Every congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church will conduct yearly a brief ceremony to remember the nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C., who were brutally murdered on June 17, 2015, during Bible Study: Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton (45); Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd (54); Susie J. Jackson (87); Ethel Lee Lance (70); Rev. DePayne Middleton (49); Honorable Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney (41); Tywanza Sanders (26); Rev. Daniel L. Simmons, Sr. (74); Myra Singleton Thompson (59), as well as the survivors Felicia Sanders, Polly Sheppard, Jennifer Pinckney, Rev. Anthony Thompson, and two minors. This ceremony will be conducted during Sunday worship service, in perpetuity. Each congregation will conduct the ceremony under independent guidelines. The ceremony will be conducted on the immediate Sunday following June 17, except those years when June 17 is on Sunday,
(Page 22, 2016 AMEC Doctrine and Discipline)
Terror and Witness Litany – Bishop Richardson
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The Doors of the Church Are Open – A Litany in Memory of the Emanuel Nine
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Mother Emanuel Remembrance Sunday – A Message from the Council of Bishops
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Mother Emanuel Remembrance Sunday – The Law
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(pdf file)A Litany of RemembranceA Litany of Remembrance
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Sermons
Mourning the Mother Emmanuel Nine
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Opening Our Graves
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Hymns
Hymn Suggestions
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Prayer
Prayer
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