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Friday, September 12, 2014

Invocation History: Escambia School Board, Escambia Commission, Pensacola City Council

Escambia School Board Invocation History

7.22 Slayton delivered   "will you please stand with me..."
*E 6.24   Denny Wilson   principal Oakcrest Middle  'please join me in prayer', eternal consequences, in the name above every name, I pray  
*5.20 pastor porterfield no show; deputy superintendent Ross  'in keeping with master's teaching'  'God is god all by himself, please join me in prayer:  that all be pleasing in your sight , in name of Jesus we will always pray; you may be seated    Moutrie
*E 4.15 Willie Spears  head football coach, Escambia    "when people see the ECSB seal, they will think of Jesus the Christ"  Boone
3.25 rev matthews honored; Laura Harrison, First Baptist; "please rise for invocation"     Bergosh
*repeat 2.18 Dan Bellamy youth minister East Brent Baptist - please stand for both  Slayton
1.21.14 Ashley Wilkinson Meyer   Cokesbury youth    'please rise'  'pray with me'  Hightower
12.17.13 Pastor Rodney Jones;  please remain standing after invocation for pledge  Moultrie
*E 11.19 Mr Boone - board member spoke himself
10.15 Pastor Lonnie Westlie Greater Little Rock Baptist  "after invo, please remain standing"   Bergosh  
9.17 Chairman deacons, East Brent Baptist,  Dale Cooey   Slayton
*E 8.20 Hightower  (spoke herself)  'please rise'  'please pray with me'
*E 7.16 Norm Ross  deputy superintendent   about business upcoming   'please join me in prayer'  Moultrie
6.18 Jacob Peterson Brownsville Assembly youth pastor 'through Jesus we have a way to know you'  that every teacher might know you'   Boone
*E 5.21 David Joyner   employee, Chaplain UWF too  "please remain standing after invocation"  if you'd just stand" Bergosh
4.23 Phil Ferguson   Minister of Music  East Brent Baptist  "please stand join me" -Slayton
*E 3.19 Hightower - said herself  "please stand"  poem
*E 2.19 after invocation, please remain standing  Wionston Foster,  Woodham Middle Art teacher   Moultrie
*E 1.22.13 Boone - delivered himself  "please stand" "let's pray"
*Employee 12.18.12    Allen , EC superintendent human resources,   Bergosh
11.20 Dr Dale Patterson  East Brent Baptist   "please stand"  "would you join in prayer please" - Slayton
10.16 youth minister Dan Bellamy East Brent Baptist  "would you please stand"
9.18 Rev Alton Butler  Myrtle Beach Grove Baptist  "please rise"  in the names of the only saviour of our world: Hightower
8.21 pastor Brown St Matthews Lutheran "please stand" "we bow our heads in prayer"  Moultrie
7.17 Boone gave own   "please stand"
6.26 delivered by Boone
5.15 Slayton "please stand" gave own invocation
4.17 poem spoken by Hightower  "if yall will rise for the prayer and the pledge"
3.27 ?? could not find video
2.21 Buford Lipscomb  Liberty Church   "may we stand"   "let us pray together"  Boone
1.17.12   Michael Carrow, real estate broker  'Outback Pensacola Men's Bible Study'   "please join me in standing"    "please bow your heads"  "without a relationship with your life has no meaning" "quiet those who discredit you" Bergosh

NOTES:
I like Mrs Hightower's poetry.  Too bad she didn't stop there.
East Brent Baptist appears 5 times on this list, 4 times from Mr Slayton.  It's like a list of staff.  I wonder what church he belongs to?

