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2013 NATIONAL CRUSADE FOR CHRISTMONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Hosted at the Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention CenterJune 22 - June 27, 2013
“That We All May Be One”
Church of Christ Crusade
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Crusade for Christ
THAT WE ALL MAY BE ONE
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Banquet RENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPA
ALABAMA BALLROOMSaturday, June 22, 2013
(Time: 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.)
Dr. Freeman Wyche of Miami, FloridaSong Directors...............................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation........................................Evangelist Norman Hurst, Jr., Montgomery, AL
BanquetIntroduction of City Officials...............................Dr. Rodney Comer, Montgomery, ALIntroduction of Local Coordinators..........Evangelist John Jenkins, Highland Home, ALIntroduction of Speaker...................Evangelist David M. Tillman, Jr., Montgomery, ALBanquet Speaker............................................................Dr. Ben Foster, Dallas, TXBanquet Speaker.............................................Evangelist Dallas Walker, Detroit, MIRoll Call...............................................................Elder Fred Holland, Houston, TXIntroduction of Staff Director...................Evangelist Leonardo D. Gilbert, Chicago, ILAwards/Presentations/Recognition.....................Dr. John Dansby, Sr., Shreveport, LARemarks...............................................................Dr. Daniel Harrison, Chicago, ILAnnouncements.....................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALBenediction......................................................Bishop Fred Gray, Jr., Tuskegee, AL
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Mass Worship ServiceRENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPA
Sunday, June 23, 2013MONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 A.M.)
Evangelist Robert L. Turner of Chicago, IllinoisMaster of Ceremony
Welcome Address...........................Evangelist Roosevelt Chapman, Montgomery, ALSong Directors................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation.......................................................Dr. Glenn Roberts, Montgomery, ALScripture Reading.....................................Brother Michael Provitt, Montgomery, ALIntroduction of Speakers.................................Evangelist Jack Evans, Jr., Terrell, TXSpeaker..................................................Evangelist Orpheus Heyward, Atlanta, GASpeaker..................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXOffering.................................................................Dr. James Maxwell, Terrell, TXCommunion............................................Brother Brandon Wesley, Montgomery, ALAnnouncements.....................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALBenediction............................................Brother Dwight Madison, Montgomery, AL
1:00 PM MARCHERS GATHER AT THE CITY FOUNTAIN
CRUSADE RALLYALABAMA STATE CAPITOL
3:00 PM
Master of Ceremony....................................Brother Kenneth Fleming, Louisville, KYSong Director.................................................Brother Chris Turner, Willingboro, NJInvocation....................................................Evangelist Ronald Martin, Chicago, ILCrusade Chorus Selection......................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Nashville, TN Brother Eric Nettles, Montgomery, ALSpeaker...........................................................Dr. Fred D. Gray, Sr., Tuskegee, ALSpeaker..................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXBenediction....................................................Evangelist Lester Carter, Chicago, IL
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Evening WorshipRENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPA
Sunday, June 23, 2013MONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER
Time: 7:00 P.M.)
Evangelist Cornell Johnson of Moss Point,, MississippiMaster of Ceremony
Song Directors.................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNWelcome Address......................................Brother Jerry Townsend, Montgomery, ALScripture Reading..........................................Brother Clarence Davis, Baltimore, MDIntroduction of Speakers..................................Evangelist Jack Evans, Jr., Terrell, TXSpeaker...........................................................Evangelist J.K. Hamilton, Dallas, TXSpeaker...................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXContribution...................................................................Dr. Ben Foster, Terrell, TXCommunion Leader................................Brother Brandon J. Wesley, Montgomery, ALAnnouncements.......................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALBenediction......................................................Dr. Terrance T. Garrett, Houston, TX
MONDAY DAILY DEVOTIONALJune 24, 2013
Alabama Ballroom8:00 - 8:45 A.M.
Master of Ceremony.........................Evangelist David M. Tillman, Jr., Montgomery, ALSong Director....................................................Brother Alonzo Black, Dale City, MDInvocation....................................................Brother Andrew Johnson, Suitland, MDMotivational Speaker........................................Evangelist Robert Pryor, Marietta, GAOrganizing Foot Soldiers...........................................Dr. Loyd Harris, Little Rock, AR Evangelist Freeman Green, Daytona Beach, FL Dr. Kenneth Jackson, Little Rock, ARBenediction...................................................................................NEW HARVEST
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MONDAY WORKSHOPSSESSION #1 2:00-2:55 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 1 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Outreach/Evangelism Evangelist Willie B. Williams, Jr., The Colony, Texas Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Inreach/Edification Dr. Russell A. Pointer, Sr., Minneapolis, MN Room: Jefferson WestSESSION #2 3:05-4:00 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 2 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Outreach/Evangelism Evangelist David Wilson, Brooklyn, NY Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Inreach/Edification Evangelist William Jones, Memphis, TN Room: Jefferson West
Monday MassWorshipMONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER / 7:00 PM
CRUSADE CHORUS IN CONCERT AT 6:30 PMWith Darwin Mason and Eric Nettles
Dr. Richard Barclay of Atlanta, GeorgiaMaster of Ceremony
Song Directors.................................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation.............................................................Evangelist Darron Fantroy, Montgomery, ALScripture Reading.........................................................Dr. Melvin E. Whitehurst, Pensacola, FLSpeaker...................................................................................Dr. Warren Blakney, Tulsa, OKSpeaker...................................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXAnnouncements......................................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALBenediction...............................................................Brother Michael Provitt, Montgomery, AL
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TUESDAY DAILY DEVOTIONALJune 25, 2013
Alabama Ballroom8:00 - 8:45 A.M.
