Watch Night Monday, December 31, 2007 www.afrolumens.org/rising_free/jubilee.html

Emancipation Proclamation Day and Juneteenth Tuesday, January 1, 2008 www.afrolumens.org/rising_free/jubilee.html

Holy Communion and Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2008 www.serve.com/shea/germusa/3kings.htm www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_share/epiphany/learn/

A Service of Healing (For those suffering emotional distress, grief, divorce, and physical ailments) Sunday, January 13, 2008 http://gbgm-umc.org/disc/poems/balm.stm www.negrospirituals.com http://drivebyprayer.com/about.php

Baptism Sunday, January 27, 2008 www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html

African Heritage Sunday Sunday, February 3, 2008 http://www.afsani.org/nanakyerewaa/index.html

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 6, 2008 www.answers.com/topic/sackcloth-and-ashes www.negrosprituals.com/news-song/i/am/free.htm www.ez-tracks.com/SongLyrics-Lyrics-36.html

Lent (Season of Lent: February 6��March 22, 2008) Sunday, February 10, 2008 www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0527.html www.inaword.com/ARCHIVE%20FOLDER/IAW%202000/2000-03.pdf www.reference.com/browse/columbia/carnival www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Lundi_Gras www.eastjeffersonparish.com/culture/MARDIGRA/HISTORY/history.htm www.reference.com/browse/columbia/MardiGra www.lundigrasfestival.com

MAAFA Service Sunday, February 17, 2008 www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Sankofa www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/01_till.html www.pbs.org www.theamericanstoryteller.com/story-details.cfm?story=261 www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/till/till.html www.Emmetttillstory.com

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines Day Sunday, February 24, 2008 www.nps.gov/brvb/historyculture/decisions.htm www.nps.gov/brvb www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/amend14.htm www.negrosprituals.com/news-song/lit_le_david_play_on_your_harp.htm www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/joshua_fit_de_battle_of_jerico.htm

Anti-Incarceration Day Sunday, March 2, 2008 www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/LOCAL/712020405/-1/ARCHIVE www.negrosprituals.com/news-song/slavery_chain.htm

Jesus and Women Sunday, March 9, 2008 www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1638t.html www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1638.html

Palm Sunday Sunday, March 16, 2008 http://web.nccu.edu/artmuseum/permnccu.html www.nga.gov/feature/bearden/170-012.html

Holy Thursday Thursday, March 20, 2008 www.zianet.com/maxey/reflx263.htm http://preacherstudy.com www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100617.html www.Kencollins.com http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenebrae_%28liturgy%29oldid=189288911 www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/this_may_be_the_last_time.htm

Good Friday Friday, March 21, 2008 www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11232007/watch.html www.cyberhymnal.org www.negrospirituals.com www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/c/a/r/carter_rk.htm

Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 www.encarta.msn.com www.ymbarnwell.com www.ima-art.org/cycles www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Easter_egg www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Pysanka www.infoplease.com/spot/easterintro1.html

Resurrection Remix: Strengthening the Community Sunday, March 30, 2008 www.thefreeonlinedictionary.com http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remix_culture&oldid=187588527 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=347&page=483 www.sitins.com/index.shtml

Resurrection Remix: Strengthening the Family Sunday, April 6, 2008 www.sciway.net/afam/slavery/firstperson.html www.bartleby.com/1004.

Jesus and Economic Justice Sunday Sunday, April 13, 2008 www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Robber_baron www.alternet.org/story/21677 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5391/is_200507/ai_n21380992

Earth Day Sunday, April 20, 2008 www.earthday.net/resources/history.aspx www.earthday.org

Earth Day Sunday, April 20, 2008 http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/PresentToUN.html http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/OL070391.html http://www.nativeamericans.com/Iroquois.htm http://www.toshireagon.com

Jesus and Hip Hop Culture (Young Adult Sunday) Sunday, April 27, 2008 www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kanyewest/jesuswalks.html http://www.gospelflava.com/index.html

Youth Day (Youth and Sex) Sunday, May 04, 2008 www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/pdf/myreality.pdf www.villagevoice.com/news/0411,181874,51847,1.html www.essence.com/essence/takebackthemusic www.alternet.org www.gospelflava.com/articles/kierrasheardinterview2006.html www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/700club_kirkfranklin042004.aspx www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801807.html www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/arts/05enou.html

Mother�s Day and Pentecost Sunday, May 11, 2008 www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/ http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mothersday/a/anna_jarvis.htm

Stewardship of Tithes and Talents Sunday, May 18, 2008 Beliefnet.com

Christian Education Sunday (Sunday School and Bible Training Emphasis) Sunday, May 25, 2008 www.cyberhymnal.org

Children�s Sunday Sunday, June 1, 2008 www.ymbarnwell.com www.leb.net/gibran http://archive.uua.org/re/faithworks/winterspring03/worship/worshipe.html www.unicef.org/index.php

Father�s Day Sunday, June 15, 2008 www.wvculture.org/HiStory/miscellaneous/fathersday02.html www.ideafinder.com/guest/calendar/fathersday.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Father%27s_Day&oldid=204529686 www.blackstarproject.org http://www.blackstarproject.org/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5490496 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/a/faithoof.htm

Graduation Sunday Sunday, June 22, 2008 http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/crrucs2001_2.htm

Arts Day Sunday, June 29, 2008 www.folkways.si.edu us.penguingroup.com www.bartleby.com/114/

Independence Day (Honoring those who helped gain our independence) Sunday, July 6, 2008 http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/dropping_out.pdf?docID=396 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/11/1118/ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/15/10616/1989/785/477199 http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm http://www.19thofjune.com/founder/index.html http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/america.htm http://www.brownielocks.com/americathebeautifulWAVE.html http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/walker.html

Usher's Day Sunday, July 13, 2008 www.nationalchurchushers.org

Men�s Day Sunday, July 27, 2008 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071502194.html http://africawithin.com/mmm/mmmcall.htm www.ActioNext.com www.clover-infopage.com

Revival I Sunday, August 17, 2008 www.sc.edu/csam/csamaudioarchive_various.htm www.urbanministry.org/esa/cookman-united-methodist-church-surviving-fears-ch www.urbanministry.org/revdonna-lawrence-jones-cookman-united-methodist-church www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/perspectives/four.html www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1090 www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1091.html www.christianitytoday.com/history/special/131christians/finney.html www.guidedbiblestudies.com/library/asusa_street_revival.htm

Celebration of Vocations (Labor Day) Sunday, August 31, 2008 www.britannica.com/blackhistory/ www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html www.cedarlane.org/00serms/s001029.html www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/ww_strike.cfm www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/randolph.cfm www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/index.html http://jec.senate.gov/archive/Hearings/03.08.07BlackMaleUnemploymentHearing.htm www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.PDF www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201711.html?sid=ST2007111300084 www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/10/BUGDRB8K781.DTL&type=business www.msmagazine.com/winter2004/womenoftheyear.asp#dukes

Ecumenical Day of Worship Sunday, September 7, 2008 www.yale.edu/ism/marquand/documents/091707MarquandReader.pdf www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or20-js.php www.progressivetheology.org www.clover-infopage.com www.icjs.org http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/livingreconciliation/particulars.shtml http://www.nccusa.org/about/about_ncc.htm http://www.stanford.edu/group/king/ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kairos_Document&oldid=202492718 http://www.nccusa.org/news/interfaithstatement.html

Women�s Day Sunday September 14, 2008 http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/ womens_day.pdf http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/46280 http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/04/11/sudan10467.htm http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/ women_prison.pdf

Homecoming (Family and Friends Day) Sunday, September 21, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown_v._Board_of_Education&oldid=230597059

Missionary Sunday (Mission Work at Home) Sunday, September 28, 2008 http://www.ucc.org/about-us/hidden-histories/blacks-and-the-american.html

World Communion Sunday Sunday, October 5, 2008 http://www.ncccusa.org/unity/worldcommunionsunday.html

Martyr�s Sunday (All Saints Day) Sunday November 2, 2008 http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/the-african-american-witness http://www.namibia-1on1.com/a-central/human-rightsday.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatv.htm#Martyrs http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews04.shtml http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/141.html http://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/ http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiBIRMSUN;ttFLSEBRDE.html http://www.africawithin.com/malcolmx/malcolm_bio.htm http://www.blackmississippi.com/indexarticle.html?page=main&id=-1&grid=&fid=1136 http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/ http://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/

