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Conference Schedule WIM Worship Service Memorial Worship Service Ordination/Retirement Worship Service The Closing & Commissioning Worship Service 1 9 11 14 23 TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening Worship 4
Devotions - BOE Students
11:00 AM
BREAKFAST
The Opening Worship & Holy Communion
06:00 PM WMS Night In White
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WMS Convention 01:00 PM LUNCH
Bishop meets with Presiding Elders and Treasurer 03:00 PM Bishop meets with Board of Examiners (Dean and Chair)
08:00 AM
08:45 AM
Business Session I
Business Session II
11:00 AM
Bishop's Greetings Roll
08:00 AM
Pastoral Reports (Three Districts or as many as possible)
Memoirs 11:00 PM
Devotions - BOE Students 02:30 PM
Board of Examiners Report
BREAKFAST
2022 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
01:00 PM LUNCH 02:15 PM
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WEDNESDAY
Bible Study - BOCE
07:00 AM
09:00 AM
05:30 PM
DINNER 07:00 PM WIM Worship Service
09:00 AM
Reports
THURSDAY
Devotions - BOE Students
Literary Reports
PE Salary and Upkeep
12:00 PM Memorial Worship
EconomicEvangelismDevelopment
FRIDAY
Election of the Judicial Committee Retirement Acknowledgement
05:30 PM
DINNER
07:00 PM Lay Organization Night
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Ministerial Efficiency Report
StateMemoirsofthe Church
State of the Country
08:00 AM
Bible Study - BOCE
Circuit and Stations Pension and Stipends
07:30 AM
09:00 AM
Reading of Minutes / Adoption
BREAKFAST
08:45 AM
Pastoral Reports
Business Session III
Literary Reports
01:30 PM LUNCH 02:45 PM Devotions - BOE Students 03:00 PM Business Session IV
Treasurer's Report and Election Election of GDC Members DisciplinaryResolutions Questions
Resolutions Committee Report
Presentation of Certificates
SATURDAY
12:00 PM
09:00 AM
SUNDAY
Devotions - BOE Students 01:30 PM Business Session V
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BREAKFAST
08:00 AM
The Closing Worship and Commissioning Service
TrusteeMinutesReport and Elections
Doxology and Benediction
Sunday Church School 09:00 AM
1:30 PM YPD Convention 05:00 PM DINNER 06:00 PM YPD Night
LUNCH
Reading Pastoral Appointments
01:15 PM
07:30 AM
Ordination And Retirement Worship
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. All the earth and sing praises.
September 22, 2022 - 11:00 AM
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
The Processional
The Prelude Church Choir
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer.
THE HYMN OF PRAISE REV. N. RULULU-THANTSI
Worship Participants & Bishop
THE DOXOLOGY
Rev. Harris M. Sishuba, Worship leader
Leader: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
Leader: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord; our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
OPENING WORSHIP SERVICE
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
AMEH 750
1. And are we yet alive
2. Preserved by power Divine And see each other’s face?
Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house Lord, I have loved thy habitation, the place where thy honor dwelleth.
To full salvation here, Glory and praise to Jesus given
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before Him.
3. What troubles have we seen
Again in Jesus’ praise we join For his redeeming grace! And in his sight appear
4. But out of all the Lord What conflicts have we passed, Hath brought us by his love;
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MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Eternal are thy mercies, Lord. Eternal truth attends thy word; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, ‘Till sun shall rise and set no more.”
Leader: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
BENEVOLENT OFFERING
Fightings without, and fears within
5. The let us make our boast
And still he doth his help afford, Since we assembled last. And hides our life above.
OLD TESTAMENT
REV. XOLISA H. ZANTSI EPISTLE REV. WELE CAMAGU THE GOSPEL REV. NONCEBA J. QOLO
“From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator’s praise arise; Let the Redeemer’s name be sung, Through ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue.
PREFACE TO THE DECALOGUE
REV. M. L. NJILI MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR
6. Let us take up the Cross Of His redeeming power, Till we the crown obtain; Which saves us to the uttermost, And gladly reckon all things loss, Till we can sin no more. So we may Jesus gain. A-men
REV. NONCEDO N. SEPTEMBER-CABA
ALL: Hear what Christ our Saviour saith, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
REV. LUVUYO P. MPAMBANI
THE OPENING PRAYER
THE SCRIPTURE READING
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now , and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE
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People: Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E’en though it be a cross, That raiseth me. Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee.
