{"id":428,"date":"2015-06-11T08:57:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?p=428"},"modified":"2015-06-11T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T18:25:10","slug":"notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-earl-jerome-wright-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/2015\/06\/11\/notice-of-episcopal-transition-bishop-earl-jerome-wright-sr\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Episcopal Transition &#8211; Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tJune 10, 2015\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDear Saints:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" alt=\"bishop-ejwright\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/06\/bishop-ejwright.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px;height: 334px;border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;margin: 5px;float: right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/06\/bishop-ejwright.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2015\/06\/bishop-ejwright-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Sr., Former General Boar Member &#8211; Church Of God In Christ, Inc. and the Prelate of the Southwest Michigan Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/in-memorium\/\">Final arrangements can be found here<\/a>.&nbsp; The national service for Bishop Wright will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\tThe National Home going Celebration for<br \/>\n\t<strong>Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Sr.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t<em>Thursday, June 18, 2015, 12 o&#039;clock noon<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\tto be held at the\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t<strong>Bailey Cathedral Church Of God In Christ<\/strong><br \/>\n\t7045 Curtis Avenue &#8211; Detroit, Michigan 48221\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Adjutant General is requesting that <em><strong>all Hotel Accommodations and Ground Transportation needs for the General Board<\/strong><\/em> be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:rudolph@cogic.org\">rudolph@cogic.org<\/a> and Kurt_Thompson@msn.com on or before <em><strong>Monday, June 15, 2015<\/strong><\/em>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Adjutant General is further requesting that all Bishops who will be attending the national celebration, please wear your &quot;Class A&quot; vestments.&nbsp; All National Adjutant brothers who will be serving, please wear you &quot;Class A&quot; vestments.&nbsp; National Adjutant sisters who will be serving, please wear your white habits.&nbsp; <em>All ecumenical and civic guests, please contact my office concerning your attendance so that we may be able to properly receive you at the service.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLet us be in prayer for the family during this most difficult time.&nbsp; If I can assist you further concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office at 501.712.0048.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn His Service,\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.<br \/>\n\t<em>Scribe of the Adjutancy<\/em><br \/>\n\t<em>Assistant General Secretary \/ Records &amp; Archives<br \/>\n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, 2015 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.&nbsp; It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Earl Jerome Wright, Sr., Former General Boar Member &#8211; Church Of God In&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[101,103,102],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-bishop-earl-jerome-wright-sr","tag-home-going-celebration","tag-southwest-michigan-second-jurisdiction","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}