Election Day Tuesday, November 4, 2008 http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v98n04/2006-39.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal http://www.sentencingproject.org

Thanksgiving Day Sunday, November 23 orThursday, November 27, 2008 http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tgproclamation.html http://www.6lyrics.com/music/walter_hawkins/lyrics/thank_you_lord2.aspx

First Sunday of Advent & World AIDS Day Sunday, November 30, 2008 http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/days/world/index.html

First Sunday of Advent & World AIDS Day Sunday, November 30, 2008 http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/special%20projects/tutu-d/timeline-tutu.html

Christmas Thursday, December 25, 2008 www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/behold_that_star.htm http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/

Kwanzaa Sunday, December 28, 2008 http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=378&category=educationMakers. www.pbs.org/wonders/episodes/epi2/2_ret1.htm http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m13/activity2.php http://www.theholidayspot.com/kwanzaa/kwanzaa_music.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88512189 http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml http://www.kwanzaamedia.com/video.htm

Watch Night Wednesday, December 31, 2008 http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html http://galileo.rice.edu/chron/gregorian.html

Emancipation Proclamation Day and Juneteenth Thursday, January 1, 2009 http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html

Baptism and Epiphany Sunday, January 4, 2009 http://www.wmich.edu/library/archives/mlk/q-a.html http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epiphany

Holy Communion Sunday, February 1, 2009 http://www.one.org/about/

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines Day Sunday, February 15, 2009 http://www.sing365.com http://www.cocojams.com http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2008/11/05/full-text-president-elect-barack-obama-victory-speech-grant-park-chicago-november-4-2008/ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_remnick?printable=true http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/ http://www.metrolyrics.com/hero-wind-beneath-my-wings-lyrics-gladys-knight.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118540/ http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mariah-carey/hero/print.htm

MAAFA Sunday, February 22, 2009 http://www.africanholocaust.net http://www.themaafa.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maafa http://africawithin.com/maafa/slavery.htm/ www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.austindiocese.org/newsletter_article_view.php?id=2388 http://www.amoscme.com/vsItemDisplay.dsp&objectID=6292603A-60A6-4E58-8255D869AEEF3D00&method=display

Lent (Season of Lent: February 25��April 11, 2009) Sunday, March 1, 2009 http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/lent_and_easter.pdf http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm

Jesus and Women Sunday, March 8, 2009 http://www.churchyear.net/ordinary.html

Jesus and Children (Birth��Age 12) Sunday, March 15, 2009 http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/yolanda_adams/what_about_the_children-lyrics-1271083.html

Marriage Enrichment Sunday Sunday, March 22, 2009 http://www.blackmarriageday.com/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/the-obamas-greatest-pda-m_n_130947.html http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/11/16/tucked_1116.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1858897,00.html http://www.newsweek.com/id/170383/page/1

Church Anniversary Sunday, March 29, 2009 http://www.keyway.ca/htm2000/20000831.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confession_of_Peter

Palm Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2009 http://www.negrospirituals.com/ www.cokesbury.com www.worthychristianbookstore.com www.powerpointsermons.com

Holy Thursday Thursday, April 9, 2009 http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/g/glory-script-transcript-denzel-washington.html http://www.cocojams.com/content/african-american-civil-rights-songs

Good Friday Friday, April 10, 2009 http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/i_want_jesus_to_walk_with_me.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqsLMPmya9k&feature=PlayList&p=0F437F608A1D8FF0&playnext=1&index=47

Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 www.aalbc.com/reviews/african.htm http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/natchitoches/history/shooting.txt http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/peopleevents/e_colfax.html

Economic Justice Sunday Sunday, April 19, 2009 http://www.ushistory.org/documents/declaration.htm http://www.thesullivanfoundation.org/foundation/rev/index.asp http://www.thesullivanfoundation.org/gsp/principles/gsp/default.asp http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E1DB1F3FF93BA1575AC0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/06.06/11ToReceiveHono.html http://www.usm.edu/pr/oola1.htm http://edition.cnn.com/US/9709/18/turner.gift/ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3DB123BF930A2575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

Earth Day Sunday, April 26, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denis_Hayes&oldid=272779807 http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html http://www.earthday.net/

Anti-Addiction Day Saturday, May 2, 2009 http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash http://jbmyers.net/?page_id=9 http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/

Cancer Awareness Day Sunday, May 3, 2009 http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?lvl=3&lvlID=4&ID=2826 http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1633064920071217

Mother�s Day Sunday, May 10, 2009 http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3038.asp http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2002/walker.asp

Youth Day (Youth and Violence) Sunday, May 17, 2009 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence

Young Adult Sunday Sunday, May 24, 2009 http://anthro.palomar.edu/social/soc_4.htm http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/my_worship_is_for_real_264.asp http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nina+simone/to+be+young+gifted+black_20100554.html http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jillscott/brotha.html

Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2009 http://www.hurricanekatrinarelief.com/

Graduation Sunday Sunday, June 14, 2009 http://www.hbcunetwork.com/The_History_Of_HBCUs_Creation.cfm http://www.uncf.org/ http://www.elyrics.net/read/h/heather-headley-lyrics/if- it-wasn_t-for-your-love-lyrics.html http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/john_legend_lyrics_3360/ other_lyrics_10459/dare_to_dream_lyrics_675405.html http://www.onlylyrics.com/song.php?id=1008921

Father�s Day Sunday, June 21, 2009 http://www.holidays.net/father/story.htm www.fathers.com/ http://www.realmencook.com

Independence Day (Honoring those who helped gain our independence) Sunday, July 5, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=liberty&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=subject&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=independent&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dependent http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=precarious&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bondage&searchmode=none http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/ print_friendly.html?page=declaration_transcript_content.html&title=NARA%20%7C%20The%20Declaration %20of%20Independence%3A%20A%20Transcription http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html http://www.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/hyprdecl.htm

Children�s Sunday (Birth��Age 12) Sunday, July 12, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=avail&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=unavailable&searchmode=none http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Metro_Atlanta_Boy_Embraces_Both_ the_Playground_and_the_Pulpit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJ2OCZipxs

Stewardship (Volunteerism��Tithing Your Time) Sunday, July 19, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=voluntary http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=volunteer&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=steward&searchmode=none http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1281&category= Civicmakers&occupation=Minister%20%26%20Civil%20Rights%20Leader www.voicesofcivilrights.org http://www.rhapsody.com/player?type=track&id=tra.1300279&remote=false&page=& pageregion=&guid=&from=&hasrhapx=true&__pcode=cj http://www.cookman.edu/about_BCU/history/our_founder.html http://www.ncnw.org/about/bethune.htm http://www.cookman.edu/about_BCU/history/lastwill_testament.html

Missionary Sunday (Mission Work Abroad) Sunday, August 2, 2009 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mission http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520c.htm http://www.iep.utm.edu/o/origen.htm http://inmotionaame.org/home.cfm http://www.fmbnbc.org/index.html http://www.urbana.org/_articles.cfm?RecordId=230 http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smitham/smith.html http://www.lottcarey.org http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/getinvolved?special http://www.trinitychicago.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51 http://www.missionfrontiers.org http://www.afammissionmanifesto.org http://www.freemaninstitute.com/blackcm.htm http://www.missionfrontiers.org

Choir Anniversary Sunday, August 9, 2009 http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/payne70/payne.html

Revival II Wednesday, August 19, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODmHMKfD_iY

Christian Education Sunday (Sunday School and Bible Training Emphasis) Sunday, August 23, 2009 http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Gutenberg.htm http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/sunday/hist1.htm http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/horacemann.html http://www3.amherst.edu/~aardoc/Ferguson.html http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Allen__Richard.html

Ecumenical Day of Worship (Different Faith Communities Worshiping Together) Sunday, August 30, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/horacemann.html www.Fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html#Conc2 http://www.ncccusa.org/about/about_ncc.htm www.ifconews.org

