2017 Gethsemane Women’s Calendar
January
1 New Year’s Day
3-4 Baptist E&M Convention of SC Session
Seneca River Baptist Ass. Conf. Ctr.
298 S. Popular Street; Seneca, SC
14 8:30a Christian Education Workshop
Benedict College; Columbia, SC
14 9:00a GWA & YWA Annual Planning Meeting
Second Nazareth Baptist Church
2336 Elmwood Ave. Columbia, SC
14 Pastors’ Breakfast (PTBA)
9-12 NBCUSA, Inc. Mid-Winter Session
Birmingham, AL
16 Martin Luther King Day
16-20 PNBC Mid-Winter Annual Session,
Virginia Beach, VA.
21 11:30a United Negro College Fund Luncheon
Central Baptist Church
3625 Clement Road; Columbia, SC
27 10:30a Church Women United Luncheon (CWU)
Brookland Banquet & Conference Center
29 3:00p Gethsemane Youth Crusade
Zion Chapel #1 Baptist Church
February Black History Awareness
4 8:30a Baptist E & M Congress VBS Training,
Benedict College; Columbia, SC
7 6:00p GYWA Presidents Only Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
11 11:00a GWA Red Dress/Bowtie Luncheon
Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church
5326 Ridgeway Street, Columbia, SC
17 Morris College Mid-Winter Rally & Banquet
18 State Woman’s, YWA & Youth Planning
Meeting Morris College, Sumter, SC
27-Mar. 1 NBCA Mid-Winter Board & Mini Congress,
Albuquerque, NM
March
1-3 Gethsemane Baptist Association Workshops
6:00p Greater St. Luke Baptist Church
M. L. Smith Community Development Center
5213 Farrow Road; Columbia, SC
3 10:30a CWU World Day of Prayer
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
100 Sumter St.
7 6:00p GYWA 1st Quarterly Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
11 Benedict College Campaign Pooling
Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church
16 Benedict College Founders Day Convocation
and Half Century Club Induction
18 Benedict College Founders Day Rally
20-23 Benedict College Dimensions in Meaning Wk.
25 8:30a State Congress Sunday School
Workshop, Benedict College
26 9:00a Baptist E&M Youth Planning
Meeting and Retreat
11:00a Miss SC Youth Pageant
Morris College; Sumter, SC
28 6:00p GWA Executive Board Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
April
8 8:30a State Congress Youth Workers & Summit
Benedict College; Columbia, SC
8 1 :00p State Woman’s Baptist E & M Convention
Annual Rainbow Tea; Welfare Baptist Church
2106 Bolt Drive; Belton, SC
8 11:00a CWU Spring Luncheon
Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church
530 St. Andrews Road; Columbia, SC
16 Easter Sunday
29 9:00a GYWA Prayer Breakfast; New Laurel Street
30 3:00p Gethsemane Youth Extravaganza &
Mary L. Neal Scholarship Program
Second Nazareth Baptist Church
2336 Elmwood Avenue; Columbia, SC
May
1-5 139th Baptist E&M Convention and its
Auxiliaries Annual Session of SC,
Morris College, Sumter, SC
1-2 E&M Baptist Brotherhood Convention
5 10:30 CWU May Friendship Day
Reid Chapel AMC Church
704 Gabriel Street, Columbia, SC
6 Morris College Commencement Exercises
13 Benedict College Commencement Exercises
14 Mother’s Day
15-18 98th Annual Session of the Gethsemane
Woman’s Convention
Bethlehem Baptist Church
1028 Eastman Street
(see outline for details)
20 3:00p Gethsemane Youth Crusade,
St. James, Hopkins, SC
27 – 29 Ministers & Christian Workers’ Conference
Benedict College, Columbia, SC
30 Memorial Day
June
6 6:00p GYWA 2nd Quarterly Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
11 Children’s Day/Baptist Youth Day of Prayer
12-16 129th Woman’s Baptist E&M Convention
and its Auxiliaries;
First Nazareth Baptist Church
5351 Gervais Street; Columbia, SC
17 Gethsemane Brotherhood,
Annual Gathering of the Men, (PTBA)
18 FATHER’S DAY
19-23 NBCUSA, Inc. 112th Congress of Christian
Education Annual Session; St. Louis, MO
25-July 9 GWA Kenya Mission Trip
26-30 NBCA and its Auxiliaries, Congress of
Christian Education, Kansas City, MO
July
4 Independence Day
8 9:00a GYWA Prayer Breakfast
Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church
9-14 111th SC Baptist Congress of Christian
Education Annual Session;
Sumter High School,
2580 McCray’s Mill Rd.; Sumter, SC
9 C. O. Jackson Oratorical Contest; Theme
2016 Emphasis –Worship that is
Authentic/Real Worship
16-19 Young People’s Christian Assembly (YPCA)
Benedict College (Ages 12-18)
22 – 23 GWA & YWA
Annual Retreat (PTBA)
30 3:00p Youth Department Planning Session
No Youth Crusade
August Back To School
