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January Events

Jan 7th (Epiphany)

1st Sunday

Jan 13th

10:00 AM SOA Book Club-Dr. M. L. King’s Letter from A Birmingham Jail

Jan 14th

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

Jan 15th

Mail Giving Statements by the 15th

Jan 21st

3rd Sunday

Jan 27th

Official Board (virtual)

SOA UWM Basketball Game (Christian Fellowship)

Jan 27th

1st Sunday

Jan 28th

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

Conference Claims due by Feb. 11th

Febuary Events

African American History/Lent

Focus: My Soul Looks Back & Wonders

Feb 4th

1st Sunday

Feb 8th

1st Sunday – Gifts to Shut-Ins

Feb 11th

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

  • AME Church Founder’s Day (observed)

  • Jarena Lee’s Birthday

  • Conference Claims due

  • SOA Super Bowl Party (Christian Fellowship)

Feb 14th

Ash Wednesday Worship In-Person 6:30 PM

Richard Allen’s Birthday

Feb 15th

6:00 PM Second Quarterly Conference (virtual)

Covers November 1st – January 31st

Feb 18th (1st Sunday of Lent)

3rd Sunday

Feb 20th

Spring Primary Election Day

Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day

Feb 24th

SOA Bucks Game Night (Christian Fellowship)

Feb 25th (2nd Sunday of Lent)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

Feb 28th

Mid-Year Connectional Obligation Payment

March Events

Lent/Resurrection - Focus: Kingdom Consequences

  • Tithing Testimonies

March 3rd (3rd Sunday of Lent)

1st Sunday

March 7th – 9th

Fourth District Spiritual Transformation Convocation

  • Retirement Celebration for Bishop John F. White

March 10th (4th Sunday of Lent)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

Daylight Savings Time Change

March 12th

Alzheimer's Gala

March 17th (5th Sunday of Lent)

3rd Sunday – Purple Sunday

March 21st – 22nd

4th District Lay, Spring Board Meeting and Training Session (hybrid)

March 24th

4th Sunday – Palm (Passion) Sunday

Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

Feb 24th

SOA Bucks Game Night (Christian Fellowship)

March 25th – 29th

Holy Week

March 29th

Good Friday Day of Service

March 31st

5th Sunday – Easter (Resurrection) Sunday

  • 6:30 AM SonRise Service

  • 10:00 AM Resurrection Sunday

April Events

St. Mark AME Church 155th Anniversary

April 2nd

Spring Presidential Election Day

7th (2nd Sunday of Easter)

1st Sunday

April 11th – 13th

Chicago Conference – North District Sunday School Convention

April 14th (3rd Sunday of Easter)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

April 21st (4th Sunday of Easter)

3rd Sunday

April 28th (5th Sunday of Easter)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

May Events

St. Mark AME Church 155th Anniversary

May 2nd

National Day of Prayer

Chicago Conference – Milwaukee District Conference Business Session (Zoom 6:30 – 8:00 PM)

May 5th (6th Sunday of Easter)

1st Sunday

May 8th

Quarterly Connectional Obligation Payment

May 10th

Ezekiel Gillespie’s Birthday

May 12th (Ascension Sunday)

2nd Sunday – Mother’s Day – Gifts to Shut-Ins

Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

May 14th-16th

4th District Presiding Elders’ and Ministers’ Retreat

Camp Baber, Cassopolis, MI

May 19th

3rd Sunday – Pentecost Sunday

May 24th

5:30 PM Third Quarterly Meeting (in-person)

Covers February 1st – April 31st

May 26th (1st Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

May 27th

Memorial Day

June Events

Focus: Brother 2 Brother Month

Worship On the Lawn

June 2nd (2nd Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday

June 8th

Chicago Conference- Milwaukee District Conference

In-person Session, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM (CST)

Jerusalem Empowered, Milwaukee, WI

June 9th (3rd Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

June 16th

3rd Sunday – Father’s Day (Gifts to Shut-Ins)

June 17th

Mother Emanuel 9 (2015)

June 19th

Juneteenth Day Celebration

June 20th

The Longest Day – Help Fight Alzheimer’s Day (Play)

June 23rd (4th Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

June 30th (5th Sunday after Pentecost)

5th Sunday – Scholarship Recognition Day

July Events

No Bible Study

  • Tithing Testimonies

July 7th (6th Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday

July 13th – 20th

Michigan Fine Arts Institute

Camp Baber, Cassopolis, MI

July 14th (7th Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

July 15th

Giving Statements

July 21st (8th Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday

TBD

Vacation Bible School TBD

July 25th – 27th

4th District Christian Education Congress (CDMC Ceremony)

July 28th (9th Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

August Events

Appreciation: Well Done

  • No Bible Study

  • Leadership Appointments w/Pastor

  • Annual Conference Reports Due

August 4th (10th Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday

August 8th

Quarterly Connectional Obligation Payment

August 8th – 10th

82nd Annual Lay Convention – Milwaukee, WI

St. Mark AME Church (in-person)

August 11th (11th Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

TBD

UNCF Walk/Run

August 13th

Fall Primary Election Day

August 18th (12th Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday

August 21st – 28th

52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Columbus, Ohio

August 25th (13th Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry

September Events

Focus: Back to Reality

  • Tithing Testimonies

September 1st (14th Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday – Gifts to Shut-Ins

September 8th (15th Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

September 15th (16th Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday

September 16th

5:30 PM Fourth Quarterly Meeting (in-person)

Covers May 1st – July 31st

September 20th

Pastor Joy’s 57th Birthday

September 22nd (17th Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

August 18th (12th Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday

September 29th (18th Sunday after Pentecost)

5th Sunday

October Events

Sister 2 Sister

  • Church Planning & Budget Church Conference

October 6th (19th Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday (Senior Sisters)

October 13th (20th Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – (Purse Project) Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

AME Church School Sunday

October 16th

Annual Conference Connectional Payment

October 19th

Sister 2 Sister Brunch

October 20th (21st Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday (Women’s Day)

October 23rd – 26th

Chicago Annual Conference

23rd – WMS

24th – 26th – Annual Conference Naperville, IL

October 27th (22nd Sunday after Pentecost)

4th Sunday – (Welcome Back) Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM

November Events

Focus: Thanksgiving/Stewardship Emphasis

  • Alzheimer's Caregivers Day of Caring

  • Leadership Training

  • Tithing Testimonies

November 3rd (23rd Sunday after Pentecost)

1st Sunday/ Daylight Saving Time Ends

Gifts to Shut-Ins

November 5th

Fall Presidential Election Day

November 10th (24th Sunday after Pentecost)

2nd Sunday – Veterans Sunday

November 13th – 16th

Planning Meeting (TBD)

November 17th (25th Sunday after Pentecost)

3rd Sunday

November 24th (Reign of Christ Sunday)

4th Sunday – Food Pantry (TBD)

December Events

Advent

December 1st (1st Sunday of Advent)

1st Sunday of Advent – World AIDS Day

TBD

1st Quarterly Conference

December 8th (2nd Sunday of Advent)

2nd Sunday of Advent

December 15th (3rd Sunday of Advent)

3rd Sunday of Advent

December 22nd (4th Sunday of Advent)

4th Sunday of Advent

December 24th

Christmas Eve – Tuesday

December 25th

Christmas Day – Wednesday

December 29th (5th Sunday of Advent)

5th Sunday of Advent

December 31st

New Year’s Eve – Tuesday