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Religion Calendar Feb. 20 Spring Banquet Alpha Pregnancy Support pres ents the 2015 Spring Banquet featur ing the Rev. Dr. Johnny M. Hunter on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 pan. at the J. Smith Young YMCA Event Center in Lexington, N.C. Hunter, of Fayetteville, is the leader of a promi nent African American evangel Hunter ical pro-life ministry in the United States. He is the Board Advisor at the Virginia Prolife Coalition and the Virginia Christian Alliance Board. He is an ordained minister and currently serves as the Pastor of Worship at Cliff dale Community Church. He is the Pastor Emeritus at Church of The Living Water in Buffalo, N.Y. He is a graduate of Hampton Institute. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree at the Methodist-Episcopal Church, U^A He considers time spent in jail for acting on his beliefs as his great est achievement. T 1? ! J ? ? ? ? individual ncxeis are i/U eacn and includes dinner. Sponsorship tables for eight guests are $250. For reservations and information call Alpha Pregnancy Support at 336 242-1218 or alpha3@lexcominc.net or alphapregnancyl@gmail.com. Feb. 21 Lunch and Learn Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Merchant & Fanner's Bank will offer a "lunch and learn" series called "Grow Your Church." designed especially for faith-based and non-profit organizations to learn about best practices in compensa tion, sustainability and succession planning, the importance of finan cial statements and how to utilize remote deposit capture to your bene fit. The event is free and will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist, 950 File St., on Saturday, Feb. 21. Lunch will be provided. Registration starts at 9.34?jn.,M?d the event is from 10 a.m. to 2 pm. RSVP by Friday, Feb. 13 to Wendy Morgan Butterfield Williamson at 336-722-0200 ext. 22 or by email at wendy morgan@mfbonline .com. Feb. 22 Farrakhan address Nation of Islam leader Min. Louis Farrakhan's Saviour's Day message will be broadcast live via satellite on Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center, 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 336-499 0436. Mapping sermon The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will hear the Rev. Lisa Schwartz speak on "The Map Is Not the Territory" at 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. At the 9:15 ajn. forum, Jasper Brown, retired NLBR attor ney, will talk about cases that were high points in his career. The 9:30 am. Explorations in Adult Sunday school will hear Kate Chanas speak about "The Spiritual Power of Music." Visitors are welcome. Find more information at www.uufws.org. Black History event Mount Sinai Full Gospel Deliverance Center, 2721 Manchester St., will host the annual Soul Food Feast on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 1 to 5 p.m. in celebration of our rich heritage and family traditions during Black History Month. The Sunday Dinner is a symbol of love, unity and family in the African American culture. Again, this year, a spectacular, delectable feast will cul minate the month-long celebration. For additional information, contact the church office at (336) 722.2624 or msfgdc@beIlsouth.net. The Rev. Yvonne H. Hines is senior pastor. Youth in charge The youth and young adults will be in charge of the morning service at New Direction Movement Cathedral, 3300 Overdale Drive, at 11 ajn. on Feb. 22. For more infor mation call 336-771-2111 Fruit of the Spirit New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 1201 New Hope Lane, will hold the annual Friiit of the Spirit service on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 4 pjn. See ReHgioo on B6 Is! , * I Submitted photo National Bankers Association President Michael Grant, US. Black Chambers Inc. President Ron Busby, and AMJE. board member Rev. Jonathan Weaver discuss a new plan for economic develop ment through the Black Church. AJMJE. Church leaders announce black economic empowerment as 2015 goal BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY TR1CEEDNEYW1RE.COM When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, he and other protestors had won passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Therefore, his agenda had turned toward the next major issue ? economic empowerment for Black neoDle. r r Therefore, on April 3, 1968, planning a march on behalf of oppressed sanita tion workers. Dr. King told preach ers at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., "It's all right to talk iihniit lnno u/hitp UL/VUl IVIlg r'llliv robes over yonder, in all of its symbolism. But ultimately people want some suits ana dresses and shoes to wear down here! "It's all right to talk about streets flowing with milk and honey, but God has commanded us to be concerned about the slums down here, and his children who can't eat three square meals a day. "It's all right to talk about the new Jerusalem, but one day, God's preacher must talk about the new New York, the new Atlanta, the new Philadelphia, the new Los Angeles, the new Memphis, Tennessee. This is what we have to do." The next day. Dr. King was assassinated. Nearly 47 years later, as America last month celebrated the King birthday holiday and is now celebrating Black History iviuuui, a group of church leaders appears to be car rying out this Black econom i c empow crmeni goal in earnest. Invited to speak to a recent gather ing of pastors and leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, National Bankers Association President Michael Grant cited the words of human rights champion Paul Robeson: "'We realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands, " Grant quot ed. '"We know that nei ther institution nor friends can make a race stand unless it has strength in its own foun dation; that races like individuals must stand or fall by their own merit; that to fully succeed they must practice the virtues of self-reliance, self respect, industry, perse verance, and economy.'" Grant continued in his own words: "We played a major role in growing America from a small colonial outpost to the greatest industrial giant the world has ever known. We don't have to argue about our ability to grow wealth. We have made everyone else rich, some filthy rich. Isn't it time that we finally make our efforts productive for ourselves?" r? * i vjraiu was Keynote speaker during a special session on "Economic Development through the Black Church" dur ing the A.M.E. Church's 2nd District Mid-year Opening Plenary Session in