50th Birthday Celebration Mrs. Lawrence

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Adebisi Tawa Lawrence Chapel of Restoration 6706 West Airport Blvd, Houston TX 77071

April 7, 2013 | 4:00pm

Order of Service Opening Prayer 2 Songs of Praise and Worship 3 Hymn 1 – 1

To God be the Glory

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Scripture Reading

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– Ps. 116 : 1-19

Recognizing Special Guests Reading of Scripture

– Ps. 90: 1-17 The Celebrant Speaks Exhortation Thanksgiving Blessings over the Celebrant Hymn 2

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– Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Biography

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eaconess Adebisi Tawa Lawrence was born on April 4th 1963 to Late Alhaji Chief D.S Adegbenro former premier of western region of Nigeria and Balogun Owu, Abeokuta and Alhaja Tayibat Adunni Adegbenro at General Hospital Sokenu Abeokuta.

She first began her primary education at Saint Bennedette Private Nursery School Abeokuta Ogun State and her secondary education at African Church Grammar School Abeokuta Ogun State. She proceeded to Ogun State School of Midwifery Ijebu-Ode where she graduated in 1982 September as a registered midwife then worked from December 1982 to 1986 at General Hospital Sokenu Abeokuta and Ogun State Health Center Idiroko. She went back to school at Ogun State School of Nursing Abeokuta to further her education in nursing and graduated in November 1987 to become a registered nurse.

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n addition, she also went back to school to obtain a family planning certificate, and then worked at Ogun State General Hospital Otta before migrating to the United States in September 1990. She met her heart throb Felix Omodunbi Lawrence in January 1992 and got married in April 30th 1992 and the marriage is blessed with 3 wonderful children Omomofe, Oluwafunmibi, Oluwafikayomi Lawrence. She worked at various health institutions in United States and currently she is the Administrator/Director of Nursing at Devotion Healthcare Services Inc. “To God be the Glory for his mercies endureth forever�

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Hymn 1 To God be the glory To God be the glory, great things He hath done, So loved He the world that He gave us His Son, Who yielded His life an atonement for sin, And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Refrain Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory, great things He hath done.

Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, To every believer the promise of God; The vilest offender who truly believes, That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Refrain Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory, great things He hath done.

Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done, And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son; But purer, and higher, and greater will be Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

Refrain Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory, great things He hath done.

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Tribute to My Wife

ll I have to say is to thank God for blessing me with a wonderful, strong and understanding wife Happy glorious 50th birthday and many happy returns. The very day I saw you it was instant attraction of likeness at first sight. Since that day my likeness in you is just by product of my love for you. I love you to the love of my bone and my soul.

Thank you for enduring the bad side of me with your gentile and your tender heart.

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ou are my friend, my wife; my counselor and my confident at all times. We came a long way. We rock the boat together during difficult times

and survived to talk about it. I love you more than anything in the world. May God continue to guide you, provide you wisdom and humility. May God blessing be upon you always and this guidance validate upon you because you are loved.

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will always love you “Mummy�. By the grace of all mighty God we shall live to see our great grandchildren. Amen.

Felix Omodunbi Lawrence.

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mom would always give us encouraging words from the bible. My mom would always say to us “I pray to God that each and every one of my children will be successful.” Hearing that almost all my life, is what keeps me going in this crazy world because my mom gives me so much support. My mom was never the type of mom to bash her kids if we were to do wrong.

Instead, my mom will give us advice to make sure that we wouldn’t make the same mistake.

Even if my mom knew we did wrong, she will still defend us as if we did right because a mother always stands behind her children.

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What is the Definition of a mother?

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ccording to the dictionary, a mother is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child. However, my definition of a mother is a woman who loves her children unconditionally. A woman who stands behinds her children whether if they are wrong or right.

A women who will never abandon her children.

My mom possesses all of those qualities.

Throughout my childhood, my mom always expected the best out of her children.

