The Servant Leader

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 21:23:00 +0000

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON ROAD

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38128

(901) 236-7095

www.giftsoflifeministries.org

5:30 P.M. DINNER/FELLOWSHIP

6:30 P.M. BIBLE STUDY

(FELLOWSHIP HALL)

GET NOURISHMENT FOR YOUR

MIND, BODY, AND SOUL!!!!

PLUG INTO THE RIGHT POWER SOURCE!!!!

G'LIFE MAY 2015 BIRTHDAYS

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 04 May 2015 04:22:00 +0000

LaShawn Bradley-McLeod 5/01

Stephon Wilson 5/02

Korey Sanders 5/06

Rev. Larry Graham 5/09

Mother Venora W. Travers 5/13

Ebonye Jackson 5/28

G'LIFE MAY 2015 BIRTHDAYS

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:30:00 +0000

STARTING ON SUNDAY,

AUGUST 2, 2015

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES IS ON THE MOVE...

COME ON AND GET ON BOARD!!!!

BECOME APART OF OUR COMMUNITY OF FAITH,

PRAISE AND WORSHIP WITH US AT OUR

NEW

SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 A.M.

WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 A.M.

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON ROAD

MEMPHIS, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

DR. ANDRE E. JOHNSON, SENIOR PASTOR

WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU @ OUR TABLE!!!!

MERCY IN YOUR MESS: EMPIRE WATCH PARTY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 03:46:00 +0000

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2015

@ 7 P.M.

Come and fellowship with us as we watch the season finale of the hit TV show Empire. We will discuss major story lines and how religion and religious themes function within the show.

*Admission: Bring something to eat and/or drink.

*If you cannot make it, join us on Twitter and Facebook at #EmpireGLife

Location: GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON RD.

MEMPHIS, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

#G'LifeTEL: Teach Eat and Learn Symposium (Feb. 26th)

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:46:00 +0000

Join us on Thursday nights in the month of February as we celebrate Black History Month and boldly proclaim that Black Lives Matter!

Dinner starts at 5:30 pm. and events start at 6:30 pm.

*If you cannot join us in person, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook at #GlifeTEL

Free Admission!!

Thursday, February 26: Negro with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power. Group discussion to follow.

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON RD.

MEMPHIS, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

Dr. Obery Hendricks to Speak at G'Life

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (rhetoricraceandreligion) — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:27:00 +0000

In celebration of Black History Month, Dr. Obery Hendricks will serve as gust speaker at our 8:00am service Sunday February 22. Dr. Hendricks is in town for the Barbara A. Holmes Lectures in African American Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary. Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and politics in America. The scholar Cornel West calls him “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals.” Social critic Michael Eric Dyson calls him “one of the greatest intellectuals and most exciting scholars in America today.”

A widely sought lecturer and media spokesperson, Dr. Hendricks’ has appeared on C-SPAN, PBS, National Public Radio, BBC, al-Jazeera Television, NHK Japan Television, Air-America, Radio One, the Voice of America, Fox News, Fox Business News, MSNBC, the Discovery Channel, the Bloomberg Network, and numerous local television and radio programs. He has been a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee, where he delivered the closing benediction of the 2008 Democratic Convention; served on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the 2008 Democratic Presidential campaign and currently serves on the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group at the U. S. Department of State. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Democracy at Work in New York City, an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for American Progress and serves on the board of the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington, DC. Dr. Hendricks is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, an occasional contributor to Sojourners magazine and the award-winning Tikkun magazine, and a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation has called his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in Western biblical studies.”

“Essential reading for Americans,” is how the Washington Post described Hendricks’ bestselling book, The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (Doubleday, 2006). Michael Dyson proclaimed it “an instant classic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of American religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured subject of the 90 minute C-SPAN special, “Class, Politics and Christianity.” His most recent book, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church and the Body Politic (Orbis, 2011), has been termed a “tour de force” by both scholars and politicians.

A former Wall Street investment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological seminary in the United States, Dr. Hendricks is currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the Department of Religion and the Institute for Research in African American Studies, and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. He holds the Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Seminary, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Princeton University.

For more information, call 901-236-7095

*Bio from HuffingtonPost

#GlifeTEL: TEACH EAT AND LEARN SYMPOSIUM (FEB. 19TH)

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:52:00 +0000

Join us on Thursday nights in the month of February as we celebrate Black History Month and boldly proclaim that Black Lives Matter!

Dinner starts at 5:30pm and events start at 6:30pm.

*If you cannot join us in person, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook at #GlifeTEL

Free Admission!!

Thursday February 19: Viewing: "The Night That Tulsa Burned: The Tulsa "Race" Riot of 1921." Group discussion to follow.

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON RD.

MEMPHIS, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

#GlifeTEL: Film Viewing and Discussion: Slavery By Another Name

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (rhetoricraceandreligion) — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:48:00 +0000

As part of the Teach Eat and Learn Symposium (#GlifeTEL), join Gifts of Life Ministries as they celebrate Black History Month and the #BlackLivesMatter campaign, by holding a viewing and discussion of "Slavery by Another Name" Wednesday Night, February 11 at 6:30pm. Lisa Jones Johnson, owner of 4 Peaceful Resolutions, will facilitate the discussion following the viewing of the film.

