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Mailing Address:

Post Office Box 1745

DeRidder, LA  70634   newhope@crowleydistrictcme.org

                                   Sunday School - 9:30 AM

                                 Worship Service - 11:00 AM

                                 Bible Study Each Saturday at 3:00 P.M.

            Mass Choir Rehearsal - 1st and 3rd Saturday @ 11:00 A.M.

         Children and Youth Choir Rehearsal - 2nd Tuesday @ 4:30 P.M.

                  Male Chorus Rehearsal - 4th Saturday @ 11:00 A.M.


  The Reverend Dr. H. Daniel Edwards and Mrs. Sandra Freeman-Edwards

            docdanieledwards@yahoo.com and sewtwogo@yahoo.com

Henry Daniel Edwards was born and reared in Plaquemine, Louisiana.

Upon graduating from Iberville High School, he immediately served a tour of duty in the United States Air Force during the Viet Nam Era. He received a Bachelor of Art Degree from Oklahoma City University located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Master of Human Relations Degree from University of Oklahoma located in Norman, Oklahoma; Master of Divinity Degree from Phillips Theological Seminary located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Doctor of Ministry Degree from Perkin School of Theology at Southern Methodist University located in Dallas, Texas. He holds licenses in counseling with the state of Texas and Louisiana.

In September 1981 he was ordained Itinerant Elder and pastored several churches in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. Prior to coming to New Hope C. M. E. Church, he worked in several positions in the private sector as; Electronic Engineering Technician, Special Education Teacher, and Addiction Therapist.

Rev. Dr. Edwards is married to Sandra Freeman-Edwards. He has one daughter (Valerie R. Edwards) by a previous wife who is deceased and two grandsons (Tyler and R.J). He Has two step children Turkessa Shelley and Aris Freeman.


Some of the men of New Hope: Left to Right: Bro. Reggie Woods, Bro. Wilbert McClinton Jr., Bro. Murry Crump, Bro. Elmer McClinton Sr., Bro. Gary Williams, Bro. Michael McClinton, and Bro. Willie Norman

Officers

Stewards 
 
MSG Willie H. Norman    Frankie M. Evans      Myra Sweet                         Morris Major                 Danie Sweet            Steven Brown
Ronald Bell 
 
Church Treasurer - Frankie L. Johnson
 
Stewardess
 
Edna McClinton           Frankie L. Johnson      Deloris McClinton

June Ervin                  Hattie Simien             Edna Woods

Henri L. Bryant            Cynthia Jones            Blanche Thompson

Bernice Major              Sandra Freeman-Edwards


 
Trustees
 
Elmer McClinton           Cynthia Taylor           Juanita Jones
Morris Major                Wilbert McClinton 

Director of Board of Christian Education - Sandra Freeman-Edwards
 
President of Board of Christian Education - LaQuinitha Diane Fulton
  
General Sunday School Superintendent - Rosetta Johnson 
 
Director of the Christian Youth Fellowship - Deloris McClinton 
  
President of the Christian Youth Fellowship/MEC/RTH - Natalie Paul 
  
Director of Young Adult Council - Rhonda McClinton
 
President of Young Adult Council - Shanel Handy 
 
President Commission on Membership and Evangelism - Bernice V. Major
 
President of Women's Missionary Society - Sandra Freeman-Edwards
 
Lay Leader - Silas Lee 
  
Men to Men Fellowship - Ronald Bell
 
Choir President - Rosa Cole
 
Chorister - Bernice V. Major


                       Announcements




                      Calendar of Events

October 2009

9 - Young Adult Fish Dinner @ 11:00 a.m.

11 - National Lay Day

25 - 97th Church Anniversary

November 2009

14 - 2nd Quarterly Conference @ 5:00 p.m.

21 - CYF/MEC/RTH Sweets, Crafts & Garage Sale

21 - Hanging of the Greens

25 - Red Beans & Rice Dinner @ 11 a.m.

29 - District 5th Sunday Fellowship @ New Hope

December 2009

19 - Christmas Party

20 - Christmas Program

January 2010

10 - Sunday’s Best @ 3:00 p.m.

24 - Women In Blue @ 3:00 p.m.

February 2010

14 - Valentine Tea & Black History Program @ 3 p.m.

28 - Men’s Day Program @ 3:00 p.m.

March 2010

14 - Pastor’s Appreciation

20 - Choir Workshop and Musical

21 - Choir Anniversary

April 2010

3 - Easter Program

10 - Young Adult Workshop

25 - Women’s Day Program @ 3:00 p.m.

May 2010

15 - 4th Quarterly Conference @ 5:00 p.m.

21 - Young Adult Retreat in TX

June 2010

12 - Church Picnic

13 - Student Recognition Day

New Hope Activities

               Meet and Greet - August 22, 2009 - 6 P.M. for

                             The Reverend Dr. H. Daniel Edwards and

                                  First Lady Sandra Freeman-Edwards



The Reverend Dr. H. Leon Williams Sr.


Back Row: Mr. Ellis R. Spikes, Carver Elementary School Principal; The Reverend Dr. H. Leon Williams Sr.; Crowley District Presiding Elder, Mr. Carlos Archield, Police Juryman: Front Row: Reverend Daniel Stafford, Starlight Baptist Church Pastor; Reverend Alfred Holmes, Beech Grove Baptist Church Pastor; Reverend Ronald Jordan, Mt. Caanan Baptist Church Pastor; The Reverend Dr. H. Daniel Edwards, New Hope Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Pastor; Mrs. Sandra Freeman-Edwards, New Hope First Lady; Mrs. Brenda Iles, St. Paul First Lady and The Reverend David Iles, St. Paul C.O.G.I.C. Pastor.




 
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