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Page B6-The Chronicle, Thursday, March 15 Focus On Religion Non-profit s By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Over 100 physically handicapped WinstonSalem residents have received aid from the Bill Kiser Memorial Equipment Service. Of those who have been loaned wheel chairs, walkers, crutches, hospital oeds or had had ramps built to their homes, 90 percent are black. But volunteers from the black community are almost none, says Ed Miller, president of the service. . "We need contributions of equipment from the black community and group support from organizations to help us build the ramps," says Miller. "This is a worthwhile community effort, especially for the black churches." The non-profit service, which began in 1978 by members of the all-white Experimental Church, was prompted by Bill Kiser, a quadriplegic who died in 1978. He was voted the 1975 Handicapped American of the Year and urged his fellow worshipers of the church not to ignore the needs of the handicapped. He also authored a book titled "New Light of Hope." "Bill Ki?er definitely felt that Christ was the center of hope," says Agnes David, publicity chairperson for the service, "and he lived his life as a Christian. Hr^ii rnruD Compiled by Lucille Douthit FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Elder Hilton Stone Jr. of Kimberly Park H Church at 417 Burton St. will hold a worship with members of the Mt. Sinai Church of God p.m. at the church. SATURDAY. MARCH 17 * The Department of Christian Education John CME Church at 650 Crawford Pl(*ce a an all-day bake sale at the Fai iiierVtitaiiliri - funds for the Twelve Tribes program. ? ? }.$A v. * ,.v . .id . ; , . * ? . St. James AME Church at 1501 Patterso will host an African Cultural Workshop for tional and historical interest at the church through next Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon first section and 3*5 o.m. for the second sect SUNDAY, MARCH 17 4v'" -v-'' ' ? > ' i , % \~Mi - < . *. . ' >;> * ' - ' v " The 'Young Adult Choir of St. Mark Church at 1100 Manly St. will present, "Fan Friend Night" at the church at 7 p.m. The ] Tyndall of Friendship Baptist Church will gtlest speaker. 'fox.'-' \ v . 'v.;' ...v v/. n. . s:<j} t The Deaconesses of First Calvary Baptist at 401 N. Woodland Ave. will observe their 9 sary at the church at 4 p.m. The Rev. Ja Gilliam of First Thessolonians Baptist Churd the guest speaker . ; ' ' ' ' The Senior and Young People's Usher Be Emmuanuet Baptist Church wiU celebrate tl mversary at tne cnttrcn at 4 p.m. inc kcv. Goodwin will be the guest speaker. .tu. ct/irr?n^?. ^1-1 ?? -IMS onk/ifwuiw v,vjiiiniuiiiiy C1UD will ceiCl 34th anniversary with a tea in the fellowship Metropolitan Baptist Church from 3-5 p.m. Wilson, executive director of the Experiment The Rev. Robert Smith of Mayo Missiona tist Church in Ridgeway, Va.v will be the Yoi guest speaker at Fellowship United Holy Chu . p.m. %.?' >-,? ?" " " " ? /.> -,y . x - r The Young Adult Choir of Kimberh Holiness Church will celebrate its 31st annive the church at 3 p.m. ?^? \ v. >?',"<" %. * V/.> ' ' -v. ' * > The Salemairs of Midway will celebrate the anniversary at Phillips Chapel Baptist Chi 2341 Patterson Ave. at 6 p.m. -i, ?. * The Hospitality Club wiH sponsor the Tw Choristers in concert, under the direction of I milla ? m-.??if.? * ** iwum uumivii at vjuici ivicu upuuii&n /\rvi, Church at Fourth Street and Dunleith Aven | p.m. The Addie C. Morris Club will sponsor th< tt Chorus of First Baptist Church at North H Avenue^ under the direction of Dan Ai minister of music at the church, in its first co the fellowship hall of the church at 4 p.m, "v -vv c %. * 27- -w'^ *St. Stephen Baptist Church will observe its and pastor's anniversaries nt the morning s service. Dr. George Brooks of Mt. Zion Church in Greensboro will be the guest speal Jerry Drayton of New Bethel Baptist Church the 3 p.m. guest speaker. r'i i ii in i >. >984 i ervice needs gr< "Through this service," she says, "we're kindling the light through Christian action that Kiser talked about in his book." The service makes available temporary use of equipment for disabled residents in Forsyth and Stokes County. "Our group only provides for used equip. ment," says Miller, "and a wheel chair or walker in somebody's closet or basement doesn't do anybody any good." The only charge for the use of medical equip"The Kiser Equipment Service was a blessing for me because I used to have to be carried out of my house ... " ? Bertha Vinson ment is a deposit ranging from $1 for crutches and walkers to $10 for beds. However, regardless of ability to