ANNUAL WOMEN’S DAY ACT OF WORSHIP
THE PRELUDE **
MUSICAL SELECTION**
GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP*
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Come, let us place our hope in the Lord.
Let us worship with renewed strength and soring hearts.
-Isaiah 40:31, NIV
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
MUSICAL SELECTIONS***
CALL TO THE OFFERING
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY**
MUSIC SELECTION
INTERCESSORY PRAYER*
WOMEN’S DAY OCCASION
INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER*
PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR THE WORD
THE WORD PROCLAIMED
WOMEN’S DAY CHOIR
Sister Candyce Curry
Sister Dawn Horn
WOMEN’S DAY CHOIR
Sister Devin Cowan
WOMEN’S DAY CHOIR
Reverend Earla Sue Lockhart
Sister Audrey Jupiter
Sister Mary Cotton
WOMEN’S DAY CHOIR
Reverend Tamieka Nichole Gerow
Philadelphia, PA
THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
THE DOXOLOGY*
BENEDICTION
Reverend Gerow
Minister Priscilla Montgomery
Guest Preacher
Reverend Tamieka Nicole Gerow is a native of Philadelphia, PA. She received her early education in the public schools of Philadelphia and her Bachelor of Arts from Eastern University. With an innate ability to inspire people from all walks of life, she remains committed to her Christian walk, ministry and her education. With a thirst to better understand the Word and will of God, she enrolled in the Master of Divinity program as a Kern Scholar at Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University and graduated in 2008. While attending STVU, Rev. Gerow received a certificate in Congregational Pastoral Care from the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care, Inc.
In 2013, she completed a certificate program in Theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary. While in the process of certificate completion, she was the first student to become a mentor to the following cohort members. She is rock solid in her faith, yet her mind is open to new opportunities to understand and exercise her faith. Rev. Tamieka Nicole Gerow earned her Heart of Leadership Coaching® Certification and Registered Corporate Coach™ designation through the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. She is designated a Certified Practitioner for Everything DiSC® and Five Behaviors.
Rev. Tamieka Nicole Gerow is a Leadership Coach and Facilitator with Impact Business Coaches, a firm that works with people around the world to help them achieve their goals, live their best lives, and create legacies of impact. She has a passion to support emerging leaders, especially when they grapple with the challenges of finding work/ life harmony. Drawing on her diverse background as a mother, pastor, leader, and educator, she supports her clients in achieving wholistic success in life. This proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is the doting mother of Kennedy Noelle and Keon Nicholas Xavier. Inspired by Luke 4:18, she is often heard saying, “I must be faithful to this moment in time that God has given me. I recognize that the anointing on my life is tied to the needs of others; someone somewhere is counting on what God has placed inside of me.”