Raleigh, N.C. late last year. His speech preceded a panel discussion that also included Marie Johns, former deputy administrator at the Small Business Administration; Ron Busby, president/CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers Inc. and the Rev. Jonathan Weaver, senior pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo A.M.E. Church in Bowie, Md., and board member of the A.MJE. organization that deals with economic growth and development proj ects. After the forum, Weaver says A.M.E. pas tors, led by Bishop William P. DeVeaux, are now poised to carry out a specific plan that they hope will spread to other denominations and ulti mately catch fire in other denominations and the Black community throughout 2015. "Clearly where we are at this point is to actualize and implement what we discussed in Raleigh," said Weaver in an interview. "The whole thrust was how Black churches can help to empower Black busi nesses." The starting plan, in a nutshell, is for churches located in the A.M.E. Second District - North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and D.C. -- to commit to the support of two Black-owned busi nesses. They are Thomas Morehead, president of a BMW dealership in Sterling, Va., and Donnell Thompson, co founder/co-owner of RWDT Foods, Inc., a See AJVf?. on B6 Weaver Triad-area leaders work on strategy for future BY DONNA ROGERS THE CHRONICLE There was a a special session on "Economic Development through the Black Church" during the A.M.E. Church's Second District Mid-year Opening Planning Session in Raleigh, N.C. late last year. The speakers included a banker and black busi nessman who described how the church can move toward economic prosperi ty. The target area involves churches in the A.M.E. Second District ? North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and D.C. ? to commit to support two black-owned businesses. They are Thomas Morehead, president of a BMW dealership in Sterling, Va. and Donnell Thompson, co-founder/co owner of RWDT Foods Inc., a chain of restaurants based in N. Snellville, Ga. The Rev. Dr. Conrad Pridgen, presiding elder of the Western N.C. Conference of the Second Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, said Friday, Feb. 13, that his division of the church, which includes the Triad, is working with Thompson t o develop a plan to mutual ly help each other. It includes provid ing dis counts Prid*eh A.M.E? church members who use his businesses. "We just wanted to get started with him with some kind of opportunity," said Pridgen, who lives in Whitsett in Guilford County. "We're just trying to keep our dollars in our community. 1 think that makes sense today." Pridgen said he believes Thompson owns a Denny's restaurant in Durham. "We're interested in working with him on func tions we would have any way," such as a fellowship dinner, Pridgen said. Another idea in the planning stage is that church members might get See Plan on B6 Panel to discuss the premise of the Black Church dying SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Vitality of worship in the black church is rarely lacking. The vibrant signature of black praise and worship has always been spontaneity and response, lots of self-expression, freedom of movement and free dom of voice. In every sense of the word, it appears that the Black Church is much alive. Not so, says Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. Ph.D? profes sor of Religion and chairman of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. "The Black Church, as we've known it, or imag ined it, is dead," he writes . His writ ing was featured recently in i n c Huffington Post. The Rev. Dr. Derek Hicks, the Rev. Christopher Manning and Ms. Jasmyn Graham will tC* share discussions on Saturday, Feb. 21. on the topic "The Black Church Is Dead." The discus sions begin at 9 a.m. in the Family Life Center of St. john C.M.E. Church, 350 NW Crawford Place. Hicks is an assistant profes sor of Religion and Culture at Wake Forest University and serves on the founding steering committee of the Religion and Food Group at the American Academy of Religion. Hicks holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grambling State University, an Master of Arts degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and a doctor of philos ophy degree from Rice Universitv. Rev. Christopher N. Manning is an associate minister at St John CME Church. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion from Methodist University and a Master's of Divinity in Systematic Theology from the Philips School of Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center. He teaches a weekly Sunday school class for youth, in which he uses critical thinking See Church on B6 ? V- . Hicks I Clothed and Ready Scripture: Ephesians 6: 10-20 By the end of this lesson, we should ?x Recognize that JP^ thp rhnrrh ic in a rnnctant Mf\\ m battle against evil ? Understand the need to be ready for bat tle ? Include prayer as a daily part of our lives Background: The fifth epistle was written i by Paul to the young ||| church at Ephesus. This Mildred Peppers Sunday School Lesson ancient gateway city was a religious and commercial center that was fertile ground for lots of ideas and practices. There wasn't an appar ent problem there but the apostle wanted to know "how to live" as believers. Don't forget that church means people not buildings. Paul viewed the church as a living organism that would grow and grow.' As he wrapped up this letter, he chose to encourage them to always be ready to fight evil wherever it pops up. The Roman soldier's battle. gear is the model. Lesson: Paul declares that the church, as a living organism, is in constant warfare against evil. He points out that evil isn't just phys ical but spiritual also. The battle is real and will confront every believer. They must be ready! To do battle, each believer (the church) must be clothed physically and mentally for it. Each item mentioned in the text comes in the order that a soldier would put them on. Preparedness ahead of time is vital. The first step is to know the Word of God. Study, not memorization, is the key. Knowing the truth paves the way for righteous living. Not perfection but intentionally living according to God's standards - love, mercy, patience, forgive ness, longsuffering (etc). Believer's feet are to be ready when the Commander speaks. That means standing for and being balanced when the orders are given. The shield provides protection as the See Peppers on B6 ?? t
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