Religion
from pane H4
con
gregants from Piney Grove
Baptist Church will be the
church's special guests.
Call the church office at
336-784-9347 for more
information.
St. James anniversary
St. James AME
Church. 1501 N. Patterson
im" W'" ce,ebrate its
132nd Anniversary begin
ning on Saturday, April 26
at 9 a.m. with a prayer
breakfast. First Lady Nikki
Walker Lyons will speak
and Rev. Dr. Shirley W.
Hines will provide music.
Tickets are $10 in advance
or $12 at the door. Two
services will be held on
Sunday, April 27. At 10
a.m., Rev. Barbara
Barbour, an itinerant elder
of the AME Church, will
speak. At 4 p.m., the Rev.
Peris J. Lester, pastor of St.
John CME Church, will
bring the message. Rev.
Steven L. Lyons is the host
pastor. For more informa
tion, call 336-724-3865.
April 26
Concert!salad fest
Goler Metropolitan
A.M.E. Zion Church, 145
E. 4th St., will feature the
Queennettes gospel singers
in concert and a salad festi
val on Saturday, April 26 at
4 p.m.
Exodus breakfast
The Men's Fellowship
of Exodus United Baptist
Church, 2000 Wilbur St., is
hosting a prayer break
fast on Saturday, April 26
at 8 a m. Tickets are $5 and
delivery is available for an
order of three or more. Call
336-650-1002 for addition
al details or to place orders.
The host pastor is Rev.
Alvin E. Carlisle Jr.
Beginning April 27
Missionary Union
meetings
The Forsyth County
Missionary Union Meeting
will convene on Sunday,
April 27 at 3 p.m. at First
Waughtown Baptist
Church. 838 Moravia St.
Youth and young adults
will meet at 1:30 p.m.
Seniors will meet at 3 p.m.
From April 28 - May 2, the
Baptist Training Institute
will convene from 6-9
p.m. at Galilee Missionary
Baptist Church. 4129 N
Hampton Drive. Call R J
Gore at 336-817-8424 for
more information.
April 27
Ford anniversary
The Rock of Ages
Baptist Church, 4707
Cherry St., will celebrate
the first anniversary of
Pastor Ernest L. Ford on
April 27 at 2 p.m. Pastor
Charles W. Leak of
Bethleham Baptist Church
of Stoneville will speak,
and dinner will be served.
For more information, con
tact Rev. Arnette L. Ford
at 336-831-4540.
Missionary Day
Union Bethel A.M.E.
Church, 176 Richard Allen
Lane, will celebrate
Missionary Day on
Sunday, April 27 at 11 a.m.
Elder Sharon Pollard of
Genesis Victory Outreach
Center will speak. Rev. Jas
Hemby is the host pastor.
UUF services
The Unitarian
Universalis! Fellowship of
Winston-Salem, 4055
Robinhood Rd., will hear
the Rev. Lisa Schwartz
present "Let Us Not Tire of
Hope" at 9 a.m. and 11
a.m. on Sunday, April 27.
At the weekly forum at
9:15 a.m., Cassie Galvin
will report on the status of
North Carolina clean-water
regulations. Learn more
information at
www.uufws.org.
Unity Day
New Life Community
Church Ministries, 390
Park wood Ave., will cele
brate Unity Day on
Sunday, April 27 at 4 p.m.
Pastor Johnny Scott of
Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church will speak. Pastor
Anthony Johnson is the
host pastor.
'Love' day
New Hope Missionary
Baptist Church, 1201 New
Hope Ln., will celebrate "1
Love My Church Day" on
Sunday, April 27 at 4 p.m.
Pastor Pia M. Headen of
Forgiven Life Ministries of
Greensboro will speak.
The host pastor is Bishop
John C. Parks.
Choir anniversary
The Inspirational Choir
at New Birth Worship
Center, 1033 New Birth
Drive in East Bend, will
celebrate its 17th anniver
sary on Sunday, April 27 at
3:30 p.m. The guest choir
will be The Spiritual Choir
from Solid Rock
Missionary Baptist Church
and New Birth's Angels of
Mercy dance ministry will
perform. The host pastor is
Dr. James L.E. Hunt. For
additional information, call
336-699-3583 or visit
www.newbirthworshipcen
ter.org.
Kimherly Park
anniversary
Kimberly Park
Holiness Church, 1640 SM
Caesar Drive, is celebrat
ing its 95th anniversary
each Sunday during the
month of April. The morn
ing speaker on Sunday,
April 27 will be Elder Carl
Dunlap.
Napper anniversary
Canaan Missionary
Baptist Church, 1800 N.
