Cheryl Ingram has a message for
young people - 'You can make itf
Sm iAl IV) Thl. C'HRONia h
To young people who have had
hardships or have been told they
couldn't make it or thought they
eouldn't make it Cheryl Ingram
has a message that you can make it,
no matter what you've been
through.
As a high school dropout, teen
age mother and hotel maid. Ingram
was the product of a single-parent
household. At a very early age,
Ingram was often labeled as a "sta
tistic" and told that she would never
amount to anything in life. A lot of
times people judged her actions
without understanding what pro
voked the actions. We are now find
ing out that teen-agers are not just
"bad" but sometimes the things
that they live through and experi
ence cause them to make decisions
that sometimes even hurt them.
Because teen-agers tend not to
share their problems and insecuri
ties with adults, a lot of times there
is no one to know how they feel so
they lean on
their peers.
However, we
all know that
a person who
is already
dysfunction
al cannot
help some
one else
become
? functional.
Even
though the odds were against
Ingram, her life changed when she
gave her life to the Lord as a teen
ager. God strategically put people
in her life who began to say to her.
"You can be anything!" She listened
and obeyed those people. Soon, she
began to see herself out of the eyes
of God and the people who
believed in her. And God allowed
her to have major accomplishments
in her life. Ingram has been married
to Pastor Byron Ingram for 21
years. They have three sons. Bryant
Gentry, Elmo Gentry and Joshua
Ingram. She gives God all the glory.
She is now a pastor, homeown
er, day-care business owner and
keynote speaker. She has earned
A+ computer networking certifica
tion. which makes her a personal
computer technician.
On May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Wait
Chapel of Wake Forest University,
Ingram will graduate with high
honors from Forsyth Technical
Community College with an associ
ate degree in information systems
and a diploma in computer pro
gramming. While pursuing her
degree, she maintained a 4.0 GPA,
was placed on the President's List
and was inducted into the Phi
Theta Kappa International Honor
Society.
Ingram says that she could not
have done it all if it had not been
for her "El Shaddai" her God that
is more than enough.
She wants all teens to know that
if God can do it for her. He can do
it for them.
St. Philips Moravian will observe its 179th anniversary
Special to The Chronicle
On Sunday, May 6. 4:30 p.m.,
St. Philips Moravian Church will
observe its 179th anniversary and
34 years at its present location.
This observance will feature a love
feast and musical selections by a
joint choir, under the direction of
Evon Reid.
The quest speaker will be the
. Rev. Or Brttd Ronnell Braxton,
Rhodes Scholar. Oxford Universi
ty. Jessie Ball DuPont Assistant
Professor of Homiletics and Bibli
cal Studies at the Divinity School
at Wake Forest University. Brax
ton is a graduate of the University
of Virginia in Charlottesville and
received his master of philosophy
degree from
Oxford Uni
versity in
Oxford, Eng
land. He
holds a Ph.D.
degree in
New Testa
ment studies
from Emory
^? University in
Rev. Dr. Braxton At|anta Ga
Before his
professorship at Wake Forest Uni
versity, Braxton served as senior
pastor of Douglas Memorial
Community Church in Baltimore.
Md. The Virginia native was an
associate pastor at Greater Piney
Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta.
His sermons have been published
in numerous publications,
St. Philips is one of the nation's
oldest black Moravian churches. It
is also believed to be the oldest sur
viving black congregation still in
continuous existence in the South.
The original 1822 brick struc
ture is no longer being used as a
church, but the building is now
being restored. It is located on
South Church Street in Old Salem.
St. Philips Church is significant for
more than historical reasons. It is
still a place of worship and Chris
tian love.
The public is invited. The
church is at 3002 Bon Air Ave.
Cedric S. Rodney is the pastor.
The senior members of Goler Memorial AME Zion were recently honored for their years of Christian ser
vice at a Senior Gala held at the Benton Convention Center. This was part of the Winston-Salem District
of the AME Church's Christian education department. Goler members were honored for two to 50-plus
years of service. Betty Bowman is the head of the education department for Goler Memorial. The church
is at 630 N. Patterson Ave. and Rev. Seth 0. Lartey is the pastor.
