The Jennings Temple Church

(Christian Methodist Episcopal)

320 Avenue G
P. O. Box 1022
Greenwood, MS 38930

Education Day
Highlighting the Graduates
of

2016
May 15, 2016
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

Patricia Y. Baylor, Director of Christian Education

The Reverend Willie Robert Jones, Pastor
The Reverend Dr. Charles Holbrook, Presiding Elder
The Right Reverend Thomas L. Brown, Presiding Bishop
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THE ACTS OF WORSHIP

MINISTRY OF PREPARATION
Prelude: ...................................... Mrs. Mildred Sias and Jonathan Butler, Musicians
Mr. Jonathan Butler
Introit: ................................................................................................... Congregation
The Lord is in His Holy Temple, Let all the earth keep silence before Him (Hymn #541)
Lighting of Candles ............................ Acolyte................................. Rayshun Grisby
Processional ...................................................................................... Mass Choir and
2016 High School Graduates
THE MINISTRY OF PRAISE ..................................................................Call to Worship
Leader: Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness
People: They that worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and truth.
Morning Hymn ...................................................................... O How I Love Jesus
The Hymnal of the C.M.E. Church #10

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (The Apostles Creed):

Leader: Let us unite in this historic confession of the Christian faith:
Leader and People: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spi5rit, born of
the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day
he rose from the dead, he ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the
Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the
Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen
THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER
Morning Prayer .............................................................................. Mr. Troy Mitchell
Choral Response ............................................................. Hear Our Prayer, O Lord
The Hymnal of the C.M.E. Church #450
THE MINISTRY OF MUSIC
Selection ...................................................................................................Mass Choir
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Litany ............................................................................................. Mrs. Felicia Cates

Leader: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
People: Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Leader: You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
People: I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and will bring you back from
captivity.[b] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have
banished you, declares the LORD, and will bring you back to the place from
which I carried you into exile.
Gloria Patri
Welcome ................................................................................ Mrs Alanda Travillion
Occasion .................................................................................Attorney Carl Palmer
Justice Court Judge & Greenwood City Schools Attorney

THE MINISTRY OF GIVING

Morning Offering/Benevolent Offering
Introduction of Speaker ............................................ Judge Lillie Blackmon Sanders
State of Mississippi 21st Judicial Circuit Court

Song ..........................................................................................................Mass Choir

Words of Encouragement ...................................................... Judge Jannie M. Lewis
State of Mississippi 6th Judicial Circuit Court

Invitation to Discipleship .......................................................Pastor Willie R. Jones

Selection/Congregational Song ................................................................Mass Choir
Presentation
Selection ...................................................................................................Mass Choir
Remarks, Parish Notices and Rituals of Friendship ................. Mr. W. Frank Morris

Asst. Director, Christian Education

Remarks ...................................................................................Pastor Willie R. Jones

THE MINISTRY OF BLESSING
Doxology (Standing)
Benediction (Seated)
Departing Music (Seated)

Gift Bearers
Austin Cartwright, Justin Cartwright, Christopher Mitchell and Cameron Mitchell
Announcements
Worship Service 1st -4th
Bible Study each Wednesday at 12:00 noon

Our Sick & Shut In

Sis. Lucinda Baker
Sis. Estella Thompson
Rev. Wilola Gray
Sister Annie Reeves

Bro. James Spells

Sis. Lida Howard
Sister Mary Jackson
Sister Beatrice Higgins

Prayer List
Sis. Mary Spells
Sis. Sonia Firrow
Sis. Jessie Tramiel
Bro. Leonard Tramiel
Sis. Johnetta N. Hill
Bro. Robert Moore

Sis. Bessie Oliphant

Bro. Richard Hemphill
Sis. Delores Cobbs
Bro. John Shavers
Bro. Kenneth Hill

Contact Information
Rev. Willie R. Jones
Church: 662-453-8644
Mobile: 662-392-1038

