Category: Connectional Lay Organization

Lay Biennial Reflections

Lay Biennial Reflections By Mr. Simeon P. Rhoden, 5thEpiscopal District  The Fifth Episcopal District Lay Organization would like to thank all who attended and supported the Connectional Lay Organization’s 36th… Read More »

Report from the 36th Biennial

By Maggie Grootboom, 15th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative The 36th Biennial Session of the Connectional Lay Organization of the AME Church was held in Seattle’s Hyatt Regency Hotel in… Read More »

Portraits Unveiled During Wesley’s Annual Lay Day

By Thelma Kennedy-Malveaux, 10th Episcopal District The Lay Organization of the historic Wesley AME Church in Houston celebrated its Annual Lay Day on September 16, 2018. This year’s Lay Day… Read More »

Lay Witness Sunday

This year, the CLO will compile a list of the various Lay Organizations who observe Lay Witness Sunday. Please forward the name of the church/ lay organization, location of the… Read More »

Meet Dianne Battle, Newly Elected Director of Public Relations for the Connectional Lay Organization

At the November Executive Board Meeting, an election was held to fill the vacant position of Director of Public Relations. After two ballots, Mrs. Dianne Battle of the Ninth Episcopal… Read More »

Connectional Lay Organization Subscription Drive Results

Connectional Lay Organization Subscription Drive Results The Connectional Lay Organization sponsored a drive to promote subscriptions to The Christian Recorder during the 2017 calendar year. The Eleventh Episcopal District, under… Read More »

Immediate Past Connectional Director of Lay Activities Honored by First AME Church: Bethel

Immediate Past Connectional Director of Lay Activities Honored by First AME Church: Bethel “[N]ow finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your… Read More »

Connectional Lay Organization Nominating Committee – Announcement

  Connectional Lay Organization African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop E. Earl McCloud Jr, Lay Commission Chair Mrs. Valerie G. Bell, CLO President                        Ms. Betty J. Tuggle, Chair Nominating Committee  … Read More »

Report from the 35th Biennial Session of the Connectional Lay Organization

By TCR Staff The 35th Biennial Session of the Connectional Lay Organization (CLO) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was held from August 7-10, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio.  Over 1,000… Read More »

December 2016 Column

When the Church Becomes a Cartel One of the definitions for church is a body or organization of religious believers. A cartel is defined as a combination of political groups… Read More »