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-the Effect Produced on Others "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." Ralph Waldo Emerson Pastor Shirley Davenport Pastor Shirley Davenport would put us on that altar and would tell us "don't look at your neighbor and stay there until you reach God!" Whew! I always said, "Pastor Davenport made you pray when you didn't want to.? Praise God, it paid off! Shirley Wilson Staples I j oined Sister Davenport's church when I was 17 years old. Much of what I know about working in the church I learned from her and Pastor Roberta Turner. You can hardly talk about one without talking about the other. The two of them were great examples of what teamwork could do. They showed me how to not have an ego. Everything is to the glory of God. When I j oined, Pastor Davenport told me, "Whatever your hands find to do, do it". She told us down through the years, "I rather wear out, then rust out". She did j ust that. Sister Davenport was a excellent preacher. She had power in the clapping of her hands. No one could clap like her. The cadence of her clap was a clue that the anointing was upon her. Sister Davenport used to be a street preacher. She told us the clapping of her hands was her "Amen" when she preached on the street. She really was a prayer warrier! She loved to pray "until you touch God and He touches you back". Deacon Charles W. Lewis once stated that he thought Pastor Davenport prayed in her sleep. I 'm a witness. She did. She went to sleep and woke up moaning in the Spirit. Many of the people blessed under her ministry have gone on to start churches and hold positions in this church. Her fruit yet remains. Vernell Turner Deacon Kenneth Davenport Deacon Davenport was one of the kindest, gentlest men I 've known. He did not like to argue and he wouldn't, even when he knew he was right. Bro. Davenport was musically talented. Music always helps to boost the service. He could play a lead guitar, piano, and the harmonica. My husband often says he wouldn't have thought to pick up the guitar if it wasn't for Brother Davenport. Deacon loved God's people and would help any one, any time of the day or night. He came to our rescue many, many times. Vernell Turner 32 The Encomium
-the Effect Produced on Others "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." Ralph Waldo Emerson Pastor Shirley Davenport Pastor Shirley Davenport was a great evangelist and powerful prayer warrior. She had that powerful clap! When she put those anointed hands together? .. Halleluj ah! As a young girl growing up in my grandmother?s home (Sister Ann Lou Tolbert), we went to her church on Beecher Street in the summer. There, I remember great women in the Fire Baptized Holiness Church, like Pastor Roberta Turner, Pastor Voyd Glenn, Evangelist Mary Dean etc.... Pastor Davenport inspired me to reach outside the walls of the church. Sometimes you have to reach the lost where they are at that moment. She is greatly missed. She is one of those who have accomplished more with the least. Pastor Yvette Clark Anthony "Tony" Davenport Brother Tony Davenport was the Minister of Music on the Southwest Ohio District and a member of St. James in Detroit. He was also our Friend. Tony, Odie, and my husband, Darrian Turner (Pastor Roberta Turner's son) would travel and play in the conventions. Tony very seldom missed a convention. He played the bass guitar, Darrian played the lead guitar, and Odie (Sister Beeks grandson) played the drums. Tony moved to the Hammond B3 organ. Eventually, Odie moved to the organ too. Tony loved the Youth Congress. He went every year. When Brother Leonard Johnson started coming to church, Tony started him going to Greenville. Every summer and sometimes at Christmas (before he married) Tony came to our house for the holidays. On one (1) visit he told us that there was a young man at their church who was interested in playing the organ. Tony said he was going to share his talent for playing the organ with the young man. He was going to teach him all he knew. Turns out, that young man was Brother I saac Harris, who is the current Minister of Music on the Southwest Ohio. Brother Phillip Poellnitz also credits Tony (along with Odie) for inspiring him to play the organ. Brother Phillip and Brother I saac are both talented musicians. Tony loved his family, St. James, and this Fire Baptized Church. So glad the Lord let our paths cross. Vernell Turner 33 The Encomium
Page 1: October, 2014 Celebrating the Peopl
Page 4 and 5: EDITOR'S NOTE The 100th Annual Conv
Page 6 and 7: A LITTLE HISTORY The Episcopacy "Th
Page 8 and 9: Ruling Elders "...to oversee the sp
Page 10 and 11: FIRST LADIES OF In our church, past
Page 12 and 13: Pastors "And I will give you pastor
Page 20 and 21: "PRICELESS NEED" An Original Poem b
Page 22 and 23: District Officers "For the perfecti
Page 24 and 25: District Officers "For the perfecti
Page 26 and 27: ANECDOTES A Little Blast from the P
Page 28 and 29: -the Effect Produced on Others "The
Page 64 and 65: ACCOLADES -an Expression of Praise
Page 66 and 67: -an Expression of Praise "Appreicat
Page 68 and 69: -an Expression of Praise "Appreicat
Page 70 and 71: Special Tribute for My Mother, Past
Page 72 and 73: Sister Concetta Lewis, Sister Litre
Page 74 and 75: Top Row (L to R): Darlene Z anders,
Page 76 and 77: Top Row (L to R): Beth Poellnitz, E
Page 78 and 79: Top Row (L to R): Pastor Michelle H
Page 80 and 81: First Row (L to R): Joseph Sutton,
Page 82 and 83: Mother Hazel Lindsay National Mothe
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Elder John David Goodbread Ruling E
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Mother Madelle T. Brown's Song Shee
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