Celebrating Black History 2010

Celebrating Black History:

Celebrating Black History Looking at S tories of the Lord's Dealings with His People

History:

History There is not just Black History or European History “His” – “story” is not the story of the Oppressor but of God and who he is. History Glorifies God. God is the god of History History is not written by the winners but by God Himself.

God has said:

God has said Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. – Isaiah 45:12 Studying History shows us God.

God IS Clear:

God IS Clear 24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. – Acts 17:24-27

People to Consider:

People to Consider Benjamin Banneker Granville T. Woods Lewis Latimer Garret Morgan Amanda Smith Charles Harrison Mason

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806):

F ree African American astronomer , mathematician , surveyor , almanac author and farmer . Almanacs were like the Internet/Blogs of his day In 1793, he publish the following in his Almanac: “Let the following sentence be inscribed in letters of gold over the door of every home in the United States: The Son of Man Came into the World, Not To Destroy Men's Lives, But To Save Them.” - Benjamin Rush Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)

Granville T. Woods (1856-1910):

Successful Engineer and Inventor 60 Patents Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph – communication between moving trains and train stations Telegraphony – telegraph and voice over single wire Granville T. Woods (1856-1910)

Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928):

Improved toilet system for railroad cars called the Water Closet Expert at Mechanical Drawing Improved Carbon filaments used in lightbulbs Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928)

Garret Morgan (1877-1963):

Invented a respiratory protective hood (similar to the modern gas masks ) Mechanical Traffic Signal Garret Morgan (1877-1963)

Respirtory HooD:

Respirtory HooD

Traffic SiGNal:

Traffic SiGNal

Amanda Smith (1837-1915):

Evangelist, Author Preached all over America, Africa, and Europe God financed her ministry James Thoburn , Methodist Episcopal bishop and missionary to India, testified he learned more of value to him as a preacher of Christian truth from Amanda Smith than from any other person. [Quote from Donald W. and Deane K. Dayton, Discovering an Evangelical Heritage, (New York, Harper & Row, 1976.)] Amanda Smith (1837-1915)

More on Mrs Smith:

Wrote An autobiography: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith Influenced C. H. Mason God left her a legacy that we strive to continue today More on Mrs Smith

Charles Harrison Mason (1866-1961):

Co-Founder and first Bishop of the Church of God in Christ. At the age of 12 he was healed of Yellow Fever He was baptized by the Holy Spirit in 1906 Just like the 1 st Century Apostles he endured suffering and hardship. Charles Harrison Mason (1866-1961)

More C.H. Mason:

More C.H. Mason “Church of God in Christ” was given to Elder Mason by God from 1 Thessalonians 2:14 God told him that if he used this name that God would build a church so large that no single building would be able to contain all the members. 1961 – 400,000 members Today more than 6.5 million members

1 Thessalonians 2:14:

1 Thessalonians 2:14 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews

Praise Break:

Praise Break

We are all part of this Story:

We are all part of this Story God has intervened and molded so many lives to tell H is story. There is no time to cover everyone. No Greater epitaph than this. Applies to all the men and women who accomplished anything in their lives

Acts 13:36:

Acts 13:36 36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay. Each of us has been called to serve God’s purpose in this this Generation.

Bibliography:

Bibliography http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan http:// www.fhwa.dot.gov/gama/gamlife.htm http:// www.inventions.org/culture/african/gtwoods.html http:// www.inventions.org/culture/african/gtwoods.html http:// www.cogic.com/pdfs/cogic-heroes.pdf http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrison_Mason http:// inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/ss/Granville_Woods.htm