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Revival
Steward's Chapel A.M.E. Zion
Church, 198 Anderson Road in
Rural Hall, will hold its Spring
Revival April 19-22 at 7 p.m. each
night. Bishop Derek Kelly of New
Faith Full Gospel Baptist Church
of Lexington will be the guest
revivalist for the week. Rev. Eddie
L. Fortson is the host pastor. The
public is invited to attend.
Grace Presbyterian seeks input
Grace Presbyterian Church is
inviting community input for "The
Foundations of Wealth" seminar
series it is hosting along with
Prodigy Capital Management. The
seminar series will focus on basic
financial literacy and wealth build
ing. The seminar series is support
ed by the Black Philanthropy
Initiative of the Winston Salem
Foundation, Grace's youth min
istry and Prodigy Capital
Management. Grace is requesting
written suggestions to enhance the
community benefits of the semi
nar. Send suggestions by April 30
to:
Prodigy Capital Management,
LLC, ATTN: Foundations of
Wealth - Winston Salem, 401 N.
Tryon St. 1 0th Floor, Charlotte,
NC 28202.
Greater Higher Ground
Spring Revival
Greater Higher Ground
Ministries Worldwide Inc. and the
J.H. Mass Choir will host their
Spring Revival April 21-23. The
guest speaker for this event is the
anointed Apostle Andria Weeks of
God's Love and Action Ministries
of West-End. N.C. There will be a
soul food dinner at 5 p.m. on April
24. Tickets are S10. On Sunday,
April 25 at 4 p.m. the Ushers.
Nurses and Grceters will host their
annual Anniversary with guest
speaker Pastor Lamonte Williams
of Diggs Memorial United Holy
Church. All services and events
will be held at the headquarters'
location at 440 Waughtown Street.
For more information, call 336
725-1125.
Camp Meeting
Mount Sinai Full Gospel
Deliverance Center, 2721
Manchester St.. will have Camp
Meeting 2010 at
/ p.m. this
evening (April
22) and tomor
row. The outdoor
event will be held
at the intersection
of 25th and
Liberty Streets
and will include
praise and wor
ship, preaching
Re*. Hints
and personal evangelism. For
additional information, contact the
church office at 336-722-2624.
The Rev. Yvonne Hines is the host
pastor.
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Spring Revival services
The pastor and congregation of
New Beginnings Christian Church,
2920 Greenway Ave., invite the
public to worship with them for
their annual Spring Revival servic
es April 21 - 23. beginning at 7
p.m. nightly. The guest evangelist
will be the Rev. Dwight Hash, pas
tor of Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Dr. Nelson S. McCall is the host
pastor. For more information, call
336-727-4053.
Beginning April 23
Women 's Conference
House of Faith. 1384 West
Sedgefield Drive, will have a
Women's Conference April 23 -
Re r. Jordan
25. The topic is
"Women in
Transition 2010."
The speaker on
Friday. April 23
at 7 p.m. will be
Pastor Melinda
Gentry: On
Saturday, April
24 at 10 a.m.,
there will be a
prayer breakfast featuring
Evangelist Donna Dobson of
Piney Grove Baptist Church. At 6
p.m.. Elder Sharon Pollard,
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Lincoln Ph<*>>
Members of the Choir with Director Edryn J. Coleman.
Lincoln University Choir performing at Grace
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Lincoln University Concert
Choir will perform on Sunday. April
25 at 4 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian
Church (USA), 3901 Carver School
Road
The church's Concert Series
Committee in conjunction with the
Voices of God's Children Chorus and
the Presbyterian Inter-racial
Dialogue are presenting the concert,
which is free and open to the public.
The event will also feature the
Winston-Salem State University
Men's Ensemble, directed by Dr. Roy
L Belfield Jr.; and the Voices of
God's' Children Chorus, under the
direction of James D. Smith.
Lincoln University is the nation's
first historically black university. It
was chartered in 1854 as Ashmun
Institute. It was renamed Lincoln
University in 1866 after President
Abraham Lincoln. Graduates of
Lincoln include Thurgood Marshall
and Langston Hughes.
The school's choir is under the
Members of the Winston-Salem Stale L niversity Men's Ensemble.
leadership of Professor Edryn J.
Coleman, a faculty member in the
Department of Visual and
Performing Arts. The choir is accom
panied by Professor Eva Young,
instructor of piano.
