Religion
Calendar
Beginning Dec. 30
Revelations of Faith New Year's
schedule
Revelations of Faith, 3710
* Maverick St., will have a dutch
Sunday brunch service on Sunday,
Dec. 30
from 10
?.m.-12
noon at
Golden
Corral on
4 9 6 5
University
Pkwy. The
church will
also hold a
Watch
Night serv
Jmmts Rowdy
ice beginning at 7 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 31 with Castor
Emeritus Sarah Rowdy Hauser as
the speaker. Rev. James D. Rowdy
Jr. is the host pastor. Call 336
671-8822 for more.information.
Dec. 30
Women's Day at House of Prayer
House of Prayer of
Deliverance Ministries, 5723
Country Club Rd. - Suite J, will
hold its Women's Day program
titled "Women of Expectancy" on
Sunday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. Pastor
K. P. Tapp will speak. Call 336
708-1417 for more information.
Dec. 31
New Year's Eve at Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Full Gospel
Fellowship Center, 5307 Peters
Creek Parkway, will have its
annual New Year's Eve
Celebration on Monday, Dec. 31
at 10 p.m. Richard Sr. and
Ernestine Miller are the host pas
tors. Call 336-784-9347 for more
information.
Watch Night Service at
Emunanuel
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
1075 Shalimar Drive, will host its
aunuai
Watch Night
Service on
Monday,
Dec. 31
beginning at
10 p.m. The
celebration
will include
testimonies,
prayer,
praise and a
? message
Mt*4n
from Rev. Dr. John Mendez. The
public is invited to attend. For
more information, call the church
office at 336-788-7023.
Greater Hope of Glory Watch
Night
Greater Hope of Glory
Missionary Baptist Church, 414
Mason St., will hold Watch Night
2012 at 10 p.m. Minister Terry
Howell will be ministering the
word of God. If you need trans
portation, contact the church sec
retary at 336-986-4586 or via
email at
GreaterHopeOfGlory@ live.com.
Mt. Olive Baptist New Year's Eve
Service
On Monday, Dec. 31 at 10
p.m., Mt. Olive Baptist Church
will hold a New Year's Eve
Service with song and dance. Dr.
Charles E. Gray is host pastor.
Mount Olive is located at 1301
C.E. Gray Drive.
New Birth Watch Night
Dr. Junes L. B. Hunt and the
New Birth Worship Center church
family will hold their New Year's
Eve service on Monday, Dec. 31
from 7-9 p.m. New Birth
Worship Center is located at 1033
New Birth Drive in East Bend. For
additional information, contact
the church at 336-699-3583.
Jan. 6
United Progressive's new service
time
United Progressive Baptist
Church, 1122 Quincy Caldwell
Circle, will begin Sunday morning
worship service at 10 a.m. starting
on Jan. 6. Sunday school will be
held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday
beginning Jan. 2. Call the church
office at 336-724-1266 for trans
portation. |i
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Mitchell to headline MLK
concert at Wake Forest
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Gospel star VaShawn Mitchell will headline
Wake Forest University's 8th Annual GospelFest,
one of several events the school will host this year
to commemorate the national Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. holiday.
Mitchell, a native of the Chicago area, is a six
time Stellar Award winner and a Grammy nominee.
Last year was one of the best of his budding career.
His mega-hit single "Nobody Greater," from the
top-selling, award-winning
album "Triumphant, was
declared by Billboard mag
azine as the "#1 Most
Played Gospel Song of
2011." As a result, he was
named Billboard's top
gospel artist of the year and
"Triumphant" was among
that year's top five selling
gospel discs. His latest disc,
"Created 4 This," was
released Aug. 28.
GospelFest will be held
on Jan. 20 at Wake Forest's
Rrendle Recital Hall at 3
p.m. The event is sponsored by the school's Office
of Multicultural Affairs. Admission is free for WFU
students and $S for the general public.
WFU and Winston-Salem State University will
once again collaborate to host the "On Common
Ground" MLK event, which will be held Jan. 22 at
7 p.m. at WSSU's K.R. Williams Auditorium.
Singer, songwriter, actor and social activist Harry
Belafonte will give the keynote speech. The event is
free and open to the public.
Also, on Jan. 19, Wake Forest will host the 15th
Annual MLK Jr. Basketball Tournament in the
Reynolds Gym from noon to 8 p.m. This tournament
brings together teams from a variety of North
Carolina schools, including Winston-Salem State,
UNC-Greensboro, NC A&T, Johnson C. Smith,
North Carolina Central and UNC-Charlotte.
