2020 Day of Fellowship is set for February 23rd

Post date: Feb 5, 2020 10:18:06 AM

NPHC promotes Greek Awareness with 2020 Day of Fellowship

Upstate NPHC Greeks should wear their lapel pins on February 23rd

RSVP to Fellowship Meal at https://nphc-gg-dayoffellowship2020.eventbrite.com

Greenville, South Carolina - As part of their annual tradition, the National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC) of Greater Greenville is again promoting Greek awareness in the Upstate of South Carolina with its annual “Day of Fellowship” on Sunday, February 23, 2020.

The council is asking all NPHC Greek members to wear their fraternity or sorority lapel pins to their local Church services on February 23rd, and to make an announcement in the services about the Council and its ten member chapters, which make up the council in the Upstate Area. A sample church announcement (included below), along with brochures about the Council and a recording of the NPHC Greek Medley is available to churches to use on the Upstate Council website, (www.upstatescpan.org).

For those NPHC members looking for a church service in the area, the following churches are planning recognitions on February 23rd :

- Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC, services start at 10 AM.
- Israel Metropolitan CME Church in Greenville, SC, services start at 11 AM.
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Greenville, SC, services start at 11 AM.
- Rocky Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC at 10 AM.
- Long Branch Baptist Church, Greenville, SC at 9:45 AM.

Join us at our Fellowship meal at Grandma's Kitchen (Greenville, SC).

After services, NPHC members and their families can fellowship together at Grandma's Kitchen (minority-owned) at 1314 S Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville, SC 29605 from 1:30 PM to 4 PM. RSVPs made before February 15, 2020, are free. After February 15, 2020, RSVP is $3.75 per ticket (proceeds will be given to the location as a tip). The meal is a dutch treat, and Sunday Buffet is $8.89 per person (Fried Fish is 50¢ extra, and drinks are extra). Greek members and their families can RSVP to the gathering by Noon, Saturday, February 22, 2020.

Who is NPHC?

The National Pan Hellenic Council (www.nphc.org) is a national organization made up of the nine predominantly African-American Greek organizations for College men and women. The NPHC of Greater Greenville (www.upstatescpan.org ) is made up of eight local chapters of those nine organizations which include the following active members:

- Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.;
- Epsilon Tau Omega and Pi Zeta Omega of Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.;
- Mu Pi Chapter and Phi Alpha Chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
- Eta Sigma Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and
- Epsilon Iota Zeta and Nu Delta Zeta Chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

For more information please go to the Council website (www.upstatescpan.org) where you can view the Council’s event calendar and Chapter pages on each of the active members.

Sample Announcement:

The local National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC) of Greater Greenville is again promoting its annual Day of Fellowship between NPHC Greek members in the Greenville Area. All church members who are NPHC Greek members have been asked to wear their NPHC Lapel pins today at their local church services.

The National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC, www.nphc.org ) is a national organization made up of the nine predominantly African-American Greek organizations for college men and women. Some of the famous members of NPHC organizations including Martin Luther King. Jr., Jesse Jackson, Sr., George Washington Carver, Toni Morrison, Minnie Ripperton, Ralph Abernathy, Mary Mcleod Bethune, and Hattie McDaniels.

The NPHC of Greater Greenville (www.upstatescpan.org ) is made up of the ten local chapters of those nine organizations which include the following active members:

- Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.;
- Epsilon Tau Omega and Pi Zeta Omega of Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.;
- Mu Pi Chapter and Phi Alpha Chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.;
- Greenville Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
- Eta Sigma Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and
- Epsilon Iota Zeta and Nu Delta Zeta Chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

<Option 1: If you don’t plan to play the Greek Medley>:

Would the members of our local NPHC Chapters, please stand and be recognized.

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<Option 2: If you plan to play the Greek Medley>:

“Would the members of our local NPHC Chapters, please stand and be recognized, as your organization’s hymn is played”

For more information please go to the Council website where you can view the Council’s event calendar and download the current NPHC Brochure