She expected us to excel in school and be successful in life. Of course, we would excel and achieve success because my mother gave birth to three gifted children. She was the type to always put positivity in our lives and made sure we heard at least something positive 5 for the day. As a devoted Christian, my

hen I think about everything my mom has done for my siblings and I, tears roll down my face because she is one hard working woman. If you knew how much my mom has worked for her life, you will be amazed. My mom does whatever she can to make sure we are well provided. There isn’t anything that I have asked for that my mom has not done. This lady will jump over the moon to make sure that we are happy. When I see my mother’s hard work, sometimes I wish she would treat herself or at least take a day to relax. I know that will rarely happen because the love my mom has for us is never ending. I appreciate everything my mommy does for us.

If you know my mom, her children are something she does not play with at all but not only that but her heart is filled with nothing but pure generosity and compassion.

She will help out anyone if they asked for her help, or even if they didn’t ask for help.

The fact my mom has a kind heart and is a nurse is perfect because she takes care of everyone else before she gets to herself.

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debisi Lawrence is not just only a mother but also my support system as well.

I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost a mother like mine. She is a great mother, a phenomenal woman, a great friend, mentor, role model and all the above. I love my lil shorty

Omomofe Esther Lawrence

Happy Birthday Mom Mom I love you with all my heart you have done so many things for me that I cannot even count. You always talk to me and give me guidance of what to do and I will always thank you for that. I thank God for giving me such a loving mother because you have always taken care of us from when we were young and you always tell me that it was not easy but from praying to God and hard work that you can achieve what you want and I have always taken that number one advice from you. Mommy there is not enough words that I can say but only say thank God for blessing me with the best mother in the world. And I am wishing you a loving 50th birthday from the bottom of my heart I love you mommy and God Bless you.

Oluwafunmibi David Lawrence.

MY DEAR MOTHER! One thing I would like to say about my mom is that she is a very good mother, she helped me a lot and she taught me important stuff about the world and that she would do anything to try and make us happy and also try her best to make us learn, and how to be responsible and respectful. My mom is the best mom I could have in the world and I love her for everything she has done for me and I will always love her forever and ever and ever and ever and ever. Happy birthday mommy from your loving daughter, I love you mommy.

Oluwafikayomi Lawrence

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Looking back....

... & giving Thanks.

To My Dear Sister Having a sister in your life can either be a wonderful or terrible experience, depending on your relationship. Sisi mi Tawa, we have a special relationship and I’m so thankful to have you as a sister. 50 years have rolled by pretty fast; no doubt, we had a glorious past remembering all the happy times we have together shared as sisters and all your feelings towards me as you cared.

May God grant you many; many more of the joy that you wish others, the love that you give to others, and the fulfillment of life that you pray for others.

Happy 50th Birthday Sis. From your loving sister‌..

Bisi Omotunwashe

Birthday Message to

Deaconess Tawakalitu Adebisi Lawrence Tawa Alake is too dear to me. I love her so much. She is a gentle Lady of high reputation; she is gorgeous, honest, helpful and diligent, not to me alone but to all the Adegbenro Family and among her friends & colleagues. She is well respected & loved by all.

My prayer is that divine mercy, peace, favor, joy, good health, wisdom of God will be your portion as you step into your 50th year today. May the Lord bless you & your family and keep you, may he make his face to shine upon you ,give you peace & and locate you now & always in Jesus name (Amen).

Have a wonderful and nice celebration, I love you and all that come out of Alhaji D.S Adegbenro.

Your Dear Sister

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Tribute to My Friend They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you.

Our bond is extremely special It is unique in it’s own way We have something irreplaceable I am glad to have you as a friend more and more every day.

We’ve been through so much together In so little time we’ve shared I will never forget all the moments that you’ve shown me how much you cared.

Friends are forever Especially the bond that you and I possess I love your fun-filled personality Somehow you never fail to impress.

The world could use more people like you it would certainly be a better place I love everything about you You are someone I could never replace.

You are always there for me When my spirits need a little lift I cannot thank you enough for that You are truly an extraordinary person You are everything to me and more I could never express that enough Life is such a treacherous journey, and Without you it would be even more tough.

