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Greater St. Luke anniversaries
Greater St. Luke Church of the
Apostolic Faith, 3796 South Main
St., is celebrating the 11th
anniversaries of Elder S. E. Beal
and the church through Nov. 17.
Guest pastors and churches will be
on hand throughout the week of
Nov. 14-16; services start at 7:30
p.m. Sunday's service starts at 11
a.m. For questions, call 336-788
4381.
True Temple dedication
True Temple Outreach
Ministry, formerly True Temple
Holiness Church, will host dedica
tion events at its new location.
1415 S.
Main St.,
starting
today (Nov.
14) at 7
p.m. with
Pastor
Phillip
McCloud
and congre
gants from
Fresh Fire
Worship
Center.
Bishop
M e 1 v i n
The Gaithers
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Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.; several musical
acts will perform on Saturday at 5
p.m. On Sunday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m..
Pastor Michael Ellerbe and con
gregants from New Beginnings
Full Gospel Church will be the
guests. The hosts pastors are Revs.
Apostle Wallace Gaither and
Evangelist Shirley Gaither. Call
336-972-0447 for more informa
tion.
Men's Week
The United Men of United
Metropolitan Baptist Church, 350
Metropolitan Way, is celebrating
Men's Week through Sunday, Nov.
17. On Friday, Feb. 15, Rev. James
Rowdy will speak at 6:30 p.m. On
Saturday, the Septuagenarian
Recognition Breakfast will be at
9:30 a.m. with guest speaker Jail
and Prison Ministries Chaplain
Rodney Stilwell.
Nov. 15
Prayer encounter
Vessels Of Honor Church
Ministries, 3608 Ogburn Ave., will
host the "Breaking Every Chain"
prayer encounter on Friday, Nov.
15 at 7 p.m. The Praise Team
Ministry will perform, and Rev.
Candy York of St. Peter's World
Outreach Center will speak. Also,
the church has changed the start
time of its services. The Word
Ablaze Bible Study is now held on
Tuesday at 7 p.m. Intercessory
prayer is on Saturday at 8 a.m.
Sunday School starts at 10 a.m.,
followed by the worship service at
11 a.m. Bishop Marvin Cremedy
is the host pastor. For more infor
mation, call 336-624-9351 or e
mail at
claracremedy@yahoo.com.
Nov. 16
Thanksgiving dinner
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
1075 Shalimar Drive, will host its
annual Thanksgiving dinner for
the community on Saturday, Nov.
16 from 1-4 p.m. in the multi-pur
pose room. The dinner is for all
local residents in need of a good
meal. The
dinner is tree
and every
one is invit
ed to attend.
The Rev. Dr.
John
Mendez is
the host pas
tor. For more
information,
call the
church office
at 336-788
Mtndet
7023 or visit www.emmanuelbap
tistws.com.
Women's conference
Ordered by God Outreach
Center, which is led by Prophetess
D. Patterson, will present the "Are
You A Woman Of Change?"
women's conference in the confer
ence room of Sunrise Towers, 801
N. Martin Luther King Jr Drive,
on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 1-6
p.m. Call Prophetess Patterson at
336-986-7725 for more informa
tion.
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Southside Photo
Southside Baptist Church hosted the
recent unity event.
Churches
show unity
at southside
service
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
About 300 people attended a special
cross-cultural and bilingual worship
service on Sunday Nov. 3 on the city's
South side. Churches from around
Winston-Salem and surrounding com
munities gathered together for "A Time
For Giving Thanks."
Worshippers enjoyed devotional
time, inspirational singing and personal
testimonies, includ
ing those of various
congregational lead
ers. In addition to
the host church,
Southside Baptist,
members and lead
ers of Ambassador
Cathedral,
Boxwood
Missionary Baptist
(Mocksville),
Clemmons First
Baptist, Country
Village Retirement
Community,
Evangelical
Pentecostal and
Greater Mount
Moriah Missionary
Baptist
(Mocksville) took
part in the service,
which aimed to
show unity in a time
when there is so
much division in the
world. Organizers
wanted to show that
the religious com
munity can break s
down historical hur
dles. cultural differ
ences and linguistic
barriers to unite for the common purpose
of worship.
Elder P. Sprinkle of Ambassador
Cathedral. Rev. B. Melton of Boxwood,
Joye Oliver of Country Village, Pastor
D. Fuentes of Evangelical Pentecostal,
Evangelist S. Campbell of Greater
Mount Moriah and Rev. Dan Musser of
Southside Baptist spoke. 5
A fellowship dinner was held after a
the service. Southside Baptist Church,
401 E. Sprague St., will host a third N
anniversary celebration for its Men's a
Choir at 3 p.m. ?