BeUfonte
Noted
theologian
to give
lecture
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Stanley Hauerwas, named "America's Best
Theologian" by Time magazine in 2001, will
deliver Greensboro College's second annual
Reynolds Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
17 in Hannah Brown Finch Chapel on cam
pus.
The lecture is free, and the public is invit
ed A recention
will be held
afterward in
Lea Center in
thr Main
Building,
which is adja
cent to the
chapel.
Hauerwas'
lecture, "Faith
and Politics,"
will discuss the
intersection of
those two areas
of interest and
their relation
ship to higher
education. A
question and
answer session
will follow.
Hauerwas
is the Gilbert T.
k o w e
Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke's
divinity school and holds a joint appointment
to the faculty of Duke's law school. He has
written or co-written more than two dozen
books. In much of his writing, he argues that
the message of Christ is so radical that even
Christians fail to embrace it fully.
The Reynolds Lecture brings a prominent
religious or academic figure to campus annu
ally to lecture on issues related to the relation
ship between the church and higher educa
tion. It is sponsored by the college's Reynolds
Institute for Church Leadership, created with
a generous gift from Royce O. Reynolds, a
longtime college trustee, and his wife, Jane.
Greensboro College, an independent,
coeducational college affiliated with the
United Methodist Church, is an academic and
social community that unites the liberal arts
and Judeo-Christian values in an atmosphere
of diversity and mutual respect.
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Duke Profettor Stanley
Hauerwas
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VaShawn Mitchell is one of the biggest names in gospel.
FAMILY UNITY
Devotional Reading: Psalm 133
Lesson Scripture: Ephesians 3:21-6:4
Lesson Aims: To compare Christ's
love for the church to family relation
ships; to appreciate the results of
unity; and to become a force for unity
in the family and the church.
Background: To be a "light" in
darkness requires an understanding of
that concept. Paul encouraged the
early church to act like Jesus. First,
they had to understand that they have
Mildred
Peppers
Sunday
School Lesson
the victory, and secondly, they must mirror Him. Last week, He explained the
"light" and gave illustrations. The Word is simple, but time has to be given for
understanding. See Romans 1:19. The doctrines of Christianity are extremely
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Caesar serving as AARP
faith ambassador
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Legendary gospel recording artist
and AARP spokesperson Dr. Shirley
Caesar has joined the cast of "Holiday
Love: Reimagined," which is airing on
BounceTV through Dec. 30.
The one-hour holiday special, pro
duced by actress Kim Fields, features
joyrui vignettes tnat
preach the importace
of taking care of ltwed
ones and tout AARP's
caregiving resources.
Caesar, who joined
AARP as a faith ambas
sador in early 2012, has
traveled the country to
connect local churches
to AARP's advocacy
programs, events and
services. In addition to
her * appearance in
Holiday Love, Caesar
recently represented
AARP at various faith
based events and was a
featured speaker at the
AARP Life? 50 mem
ber event in New Orleans
"Shirley Caesar has been an invalu
able partner in our effort to strengthen
AARP's ties to the faith-based commu
nity by providing useful information
about the issues that matter most to our
members," said Edna Kane-Williams,
AARFs Vice President for
Multicultural Markets and Engagement.
"We are excited to work with Dr. Caesar
and Kim Fields on Holiday Love to
share the importance of caregiving
through the performing arts."
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Caesar, a native of Durham, has
released more than 30 solo gospel
albums and has received numerous
recognitions during her career, includ
ing 11 Grammy Awards, 13 Stellar
Awards, an NAACP Achievement
Award and induction into the Gospel
Music Hall of Fame.
"AARP has a deep
understanding and
appreciation for the
needs of African
Americans 50+ and
they're constantly creat
ing new tools to help
their members navigate
life, family and work as
they get older," said
Caesar. "I have enjoyed
working with AARP by
bringing my own life
and experiences to the
table and sharing
AARP's resources with
my fellow brothers and
sisters in faith."
AARP began its
faith-based outreach by
building relationships
nantlv African-American
denominations. Throughout the year,
AARP has recruited local volunteers to
be AARP coordinators in selected
churches to foster community activities
such as health fairs, financial seminars
and conversations about the future of
Medicare and Social Security. In 2013,
AARP plans to expand its faith initia
tive to include other denominations.
For mors information, visit
wwwxuirp.org/blackcommunity.
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Dr. ShtrUy Cottar
with predomi;