President joe biden, representatives al green and Sheila Jackson lee. Withervice concluded reverend al sharpton. God is god god is is he he has hope tomorrow hope for god is, god is is god ooh, god is is w god he is my hope for tomorrow rock is my he is my rock to believe it,ot god is, god is believe i know he is yes, he is god is everything, my everything i know he is my everything, my everything you e will be with he will be with you you always, be with my everything, my everything i know he is my everything my Everything Everything my everything my everything, my everything amen. Amen. You may be seated. We certainly give honor to god and greet each and every one of you who are watching by way of television or stream, those of you who are here to observe the homegoing celebration of brother george floyd, and we say to his family our heart is with you. The old gospel hymn says in times like these, we need a savior. Times like these, we need an anchor. Be very sure that your anchor holds and grips the solid rock. We want to bring greetings to everyone within the sanctuary walls and also who are watching platformm or some today. I am remembering the summer family, written in times of trouble. I can never move out of my pain without remembering this, that the lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. It wills from the niv, give you hope to the floyd family and to all who are here, mcgee and the leaders and dignitaries who are here and our elected officials, and for everyone who has taken time to join us by stream, we are all connected. This is a moment of connectivity. By which godent has gathered people all around the world to connect us around peery floyd,eorge we askge perry floyd. You to keep your masks on. If anyone is in distress, you ask. In the tradition of the africanamerican church, this would be a homegoing celebration. I will say this again. It would be a homegoing celebration of brother George Floyds life. We are celebrating his life, but just before we begin this homegoing celebration, let me thank all of those people who helped to make this come to pass. I want to begin with esquire benjamin crump. Thank you for watching over this family. In times of devastation, someone has to stand up and take the lead, and, thank god, you have done just that, brother. And also the reverend al sharpton, thank you through North Carolina and minneapolis, continuing to sound the trumpet and let people know that this is about injustice, and we want to see justice served. And then locally, i want to thank our mayor and mayor pro tem who have done a wonderful job in making all of the resources of this city available to have the viewing yesterday. As a matter of fact, we had a viewing yesterday with tens of thousands of people that came through these doors. And it came off without a hitch because we made sure hpd was here and the Fire Department and people were here who were emt specialists. We had people from everywhere, they were giving out water. For all of those that donated your services, your resources, we want to thank you on behalf of this family. We thank you, thank you, thank you. To brother george anderson, our chief operating officer of the church, and brother dallas jones, working together in tandem to make sure everything was pulled together, thank you. This is an enormous task. This is a gigantic responsibility. And for people that look at it and think, well, you know, i would not have done it this way, you dont know how you would have done it if you had this many people. [applause] this many people funneling through your doors, but, thank god, we did not have any problems. Everybody was respectful, everybody was sensitive to what the family is facing, and we are just glad to know that we have such a great team here in houston. I think we are ready to have some church. Dont you . It is time for us to have church. Its time for us to celebrate his life. We may weep, we may mourn, but we will find comfort. And we will find hope, that is for sure. We want to follow the program that has printed, but for those who do not have programs, the musical selection will be led by pastor kim burrell, and the houston aggregate singers, who have blessed us already. Reverend Arthur Rucker will do a part of the scriptural reading, the Old Testament. Reverend booker of greater st. Matthew Baptist Church in houston, texas, pastor emeritus, will read from the new testament. Reverend dr. Mary white, who leads the prison ministry, she will offer prayer of comfort to the family. After which there will be a Video Montage that i think all of you will enjoy. In that order, we are asking you asking them to come. Someone say amen. [organ music plays] as historical as this is, we recognize this is a real family with real feelings. There are a lot of us in here who are in that position and it hurts. We want you to know the moment the world announced that george floyd had left the earth physically, we became family. Everyone in this room, just center our love around this family, because we know what it means to have a loved one to leave, so we stand here and celebrate his life, but i want to leave you with these words. Be not dismayed mmmm whatever, oh no because we know he will take care of you his wings of love abide will, he will take care of you will take care take care of you every day a long lifes narrow way sad, he will, he will take care of you ooohhhh will, i know he will, he care of you and one last thing. Just remember, he will, he , because he will somebody who knows he will take care of you here is what you have got to do , and you will , god will,n witness he will, he will take care of you oooh will, he i know he will take care of you oooh he will take care of you ooooh i know what youre going through right now but will, he will, he you ake care of remember the children. Will, he will take care of you, of you, of you, of you here is where you can find strength oooh under his wings, god will take care of you somebody