death of Bishop U.E. Miller

30 YEARS JURISDICTIONAL BISHOP --- 1985-2015 In 1985, he was appointed Jurisdictional Bishop of the Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

of Southwest Michigan Church of God in Christ, Inc. by Bishop J. O. Patterson

Former General Board Member of the Church of God in Christ, Inc.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS National and International Leader in the Church of God in Christ 40 Years District Superintendent Lifelong Leader in the SCLC and NAACP Lifelong Community Worker and Leader Ecumential Church Leader 50 Years Radio Broadcast Ministry Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, and Great-Great-Grandfather

BISHOP EARL JEROME WRIGHTS MOTTO:


WE SHALL NEVER FORGET! The Massacre at the

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Charleston, South Carolina

On Thursday, June 18, our hearts were broken and in shock by the horrific killings in Charleston, South Carolina at the EMANUEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Could it possibly be true? The pastor, The Reverend Clementa Pinckney, and eight of his church members were shot dead at a Bible study at church. Nine people in church killed! Another mass killing!

The news reports on television and all forms of media communication gave non-stop reporting of what happened. They repeated details over and over again giving us painful information of what we did not want to believe was really happening. We cried and prayed asking for God to help us. It is His help that we need now and forever.

In Memory of

THE REVEREND CLEMENTA PINCKNEY The Senior Pastor of Emanuel AME Church. A graduate of Allen University, South Carolina State Senator. Rev. Pinckney was 42 years old. He was an American State Senator and Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District since 2000. He was previously a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1997 through 2000. In 1999, he married Jennifer Benjamin. They have two young daughters, Eliana Yvette Pinckney and Malana Elise Pinckney. President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy at the memorial in honor of Reverend Pinckney.

THE REVEREND DANIEL SIMMONS, SR. He was 74 years old. Rev. Simmons was a retired pastor of the Emanuel AME church. In 1966, he graduated from Allen University.


SHARONDA COLEMAN-SINGLETON Coached the girls track team at Goose Creek High School. A mother of three children.

TYWANZA SANDERS 26 years old. He was a recent graduate of Allen University in Columbia, S.C. He earned his degree in Business Administration. He dropped in front of his loved one, his grandmother or aunt, to shield her from harm.

DEPAYNE MIDDLETON DOCTOR She was 49 years old. Ms. Doctor retired as the director of the Community Development Block Grant Program in Charleston County. She was a mother of four daughters.

CYNTHIA HURD She was employed for 31 years to the Charleston County Public Library. Ms. Hurd was the regional library manager at St. Andrews Regional Library. Upon her death, the library was renamed The Cynthia Hurd Library in her honor.

MOTHER SUSIE JACKSON She was 87 years old. A longtime member of Emanuel AME Church. Mother Jackson was a very faithful member who cared about her family, pastor, members, and others.

ETHEL LANCE 70 years old. She retired as a Gilliard Center employee. She was also the church janitor. Ethel was a beloved cousin of the slain Mother Susie Jackson.

MYRA THOMPSON 59 years old. She was one of three pastors killed at the church. A former school teacher. She was a wife and mother. Friends and family said Thompson was a studious hard worker who led the historic African American churchs property committee and served on its board of trustees. Thompson began working to become an ordained AME minister in 2014 and received her license to preach on 17 June, the day of the shooting.


A SPECIAL TRIBUTE Dedicated to the Loved Ones, Members, and Friends

of Pastor Pinckney and the Members slain at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

Help Them Make It Through by Christine V. Mitchell

Dear Father God, to You we humbly pray, Remembering the lives now taken away; The families now left with broken hearts,

Deep down inside all torn and ripped apart. Their precious loved ones rest within Your care. Please help the many grieving souls down here;

The parents, siblings, relatives and friends Who hold to treasured memories, like gems.

We try to share with them this time of grief

And still look on perplexed in disbelief. Tomorrow may be like a long dark night.

Please shine into their darkness; send Your light. At Christmastime and special times of year, The joys of family sharing bring such cheer; But losing loved ones leaves an empty space Deep down inside that no-one can replace.

Let trouble in the land, O Lord, decrease.

Let many come to know You, Prince of peace. The answer for this world is found in You.

Your words of life are faithful, sure and true. O wrap Your loving arms, dear Lord, today

Around your children; comfort them, we pray. In Jesus Name, O Lord, we call on You.

Be with them, Father, help them make it through.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. (Romans 12:15)

2012 Christine V. Mitchell (Revised 2015) All rights reserved


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