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Happening Now
Fall revival
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church will have
its annual fall revival on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 pjn.,
on 1711 N. Claremont Ave. Guest speaker will be Dr.
James Linville and the congregation of Piney Grove
Baptist Church. Rev. L. Dwight Hash Sr. is pastor. For
more information, call 336-723-1297.
Happening Now
Bake sale
St. James AME. Church is now taking orders for
its Annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale. Valerie's Bakery
is providing homemade Sweet Potato Pies and Tarts.
Verne's Bakery offers homemade cakes (Pound,
Pineapple, Red Velvet, Red Velvet Cheesecake,
German Chocolate). Orders must be placed by Nov.
17 for delivery Nov. 21 between 9 am. to 11 a.m. St.
James is located at 1501 N. Patterson Ave. The Rev.
Steven L. Lyons is Pastor. For more information or to
place an order, call 336-724-3865.
Beginning Oct. 23
Women's conference
Transformation Ministries, 4880
Burnette Drive, will be having a
women's conference on Friday, Oct.
23, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 24,
at 10 am. The conference will fea
ture performances from Chris Good
of the Mime Ministry, and Gospel
Artist Christina Stewart. Guest
speaker will be Pastor Clara T.
Cremedy of Vessels of Honor
Church. For More information, contact Bishop
Stephone Samuels or First Lady Sandra Samuels at
336-298-1153.
Oct. 23
Pastoral anniversary
Diggs Memorial United Holy Church will cele
brate its pastoral anniversary for Elder Lamonte
Williams on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 pin. at 125 N.
Graham Ave. Guest will be Elder James Blake and the
congregation of Guiding Light UHC of Graham. For
more information or transportation, call 336-724
3060.
Oct. 23
Try-Day'fish fry
Goler Memorial AME. Zion Church, 620 N.
Patterson Ave., will have its "Fry-Day" fish fry on
Friday, Oct. 23 from noon to 6 pjn. Dinner with
dessert is $8 and a sandwich is $5. For more informa
tion, call 336-724-9411.
Oct. 24
tr Fish dinner sale
St. Andrews United Methodist Church will be sell
ing fish dinners ($8) and fish sandwiches ($5) on
Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 am. to 3 p.m. at 1840
Butler St. Sodas will also be available for purchase.
For more information, contact die church at 336-788
3421.
Oct. 25
Pastoral anmivtrsary
Red Bank Baptist Church will
celebrate the 30th anniversary of its
pastor, the Rev. James R. Clyburn
Sr., and First Lady Bernadette
Clyburn on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 11
am. at 6405 Red Bank Road. The
theme is, "Celebrating our Pastor:
Chosen to Lead, Called to Serve."
Pen: more information, contact the
church at 336-767-0981.
Oct. 25
Laymen's Day
The Laymen's League of New Bethel Baptist
Church will celebrate its annual Laymen's Day on
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NW Trade St. Guest speaker will
be Rev. Dr. James D. Ballard, pas
tor Emeritus of United
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist
Church, There will be special pre
sentations by Laymen's League
President, Deacoqs Charles R.
Hunt and James Brown. All are
welcome. For more information,
contact the church at 336-724
1824.
Oct. 25
, Chunk anniversaries
The Pastor Aide Society and Ladies Progressive
Auxiliary of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church
will celebrate their anniversaries on Sunday, Oct. 25 at
ilcjn. at 1711 N. Claremont Ave. Rev. Dwight Hash,
Sr., is pastor. For more information, call 336-723
1297.
Oct. 25
Evening service
The Forsyth County Missionary Union will get
together on SQftday, Oct. 25 at 3 pm. at Friendship
Baptist Church, located 1317 North Cherry St. Youth
Sid Young Adpk wttlpaet at 1:30 p.m. Seniors will
meet at 3 p .m Ether Joe is president of the Friendship
,>Mkkm-$MpiidMK|to the Forsyth County Union is
Mrs Lehner P. Jefferies. For more information, call
336-817-8424.
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Submitted photos
Officials with the Forsyth County Sunday School Union (FCSSU) are shown at the Gala Celebration on
Sept. 26. They are: (L-R) Elder Richard Wood, chairman of the executive board of the FCSSU; Minister
Velma McCloud, president of the FCSSU; and James Lewis Jr., dean of Christian Education for the
FCSSU.
