Religion
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I Upcoming
Church Events
Dec. 29
"A Musical Celebration..."
The Chancel Choir of
Hanes Memorial Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church,
819 N. Highland Ave., will
present "A Musical Celebra
tion - Joyful, Joyful We
Adore Thee" Dec. 29 at 4
p.m. Participating choirs of
Hanes Memorial are: the
Chancel Choir, the Women's
Chorus, the Children's
Church Choir and the HMC
Chorale. Guest soloist will be
Toni Williams. Peggy Wad
dell directs this musical per
formance. Michael Ham
monds will be the musician.
Georgia Mickle Smith is pres
ident, and the Rev. Rayfield
Medcalf is pastor.
Admission is free, but a
free-will offering will be
accepted. For patrons and ads,
contact Ms. Smith at 723
2236.
Dec. 31
Watch night service
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Bring in the New Year
with Pastor L. Bruce Ford and
the Beulalites at 1352 N.
Trade Street on Dec. 31 at 10
p.m. The Soulful Travelers
will be special guests.
Anointed singing
and dancing
Come out and thank God
for everything He's done for
2002 and thank Him for what
He's going to do in 2003 on
Dec. 31 from 10 p.m. to 12
a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist
Church. The Mount Olive
Baptist Church Mass Choir
and the Mount Olive Praise
Dancers will perform. Come
and be blessed with anointed
singing and dancing. The i
church is at 1301 Belews l
Street. The pastor is Rev. i
Charles E. tiray.
Watch night service
Antioch Christian Church,
1432 Underwood Ave., will
have a watch night service
Dec. 31 beginning at 11 p.m.
The public is invited.
New Year's Eve [
celebration r
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All stars are pointing to t
Higher Ground Deliverance c
Tabernacle for the New c
Year's Eve celebration. Come s
celebrate with the Higher
Ground family and hear 5
God's giant, the dynamic and f
motivating Bishop John
Heath, Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. The
Pastor's Aid will sponsor
breakfast. For more informa
tion, contact the church office
at 784-5683.
The church is at 111 Back
Forty Drive.
Other
Restoration Christian
Fellowship
Join Restoration Christian
Fellowship at its new loca
tion, 4281 Thomasville Road.
Winston-Salem. The church's
phone number is 771-0717.
Call for transportation. The
explosive Sunday worship
begins at 8 a.m. All are wel
come. Halbert Richardson Sr.
is the pastor, and Rochelle
Richardson is co-pastor.
Union Baptist Church
"TNT"
Union Baptist Church is
offering "TNT," an explosive
program of Bible study,
prayer and fellowship. Tues
day Noon Teaching begins at
noon and includes lunch.
Tuesday Night Teaching
begins at 7 p.m. Dinner is
served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m..
and praise service begins at
6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited
to tap into the power of God's.
word.
Union Baptist Church, "A
Church Determined to Live
for Christ," is at 1200 N.
Trade Street. Dr. Sir Walter
Mack Jr. is pastor and teacher.
Visit the Web site at
www.unionbaptistwsnc.org
for more information or call
724-9305. i
Union Chapel Baptist
The Student Learning
Center at Union Chapel Bap
:ist Church has weekly ses
sions from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Wednesdays at the church,
500 W. 25th Street. The center
s a ministry aimed at school
tge children (kindergarten
hrough 12th grade) to help
hem reach their academic
jotential. Instructors provide
>ne-on-one help in: reading
:omprehension, writing,
nath, critical thinking, com
pter classes and SAT prepa
ation. Instructors also assist
itudents with homework
tssignments. Writing and
:omputer classes also are
iffered for adults. All ses
ions are free.
For more information call
SLC coordinator Lonnie
tobinson at 767-7613. a
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Photo by F.urJ Stanback
The Rev. Wendell Johnson of First Baptist Church speaks with Jeanette Stanback and her daughter Dr. Tandela Stan
back-Boko after the close of a recent Sunday service. Alsa pictured is Stanback-Bokofs son.
Magazine names top black clergy
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CHICAGO - Black Voic
es Quarterly (BVQ) magazine,
currently on newsstands, fea
tures a who's who of black
clergy. These mighty black
ministers, including Bishop
T.D. Jakes of Dallas, got their
early training at predominant
ly black colleges.
