90NARC Ecumenical Worship Service Program

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED®

90th NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Exemplifying Excellence in Perfect Pitch
with the Philadelphia Faithful

SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 | 10:00 AM

MARY BENTLEY LAMAR
REGIONAL DIRECTOR

GLENDA GLOVER MARY TAYLOR-ACREE
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

Ecumenical Worship
Service

Order of Service

MUSICAL PRELUDE & INTROIT “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” Arr. Austin Woodlin
90th NARC Vocal Ensemble-The High Notes
Soloist Lindsay Roberts
Rho Theta Omega Chapter
Soloist Sharritha Thigpen-Prater
Rho Theta Omega Chapter

CALL TO WORSHIP Willie G. Woods, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman, Ecumenical Worship Service Committee

Kappa Theta Omega Chapter

INVOCATION Deneen M. Hendrick
North Atlantic Region Cluster II Prayer Team

Omega Mu Omega Chapter

HYMN OF PRAISE “I Just Want to Praise You Forever"
90th NARC Vocal Ensemble-The High Notes
WELCOME
Soloist Sharritha Thigpen-Prater
SCRIPTURE READINGS Rho Theta Omega Chapter
Soloist Khrista White
OLD TESTAMENT:
PSALM 31:19-24 (NIV) Omega Zeta Omega Chapter
NEW TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 3:7- 13 (NIV) Dina White Griffin, Esq.
Chairman, Ecumenical Worship Service Committee

M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Interest Group

Pastor Joan Brooks
Hurlock United Methodist Church, Hurlock, MD

Kappa Theta Omega Chapter

Tyler Lawson
Vice-Chairman, Undergraduate Activities Committee

Omega Mu Omega Chapter

Ecumenical Worship
Service

Order of Service

WORSHIP THROUGH DANCE “Keep the Faith” Moving Across Generations
Featured Liturgical Dancers:
INTRODUCTION OF GUEST
PREACHER Lauren EJ Hamilton, Choreographer, General Member
SERMONIC SELECTION Taylor Rooney, Alpha Omicron Chapter

PROCLAMATION OF THE Vanessa Thomas Smith, Chairman, Welcome Committee
WORD Rho Theta Omega Chapter
ALTAR PRAYER
Rolanda Griffin
CLOSING SELECTION M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Interest Group

“God Will Open Doors”
90th NARC Vocal Ensemble-The High Notes

Soloist Lindsay Roberts
Chairman, Music Committee

Rho Theta Omega Chapter
Soloist Meridel Peterson

Rho Theta Omega Chapter

Assistant Pastor Doris L.P. Griffin, Ed.D.
Harvest Christian Fellowship, Wilmington, DE

M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Interest Group

Reverend Adriane Blair-Wise
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Largo, MD

North Atlantic Regional Chaplain
Rho Mu Omega Chapter

“Stand”
Soloist Carrie Lessene
Vice-Chairman, Music Committee

General Member

Ecumenical Worship
Service

Order of Service

CLOSING REMARKS Mary Bentley LaMar
BENEDICTION North Atlantic Regional Director

POST-BENEDICTION Kristina M. Fripps
SELECTIONS North Atlantic Region Cluster II Prayer Team

Omega Zeta Omega Chapter

“Let the Church Say Amen”/
“Glory Glory Hallelujah

90th NARC Vocal Ensemble-The High Notes

90th NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Ecumenical Worship Service

Carol Parkinson-Hall, 90th NARC Vice Chairman, Program

Ecumenical Worship Service Committee Members
Dina White Griffin, Chairman, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Interest Group

Willie G. Woods, Vice-Chairman, Kappa Theta Omega Chapter

Deitra Bailey-Gittens, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Carol Thomas Douglass, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Joan Brooks, Kappa Theta Omega Doris Griffin, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Iesha D. Brown, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Wanda Molock, Kappa Theta Omega
Tennell Brown, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Jo Ann Asparagus Murray, Kappa Theta Omega
L. Germaine Cheatham-Hemphill Virginia Rector, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Kimberley Chambers Clark, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Lisa Sneed, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Pamela Clay, Kappa Theta Omega Lorraine Powell Watson, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Kimberly Collins, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction Julia Watson-Jones, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction
Charlene DeShields, President, Kappa Theta Omega Deborah Wooden, Kappa Theta Omega
Lori Anne Dickerson, M.O.T. Pearls of Distinction

Adriane Blair-Wise, North Atlantic Regional Chaplain, Committee Resource

Music Committee

Lindsay Roberts, Chairman, Rho Theta Omega Lauren EJ Hamilton, Choreographer, General Member
Carrie Lessene, Vice-Chairman, General Member

90th NARC Vocal Ensemble – The High Notes

Carrie Lessene, Musical Director, General Member Lindsay Roberts, Rho Theta Omega
Kristina Fripps, Omega Zeta Omega La Queta Sturns-Brew, Omega Zeta Omega
Tongela Ginyard, Sigma Zeta Omega Sharritha Thigpen-Prater, Rho Theta Omega
Meridel Peterson, Rho Theta Omega Khrista White, Omega Zeta Omega

Across Generations Liturgical Dance Participants

Carla Brooks, Kappa Theta Omega Wanda Molock, Kappa Theta Omega
Pamela Clay, Kappa Theta Omega Jo Ann Asparagus Murray, Kappa Theta Omega
Charlene C. DeShields, Kappa Theta Omega, Kya Riley, M.O.T Pearls of Distinction
Lauren EJ Hamilton, General Member Taylor Rooney, Alpha Omicron
Barbara Hubbard, Kappa Theta Omega Yanira M. Sanchez, M.O.T Pearls of Distinction
Vaidra K. Johnson, M.O.T Pearls of Distinction Vanessa Thomas Smith, Rho Theta Omega
Hettie Love, Epsilon Sigma Omega Deborah Wooden, Kappa Theta Omega
Karen Love, Epsilon Sigma Omega Willie G. Woods, Kappa Theta Omega

Special Thanks

Special thanks are extended to all participants in today’s Ecumenical Worship Service identified above, plus special
thanks to the Guest Preacher, Dr. Doris Griffin; the NARC Vice-Chairman for Undergraduate Activities, Tyler Lawson;
current and former Cluster II Prayer Team members Deneen Hendrick, Kristina Fripps, Joan Brooks; and Rolanda
Griffin.

Additional special thanks to all other support committees for this worship service, with special note of the
Communications/Technology Team: Liz Nolley Tillman, North Atlantic Region Communications Chairman, Aubreana
Stephenson Holder, North Atlantic Region Technology Chairman and Webmaster, and Gina Scott, North Atlantic
Region Print Communications Chairman.