According to the production material, the "film challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The documentary recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that would persist until the onset of World War II.

Based on Douglas Blackmon’s research, Slavery by Another Name spans eight decades, from 1865 to 1945, revealing the interlocking forces in both the South and the North that enabled this “neoslavery” to begin and persist. Using archival photographs and dramatic re-enactments filmed on location in Alabama and Georgia, it tells the forgotten stories of both victims and perpetrators of neoslavery and includes interviews with their descendants living today."

We serve dinner at 5:30pm and the event is free. For more information call the church at 901-236-7095.

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 Raleigh-Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

#GlifeTEL: TEACH EAT LEARN SYMPOSIUM

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:39:00 +0000

Join us on Thursday nights in the month of February as we celebrate Black History Month and boldly proclaim that Black Lives Matter!

Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and events start at 6:30pm

February 5:

Panel Discussion: Theology and the Church After Ferguson. Moderated by Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson and students from Memphis Theological Seminary. #GlifeTEL

The TEL: TEACH EAT AND LEARN SYMPOSIUM PANELIST:

Katherine Whitfield

Edie Love

Ben Short

Larry Chitwood

James Carter

Neal Wilkerson

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 Raleigh-Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

SECOND SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:24:00 +0000

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

SUNDAY @ 3:00 p.m.

Come as we welcome Dr. Noel Hutchinson and the First Baptist Lauderdale family to our Second Sunday Fellowship Service

Gifts of Life Ministries

3381 Raleigh-Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901)-236-7095

SOUP AND SANDWICH COMMUNITY LUNCH

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:16:00 +0000

Gifts of Life Ministries

SOUP AND SANDWICH

COMMUNITY LUNCH

Every Monday and Wednesday

join us for

meals made with love.

Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

*DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED!!!

3381 Raleigh Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901)236-7095

Dr. Andre E. Johnson, Senior Pastor

Come and experience...........

SUPER BOWL PARTY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:47:00 +0000

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO

AFC-NFC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

SUPER BOWL PARTY

SPONSORED BY THE MEN OF G'LIFE

SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 1, 2015

STARTING @ 3 P.M.

JOIN US FOR THE BIG GAME!!!!

ENJOY THE FOOD, FUN, & FELLOWSHIP!!

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH-MILLINGTON RD.

MEMPHIS, TN. 38128

(901) 238-7095

TEACH EAT AND LEARN SYMPOSIUM

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:05:00 +0000

Starting Thursday, February 5th

@ 6:30 pm

Join us on Thursday nights in the month of February as we celebrate Black History Month and boldly proclaim that Black Lives Matter!!!!

Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and events start at 6:30 pm.

February 5: Panel Discussion: Theology and the Church After Ferguson. Moderated by Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson and students from Memphis Theological Seminary

February 11: (Special Wednesday Night Gathering): Viewing "Slavery By Another Name." Group discussion to follow

February 19: Viewing: "Black Wall St.: The Tulsa "Race" Riot of 1921." Group discussion to follow

February 26: Negro with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power. Group discussion to follow

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 Raleigh-Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901) 238-7095

FOOD TASTING/ SILENT AUCTION/FASHION SHOW

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:35:00 +0000

PLEASE JOIN US AT

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

Food Tasting, Silent Auction and Fashion Show

FUNDRAISER BY THE FABULOUS ONES

FEBRUARY 14, 2015 2pm-6pm

Donation

$10 per person

$25 per family

Enjoy food specialties made by

our world renowned chefs

Johnnie Mae's tater pies featuring desserts by Monisha

Miss V's Treats

Annie's Girls

Heart of the Sista's

Legacy Soul Food

Salad's by Helen

and many others

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES
3381 RALEIGH-MILLINGTON RD.
MEMPHIS, TN. 38128
(901) 238-7095

S.U.G.A.H. Women's Prayer Line Ministry

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:51:00 +0000

MONDAY NIGHT

WOMEN'S PRAYER LINE SERVICE

7:00 P.M.

EVERY MONDAY EVENING

CALL THE PRAYER LINE

1-605-475-4000

ACCESS CODE: 676931#

Rejoice always, PRAY without ceasing, give thanks in all

circumstance; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

(I Thessalonians 5: 16-18)

THE DOULOS MINISTRY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:43:00 +0000

PRAYER LINE MINISTRY

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

PRAYER LINE SERVICE

7:00 P.M.

EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING

CALL THE PRAYER LINE

1-605-475-4000

ACCESS CODE: 676931#

The Doulos Ministry (Care & Concern) believes prayer can change things!
"Where 2 or 3 are gathered, Our God is there with us!!" Intercessory Prayer is always in order!!!!
(doulosministry2013@gmail.com)

THURSDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:33:00 +0000

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

3381 RALEIGH MILLINGTON ROAD

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38128

(901) 236-7095

www.giftsoflifeministries.org

5:30 P.M. DINNER/FELLOWSHIP

6:30 P.M. BIBLE STUDY

(FELLOWSHIP HALL)

GET NOURISHMENT FOR YOUR

MIND, BODY, AND SOUL!!!!

