"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life..." John 14:6
January 2026
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24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts 17: 24-30
Moments in Our History
On January 28, 1787 -
Richard Allen, a preacher, and Absalom Jones rejected the second-class status blacks were forced into at their white-dominated Methodist church. As their numbers had increased, the church congregation had built a gallery where it asked them to sit separately from the white congregation. The men and their supporters wanted to create an independent group to meet African-American needs. They designed the Free African Society as a mutual aid society to help support widows and orphans, as well as the sick or unemployed. They supported the education of children, or arranged apprenticeships if the children could not attend one of the free schools that were developed.
The FAS provided social and economic guidance, and medical care. It also helped new citizens establish their new sense of self-determination. While teaching thriftiness and how to save to build wealth, it became the model for banks in the African-American community. It sought to improve the morals of its members by regulating marriages, condemning drunkenness and adultery. Working with the city, it acquired land at for a burying ground; it began to perform and record marriages and also to record births for the people of its community.
To encourage responsibility and create a common aid fund, the FAS asked members to pay dues of one per month. If they failed to pay dues for three months, they were cut off from the society, no longer able to share in its benefits. The dues collected were the fund for the community service projects that the FAS organized. Among these was a food program to help support the community's poor and widowed.
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Prayer and Fasting (Jan 1- Jan 10, 2026)
23Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Mark 9: 24-29
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Holy Communion January 4, 2026
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31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 8: 31-33
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First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
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First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
39 years ago, on January 3, 1987, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "Respect" originally by Otis Redding was the empowering hit that defined her as the "Queen of Soul."
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39 years ago, on January 3, 1987, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "Respect" originally by Otis Redding was the empowering hit that defined her as the "Queen of Soul."
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January 15, 1929 -1968
First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 19, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia to parents, Michael Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Michael Sr. adopted the name of "Martin" to honor the protestant religious leader. Michael Jr. also later adopted the name as well.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 19, 2026
First Woman Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 3, 1987
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 19, 2026
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed documentation creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national day of service.
January 20, 2009 Barack Obama
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
January 20, 2009 Barack Obama
Barack Obama, the first African American makes history as the 44th President of the United States .
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January 21, 1971
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
January 20, 2009 Barack Obama
Twelve members of the Congressional Black Caucus boycotted President Richard Nixon’s State of the Union Address to protest his refusal to meet with them or address issues of concern to African Americans.
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
Known for singing songs like: Cupid, Chain Gang, Another Saturday Night, A Change is Gonna Come, You Send Me and many more.
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January 23, 1941 Author Richard Wright
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
January 22, 1931 Singer, Sam Cooke is born
Wins NAACP Spingarn Medal for “Native Son”
January 24, 1993 – Thurgood Marshall passes away
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
January 24, 1993 – Thurgood Marshall passes away
The first Black Supreme Court Justice.
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January 25, 1966 Constance Baker Motley
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
January 24, 1993 – Thurgood Marshall passes away
Becomes first African American Woman Federal Judge (1966)
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January 26, 1892 Bessie Coleman
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
First African-American woman pilot born (1892 - 1926)
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January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
January 27, 2016 – Black History Month is observed in the Netherlands as Black Achievement Month
Its purpose was to commemorate talented black people and to acknowledge black heroes. Black Achievement Month is based on the successful Black History Month in the United States and United Kingdom. However, the name of the Netherlands’ edition has a positive approach: the organizers do not only want to look at the history, but mainly focus on the present and the future
"A Century of Black History Commemorations" 2026!
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