COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Upcoming events
We understand the important of community outreach and support. Please see our entire 2024 calendar below.
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January Events
Jan 7th (Epiphany)
1st Sunday
Jan 13th
10:00 AM SOA Book Club-Dr. M. L. King’s Letter from A Birmingham Jail
Jan 14th
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration
Jan 15th
Mail Giving Statements by the 15th
Jan 21st
3rd Sunday
Jan 27th
Official Board (virtual)
SOA UWM Basketball Game (Christian Fellowship)
Jan 27th
1st Sunday
Jan 28th
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Conference Claims due by Feb. 11th
Febuary Events
African American History/Lent
Focus: My Soul Looks Back & Wonders
Feb 4th
1st Sunday
Feb 8th
1st Sunday – Gifts to Shut-Ins
Feb 11th
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
AME Church Founder’s Day (observed)
Jarena Lee’s Birthday
Conference Claims due
SOA Super Bowl Party (Christian Fellowship)
Feb 14th
Ash Wednesday Worship In-Person 6:30 PM
Richard Allen’s Birthday
Feb 15th
6:00 PM Second Quarterly Conference (virtual)
Covers November 1st – January 31st
Feb 18th (1st Sunday of Lent)
3rd Sunday
Feb 20th
Spring Primary Election Day
Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day
Feb 24th
SOA Bucks Game Night (Christian Fellowship)
Feb 25th (2nd Sunday of Lent)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Feb 28th
Mid-Year Connectional Obligation Payment
March Events
Lent/Resurrection - Focus: Kingdom Consequences
Tithing Testimonies
March 3rd (3rd Sunday of Lent)
1st Sunday
March 7th – 9th
Fourth District Spiritual Transformation Convocation
Retirement Celebration for Bishop John F. White
March 10th (4th Sunday of Lent)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Daylight Savings Time Change
March 12th
Alzheimer's Gala
March 17th (5th Sunday of Lent)
3rd Sunday – Purple Sunday
March 21st – 22nd
4th District Lay, Spring Board Meeting and Training Session (hybrid)
March 24th
4th Sunday – Palm (Passion) Sunday
Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Feb 24th
SOA Bucks Game Night (Christian Fellowship)
March 25th – 29th
Holy Week
March 29th
Good Friday Day of Service
March 31st
5th Sunday – Easter (Resurrection) Sunday
6:30 AM SonRise Service
10:00 AM Resurrection Sunday
April Events
St. Mark AME Church 155th Anniversary
April 2nd
Spring Presidential Election Day
7th (2nd Sunday of Easter)
1st Sunday
April 11th – 13th
Chicago Conference – North District Sunday School Convention
April 14th (3rd Sunday of Easter)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
April 21st (4th Sunday of Easter)
3rd Sunday
April 28th (5th Sunday of Easter)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
May Events
St. Mark AME Church 155th Anniversary
May 2nd
National Day of Prayer
Chicago Conference – Milwaukee District Conference Business Session (Zoom 6:30 – 8:00 PM)
May 5th (6th Sunday of Easter)
1st Sunday
May 8th
Quarterly Connectional Obligation Payment
May 10th
Ezekiel Gillespie’s Birthday
May 12th (Ascension Sunday)
2nd Sunday – Mother’s Day – Gifts to Shut-Ins
Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
May 14th-16th
4th District Presiding Elders’ and Ministers’ Retreat
Camp Baber, Cassopolis, MI
May 19th
3rd Sunday – Pentecost Sunday
May 24th
5:30 PM Third Quarterly Meeting (in-person)
Covers February 1st – April 31st
May 26th (1st Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
May 27th
Memorial Day
June Events
Focus: Brother 2 Brother Month
Worship On the Lawn
June 2nd (2nd Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday
June 8th
Chicago Conference- Milwaukee District Conference
In-person Session, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM (CST)
Jerusalem Empowered, Milwaukee, WI
June 9th (3rd Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
June 16th
3rd Sunday – Father’s Day (Gifts to Shut-Ins)
June 17th
Mother Emanuel 9 (2015)
June 19th
Juneteenth Day Celebration
June 20th
The Longest Day – Help Fight Alzheimer’s Day (Play)
June 23rd (4th Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
June 30th (5th Sunday after Pentecost)
5th Sunday – Scholarship Recognition Day
July Events
No Bible Study
Tithing Testimonies
July 7th (6th Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday
July 13th – 20th
Michigan Fine Arts Institute
Camp Baber, Cassopolis, MI
July 14th (7th Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
July 15th
Giving Statements
July 21st (8th Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday
TBD
Vacation Bible School TBD
July 25th – 27th
4th District Christian Education Congress (CDMC Ceremony)
July 28th (9th Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
August Events
Appreciation: Well Done
No Bible Study
Leadership Appointments w/Pastor
Annual Conference Reports Due
August 4th (10th Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday
August 8th
Quarterly Connectional Obligation Payment
August 8th – 10th
82nd Annual Lay Convention – Milwaukee, WI
St. Mark AME Church (in-person)
August 11th (11th Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
TBD
UNCF Walk/Run
August 13th
Fall Primary Election Day
August 18th (12th Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday
August 21st – 28th
52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbus, Ohio
August 25th (13th Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry
September Events
Focus: Back to Reality
Tithing Testimonies
September 1st (14th Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday – Gifts to Shut-Ins
September 8th (15th Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
September 15th (16th Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday
September 16th
5:30 PM Fourth Quarterly Meeting (in-person)
Covers May 1st – July 31st
September 20th
Pastor Joy’s 57th Birthday
September 22nd (17th Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
August 18th (12th Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday
September 29th (18th Sunday after Pentecost)
5th Sunday
October Events
Sister 2 Sister
Church Planning & Budget Church Conference
October 6th (19th Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday (Senior Sisters)
October 13th (20th Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – (Purse Project) Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
AME Church School Sunday
October 16th
Annual Conference Connectional Payment
October 19th
Sister 2 Sister Brunch
October 20th (21st Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday (Women’s Day)
October 23rd – 26th
Chicago Annual Conference
23rd – WMS
24th – 26th – Annual Conference Naperville, IL
October 27th (22nd Sunday after Pentecost)
4th Sunday – (Welcome Back) Food Pantry 12:30 – 2:30 PM
November Events
Focus: Thanksgiving/Stewardship Emphasis
Alzheimer's Caregivers Day of Caring
Leadership Training
Tithing Testimonies
November 3rd (23rd Sunday after Pentecost)
1st Sunday/ Daylight Saving Time Ends
Gifts to Shut-Ins
November 5th
Fall Presidential Election Day
November 10th (24th Sunday after Pentecost)
2nd Sunday – Veterans Sunday
November 13th – 16th
Planning Meeting (TBD)
November 17th (25th Sunday after Pentecost)
3rd Sunday
November 24th (Reign of Christ Sunday)
4th Sunday – Food Pantry (TBD)
December Events
Advent
December 1st (1st Sunday of Advent)
1st Sunday of Advent – World AIDS Day
TBD
1st Quarterly Conference
December 8th (2nd Sunday of Advent)
2nd Sunday of Advent
December 15th (3rd Sunday of Advent)
3rd Sunday of Advent
December 22nd (4th Sunday of Advent)
4th Sunday of Advent
December 24th
Christmas Eve – Tuesday
December 25th
Christmas Day – Wednesday
December 29th (5th Sunday of Advent)
5th Sunday of Advent
December 31st
New Year’s Eve – Tuesday