\n\tFebruary 24, 2016\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDear Saints:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop David W. Grayson, Sr., former Prelate of the both the Maine Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and the New York Fourth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  At the time of his passing, he was a member of the Executive Board of Tennessee Central Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under the leadership of General Board Member, Bishop Brandon B. Porter. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe services for Bishop Grayson will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \n\t\t\t\t\tA Celebration of Life<\/strong><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, February 27, 2016 \n\t\t\t\t\tViewing will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon \n\t\t\t\t\tHome going Celebration will begin at 12:00 noon\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tto be held at\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tGreater Community Temple \n\t\t\t\t\tChurch Of God In Christ<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t5151 Winchester Rd, Memphis, Tennessee 38118 \n\t\t\t\t\tBishop Brandon B. Porter, Pastor<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\t <\/p>\n \n\t\tBishops who attend the home going celebration are asked to wear their Class A vestments.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tLet us be in fervent prayer for the family during this most difficult time.  If I can assist you further concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office at 501.712.0048<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn His Service,\n<\/p>\n \n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. \n\tScribe of the Adjutancy<\/em> \n\tAssistant General Secretary \/ Records & Archives \n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 24, 2016 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. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop David W. Grayson, Sr., former Prelate of the both the Maine Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction…<\/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":[137,41,38,139,138],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-bishop-david-w-grayson-sr","tag-church-of-god-in-christ","tag-episcopal-transition","tag-maine","tag-new-york-fourth","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","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=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}