Celebration of Vocations (Labor Day) Sunday, September 6, 2009 http://www.usholidaysonline.com/taxonomy/term/21 www.etymonline.com/ http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/madamcjwalker/a/madamwquotes.htm http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/fdouglassquotes.htm http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm http://www.history.com/search?search-field=labor+day http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/flashbks/blacked/washaw.htm

Seniors, Elders, and Grandparents Day Sunday, September 13, 2009 http://www.grandparents-day.com/ http://www.grandparents-day.com/html/history/history1-nv2.html http://www.grandparentsmagazine.net

Family Enrichment Day Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=family http://www.genealogymagazine.com/slavsepfam.html http://www.enotes.com/joe-turners http://blendedfamilies.suite101.com/article.cfm/types_of_blended_families#ixzz09GnsNER3 www.fectampa.org http://www.familyequality.org/ http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/dorothy_height.htm http://www.ncnw.org/events/reunion.htm

Women�s Day Sunday, September 27, 2009 http://www.africa-ata.org/holyroute_3.htm http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/data/sheba2002.htm http://hope-of-israel.org/dynmoses.htm

Missionary Sunday (Mission Work at Home) Sunday, October 4, 2009 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mission&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Compassion&searchmode=none http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bill_withers/lean_on_me.html http://www.cbcwdc.org/ http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/mahalia_jackson/if_i_can_help_somebody.html

Justice Emphasis Sunday Sunday, October 11, 2009 www.womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1848/a/seneca_declartn.htm http://worldfilm.about.com/od/spikesfilms/Spike_Lee_Films.htm http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/whentheleveesbroke/index.html http://industrycentral.net/director_interviews//SL01.HTM http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=35904 http://www.civilrights.org/publications/justice-on-trial http://law.jrank.org/pages/12072/Juvenile-Justice-Juvenile-Crime-Statistics.html http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/marian-wright-edelman-child-watch-column/lets-put-the-justice-back-in-our-juvenile-justice-system.html www.childrensdefense.org/helping-americas-children/cradle-to-prison-pipeline-campaign/ http://ca.lwv.org/action/prop0811/prop6.html http://www.now.org/issues/violence/stats.html

Disability Awareness Sunday, October 18, 2009 http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm#12102 http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=618 http://www.disabilityhistory.org/people.html http://gos.sbc.edu/top100.html http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordan1976dnc.html http://neurologicalillness.suite101.com/article.cfm/muhammad_alis_fight http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/06/college.protesters/index.html http://steviewonder.free.fr/html/frameset_songs.html

Youth Day (Youth and Health) Sunday, October 25, 2009 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/288/14/1723 http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/adolescents/index.htm

Martyrs� Sunday (All Saints Day) (Remembering Slain Heroes and Heroines) Sunday, November 1, 2009 http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_102048_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.frenchcreoles.com/LouisianaPeople/lowdownonlaveau/lowdownonlaveau2.htm http://www.mysticvoodoo.com/marie_laveau.htm http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DEFDA1E30E433A25756C0A9679D946195D6CF http://www.displaysforschools.com/history.html

Bridging Communities Day (Blacks and Persons of Other Ethnicities Worshiping Together) Sunday, November 8, 2009 http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Allen__Richard.html http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/we_shall_walk_through_the_valley.htm http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/we_shall_overcome.htm New England Congregationalists Presbyterians Baptist Methodist http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Great_Awakening&oldid=308317617 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/july-31-2009/interview-with-michael-emerson/1736/ http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/culture/black/discussion/allchildren.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/23/BA0317MPAQ.DTL&type=printable http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/black_white_methodist_congrega.html

Singles' Sunday Sunday, November 15, 2009 http://www.elyrics.net/read/i/india.Arie-lyrics/i-choose-lyrics.html http://www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra/gyen.htm http://www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra/wonsa.htm

First Sunday of Advent & World AIDS Day Sunday, November 29, 2009 http://www.who.int www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/days/world http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm http://www.aidscalgary.org/resources/publications.cfm http://www.aidscalgary.org/education/whoisatrisk/elderly.cfm

Second Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 6, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kumbaya&oldid=310096771 http://dallassouthblog.com/2008/07/28/the-great-caw-clark-pastor-of-good-street-baptist-church-dies-sunday-in-dallas-1914-2008/ Brian K. Blount

Christmas Friday, December 25, 2009 http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_for_children/23421 http://www.nymag.com/shopping/

Kwanzaa Saturday, December 26, 2009 http://www.melanet.com/kwanzaa/whatis.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/1996/fall/6l4089.html

Emancipation Proclamation Day Friday January 1, 2010 http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/didn_t_my_lord_delier_daniel.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061803877.html

Installation of Officers/Leaders(and Celebration of All Church Leaders) Sunday, January 3, 2010 http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/walk_together_children.htm http://www.allgospellyrics.com/

Holy Communion Sunday, January 10, 2010 http://www.allgospellyrics.com/?sec=listing&lyricid=4582

Children�s Sunday(Stopping Abuse and Neglect) Sunday, January 17, 2010 http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/fatality.cfm http://www.aecf.org/OurWork/ChildWelfarePermanence.aspx http://www.unicef.org/media/media_35903.html http://www.shef.ac.uk/bibs/DJACcurrres/Lam.html http://www.childrensdefense.org

MAAFA Sunday, February 14, 2010 http://www.emory.edu/home/news/releases/2008/12/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-database.html www.negrospirituals.com

Ash Wednesday(Beginning of the Lenten Season) Wednesday, February 17, 2010 http://fao.org/News/Global/Locusts/Locuhome.htm www.lectionarystudies.com

Economic Justice Sunday Sunday February 28, 2010 http://www.naacp.org/events/convention/99th/speeches/obama/index.html http://www.sweetauburn.us/intro.htm http://www.bookrags.com/biography/abram-lincoln-harris-jr/ www.negrospirituals.com

Ordination of Protestant Deacons and Other Non-Clergy Persons Sunday, March 7, 2010 http://www.cobaptist.org/deacon%20ordination.htm

Jesus and Women (March is Women�s History Month) Sunday, March 14, 2010 http://www.dol.gov

Holy Thursday Thursday, April 1, 2010 http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupCulturalAid.asp?LRID=78

Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Carter_and_The_Prisoners&oldid=332219621 http://articles.latimes.com/1989-02-05/sports/sp-2452_1_george-foreman http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13236&more=1

Earth Day Thursday, April 22, 2010 http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventors/ss/Carver_pictures.htm http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/o/joyful.htm Wil­liam H. Drap­er

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines Day Sunday, April 25, 2010 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hero http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Heroine http://www.etymonline.com/index.ph?search=Hero&searchmode=none http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Heroine http://abagond.wordpress.com/?s=clark+doll+experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_and_Mamie_Clark http://abagond.wordpress.com/?s=clark+doll+experiment http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Heroine

Anti-Domestic Violence Day Sunday, May 2, 2010 http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=775 http://www.ncdbw.org/ http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/herstory/herstory.html#martin http://www.childhelp.org/resources/learning-center/statistics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O5hz5KnSdc

Young Adult Sunday Sunday, May 16, 2010 http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.singleplaylist&friendid=502108561&plid=1256850 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6716392/Tupac-Shakur-and-Muse-feature-on-Vaticans-MySpace-playlist.html http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/ratner/single http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112304092.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/economy-watch/2009/11/today_im_going_to_take.html

Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2010 http://www.africawithin.com/bios/mary_bethune.htm http://africawithin/bios/will_and_testament.htm www.dailydevotional@ucc.org http://www.azusastreet.org/AzusaStreetMason.htm

Graduation Sunday Sunday, June 6, 2010 http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/r.-kelly-lyrics/i-believe-i-can-fly-lyrics.html http://artists.letssingit.com/deniece-williams-lyrics-black-butterfly-qmj1gs3

Youth Day (Addressing Youth Violence) Sunday, June 13, 2010 http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/meyers/legislator.pdf http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/5688/ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-132 http://www.bostonhistorycollaborative.org/bostoninnovation/communitySafety.htm http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/01/13/morehouse-college-stephen-stafford/

Father�s Day Sunday, June 20, 2010 http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/11/02/black.men.colin.powell/index.html http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lupefiasco/hesayshesay.html http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pretenders/ill+stand+by+you_20110661.html http://www.parade.com/news/2009/01/barack-obama-letter-to-my-daughters.html

