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Gamma Pi Brothers pose with families |
Every year, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. honors its departed members with areawide Memorial Services. This year, the Gamma Pi Chapter took it a step further by organizing a chapter Memorial Service that paid tribute to Brothers who have entered Omega Chapter as well as family members of chapter Brothers who have gone on. The service was held on Saturday, March 22, at Mount Nebo AME Zion Church in Bowie, where Bro. Dr. Gerald Folsom serves as pastor.
More than 100 Brothers and family members turned out for the occasion. It was anything but solemn. It was uplifting, inspirational and celebratory of the lives that had been lived. The tone was set by Bro. Lt. Gen. (ret.) Rev. R. Scott Dingle, who brought a message of hope and help to the families and Brothers who are all left behind as survivors. Tears were replaced with laughter and fond memories. The focus was on recent passings from the past few years.
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Bro. Rev. Dingle delivers the Word |
Bro. Dingle's message obviously resonated. Many of the family members who got up to speak about their loved during the end of the program referenced his remarks and the hope and peace he gave them with The Word. The symbol of the harp was powerful.
The program included musical selections, a poem, a marking of the occasion as well as remarks from Basileus Fields and religious leaders in the chapter. Also, the families were moved when the names on the Scroll of Remembrance slowly flashed up on the screen.
Congrats to Brothers Reginald Thomas and Ronald Swann, co-chairs of the chapter's Protocol Committee, for organizing the event which was the vision of Gamma Pi Basileus Fields.