Greenwood-Jackson District
406 Winding Hills Drive- Clinton, MS 39056
May 15, 2016
Dear Graduates,
I greet you, the graduating scholars of The Jennings Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in the
Matchless Name of Jesus the Christ of God; our Risen Savior! You have been faithful to God, your church, your
families and your schools.
This is no small accomplishment you all have achieved. For the last twelve years you have been enduring
the rigors of studying, serving, maturing, adjusting, rising victoriously, and managing new experiences and new challenges. Today is a
witness to your success at this level of your life and progress.
You are to be commended and you should feel proud of yourselves for staying the course and completing your High School and or
your College education. Eyes have not seen nor have ears heard what The Lord has in store for you individually and collectively if you
continue in faithfulness to Him.
As you sit in the drivers seat of your life, remember you and your Creator will write the next chapter. As you write, be creative, scholarly,
progressive, faithful, committed, and determined. Write a Best Seller and make yourselves the main character and star. Let The Lord be
your best supporting Actor watch Him support you to an Oscar performance!
So, as you go forth, remember the words from Isaiah 40:30, & 31; Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young [women
and] men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
May The Lord bless and prosper every effort you make and may He always keep the wind at your back, the Son on your face, humility
on your knees, faith in your spirit, and hope in your heart!
God bless each of you as you tackle the world and become the next leaders for success! Never forget where you came from and you
will always know where you are going!
Yours in the Service of Our Lord,
Rev. Charles E. Holbrook Presiding Elder
The Jennings Temple Church
Dear Graduates,
I'm excited about this month because among other things, we are celebrating the graduation of some of our
church family's young people. They are graduating from high school and college. Scripture tells us to rejoice when
anyone in our Christian family rejoices, so on graduation days in this month, we will be praying special prayers
to honor these special people who have persevered.
I've heard several people over my life ask or tell me the difference between a freshman and a mature
senior graduate. Most of us know that the sophomore is the one who may have the tendency to think they already
know everything. The mature senior, however, after graduating has the tendency to look back after completing all
those years of hard work and thinking "after all I had to learn, I now realize how much more I don't know."
Maybe we'll have lots of graduations our entire life, which can remind us that once again we haven't come to the end, but we're just
experiencing another opportunity to begin taking another bite out of all there is in front of us that we cannot see. If we live in this kind of
mind set, we might tend to cling harder to our Lord who has infinite knowledge and promises to never let go of us through the situations
we don't yet know.
It is my prayer that all the graduates develop that relationship with Jesus Christ, the God that The Jennings Temple Church family
introduced to you. Always remember... through Christ you have made it to this season of your life by His grace. And that same wonderful
grace will bring you over any challenge life brings your way. The closer you come to Jesus the brighter your future will be.
Congratulations and God Bless all your future endeavors.
Rev. Willie R. and Mrs. Sheila A. Jones

The Jennings Temple C.M.E. Church

Board of Christian Education

Dear Graduates, have dreams! And, as Amanda Bradley says:

Follow your Dream. Take one step at a time and dont settle for less.
Just continue to climb
Follow your dream. If you stumble, dont stop and lose sight of God.
Press to the top. For only on top can we see the whole view.
We can see what weve done and what we can do.
Can we then have the vision to see something new.
Press on, follow your dreams.
Patricia Y. Baylor, Director Christian Education, and members.

High School
Graduates
Greenwood High Bulldogs

Olive Branch Conquestadors

1209 Garrard Avenue

Greenwood, MS 38930
Dr. Lorita Harris, Principal
Lori Gardner, Counselor

9366 Sandidge Road

Olive Branch, MS 38654
Allyson Killough, Principal
Lindsey Chun, Counselor

White Station Spartans

Southaven Chargers

514 South Perkins Road

Memphis, TN 38117
David Mansfield, Principal
Tamala Brown-Malone, Counselor

735 Rasco Road

Southaven, MS 38671
Shane Jones, Principal
Latausha Williams, Counselor

JEFFREY L. BANKS JR.

Birthdate: April 10, 1998
Parents: Jeffrey Banks, Sr.
Erica Banks

School:
Colors:
Mascot:
City:

Olive Branch High School

Blue & Gold
Conquistadors
Olive Branch, Mississippi

Church Activities: Attend Sunday School & Church

Other Activities: Football
College Plans: Pearl River Community College
After College: To pursue a career as a U. S. Marshall

Proverbs 3:3-4
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding
in the sight of God and man.
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TIMIA LANITRA BLISSETT

Birthdate: October 19, 1997
Parents: Timothy Blissett, Sr.
Arnitra Blissett

School:
Colors:
Mascot:
City:

White Station High School

Green & Gray
Spartan
Memphis, Tennessee

Church Activities:
Praise dance, Choir
School Activities:
Football manager (6 years)
College Plans:
Mississippi State University
After College:
To attend grad school and open a daycare center.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Or you will learn his ways and find a snare for yourself.

MAURICE T. METCALF
Birth date: June 23, 1998
Parents: Maurice Metcalf, Sr.
Sheilesia McIntyre

High School:
Colors:
Mascot:
City:

Greenwood High
Maroon & White
Bulldogs
Greenwood, Mississippi

College Plans:
Attend the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Church Activities:
Sunday School
Other Activities:
Football and Baseball
After College: Working in the field of Heating and air conditioning.

Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by
the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall
not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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ASTRAEA MOORE
Birth date: June 4, 1998
Parents: Terrence Moore
Miranda Nicole Morton

School:
Colors:
Mascot:
City:

Southaven High School

Orange & Blue
Chargers
Southaven, Mississippi

Church Activities:
Choir, Sunday School
Other Activities:
Basketball
College Plans:
Northwest Community College
After College:
Sport Therapist
Proverbs 3:3-4
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding
in the sight of God and man.