next to you, even though we are in a pandemic. Willnow he he will i know he will oooh i know he will take care of you take care of you youuse he wont give up on take care of you god will take care of you god will he will take care of you god will take care of you god will god will take care of you god will take care of you god will he will take care of you god will take care of you all you have to do is call out take care of you you ll take care of will s, he take care of you god bless you god will [applause] giving honor to the family of george floyd, to the dignitaries in the house, and all of the clergy and to the great pastor of this house, we offer you the reading of the word in the Old Testament according to the book of amos, chapter five, beginning at verse 16. Therefore, the lord, the god of hosts, the lord, saith thus. Wailing shall be in all the streets, and they shall always say in all the highways, alas, alas and they shall all call the farmer to mourning and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing, and all the vineyards shall be wailing, for i will pass through thee, saith the lord. Do unto you who desire the day of lord, to what end is it for you . The day of the lord is darkness and not light. It is as if a man flee from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the lord be darkness and not light . Even very dark and no brightness in it . I hate and despise your feast and will not take delight in your solemn assemblies. Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meal offerings, i will not accept them. Neither will i regard the peace offerings. Take away from me the noise of your song, for i will not hear the melody of your harps, but let justice run down like waters in righteousness, like a mighty stream, and this is the word of the lord. Thanks be unto god. Plays]music to the floyd family, pastor ronnie booker, want you to know we are still praying for you. We want you to know that god has made himself available to you in the person of jesus christ to help you in times like these. God bless you. I thessalonians, chapter four, beginning at verse 13. But i would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, and concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even with others which have no hope, for we believe that jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him, for this we say unto you, by the that we remaind unto the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god, and the dead in christ will rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together to meet the lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. God bless you. [applause] [organ music plays] with our pastor, our copastor, mia wright, and all in the sanctuary for the celebration. I also acknowledge sherita, who our valued member of esteemed prison ministry. For those of you who do not know, we had letters coming from those who are incarcerated and as far away as angola, louisiana, because of what shes done for the kingdom. So we give you love. In a moment of prayer, gather with me. Lets talk to god for a minute. Father, i stretch my hands to thee, father. No other help do i know, and, god, if you withdraw yourself from us, father, where shall we go . Father, we acknowledge you as the master, the creator, the sovereign god, the ruler, the god that is higher than high, more majestic than majesty, greater than great, more loving than love itself. God, you are god, and you are sovereign. We welcome your presence thats already in this place. Master, we thank you for the celebration. We thank you for the life of george floyd, oh god, that at a moment when he called out for his mama, we believe the ears of mamas across this nation reared up, that the ears of mamas across the world, heard him cry. Even though for one mama, all mamas begin to weep. We began to wail for our children. We begin to wail for our grandchildren. We wailed for men across this world because of one mamas call. God, thank you. Thank you, god, today, master. God, we thank you for what you are doing in this place, father. We thank you that i would ask that you would ignite upon us cloven tongues, because cloven tongues of fire were to declare and proclaim righteousness, but fiery tongues come out in anger. Gues of fire. En ton god, right now, we are in a strange land, and how can we sing in a strange land . I can sing because i know who reigns. We can sing because we know who god is, where god is, and what. What god is about to do. Thats how we can sing in a strange land. God, its a strange land when we have to make a law to have empathy for her brothers and sisters. That empathy is not not lawivated, and motivated. God, help us in this place today. We pray for the family of george floyd who time after time has borne private grief in public places. But i remember you said you bore our grief, you bore our sorrows. Father, undergird him in the name of jesus, remind him of your everlasting arms, remind an that this shall be ebenezer, a time of remembrance, that it shall be up to everybody to remind the nation that this is our ebenezer. We speak, and we decree, and we declaim that right now, lord, god, there shall be justice. Right now, there shall be a remnant you have raised up. Lord god, give them strength of this time of sorrow. Undergird them. Put your arms around them and let them know that my god is here, that my god is a comforter, and above all, we will celebrate. We will remember these days, and we will call on god because our , god shall come with a vengeance. Our god will avenge us. Our god will come. Ride on, emmanuelle. We believe it. Now, god, we lay hands on it in jesuss name. Amen. [organ music plays] worldou changed the yes, you did river was born by the in a little town, ooh just like the river, i have been running ever since for a long, Long Time Coming but i know, changes coming oh, yes, it will because ifraid to die know there is something on the other side it has been a