INTER-CIVIC COUNCIL OF THE
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
NINETEENTH ANNUAL
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987
7 P.M.
BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Reverend A. J. Richardson, Pastor
THE REVEREND PHILIP R. COUSIN
The Right Reverend Philip Robert Cousin, Presiding Bishop of the Eleventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist (A.M.E.) Church is prepared for the responsibility he assumed as head of this great church encompassing Florida and the Bahamas through training, devotion, and experience.
The son of a preacher, Bishop Cousin was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. To a large degree, however, he was reared in Florida and graduated from Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach. His educational pursuits have been rich and varied: A.B. degree in Philosophy and English, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, Cum Laude; M. Th. (Master of Theology) degree, Boston University; D.MIN. (Doctor of Ministry) degree, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School; and numerous honorary degrees and certificates.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry, June 1953, through ROTC, and continued as an inactive reservist until 1957.
The Bishop was ordained in the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1952 and has pastored churches in Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. He has also served as president of Kittrell College, a faculty member at Duke University, and as a guest lecturer at a number of Universities and seminaries.
Bishop Cousin is the recipient of several honors and awards. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1968. He is a [32nd Degree] Mason; a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and is president of the National Council of Churches of Christ, recently returned from a mission in the Soviet Union. He was elected to the episcopacy of the African Methodist Episcopal Church at the General Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in 1976 and became a bishop of the A.M.E. Church.
Bishop Cousin is married to the former Margaret Joan Grier of Winston Salem North Carolina, who serves as the Supervisor of Missions for the Eleventh Episcopal District. They have five sons.
THE ORDER OF SERVICE
7:00 P.M.
PRESIDING...
The Rev. R. N. Gooden
President, Tallahassee Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SONG SERVICE...
St. Mary P.B. Gospel Chorus
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
THE SELECTION...
Bethel A.M.E. Gospel Chorus
THE INVOCATION...
The Rev. D.H. Jamison
THE SELECTION...
Bethel A.M.E. Gospel Chorus
THE SCRIPTURE...
The Rev. R.L. Wilson
Old Testament
The Rev. R. B. Holmes
New Testament
THE SELECTION...
Bethel A.M.E. Gospel Chorus
THE WELCOME...
The Rev. Reesce Joyner
GREETINGS...
The Rev. Ernest Ferrell, President
Tallahassee Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
The Hon. Jack McLean
Mayor, City of Tallahassee
The Hon. Bob Martinez
Governor, State of Florida
THE SELECTION...
Bethel A.M.E. Gospel Chorus
THE LITANY...
The Rev. E.L. Daniels
(see back cover)
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER...
The Rev. A.J. Richardson
THE HYMN...
The Rev. Emory Andrews
"Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
THE SERMON...
The Rt. Rev. Philip R. Cousins, Bishop
11th Episcopal District A.M.E Church
THE PRESENTATION OF OFFICERS
THE OFFERING...
Bro. Charles Reddick
Bro. James L. Johnson
Sis. Gloria Taylor
The Rev. B.L. Johnson
The Rev. J.E. Connelly
REMARKS
THE BENEDICTION...
The Rev. Stanley Walker
THE LITANY
Leader: O God, even as we consider our future, we remember those of the past through whom you have spoken. We petition for the insight of their lives; that they, from the "great cloud of witnesses" of departed spirits, may stand beside us to encourage our Christian endeavors.
Right: Doctor and recorder of good news, Luke, the good physician, who found faith, hope and love in Jesus Christ: Stand beside us to encourage our faith, hope and love.
Center: Christian martyrs of old, Polycarp, Ignatius, Justin, who refused conformity to Caesar: Stand beside us to bolster our courage when we are tempted to compromises.
Left: Bridgegroom of poverty, who went about helping the poor, our brother Francis of Assisi, critic of affluence and friend of all creation: Stand beside us as we use our wealth for compassion.
Right: Obedient reformer, Martin Luther, faithful rebel of empty ritual: Stand beside us in the church-[renewal] struggles of today.
Center: Patron of nurses, Florence Nightingale, unconcerned over which of the sexes does heroic service: Stand beside women involved in service today.
Left: Apostle of non-violence, Mohandas Gandhi, reproach to modern practice and friend to the masses: Stand beside us in opposing war as a solution.
Right: Citizen of the world, Martin Luther King Jr., peacemaker, reconciler, dreamer of an America in which all persons are truly free. Stand beside us to inspire our hope and efforts for a nation that guarantees liberty and justice for all, and a world united in peace.
Center: Grant us Lord, the attitudes toward life and work and fellow human beings that we, like these, may seek not to be served, but to serve.
Unison: In the name and spirit of Jesus Christ. AMEN
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