The Morehouse Glee Club will be in concert this Saturday at Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium. J
An Evening With the Men From Morehouse |
Gregory Burrell is excited!
Students from Morehouse Col
lege, his alma mater, will perform
in Winston-Salem this weekend.
The local chapter of the More
house National Alumni Associa
tion will present the Morehouse
College Glee Club in concert Sat
urday, March 22, in the Kenneth
R. Williams Auditorium on the
campus of Winston-Salem Statex
University at 7:30 pm. Burrell, a
1990 graduate of Morehouse, is
chapter president. "The precision
and discipline in which they han
dle themselves are the attraction.
They are not your average college
choir. They are really excep
tional." According to Burrell, the
Glee Club is one of the top
recruiting tools for the college.
The Morehouse Glee Club
was organized in 1911 and is cur
rently under the direction of 1980
Phi Beta Kappa alumnus. Dr.
David Morrow. Morrow is a
native of Rochester, N.Y., and has
been on the music faculty at
Morehouse College since 1981.
In December 1991, he conducted
the Glee Club for the Kennedy
Center Honors as part of the trib
ute to Robert Shaw, conductor
laureate of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra. Most recently, he con
ducted the Glee Club during a
two-week tour of Russia and the
Centennial Olympic Games held
in Atlanta last summer. The mem
bers of the Glee Club have earned
such honors as the Merrill Travel
Study Award for overseas experi
ence, a listing in "Who's Who
among American Colleges and
Universities," and membership in
Phi Beta Kappa. The members do
not receive academic credit, but
sing as a labor of love. Along
with local concerts, they tour 10
to 15 cities during the spring.
Funds from the concert will
be applied to the Kenneth R.
Williams Scholarship Fund.
Williams was a graduate of More
house College. He served as pres
ident of Winston-Salem State
1961-1972 and chancellor from
1972 to 77. "Ticket sales are
going really well," says Burrell.
He has personally sold 400-500
tickets. "We are anticipating a
really good crowd and would like
to see as many young African
American males there as possible.
We want them to see black males
in positive roles." Burrell says the
goal is to get as many people as
possible exposed to the choir.
Morehouse College is a
small, liberal arts college with an
international reputation for pro
ducing leaders who have influ
enced national and world history.
The institution is best-known for
the work of graduates such as
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mar
tin Luther King Jr., former Secre
tary of Health and Human Ser
vices Louis Sullivan, MacArthur
Arts Reach
By CHERYL HARRY
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Fellow Donald Hopkins,
Olympian Edwin Moses, film
maker Spike Lee and a number of
congressmen, federal judges and
college presidents. These alumni,
and a long list of other More
house men from one generation
to the next, have translated the
college's commitment to excel
lence in scholarship, leadership,
and service into extraordinary
contributions to their professions,
their communities, the nation, and
the world.
Tickets are $10 in advance
and $12 at the door and can be
purchased from Hooper Funeral
Home and WSSU Bookstore. For
further information call 724
1561.
Doing What Is Right
Lesson Scripture: To under
stand that God holds each of us
accountable for our behavior,
how idleness disrupts the work
and to be firm regarding the idle.
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? Background: Paul's words
in II Thessalonians 3 are his last
ones to this church. Earlier in this
epistle Paul mentioned "to work
with your own hands" (Thessalo
nians 4:11). Today's lesson cen
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Raul and a stem warning to those
jtwt idly waiting for the Lord"s
return
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i?for Paul's missionary team as
as the church. He is seeking
the "free" spread of the Gospel,
tlris is not a request for troubles
Ml be removed. According to the
Uiban Ministries writer, the three
hindrances to the free spread of
tfte Gospel are the world, the
flesh, and the devil. Paul asks to
be delivered from unreasonable
and wicked men. This prayer
request is personal as well as
communal. If the Gospel is
spread freely, more and more
converts will result. Paul's
unswaying faith makes him con
fident that God will not forsake
his believers. They are never
alone.
The heart of the lesson cen
ters on the idle believers. There
were those, both bond and free,
who decided to "wait" on the
Lord. They stopped working and
began to sponge off the working
belicers. Many of their days
were spent on unproductive
activities (meddling and gossip
ing). The stem warning in verse
10 makes it clear that everyone is
to do their part. Using himself
and the team as an example, Paul
reminds them that they worked
both night and day.
Idleness is contagious, there
is no room for this in spreading
the Gospel and being an example
of holiness. The attention is then
focused on the faithful majority
of church. They are encouraged
to continue to work. If the idlers
refuse do their work, the others
are to ostracize (banish) them.
Then Paul asks for prayer once
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more. This request is for peace
(perseverance) for them.
Application: Throughout
these lessons, Paul has instructed
the church at Thessalonica.
These simple lessons have con
centrated on "how" believers are
to behave. As a holy (set apart)
body, the church must deal with
problems from within as well as
outside problems. Believers can't
focus on one set more than the
other. Doing what is right, means
pulling your share of the task. It's
being a servant, not one who is
served. It is working to build, not
tear down. When there is no
focus, we can become petty, start
confusion and thus hinder the
"free" spread of the Gospel.
There is no excuse for being
lazy and disruptive. We Chris
tians are to represent Christ in all
that we do. It is done because it
is the right thing to do! God
holds us accountable! If we get
weary, which sometimes hap
pens, our instructions are, look to
the hills; our help comes from
the Lord. Let there be peace in
your church that the Gospel can
be spread freely.
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Transit Authority Transportation Center beginning
with ribbon cutting festivities, followed by tours
and entertainment on March 24th, and culminat
ing with a second opportunity to tour on March
29th. Watch a newly created video tracing the
history of public transportation in Winston-Salem.
Come see the new buses and vans plus take
advantage of customer appreciation days specials.
Join the fun at the new WSTA Transportation
Center at Trade, Liberty and Fifth Streets.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
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