Master of Ceremony.......................................Evangelist John Jenkins, Highland Home, ALSong Director............................................................Brother Jerome Jones, Suitland, MDInvocation..........................................................................................LOCAL BROTHERMotivational Speaker..............................................Evangelist Clifton Thomas, Newark, NJOrganizing Foot Soldiers....................................................Dr. Loyd Harris, Little Rock, AR Evangelist Freeman Green, Daytona Beach, FL Dr. Kenneth Jackson, Little Rock, ARBenediction.........................................................................................LOCAL BROTHER
TUESDAY WORKSHOPS
SESSION #1 2:00-2:55 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 1 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Outreach/Evangelism Dr. Charlie McClendon, Jacksonville, FL Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Inreach/Edification Evangelist C.E. Shaw, Sherman, TX Room: Jefferson West
SESSION #2 3:05-4:00 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 2 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Media Development: There’s an App for That! Brother Walter Gardner, Newark, NJ Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Inreach/Edification Evangelist William Jones, Memphis, TN Room: Jefferson West
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Tuesday MassWorshipMONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER / 7:00 PM
CRUSADE CHORUS IN CONCERT AT 6:30 PMWith Darwin Mason and Eric Nettles
Evangelist Steve Clark of Birmingham, ALMaster of Ceremony
Song Directors.................................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation.................................................................Brother Floyd D. Murry, Montgomery, ALScripture Reading.............................................................Dr. Terrance T. Garrett, Houston, TXSpeaker.................................................................Dr. Arnelious Crenshaw, Oklahoma City, OKSpeaker...................................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXOffering................................................................................Dr. John Dansby, Shreveport, LAOffertory Prayer..........................................................................Elder John Ellis, Houston, TXAnnouncements.......................................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALBenediction.............................................................Brother Arlester Johnson, Montgomery, AL
WEDNESDAY DAILY DEVOTIONALJune 26, 2013
Alabama Ballroom8:00 - 8:45 A.M.
Master of Ceremony...........................................................Dr. Rodney Comer, Montgomery, ALSong Director..............................................................................................LOCAL BROTHERInvocation..................................................................................................LOCAL BROTHERMotivational Speaker.......................................................Evangelist Michael Moore, Racine, WIOrganizing Foot Soldiers...........................................................Dr. Loyd Harris, Little Rock, AR Evangelist Freeman Green, Daytona Beach, FL Dr. Kenneth Jackson, Little Rock, ARBenediction................................................................................................LOCAL BROTHER
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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
SESSION #1 2:00-2:55 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 1 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Media Development Dr. John Davis Marshall, Decatur, GA Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Growing Leadership Evangelist Jeff Caruthers, Winston-Salem, NC Room: Jefferson West
SESSION #2 3:05-4:00 PM
Workshop 1 Youth Development, Part 2 Evangelist Chris Turner and Sister Kimberly Hayes Room: Georgetown EastWorkshop 2 Inreach/Edification Evangelist Sammie Berry, Dallas, TX Room: Georgetown WestWorkshop 3 Growing Leadership Evangelist Stanley Hubbard, Indianapolis, IN Room: Jefferson West
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Wednesday MassWorshipMONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER / 7:00 PM
CRUSADE CHORUS IN CONCERT AT 6:30 PMWith Darwin Mason and Eric Nettles
Evangelist Charles Ray Peterson, Memphis, TennesseeMaster of Ceremony
Song Directors..................................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation............................................................Evangelist Thermadell Ross, Montgomery, ALScripture Reading.............................................................Evangelist Fred Peterson, Mobile, ALSpeaker.....................................................................................Dr. E.D. Seamster, Dallas, TXSpeaker...................................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXAnnouncements.........................................................Evangelist Edward Maxwell, Suitland, MDBenediction............................................................Brother Bishnoo Rampersad, Greenville, AL
THURSDAY DAILY DEVOTIONALJune 27, 2013
Alabama Ballroom9:00 - 10:00 A.M.
Master of Ceremony.....................................................Evangelist Reginald Halbert, Chicago, ILCrusade Summary: Look What God Has Done!
