Religion
Calendar
Aug. 1
Women's Conference
Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, 149 N.
Wheeler Street, will hold its annual Women*
Conference on Saturday, Aug. 1. Registration begins
at 9:30 am. and program starts at 10 a.m. The theme
is "Women United In Christ." The Rev. Ann Dalton,
associate minister of Emanuel Baptist Church, will be
among the guest speakers. The public is invited to
attend. The host pastor is Pastor William J. Purvis. For
more information, contact the church at 336-724
3106.
Community Day Fair
Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 2411
Urban St., will have a community day fair on
Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to. 1 p.m. There will be
table set up that will feature each auxiliary of the
church. Information on each auxiliary will be dis
played. School supplies will be given out at each
table. Health care vendors will be present. For more
information, contact the church at 336-771-7000.
Aug. 2
Choir anniversary
St. Mark Baptist Church Vocal Choir will be cele
brating its 18th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 4
p.m. at the church, 1100 Manly St. Guest will be The
Queenette and The Gospel Stylestic. All are invited to
come. For more information, call Virginia Ellis, choir
president, at 336-661-1186.
Beginning Aug. 2
Homecoming and Revival
Bethania AME Zion Church, 21020 Bethania
Rural Hall Rd., will hold its annual Homecoming and
Revival Services, Aug. 2 through Aug. 7. Sunday
morning (Aug. 2), Rev Dr. Calvin L. Miller, presiding
elder of the Winston-Salem District, will deliver the 11
am. message. The Rev. Elston Hart, pastor of St. John
A.M.E. Zion Church of Thomasville, will be the 3
p.m. speaker. The speakers for Aug. 3-7 are as follows:
Rev. Belinda Harris, pastor, Hickory Grove AM.E.
Zion Church; Rev. Dairl Scott Jr., pastor. Union
Chapel AM.E. Zion Church; Evangelist Toni Lowe,
member of Oak Grove Missionary Church; Rev.
Ronald Speas, pastor, New Jerusalem Missionary
Baptist Church; and Rev. Dairl Scott Sr., pastor, New
Hope A.M.E. Zion Church. All evening services will
begin at 7 p.m. The public is invited. For more infor
mation call 336-924-1706.
27th annual convention
Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance Inc.,
4951 Manning St., will host the 27th annual conven
tion Aug. 2-9. The theme is "Keeping it Real,"
Empowered to Serve (Mathew 16:26). Bishop Claude
C. Turner is founder, pastor and teacher. For more
information call 336-744-2700.
Aug. 2
Church anniversary
Pastor Richard C. Miller Sr. & Co-Pastor Ernestine
W. Miller of the Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship
Center, 5307 Peters Creek Parkway, is having their
79th Church Anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 11 am.
with guest Pastor Eddie McNair of Fountain of Life
Full Gospel Baptist Church of Plymouth and 4 p.m.
with guest pastor Aldine Ingram and the Steadfast Life
Changing Ministries. For more information, contact
the church administrative office at 336-784-9347.
Beginning Aug. 3
Vacation Summer School
The Love Community Development Corporation
will have its Vacation Summer Camp from Aug. 3-7,
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 3980 N. Liberty St. The theme is
"Gotta Move (Keepin' in Step with the Spirit). For
more information, call 336-306-8119.
Aug. 3
Lunch and learn
The Trinity Glen Church will be having a lunch
and learn on Monday, Aug. 3 from 10:30 am. to 1:30
pm. at 849 Waterworks Road. The subject will about
"Conversation in Death and Dying." Key speakers of
this event will be Gary Cook, M.Div., LSCW, pastoral
counselor and psychotherapist; and Christopher
Ehrlich, hospice chaplain from Hospice of the
Piedmont. Please RSVP with number of people
attending to bwoodard@trinityglen.net.
Beginning Aug. 6
N.C. Church of God of Prophecy Convention
The Hickory Metro Convention Center, 1960 13th
Av. Dr. SE, will be the place where the Church of God
of Prophecy's biennial State Convention will be held
from Aug. 6-9. The conference will help feed needy
families and individuals by forwarding canned goods
donated by conference attendees to Hickory area
organizations. A business and community expo will he
held. For more information call Tracey Haire at 336
454-4118.
Aug. 8
Griefshare support group
St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2400
Dellabrook Road, will hold the GriefShare support
group on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 10 am. in the church
conference room. The topic for this session is "Why."
All persons who are experiencing grief due to the loss
of someone close are invited to attend. Sessions are
free, non-denominational, with biblical teachings on
grief and recovery topics. GriefShare is designed to
give encouragement and support, providing tools for a
person to use on their journey from "mourning to joy."
For further information, call 336-723-4531 or 336
722-5517.
Youth Conference
Whole Man Ministries Church presents Youth
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Third DivorceCare seminar offered
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CHRONICLE
After months of plan
ning, preparation and train
ing, the Stephen Ministry at
United Metropolitan
Missionary Baptist Church
(UMMBC) is offering its
third, 13-week
DivorceCare seminar next
week.
A broad range of topics
were covered during the
seminar, including how to
face anger, loneliness and
depression, developing
new relationships, financial
survival and single sexuali
ty, reconciliation and for
giveness, moving on and
growing closer with God.
The UMMBC Stephen
Ministry DivorceCare pro
gram provides help and
healing for those hurt from
separation and divorce. The
next seminar starts on
Monday, Aug. 3, and ends
on Monday, Nov. 2 (find
complete meeting schedule
www.divorcecare .org/grou
ps/43363.)
