History in the making!!! Bethesda Apostolic Church Anniversary & Installation of Pastor Tobaise Brookins

Mark your calenders & cell phones. Please tell everyone about these events.

Date: Friday, May 6, 2011
Time: 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Place: Bethesda Apostolic Church
3723 E. Dakota Ave, Fresno, CA
(corner of Millbrook Ave & Dakota Ave)

$3 donation, Age 21 & older.

"Cafe" - a time to unwind at Fresno's Finest Christian venue for an evening of Relaxation while enjoying & expressing talent through spoken word, theatrics, creative musical expressions, & more ...

Church Anniversary & Installation of Pastor Tobaise Brookins
Date: May 12 - May 14, 2011
Place: Bethesda Apostolic Church
3723 E. Dakota Ave, Fresno, CA

• Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 7:30 pm - "Founder's Night": Celebrating 54yrs of ministry & dedicated services of Bishop Henry L. Johnson.
• Date: Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 7:30 PM "Empowerment Night"
• Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 12:30 pm - "Installation Service" of Pastor Tobaise Brookins

*** If you would like purchasing congratulatory ads, please contact Elizabeth Leffall at 559-349-7214 and/or email eleffall@gmail.com by May 5, 2011. Please send electronic copy in Word or PDF format.

Phone: 559-225-1673 Website: www.bethesdaapostolic.com

Any questions, comments, or need additional information, contact Carmelita at 559-288-5008.

Celebrate Mother's Day with the Morehouse College Glee Club

Special Musical Selections by the Morehouse College Glee Club

Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Time: 10:45am
Place: Saint Rest Church
1550 E. Rev. Chester Riggins Ave.
(formerly E. Florence Ave.)
Fresno, CA 93706

For more info please call 559.237.5551

Basking in the world-wide exposure provided by the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympics, the Morehouse College Glee Club, The Spelman College Glee Club and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus were the driving voices behind the 300-strong Olympic Centennial Choir featured during the Opening Ceremony on July 19, 1996. During the Closing Ceremony, the Morehouse College Glee Club was featured with soprano Jennifer Larmore and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in a stirring rendition of the "Olympic Hymn"; with Gloria Estefan in singing the specially written Olympic theme, "Reach"; joined with Stevie Wonder, spellbinding the audience with "Imagine"; and at the extinguishing of the Olympic Flame, performed the moving a cappella arrangement of "The Flame" with famed country singer Trisha Yearwood.

Directed by the renowned Dr. David Morrow, this distinguished all-male chorus has completed a successful tour of the Russian Republic that included a stop in the capital of Moscow and trips to Poland, Bermuda and South Africa.

Westside Church of God EGG-travaganza!

Westside Church of God presents an EGG-travaganza!

Date: Saturday, April 23rd
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Place: Westside Church of God
1424 West California Ave.
Fresno, California

FREE & LUNCH is included!!!

ALL kids up to 6th grade are welcome

Activities include:
Games - Egg Hunt
Music – Food – Bounce Houses
Piñata & MORE!!!

For more information: Call (559) 237-1444 Or cyya@wscog.org

“We have Come This Far by Faith: Liberation Theology and Destiny in the African American Experience”

African American Intellectual Thought Symposium

“We have Come This Far by Faith: Liberation Theology and Destiny in the African American Experience”

Date: April 29, 2011
Time: 3:30-6:00 p.m.
Place: Leon Peters Recreation Center Auditorium

“A Conversation With My Christian Brothers: Is God A White Racist?”

Keynote Speaker: John McClendon, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan

Dr. McClendon is a full professor of Philosophy and has published the definitive work on C.L. R. James. His book is entitled C.L.R. James’s Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism. McClendon is on the advisory board of Blackpast.org and the editorial advisory board of the journal, Cultural Logic and co-editor of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter-Philosophy and the Black Experience.

“Obama, Wright, and Faith in America”

Speaker: Pamela Y. Cook

Ms. Cook attained her doctorate of jurisprudence from Emory University School of Law. At present, she is attaining her M.Div at the United Theological

Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota. Ms.Cook is a licensed Baptist Minister and participated in Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.'s Minister in Training program. Ms. Cook is also the former Director of Minority Affairs at Georgia College and State University. She was a caucus precinct captain for the Obama presidential campaign in Iowa.

“Power of God and the Power of History: My Theological Odyssey to Liberation Theology”

Speaker: W.J. Moussa Foster

W. J. Moussa Foster is a theologian and an independent scholar. He earned his M.A. in African Peoples History from the University of Minnesota and completed doctoral work in African history. He is currently attaining his M.Div at the United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, MN. Mr. Foster has coordinated the pioneering cultural studies program at Luther College. He has published the well received essay, “Up From Brutality: Ending Sexual Violence in Black Communities,” in Transforming A Rape Culture.

For further information contact Dr. Malik Simba, Coordinator, Africana Studies Program at maliks@csufresno.edu or 278-2832.

Good Friday Community Worship Service: “If I Am Lifted Up” - The Last Seven Words of the Cross

West Fresno Ministerial Alliance Presents Good Friday 2011 Community Worship Service
“We Serve”

Date: Good Friday, April 22, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Saint Rest Baptist Church
1550 East Rev Chester Riggins Avenue, Fresno, California 93706
(559) 237-5551

“If I Am Lifted Up” - The Last Seven Words of the Cross. Featuring...

Pastor James Parks
West Fresno Christian Center
“Father, Forgive them, they know
Not what they do” Luke 23:34

Pastor Joel Eidsness
First Presbyterian Church
“My God, My God, why hast Thou
Forsaken me” Mark 15:34

Pastor Jim Franklin
Cornerstone Church
“This day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise” Luke 23:43

Pastor Jerome Harris
Corinth Baptist Church
“I Thirst” John 19:28

Dr. Barbara Glass, President
Ecclesia University of Divinity, International
“Woman, Behold Thy Son” Luke 19:26

Pastor Clussie Smith
Solid Rock COGIC
“It is Finished” John 19:30


Pastor BT Lewis
Rising Star MBC
“Into thine hands, O Lord, I commend My spirit” Luke 23:46

For information, please visit www.weservefresno.org or call (559) 291-5317

Pastor Jymme Foote, President