Health Day Sunday, June 27, 2010 http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=2137 www.etymonline.com http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1494942/ www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu http://www.whitehouse.gov/Issues/health-Care www.omb.gov

Independence Sunday (Honoring those who helped gain our Independence) Sunday, July 4, 2010 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15609 http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupCulturalAid.asp?LRID=93

Jesus and Children (Birth��Age 12) Sunday, July 11, 2010 http://www.merriam-webster.com/ http://www.assatashakur.org www.lyricsmagnet.com/lyrics/Walt+Whitman+And+the+Soul+Children+of+Chicago www.lyricsmagnet.com/lyrics/Walt+Whitman+And+the+Soul+Children+of+Chicago www.lyricsmagnet.com/lyrics/Walt+Whitman+And+the+Soul+Children+of+Chicago www.media.MIT.edu/events/2009/12/02/social-health-initiative-presents-Yales-dr-james-p-comer/

Usher�s Day Sunday, July 18, 2010 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usher http://anacostia.si.edu/exhibits/online_exhibitions/speak_to_my_heart/credits.htm http://www.bayweekly.com/year99/issue7_48/dock7_48.html http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/D/DOORKEEPER/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/king/words/blueprint.html http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/main.as http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/main.as http://www.amarillo.com/stories/011102/fea_methodin.shtml http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/24123

Baptism Sunday, July 25, 2010 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/baptism http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/baptism http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/baptism www.violettereid.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If6i59NUfkk Ro­bert Ro­bin­son

Choir Anniversary Sunday, August 8, 2010 http://www.csec.org/csec/sermon/hall_4318.htm http://www.thefreedictionary.com/choir http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HST/is_6_6/ai_n9480374/

A Service of Healing (For those suffering emotional distress, grief, divorce, and physical ailments) Sunday, August 29, 2010 http://www.voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/civil/harper1893int.htm

Celebration of Vocations (Labor Day) Sunday, September 5, 2010 http://www.history.com/videos/history-of-labor-day#history-of-labor-day www.etymonline.com http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/martin_luther_king__jr__quotes.html http://thinkexist.com/quotes/marian_wright_edelman http://www.lyricstime.com/the-clark-sisters-is-my-living-in-vain-lyrics.html http://www.songlyrics.com/billie-holiday/god-bless-the-child-lyrics

Seniors, Elders, and Grandparents Day Sunday, September 12, 2010 http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.nbccongress.org/publications/black-authors/anne-streaty-wimberly.asp http://www.abyssiniannyc.org/index.php?l=1 http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxk3NJWngm0

Family Enrichment/Kinship Sunday Sunday, September 19, 2010 www.divorcerate.org http://www.bethelbloom.com

Homecoming (Family and Friends Day) Sunday, September 26, 2010 www.divorcerate.org http://www.bethelbloom.com

Women�s Day Sunday, October 3, 2010 http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/womens_day.pdf http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/sojour.htm http://www.rhapsody.com/sister-rosetta-tharpe/sister-rosetta-tharpe-vol-2-1942-1944 accessed 1 May 2010

Anti-Incarceration Day Sunday, October 10, 2010 http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=7a22e2ab-7e9c-9af9-7bb7-4a1b88554f61&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35- http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=9d0729b4-eefe-2b3e-7931-fb353bebe2a8&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35- http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2008-10-16-01.cfm http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=305502& http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2008-12-05-01.cfm www.etymonline.com Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/the-prison-industrial-complex/4669/ http://www.rebeccaproject.org/ http://www.childrenofthecode.org/interviews/whitehurst.htm#PrisonCellsandReadingScores http://www.schr.org/incarceration www.exodusfoundation.org www.sentencingproject.org www.theatlantic.com/doc/199812/prisons/3 http://ebenezerame.org/ http://www.nacacad.org/

Disability Awareness Sunday, October 17, 2010 www.societyforhelping.org http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/bigideaapril09.asp http://www.linfo.org/human_variability.htm http://www.ada.gov/ http://shilohbaptist.org http://www.joplinglobe.com/weekend/local_story_015101258.html?start:int=15 http://www.lifeway.com/article/?id=168109 http://www.crossroadsfellowship.org.au/nsw/inclSunday.html http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/dis/

Youth Day (Youth and Health) Sunday, October 24, 2010 http://www.seedsnc.org/dig.htm http://www.certnyc.org/ffth.html

Singles' Sunday Sunday, October 31, 2010 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_28_17/ai_76997837/ http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Man-in-the-House+Rule http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/censr-20.pdf http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/318338/census_bureau_singles_are_increasing.html http://www.lyricstime.com/rev-milton-brunson-available-to-you-lyrics.html http://www.lyricstime.com/gmwa-mass-choir-use-me-lyrics.html http://www.lyricsera.com/568203-lyric-Lamar+Campbell-Use+Me.html

Prayer for Government Officials Day Tuesday, November 2, 2010 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=govern&searchmode=none http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2009/01/rev-lowery-inauguration-benedi.html http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=33 http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=38 http://www.norton.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=94 http://www.lee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=2§iontree=2

Pastor�s Anniversary Sunday, November 7, 2010 http://www.my-pastor.com/church-jokes.html http://www.pastor-appreciation.net/pastor-appreciation-event-successful.html http://www.my-pastor.com/pastor-appreciation-poems.html http://www.pastorappreciationgifts.com/

Stewardship Sunday (Tithing of Finances) Sunday, November 14, 2010 http://www.jewishfederations.org/local_includes/ujcfiles/ga09/program/spkrdownloads/(F08) %20Successful%20Management%20in%20Lean%20Times%20-%20Powerpoint2.PDF.

Thanksgiving Sunday, November 21, 2010 Thursday, November 25, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=32 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/murray:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28lcrbmrpt0d03div1%29%29

First Sunday of Advent & World AIDS Day Sunday, November 28, 2010 http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm http://www.halehouse.org/aboutmch Clara Hale http://www.encyclopedia.com http://www.halehouse.org/aboutmch

Second Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 5, 2010 http://www.lyricsmania.com http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com http://www.janetmckenzie.com/joppage1.html http://www.janetmckenzie.com/joppage1.html

Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 19, 2010 http://www.liturgies.net/Advent/advent.htm

Kwanzaa Sunday, December 26, 2010 -Saturday, January 1, 2011 http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/the-difference-between-heaven-and-hell/ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/26/opinion/a-case-of-the-kwanzaa-blues.html http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/documents/PrinciplesandPracticesofKwanzaa_000.pdf

Watch Night Friday, December 31, 2010 http://www.snopes.com/holidays/newyears/watchnight.asp http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=258&GID=308&GMOD=VWD&GCAT=W http://www.mlkonline.net/dream.html http://www.childrensdefense.org/ http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/pdfs/2007/07Behold-A-New-hing.pdf http://hungryblues.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/watchnightservices.JPG http://www.mlkonline.net/video-i-have-a-dream-speech.html

YOUTH DAY (AGES 12��17) (YOUTH AND EDUCATION) Sunday, January 9, 2011 http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ewp_08.htm

Installation of Officers Sunday, January 16, 2011 www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_results.asp http://uabchoirs.blogspot.com/2005/01/mlk-if-i-can-help-somebody.html http://blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G373&t=KJV http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/althea_gibson.html http://dictionary.die.net/deacon http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/1861.jun/higgin.htm http://www.motherbethel.org/content.php?cid=53 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/o/workfort.htm http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/carliss_moody_jr/im_available_to_you-lyrics-1160374.html

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.�s Birthday (Beloved Community Day) Friday, January 17, 2011 http://www.theworldhouse.org/whessay.html www.discipleshipresources.org www.sheetmusicplus.com http://www.raphaelwarnock.com www.halleonard.com http://www.mlkonline.net/dream.html http://www.thekingcenter.org/KingHoliday/Default.aspx http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/We-Shall-Overcome-lyrics-Various-Artists/410AAAC037CA3D6248256AF3003CD7BC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcYajuigHk&feature=related http://www.musthear.com/music/reviews/mahalia-jackson/live-at-newport-1958/

