G R E E N W O O D C H R I S T I A N M E T H O D I S T E P I S C O P A L C H U R C H

Pastor

Rev. Bethel L. Harris, Jr.

Presiding Elder

Rev. Dr. JJ Jackson, III

Northeast District

Presiding Prelate

Bishop Henry M. William-son, Sr.

Inside this issue:

Remember To Look For the Good

2

Faith’s Action

2

Lane College Ser-vice Project

3

Pictures: Lane College Service Project &

3

De’Anna Ander-son CYF Banquet Winner

3

Were You There?

4

Greenwood Calendar Up-dates

4

The Green May 2018

Annual Easter Program

By Angles Pate

Jesus says in Mark

10: 13-16, “Let the

little children come to

me and do not hinder

them, for the king-

dom of God belongs

to such as these.”

During the Easter sea-

son we engage and

encourage the chil-

dren to embrace the

risen Savior. We can

use this time to teach

our youth about the

Easter story.

The Easter story can

be difficult for some

children to understand

and grasp. Therefore, a

simple approach to help-

ing children understand

the Easter story, is to

have them recite speech-

es, act in roles that depict

Jesus Christ’s life , death

and resurrection also

through song and dance.

The Annual Easter Pro-

gram was a total success.

All of the children performed

with excellence, regardless of

the role they played. Parents,

thank you for your support in

working with the youth. Your

support helps to reinforce the

importance of the Easter story

which is, “Christ the Lord is

indeed risen!”

Our prayer is that you contin-

ue throughout the year to em-

phasize, to all youth, the im-

portance of the

Easter story

and encourage

them to remain

close to Jesus,

his word and

his teachings.

nute all is well and the next

minute anything that can

go wrong will go wrong.

When bad things happen as

they often do, we have to

look deep into the situation

and find the good. If we

look hard enough we will

find it. A grade of B is

good. Another job is just

around the corner waiting

on you to apply. And fortu-

nately an illness has a prov-

en cure. Don’t allow your-

self get bogged down in

negative thinking. Select a

scripture verse that encourages

your heart, think positively and

continue on. When you stop and

think about it, you might ask this

question, “Why Not Me?”

God is in charge of our lives. He

watches over us and asks only

that we believe in Him and abide

by is His words. God has a way of

working things out for us. We

just have to believe and look for

the good.

Remember To Look For the Good By Glover Tillman

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Greenwood “Reaching the Lost & Teaching the Cross”

Join the Mission

“Reaching the

Lost and

Teaching the

Cross”

No matter what age

we are, we have at

some point asked our-

selves this question,

“Why Me?” Life has a

way of throwing us a

curve when we have

alternate plans. We

can plan and organize

and arrange perfectly. Unfor-

tunately, something will invar-

iably go wrong. We study hard

to make an A and we make a

B. We interview for a job and

the answer is no. When some-

one is diagnosed with an ill-

ness we are afraid. One mi-

Faith’s Action By Rev. Ralph Thompson

F – Never ‘Forced ‘and al-

ways ‘Fitting.’

A –Rarely ‘Alienate’ and al-

ways ‘Apt.’

I –Never ‘Imposing’ and al-

ways ‘Inviting.’

T – Never ‘Thankless’ and

always ‘Thoughtful.’

H—Never ‘Hurtful‘ and al-

ways ‘Helpful.’

An elderly black gentleman

was approached once, by a

well-meaning white mission-

ary, who had taken the time

and spent the energy

handing out Tracts ‘across

the tracks.’ Being mindful

not to miss an opportunity

or a person with smile

aglow and courage in-tow,

he asked the old man,

“May I give you one of my

Tracts, to read in your

spare time?” The old man

gently shook his head and

smiled, “No sir, thank

you,” he replied. With a

kind and engaging persis-

tence, the visitor from

across the tracks respond-

ed, “Please, take it. It may

mean the salvation of your

soul!” The old man chuckled

and sheepishly told him,

“Mister, I can’t read. So your

Tract won’t do me any good”.

The man blushed and looked

toward the ground not knowing

what to say. The old man said,

“I can’t read your Tract, but I

can read your tracks, if you

don’t mind.”

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Lane College Service Project By Deborah Harris

The members of Greenwood C.M.E. Church worked with

First Lady Deborah Harris to participate in the Lane College

Service Project, sponsored by the West Tennessee Region

Ministers’ Spouses Widows and Widowers Department.

First Lady Harris serves as Regional President and worked

with the other Ministers’ Spouses to insure that the Project

was a success. This is the 3rd year for the Project as well as

the 3rd year that the Greenwood Church organizations and

members worked to collect needed items for the students

at Lane College.

Lane College is the only CME Church Historically Black Col-

lege (HBCU) located in the First Episcopal District (Arkansas

and Tennessee). First Lady Harris shared, “We have so

many students who live far distances from Jackson, TN,

who will remain on the campus to attend Summer ses-

sions. “ These students are in need of the following items:

school supplies, toiletries, snacks, bottled water, soap and

body wash, washing powder pods, back packs and other

items. Mrs. Rose Flenoyl secured backpacks, for the stu-

dents, from the FedEx Corporation. She has assisted with

this project since its inception

Members of the Church “Dream Team,” along with Minis-

ters’ and Spouses from other Churches, gathered to organ-

ize and pack 50 “Care Packages” for delivery to the College

on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Thanks to Calvin Screen, our

driver, for his diligence in working with the team to get

these items to the College. A Team of Spouses accompa-

nied Calvin and delivered the items. The students were

very happy and appreciative to see the love and generosity

shown to them, yet again, from the Ministers’ Spouses and

the Churches in the West TN Region. I want to thank all of

the “Dream Team” members, Ministers, organizations and

members of Greenwood for your assistance. One of the

recipients was Jonathan Carpenter, the grandson of Bishop

Henry M. Williamson, Sr. and Dr. Doris Y. Wil-

liamson. Jonathan graduated with a Bachelor of

Science in Business Administration on Saturday,

April 28, 2018.

Our very own, talented and out-

standing

student

De’Anna

Anderson,

was the

2018 win-

ner of the

CYF Ban-

quet Con-

test.

3311 Kimball Avenue

Memphis, Tennessee 38111

Phone: 901-744-7665

Fax: 901-744-7664

G R E E N W O O D C H R I S T I A N M E T H O D I S T E P I S C O P A L C H U R C H

Were you There ?

Monthly Greenwood Updates

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The Green is published once per month. If you

would like to submit an article, it should be be-

tween 200 –250 words. Please submit articles

by the 15th of each month. All information must

be approved by Pastor Harris.

Coordinator: Joyce Cooper

Editor: Millicent B. DeWitt

Secretary: Helen Dozier

Consultant: Reverend Bethel L. Harris, Jr.

Photographer: Bonnie Holmes

Reporters: Gregory Bethel, Dorothy Johnson,

Jewel Mcgahee, Ruby Porter, Glover Tillman

May 1 National Women Health Month

May 6 VBS staff Mtg.

May 13 Happy Mother’s Day Breakfast 9a

May 15 Church Conference 6p

May 19 Young Adult Outing

May 20 VBS Kick-Off

May 26 Missionary Prayer Brunch 10a

May 27 Sunday School Students Recognition/ High School

Graduates Reception

June 1 National Men Health Month

June 4– 8 VBS 5:30p nightly