Slam Dunk For The Tyler District

As we reach the halfway point before the Annual Conference in September, the Tenacious Tyler District Conference started and ended with a Slam Dunk.  As you see this was not only the NCAA College basketball March Madness, but it was the Tenacious Tyler District March Madness.

On Saturday, March 18, in Tyler, Texas at Ebenezer AME Church, all parts of this organization came together to discuss business, finance, and most of all to give Praise to the LORD.

Rev. Betty O’Neal, Pastor of the Moore Station Circuit near Athens, brought the morning message. Due to the lost of her younger brother, Rev. O’Neal fired up the congregation with a powerful solo entitled “Fix Me.”

Coming from Ephesians 5:27, Rev. O’Neal’s theme “Worthy of Not; He’s Coming Back” dealt with the key word Apportionment.  “Not faith, not hope, not trust, not belief, or praise, but Apportionment this is to remind us of who we are as AME's,” said O’Neal.

O’Neal stated that we need to keep in mind who are; now that we have the power to pray our way out of any situation; now that when praises go up; blessings come down.

“I thank God that I am not what I use to be, but Jesus died that I might be saved and my name; I don’t know about your name, but my name will be in the Book of Life.  I may not look like much, but God know that I’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb,” said O’Neal.

Rev. O’Neal wanted to let the Tyler District AME’s know that as AME’s; A don’t stand for just abstinence or apportionment, but we are Anointed.  M don’t stand for just Methodist or money, but stands for means, mighty, and Master.  E don’t stand for just Episcopal or enslaved, but stands for endurance, eternal, everlasting.  “ We are the chosen. We are in this for the long run.  If we would only believe that all things are possible through GOD; remember that we have to finish the work of the one who sent us, and know that we need to always be READY to serve the LORD,” said O’Neal.

Later that afternoon, Presiding Elder Ervin conducted his general business session of the conference.  The meeting consisted of presentations from The Jenkins Agency, Arlington, Texas; Above & Beyond Services, Inc., Jacksonville, Texas; and a special presentation from Rev. J. H. Holmes & Rev. Alton Paris.  Both Ministers expressed to the conference now that Tyler District now has its own website. (www.amec-tyler-district.net) This website consist of news events, information on Tyler District Pastors and their church locations, upcoming events, etc.

The approximate cost for the website is $1000, which was donated by Rev. Holmes and Rev. Paris.

This web site is donated to The Tyler District by The Reverends John H. Holmes and Alton E. Paris as a labor of love.  The site is designed and hosted by the Faith Publishing and Consulting Corporation of Grandview, TX, Reverend Al Paris, HostE-Mail, CEO. The Reverend J. H. Holmes, jhholmes@cableone.net, is the Webmaster and Maintainer of the Tyler District Web Site. Copyright © 2006 The Tyler PE District, AMEC. 
Last modified: 11/24/08