pay, the service will provide necessary equipment for those who ask for assistance. "You don't have to qualify your need," says David. "You don't have to be indieent. hist need it and we loan it to you." Last summer, the service built a ramp on the front porch of 84-year-old Bertha Vinson's home on West Sedgefield after members of her 1 ' i Church Notes j| Homecoming > l-\ . The educational commitoliness tee of the Ephesus Seventh service Day Adventist Church will at 7:30 : host its homecoming celebration March 17-18. Funds raised for the celebration will go towards t*ie Ephesus Junior Academy for grades K-10, riil host which is supported by the Elder E.E. Cleveland, a world-renowned evangelist, m Ave. ' will be the speaker for the ^ educa- * Wo-day event. A native of r today Huntsville, Ala., and m m _ aA : * ? 1_- - - lor tne iormcriy a minister in ion. Winston-Salem, Cleveland serves as an adjunct professor at Andrews Universi# ty, as director of church Baptist missions and an instructor lily and of evangelism at Oakwood Rev. E. College in Huntsville, be the where he received a degree services ir in theology in 1941. minghan An evangelist since 1942, Chicago, Church the Seventh Day Adventist Warsaw, inniver- minister, who was ordained bay, Joh mes A. four years later, has baptiz- Africa, i will be ed 11,OCX) people, including Australia George Juko, crown prince Some of Uganda. Cleveland has numerouj ards of also conducted evangelistic elude "J 5 Galilee celebr; >rate its 29th annivers; in Sdfrv Ban- and memt>ers ?f Galilee Baptist Church Ave. will celebrate the church's 29th a guest sPea^er for the morning w oe tne Kev. K.fc. Devoe, pastor of Shil< H2|g| in Shelby. i Parfcl An educator in the South rsary at^ > Carolina public schools, M - ' >.# Devoe is a graduate of Benedict College and the ir ninth ^ J J. Stocks School of } urch at Theology in Columbia, S.C., where he received both his bachelor of science in City ^ and bachelor of divinity M >r. Per4| degrees. He also received I E Zion 1 his master of arts degree ue at 6 from Atlanta University. '^le ^ Devoe is a moderator of the Ebenezc 5 tion, with 40 or more churches under h ighland . He is also a member of the executive b< ndrewv;! NAACP, the Cleveland County Tas ncert fcpg Cleveland County Chapter of the -4 >~-;J. Society. He^and his wife Odessa have three church Drusill? and Robert, vorshipf At the 3 p.m. service, the Rev. Da> Baptist pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church LCr. Dr. the guest speaker, will be 1 Thompson attended Benedict Coll Stocks School of Theology in Columbii 1 their four daughters live in Winston-S V Religion juji suppui i community sought out resources to help the once active grandmother. One of her legs had to be amputated as a result of diabetes. "The Kiser Equipment Service was a blessing for me," she says, "because 1 used to have to be carried out of my house. Now 1 can wheel my chair down the ramp by myself. "These people came out of the clear blue sky and they're just a blessing," says Vinson. "If you're not able to pay them anything, it doesn't matter; they help you anyway." Both Miller and David say donations and manpower from the black community-would be greatly appreciated and that Boy Scout troops are welcomed, also. "We really need volunteers from the black community," says Miller, "and I'm sure the Boy Scouts and the other organizations would have come to us to volunteer their time a long time ago, if they had just known about us." Receipts are given to those who donate equipment of any kind that would aid the disabled. Repairs are made to any of the equipment, which is stored at the Forsyth County Industrial Systems. Tax deductible cash donations are also welcomed even though the service is self-sustaining, says David. For those who are in need of the service or would like to donate equipment, call Firstline at 727-8100. to be celebrated m v ^ Mm ? ^p Jjjfl The Rev. E.E. Cleveland i sucn ciues as oir- seen,'7 "Living Soul," n, New York, "Come Unto Me" and , Los Angeles, "Free At Last." Helsinki, Bom- He and his wife Celia annesburg, South have one son, Edward Earl and Sydney, Clifford Jr. Services Friday night will of Cleveland's begin at 7:30 p.m. and on > literary works in- Saturday at 9:15 a.m. and vline Eyes Have 11:30 a.m. Funerals ates ? Funeral Mrs. Alice hccles-Mitchell Hay V- Funra?jej?wa ,fm Ml* at 575 Claremont 4' ^ ?e"^ N'C"Dwerue nniversary. 1984 aJ 4:0? P m" ,n ?enbc orship service will wlth Rev" Dawson Means >h Baptist Church r,eP?se ,n 5'*^ S' Bro"n 3:00 p.m. Saturday at whic the the church until the fu the Benbow Chapel AME ^Clark S. Brown & Sons F Mrs. Rprthn Civprhv M Funeral services for Mrs Avenue, were conducted " p.m. in the chapel of the Rev. Victor Clark officiati ? Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. < v.R.E.Devoe son, s.c. and had lived in tl :r Baptist Associa- Mrs. Overby was of the B lis administration. employee of the ft. J. Reyn Dard of the Shelby viving are two daughters, } k Force and the Lovonia Hairston, both of American Cancer thirteen great-grandchildrei Hooper Funeral Directoi children, Pamela, Mr. George Alexander /id L. Thompson, Graveside services for M in Badin, will be E. 10th Street, were condu 11:00 a.m. in the Evergreen ege and the J.J. Alexandria, Va., and had li i. He, his wife and teen years. Mr. Alexander alem. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co 1 * ^jm jj^r fj? .">, .' ; v>^ Ife Jp^ Thanks to a ramp donated by Bill Riser M< tha Vinson can move in an out of her hou Parker). Diggs to speak a The Rev. William P. undergraduate dc Diggs, pastor of Trinity Morehouse Col Baptist Church in Florence, Atlanta and his n S.C., will be the next divinity degree fi pastoral candidate to speak Colgate-Rochester at the Sunday morning wor- of Theology in R ship service at First Baptist N.Y. cnurcn at /uu in . Higniana Ave. His civic. affilia Diggs received his elude a members Youth publish first m The Youth Department as chairman ar of the Kimberly Park Margretta Tanner Holiness Church at 417 ed the newsletter's Burton St. has published tion. the first edition of its monthly newsletter, "Whats The newsletter Happening at K.P.H.C." calendar events, John L. Tanner Jr. serves tions, achievement services held for I faith,. Sux.vi.ui.ng ar r of-ff: home, and other r held on Saturday, March 3, Hooper Funeral >w Chapel AME Zion Church officiating. The remains did Mrs. Lillie Mae T & Sons Funeral Home until Funeral services h time it was placed in state in of 2921 New Wal neral hour. Interment was in day, March 8, at Zion Church Cemetery, East Home with Rev. followed in the Ev Mneraf Home in charge of ser- native of Union C for several years. Thomas, of Paint< Hooper Funeral . Bertha Overby, of 801 Gray rhursday, March 8th at 4:00 Miss Charlotte F. Hooper Funeral Home with Miss Charlotte I ng. Interment followed in the died Thursday, M Dverby was a native of Ander- Hospital. She wa his city for the past fifty years, member of Mt. Si aptist faith and was a retired two sisters, Mrs. I tolds Tobacco Company. Sur- Pat Carson, of M< tfrs. Ephonia Smith and Mrs. Peebles, of the ho the city; eight grandchildren; an aunt, Mrs. Ola n, and other relatives. and other relatives '-s were in charge of services. day, March 11 at Church in Advar church cemetery, r. George Alexander, of 1515 Hooper Funeral cted Wednesday, March 7, at Cemetery. He was a native of Mr. Vernon HunU ved in this city for the past fif- Mr. Vernon Hi was a retired employee of the Wednesday, Marc mpany and was of the Baptist v \J - " ; mm. . / }?r aI >- 1 V f * < vm-m m u k't. k r? m m zi " ^7, I jjjjj^^ t emorial Equipment Service, Berse without help (photo by James 1 church igree at the local NAACP in lege in Florence and his role as vice taster of president of the Congress of rom the Christian Education of the School Progressive National Bapochester, tist Convention. Diggs is also a member of the Board of Directors of the tions in- Morehouse School of hip with Religion. iwslptfpr id Mrs. dates on members away supervis- from home, i producReporters for the newsletter are Lillie Stone ' details and Pam Hall. Vanessa promo- Duren and Patsy Jamison s and up- are the editors. VIrs. Mitchell fc.a-niece,-Mxs~ I lelphineJjavii^aLthc ?j -rr.r r. ?r^r'sr-r^rz&jz ' Directors were in charge of services. homas Wright .. for Mrs. Lillie Mae Thomas Wright, kertown Rd., were conducted Thurs1:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Hooper S. L. Hodges officiating. Interment mrnrAart \\I ? *?A - - vigiiiu vciuciciy. ivii^. vyrigm was a bounty, S.C. and had lived in this citj^ Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Elizabetfifc jr, Va. and other relatives. c ' Directors were in charge of services. ? M Peebles :2 ;. Peebles, of Rou*e 3, Advance, N.C., !arch 8 at the North Carolina Bapti& s a native of Advance, N.C. and ac nai AME Zion Church. Surviving afiS luih P?. Dulin, of the home, and Mr^ xksville, N.C.; one brother, Mr. J. V? me; one uncle, Mr. Madison Peeble? i Peebles; several nieces and nephewc . Funeral services were conducted SuiSj 2:00 p.m. at the Mt. Sinai AME Ziop ice, N.C. Interment followed in tKg ' Directors were in charge of services 5 inter, of 1732 Harrison Avenue, dieg :h 7 at the Veterans' Administration Please see page B7 ^