MINISTRY OF GIVING
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church
THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP
REVEREND MTOTOSE KENNETH MPAME
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN
“Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness which we from time to time most grievously have committed by thought, word and deed against your divine Majesty, provoking most justly your wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us.
THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER
BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN, CHIEF CELEBRANT
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN
THE GENERAL CONFESSION
PASTOR OF GS MAGAU AME CHURCH, QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT
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“You that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbor, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in His holy ways, draw near with faith and take the holy sacraments to your comfort, and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling.”
THE THE OPENING SERMON
REV. INNOCENT M. MONARE
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church
TE DEUM / SIYAKUDUMISA PROCLAMATIONTHIXO OF
THE SOLICITATION
THE COMMUNION HYMN
THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
THE FIRST COLLECT
PRAYER OF ADORATION
Minister: It is very meet, right and our bounden duty that we shall at all times, and in all places give thanks unto you, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father for your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake; forgive us all that is past, and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of your name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
PRAYER OF HUMILIATION
“Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who of your great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto you, have mercy upon us; pardon and deliver us from all our sins; confirm and strengthen us in all goodness; and bring us to everlasting life through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.”
“We do “We do not presume to come to this your table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather crumbs under your table. But you are the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us, therefore, Gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood that our sinful souls and bodies may be made clean by His death and washed through His blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him and be in us. Amen.”
ALL: Therefore, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Your Holy Name, ever more praising you and saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of host; heaven and earth are full of your glory. Glory be to You, O Lord, most high. Amen.
“Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who by your tender mercy did give your only son, Jesus Christ, to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, who made thereby his oblation of himself, once offered, a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and did institute and in his holy gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again; hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech you, and grant that we receiving these your creatures of bread and wine, according to your son, our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood: Who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread, (here the Minister is to take a piece of bread into his hand)and when he had given thanks, he broke it, (the celebrant breaks the bread), and gave it to his disciples saying, ‘Take, eat, this (and here lay his hands upon all the bread), is my body which is broken for you. This do in remembrance of me.’ Likewise, after the supper he took the cup (and here to lay his hands upon all vessels containing the wine) and when he had given thanks he gave it unto them saying, ‘Drink all of it, for this is my blood of New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins; do this, as often as you shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen.”
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
“Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your holy spirit that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.”
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN
Sharing of elements
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THE SECOND COLLECT
THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
"O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we your humble servants, desire your fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching you to grant that by the merits and death of your Son, Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and your whole church may obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto you, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy and living sacrifice unto you; humbly beseeching thee that all we who are partakers of his holy communion may be filled with your grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto you any sacrifice, yet we beseech you to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Christ our Lord; by whom and with whom in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory be unto you, O Father, Almighty, world without end. Amen.”
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN
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BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN
THEANNOUNCEMENTSDOXOLOGY& BENEDICTION THE
“Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men. We praise you, we bless you, we glorify you, we give thanks unto you for your great glory. O Lord God, heavenly king, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, son of the father that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us; You who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You who sit at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For you alone are holy; you alone are the Lord; you alone O Christ, with the Holy Ghost are most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.” PREACHER
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. All the earth and sing praises.
REV. NONCEDO SEPTEMBER-CABA
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before Him.
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Leader: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
September 22, 2022 - 07:00 PM
Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house Lord, I have loved thy habitation, the place where thy honor dwelleth.
MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR WORDS OF WELCOME
The Processional Worship Participants & Bishop THE DOXOLOGY REV. NOZUKO MAKHASI
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
IZULU LAKHO THIXO
THE CALL TO WORSHIP REV. NOZUKO MAKHASI
THE OPENING PRAYER REV. NONCEBA QOLO
Rev. Noncedo September-Caba, Worship leader
Leader: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord; our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer.
OPENING HYMN
THE SCRIPTURE READING
WIM WORSHIP SERVICE
OLD TESTAMENT
REV. TYHILELWA MANTSO NEEW TESTAMENT REV. LIC. T. MANENGELE
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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REV.
