Greetings Berean:
I trust that all is well with you, family and church.
Let me begin by stating that you are being invited to participate in a music extravaganza on Sunday, July 24, 2011, 7:00 p.m.. I know that we will have just finished a powerful annual session the week of July 17-22, 2011; however, support from Berean is needed and appreciated. Some of you know that I have worked with a mentoring program for children with incarcerated parents since 2008 on a volunteer basis. This program was introduced through the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri where Reverend Jimmy L. Brown is the President, and our National Baptist Convention Prison Ministry and Criminal Justice Commission. Please stay tuned as we will begin a new work in July with a youth summit for at-risked children/troubled youth, and in October 2011-September 2012, officially launch the program. It is not required for this program that parents and/or caregivers be prisoners.
During the process of this ministry, partnerships were developed with several national organizations. The one in particular that I wish to introduce during this E-mail is the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice who is committed to mentoring and serving children. Their annual conference is being held in St. Louis beginning Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the Hilton St. Louis Ballpark Hotel with services at 11:00 a.m., and the musical at , 7:00 p.m. (flyer attached).
The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice is requesting choirs, vocalists and liturgical dancers - St. Louis' finest. I am hoping that you would allow your music staff to participate in the "Reverend Warren H. Do;phus Gospel Music Extravaganza which begins at 7:00 p.m. If participants are available, provide an A&B Selection or allow litigurcal dancing, this would be an honor for the Association and certainly to me as a committed participant that will be working with this group and other national organizations who are committed to serving and mentoring at-risked and troubled youth .
Please send an email to elizabeththurman123@comcast.net if you agree to participate, and copy me. I look forward to hearing from you concerning this request for Sunday, July 24, and working with you as we launch the new at-risked program; youth summit during their conference on Monday, July 25, and the official group mentoring program October 2011-September 2012 (separate email to follow, as I must recruit 50 children for youth summit on July 25th.)
Blessings,
Linda Joyce Mackey
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