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Page B6-The Chronicle, Thursday, May 10. 1984
Focus On Religion
Churches reaching
By ROBIN ADAMS* ,r
Chronicle Staff Writer
The average person in Winston-Salem has only a vague
idea of the racial conditions in South Africa, says the
Rev. Carlton Eversley. But if he and a number of other
local ministers have anything to do with it, that situation
will be changed.
Since December, an interdenominational, interracial
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aim of the group, says Eversley, who is serving as the
temporary convener, is to educate.
"Most Americans, black and white, are usually very ignorant
of Africa, period," Eversley says. "Most people
don't know that it's a continent made up of over 40 countries
and not a single country."
Because the group has been organized for less than five
months, the major thrust has been, first, to spark interest
in the religious community and then to educate the
members about the country that is two-thirds black but is
ruled by whites.
The Rev. Rhodford Anderson, pastor of Union Chapel
Baptist Church and one of the group's members, is an example
of why the group's first objective had to be education.
"1 understood there.were problems in South Africa,
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Anderson says. "But I found out they are much worse."
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panies have plants in South Africa, American banks loan
money to the government and the American government
silently supports the racial oppression in South Africa,
the ministers say.
Although education is the group's main thrust, the
overall objective is to bring about change.
"The second step after education is some action,"
Eversley says. "We intend to get the government to stop
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To some, the objectives of the Church Committee on
"I understood there were problems in South
Africa, but I thought they were like those we
had in America. " "
-- The Rev. Rhodford Anderson
South Africa seems to have swayed to. the far right of
traditional missionary work. But that's the farthest from
the truth, Eversley says.
"This is missionary work," he says. "This is stewardship.
This is doing what God ordered. This is taking care
of His earth."
The church community in Winston-Salem and across
the world must become involved in bringing about
change in South Africa, he says. The White Dutch
Reformed Church of South Africa, the church that condones
the apartheid conditions, believes that God has ordained
the oppression in South Africa, Eversley explains.
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Church Notes
Harris receives
service award
Clevell Harris, former resident of Winston-Salem, was
presented a service award at Bright Hope Baptist Church
in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 29, at Dr. William H.
Gray Jr. Memorial Concert featuring the Mount Carmel
Church Choir with Dr. Napper H. Hester 111 as the director.
Harris has been the lead tenor soloist on the celestial
choir for 24 years. He is also active in the survival program
sponsored daily by the church for the underprivileged.
He is a graduate of Atkins High School and has a
degree in engineering from North Carolina A&T State
University. He is the son of the late Mrs. Viola H. Robinson
and the grandson of the late Mrs. Fannie Harris.
Members of his family from this area chartered a bus
to attend the award presentation. They were: Mr. and
Mrs. William Pearson Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Quattlebaum,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore McCollum Sr., Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Love, Mr. and Mrs. William Pearson
Jr., Frank Harris, Gregory McCollum, Mrs. Barbara
Brunton, Mrs. Gloria Moore, Ms. Annette Jones, Mrs.
Rubystene Morrison, Ms. Alma Duncan and Ms. Doris
Williams.
Hostesses who welcomed his family and guests were
_Miss Joycelyn Harris, Mrs. Helen Harris, Ms. Viola
Belser and Mrs. Carrie Tucker.
Elder Larry Gordon
named guest speaker
Fellowhsip services will begin Friday, May 11, at 7:30
p.m. at the City of God in Prayer Fellowship at 2201 23rd
St.
Elder Larry Gordon will be the guest speaker at the Friday
evening service.
> . On Saturday, May 12, the Rev. Conrade Dotithiir
?Brother
m<5ns will be the guest'"speakers'"
un bunday, May 13, Evangelist Carolyn Gordon will
be the guest speaker at the 11 a.m. worship service, and
on Sunday night, the guest speakers will be Evangelist
Lee Faye Mack and Evangelist Deloris Holman.
All nightly services will begin at 7:30. The Rev. Anna
Carter Lester is the pastor and the Rev. Charlie Clemmons
is the assistant pastor.
Funerals
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Miss Phyliss Ann Clement
Miss Phyliss Ann Clement, of Houston, Texas died
April 26th in that city. She was a native of this city and a
faithful member of New Birth Church of Christ. She was
a graduate of WSSU, received her Master's from NC
A&T University, was a school teacher and Dean of
Women, in Chicago, Illinois.
Surviving relatives are her grandmother, Mrs. Susie
Clement of the city; one sister, Ms. Philana Clement of
the city; one brother, Mr. Phillip Clement; five aunts,
Mrs. Carrie C. Gwyn, Mrs. Fredericka Coble, Mrs. Blanche
Lindsay, Mrs. Helen Davidson, and Ms. Nora Clement
all of the city; one sister-in-law and other relatives.
Funeral services were conducted May 3rd at 2:00 pm at
the New Birth Church of Christ, with Bishop R.L. McCullough
officiating. Interment followed in the
Evergreen Cemetery.
Hdoper Funeral Directors were in charge of services.