Fuentes
Sprinkle
Musfer
Showcase of Praise
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"Celebration of Gospel" a musi
cal extravaganza featuring artists
from throughout the Triad, will be
held tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 15)
at 10 p.m. at Galilee Missionary
Baptist Church, 4129
Northampton Drive. Willie Mason
and Friends, who are among the
performers, is hosting the event
along with Galilee and Pastor Dr.
Nathan E. Scovens. Other per
formers will include Sir Jerry
Sadler (above) and the Sounds of
Pentecost, Bethany Heath (right),
the Anointed High Praisers of
Greater Cleveland Avenue
Christian Church, Paul Scott and
mime artist Shauna
"Silentpraize" Greene. The event
is free; however, a free-will offer
ing will be taken.
TCJPIwto
Young motiva
tional speaker
T h e o d i s
Chunn will be
among the pre
senters at this
weekend's
conference.
Noted speakers to headline conference
I FECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Bishop Sherwood T.
Davis Sr. and Mt. Pleasant
Missionary Baptist Church,
195 Northwest Crawford
'lace, will hold their 2013
Men's & Women's
lonference on Saturday,
?"lov. 16 and Sunday, Nov.
17. The free conference will
>egin at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday with registration
ind a continental breakfast.
Conference sessions and
vorkshops will start at 10
i.m. They will be led by
iynamic speakers, includ
ing Winston-Salem State
University's Dr. Soncerey
Montgomery, Minister Keith
Vcreen of Providence
Baptist Church and Theodis
Chunn of TCJ Motivations.
Inc. Lunch will be served
after the sessions.
The conference will con
clude on Sunday after the 11
a.m. service, which will fea
ture Dr. Pamela Simmons of
Galilee Missionary Baptist
Church.
For more information,
call Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church at 336-725-9623 or
LaKrista Page at 336-972
5356.
Simmons
Hart to keynote Women's Day service
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
"Women of God, Working Together with One Mind and One
Spirit" is the theme of this year's Women's Day celebration at Goler
Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, 1435 E. Fourth St.
It will begin on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 4:30 pm with a concert fea
turing the First Calvary Baptist Church Voices of Unity under the
direction of Ken Causer. Rev.
Beverly Alexander will serve as the
mistress of ceremonies. A special
presentation will be made to a local
domestic violence shelter during the
service.
The observance will continue dur
ing the 10 a.m. service on Sunday,
Nov. 17, when Rev. Danissa C. Hart,
associate pastor and first lady of ?
Chapel Hill A.M.E. Zion Church in I
North Wilkesboro, will speak.
A native of Pineville and the I
daughter of the Rev. Osie Culp and I
the late Rev. Monroe Culp, Hart is a |
graduate of South Mecklenburg High
School, Central Piedmont
Rev. Hart
Community College in Charlotte and the Faith Bible Institute in
Monroe, La.
For 18 years, she has performed and ministered through dance
and drama throughout the Carolinas. Hart has served as president of
the Ministers' Spouses and Widow(er)s Fellowship and is currently
the vice president of the Fellowship. A phlebotomist at Carolinas
Healthcare System in Charlotte, Hart is married to Pastor Elston C.
Hart Sr. They are the proud parents of three children. Paisley, 21;
Elston Jr., 16; and Eldan, 14. Music for the event will be provided by
the Women's Day Choir under the direction of Julie Hunter. The
Women's Day captains are Shirley Carson, Arnethia Copeland,
Margretta Brown-Davis, Carol Henry and Jamesine Ruff; the co
chairpersons are Stella Davis and Lillie Stevenson. Rev. Johnny L.
Ruff is the pastor.
First Steps of Freedom
Devotional Reading: Galatians 5:13-23
Lesson Scripture: Exodus 14:21-30
Lesson Aims: To recognize how God makes a way in crisis
situations, to better understand God's freedom and to witness to
His deliverance in any situation.
Background: From the
beginning, God gave humanity
"choice." Made lower than
angels but higher than animals
(Psalm 8:4-6), humans were
designed to be stewards of cre
ation and to worship the
mighty God. If He had wanted
robots. He would have made us
that way! God wanted us to
consciously choose Him above
all others. Each time humans found themselves in crisis situa
tions, they cried out to Him for deliverance because nothing else
worked.
They had to learn this through trial and error. God molded
Israel to be a model for other nations. The freedom of choice
continued to be with them during this process. At times, they
chose wisely; at other times, they didn't. Through it all, God
remained with them directing or redirecting, chastising or deliv
ering in love and mercy.
Enslaved in Egypt for many years. God sent Moses to lead
His people to freedom. He grew up in pharaoh's palace; at 40, he
fled to the land of Midian then became a shepherd and encoun
tered God at 80 years old. His preparation was complete, so he
returned to Egypt. Aaron, his brother spoke with the elders and
gave signs about God's plan. They bowed to worship God.
The power struggle that ensued was not between Moses and
pharaoh. but between God (Yahweh) and the superpower, Egypt
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