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DNASHIA DAVALYIA QUINN

Birthdate: December 2, 1997
Parents: Donald Spells
Bianca Quinn

School:
Colors:
Mascot:
City:

Greenwood High School

Maroon and White
Bulldog
Greenwood, Mississippi

Church Activities:
Choir & Praise Dance, Sunday School Secretary
Other Activities:
Cheerleader, (9-12) National Honor Society
College Plans:
Tougaloo College
After College: To furthering my education by getting my masters and
getting a career in Forensic.
Proverbs 2:10-11
When wisdom entereth into thine heart,
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man

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2016
College Graduates
Bachelor Degree, Master Degree
and Doctorate Degree

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ARIANA JASHAE GARDNER

Department of Biology
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Pre-Physical Therapy
College:

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

Parents:

Percy Wingfield Gardner

Loria Fortune Gardner

Colors:

Blue & White

Church Activities:
Member of Jennings Temple C.M.E. Church
Other Activities:
4 yr. Soccer (Lettered), WEB Dubois Honor College graduate, Honor
graduate 3.46 GPA, All SWAC Academic Whos Who Among
Collegiate Athletes.
Future Plans:
Attend The University of Texas - Arlington and ultimately obtain a
Doctorate of Physical Therapy focusing on sports Medicine. My overall
goal is to become a professional in the sports medicine field and work
with professional athletes.

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RAYMOND DALE GRISBY

Department of Business Administration

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
College:

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Colors: Green & White

Parents: Raymond Grisby, Sr.

The Late Brenda D. Grisby
Church Activities: Inspirational Choir
Young Adult Sunday School Superintendent
Other Activities:
Delta Mu Delta Honor Society, Career Peer
Future Plans:
To pursue Masters Degree in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Strategic Leadership

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TRENTON LEE HOBBS

Department of Mass Communications

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
College:

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Colors: Green & White

Parents: Reverend Willie Robert Jones, Jr.

Sheila Ann Hobbs-Jones
Church Activities:
Senior Choir
Young Adult Sunday School Superintendent
Other Activities:
Award: Outstanding skills in radio -MVSU
Radio DJ (WVSD 91.7), completed WGNL 104.3 Internship
Future Plans:
To pursue a career in Radio Broadcasting on the local or national
level.

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DENEIDRA LATRICE JOHNSON

Department of Business Administration

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

College:

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Colors: Green & White

Parents: Michael McKinnon/Eddie Cates

Felicia Cates
Church Activities:
Jennings Temple Inspirational Choir
Other Activities:
Hanging out with family and shopping.
Future Plans:
To pursue a more advanced career in business and possibly
relocate to another state.

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JORDAN MONIT TRAVILLION

Communicative Disorders Department

Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders

College:

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

Colors: Blue & White

Parents: Gregory Travillion

Alanda Russell Travillion
Church Activities:
Member of Jennings Temple C.M.E. Church
Future Plans:
Attend graduate School to further education in speech therapy.

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GREGORY GERONE HASLETT

Department of Social Work

Master of Social Work

College:

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Colors: Green & White

Parents: Willie Fred Amos

Ida Zinnie Thomas Haslett
Church Activities:
Inspirational/Adult Choirs.
Other Activities:
MVSU Social Work Club, Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor
Society, Golden Key National Honor Society, Whos who among
Americas College and Universities, Community Activist.
Future Plans:
Full time employment

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MARILYN HOLMES

Department of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration in Finance

College:

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Parents:

King H. Jackson, Jr.

Late Kathry Parker-Jackson

Colors: Green & White

Church Activities:
Member of Jennings Temple C.M.E. Church
Other Activities:
Substituted for children department
Future Plans:
To continue as a business and financial advisor to help students and others to
master the financial challenges they face in life and to provide spiritual
guidance to those I encounter and help them grow and develop into the
individuals God created them to be.

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CARLOS A. EMMONS

Department of Business Administration

Master of Business of Administration

College:

University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Colors: Orange & Green

Parents: Robert Moore

Freda Emmons Taylor
Other Activities:
Football,
National Football League:
Pittsburg Steelers,
Philadelphia Eagles, & New York Giants
Future Plans:
To expand my business in Atlanta, Georgia.

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GEORGE CARPTEN IV

University of Cincinnati
Doctorate of Musical Arts
College:

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Colors: Red & Black

Parents: George Carpten III

Brenda Lewis Carpten
Church Activities:
Sunday School Student
Other Activities:
Symphony orchestra, Jazz band
Teaches/tutors students in trumpet performance
Future Plans:
To continue my career in the field of music performance.

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We continue to journey into our

future through Higher
Education, Christian Service,
and Prayer

A Graduate's Prayer
Dear Lord,
As I look toward the future, bright hope conducts this prayer,
for I know the plans You have for me, were wrought with divine care.
Holy Spirit, lead me. Let me run at Your command,
Yet be still and know that You are God, when trouble is close at hand.
Your Word will be a lamp for me, a guide to light my way,
a solid place to set my feet, a compass when I stray.
May I live my life to praise You, not for fortune, nor for fame,
May everything I say and do bring glory to Your name.
May my eyes stay fixed upon You as I seek the way that's pure,
Tasting Your love and goodness, sleeping and rising secure.
Planted by Your living streams I'll delight in all Your ways,
Hidden by Your sheltering wings with new mercies for each day.
Even in a dangerous land when storms threaten to destroy,
at the cross I'll stand upon the Rock, my Strength, my Hope, my Joy.
Dear Lord, show me Your favor, at all times keep me blessed,
May Your face ever shine upon me, with peace and perfect rest. Amen.
--Mary Fairchild
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Autographs and Well Wishes

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