DLENGANE MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church PROCLAMATION OF THE SERMON REVEREND NTOMBIYOMZI RULULU-THANTSI PASTOR OF CHARLOTTE MAXEKE & HB SENATLE AME CHURCH, QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS LOCAL PASTOR THE DOXOLOGY & BENEDICTION THE PREACHER Page 10of 25
PREFACE TO THE DECALOGUE
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now , and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. OFFERING NOMNTU
People: Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
“From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator’s praise arise; Let the Redeemer’s name be sung, Through ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord. Eternal truth attends thy word; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, ‘Till sun shall rise and set no more.”
Leader: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E’en though it be a cross, That raiseth me. Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee.
ALL: Hear what Christ our Saviour saith, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
BENEVOLENT
SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE
REV. NOMTHANDAZO V. XWAZI
NAMES
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before Him.
Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer.
THE CALL TO WORSHIP REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
REV. BUBELE MAMBI PRAYER SAKA
Leader: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord; our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
RESPONSE ESIHLABELO
OLD TESTAMENT
READING
Leader: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
MEMORIAL WORSHIP SERVICE
THE OPENING HYMN
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house Lord, I have loved thy habitation, the place where thy honor dwelleth.
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
September 23, 2022 - 12:00 PM
THE OPENING PRAYER
AMEH53 - ITHEMBA LAM NGU YESU REV. NOMNTU DLENGANE
Rev. Nonceba J. Qolo, Worship leader
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. All the earth and sing praises.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
THE
NEW TESTAMENT
The Processional Worship Participants & Bishop THE DOXOLOGY REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
THE READING
PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP
REV. NOMTHANDAZO V. XWAZI LIC. TULETU MANENGELE OF THE REV. NONCEBA J. QOLO CHOIR
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SCRIPTURE
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
THE REV. LUVUYO MPAMBANI
BISHOP & REV. NONCEBA QOLO
Leader: We give thanks to You, O God, for servants, their witness, work and ministry for the cause of Your Kingdom. We remember with gladness our fellowship with them….Absent from the Body
PROCLAMATION OF THE MEMORIAL SERMON
People: Present with the Lord.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
People: Present with the Lord.
THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
PREACHER BISHOP
PASTOR OF MAKWILI MEMORIAL AME CHURCH, ALIWAL NORTH DISTRICT
MINISTRY OF GIVING
THE LITANY
People: O God of both the living and the dead, we praise Your Holy Name for all, your servants who have finished their course in faith. Encouraged by their example and strengthened by their fellowship, we pray that we may share with them in inheritance of the saints.
The Bishop: We give thanks to you, O God, for those whom we name in our hearts and who have been faithful to Your call and glorified You with their life and work….Absent from the Body
(Everyone is invited to share aloud the names of the persons you want to remember)
Leader: Absent from the Body.
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Leader: Jesus said “I am the Resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet shall they live. Whoever believes in me shall never die. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, beginning and the end. Because I live, you also shall live.”
REVEREND MZIMKHULU W. MBOLEKWA
Leader: Today we celebrate and remember those who have died since we last gathered together.
THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY
The Bishop: We give thanks to you, O God, who have finished their labors……Absent from the Body
People: Present with the Lord.
THE PRESENTATION OF THE SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church
THEANNOUNCEMENTSHYMNDOXOLOGY&BENEDICTION
THE PREACHER
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ALL: O God, we thank you for all those remembered here. Let us cherish their memory, celebrate their work, and live in hope that we shall again meet face to face. AMEN
People: Present with the Lord.
THE CLOSING
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before Him.
Leader: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord; our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
THE OPENING HYMN
THE PRELUDE Church Choir
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
WORDS OF WELCOME
Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Worship Participants & Bishop
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Rev. Simphiwe B. Matross, Worship leader
THE DOXOLOGY
Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house Lord, I have loved thy habitation, the place where thy honor dwelleth.
AMEH101 NDIKHOKELE O YEHOVA
ORDINATION & RETIREMENT WORSHIP SERVICE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
REV. NONCEBA J. QOLO
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. All the earth and sing praises.
THE PROCESSIONAL CHORALS
Leader: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
THE OPENING PRAYER
REV. HARRIS M. SISHUBA
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
September 24, 2022 - 09:00 AM
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
REV. LINDEMAN MOTWANA
MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR
I have enquired concerning them, and also examined them, and think them to so to be.
TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
ELDER.................................................................................................................REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOPloud
Name the Candidate(s)
ELDER................................................................................................................REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
THE PRESENTATION OF THE ELDER................................................................................................................REV.DEACONS
Members of the Queenstown Annual Conference, if there by any of you who know any impediment or crime in these persons presented to be ordained Itinerant Deacons, for which they ought not be admitted to that office, let them come forth in the name of God and show what the crime or impediment is.
SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
Members of the Queenstown Annual Conference, these are they whom we purpose, God willing this day to ordained Elders; for after due examination we find not contrary, but that they are lawfully called to this function and ministry, and they are persons meet for the same. But if there be any of you who know any impediment or crime in any of them for which they ought not be received into this Holy Ministry, let them come forth in the name of God and show what the crime or impediment is.
BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
The names being read out BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOPloud
THE PRESENTATION OF THE ELDER.................................................................................................................REV.ELDERS
SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
I have enquired concerning them, and also examined them, and think them to so to be.
BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
Name the Candidates
The names being read out
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Reverend Father in God, Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, I present unto you these persons to be ordained Itinerant Deacons.
BISHOP..................................................................................................BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN
Take heed that these persons whom you present unto us be apt and meet, by godly conversation, to exercise his/her ministry duly to the honour of God and the edifying if the church
Reverend Father in God, Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, I present unto you these person to be ordained Elders.
ELDER................................................................................................................REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
Take heed that these persons whom you present unto us be apt and meet, by godly conversation, to exercise their ministry duly to the honour of God and the edifying if the church
ELDER.................................................................................................................REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
REV. XOLISA ZANTSI
Almighty God, who by Thy Divine providence hath appointed diverse orders of ministers of Thy Church, and did’st inspire thine Apostles, to choose to the order of Deacons the first martyr, St. Stephen, with others, mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the like office and administration; replenish them so with the truth of Thy doctrine and adorn them with the innocency of life that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve Thee in this office to the glory of Thy holy name, and edification of Thy Church, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost now and forever. Amen.
UNTO THE DEACONS 1 Timothy 3:8-13 REV. TYHILELWA T. MANTSO THE EPISTLE UNTO THE ELDER Ephesians 4:7-13 REV. MZIMKHULU W. MBOLEKWA THE GOSPEL READING St. John 10: 1-4; 17-24 REV. WELE CAMAGU
BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church
THE COLLECT FOR ELDERS
THEAmen.EPISTLE
THE COLLECT FOR DEACONS
BENEVOLENT OFFERING
THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP
THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREACHER
SERMONICPROCLAMATIONHYMN OF THE ORDINATION SERMON REVEREND HARRIS M. SISHUBA PRESIDING ELDER OF THE UMTHATA DISTRICT THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Page 16of 25
REV. NONCEDO N. SEPTEMBER-CABA
THE
REV. NONCEDO N. SEPTEMBER-CABA Almighty God, giver of all good things, who by the Holy Spirit has appointed diverse orders of ministers in Thy Church, mercifully behold these Thy servants now called to the office of Elders and replenish them so with the truth of Thy doctrine and adorn them with the innocency of life that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve Thee in this office to the glory of Thy holy name, and edification of Thy Church, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost now and forever.
Bishop: Do you unfeignedly believe all the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments?
Candidate: I will endeavour to do so, the Lord being my helper
Bishop: Will you diligently read and expound the same unto the people whom you shall be appointed to serve?
You have heard, as well in your private examination as in the exhortation which was just made to you, and in the writings of the Apostles, of what dignity and of how great importance this office is, whereunto ye are now called. And now again we exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye have in remembrance how
ELDER
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Bishop: Take thou authority to execute the office of an Itinerant Deacon in the Church of God, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. A-men
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MTROSS
Candidate: I will
Bishop: Will you frame and fashion your own life and the lives of your families according to the doctrine of Christ, and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ?
THE ADMONITION TO ELDER CANDIDATES
Bishop: It appertained to the office of a Deacon to assist the Elder in Divine Service. And especially when he/she administers the Holy Communion, to help him/her in the distribution thereof and to read and expound the Holy Scriptures; to instruct the youth, and in the absence of the Elder, to baptize and furthermore, it is his/her office to search for the sick, poor and impotent, that they may be visited and relieved. Will you do this gladly and willingly?