PLUG INTO THE RIGHT POWER SOURCE!!!!

What What you Give-Pt. 2

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:56:00 +0000

A small sample of Pastor Johnson preaching part 2 from Matthew 7:6 "What What You Give Away."

The Foolishness of Preaching Revival

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:10:00 +0000

Gifts of Life Ministries is pleased to announce the Foolishness of Preaching Revival starting November 10-12.

Monday, November 10th

Min. Linda Carr

Devotional Message: Min. Linda Carr: Associate Minister, Gifts of Life Ministries

Rev. Dr. Christophe Ringer

Guest Evangelist: Rev. Dr. Christophe Ringer, Visiting Professor: Christian Brothers University and Senior Pastor, Howard Congregational Church, Nashville, Tennessee

Tuesday, November 11th

Devotional Message: Min. Bessie Christian: Associate Minister, Gifts of Life Ministries

Guest Evangelist: Min. Nicole Matthews, Associate Minister, Elam Baptist Church, Ripley, Tennessee

Wednesday, November 12th

Devotional Message: Min. Bernestine Sanders: Associate Minister, Gifts of Life Ministries

Guest Evangelist: Rev. Earle Fisher: Senior Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee

Proceeds of the Festival will go to the Netters Professorship at Memphis Theological Seminary. If you would like to make a financial donation to the revival, please click here.

Pastor Johnson: Watch What You Give Away-Matthew 7:6-Part 1

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:09:00 +0000

A small sample of Pastor Johnson preaching from Matthew 7:6 "What What You Give Away.

G'LIFE'S FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:20:00 +0000

COME AND CELEBRATE OUR

FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY!!!!!!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2014

Speaker @ 8:00 A.M.: Minister Carrol Seldon

Guest Speaker @ 3:00 P.M.:

The First Lady of G'Life

Lisa Jones-Johnson

Theme: "Teamwork Makes the Dream

Work-GLife Women on the Move!!!"

Gifts of Life Ministries

3381 Raleigh Millington Road

Memphis, TN. 38128

(901) 236-7095

Gifts of Life Ministries- The "Urban Oasis"
A Call Centered, Mission Group Oriented,
Servant Leadership Church
www.giftsoflifeministries.org

DEDICATION WEEKEND

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (The Urban Oasis) — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:11:00 +0000

GIFTS OF LIFE MINISTRIES

PRESENTS:

DEDICATION WEEKEND

COMMUNITY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH

9:00 am-3:00 pm

Food, Fun, Prizes, Music, and much more!!!!!!

FREE ADMISSION!!!!!

DEDICATION WORSHIP SERVICES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19TH

8:00 am & 3:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Andre Johnson, Senior Pastor

"LIVING OUR DESTINY"

Gifts of Life Ministries

3381 Raliegh-Millington Rd.

Memphis, TN. 38128

Dr. Andre Johnson, Senior Pastor

Call 901-236-7095 for more information!!!!

Gifts of Life Ministries- The "Urban Oasis"
A Call Centered, Mission Group Oriented
Servant Leadership Church

Our First Worship Service in Our New Facility

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (rhetoricraceandreligion) — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:46:00 +0000

On August 3, 2014, Gifts of Life Ministries continued its ministry to Memphis and the surrounding community by having its first worship service in our new facility located at 3381 Raleigh-Millington Road. Here are some of the pictures. We hope to see you on Sunday Mornings at 8:00am for worship!

Heading into our new destiny

Pastor Johnson preaching "Limping Into Our Destiny" from Genesis 32:22-31

Members of the Survivors Power Hour class. from L-R; Kimberly Brown, Deacon Korey sanders, Ministers Margaret Heidelberg and Carrol Seldon

Helen Lewis and Steven Wilson

First Lady Lisa Jones Johnson, Transition Team Director

Rev. Lucien and Dorothy Hill

Some of the members of the G'Life Choir

On the Door: From L-R: Deacon Korey Sanders, First Lady Lisa Jones Johnson, Aarielle Heidelberg and Ivory Bryant

Fron L-R: Candace Thomas, Kimberley Travers, Travis Garrett, Rev. Larry Graham, and Kimberly Brown

Working Hard!-Part 1

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (rhetoricraceandreligion) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:06:00 +0000

Here are some pictures of people who not only believe in our vision, but also put a little sweat equity in preparing our new building.

New Worship Location: First Service: August 3

urbanoasis2002@gmail.com (rhetoricraceandreligion) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:51:00 +0000

Come and celebrate with us as we move to our new location. We will hold our first worship service at 9:00am on August 3 at our new location at 3381 Raleigh-Millington Road. Come and see what we have done to the place. It has been 12 years in the making!!