African Heritage Sunday Sunday, January 30, 2011 http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/the_drum_major_instinct/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRFzBBrRJFk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_keJ6I4QoC4&feature=related www.praisecharts.com http://www.national-anthems.org/anthems/country/ETHIOPIA/naw_id/FOR-011 www.musicnotes.com www.ntimemusic.com www.Lyricsfreak.com http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/lgbt-rights http://www.capturedtimeproductions.com/films/amistad.html http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad/index.html http://multipleworlds.net/images/Phil_Ethio-705x453.jpg http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194224/Ethiopianism accessed 8 December 2010;

MAAFA Sunday, February 6, 2011 http://theafrocentricexperience.com/

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines Day Sunday, February 13, 2011 www.cnn.com

Jesus and Children (Birth��Age 12) Sunday, February 20, 2011 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19033

Health Day Sunday, February 27, 2011 www.beckenhorstpress.com http://www.beckenhorstpress.com/audio/1787.mp3 www.rolandcater.com www.giamusic.com http://www.giamusic.com/mp3s.6431.mp3 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus09.pdf http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=29 www.cdc.gov/datastatistics http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/AMH/factsheets/cardio.htm http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/AMH/factsheets/diabetes.htm http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/AMH/factsheets/hiv.htm http://www.district4health.org/pdf/faithbased%20toolkit.pdf http://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/clergy-health-initiative http://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/clergy-health-initiative/connection/shaping-health-community http://www.pres-outlook.com/news-and-analysis/1-news-a-analysis/3079.html www.sistertalkhartford,org

Women�s Day (March is Women�s History Month) Sunday, March 6, 2011 http://blog.kyria.com/giftedforleadership/2007/09/ideas_for_womens_ministry.html www.beckenhorstpress.com www.giamusic.com www.fredbock.com http://adventistwomensministries.org/index.php?id=124 www.wipmusic.com www.newinspiration.us www.nwhp.com http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Ministry/Women-of-the-ELCA/Engage-in-action-and-support-one-another-in-our-callings/Bold-Womens-Day/Ideas-for-Celebrating.aspx http://www.nwhp.org http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2008/jun/15/19026/ www.dramaislife.com www.JoyJonesonline.com www.joannamaddox.com www.sassysusiebutler.com http://www.nwhp.org/whm/trickey_bio.php http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=nwhp&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=44384181&Count2=961524605 http://www.butler.edu/diversity/websnap/documents/CongressionalResolution.pdf http://womenshistorymonth.gov/about.html http://www.internationalwomensday.com/first.asp http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/ http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.html http://www.history.com/search?search-field=african+american&asset-type=Videos http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=96516491&m=96509941 http://www.songlyrics.com/brian-courtney-wilson/all-i-need-lyrics http://www.maryalessi.com/html/lyrics2.asp http://www.allgospellyrics.com/index.php?sec=listing&id=565 http://www.lyricsmania.com/alpha_and_omega_lyrics_israel_and_new_breed.html

ASH WEDNESDAY Wednesday, March 9, 2011 www.ocp.org www.shawneepress.com www.halleonard.com www.sheetmusicplus.com http://www.bcponline.org/SpecialDays/ashwed.html www.copticplace.com/files/imitation_of_Christ.pdf

Lent (Season of Lent: March 9��April 23, 2011) Sunday, March 13, 2011 http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/lent_and_easter.pdf

Marriage Enrichment Sunday Sunday, March 27, 2011 http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2010/11/marriage-shows-the-way-out-of-poverty http://www.blackmarriageday.com/

Disability Awareness Sunday, April 3, 2011 www.gov/disabilities

Economic Justice Sunday Sunday, April 10, 2011 www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_results.asp www.giamusic.com www.newinspiration.us http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8RtayjqqIw http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/243/mississippi-sovereignty-commission-an-agency-his

Palm Sunday Sunday, April 17, 2011 www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/ride_on_king_jesus.htm. www.jwpepper.com www.ecspub.com http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupCulturalAid.asp?LRID=77 http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-02-19/news/17232968_1_african-americans-black-mayors-black-candidate

Good Friday Friday, April 22, 2011 http://www.faithclipart.com/guide/Christian-Holidays/good-Friday-significance.html http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupLectionaryReading.asp?LRID=17 http://www.husseini.org/2007/01martin-luther-king-jr-why-i-am.html http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/I_Am_-_Somebody

Earth Day Saturday, April 23, 2011 http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search=Fyodor+Dostoevsky http://www.spurgeon.org/eschat.htm

EASTER Sunday, April 24, 2011 http://www.worshipmatters.com/2007/03/09/worship- leaders-how-do-you -approach-planning-for-easter/ www.beckenhorstpress.com www.shawneepress.com www.jwpepper.com www.sheetmusicplus.com www.giamusic.com http://www.brosscum.com www.handbellworld.com http://www.wingclips.com/ http://www.worshipspice.com/ http://media.preachingtoday.com/ www.bluefishtv.com www.egglesong.citymax.com

Mother�s Day Sunday, May 8, 2011 www.mothersdayshrine.com/history.php www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1983185,00.html#ixzz1FTwjUFr8 http://www.biography.com/womens-history/mothers-day.jsp http://www.hymnlyrics.org/lyricsf/faith_of_our_mothers.html http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1437406/The-Staple-Singers-Will-the-circle-be-unbroken-Lyrics http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/everyday_is_like_mothers_day_13638.asp http://www.africanamericanmotherhood.com http://womenshistory.about.com/od/motherhood/a/mother_quotes.htm

Anti-Domestic Violence Day Sunday, May 15, 2011 www.familyviolenceprevention.org

Young Adult Sunday Sunday, May 22, 2011 http://www.ritesofpassage.org/index.htm http://anthro.palomar.edu/social/soc_4.htm

FATHER�S DAY Sunday, June 19, 2011 www.etymonline.com http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/weve_come_this_far_by_faith_5927.asp http://www.amblp.com/history.htm http://100fathersinc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=2 http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/shekinah_glory_ministry/father_me-lyrics-1252322.html www.gospelvideotv.com/.../Bishop-Marvin-Winans--I-Feel-Like-Going-On http://www.lyrics.The_Hymn_Lord_ will_ Make_ a_ Way_ Somehow

Youth Day (Ages 13��17) (Addressing Youth Violence) Sunday, June 26, 2011 http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/YV-DataSheet-a.pdf http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/overview.html http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_docs_en.html http://www.childrensdefense.org/about-us/our-history/ http://www.justicepolicy.org/research/category/36 http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline-talking-points

Pastor�s Anniversary Sunday, July 10, 2011 http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupLectionaryReading.asp?LRID=92

Celebrating Associate Clergy Sunday, July 17, 2011 http://www.ehow.com/how_591754_celebrate-national-employee-appreciation-day.htm;#ixzz1GcodoNmy http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2003/02/clergysalary-kl-html http://www.christianpost.com/news/largest-christian-groups-report-membership-decline-37180/

ANTI-ADDICTION DAY Sunday, July 31, 2011 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/addiction http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2285834 http://www.counselormagazine.com/component/content/article/57-minorities /553-addiction -in-the-african-american-community-the-recovery-legacies -of- frederick-douglas-a-malcolm-x

Men�s Day Sunday, August 7, 2011 http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupCulturalAid.asp?LRID=36 http://en.wiKipedia.org/wiki/international_Men�s_Day http://wquercus.com/men/Men_of_Jesus_Christ.htm

CHOIR ANNIVERSARY Sunday, August 21, 2011 www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org http://www.spurgeon.org/index/r_col.htm http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764032,00.html http://www.singers.com/gospel/wingsoverjordan.html

�Who So Ever Will� Sunday Sunday, August 28, 2011 http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/we_all_can_do_good_397.asp http://www.allgospellyrics.com/index.php?sec=listing&id=12468 http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.genderspectrum.org/events/family-conference http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=491 http://www.theroot.com/views/black-church-and-lgbt-community?page=0,1 http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=4145 http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k78405&pageid=icb.page414497 www.portofharlem.net/newsinnerlightministries.html http://rustin.org/?page_id=3

SENIORS, ELDERS, AND GRANDPARENTS DAY Sunday, September 11, 2011 http://www.seattle.gov/mcaae/

MISSION SUNDAY Sunday, September 25, 2011 http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-11/justice/obama.gun.sales_1_gun-shop-brady-campaign-gun-owner?_s=PM:CRIME