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Escambia County Commission Invocation History

Sept 25 David Suhor (scheduled)  Pagan   - May
Sept 4 Geoff DeSena, Humanist!  - Valentino (absent, lost election)
August 21 Rev George Clyde!! Molino COG, Waterfront RM   -Robertson
July 24 Horace Jones - stand/bow heads, introduced as govt offical - Barry
July 10 Kenneth Watts Westside COGIC   - May
June 26 Hugh Hamilton, Trinity Presbytirian - Robinson
June 3 Horace Jones - Valentino
May 15 Donnie Peterson   Pine Summit Baptist -Robertson
April 29 Elder Myles? Bryant (Macedonia?) scheduled; Horace Jones spoke   - Barry
April 10 Pastor Evon Horton, Brownsville AOG
April 3 Brian Kinsey,  First Pentacostal   - Robinson
March 18 Pastor Evon Horton, Brownsville AOG    -  ??
March 13 Pastor Evon Horton, Brownsville AOG - May??
March 6 Pastor Evon Horton, Brownsville AOG  -Valentino
February 18 Rev Brian Kinsey, First Pentacostal    -Robertson
February 6 Elondas Long -Barry
January 16 ? Joe Miller, Pray for Pensacola   -Robinson
January 2, 2014 Rev Carl Reeves, Greater Union Baptist?   -May

December 5 Pastor Evon Horton, Brownsville AOG  -Valentino
November 21 Rev George Clyde, Molino COG, Waterfront RM   -Robertson
November 7 Rev Bill Flanigan, Plainview Baptist   - Barry
October 29 none  (committee of the whole)
October 17 Monsignor Hunt   - Robinson
October 3 Rev Earl Jackson, Macedonia - May
September 16 Rev Horace Jones - Valentino
September 5 Rev George Clyde, Molino COG  (preached savior) -Robertson August 20 Clinton McGee, Scout Troop 628 -Barry
August 8 Pastor Ashley Meyer, Cokesbury Methodist -Robinson
July 25 Pastor Joseph Marshall, St John Divine Baptist -May
July 11 Rev Even Horton, Brownsville AOG  -Valentino
June 20 Rev Joshua Walnhoffer?  Klondike Baptist  (we come recognizing...) - Robertson
June 10 Greg Lancaster   (father/son story about prophecy)    -Barry
May 29 Horace Jones   "reliable" (unaffiliated?  employee)
May 16 Rev Brian Kinsey, First Pentacostal   -Robertson
May 2 Pastor Marsh?  Bethel AME -May
April 17 Horace Jones -Valentino
April 2 Natasha Mitchell NWFl Congre in Action (turned to audience) -Robertson
March 21 Joe Miller   National Day of Prayer -Barry
February 21 Rev? Joseph Herring Agape Christian Ministry -Robinson
February 7 Pastor Lennie Westley    Greater Little Rock -May
January 22 Horace Jones (regular pray-er) -?
January 17 Pastor Phil Futeron  Lake Charlene -Valentino
January 3 2013 noshow; moment of 'silent prayer'   -Robertson

December 6 Pastor Rusty Branch, Dogwood Park Baptist Church  -Barry
November 20 Father Jack Gray    -Robertson?
November 15 Pastor Dennis McBride, PCC -Robinson
November 1 Horace Jones (employee) -Young
October 18 Pastor Evan Horton Brownsville AOG   -Valentino (his church)
October 4 Rev Scott Brown -Robertson
September 25 none  (budget meeting)
September 17 Horace Jones -White
September 6 Pastor Neal Goldsborough, Christ's Church -Robinson (his rector)
August 23 Pastor William Gulley -Young
August 9 David Suhor INCLUSIVE, but called "Christian Musician"   -Valentino

since August 9, 2012  (last inclusive prayer)
47 prayers 2 unknown / no show?, ALL Christian prayers
Horace Jones (non-pastor?, employee) 10 times
Pastor Evan Horton (Bville AOG)  6 times, 3 in a row
Pastor Kinsey  (First Pentacostal) 3 times
16 prayers offered by just 3 individuals

City of Pensacola available by request; ONE LIST (not reps choosing representative), not updated or administered fairly, but they don't turn down individuals.

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