Song Director..............................................................................................LOCAL BROTHERInvocation..................................................................................................LOCAL BROTHER
Statistical Analysis of Montgomery, AL Crusade Dr. Loyd Harris, Little Rock, AR Evangelist Freeman Green, Daytona Beach, FL Dr. Kenneth Jackson, Little Rock, ARAudience Questions and Answers...............................................Dr. Daniel Harrison, Chicago, IL Dr. John Dansby, Shreveport, LA Evangelist Leonardo D. Gilbert, Chicago, IL
Benediction.................................................................................................LOCAL BROTHER
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM SIGHTSEEING OF MONTGOMERY, AL
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Thursday MassWorshipMONTGOMERY CONVENTION CENTER / 7:00 PM
CRUSADE CHORUS IN CONCERT AT 6:30 PMWith Darwin Mason and Eric Nettles
W.C. Edwards of Birmingham, AlabamaMaster of Ceremony
Song Directors.................................................................Dr. Darwin Mason, Sr., Nashville, TN Dr. Darwin Mason, Jr., Nashville, TNInvocation.............................................................................Brother Kenneth Fox, Dallas, TXScripture Reading.................................................Brother Christian R. Wesley, Montgomery, ALSpeaker..........................................................................Evangelist Jack Evans, Jr., Terrell, TXSpeaker...................................................................................Dr. Jack Evans, Sr., Terrell, TXAnnouncements.......................................................Dr. Herman E. Wesley III, Montgomery, ALClosing Remarks.....................................................................Elder Fred Holland, Houston TX Dr. Daniel Harrison, Chicago, IL Dr. John Dansby, Shreveport, LABenediction............................................................................Evangelist Joe Davis, Selma, AL
Thanks for Your Encouragement and Support!
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Ladies ProgramRENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPALADIES PROGRAM COORDINATOR
SONJA M. WESLEY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMAMonday, June 24, 2013
MONDAY THEME: “BUILDING INWARD: ENRICHMENT”
Jarilyn Fox of Dallas, TexasMistress of Ceremony
Introductions.................................................................Frances Harrison, Chicago, IL Sonja M. Wesley, Montgomery, ALSong Leader.........................................................................Ivy Murry, Enterprise, ALPrayer.....................................................................Dallas Anderson, Montgomery, ALWelcome..................................................................Audrea Mitchell, Montgomery, AL Kelyne Provitt, Montgomery, ALRoll Call of States...........................................................Bernice Pitts, Los Angeles, CAIce Breaker...................................................................Karen Brown, Montgomery, AL
Song...................................................................................Ivy Murry, Enterprise, ALScripture.................................................................Speaker.........................................................................Doris Dansby, Shreveport, LASong...................................................................................Ivy Murry, Enterprise, ALSpeaker......................................................................Dr. Helen Curtis, Fort Worth, TXSong...................................................................................Ivy Murry, Enterprise, AL Acknowledgements...................................................................Jarilyn Fox, Dallas, TXClosing Remarks.......................................................Sonja M. Wesley, Montgomery, ALClosing Prayer...................................................................Lataria Morrison, Dallas, TX
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Ladies ProgramRENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPA
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
TUESDAY THEME: “BUILDING OUTWARD: ENCOURAGEMENT”
Brenda Gilbert of Chicago, IllinoisMistress of Ceremony
Song Leader.................................................................Rose Robinson, Montgomery, ALPrayer................................................................................Marion Gipson, Navarre, FLWelcome...............................................................................Carol Gray, Tuskegee, ALIce Breaker......................................................................xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSong..........................................................................Rose Robinson, Montgomery, AL
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: LYNETTE O’NEAL of Chicago, Illinois
Song.........................................................................Rose Robinson, Montgomery, .AL Activity.........................................................................Sonya Wilson, Montgomery, AL Scripture..................................................................Genell Townsend, Montgomery, ALSong..........................................................................Rose Robinson, Montgomery, ALSpeaker.....................................................................Marilyn Stamps, Montgomery, ALAcknowledgements...................................................Joysetta Williams, Montgomery, ALClosing Remarks...............................................................Faye Comer, Montgomery, ALClosing Prayer........................................................Wilatheral Rodgers, Montgomery, AL
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Ladies ProgramRENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SPA
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
WEDNESDAY THEME: “BUILDING UPWARD: ENHANCEMENT”
Sarah Marie Woods of Villa Rica, GeorgiaMistress of Ceremony
Song Leader.....................................................Avalon Bush-Ridgeway, Birmingham, ALPrayer.................................................................................Deloris Ghant, Chicago, ILWelcome...................................................................Lynda Chapman, Montgomery, ALIce Breaker...............................................................xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSong...............................................................Avalon Bush-Ridgeway, Birmingham, ALScripture..................................................................Norma Mason, Hendersonville, TNSong...............................................................Avalon Bush-Ridgeway, Birmingham, ALSpeaker...........................................................................Cynthia Innman, Atlanta, GAActivity.....................................................................Sherron Fantroy, Montgomery, ALSong...............................................................Avalon Bush-Ridgeway, Birmingham, ALSpeaker.........................................................................Dr. Dorothy Dye, Valdosta, GASong...............................................................Avalon Bush-Ridgeway, Birmingham, ALAcknowledgements............................................................Lois T. Holland, Houston, TXClosing Remarks........................................................Sonja M. Wesley, Montgomery, AL
Doris Dansby, Shreveport, LAFrances Harrison, Chicago, IL
Closing Prayer............................................................Johnethia Hurst, Montgomery, AL
Jude 1:17-25New King James Version (NKJV)
But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who
would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the
garment defiled by the flesh. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.
To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.