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Posted on Mon, Jan 26, 2015

JANUARY 26, 2015

JANUARY 26, 2015 The Connectional Lay Organization Online Bishop William Phillips DeVeaux Sr. - Lay Commission Chairman Dr. Willie C. Glover - Global President-Connectional Lay Organization Mr. Walter C. Jeffers - Director of Public Relations     "In Loving Memory of Mrs. Eileen S. Warner"   Below is a scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors. The deadline is February 1, 2015. Share with your contacts or any party that may benefit from this offer:   Please share this information with high school students, parents, guidance counselors, principals, teachers, and churches:   The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program awards scholarships to high school seniors to attend any of the nineteen 1890 Land Grant Historically Black Institutions in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related disciplines.   The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program will provide full tuition, employment, employment benefits, fees, books, and room and board each year for up to four years to students pursuing a bachelor's degree at the following universities:  Alabama A&M University Alcorn State University, Mississippi Central State University, Ohio Delaware State University Florida A&M University Fort Valley State University, Georgia Kentucky State University Langston University, Oklahoma Lincoln University, Missouri North Carolina A&T State University Prairie View A&M University, Texas South Carolina State University Southern University, Louisiana Tennessee State University Tuskegee University, Alabama University of Arkansas Pine Bluff University of Maryland Eastern Shore Virginia State University West Virginia State University   The scholarship may be renewed each year contingent upon satisfactory academic performance and normal progress toward the bachelor's degree.   Eligible students must be U.S. citizens, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, have been accepted at one of the 1890 HBCUs, study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related academic disciplines, demonstrate leadership and community service.   Visit the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program website for more information: http://www.outreach.usda.gov/education/1890/index.htm   Applications: http://www.outreach.usda.gov/education/1890/   Application DEADLINE: February 1, 2015 Visit our website atwww.futurestarzz.org   _________________________________________________________________________________________     _________________________________________________________________________________________     Connectional Lay Leaders, Carl Davis (10th District) and Reginald McGill (11th District) attended the swearing in of the 114th Congress on January 6, 2015 at the United Stated Capital. They were in attendance at the Congressional Black Caucus Swearing in ceremony where they sworn in their newest members and the new Chairman Congressman G. K. Butterfield of North Carolina and other officers. They then joined their members Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-FL) in the Chambers where the Dean of the Congress, Congressman John Conyers who was first elected in 1965 officiated the swearing in ceremony for all members of Congress.   (Pictured is Carl Davis with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee being sworn in by Speaker John Boehner) _________________________________________________________________________________________         Piece of Peace by Lionel Merritt, a member of the Bahamas Conference (11th Episcopal District). Lionel Merritt is a former Director of Lay Activities of the Bahamas Conference, and has done training workshops at the local, district, and connectional levels. In his book he shares insights on how people can bring God's perfect peace into their lives.  The book is available from AuthorHouse Publishers online bookstore (www.authorhouse.com) in both paperback ($19.95) and E book formats ($3.99).  It will be a blessing to all who are interested in living a more peaceable life.           _________________________________________________________________________________________   #IamAME

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