(Please scroll down for Friday evening's plenary session schedule)
Friday, February 1, 2008
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Presiding: A. Roy Medley
General Secretary, American Baptist Churches, USA, Inc.
Pre-Session Music (8:40 a.m.): Rondalla de las Americas
Call to Worship
Congregational Singing
Welcome and Recognitions
Scripture Reading: Avis Williams, Stephenson Seminary Scholar Emory University’s Candler School of Theology
Prayer: John Upton, Executive Director, Baptist General Association of Virginia
Special Music: Haley McGuire
Sermon: “The Bible Speaks about Welcoming the Stranger” Joel Gregory, Professor of Preaching, Truett Seminary, Baylor University
Congregational Song of Response
Message: “Public Policy and Feeding a Hungry World” U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, Iowa
Offering
Special Music: The New Baptist Covenant Celebration Worship Team
Testimony: David Satcher, M.D., 16th Surgeon General of the United States and Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
Congregational Song of Response
Message: “The Challenges of Immigration” U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Congregational Song of Response
Benediction
Friday, February 1, 2008
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Presiding: T. DeWitt Smith, Jr., President
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Pre-Session Music (6:35 p.m.): New Baptist Covenant Celebration Worship Team; Ouida W. Harding and Kazuki Kitamori
Call to Worship
Congregational Singing
Welcome and Recognitions: Jimmy R. Allen, Program Chair, New Baptist Covenant
Scripture Reading: Henry Scere, Stephenson Seminary Scholar Sioux Falls Seminary
Prayer: A. Wayne Johnson, General Secretary, National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
Special Music: Ouida W. Harding and Kazuki Kitamori
Sermon: “The Bible Speaks about Setting the Captive Free” Charles G. Adams, Pastor, Hartford Baptist Church, Detroit, MI
Congregational Song of Response
Offering
Special Music: The Mercer University Children’s Choir, John Simons, Director
Testimony: Hanna Massad, Pastor Gaza Baptist Church, Gaza City, Gaza
Special Music: The Morehouse College Glee Club, David Morrow, Director
Message: Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States of America
Congregational Song of Response
Closing Remarks
Benediction
Celebration 2008