Click here (select Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. interview from the scrolling bar below the video player) to enjoy this interview with Pastor Emeritus J. Alfred Smith, Sr. on his personal perspectives on preaching and pastoring that span his remarkable, continuing tenure in ministry! Many thanks to Pastor Dante Quick, Brother Timothy Alexander White, and the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church of Vallejo for inviting Pastor Emeritus Smith to share from his deep, sage fount of knowledge!
Unitarian Universalist Breakfast Forum
Martin Luther King Room
First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco
1187 Franklin Street at Geary
Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Rev. Daniel Buford
"Dr. King and the Arc of the Moral Universe"
Moderator: Karen Melander-Magoon, D.Min.
Breakfast: Melvin Starks, Donald Wilton, Susan Hughes
On January 20, Rev. Daniel Buford, Prophetic Justice Ministry of Allen-Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, honors the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. by addressing the moral compass that guided Dr. King throughout his life and continues to inspire and direct us today.
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By Marcus Goodie Goodloe, Ph.D.
12/16/2012
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Columbine '99 (13 dead)
VA Tech '07 (32 dead)
Ft. Hood '09 (13 dead)
Tucson '11 (6 dead)
Aurora '12 (12 dead)
Oak Creek '12 (7 dead)
Portland '12 (3 dead)
I've cried and prayed a lot in the last 48 hours--hugged my kids a lot more too. I have to write something...it's a release... You're the benefactor, sorry.
There is no single answer to address the gun violence in our culture.
Aspects ranging from mental health, education, preventative care and counseling; folks from the faith communities, schools and the like must play their part as well. I do believe a key to such violence is common sense gun laws. I grew up in and around gun violence. I've been shot at, seen people shot, and have lost friends to gun violence.
Read more: Numbers, Thoughts and Newtown...
Deacon White, back row, second from the left. Chairman Bernake, front row, fourth person from the left.
Deacon Willis White Represents Allen Temple:
Greenlining Coalition Meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke & Federal Regulatory Leaders
The Greenlining Coalition arrived in our nation's capital on the evening of November 6 (the night our president was re-elected to a second term) and for the next three days the coalition met with the major financial regulatory leaders, including:
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Governors Jeremy Stein & Sarah Bloom- Raskin, and Federal Reserve Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Director Sheila Clark
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Comptroller Thomas Curry and OCC OMWI Director Joyce Coyfield
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chair Martin Gruenberg
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and CFPB OMWI Director Stuart Ishimaru
- Security and Excange Commission(SEC) Commissioner Luis Aguilar and SEC OMWI Director Pamela Gibbs
- Federal Housing Finance Agency(FHFA) Acting Director Edward DeMarco
- Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Tim Bowler
- Deputy Chief Home Ownership Preservation Officer Mark McCardle.
Read more: Allen Temple At The Federal Reserve
Read more: Telling Our Stories
By Gloria Crowell, Allen Temple AIDS Ministry
Today, as we celebrate the global recognition of World AIDS Day, you should know that American faith communities have launched the single largest US response in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. You should also be proud to know that Allen Temple AIDS Ministry has been cited as a model of people of faith responding to this pandemic. Nationwide list, 1 out of 4 AIDS service organizations are operated by religious institutions. The Faithful Response to HIV The AIDS epidemic cannot be defeated without the intentional commitment and engagement and participation of African American congregations and more importantly, the renewed commitment of Allen Temple Baptist Church.
Seventy percent of the world’s people identify themselves as members of a religious community – and a majority of those living with HIV are people of faith. Their faith helps to shape how they perceive themselves and impacts our community to respond to others in need both locally and globally.
Read more: AIDS 2012: Getting To Zero
Pastor Emeritus and Pastoral Team on National & International Roundtable Radio Talk Show
Enjoy an audio playback of National and International Roundtable's weekly one-hour Internet talk show which featuring Pastor Emeritus J. Alfred Smith, Sr., Prophetic Justice Minister Rev. Daniel A. Buford and Minister JoAn McClendon. The show can be accessed by clicking here.
Early Voting & Returning Vote by Mail Ballots
All registered voters are encouraged to cast their ballot on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6! Polling places will be open from 7:00am to 8:00pm.
Note that Vote By Mail ballots must be returned to a polling place on Election Day or be in the possession of your county's Registrar of Voters office no later than 8pm on Tuesday, November 6, or it will not be counted.
Early Voting is underway in all nine Bay Area counties! You may also drop off your Vote by Mail ballot to your county's registrar! If you need to confirm the location of your polling place, you may also check here. Information by county is as follows:
Read more: Election Day 2012