THE ACT OF DEACON ORDINATION
Bishop: Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you the Office of Ministry in the Church of Christ, to serve God for the promotion of His glory and the edifying of His people?
Candidate: I do believe them.
Bishop: Take thou authority to read the Scriptures and to preach the same in the Church of God, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. A-men
Candidate: I will endeavour to do so, the Lord being my helper Candidate(s) kneeling
Candidate: I trust so.
Candidate: I will do so by the help of God.
Bishop: Will you reverently obey them to whom the charge and government over you is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions?
Bishop: Are you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all doctrines required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ? Are you determined out of the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge, and teach nothing, as required of necessity of salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be conducted and proved by Scripture?
Bishop: Will you then give your faithful diligence always so to minister the doctrines and sacraments and discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded?
Bishop: Do you think in your heart that you are truly called, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the Order of Elder?
Candidate: I do so believe.
Candidate: I am so persuaded and have so determined by God’s grace.
Bishop: And now that this present congregation of Christ here assembled may also understand your mind and will in these things, and that this your promise may be more move you to do your sacred duties, you shall answer plainly to these things which we, in the name of God and His Church, shall demand of you, touching the same.
high a dignity and to how weighty an office you are called; that is to say to be messengers, watchers, stewards of the Lord, to teach and to admonish; to feed and provide for the Lord’s family; to seek for Christ’s sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this evil world, that they may be saved through Christ forever. Have always, therefore, printed in your remembrance how great treasure is committed to you charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with His death, and for whom He shed His blood. The church and congregation whom you must serve is His Spouse and His Body. And if it should happen the same Church or any member thereof, do take any hurt or hindrance by reason of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault and also the horrible punishment that will ensue. Wherefore consider within yourselves the end of the ministry towards the children of God, towards the Spouse and body of Christ, and see that you never cease your labour, your care and diligence until you have done all that you are able to do, for all that are committed to your charge unto that agreement in faith, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there may be no place left among you either for error or in religion, or for viciousness in life.
Candidate: I will do so, by the help of the Lord.
ELDER REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
You cannot accomplish the doing of so weighty a work concerning the salvation of God’s people with doctrine and exhortation taken out of the Holy Scripture, and with a life agreeable to the same, without the spiritual foundation which comes through the reading and studying of the Scriptures, and the framing of your life and the lives of those who especially pertain to you, according to the rules of the same Scripture. For this reason you must forsake all and set aside as much as you can all worldly care and studies. We have good hope that you have weighed and pondered these things with yourselves long before this time, and that you have clearly determined by God’s grace to give yourselves to this office whereby it has pleased God to call you, so that as much as lieth in you, you will apply yourselves wholly to this one thing and draw all your cares and studies this way, and that you will continually pray to God the Father by the meditation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost, that by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures, you may wax riper and stronger in your ministry, and that you may so endeavour yourselves, from time to time to satisfy the lives of you and yours, and to fashion them after the rule and doctrine of Christ that you may be wholesome and godly examples and patterns of the people to follow.
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Response: And lighten with celestial fire
Response: Who doth Thy sevenfold gifts impart
Bishop: Come Holy Spirit, our hearts inspire
Candidate: I shall apply myself thereto, the Lord being my helper.
Bishop: Enabled with perpetual light
Candidate: I will do so, the Lord being my helper.
Bishop: Thy blessed unction from above
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Bishop: Will you be diligent to frame and fashion yourselves and your families according to the doctrine of Christ, and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples and patterns to the flock of Christ?
Veni Creator Spiritus (Come Creator Spirit)
Bishop: Will you be diligent in prayer and reading the Holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh?
Bishop: May the Almighty God, who hath given you this will to do all things, grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same, that He may accomplish His work, which He hath begun, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. A-men
Bishop: Thou the anointing Spirit art
Candidate: I will do so, the Lord being my helper.
Bishop: Will you be ready with all faithful diligence always to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God’s word, and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations as well to the sick as to the whole within your charge as need shall require and occasion shall be given?
Response: Is comfort, light and fire of love
Bishop: Will you maintain and set forth, as much as lieth in you, sweetness, peace and love among all Christian people, and especially among them that are or shall be committed to your charge?