Liberty St.. will celebrate
Rev. Warcen C. Napper's
second anniversary on
Sunday, April 27. Anthony
Hopkins will deliver the
morning worship sermon
at 11 a.m., and Rev. Darryl
Napper of Living Waters
Baptist Church of High
Point will be the guest
speaker at 4 p.m.
Mt. Olive event
Mt. Olive Baptist
Church, 1301 C.E. Gray
Drive, will hold an
anniversary celebration for
the Spiritual Choir on
Sunday, April 27 at 4 p.m.
Beginning April 28
Baptist Training Institute
The 61st Annual
Forsyth Countywide
Baptist Training Institute
will be held from April 28
May 2 from 6:30 - 8:30
p.m. at Galilee Missionary
Baptist Church, 4129
Northampton Drive, where
the pastor is Dr. Nathan
Scovens. The Wednesday
evening service will be led
by Dr. Marcus Cosby
Pastor of Houston,
Texas' Wheeler Avenue
Baptist Church. The Friday
evening program will fea
ture a presenter from the
N.C. Housing Foundation
Development and the
drama, "Are You Ready for
Church?" The Sunday
School Union instructor
will be Minister Velma
McCloud. Joycelyn
Johnson is the institute
director.
Beginning April 29
Lowe anniversary
The officers and mem
bers of Shiloh Baptist
Church, 916 East 12th St.
, will celebrate the 22nd
pastoral anniversary of Dr.
Paul A Lowe Jr. from April
29 - May 5. Dr. Sir Walter
Mack Jr. will speak on
April 29; will speak April
30; Bishop Sheldon
McCarter will speak May
1; and Dr. Darryl Aaron
will speak May 2. All of
these sermons will be
given at 7 p.m. Rev John
Mendez will speak on
Sunday, May 4 at 4 p.m..
April 29
Ministers Conference
speakers
First Baptist Church
Lexington Pastor Dr.
Herbert Miller will
address the Ministers
Conference of Winston
Salem & Vicinity at 11
a.m. on Tuesday. April 29
at Emmanuel Baptist
Church, 1075 Shalimar
Drive.
Beginning April 30
Tent Revival
The Jehovah Shammah
Ministries and Providence
Baptist Church of
Kernersville will hold a
Gospel Tent Revival from
Wednesday, April 30 -
Friday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m.
each night. The event will
take place at 401 Nelson
St. in Kernersville and will
feature various church
praise teams and choirs. .
April 30
Evangelism workshop
Evangelist John Dorsey
will host "Evangelism -
Effective Outreach and
Soul Winning" on
Wednesday, April 30 at 7
p.m. at Fresh Fire Worship
Center, 4306-A
Kernersville Rd. in
Kernersville. Call 336
833-4208 for more infor
mation. Pastor Phillip
McCloud Sr. is host pastor.
Beginning May 3
Middlefork events
The Women's
Fellowship of Middlefork
Christian Church, 2216 E.
First St., will raise funds
by selling fish plates and
sandwiches on Saturday,
May 3 from 11 a.m. - 3
p.m. For more information,
call Sophronia Burch at
336-499-3049 or 336-986
0434. The church will hold
its annual Old Fashion
Friends & Family Day on
Sunday, May 4 at 10:30
a.m. Lunch will be served
and the congregation will
dress in old fashioned
attire. The host pastor is
Robert L. Coleman.
May 3
Emmanuel breakfast
The Intercessory
Prayer Ministry of
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
1075 Shalimar rfrive. will
host a prayer breakfast on
Saturday, May 3 from 9
a.m. - noon. The event is
free and the public is cor
dially invited to attend. For
more information, call
336-788-7023. Rev. Dr.
John Mendez is the host
pastor.
Beginning May 8
New Hope conference
New Hope Missionary
Baptist Church, 1201 New
Hope Lane, will have its
annual No Holds Barred
Conference at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, May 8 and
Friday, May 9. The special
guests will be Dr. Charles
Gray and congregants from
Mt. Olive Baptist,
Dionn Owen, mime per
former Chris Good and
gospel rapper Tasha
"TShep" Sheppard. The
host pastor is Bishop John
C. Parks.
IN MEMORIAM
SMITH
Frankie Powell Smith
was born to William
Powell and Bessie
Simpson Smith in
Winston
Salem, North
Carolina on
December 8,
1936. Frankie
matriculated
through the
Winston
Salem Public
School
System gradu
ating from
Atkins High
School in
1955.
After graduation,
Frankie moved to
California, where in
1956 she married her
high school sweetheart
Earl Byrd Neal Jr. who
was in the Navy. The
union produced three
children, Steven Todd,
Shawn Tracy and Sonya
Teresa Neal. Frankie
went on the have a long
career in the medical
field serving as a nursing
assistant; first at Long
Beach Veterans Hospital
and then for 30 plus
years at Harbor UCLA
Medical Center in
Ton-ance, California.
