The New Bethel Baptist Church mass choir sings a selection during the pastoral
anniversary this past Sunday.
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The Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Cornelius, pastor emeritus of New Jerusalem
Missionary Baptist Church, delivered the sermon for the anniversary service.
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He says with her help he turned those failing grades into
four A's and one B. "All that I am since we met is because
of Mae Jones," said Rev. Jones on the importance of his
wife being in his life.
Rev. Cornelius' sermon touched on why it is important
for a church to celebrate a pastoral anniversary. He
touched on the humility that a pastor must have in order to
be successful.
"The great pastors are those who keep their eyes on
Christ," said Cornelius of what makes a good pastor.
Trustee Daniel Piggot Sr.
was the worship leader for
Sunday's service. The mass choir sang hymns throughout
the service and a presentation was made for Rev. Jones
and his wife. Words of thanks came from assistant pastor
Azuree Johnson-Dalton and others.
Before the church was released to go to the banquet,
the congregation presented Rev. Jones with special gifts
from the children's church and a special gift of thanks to
first lady Mae Jones. Rev. Jones' two sons, Kendall
Dwayne Jr. and Allan Jermaine were in attendance along
with Rev Jones' grandchildren Samara and Kendall III.
"I appreciate the love the church has shown us over tht
years," said Allan. "I think with his leadership things wil
continue to go smoothly."
Mae Jones added, "It was wonderful. He not only tell;
me beautiful things in public but he tells me he appreciate!
who I am and what I mean to him in private. He always
gives me credit for where he is in life. He is a kind anc
loving man. He has a servant's heart and he is the type ol
minister that's there for the people."
Many of the church congregation also participated ir
the celebratory banquet that followed Sunday's service.
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that is) (verse 14). Our
high priest is in touch with
our reality and has been
tempted at all points and
tried just as we are, but did
not sin (verse 15). We
then are to go boldly to the
throne of grace and get
what He is ?so ready to
give. Take the mercy and
accept the help (verse 16)
(see also John 16:26-27).
Paul (assumed author)
goes on to make a compar
ison of Jesus and earthly
high priests. He says that
God chooses the priests for
His use in the peoples
interactions with Godly
business such as gifts of
grain for thanksgiving or
dedication and blood
offerings for expiation of
sins (verse 5:lXsee Lev. 1
5). The priest must deal
gently and with compas
sion for the people's fail
ings since they are too
familiar with those failings
from their own experi
ences. And the priest must
therefore offer sacrifices
for his own sins as well
(verses 2-3). Priesthood is
not a voluntary profession;
you can't appoint yourself
... God chooses or calls to
service those who He
deems worthy, such as
Aaron. Paul uses quotes
from Psalms 2:7 and 110:4
to demonstrate that
Christ's incarnation and
His priesthood were both
by divine appointment ...
yet another fulfillment of
Old Testament (O.T.) in
the New Testament (N.T.).
Psalm 2 recognizes Christ
as both king and Messiah.
Christ is the King-Priest
and MelchiZedec is the
first and only king and
priest (Gen 14:18-20), but
Jesus is a priest forever
(verses 5-6). Verse 7 is a
reference to the
Gethsemane prayer where
"Jesus agonized and wept,
but committed Himself to
do the Father's will in
accepting the cup of suf
fering which would bring
His death" (Mat. 26:38
46) (The Mac Arthur Study
Bible). John MacArthur
says of this prayer that
"Jesus asked to be saved
from remaining in death,
i.e., to be resurrected."
Being the Son of God, He
completely understood
obedience and knew it was
necessary so that He could
fulfill all righteousness
and thus be the perfect sac
rifice to take the place of
sinners like us. He know
ingly humbled Himself to
learn obedience (verse 8).
After satisfactorily com
pleting His role of High
Priest, Jesus became the
cause and source of eternal
salvation to all who believ
ingly obey Him. The dis
cussion of Jesus as our
high priest is ended in
verse 10 with a repeat of
Psalm 110:4 the call of
God to the priesthood
"after the order of
Melchizedec"... referenc
ing Christ again as King
and High Priest with a per
petual reign.
