NEW HOPE

Mailing Address:

Post Office Box 1745

DeRidder, LA  70634  

                                   Sunday School - 9:30 AM

                                 Worship Service - 11:00 AM

                                 Bible Study Each Wednesday at 6:00 P.M.

  The Reverend Dr. H. Daniel Edwards and Mrs. Sandra 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 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
 
Church Treasurer - Myra Sweet 

Stewardess
 
Edna McClinton           Ramona Hyche           Deloris McClinton

June Ervin                  Hattie Simien             Edna Woods

Henri L. Bryant            Cynthia Jones            Blanche Thompson

Bernice Major              Sandra Edwards

 
Trustees
 
Elmer McClinton           Cynthia Taylor           Juanita Jones

Morris Major                Wilbert McClinton 

Director of Board of Christian Education - Sandra Edwards 
 
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 Commission on Membership and Evangelism - Bernice V. Major
 
President of Women's Missionary Society - Sandra Edwards 
 
Lay Leader - Ruby Rucker 
  
Men to Men Fellowship -  Exhorter William Perry
  

Calendar of Events

October, 2011

23 - @ 3:00PM - 99th Church Anniversary

November, 2011

10 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

11 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

27 - "Hanging of the Greens"

December, 2011

6 - Official Board/Church cnference @ 6PM

9 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

13 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

17 - Missionary Mission to June Jenkins Women Shelter @ 12 Noon

31 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

31 - Watch Night Service @ 10:30PM

January, 2012

3 - Official Board/Church Conference @ 6PM

8 - Mattie E. Coleman & Rossie T. Hollis Special Offering

15 - Martin Luther King Program @ 3PM

17 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

20 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

21 - Missionary Program @ 6PM

February, 2012

4 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

7 - Official Board/Church Conference @ 6PM

10 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

12 - Black History Program

14 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

19 - Men's Day Program @ 3:30

March, 2012

3 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

4 - Pastor's Appreciation @ 3:30PM

6 - Official Board/Church Conference @ 6PM

9 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

13 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

17 - Young Adult Luncheon

31 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

April, 2012

8 - Easter Program @ 11AM

9 - Official Board/Church Conference @ 6PM

10 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

13 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

21 - Women's Day Tea @ 6PM

22 - Women's Day Program

May, 2012

1 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

4 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

5 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

8 - Official Board/Church Conference @ 6PM

10 - Vacation Bible School Meeting @ 6PM

12 - Young Adult Saturday Night Live @ 7PM

17 - Vacation Bible School Meeting @ 6PM

20 - Student Recognition Day

24 - Vacation Bible School Meeting @ 6PM

31 - Vacation Bible School Meeting @ 6PM

June, 2012

1 - BOCE Meeting @ 5PM

2 - Stewardess Board Meeting @ 12 Noon

5 - Official Board/Church Conf @ 6PM

6-8 - Vacation Bible School

9 - Church Picnic @ 11AM

19 - Missionary Meeting @ 5PM

Annual Conference Officers

The Reverend Dr. H. Daniel Edwards - Ministerial Examination Chairman

Sandra Freeman-Edwards - Director of Christian Education

Rosetta Johnson - Director of Ushers

Frankie M. Evans -Joint Board Secretary & Coordinator of Conference Operations

New Hope Activities

99th Year Appreciation and Family Life Center Dedication
October 23, 2011 @ 3:00PM

Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield, Mrs. Sandra Edwards, Bishop Thomas L. Brown, Sr.

2011 CME Certificate of Christian Education Recipient for Completing 6 Online Courses

2011 Graduates

Tara Woods and Pastor Edwards

Natalie Paul and Pastor Edwards

Natalie Paul, Pastor Edwards, Tara Woods

Pastor and Wife's 1st Year Appreciation- May 16, 2010

Women's and Men's Day - April 25, 2009

97th Church Anniverary and Mortgage Burning

Chairpersons: Ms. Cynthia M. Taylor, Mrs. Rhonda McClinton, Ms. Laquinitha Diane Fulton

               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.