PASTOR’S CORNER
What'sinaName?
By:PastorAustinJ.Young
“Andthosewhoknowyournameputtheirtrustinyou,foryou,OLord,havenotforsakenthosewhoseek you.”-Psalms9:10
WilliamShakespeare’s”RomeoandJuliet,”tellsastoryofayoungwomanwhoexpressesherlovetoa forbiddenpartner.Theyareconnectedbytheirheartsbutseparatedbytheirnames.Sherefusestoaccept society’snotionthatanamecarriesthatmuchweight.Thus,Julietasksacriticalquestionthatreverberates throughoutthehallwaysofmodernity,“what’sinaname?”
Ournamescancarryhistory,trauma,memories,prestige,disgraceandmore.Ournamescanlivelongand canexpirequickly.Thus,IunderstandtheplightofMs.Juliet,aswehavefickle,finite,andfrailnames.
So“what’sinaname?”
I’darguethereismuchinaname.Maybenotinmynameoryours,butinTheName. For,thereisanamethatispromising,permanent,andpeaceful.WearemadeitsacquaintanceinPsalm9; thepsalmistboldlydeclaresthatthisisanameyoushouldknow.Asthosewhoknowitcantrustit,forithas notforsakenthem.
Wecelebrate,duringthisAdventseason,thatweawaitanamethatwecantrust,try,andtriumph.Inadark, cold,anduncertainworldthenameofJesusisallencompassingandringsasweetmelodyinourears.It carriesweight,driesourtears,drivesawayfears,grantsusshelter,comfortswithlove,callsforjustice,and savesoursouls.Thisnameneverfails,whataname!
So“what’sinaname?”SeekthenameofJesusandhewillshowyou.
WHAT IS UP AT JWC!
December 1st: Social Justice Ministry Meeting @12PM
December 7th: Community Giving: Lighthouse @1PM
December 14th: M.I.S.T.E.R. @10AM
December 21st: CED Christmas Play @12PM
December 21st: Youth Noel Night @2PM
December 22nd: Sunday School Christmas Program @9AM
December 25th: Christmas Virtual Service @12PM
December 31st: Watchnight Service @10PM
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
December 8th: Anthony McClain*
December 10th: Gladys Green
December 11th: Willie Howard
December 15th: Victor Smith
December 16th: Warner Pilgram
December 16th: Chantell StainbackBeacham
December 16th: Patricia Phillips
December 17th: Troy Talison
December 17th: Christina Perkins
December 18th: Tracee Bailey
December 19th: Lauryn Banks
December 20th: Jahnee Hockenhull
December 20th: Billie Crawford
December 21st: Brenda Hall
December 22nd: Kayla Gatewood
December 22nd: Kyle Gatewood
December 25th: Leroy Usher
December 26th:Eleanor Stewart
December 26th: Caleb Ogunnupe
December 27th: Bernestine Whitmore
December 28th: Ruth Usher
December 31st: Joye Mosley
December 10th: Willie & Nannette Howard
PRAYER LIST
Barbara Flournoy
Tillman Dozier
Charlene Hartsfield
Shirley Lightsey
Anita Johnson
Homer Johnson
Evelyn McClain
Lanie Crutcher
Marylin Ford- Brown
Jacki Banks
Byron Shaw
Mildred Lucas
Helen White
Maurice O’Neal
Pat Clemons and Family
Gladys Green
Bill Amis
Shirley Young
Gwendolyn Brooks
Janice Plummer and Family
Lydia Conely
CHURCH OFFICE
REV. AUSTIN J. YOUNG, PASTOR: PASTORAJ@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. YVETTE LYLES, ADMINISTRATIVE MINISTER: REVYVETTE@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
BRENDA TIMS, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: EXECASST@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
KAILLA OGUNNUPE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: ADMIN@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
GLENDA STAINBACK, FINANCIAL ASSISTANT: FINANCE@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
ALAN HUNT, I, TRUSTEE CHAIRMAN: ALANHUNT@UMICH.EDU
LESLIE HARDY, STEWARD BOARD CHAIR: STEWARD@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
MICHAEL GORDON, SR. PREACHER'S STEWARD: MAG8180@GMAIL.COM
ANNETTE WOODEN, LEADER OF LEADERS: ANNETTE.WOODEN@HOTMAIL.COM
MINISTERIAL STAFF:
REV. POLLY TALISON, MINISTER OF DISCIPLESHIP:REVPOLLY@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. KATHY HUNT, MINISTER OF EVANGELISM &MINISTER TO WOMEN: REVKATHY@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. WILLIE PERKINS, MINISTER OF CONGREGATIONAL CARE: REVWILLIE@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. RUTH USHER, MINISTER OF SOCIAL &SPIRITUAL SERVICES: REVRUTH@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. EVELYN EKENG-OKON, MINISTER OF PRAYER:REVEVELYN@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. JUDIE STEWART, MINISTER OF MUSIC &ARTS: PRAYER@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
SIS. ALINDA MILLER, MINISTER OF OUTREACH &PUBLIC RELATIONS: REVALINDA@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. SHIRLEY DODDS, ASSOCIATE MINISTER
REV. FRANK W. JACKSON, IV, MINISTER ON LOAN
BRO. EDWARD HEARD, MINISTER OF PRISON MINISTRY: EDHEARD17@YAHOO.COM
SIS. KAILLA OGUNNUPE, MINISTER OF MEDIA: MEDIA@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG
REV. LAKEASHA FITZPATRICK, MINISTERIAL INTERN:REVLAKEASHA@JWAMEZSOUTHFIELD.ORG