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Today, April 21
Food Box Giveaway
Greater Tabernacle Worship Center will have a
iood box giveaway today,Thursday, April 21, at 2058
Dellabrook Rd. from noon - 2 pjn.
Today, April 21, and April 22
Pastoral Anniversary Celebration
Today, April 21 and Friday, April 22, Pastor Essie
C. McCullough will be celebrating her 37th Pastoral
Anniversary. On today,Thursday, April 21,7:30 pjn.,
the guest speaker will be Evangelist Mary Alexander.
On Friday, April 22, at 7:30 pjn., the guest speaker
will be Pastor Clyde Lindsay. The church is located at
3300 Overdale Drive. For more information, call 771
2111.
Today, April 21, and April 22
Spring Revival
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1400
Fitch St., will host its annual Spring Revival through
Friday, April 22. Rev. Dr. C?. Gray, pastor of Mount
Olive Baptist Church, will deliver the preached Word
on today, Thursday, April 21. And on Friday, April
21, Bishop Stephen Williams, pastor of Goodwill
Baptist Church, will deliver the preached Word. The
services will begin at 7 pjn. nightly. Rev. Dr. Dennis
Leach Sr. is the pastor. The community is invited to
attend. For more information, call the church office at
336-418-2003.
April 22
Night of the Arts Benefit Concert
Great Commission Community Church, Inc.,
3733 Ogburn Ave., invites the community to our 3rd
annual Night of the Arts Benefit Concert Friday, April
22, at 7 p.m. This is a free concert, and all proceeds
help to eradicate hunger in our community. There will
be classical music, ballet, jazz bands, an orchestra,
and much more! For more information, call 336-577
3420.
April 22
Fashion Show
The Women's Ministry of Cheater Tabernacle
Worship Center will have their second annual Fashion
Show on April 22 at 6:30 pjn. The location for this
event will be at Springtime Healthy Lifestyle Club,
416 Liberty St. Tickets are $10 per person. For addi
tional information, contact Greater Tabernacle
Worship Center at 336-777-1113 orTamica Patterson
at 336-995-3046.
April 23
Calendar Luncheon
St. James AME Church, 1501 N. Patterson Ave.,
will hold a Calendar Luncheon on Saturday, April
23, beginning at 1 pjn. Donation is $25 per person
which entitles you to lunch and giveaways. For more
information, call 336-724-3865.
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April 23 and 24
Anniversary and Retirement Celebration
The congregation at Zion Memorial Missionary
Baptist Church, 101 N. Dunleith Avenue, will cele
brate the 35th Pastoral Anniversary and Retirement of
the Rev. Dr. Joseph Jones, on Saturday, April 23 and
Sunday, April 24. On Saturday, April 23, the members
of Zion Memorial will provide a Celebration Banquet
for Pastor Jones. Rev. Dr. Serenus Chum, Sr., Pastor
of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist 'Church, will deliver
the banquet address. On Sunday, April 24, the morn
ing message will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. J. D.
Ballard, Pastor Emeritus of United Metropolitan
Missionary Baptist Church. On Sunday, May 1, Rev.
Dr. Jones will deliver his final sermon as pastor of
Zion Memorial. The public is invited to share in these
worship services.
Gospel Concert
On Saturday April 23, at 6 pm., at Abba Father's
Ministries, Inc., located at 4014 North Cherry St.,
there will be a concert hosted by Pastor Scottie
and Co-Pastor Earline White, featuring "The Kelly
Sisters," a local gospel family group. Abba Father's
Ministries Praise team will open up for the concert.
Come out to hear and support these anointed and
dynamic Women of God. You will be blessed tremen
dously! For more information, contact Co-Pastoi
Earline White 336-816-0571.
April 24
Family & Friends Day
Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center with
Pastor Richard C. Miller, Sr. & Co-Pastor Ernestine
Miler, 5307 Peters Creek Parkway, invite everyone to
the service for Family & Friends Day Weekend to be
held on Sunday, April 24, at 4 pm. The guest pastor
will be Dr. James Linville and the Piney Grove
Baptist Church. For more information contact the
administrative office at 336-784-9347.
April 24
Family and Friends Day
Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church, 5095
j Lansing Dr., will have Family and Friends Day on
Sunday, April 24 at both the 8:30 am. and 10 a.m.
morning services. Grammy award winning gospel
recording artist K. J. Scriven will be the guest
psalmist at the 10 a.m. service. In addition, there will
be prizes and giveaways at both -services. Bishop
Sheldon M. McCarter is the senior pastor at
GCACC. The public is invited to attend. For more
information, contact the church at 336-661-0226.
