1ST time Deacon Chair & Pastor tag team preach 1ST
Sunday of New Year (Dr. Kathlyn Kiner & Pastor Melvin Cotton)
1ST time Senior Reverend taught at B.C. Graham Leadership
Conference (Rev. Dr. Kathlyn Kiner)
1ST time Deacons & Deaconesses served communion at
the same time (originated by Deaconess Linda Hawkins)
1ST time Deaconess officiated a marriage ceremony
(Deaconess Vivian Green)
1ST time Mission Banquet (Bro. Dwayne Hudson, Deaconess
Linda Hawkins, & staff)
1ST time Deaconesses rendered devotion at Second
Bethlehem Association
1ST time minister hosted Foreign Exchange students
(Min. Gwendolyn Treherne)
1ST time Youth Director achieved Chaplain ordination
(Dr. Natasha Sanford)
1ST time former Chair achieved Chaplain ordination (Dr.
Kathlyn Kiner)
1ST mission trip to Aruba, La Rama, Curacao, Amber Cove
1ST time getting two pastors to commit to organize
Foreign Mission trip for their church (Dr. Witherspoon – New Second Bethel, Dr.
Quann – Mason Chapel)
1ST time Deacons & Deaconesses lead devotion on
Aruba waters
1ST time preachers preaching on Aruba waters
1ST time largest mission team (38 people) to minister in
three area (medical facility, school, villages/street)
1ST time largest Pastor’s Anniversary over $29K gift
(Chair Minister Chaplain Leslie Young)
1ST time Women’s conference in Georgia (Chair Min.
Nadine Sweeney, Co-chair Min. Gwendolyn Treherne)