Sunday School Union
celebrates 115 years
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The Forsyth County
Sunday School Union
(FCSSU), which was
organized in 1900, hosted
its first Gala Celebration to
commemorate 115 years of
ministering to God's peo
ple.
The FCSSU's mission
is to support the Sunday
School/Christian
Education administrative
and teaching ministry of
churches of the Lordship of
Jesus Christ according to
biblical truths, through
training, missionary giv
ing, fellowship and various
Christ-centered programs.
The membership con
sists of 20 local church
Sunday school ministries
that meet every third
Sunday at member church
es for training and various
programs.
Winston-Salem Mayor
Allen Joines gave greet
ings.
The guest speaker for
the Gala was Dr. Haywood
T. Gray of Raleigh. Gray
serves as executive secre
tary-treasurer of the
General Baptist Sate
Convention of North
Carolina Inc. "He gave a
dynamic message empha
sizing the importance of
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'Transforming the Minds'
of individuals who are
taught in the Sunday
School ministry," FCSSU
officials said in a state
ment.
"Solos rendered by
First Lady Hattie Fulwood
and Ralph Meadows
blessed us. Mimist
Antwain Scrivens of
Rizzen Mime Ministry
stirred our souls with his
anointed performance," the
officials said.
The FCCSU used this
Gala occasion to honor
individuals who have
served in their churches
and in the FCSSU. The
honorees include those
Sunday school superin
tendents who had served 25
years or more in their local
churches.
See 115 years on B6
Gray
Protestants discuss
personalizing the
Kingdom of God
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Interfaith Winston
Salem sponsored a forum
on "God's New Day" at the
United Metropolitan
Missionary Baptist Church
at 450 Metropolitan Drive
in Winston-Salem. This is
the third event in the series
"Ties That Bind,
Protestants in
Conversation."
The , forum was on
Sunday Oct. 18.
Interfaith Winston
Salem is an all volunteer
nonprofit that works to
build understanding among
religious and non-religious
traditions.
The first event in the
series centered around
bringing different faiths in
the community together to
worship God in the whole
ness of spirit and the truth.
The second forum
focused on understanding
individuals within the faith
community who had issues
that some deem in the
church as not normal, and
how the church can meet
people where they are and
let them see the truth of
Christ no matter their race,
sex or economic situation.
Sunday's forum, which
included a panel, touched
on how the truth itself is
progressive and how indi
viduals within the church
can take the Kingdom of
God to each individual and
help them to see that God
will meet them wherever
they are.
The Rev. James C.
Hash Jr., board member of
the 'Ties that Bind" move
ment, stated, "We need to
understand that it's not that
we are waiting on God, but
God is waiting on us to
interact with our culture
and our world and to bring
Christ to this generation."
Dr. Bill Leonard, also a
board member of the 'Ties
that Bind" movement,
served as the moderator for
the panel, which included
the Rev.Terrance Hawkins,
associate pastor of
Winston-Salem First
church; Mia Sloan, com
munity activist of St.
Peter's World Outreach
Center; and the Rev. Emily
Hull McGee, senior pastor
of First Baptist Church on
Fifth Street.
Leonard started the
forum off with a group
prayer, then each panelist
gave his or her response to
the topic at hand. Once the
panelist had his or her say,
the audience broke into
groups to discuss the mat
ter further, then presented
their findings to everyone
table by table. This elicited
some insightful responses
from each group.
"We must refuse to buy
the lie that anyone is a non
neighbor, but we must
embrace the reality that
everyone who was made in
God's image is our neigh
bor," Hawkins said.
"I've been to the last
few of these "Ties that
Bind" gatherings, and I like
how people from different
traditions and - denomina
tions are coming together
and talking about how we
can exhibit the love of God
more in Winston and
beyond," said audience
member Tasha Gibson. "I
like these gatherings for us
to be able to sit at a table
for a period of time and just
listen to each other. Even
though we come from dif
ferent traditions and sides
of the Protestant church,
we can find common
ground and who knows
what that can lead to."
Miranda Green stated.
"One thing that I will take
from here is the idea of us
becoming a church and
what that would look like
in our different faith corn
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Audience members discuss topics during Interfaith Winston-Salem's forum at
the United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church on Oct. 18.
. Sunday School Lesson column expected to resume
Sister Mildred Peppers has retired as the Sunday School Lesson columnist. We thank her wholeheartedly for her
years of service to The Chronicle and the Winston-Salem community. Look for the column to resume with a new
columnist in the future.
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