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forum on the apartheid conditions in South Africa
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"They feel that God has chosen them to civilize the
heathens," he says. "They believe that blacks ought to be
servants of whites. They believe that God sanctions
human oppression."
Although a number of churches across the county have
banned together to help fight oppression in South A^pica,
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The United Methodist Women of St. Paul Church will
sponsor the annual Mother's Day service on Sunday,
May 13, during the 11 a.m. worship service.
The guest speaker will be Dr. Tommie M. Young, professor
and chairperson of the department of media
education and director of Afro-American Family History
Project at North Carolina A&T State University. Mrs. |
Carrie M. Mayfield will preside over the meeting. Young
will be introduced by Mrs. Arnetta Jessup.
Other features on the program will include a special <
recognition for mothers and music by the senior choir,
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period will follow the service.
Young, an administrator, author, educator and lecturer
is chairman of the N.C. Advisory Committee U.S.
Civil Rights Commission. She is the author of "AfroAmerican
Genealogy,"which deals with exploring,
documenting and preserving Afro-American family
history. This sourcebook will be released by Garland
Publishing Co. of New York in 1985. She holds degrees
from Tennessee State, Vanderbilt and Duke universities.
Among the organizations in which she holds memberships
and offices are the Association for the Study of
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The Association of Universky Professors, and other
educational groups. She serves as the national grammatues
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.
The public is invited to join the United Methodist
Women for this observance.
Mrs. Cleester C. Hickerson is the local unit president.
The Rev. Belvin Jessup is the pastor.
Clement, a Winston-^.
Mr. Mathawyer J. Frost
Funeral Services for Mr. Mathawyer J. Frost, of Rt. 8,
Box 22, Mocksville, NC will be conducted Tuesday at
3:00 pm from the Chinquapin Baptist Church where Rev.
S.F. Hairston will officiate with interment in the Church
Cemetery.
The body will remain at Gilmore's until 2:00 pm, at
which time it will be taken to the church until the funeral
hour and will not be viewed after the Eulogy. The family
will receive friends this evening at Gilmore's from 7 til
8:00 p.m.
Arrangements entrusted to and services will conducted
by Gilmore's.
Mr. Clarence Thompson Norris
Mr. Clarence Thompson Norris, of 1303 Excelsior St.,
died April 30th at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. He was a
native of Kingstrce, SC'and lived in this city for the past
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reception nationally and locally by the black church
has been lukewarm.
"Part of the reason has to do with our understanding
with what missionary work is," Eversley says. "Missionary
work was always intended to be reaching out to
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Mother's Day
program scheduled
The missionary department of Bethlehem Baptist
Church will sponsor the 24th annual combined Mother's
Day and Women's Day Services on Sunday, May 13.
At the 11 a.m. service, Mrs. Jessie McKinnon will be
recognized as mother of the year and the mother with the
most children present at the service will also be recognized.
The speaker will be Mrs. Connie B. Fletcher, a member
of the church and a homemaker.
The Women's Choir, under the direction of Avennell
Samuels, will provide the music. The women of the
church will be in charge of all services.
At 6 p.m., the activities of the day will conclude with a
coronation pageant, at which time three queens will be
crowned.
Ernestine H. Griffin is the senior president of the missionary
department. Annie B. Moye is the president of
the Dora Clark Group. The Rev. E. L. Clark Sr. is the
church pastor.
Conferees crowned Mr.
and Mrs. Antioch Church
The conferees of the Antioch Christian Church gave a
talent program and a skit on Sunday, May 6. The skit was
titled "I Too Mat Be Moore.'! The play was directed by
Iziazetta Chandler.
The cast members were Chineta Cowan, Angelia
Chandler, Ronetta Chandler, Iziazetta Chandler, Kenneth
Thompson, Juan Thompson, Eugene Moie and
Brian Peterson.
The conferees were crowned according to the monies
each contestant raised. Ronnetta Chandler was crowned
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Antroch:
Chandler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah
Chadler of Glenn Avenue.
Mrs. Lillie Spencer was the program chairman; Mrs.
Daisy Roland, the conference director; and the Rev.
G.W. Roland is the church pastor.
ialem native, passes
fiftv-five vears. He was a faithful memhr nf St Paul
United Methodist Church,a member of Methodist Men
and was a graduate of Columbia Heights School.
Surviving relatives are his sister, Mrs. Rachel Knox of .
the home; other relatives and friends. Funeral services
were conducted May 3rd at 4:00 pm at St. Paul United
Methodist Church with Rev. B.J. Jessup officiating. Interment
followed in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Hooper Funeral Directors were in charge of services.
Mrs. Mildred Bean Gentry ~
Mrs. Mildred Bean Gentry, formerly of East 11th St.,
died April 30th at John Umstead Hospital, in Butner,
NC. She was a native of Shelby, NC and lived in this city
most of her life, and was a faithful member of Shiloh
Baptist Church.
Surviving relatives are four nieces, Mrs. Velma
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