FINANCIAL LITERACY SUNDAY Sunday, October 2, 2011 http://www.bvonmoney.com/2010/10/20/soledad-obrien-almighty-debt-black-in-america/

A Service of Healing (For those suffering emotional distress, grief, divorce, and physical ailments) Sunday, October 9, 2011 http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm? http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm? http://www.qcitymetro.com/faith/articles/the_miracal_at_cn_jenkins052507891.cfm http://www.zondervan.com/media/samples/pdf/0310271118_samptxt.pdf

CHILDREN�S DAY (CHILDREN AND HEALTH) Sunday, October 16, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_day http://www.childrensdefense.org/newsroom/child-watch-columns/child-watch-documents/celebrating-and-protecting-health-reform-for-children.html http://thinkexist.com/quotes/mary_mcleod_bethune/

FAMILY ENRICHMENT/KINSHIP SUNDAY Sunday, October 23, 2011 http://www.americanhumane.org/children/stop-child-abuse/factsheets/child-discipline.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/constitutional_ 1/racial-generation-gap-census-analysis_n_845276_83375726.html http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177157 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/people-who-pray-together-stay-together http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/translatonResults.cfm?Criteria=chastisement@tKJV http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discipline http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disciple

HOMECOMING/FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY Sunday, October 30, 2011 http://mysite.verizon.net/vzephfm3/licursillo/4thday.pdf http://www.ehow.com/list_6361477_church-homecoming-bulletin-ideas.html

MARTYR'S SUNDAY/ALL SAINTS DAY Tuesday, November 1, 2011 http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/ochs-phil/too-many-martyrs-11440.html http://www.lyricsmania.com/battlefield_lyrics_norman_hutchins.html http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/ci407ss/ohfreedom.html http://www.poetry-archive.com/m/the_martyr.html http://www.artbible.info/art/large/682.html http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1596991,00.html http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/denmark_vesey.html http://www.ststephen.webhero.com/martyrdom_of_st_stephen.htm http://strongsnumbers.com/greek/4736.htm http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/martyr http://www.encyclopedia.com

SINGLES� SUNDAY Sunday, November 6, 2011 www.Bibleclassics.com

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Sunday, November 27, 2011 www.etymonline.com/ http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/Houston.aspx http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html

WORLD AIDS DAY Thursday, December 1, 2011 http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/days/world http://www.who.int

CHRISTMAS Sunday, December 25, 2011 http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wise-men-ancient-text-differs-bible-tale-magi/story?id=12460820&page=2 http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/files/lwcF_PDF_Christmas_ShoutingLitany.pdf www.Etymonline.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-Yq8bfB8c&feature=related http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/i_m_a_rolling.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o7GnV30kJA http://www.lyricsmania.com/go_tell_it_on_the_mountain_lyrics_kirk_franklin.html http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-26/living/katrina.babies_1_nurse-practitioners-healthy-babies-elderly-patients?_s=PM:LIVING http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/cradle-prison-pipeline-summary-report.pdf http://themoderatevoice.com/89033/the-new-jim-crow/

KWANZAA Monday, December 26, 2011��Sunday, January 1, 2012 http://www.reocities.com/xbenson1888/Review/Review08/Article09.html www.sheetmusicplus.com www.jwpepper.com www.beckenhorstpress.com www.sheetmusicplus.com http://www.worldmusicpress.com/wmp/detail.php?product_group=1049 http://www.stanspottmusic.com/kwanzaaSuite.htm http://www.worldmusicpress.com/wmp/detail.php?product_group=1049 http://www.stanspottmusic.com/kwanzaaSuite.htm http://www.cobbala.com/ http://www.movers.com/guides/kwanzaa-music.html http://www.kwanzaamedia.com/video.htm http://www.asante.net/articles/1/afrocentricity/ http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/florida/students/grade3/book2/unit4/seven-spools-of-thread http://www.africawithin.com/kwanzaa/kwanzaa_celebration.htm http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/7principles.shtml http://theblackcandle.com/

Watch Night Saturday, December 31, 2011 http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/pdfs/2007/07Behold-A- New-hing.pdf http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/transcript.html http://www.spiritandsong.com/compositions/78532 www.zhillswesleyan.org/Covenant_Service_for_printing.pdf http://homemoravian.org/tradition/our-heritage/ http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/9/8/2/19827/19827.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6764/6764-h/6764-h.htm http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/dougl92/dougl92.html http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/det.cfm?ID=2356 http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/2001/harper0103.html

Emancipation Proclamation Day and Juneteenth Sunday, January 1, 2012 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/ Juneteenth-Our-Other-Independence-Day.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/juneteenth1.html http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/juneteenth-a-brief-history-of-emancipation-day http://www.nationaljuneteenth.com/Juneteenth_Movement.html http://www.callandresponse.com http://www.freetheslaves.net www.ntimemusic.com www.wikipedia.org/EmacipationProclamation http://www.Census.sonofthesouth.net http://www.progressive.org/archive/1962/december/letter

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.�S BIRTHDAY Sunday, January 15, 2012 http://www.thekingcenter.org/the-king-holiday/ www.krusekronicle.com/2005/10/power_authority.html http://www.theholidayzone.com/mlk/ http://www.mlkonline.net/bio.html http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-celebrations/mlkday.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/16/10-martin-luther-king-quo_n_809701.html

Installation of Officers/Celebration of Church Leaders Sunday, January 22, 2012 http://sherrysheartbeats.homestead.com/LordLetMeBeABlessing.html http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/no-man-is-an-island-lyrics -joan-baez/5adcd449cf2a36f948256c9c0022dbaa http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/l/leadership.htm

Health Day (Focus on Mental Health) Sunday, January 29, 2012 http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Resources&Template=/ ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=21024 http://www.apa.org/research/action/glossary.aspx http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/content/therapy_methods.html http://www.healthyminds.org/More-Info-For/African-Americans.aspx http://www.healthyminds.org/Document-Library/Brochure-Library /African-American.aspx http://www.miepvideos.org/ http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Resources&Template=/ ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=21024 http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?lvl=3&lvlID=9&ID=6474

A Celebration of Black History Sunday, February 5, 2012 http://www.temple.edu/fri/familyreunion/ http://www.afrigeneas.com/ http://www.africanancestry.com/ http://www.uml.edu/roots/ http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtimeline.html http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/black-history.html http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/no_more_auction_block_for_me.htm

African Heritage Sunday Sunday, February 12, 2012 www.officialdarkgirlsmovie.com http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/countries-africa.html http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continent http://wiki.answers.com/Q/ Is_the_largest_continent_Asia_and_the_second_largest_conti http://www.ahsd25.k12il.us/curriculum/africa/map.htya http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/africa_languages.htm http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/africa http://www.etymoline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=O&search =Heritage&searchm http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/TM/WS_african-proverbs.shtml http://ingeb.org/spiritua/siyahamb.html

Economic Justice/Financial Literacy Sunday Sunday, February 19, 2012 http://www.daveramsey.com http://www.smartmoney.com http://www.debtorsanonymous.org http://www.mydfree.org http://www.michellesingletary.com

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 22, 2012 http://worshipingwithchildren.blogspot.com/2011/01/ year-ash-wednesday-march-9-2011_20.html http://www.churchyear.net/ashwednesday.html http://www.faithclipart.com/images-templates/ash-wednesday.html

Lent  Sunday, February 26, 2012 http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/lent_and_easter.pdf http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/news/2004/lent.html http://www.churchyear.net/lent.html http://www.crivoice.org/cylent.html http://www.marshill.org/pdf/childrenAndLent.pdf https://www.rca.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=2642 http://catholicmom.com/kids_lent_activities.htm www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/ mahalia_jackson/if_i_can_help_somebody.html

Women�s Day (March is Women�s History Month) Sunday, March 4, 2012 http://www.mawanet.org/html/amakolo.html http://www.godswomanshowcase.com http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/womens_day.pdf http://www.bls.gov http://www.realtytrac.com http//census.gov http://www.jeffbullas.com http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6764/6764-h/6764-h.htm http://www.ncnw.org/events/reunion.htm http://www.letsmove.gov/ http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/ dorothy_height.htm accessed 20 September 2011 http://www.biography.com/people/ septima-poinsette-clark-38174 accessed 12 October 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-yn/content/article/ 2010/04/20/AR2010042001287.html accessed 5 October 2011 http://www.biography.com/people/dorothy-height-40743 accessed 12 October 2011 http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715 accessed 12 October 2011 http://www.christianlyricsonline.com/artists/nicole-c-mullen/redeemer.html