long, long time and changes going to come , oh, yes, it will oh, yes, it will go, my brother my brother and i say, brother, help me please but he winds up knocking me back down on my there were times when i thought ,hat i wouldnt last for long but now i know that i can carry. N ,ts been a Long Time Coming but i know, i know, i know, changes can i come. Change is going to come. I know, i know, change is going to come, yes it will. I believe, i believe that a change is going to come. I know, i know, i know, a change is coming. A change is going to come , yes, it will. [applause] god bless us all. Brother, that shows true skills right there. My, my, my, amen and thank you for that wonderful selection. At this time, we are going to have resolutions read by one of the daughters of this house. She has gone on to do some phenomenal things for god and gods blessing her all over the world i speak of not other than ivy mcgregor. Greet her with a hearty amen right now. [applause] thank you, pastor wright and copastor mia wright, and certainly to this family, to reverend sharpton and for all dignitaries and to all officials. To the family, on behalf of the fountain of praise church, our prayer for the family in this season and this unexpected time is to draw comfort from the fact that while this incident in the untimely incident, it is no surprise to the heavenly father, the bible says in psalms 46 and one, god is our refuge and strength. Very present help in trouble. We stand fast in our faith that god will give you in her braces to prop you on every leaning side. May you feel the closeness of his comfort in the warmth of his presence as you cope with his heart rendering transition. We are praying for you. We are interceding on your behalf and want each of you to know that our love extends to you from houston to all parts of the world. Sherita mcgee tate, a spiritual daughter of this house, or family members and all of the family members, we await the joy that comes in the morning after the weeping season. The bible says that our god will wipe away all tears from your eyes and soon, your sorrow shall be swallowed up in joy. This is given on behalf of pastors remus and mia right. In his own way and for his own purpose, god has reached down into his garden to pluck one of his fair flowers. Recently, god called the spirit of a recently departed george home to be with him throughout eternity. Whereas, we the officers and the members of the greater st. Matthew Baptist Church, desire to express our love and respect to our departed brother. We make these resolutions a copy which will be kept in our records. Butte also resolved that even as we mourn his departure, we be it also resolved that even as we mourn his departure, we resign to the will of an allknowing and kind heavenly father. We assure the family of the deceased that they have everlasting, heartfelt sympathies. This is on behalf of the greater st. Matthew Baptist Church, reverend Ronald Booker senior, senior pastor. On behalf of jack yates, senior high school, the resolution is for george floyd, class of 1993. Where as we are deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved jack yates lien, george floyd, lion, george floyd whom the , father has called from labor reward, whereas george floyd was a member of the legendary jack yates class of 1993, was a respected leader among all s, served with character and distinction as an athletic, gifted member of the s, 1992 runnerup state Championship Football Team as the starting tight end and was a member of the highperforming mighty lyons Basketball Team who stood at a six foot six inch power forward, able to dunk with both hands and whereas, george floyd lovingly known as big floyd and the gentle giant, was steadfast in his kindness and devotion to helping his fellow jackie eights ons succeedes li through his genuine example of love, faith and generosity. Whereas, george floyd has left a legacy of love, loyalty and service to dear old Jackie Jack Yates high that will live on forever in our hearts. Be it resolved that Jack Yates Senior High School embraces the floyd family because of the love that we share. George floyd and his big smile and sense of humor can never be replaced but his legacy as a lion, a father, a brother, as a friend will be honored each time his family jack yates alumni are gathered. His beloved Third Ward Community and friends and all other s stand up and fight for justice in his name, humbly submitted on the this ninth day of june by the Jack Yates Senior High School. [applause] the family of george floyd like to acknowledge the message of solidarity resolution and visual tribute from his excellency, the president of ghana. During the memorial yesterday, a video produced by the people of ghana was broadcast for thousands of mourners as they pay their final respects to mr. Floyd. The family is honored by the decision to have mr. Floyds name permanently mounted in the historic wall at the Diaspora African Forum and the w. E. B. Dubois center in africa. They are grateful that the country of ghana stands with the floyd family on the struggle of all families to change the status quo of racism and prejudice. The family is deeply moved by the generous act of the ghanaian government to solidify George Floyds legacy. There have been countless other acknowledgments and resolutions. State senator west, naacp houston branch, rodney ellis, commissioner harris, the Church Without walls, the Seventh Day Adventist church, the Louisiana State senator, michael q biz, texas state university, state representative ron reynolds, Los Angeles Police department, city of los angeles, Houston Community college, poem submitted by melinda woods, houston city councilmember, carolyn shabazz, alina milan , county judge and countless , others. And we hope on behalf of pastor pastor wright and copastor mia wright in the fountain of praise church, we hope that the words that have been spoken in the words that have been written will brin