Although there is no admission
fee. an offering will be requested
during the intermission of the con
cert
Missionary
Union prepares
to open hearts
to the community
SPECIAL TO FHl CHRONICLE
The Forsyth County
Missionary Union will partic
ipate in Operation Inasmuch
on April 24
Operation Inasmuch
mobilizes believers in a
hands-on local church mis
sions blitz in their communi
ties. The program empowers
congregations world* ide to
catalyse community ministrv
with the Operation Inasmuch
model and create a culture ot
compassion ministrv
Operation Inasmuch began in
1995 at the Snyder Memorial
Baptist Church in
Fayetteville It has grown to
be a popular interdenomina
tional event.
Andrea Bush presented
the idea of adopting the
Operation Inasmuch to the
Forsyth County Missionary
Union. Bush, the missionary
president at First Baptist
Church, has taken part in
Operation Inasmuch blit/es
for the past three years. Piney
Grove Baptist Church, where
Lvnda Breeden is missionary
president, joined the effort
last year
On Saturday. . April 24.
several member churches of
the FCML , along with the
entire Forsyth County
Missionary's Young Adult
Department, will be involved
in missions bevond the walls
of the church. Thev will be
feeding - both physicallv and
spiritually - people; provid
ing clothing to those in need,
welcoming strangers, visiting
the sick, and doing what thus
saith the Lord.
The Operation Inasmuch
committee is made up of:
Lenner Jefferies. Shirlev
Gore and Co-Chairpersons
Lynda Breeden and Andrea
Bush The senior president of
the Forsyth County
Missionary Union is Susie B
Nance Danvetta Jackson is
the president of the Young
Adults.
All We
Need is Love
Mildred
Peppers
Sunday
School Lesson
l.csson Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40
Lesson Aims: To recognize the need for love in
our w itness; to understand that without love the com
munity suffers; and to show love to all in creation
Background: Judah experienced many changes
during and after the exile. Synagogues developed
during the exile as a means to preserve Judaism.
Simply put. they started out as study groups The
Intertestamental Period (433-5 BC). also called the
silent years, marked the takeover of Palestine by the
Romans. A large body of literature was penned
recording the era. The Jews were scattered all over
the known world (Diaspora). The community of faith
was divided into several sects with the major ones
being the Sadducees (the aristocrat who governed the
Temple) and the Pharisees (wealthy men who gov
erned the synagogues). They did not get along! When
Jesus began His ministry, probably both sects
ignored Him. As His popularity grew among the
common folk in Galilee, the Pharisees started to
watch Him closely. Their efforts to discredit Him
failed. Instead of making Jesus look like an imposter.
He turned the tables Even though the Sadducees and
Pharisees didn't get along, they united to get rid of
Him because their power was threatened. Scribes or
experts on the Law were consulted as well. Ever
since the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5-7). the
resistance heightened. The final week of Jesus' earth
ly life was plagued with trap after trap
Lesson: Jesus' enemies believe that they have
Him between a rock and a hard place in verse 36. The
question here is sure to expose Him as a fraud
Whatever answer is given will allow them to pick
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Remembering the Past
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Antioch Christian Church held a Holocaust Commemoration Program on April 14.
State Rep. Larry Womhle gave the keynote address. Womble talked about his fight
to win justice for \orth Carolinians who were forcibly sterilized by the state. Here
Womble. second from right, poses with {from left) Democratic 705 Precinct
Organizer and CH WGE Treasurer Harry Boneno; Pastor and Mrs. James Gilliam;
Church Public Relations Director April Gilliam and Adrian Gilliam.
Church puts focus on black history
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New Bethel Baptist
Church, where l)r Kendal
Jones is the pastor, recently
held events celebrating
black history
The slate of activities
included a display focusing
on black history-makers that
was set up in the church's
multi-purpose room in
February .
Several church members
Itxik part in a skit put togeth
er by Katherine Speas,
chairperson of the church's
Black History Education
programs The skit's cast
included Gerald Pauling.
George Morion. John Lucas.
Ethel Brooks and Jerry
Leach Brooks, who also
performed Negro spirituals
for the celebration, won a
Ethel ttrooks displays the quill she won.
drawing during the Black
HiMory celebration She
took home a beautiful quilt
deputing President Obama
and the First Family.