Church Anniversary Sunday, March 11, 2012 http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/negrochurch/summary.html http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/covers/260-cover-story/ 16632-the-black-church-and-the-21st-century www.sermoncentral.com http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/negrochurch/summary.html http://16thstreetbaptist.org/ http://www.ame-church.com/about- us/history.php http://firstafricanbc.com/history.asp http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/nj4.htm http://www.stpaulcmechurch.org

Children�s Day (Birth��Age 12) (Rites of Passage) Sunday, March 18, 2012 http://www.naacpvanc.org/youthprograms.html http://uzimaweb.com/index.html http://anunation.org/ss/index.html http://positivepassage.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/ rites-of-passage-resources-for-parents/

Marriage Enrichment Sunday Sunday, March 25, 2012 http://www/blackmarriageday.com/ www.aahmi.net/resources.html http://www.6lyrics.com/my_vow_to_you-lyrics-surel.aspx www.atlantapost.com/2011/.../28/7-political-issues-that-the -black-church-has-been-silent-about/ http://www.americanvalues.org/pdfs/IAV_Marriage_Index _09_25_09.pdf www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?acc.no www.americanvalues.org/html/r-marriage_in_america.html http://www.marriagemissions.com/ http://www.oup.com http://wmd.wwme.org/liturgies.html#Vows

Palm Sunday Sunday, April 1, 2012 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=palm http://www.orlutheran.com/html/holyweek.html http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=105 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11432b.htm http://billpetro.com/history-of-palm-sunday http://www.pbc.org/system/message_files/10561/Is45-14-25.html http://www.ctadams.com/francesharper2.html

Holy Thursday Thursday, April 5, 2012 http://catholicmom.com/holyweek.htm http://familyfeastandferia.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/ holy-thursday-in-the-home/ http://www.catechist.com/archive/articles_view.php?article_id=2492

Good Friday Friday, April 6, 2012 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame =0&search=redeem&searchmode=none http://lds.org/scriptures/bd/high-priest?lang=eng http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/ good-friday-2011_n_850597.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/ marchweb-only/23-32.0.html?start=2 http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-gdfr-sn.php

Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupLectionary Reading.asp?LRID=142 http://www.rutherford.org/Oldspeak/Articles/Interviews/ oldspeak-MarkTaylor.html http://www.history.com/topics/history-of-easter http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/14/lkl.01.html http://poemhunter.com/poem/still-i-rise/ http://www.metrolyrics.com/still-i-rise-lyrics-yolanda-adams.html

Youth Day (Ages 13��17) (Continued Rites of Passage) Sunday, April 15, 2012 http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/african-american-youth-resources http://www.irenemonroe.com/home/ http://www.abilitychurch.org/2008/08/ ncc-policy-statement-on-disability-body.html http://www.negrospirituals.com/ http://www.jstor.org/stable/2295365

Anti-Incarceration/Justice Day Sunday, May 6, 2012 http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/ PopupLectionaryReading.asp?LRID=12 http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.1/ ndf_michael_dawson_black_politics.php http://www.criticalresistance.org/ http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/davisinterview.html

Mother�s Day Sunday, May 13, 2012 http://www.democracynow.org/2006/5/12/ mothers_say_no_to_war_peace www.mothersdaycentral.com www.mothersdaycelebration.com www.dayformothers.com http://nwhp.org/news/history_of_mothersday.php http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/2001/harper0105.html www.wikipedia.org/windex.php?title=Septima_Poinsette_Clark http://www.usca.edu/aasc/clark.htm http://newsok.com/civil-rights-leader-clara-luper-has-died/ article/3575634 http://newsok.com/civil-rights-leader-clara-luper-has-died/ article/3575634#ixzz1no60tiT9 http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/2001/harper0105.html http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/ everyday_is_like_mothers_day_13638.asp

Christian Education Sunday/Graduation Sunday Sunday, May 20, 2012 http://www.google.com /search?q=living+statues&hl=en&client=safari &rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ& sa=X& ei=pecBT8X6HaXl0QHRzoyhAg&ved=0CD8QsAQ& www.augsburgfortress.org www.ocp.org www.sheetmusicplus.com www.beckenhorstpress.com www.ed.gov/ www.aachild.com www.uncf.org www.qbr.com/ http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/maya_angelou/quotes

Celebrating Associate Clergy Sunday, May 27, 2012 http://www.examiner.com/christian-spirituality-in-columbus /clergy-appreciation-month-let-s-celebrate http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11563683/

Anti-Addiction Day Sunday, June 3, 2012 http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/quotes.html www.soberrecovery.com www.kolmac.com www.wnd.com http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Leave_It_There/pdf/ http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Is_Your_All_on_the_Altar/pdf/ www.interventionamerica.org http://www.minoritynurse.com/substance-abuse/african-americans -substance-abuse-and-spirituality http://nationalsubstanceabuseindex.org/fedresources.htm http://www.Glide.org http://nethymnal.org/htm/g/i/givthank.htm www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/m/tmeasiam.htm http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/maya_angelou/quotes http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/nikki_giovanni/quotes http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/quotes http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/anna_akhmatova/poems/31 http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/ ivan_donn_carswell/poems/23143

Providing Aid During Natural and Manmade Disasters Sunday, June 10, 2012 http://www.sitnews.us/0905news/092205/092205_shns_rita_fatigue.html http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/ Matthew-Henry/Neh/Nehemiahs-Request-King http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150104895253506 www.augsburgfortress.org/

Father�s Day Sunday, June 17, 2012 http://afrodaddy.com/ http://blackfatherhood.com/ http://blackfathers.org/the-national-black-pages/ http://www.100blackmen.org/home.aspx http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmquotes1.html http://www.chiff.com/a/fathers-day-quotes.htm

ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAY Sunday, June 24, 2012 http://www.bcdvi.org/fr_oursacredpaths.cfm http://www.domesticviolencestatistics.org http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/history-vawa.pdf http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hits-keep-coming -30-songs-inspired-by-domestic,57741/ http://newsone.com/explorations/tweeting-while-black/ news-one-staff/black-twitter-history-infographic/ http://articles.cnn.com/2003-12-10/justice/brown.charged_1_open -right-hand-singer-bobby-brown-files-charges?_s=PM:LAW

Summer Revival Sunday, July 1, 2012 http://www.case.edu/artsci/soci/documents/Priestlyand PropheticInfluencesonBlackChurchSocialServices.pdf http://www.kidspraise.info/

Mission Sunday (Mission Work at Home) Sunday, July 8, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/Juvenile _poverty_in_Tennessee_up_more http://library.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=28&page=22 http://www.neumc.org/console/files/oForms_YJ7JB6/ 2011_Local_Church_Mission http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/ 2010/10/study_reveals_church_giving http://www.deadmanwalkingupdate.org/dmw_stats.html http://www.ask.com/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Women http://www.ask.com/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Minorities www.Merriam-Webster.com myEtymology.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States http://www.amazon.com/All-Nations-Sheet-Music-ebook /dp/B004MME9LS

Singles� Sunday Sunday, July 15, 2012 http://www.thegrio.com/specials/life-and-style/ is-marriage-dead-for-african-americans.php

MEN�S DAY Sunday, July 29, 2012 http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/text.htm www.raiseonline.com www.hopepublishing.com http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-too/

Family Enrichment/Kinship Sunday Sunday, August 5, 2012 http://www.naltblackchurch.com/healing-family.html http://www.nbcfamilycouncil.com/ http://cslr.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/media/PDFs/ Op-Ed_Pieces/Franklin.Can_the_Church_Save _African_American_Families.pdf http://enrichyourfamily.org/ http://blackchilddevelopment.club.officelive.com/enrichment.aspx http://www.lincolnfamilylifecenter.org/ http://www.afrokids.com/index.htm

