RELIGION
Arnetta Jetsup
Women's Day at Saints Home
United Methodist Church
BY JERI YOUNG
THE CHRONICLE
Arnetta Jessup, wife of the Rev.
Belvin J. Jessup of Greensboro and
owner of Arnetta's Fashions, was
the guest speaker for Women's Day
services at Saints Home United
Methodist Church.
Saints Home was among several
local United Methodist churches
celebrating United Methodist
Women's Day across the state.
Jessup brought to the church a
long list of accolades and volunteer
activities, A graduate of Dudley
High School, Cortez Peters Busi
ness College in Washington D.C.,
and Charlotte's Johnson C. Smith
University, the mother of three and
grandmother of two who volun
teers at the Moses Cone Extended
Care Facility. She also is active in
both the United Methodist Minis
ter's Wives Organization and Unit-,
ed Methodist Women's Organiza
tion.
During the 25-minute speech,
Jessup encouraged women of faith
to hold fast to their beliefs and help
set the stage for greatness, both for
themselves and their families.
"We can look at what's going on
in our communities and see how old
folks are scared of young folks," she
said. "I have come to the conclusion
that there is a vision for the
appointed time. God does not
mumble. He speaks with clarity and
forthrighteousness."
Jessup encouraged people to
"write down" and publicize "the
vision," as biblical scholars did.
"The revelation, which is a
vision, and make it plain on a
table," she said. "...So God's word
could be recorded. And more
importantly publicized ..The point
is the messenger would read it and
run and proclaim the news."
She also encouraged women to
be "patient."
"But we must stand still," she
said. "We must be patient and see
what God can do. We must wait on
the Lord and live by faith."
Jessup also built on a theme set
during the church's children's mes
sage. Women, she said, are promi
nent in the Bible and in history.
s -
She pointed to traditional lead
ers like Harriet Tubman and coin
temporary wdmen of color who are
making a difference through vision.;
"Coretta Scott King had fil
vision," she said. "To keep her hus- -
band's dream alive by establishing
the nonviolent movement for social
action concerns. It would help us
today to benefit from some of the
things he believed and died for to .
attain good will and justice for all. I
Mary McLeod Bethune had a -
vision to establish a college with
only a dollar and a half in Daytona
Beach to educate children."
Jessup closed by reciting a poem
about vision written for the occa
sion. ;
Lyons' secretary faces barrage of
questions by federal prosecutors
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. - A secretary to
Baptist leader Henry Lyons met
with federal prosecutors investigat
ing the National Baptist Conven
tion USA Inc., but neither she nor
her attorney would disclose what
was discussed.
Berlena T. Hudson, 54, declined
to comment as she left the 45
minute meeting Tuesday at the U.S.
'attorney's office in Tampa.
Her attorney. Jay A. Herbert,
-said she voluntarily attended the
session, which he described as very
cordial, but he declined to disclose
any details.
Hudson, an employee at Bethel
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Metropolitan Baptist Church since
1989, expects to appear this week
before a grand jury probing the
financial affairs of Lyons, pastor of
the St. Petersburg church, Herbert
said.
In February, Lyons, president of
the convention, and Bernice
Edwards, a convention aide, were
charged by state prosecutors with
swindling money from corporations
that thought they were paying to
have credit cards, life insurance
policies and cemetery plots promot
ed to convention members.
Lyons also was charged with
grand theft for allegedly stealing
more than $200,000 entrusted to
him by the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B nth to help
rebuild Southern black churches
burned by arson fires.
Lyons and Edwards pleaded
innocent and are free on bail.
Federal grand jurors are
believed to be probing Lyons' finan
cial transactions and questioning
signatures of convention officials
on documents used by Lyons to
secure mortgages and loans.
A letter bearing the name of the
Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper, convention
secretary, is one of several docu
ments investigators believe contain
the foiged signatures of convention
officials.
Herbert said Hudson has no
recollection of signing Cooper's
name.
Lyons is president of the
Nashville, Tenn.,-based convention,
one of the nation's oldest and
largest black church religious
groups. The criminal investigations
began after Lyons' wife set fire to a
$700,000 waterfront home owned
by Lyons and Edwards.
The house, which boasts a view
of Boca Ceiga Bay,was listed for
sale about two weeks ago at
$749,000, said Frank Gimbel, a
lawyer for Bernice Edwards, who
co-owns the property with Lyons.
Earlier this year; the federal gov
ernment filed a $41,300 lien against
Edwards in Pinellas County for
unpaid taxes.
Men's & Women's Day at Goler Memorial A.M.E.Z
Oolar Memorial Capital Campaign Committor
SnecUl to THE CHRONICLE
On Sunday, May 24, 1998 at
4:00 p.m., x Goler Memorial
A.M.E. Zion Church will cele
brate Men's/Women's Day. This
celebration is a culminating activ
ity of the Capital Campaign
Ministry for this conference year,
which will end in June.
A wor
ship service
for this
occasion
will be con
ducted by
sister church
Goler Met
ropolitan
A . M . E .
Z i o n
Church
located at
Fourth St.
and Dunli
eth Avenue
in Winston
Salem. The
Rev. James
E. Sloan,
who is the
pastor at
Goler Met
ropolitan, Along with the choir
will bring the gospel mesage and
provide the music, respectively.
The Capital Campaign Com
I
mittee designated the fund-rais
ing aspects of the celebration as a
contest between the men and
women members of Goler
Memorial. Both Groups are
already asserting that they will be
victorious; especially since the
loser must treat the winner to
dinner.
A community barbeque sale
by the Capital Campaign Com
mittee proved successful finan
cially. Amounts raised through
both activities will be combined
and presented to the church's
building fund.
The public is cordially invited
to join in with both Goler church
families for an enjoyable, yet spir
itual afternoon.
The Rev. Seth O. Lartey is the
pastor at Goler Memorial
A.M.E. Church located at 630 N.
Patterson Ave. in Winston-Salem.
Thirty-three years of
broadcast ministry
Special to THE CHRONICLE
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Dr. Robert L. Wise Sr. started
his broadcast ministry over radio
station WAAA in May, 1965
while still in the old church.
Early in the broadcast ministry,
God spoke*and said "Robert, I
give you the key to unlock this
dispensation of fime." The mes
sage was Jesus Christ within us.
God also showed him a vision of
successive bodies of beautiful
blue water, each larger than the
other which represented the three
stages of growth for the broad
cast. The broadcast started at fif
teen minutes, later increased to
thirty minutes, and is now forty
five minutes.
In the beginning. Dr. Wise
paid for the fifteen-minute
broadcast out of his own pocket.
He made sure that the broadcast
was paid out of each week's pay
check even before purchasing
food and other basic necessities
for his family. He pioneered reli
gious broadcasts in the Winston
Salem area along with other min
isters such as Bishop W. M. John
son, Bishop Robert O. Doub and
Mother Vinson. Bill Langford
was instrumental in helping him
get the radio ministry started. At
start-up. Elder McClary served
as his musician and Missionary
Albata Nelson was his announc
er.
God has truly blessed the
radio broadcast and shown his
approval by sustaining it
throughout the years. The broad
cast can be heard each Sunday
from 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. over
radio station WAAA (980 AM).
Dr. Robert L. Wis*
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WOMEN
OF
PURPOSE
Third Annual Woman's Confsranca
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