As you celebrate your 50th birthday today I pray that the Almighty God will enlarge your coast You will continue to grow in age and wisdom with good health and He will continue to bless you more and more for being a wonderful friend.

Long life and Prosperity.

From:

Chief (Mrs) Adekunbi Aderonke Sodipo

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TO A VERY SPECIAL SISTER MRS. TAWALALITU ADEBISI LAWRENCE (NEE ADEGBENRO) ON HER 50TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY WHICH COMES UP TODAY 4TH APRIL 2013 On behalf of the entire D.S. Adegbenro family both home and abroad send you with lots of love and our sincere happy 50th birthday greetings on your special day. We wish you Joy and Happiness in every single way.

Our hearts hold many memories of the wonderful times we have spent, those precious family moments and all that have meant. You deserve to have a wonderful birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday Happy 50th birthday to a wonderful friend. I feel privileged and honored to be part of your birthday celebration just like I did 10years ago and I pray that none of us will be missing when we celebrate your 60th birthday. I thank God for our friendship and what you represent in my life. May the good Lord continue to grant you long life and prosperity in good health. May he continue to shower you with blessings, joy and happiness that supersedes human understandings.

LOVE, FUNMI ONIPEDE.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the one of the most special Person in our life!

The stars in the nightsky will turn to fireworks, because Angels up there will also celebrate your special day! May God bless you with more success and glory in the years to come and may God fills your birthday with beautiful peaceful moments, so you can relax, reflect on your blessings, and remember how special you are to God and to all the people in your life. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Ma. Olumide Olayinka on behalf of your Nephews and Nieces

Happy Birthday

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y Sister In-Law Mrs. Tawakalitu Adebisi Lawrence is so dear to me.Since I knew her years ago before I married her senior sister,she has been very good & well behaved to me.

Mrs. Tawa Adebisi Lawrence is a lady to be reckoned with. She is very generous,and ever ready to assist anyone in any way possible know her to be joyous and I hardly see any annoyance in her but does not want any one to offend her. Call her any time of the day,she is prepared to listen to you.

Mrs Tawa Adebisi Lawrence is a beautiful,social,gentle,lovely and a kind lady indeed.

I pray that as you attain the age of 50 years today you will witness many more years in Jesus Mighty Name.You will see your Children Children and you will rreap the fruits of your labour.You will not lack and you will continue to have.

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avour & Mercy of God will be your Portion and your family,& God will multiply your blessings in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen.

Have a wonderful and enjoyable celebration today 4th April, 2013.

From your in-law

Mr C.O Olayinka

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Hymn 2 Blessed be the Name Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

The glories of my God and king!

Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

Refrain: Blessed be Blessed be Blessed be Blessed be

the the the the

Name, blessed be the Name, Name of the Lord!

Name, blessed be the Name, Name of the Lord!

Jesus! the Name that charms our fears, Blessed be the Name of the Lord! ’Tis music in the sinner’s ears, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

Refrain: He breaks the pow’r of canceled sin, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

His blood can make the foulest clean, Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

Refrain: I never shall forget that Blessed be the Name of When Jesus washed my Blessed be the Name of Refrain: Blessed be Blessed be Blessed be Blessed be

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day, the Lord! sins away, the Lord!

Name, blessed be the Name, Name of the Lord!

Name, blessed be the Name, Name of the Lord!

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Reception Program Gardenia Reception Hall

3505 S. Dairy Ashford #135 Houston, TX 77072 (at Westpark Dr.)

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Arrival of guests introduction of the MC Arrival of the celebrants Opening prayer Entertainment by African Student AssociationElsik High School

Toast to the celebrant Cutting of the Cake Picture taking Vote of thanks Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!

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Appreciation The celebrant and her entire family express their heart felt gratitude for your distinguished presence at the thanksgiving service to celebrate God’s faithfulness and grace over their lives.

May you always be celebrated all the days of your life in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Thank you & God Bless!

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