Candidate: I will endeavour so to do, the Lord being my helper.
Bishop: Will you reverently obey your chief ministers unto whom is committed the charge and government over you, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, submitting yourselves to their godly judgments?
Response: The dullness of our blinded sight
Bishop: Anoint and cheer our soiled face Response: With the abundance of Thy grace
Candidate: I will do so, the Lord being my helper.
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Bishop: Teach us to know the Father, Son,
Bishop: That through the ages all along Response: This may be our endless song;
Response: Where Thou art guide, no ill can come
Almighty God, heavenly father, who of Thine infinite love and goodness towards us hast given us.Thy only and most dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be our redeemer and the author of everlasting life, who, after He had made perfect our redemption by His death and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into the world His apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers and pastors, by whose labor and ministry He gathered together a great flock in all parts of the world to set forth the eternal praise of Thy Holy name; for these so great benefits of Thy eternal goodness, and for that Thou hast vouchsafed to call these Thy servants here present to the same office and ministry appointed for the salvation of mankind, we render unto Thee most hearty thanks. We praise and worship Thee, and we humbly beseech Thee by the same blessed Son to grant unto all, who either here or elsewhere call upon Thy name, that we may continue to show ourselves thankful unto Thee for these and all Thy other benefits, and that we may daily increase and go forward in the knowledge and faith of Thee and Thy Son, by the Holy Spirit. So that as well as by these Thy ministers as by them over whom they shall be appointed Thy ministers that Thy holy name may be forever glorified and Thy blessed kingdom enlarged through the same, Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lived and reigned with Thee in unity of the same Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen
Response: And Thee of both to be but one!
Bishop: (With seven elders)The Lord pour upon thee the Holy Ghost for the office and work of an elder in the church of God, now committed unto Thee by the imposition of our hands. And be thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God and of His Holy sacraments in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen
Response: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Bishop: Take thou authority to preach the Word of God and to minister the Holy Sacraments in the congregation in he name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen
Bishop: Praise to Thy eternal merit
Bishop: Keep far our foes, give peace at home
Let us Bishop:Pray:
Secretary: Reverend, Father in God, Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, The Queenstown Annual Conference desires formally to recognize at this gathering the completion of the active service of one of our ministers. As secretary of the 39th Session of the Queenstown Annual Conference, I present to you this faithful minister for this Service of Recognition and honor, in appreciation of their untiring labors in the Christian Ministry.
Bishop: Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying the sheaves (Psalm 126:6)
STATEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT
Bishop: Dear Pastor, the record of your active ministry is written. It is written in the record of God. Your Church is deeply grateful for your ministry and for the care which you have exercised in faithfully fulfilling your vows of ordination. May the precious memories of your rears of sacrificial service and fruitful labor be blessed and hallowed. And now, as you yield your official responsibilities in the active ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, be assured that the years that are yet to be, may be filled with good works and become the crown of all your ministry, bringing glory and honour to you and to the Church. The congregation of which you will be a member will look to you for spiritual guidance and godly example. Your colleagues in the ministry will continue to seek and respect your counsels. They will annually listen for your answer to the “Roll Call” of the Conference.
LIFTING OF THANKSGIVING OFFERING
THE COMMUNION HYMN
VOTE OF THANKS
THE ABBREVIATED CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN, CHIEF CELEBRANT
THE SOLICITATION
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Bishop: In the name of God the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, let us enter into this service of the retirement of preachers from active work in the ministry of the church. (Let us pray) Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings, with your most gracious favor and further us with your continual help, that in all our works, begun, continued and ended in you, we may glorify your Holy Name, and finally by your mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
The secretary shall now call the name of the retiree, who, in turn, shall present him/herself to the bishop
“You that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbor, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in His holy ways, draw
Sharing of elements
THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
"O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we your humble servants, desire your fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching you to grant that by the merits and death of your Son, Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and your whole church may obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto you, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy and living sacrifice unto you; humbly beseeching thee that all we who are partakers of his holy communion may be filled with your grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto you any sacrifice, yet we beseech you to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Christ our Lord; by whom and with whom in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory be unto you, O Father, Almighty, world without end. Amen.”
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
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near with faith and take the holy sacraments to your comfort, and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling.”