4-5 Gethsemane Youth Retreat
White Oak Conference Center
633 Mobley Hwy; Winnsboro, SC 29180
6-11 PNBC Annual Session, Congress and its
Auxiliaries; Houston, TX
13 Gethsemane Baptist Association Day
23 6:00p GWA Executive Board Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
28 E&M Baptist Day Fund Reporting (PTBA)
September
4-8 NBCUSA, Inc. 137th Annual Session
and its Auxiliaries; Cincinnati, OH
5 6:00p GYWA 3rd Quarterly Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
9 9:00a GWA Presidents Breakfast
Gunter’s Chapel Baptist Church
1631 Windover Street; Columbia, SC
10 National Grandparents’ Day
10-15 NBCA Annual Session and its Auxiliaries
Louisville, KY
October
6 10:30a CWU Human Rights Celebration (PTBA)
6 7:00p GYWA Inspiration Night (PTBA)
16-20 SESQUICENTENNIAL
Gethsemane Baptist Association
and its Auxiliaries Annual Session
Saint John Baptist Church
3404 W. Beltline Blvd., Columbia, SC
20 7:00p Sesquicentennial Banquet (PTBA)
29 3:00p Gethsemane Youth Crusade
St. Paul Baptist Church
606 W. Main Street; Lexington, SC
November
3 10:30a CWU World Community Day
Haskell Heights First Baptist Church
1231 Blue Ridge Terrace; Columbia, SC
3 7:00p E&M Congress 24th Annual Awards
Banquet, Brookland Banquet Center
4 Congress 32nd Annual One Day Session/Board
Meeting and N. J. Brockman Oratorical Contest
Brookland Baptist Church; W. Columbia, SC
6 7:00p Baptist Women World Day of Prayer
& Morris College Campaign (PTBA)
17 Morris College Harvest Festival Rally & Services
18 Gethsemane Annual One Day Session
Morris College Pooling of Funds
December
5 6:00p GYWA 4th Quarterly Meeting
Saint John Baptist Church
12 5:00p GWA Executive Board Meeting (PTBA)
25 CHRISTMAS DAY
26 Woman’s Baptist E & M Convention
One Day Session (PTBA)
Notations
2nd Mon. 6:00p GYWA Alston Wilkes Boys Home Visit
2nd Tues. 6:00p Gethsemane Youth Supervisors
Saint John Baptist Church
3rd Wed. 6:00p G YWA Ministry at Walters’
Retirement Home; Duke Ave.
4th Sat. 8:00a GYWA Hope Ministry;
Second Nazareth Baptist Church
4th Sat. 10:00a Baptist Ministers Wives & Widows
Alliance of Greater Columbia and Vicinity
How to Contact Your Officers
President……………….. Sister Jessie H. Chandler…………. 754-1656
1st V. President……….. Sister Loureatha Pittman…………. 754-8397
2nd V. President………. Rev. Gayle Coker……………………. .795-9536
Rec. Secretary……….. Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walters…………. 754-1591
Asst. Secretary………. Sis. Wanda Turner………………….. 788-4894
Cor. Secretary………… Sis. Florist Bowman…………………. 765-1136
Fin. Secretary…………. Sis. Stephanie Duncan……………. 788-3571
Treasurer……………….. Sis. Josephine Watson……………. 788-3159
Mission Inst……………. Rev. Gayle Coker……………………. 795-9536
Historian…………………. Rev. Elizabeth Wine………………… 735-1918
Parliamentarian………. Sis. Johnnie Hartley…………………. 479-2604
Chaplain…………………. Sis. Melva Jeffcoat…………………… 732-1640
YWA President………. Sis. DeAnne Moore…………………. 261-5036
Emeritus
President……………….. Sis. Helen C. Schumpert…………. 254-8925
1st V. President……….. Dr. Gladys B. Goforth………………. 256-8105
1st V. President……….. Sis. Frances C. Fields………………. 787-8361
2nd V. President………. Sis. Betty F. Young………………….. 736-6484
Immediate Past President
Rev. Dr. Lillie A. Burgess……………………………………………. 553-0393
Other Local Baptist Leaders
Moderator of Gethsemane Baptist Association
Rev. Dr. Jamey O Graham, Sr……………………………….. 462-6786
Gethsemane Executive Administrator
Sis. Sheila Harris…………………………………………………….. 463-8100
Youth Department President
Rev. Abraham Salley………………………………………………. 422-2996
Youth Department Vice President
Sis. Charlene Williams…………………………………………….. 220-9148
Youth Department Youth President
Sis. Indya Woods……………………………………………………. 665-0161
State Baptist Leaders
President of Baptist E&M Convention of SC
Dr. James Blassingame………………………………………….. 803-931-8811
President of Woman’s Baptist E&M Convention
Sis. Audrey Neal…………………………………………………….. 803-256-6250
President of YWA Baptist E&M Convention
Sis. Keshia McCleave…………………………………………….. 803-417-0649
Director Youth Department of Woman’s Convention
Sis. Shawn Williams……………………………………………….. 864-993-3294
President of SC Congress of Christian Education
Dr. Toney C. Parks…………………………………………………. 864-350-8409
President of Benedict College
Dr. David H. Swinton………………………………………………. 803-705-4681
President of Morris College
Dr. Luns C. Richardson…………………………………………… 803-775-9371