April 24
134th Church Anniversary
St. James AME Church, 1501 N. Patterson Ave.,
will celebrate their 134th Church Anniversary on
April 24 at 10 am. The Rev. Steven L. Lyons is pas
tor. For more information, call 336-724-3865.
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See Rd. Calendar on B7
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Security expert Bobby Kimbrough Jr. discusses the importance of maintaining security in the place of wor
ship during the "Plan, Prepare and Protect Safety and Security" course on Saturday, April 16.
Churches receive top
grade security training
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE '
Members of churches from around the Triad came
together to find ways to boost security by creating security
teams last weekend during the "Plan, Prepare and Protect
Safety and Security" training workshop hosted by security
expert Bobby Kimbrough Jr.
During the three-hour course, Kimbrough, one of the
leading authorities on workplace and church security, dis
cussed the importance of maintaining security in the place
of worship and how security teams should be assembled
and operate.
Anyope who knows Kimbrough knows that he is very
passionate about protecting God's people. He currently
personally secures more than 180 nationally known bish
ops from all over the world and the prime minister of the
Bahamas. The Winston-Salem native also is the head of
security at Union Baptist Church located on Trade Street
in Winston-Salem.
Kimbrough said he decided to host the training course
because the church is often regarded as the cornerstone of
the black community and it is important to protect that
most powerful entity.
"We have to move from the untrained to the trained.
See Security on B6
Galilee uses
'Risen' movie
as inspiration
for discipleship
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
FOR THE CHRONICLE ;
The story of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ has been
told many times over the years, from stage to screen.
The congregation of Galilee Missionary Baptist
Church held a private viewing of the movie "Risen,"
. which tells the story of a Roman sol
dier's search for Jesus' body after the
Resurrection. Most often, the
Resurrection-story is told from the
angle of an apostle or a follower of
Jesus. This movie chronicles the per
spective from the other side.
"I saw the previews and thought it
would be a good opportunity to fel
lowship and perhaps learn something
and to celebrate Christ and the
Resurrection as a part of this Easter
ieason," said the Rev. Dr. Nathan
Rtv. Dr. Nathan
Scovens <
Scovens, lead pastor of Galilee, as to
why he decided to have this private viewing.
The movie follows Clavius, a Roman tribune, who has
just returned home from battle. He is then called by
Pontius Pilate to oversee the final moments of the cruci
Photos by Timothy Ramsey
The congregation of Galilee Missionary Baptist
Church exit the theater after viewing the film
"Risen" on Wednesday, April 13.
fixion of Jesus (or Yeshua, as he is called in the movie).
In an effort to quell a potential uprising from followers of
Jesus who believe he will rise after three days, Piiate
orders Clavius to make sure the body is entombed and
guarded to ensure the body cannot be moved.
Following the Resurrection, Clavius is now tasked
with finding the body of Jesus as they believe it has been
stolen and refuse to believe Jesus has returned. Clavius
then seeks to find the disciples of Jesus, but unexpectedly
finds the risen Jesus and finds himself in a state of utter
disbelief.
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A Family Reunion
Lesson Scripture:
Luke 15:11-24 j
By the end of this les
son, \Ve will
?Recognize God's
compassion through the
parable of the prodigal
son
?Feel the need for
reunion in families and
connect that to our rela
tionship with God
?Rejoice with God in
the salvation of the lost
Background: The
latest charge against
Jesus by the religious aristocracy is that He welcomed
sinners. Using here a series of three parables, Jesus made
it clear that His actions, not theirs( revealed the heart of
God. In the first parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd
demonstrates genuine concern by making personal con
tact, as opposed to sending someone else to look for the
sheep. In the second parable of the lost coin, Jesus got the
religious leaders to think
about two questions:
First, did they seek those
who were lost from God
with as much intensity as
the woman seeking her
missing coin? And sec
ondly, did they share the
joy of heaven when a sin
ner repented and came
into a personal relation
ship with the Father? The
third parable of the lost
son asks us to view a
father of wealth and
stature who has two sons
and how their actions
teach about insurrection
of sinners against God. Jesus was aiways very enective
in demonstrating the truth that He proclaimed.
Lesson: In a Jewish family of a father and two sons,
custom dictates that the older son would inherit two-thirds
of the father's estate and the younger son one-third. This
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