United Metropolitan attendee gains
early admission to college
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CHRONICLE _____
Michael C. Baker, who
attends United
Metropolitan Missionary
Baptist Church, has
received early admission
into Western Carolina
University, where he plans
to major in Criminal
Justice, his family has
announced. Baker serves as
a youth usher.
Michael works part
time for Bojangles'
Restaurant. He is a senior
at Glenn High School, and
a dual enrollment student at
Forsyth Technical
Community College.
Michael is an honor roll
student and a member of
Crosby Scholars. He partic
ipates in numerous volun
teer activities in his com
munity and at school.
Some of his activities
include: vice president of
the Winston-Salem Chapter
of Youth Achievers, Glenn
High School's Varsity
Track Team his sophomore
year, Glenn High School's
Varsity Football his junior
and senior years, and the
Winston-Salem Police
Department's Explorers
Program.
He is the son of
Michael and Charmon
Baker of Kemersville.
Baker
St. Paul UMC holds Women's Weekend
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The United Methodist Women of St. Paul UMC will
host their annual spring Women's weekend April 25-26.
The public is invited to attend.
Radford University Board of Visitors, Radford University
Alumni Council (President), the Women's Basketball
Coaches Association Board of Directors, and the Board of
Big Brothers Big Sisters Services of Forsyth County.
She works with several professional committees that
All activities will take place at the church,
which is at 2400 Dellabrook Road.
The celebrations begin on Saturday, April
25 with a clothing giveaway for community
members from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church's
lower parking lot.
The weekend culminates with the
Women's Day service on Sunday, April 26.
Sunday's ceremony will feature St. Paul's
very own Charlene Curtis as the speaker.
Curtis serves as the coordinator of officials
for women's basketball programs for the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She is
native of Roanoke, Virginia, who earned, with
Curtis
directly impact collegiate women's basketball.
She has previously assisted with the St. Paul
UMC's Middle School Sunday school and
Vacation Bible School. At present, she serves on
the Staff Parish Relations Committee as well as
the Grief Share Ministry.
For more information on Women's Day,
contact Leslie Feaster at l_feaster@yahoo.com.
Established in 1869, United Methodist
Women is the largest denominational faith
organization for women, with about 800,000
members whose mission is spiritual growth,
honors, a Bachelor of Science degree from Radford
College and a Master of Education distinction from The
University of Virginia.
She is the former Division I head coach at Radford,
Temple, and Wake Forest universities, and was an assis
tant coach with the WNBA's Charlotte Sting.
After leaving coaching, Curtis spent five years as a
game and studio analyst for women's college basketball
with the ACC, Fox Sports South, and ESPNU.
Curtis is involved in both church and community
activities, as she has served on numerous community and
professional boards and committees, including the
developing leaders and advocating tor justice.
"Stand for those who cannot stand for themselves" is
the mantra for St. Paul s United Methodist women s com
mittee. Led this year by President Leslie Feaster, they've
vowed to develop a creative, supportive, fellowship and to
expand the concepts of mission through participation in
the global ministries of the church.
The food pantry and clothing mission is open each
Wednesday beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday school at the church starts at 9:30 a.m.; regular
worship service starts at 11 a.m. Bible Study is on
Wednesday at noon and 7 p.m.
Prayer requests can be sent to the office by email at
office@stpaulumcws.org or by calling 336-723-4531.
Taylor
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tive with his words, he has
done his job in the Spirit.
We have lost a master
preacher," Miller said.
The Rev. Roy L.
Dennis was a student of
Taylor's at Shaw University
in 2004. Dennis is currently
a religion professor at Apex
School of Theology in
Durham. The character
value that stands out most
to him about Dr. Taylor is
his humility. He also con
siders Taylor a powerful
preacher. He recalls that
Taylor was a featured
speaker at the Proctor con
ference at Shaw University
in Raleigh in 2008.
"Dr. Taylor has been
invited to speak at Ivy
League schools and in
places of honor all over the
world, but he would also go
to small, country churches
if he was invited. He was
an humble man," Dennis
said. "He had a way with
words. He drew you into
his preaching. He painted a
picture with his words, and
as you listened, you knew
that you were 9 part of the
story." 1
More than 2,000 of i
Taylor's sermons are
archived in various collec- |
tions. He preached the pre- i
inauguration sermon in
January 1993 for the then
President-elect Bill Clinton
at Metropolitan A.M.E.
Church in Washington,
D.C. Taylor taught
homiletics at Harvard
Divinity School, and he
was the author of a six-vol
ume series "The Words of
Gardner Taylor: 50 years of
Timeless Treasures" and
co-author of "Perfecting
the Pastor's Art." He has
delivered lectures and ser
mons in South Africa,
Zambia, Malawi, Denmark
England, Scotland,
Australia, China and Japan.
During his interview
with Minister Rashad D. L.
Cartwright for the
American Preachers Series
in 2013, Dr. Taylor provid
ed a gem of wisdom for
ministers and pastors today
who carry the Word of
God. He recalled an article
that he published in the
"African American Pulpit"
called, "Is Our Preacing
Christian?" According to
Taylor, many ministers
tend to leave Jesus out of
their messages.
"This makes our
preaching warped and
twisted. There is no way of
understanding God without
that presence. He that has
seen me has seen the
Father. This type of preach
ing makes the message
murky, opaque, and unclear
This is a great lack in
I
our gospel today. I call it
candy gospel. You can feed
a child candy morning,
night and day, and the child
will enjoy it. But soon, the
child will have no teeth and
eventually, you will have
no child. Candy will not
sustain us. I like candy, but
1 know we need some veg
etables and above all the
m.eat of the Word" Taylor
said.
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meet in her home. Either
way, they are believers who
practice God's principles.
He goes on to say that love
and truth binds them
together forever. The initial
blessing is commonplace
for that age. John is full of
joy due to their consistent
lifestyle of love, truth and
obedience. This is not new
but a re-emphasis to keep
them on their toes in the
face of deception. He gen
tly warns them to be aware
of the false teachers who
proclaim a different doc
trine. Those who do not
walk in love and truth can
be persuaded to follow the
deceivers. John cautions
them to not turn away from
the truth but to stay the
course. John calls the
Gnostics the antichrist.
"Don't take them.into your
homes," he says because
that may tempt you and
give others the wrong
impression. If they are wel
comed into the believers'
homes, they become as
wicked as the false teach
ers. Stay away from them,
he declares! He sends an
apology for the shortness
of the letter but hopes to
visit them soon where a
face-to-face conversation ?
will be more rewarding.
Life's Application: For
believers not to be fooled,
they must first know exact
ly what they believe. This
means that one has to study
the Word of God personally
and corporately. You need
both. Personal study
strengthens you but can
lead to tunnel vision unless
you hear how God has
revealed Himself to others.
Not only must believers
"know the truth," they must
live it daily not once a
week. John gives guide
lines to test the new ideas.
"First, what does the
teacher say about the
nature of Christ? Secondly,
does the teacher water
down love, truth, and obe
dience? Finally, does the
teacher add to or subtract
from Christ's teachings?"
(David C. Cooks Echoes
Adult Teachers
Commentary). As believ
ers, we are to practice love
and truth that leads to obe
dience. Preachers and
politicians, you are includ
ed as well. Deception
occurs either by ignorance
or a willingness to follow
what sounds pleasing to the
ears. May God strengthen
us to remain true to His
standards!
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