Here is a testimonial
from one of the participants
in the seminar last year:
"Thank you, Stephen
Ministry. Thank you
DivorceCare! When the
worst happened, when my
vows were trampled and
Tiill Death do Us Part'
turned into '^m Out of
Here!,' you were there for
me and for my children.
Thank you! For much of
the past 5+ years, I've felt
trapped in a life between a
horror movie and a Tyler
Perry screenplay. Just when
I thought I couldn't take it
and wouldn't make it any
longer, DivorceCare was
introduced to me. (Further
evidence of an On Time
God.)
"Out of desperation,
my initial hesitation of 'not
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DivorceCare Facilitator and Stephen Minister Carlton Ray discusses program
outcomes with Stephen Ministry Leader Cornelious Flood.
Father Basile Sede comes to St. Benedict
the Moor as its new officiating priest
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The congregation of
St. Benedict the Moor
Catholic Church, 1625 E.
12th St., welcomes Father
Basile Sede as its new
officiating priest.
Father Sede comes to
St. Benedict from St.
Vincent de Paul Church
in Charlotte. He is from
the Diocese of Buea,
located in the Southwest
region of Cameroon, in
central Africa. Father
Sede was ordained in
April of 1998, and has
been a Priest for 17 years.
According to Father
Sede, African culture and
its intrinsic values are
very similar to the
Christian principles of
loving anu serving ones neignoor. /\na, as me mncan
continent becomes increasingly Christianized, he said,
"This ties with us, too,
because we believe that life
should be about helping
one another."
To welcome Father
Sede to the community, St
Benedict will host His
Excellency the Right Rev.
Immanuel Banlanjo Bushu
of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Buea and
Chancellor of the Catholic
University of Buea. He was
ordained a priest in 1973
and appointed Bishop of
Yagoua, Cameroon in
1992. He became Bishop of
Buea in 2007.
Bishop Bushu will be
the principal speaker at a
public forum, which will be
held in the church fellow
ship hall of St. Benedict
from 9 a.m. to noon, on
Aug. 8. The Bishop will
share with us information about the entrepreneurial model
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Father Basile Sede is shown at his farewell party at St.
Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte
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Nehemiah Worship Center celebrates its first year
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...The God of heaven,
he will prosper us; there
fore we his servants will
arise and build: (Nehemiah
2:20)
Nehemiah Worship
Center of Winston Salem
reports that Pastor Paul P.
and Lady Virginia Thombs
and members held the first
year celebration for their
church recently. The cele
bration was held from at
the Union Chapel Baptist
Church fellowship hall at
300 W. 25th Street in
Winston Salem.
The first worship serv
ice was held on April 13,
2014 at 4873 Phelps Road,
Winston Salem, with a phi
losophy that "If we build
people's lives, people will
build the temple. Our
church serves men,
women, children, the hun
gry, the
impris
oned, the
naked,
and the
sick.
We've
been
blessed
in our
commis
sion that
33 souls
have
been
added to
our min
istry."
And all the people gath
ered themselves together as
one man into the
street that was before
the water gate;...
(Nehemiah 8:1)
Rev. Konnie Robinson,
pastor of Union Chapel
Baptist Church, brought
forth a mighty and encour
aging
word as
friends
and fam
ily wit
nessed
what
God has
done in
just one
year, the
church
reports.
"It is
by the
grace of
God we
have
established church by
laws, developed a church
organizational structure,
created a church logo, pur
chased office equipment
and have been blessed with
our first pulpit designed
specifically for NWC," the
church reports.
So we built the wall,
and the entire wall was
joined together up to half oj
its height, for the people
had a mind to work
(Nehemiah 4:6)
Throughout the year the
church participated in
many activities, such as the
ALS Challenge, chicken
pie fundraiser, fellowship
outreach trip to Kinston,
N.C., where members
delivered clothes, shoes,
and household goods.
"We were also blessed
to deliver coats, shoes, and
clothes to local charities in
the Winston-Salem ares?"
the church reports. "Our
Food Ministry continues to
give bread away. We
gleaned 6,230 pounds of
food and we distributed an
additional 11,500 ponds to
those in need throughout
the community. Our Men's
Ministry gave away 17000
bottles of water in the com
munity. We've been
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Pastor Paul P. and First
Lady Virginia Thombs
The Redeemer Cometh
Lesson Scripture: Isaiah
59:15-21
By the end of this lesson,
we should:
? Recognize how sin
drives us away from God
? Understand that no
human can get us in right rela
tionship with God
? Appreciate that God
alone redeems humanity
Background: Isaiah
meaning "Yehweh saves" was a contemporary ot Amos,
Hosea, and Micah. This major prophet (length of book)
began his ministry in the year that King Uzziah died in
740 BC. He was called "the prince of prophets" due to his
extensive writing. "The New Testament alluded to his
writings more than 250 times and quoted him directly 50
times" (Richards' Complete l^ble Handbook). The book
has 66 chapters divided into
two sections - Judgment chap
ters 1-39 and Restoration chap
ters 40-66. Like his contempo
raries, Isaiah's message was
given during a stormy period in
the history of God's People,
Israel in the north and Judah in
the south. In both kingdoms,
the leadership (kings, judges,
priests and false prophets)
rebelled against God and
exploited the people. As their
hearts turned further from God
(tneir re Demon), corruption ana tnjusuces oecame com
monplace. God's prophets warned the people about the
impending judgment of God; however their arrogance led
them to ignore His mouthpieces. Assyria crushed Israel in
722 BC and scattered most of the Jews who lived there.
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