MISSION SUNDAY (MISSION WORK ABROAD) Sunday, August 12, 2012 http://www.internationalministries.org/ http://www.globalministries.org/ http://www.prayingscriptures.com/nations.shtml http://www.haitirememberthechildren.org/ http://ubuntuglobalvillagedonate.bbnow.org/

EVANGELISM SUNDAY Sunday, August 26, 2012 http://www.theroot.com/category/views-tags/black-atheism-0 http://www.urbancusp.com/newspost/%E2%80%98no-church -in-the-wild%E2%80%99-black-churches-hip-hop-and -the-streets/ http://www.wlstheologia.net/files/RydeckiEvangelism.pdf http://www.redeemer2.com/resources/papers/evangelisticworship.pdf http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/worship-and-evangelism/ http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/evangelism/pdf/evangelismsunday.pdf https://gcmin-rnr.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/ogr/ 2012%20-%20OGR%2010%20Passionate%20Witness.pdf www.beckenhorstpress.com www.charismahouse.com http://www.raiseonline.com www.urbanministriesvbs.com www.theevangelisminstitute.org http://www.sermonspice.com/Christian-Videos-and-Clips-LPadwMY? gclid=CJLA9-7PyK0CFUOo4AodEUj9hQ http://cyberbrethren.com/2010/04/19/ lutherans-and-evangelism-have-we-lost-our-voice/ www.cybermissions.org http://www.artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aanderson/Publications evangelism_and_the_growth_of_pen.htm

Celebration of Vocations Sunday, September 2, 2012 http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Labor-Day.shtml http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_ black_america_news/32096 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/labor-day-history-facts _n_705480.html#s134643&title=Canadian_Origin http://www.workingpreacher.org/preachingworship.aspx?article_id=250 http://www.liturgybytlw.com/Pentecost/Labor.html http://www.iwj.org/template/page.cfm?id=175 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/labor-day/ http://ministry-to-children.com/bible-lesson-about-work/ http://www.disability99.org/id69.html http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/ain_t_got_time_to_die.htm

Pastor�s Anniversary Sunday, September 9, 2012 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved =0CDsQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .ibsa.org%2 Fpastorappreciation%2Fpdf%2FPAMideas.pdf&ei=-IaE TZitLoXsOaSD_eQM&usgAFQ jCNHx1bJEUXOFMzd U67Be-kTOWT5_9Q&sig2=SWXV0uGUXDlqW7WmTjhmzQ http://www.my-pastor.com/pastor-appreciation-poems.html

SENIORS, ELDERS, AND GRANDPARENTS DAY Sunday, September 16, 2012 http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/moynchapter5.htm http://www.aarp.org/relationships/grandparenting/info-12-2010 /more_grandparents_raising_grandchildren.html http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_15396951 http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/12/thirtysomething -grandparents-social-services-study

Homecoming/Family and Friends Day Sunday, September 23, 2012 http://rockhay.tripod.com/worship/prayers-etc/opening.htm http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1610 http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/~hfairchi/pdf/FairchildArticles/TakingCare ofBusinessFamilyChurch.pdf http://cslr.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/media/PDFs/Op- http://www.nbcfamilycouncil.com http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/ 2010/02/05/fv_blackhistory http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homecoming http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_purpose_of_ homecoming_at_church http://cyak.org/uploads/2/0/8/42084260/songbook.pdf http://www.lyric.com/lyrics/shirley-caesar/82190-sweeping-through-the-city/ http://www.blackdemographics.com http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#bfp

Stewardship Sunday (Tithing Your Finances) Sunday, September 30, 2012 http://biblicalstewardship.net/statistical-research-on-stewardship/ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/0107000.html http://moseshogan.com/music_of_moses.htm

Fall Revival Sunday, October 7, 2012 http://www.observer.com/2008/toni-morrisons-letter-barack-obama http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/BH2008/494 http://www.bartleby.com/269/41.html http://www.glenmusik.com/orders.html http://dictionary.babylon.com/revival/ http://www.worldrevivalnetwork.com/drupal/content/history-word-revival http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr2.html http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/index-frame.html

A Service of Healing (For those suffering emotional distress, grief, divorce, and physical ailments) Sunday, October 21, 2012 http://www.gbod.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx? c=nhLRJ2PMKsG&b=5511947&ct=7181591&printmode=1 http://theresurgence.com/2009/05/11/spiritual-gifts-healing http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/documents/anointingservice.htm http://www.tulipstreet.org/site/?p=89 http://stjohnspathtofreedom.org/Reentrynetworkmeeting.aspx http://www.aa.org/bbonline/ http://www.celebraterecovery.com/ http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/amazinggrace/justasiam.htm http://www.lyricstime.com/hezekiah-walker-i-need-you-to-survive-lyrics.html http://www.tulipstreet.org/site/?p=89 http://stjohnspathtofreedom.org/Reentrynetworkmeeting.aspx http://www.aa.org/bbonline/ http://www.celebraterecovery.com/ http://www.celebraterecovery.com/?page_id=1919 http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/amazinggrace/justasiam.htm http://www.lyricstime.com/hezekiah-walker-i-need-you-to-survive-lyrics.html

Ushers and Nurses Guild Day Sunday, October 28, 2012 www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12409-psalms http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H5605&t=RSV http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=usher&allowed_in_frame=0 http://theoldblackchurch.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-ushers-day.html http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/24123 http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-4521.html

Political Action Day (Tuesday, November 6, 2012 is Election Day.) Sunday, November 4, 2012 http://www.adl.org/issue_religious_freedom/separation_cs_primer.asp http://www.democraticdialogue.com/DDpdfs/TeachingDemocracyPDK.pdf

Youth Day (Youth and Health) Sunday, November 11, 2012 http://blackgirlsrockinc.com/live/about/what-we-do http://www.blackyouthproject.com/about/ http://csbyc.soe.umich.edu/ http://www.blackhealthzone.com/black-child-fact-sheet http://nbcdi.org http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=54334

Thanksgiving Sunday, November 18, 2012 http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tgproclamation.html accessed 11 May 2012 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/murray:@field%28DOCID +@lit%28lcrbmrpt0d03div1%29%29 http://antislavery.eserver.org/religious/absalomjones http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/institutions/text1/crummell.pdf

Disability Awareness Day Sunday, November 25, 2012 http://www.cmdeaf.org/resources/articles-by-dr-foster/twelve-scriptural-reasons http://www.nbda.org/ http://www.afb.org/default.aspx

First Sunday of Advent/World AIDS Day Sunday, December 2, 2012 www.LNWhymns.com http://www.balmingilead.org/ http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/basic/ http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/factsheets/pdf/ HIV_overview_2012.pdf http://www.worldaidsday.org/act-aware.php http://www.naacp.org/programs/entry/health-programs http://rfkcenter.org/black-pastors-express-support-for-lgbt-ugandans http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/09/21/black-clergy-back-md -same-sex-marriage-law/

Second Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 9, 2012 http://www.crivoice.org/advent2.html http://www.kingofpeace.org/resources/advent.pdf http://simplekids.net/advent-activities/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/662472.stm

Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 16, 2012 http://ministry-to-children.com/advent-coloring-book/ http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/advent_puzzles_for_kids.htm http://www.cresourcei.org/jesse.html

Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 23, 2012 http://www.journeywithjesus.net/PoemsAndPrayers/Advent_Poetry.shtml http://liturgyoutside.net/AdventChristmas.html http://www.first-school.ws/activities/bible/advent1.htm

Christmas Tuesday, December 25, 2012 http://www.c-we.com/adelumc/071216.htm http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/1698.htm www.beckenhorstpress.com http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_2_58/ ai_97729819/?tag=content;col1 http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronology of 354_04 _planets_and_days.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion /portrait/john.html http://web.archive.org/web/20110430004539/ http://www.bsu.edu/web/01bkswartz/xmaspub.html http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/13267/

Kwanzaa Wednesday, December 26, 2012 http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml https://www.google.com/ search?q=kwanzaa&hl= en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ & sa=X&ei=eWrPT4GCBcOk6gG7grCyDA&sqi =2&ved=0CHEQsAQ& biw=1366&bih=667 http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/kwanzaa/ http://officialkwanzaawebsite.org/

Watch Night Monday, December 31, 2012 www.childrensdefense.org http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/ birth-control/survey-finds-big-drop-in-sexual