Published four times a
year by BlackVoices.com,
BVQ targets alumni, adminis
trators and students from the
nation's historically black col
leges and universities. It is
now in its third year of publi
cation.
The tall/winter issue of
3VQ features a who's who of
>lack ministers and gospel
>iants who attended black col
eges.
Jakes, a West Virginia
lative. is an alumnus of West
/irginia State University.
Jther ministers featured in the
irticle include: Chicago's
lev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright
r.. who attended Virginia
Jnion University and Howard
Jniversity; New York's Rev.
ilaine McCollins Flake, who
ittended Fisk University and
Jishop College; and Atlanta's
Jishop Eddie L. Long, who
ittended N.C. Central and
nterdenominational Theolog
cal Center.
The feature on black min
sters is part four of BVQ's
eadership series, which looks
t leaders from various fields
/ho attended black colleges.
Gospel stars included in
ie BVQ fall issue include Dr.
lobby Jones (Tennessee
tate), songstress Yolanda
kdams (Texas Southern) and
le Rev. Shirley Caesar (N.C.
lentral and Shaw University).
The magazine also
lcludes a newly expanded
Alumni Insight section, fea
tures radio talk show host Tom
Joyner (Tuskegee), Chanelle
Haynes (Dillard) of the gospel
group Trin-i-tee 5:7, publish
ing czar Keith Clinkscales
(Florida A&M) and former
Clinton cabinet secretary
Alexis Herman (Xavier).
Other features examine the
new role of black college
presidents, a new program that
allows alumni to go online
and give back to their col
leges, and organized tours of
black college campuses. In
sports, the issue features
Hoops 2002 - team and con
ference previews for black
college basketball teams.
File Photo
The Rev T.D. Jakes, whose
Texas-based church has
thousands of members and
whose books and CDs have
sold millions of copies, is
considered to be one of the
most prominent religious
leaders in the nation. Here
he is seen during a speaking
engagement in Winston
Salem nearly two years ago
at St. Peter's World Outreach
Center. Jakes is a popular
speaker who talks with
parishioners at churches
around the world.
New Hope
will hold
watch night
service
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New Hope Missionary
Baptist Church will hold an
awesome watch night service
Dec. 31
begin
ning at 9
p.m.
The
service
will
include
praise
and wor
ship,
singing,
dancing.
i i am f iii
Gilliam
and a
powerful
message
by Bish
op J.C.
Parks,
pastor of
New
Hope.
Dou
glas
Miller,
five-time
Grammy winngr. and New
Hope's
Miller
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Twana S.
Gilliam,
will be
special
guests.
The
church is
at 1201
New
Hope
^Duetothe upcoming holiday season\, e
The Chronicle's i
deadline for stories will be moved up the week before
Christmas and the week before the New Year! "
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The iollowing dates will apply
for these two weeks:
Week of Dec. 26,2002
deadline for all stories will be $i
Dec. 20,2002
Week of Jan. 2,2002 aB,
deadline for all stories will be
Dec. 27. 2002 ?
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Bishop T.D. Jakes announces
2003 series of conferences
"ec1al to the chronicle
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
ishop Y.D. Jakes will
inounce Jan. 3 specific plans
ir God's Leading Ladies con
rences to be held in Jack
mville. Fla. (Feb. 21 and 22),
liladelphia lMarch 21 and 22)
id Charlotte (April 4 and 5).
T.D. Jakes Enterprises and
homas Nelson Publishing Co.
ill jointly sponsor the 2003
inferences. Founded in 1798.
homas Nelson is the world's
ading publisher of Bibles and
spirational products.
Jakes said he will be joined
.llwilfawM*.,*' w..
standing experts to focus on
such fundamental problems fac
ing African-American women
as financial security and
income/economic stability;
mental and physical health;
spiritual development and
empowerment; and positive
male-female relations.
"It is my desire to assist
these progressive-minded
women with both spiritual rele
vance and practical fulfillment."
Jakes said. "I believe that we
can assist African-American
women with managing their
goals without compromising
their personal need for fulfilling