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Minister McCloud to speak at
Friendship Baptist Church
Special to The Chronicle
Minister Velma McCloud will
deliver the Mother's Day message
at the 11 a.m. worship service at
Friendship Baptist Church on
Sunday, May 13.
McCloud is a native of Rei
dsville. She is a graduate of Book
er T. Washington High School,
Winston-Salem State University
(B.A. in English) and N.C. A&T
University (M.A. in English and
Afro-American literature).
McCloud recently retired from
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools, where she taught at West
m ? ? ? ?
Forsyth High School.
McCloud serves as an associate
minister at Piney Grove Baptist
Church, where she is superinten
dent of the Sunday School Min
istry, a member of the Missionary
Department, Intercessory Prayer
Team and Daughters of Hannah
women's fellowship group.
During the Mother's Day ser
vice at Friendship Baptist, there
will be special presentations to
mothers. A reception to honor the
mothers of Friendship will take
place after the morning worship
service. The church is at 13th and
Cherry streets in Winston-Salem.
Minister McCloud
Zion Memorial Baptist to host the 48th
Annual Missionary Mass Meeting
Special to The Chronicle
The Forsyth County Mission
ary Union comprising 27 Baptist
churches in Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County will sponsor its
48th Annual Missionary Mass
Meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday. May 6,
at Zion Memorial Baptist Church.
The union's senior, young adult
and youth departments, dressed in
white attire, will march from Mars
Hill Baptist Church beginning at
2:30 p.m. en route to Zion Memo
rial.
The service is held each year on
the first Sunday in May to collec
tively worship, fellowship and gen
erate funds for the Woman's Bap
tist Home and Foreign Missionary
Convention of North Carolina.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Jones,
pastor of Zion Memorial, will
deliver the message. The Mission
ary Mass Choir, under the direc
tion of Gail Couthen, will render
music.
All churches are welcome to
join in the
service. Mrs.
Bronnie Har
ris Daniels is
president of
the Union.
Ruby Cain
directs the
young adult
department
and Priscilla
Dixon is
youth direc
tor.
mmam
Rev. Dr. Jones
I Group meets at St. Mark Baptist Church
Special to The Chronicle - ? '
The Interdenominational Min
isters' Wives and Widows of Win
ston-Salem and Vicinity held the
usual meeting at St. Mark Baptist
Church, with Susan Jenkins, presi
dent. presiding. The Education
Committee was the program pre
senter for the evening.
Present at the meeting were:
Hattie Fulwood, Shirley Wright,
Susan Jenkins, Delois Griffey,
Susie Drayton, Virginia Cocker
ham, Shirley Damon, Geraldine
Moore, Ethel Thomas, Jessie
Hodges, Pauline Moore, Cythina
Wooten, Mattie Walker, Dora
Martin, Andrea Adams, Althea
Jones, Anita Gilliam, Velma
Fluitt, Annie Lewis, Doris Smith,
Venus Heary, Dorothy Patterson,
Fannie Bonham, Andrea Rordy,
Barbara Allen, and visiting wives
were Kay Williams and Wythene
Palmer,
Susan Jenkins was hostess for
the night.
Group goes to Charleston for annual retreat seminar
Special to The Chronicle
The Interdenominational Min
isters' Wives journeyed to
Charleston, S.C., for an annual
retreat seminar, by motorcoach of
Holiday Tours.
The wives toured Boone Hall
Plantation and Magnolia Planta
tion and Gardens. It proved inter
esting and informative, with much
learning about some of the condi
tions and ways our slave forepar
ents had to live. The wives saw and
heard stories, more than 300 years
of American history. Seeing and
handling some of the artifacts of
the slaves were learning "Sxperi
ences that will remain a long time.
The wives took a boat ride to
the island of Fort Sumter. Fort
Sumter is known for the first act of
war in the Civil War.
The workshops of the wives
were held in the evenings, over cof
fee, tea and snacks, with Althea
Taylor Jones, Ph.D., as the facilita
tor.
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