{"id":519,"date":"2016-02-24T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/?p=519"},"modified":"2016-02-24T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:33:25","slug":"notice-of-epsicopal-transition-bishop-david-willard-grayson-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/2016\/02\/24\/notice-of-epsicopal-transition-bishop-david-willard-grayson-sr\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Epsicopal Transition &#8211; Bishop David Willard Grayson, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tFebruary 24, 2016\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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe services for Bishop Grayson will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"50%\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<em><strong>A Celebration of Life<\/strong><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, February 27, 2016<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tViewing will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tHome going Celebration will begin at 12:00 noon\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tto be held at\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Greater Community Temple<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tChurch Of God In Christ<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t5151 Winchester Rd, Memphis, Tennessee 38118<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tBishop Brandon B. Porter, <em>Pastor<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"50%\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bishop-dwgrayson\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-520\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2016\/02\/bishop-dwgrayson.png\" width=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2016\/02\/bishop-dwgrayson.png 207w, https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/files\/2016\/02\/bishop-dwgrayson-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tBishops who attend the home going celebration are asked to wear their Class A vestments.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLet us be in fervent 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 <a href=\"tel:501.712.0048\">501.712.0048<\/a>.\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>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&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":[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}]}}