Frankie retired from
nursing in 2001 with the
goal of traveling and
spending quality time
with her husband, chil
dren and grandchildren.
With junkets throughout
the United States and
abroad to Paris, Rome,
and the Western
Caribbean, Frankie got
her wish and enjoyed
retirement.
Frankie received
Christ at an early age.
She was a
member of
New Hope
Baptist
Church in
Los Angeles,
CA. She was
a kind and
sweet spirit,
with a com
passion and
willingness
to serve, as
proved by
her vocation in life.
Frankie loved her family
and friends and show
ered them all with her
remarkable love.
Frankie leaves to
cherish her memory a
devoted husband of 57
years. Earl B. Neal Jr.,
their three children,
Steven t. Neal (Katonja),
Shawn T. Neal (Cheryl)
and Sonja T. Stevens
(Stefan). Her surviving
siblings, Darlene Bell of
Winston-Salem, NC,
Gary Jones of Oxon Hill,
MD, Calvin (Lee) Jones
of Upper Marlboro, MD,
and Regina (Jeannie)
Smith of Oxon Hill, MD.
Eight grandchildren,
Latoya, Jazmene, Kakia,
Erika, Shante, Malachi,
Spencer and Jason. Ten
great grandchildren, and
a host of nieces,
nephews, extended fami
ly. co-workers and
friends.
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IN MEMORIAM
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Rodney Edward
Goodwin, 56. passed
away peacefully on
Friday, March 14, 2014
surrounded by
family and
friends. He
was born in
Camden. SC |
and was raised U
in Winston- H
Salem, NC. I
Rodney, a res- n
ident of
Altadena. CA
was the Chief
Financial
Officer for the
Operating Engineers
Trust Fund/ IUOE Local
#12 in Pasadena, CA.
Rodney was the only
child born to the union of
the late Mary Duncan
and James E. Duncan.
He was lovingly entrust
ed to and raised by
Rebecca Greene and the
late Adell Greene in
Winston-Salem. He had
a passion for learning. A
product of the Winston
Salem Forsyth County
School District, he grad
uated with honors from
Parkland High School
and received a Bachelor
of Science Degree in
Accounting from
Appalachian State
University (ASU) in
Boone, NC. While at
ASU, Rodney made his
tory by becoming the
first African-American
cheerleader at the uni
versity. After graduating
from ASU, the city of
Winston-Salem hired
him as an internal audi
tor.
Mr. Goodwin contin
ued his professional
career with General
Electric in Chicago, IL.
He made a professional
move to Pasadena, CA in
1987 to be an Auditor for
Congress Financial Corp
and worked as an
Internal Revenue Service
Agent in Laguna Niguel.
In 1997, he became a
Senior Manager at
Southern California
Regional Rail Authority
in Los Angeles.
Rodney loved the
Lord and joined the
Second Baptist Church
in Monrovia, CA in 1996
and was actively
involved with the
Brotherhood Laymen
League. He served as
secretary for over 10
years. He also provided
his accounting expertise
to the Joseph H. Smith
ar. Memorial
Scholarship Foundation
and was their treasurer.
Rodney was instru
mental in transforming
his family's semi-annual
reunion into
a non-profit
corporation,
the Circle
G
Corporation.
For each
reunion he
proudly cre
ated a keep
sake pro
gram for
each reunion
that included
detailed family history
and an ever growing
family tree. He enjoyed
family reunions, listen
ing to gospel music, col
lege sports, laughing,
being with his family
and having fun with
friends. He was also
actively involved in
many community activi
ties including being a
mentor for male youth at
John Muir High School,
he proudly contributed
as campaign treasurer for
two terms to Terrence
William's elections to
the Monrovia School
Board. Rodney dedicat
ing more than 200 hours
volunteer hours to
President Barack
Obama's campaign.
Preceded in death by
his mother, Mary
Goodwin Duncan, his
dad Adell Greene and
two brothers, Kelvin
Sistrunk and Wendell
Goodwin, Rodney leaves
to cherish his memory a
loving father, James
Duncan?Plainfield, NJ;
his devoted mom.
Rebecca Greene, his pre
cious daughter, Andrea
Renee Moses, one dar
ling sister, Tracey L.
Greene all from
Winston-Salem, NC; a
brother, Kendell P.
Sistrunk of Bridgeport.
CT; a host of uncles,
aunts, two nieces, three
nephews, cousins, other
relatives and friends,
also his best friend,
Donald Richardson of
Washington, DC; and a
lifelong friend, Carlos
Carrillo of Altadena, CA.
There will be a
memorial service held on
April 26. 2014 at 11:00
am at Galilee Missionary
Baptist Church located
at 4129 Northampton
Drive, Winston Salem.
NC.
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