THE GENERAL CONFESSION
Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father for your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake; forgive us all that is past, and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of your name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
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“Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness which we from time to time most grievously have committed by thought, word and deed against your divine Majesty, provoking most justly your wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us.
“Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who by your tender mercy did give your only son, Jesus Christ, to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, who made thereby his oblation of himself, once offered, a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and did institute and in his holy gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again; hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech you, and grant that we receiving these your creatures of bread and wine, according to your son, our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood: Who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread, (here the Minister is to take a piece of bread into his hand)and when he had given thanks, he broke it, (the celebrant breaks the bread), and gave it to his disciples saying, ‘Take, eat, this (and here lay his hands upon all the bread), is my body which is broken for you. This do in remembrance of me.’ Likewise, after the supper he took the cup (and here to lay his hands upon all vessels containing the wine) and when he had given thanks he gave it unto them saying, ‘Drink all of it, for this is my blood of New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins; do this, as often as you shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen.”
Leader: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord; our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
THE PROCESSIONAL CHORALS
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
MINISTRY OF MUSIC CHOIR
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People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent before Him.
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. All the earth and sing praises.
Leader: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
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Leader: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house Lord, I have loved thy habitation, the place where thy honor dwelleth.
SCRIPTURE READING
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
Leader: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart; be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer.
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand, I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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THE EPISTLE REV. NOMNTU DLENGANE THE GOSPEL REV. LINDEMAN MOTWANA
THE CLOSING & COMMISSIONING WORSHIP CELEBRATION
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
REV. SIMPHIWE B. MATROSS
Rev. Innocent M. Monare, Worship Leader
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
THE OPENING HYMN
THE OPENING PRAYER
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
REV. NONCEDO N. SEPTEMBER-CABA
OLD TESTAMENT
REV. M. W. MBOLEKWA
Worship Participants and Bishop THE DOXOLOGY
MUSIC CHOIR BENEVOLENT OFFERING REV. LUVUYO MPAMBANI WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REV. M. L. NJILI THE PRESENTATION OF THE BISHOP REV. HARRIS M. SISHUBA THE HYMN OF PREPARATIONTHE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL BISHOP SILVESTER SCOTT BEAMAN 139TH ELECTED AND CONSECRATED BISHOP OF THE AME CHURCH INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY OF GIVING BISHOP SILVESTER S. BEAMAN 139th Elected & Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church Page 24of 25
“From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator’s praise arise; Let the Redeemer’s name be sung, Through ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord. Eternal truth attends thy word; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, ‘Till sun shall rise and set no more.”
Leader: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
PREFACE TO THE DECALOGUE
SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E’en though it be a cross, That raiseth me. Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee.
MINISTRY
People: Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now , and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. OF
ALL: Hear what Christ our Saviour saith, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
REV. TAMARA Z. HLALUKANA
Bishop Silvester S. Beaman
THE HYMN OF COMMISSION
THE VOTE OF THANKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. I’ll make my great commission known Bid the whole earth, My grace receive; And ye shall prove My gospel true; Explain to them, My sacred word; By all the works that I have done, Bid them believe, obey and live! And all the wonders ye shall do.
THE SCRIPTURE (St. Matthew 28:16-20)
Bishop Silvester S. Beaman
REV. N. V. RULULU-THANTSI
3. Go, heal the sick, go raise the dead;
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THE POSTLUDE HYMN
Bishop Silvester S. Beaman
1. Go, preach my gospel, saith the Lord!
REV. M. L. NJILI
THE PASTORAL APPOINTMENTS
THE DOXOLOGY AND THE BENEDICTION
SERVICE
THEREPORTCOMMISSIONING
4. While thus ye follow My commands Go cast out devils in My name; I’m with you till the world shall end; Nor let the prophets be afraid, All power is trusted in My hands; Though Greeks reproach and Jews blaspheme I can destroy and can defend.
THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
THE CERTIFICATION OF CONFERENCES OFFICERS
REV. M. W. MBOLEKWA
THE CERTIFICATION OF ADMISSION / ORDINATION
THE PRAYER
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
5. He spake, and light shone around His head, On a bright cloud to heaven He rode; They to the Farthest Nation spread; The grace of their ascended God. Amen
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