For Your
Consideration: Why do we
need a high priest and how
does Christ qualify? Why
is obedience necessary and
how do we become obedi
ent to Christ?
Life's Application:
Knowing that Christ is our
incarnate Lord and savior
and lived without sin in
His humanity is or should
be challenging to >tis as
saved believers to live as
obedient as He did. He
proved that we can over
come sin. Yet it is also
comforting to know also
that He is our great high
priest and is merciful, for
giving and a source of help
when we need Him. Life
has many challenges, but
we as believers don't have
to face them alone ...
Jesus knows what we are
going through, and He can
help us.
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also be among the perform
ers.
Jermaine Cherry, writer
and producer for the play,
says he was raised in the
church and as a youth he
would notice the older
members of the church act
a certain way versus the
young people. He said the
purpose of the play is to
bring healing, redemption
and acceptance so people
can come into church and
be healed by God.
"What separates us
from other stage plays is
we give the people a full
performance," said Cherry.
"At Dreamcast produc
tions, we don't put on
plays; we put on produc
tions. We have a full state
of-the-art Tyler Perry-type
set that is built on stage and
is top of the line. The expe
rience you get when you
come to see a Dreamcast
production play is, 'Wow
that was a great show.'"
Cherry says they have
had two previous showings
of the play in the Raleigh
area and wanted to bring
the play to a different area
for people to enjoy. He
says the Winston-Salem
area has a strong African
American community
along with the historic tra
dition of WSSU, and that
attracted them immensely.
Cherry went on to say
his production company
also enjoys giving back to
the community. They have
partnered with a sickle cell
organization in North
Carolina because the dis
ease is so prevalent in the
African-American commu
nity. The organization
received proceeds from
each of Dreamcast's pro
ductions.
Cherry also plans on
building a studio where
young kids can come out
and learn about the arts. It
will include teaching chil
dren a wide range of skills,
such as script writing, per
forming and building the
different sets. He says he
would like to run the pro
gram during the summer
time and for students in
year round school.
He closed by saying, '
"The mission of the com
pany is to entertain people
through the love of Christ
and do good performing
arts."
To purchase general
admission tickets for $30
and WSSU student tickets
for $15, call the auditorium
at 336-750-3220 ext. 601
or buy online at
www.wssu.edu/tickets or
www.dreamcastproduc
tions.org.
Photo by Timothy
Ramsey
The crowd
during Day
Two of
Gospel Fest
at the Dixie
Classic fair
included a
diverse group
of young and
older adults.
Gospel Fest
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gram progressed. The
crowd seemed glued to
every act, and many stayed
from the opening act to the
finale of the concert.
Ron Goodson of
Winston-Salem said he
likes the fact that so many
people came out to cele
brate and enjoy the music
at Gospel Fest.
"I just love to worship
the Lord with anybody. I
am glad to see so many
people here worshiping
together, it's a great thing,"
Goodson continued.
Sandra Rickard of
Winston-Salem added, "1
ffjjoyed the variety in
music, especially the
Fantastic Faithfulairs. It
was a great show."
Event Emcee Debra
Terry, who handled her
duties solo on Day Two,
gave a brief introduction of
acts prior to their perform
ances along with leading
the trivia portion of the
.show and handing out
many gifts throughout the
day to the winners.
Karlton Jones, a hip
hop saxophone artist, took
the stage first and present
ed his unique form of
music. He says he used to
make secular music while
in college but after a near
death experience, he heard
the voice of God that
changed his life.
"I enjoy the many lives
that are here being touched
for the glory of God," said
Jones. "I went thorough a
difficult time and I knew
that God was real while I
was going through it so it
kind of helped me to hang
on during that time. Since
then, He has healed my
body and blessed me with a
beautiful wife, kids and a
great job, and that's kind of
what led me into doing it
for Jesus."
The Central Triad
Church was next on stage
with their uptempo brand
of music. James Brock, the
church worship leader, says
he enjoyed the worship and
camaraderie of the event.
He says he knows there are
people from allf different
denominations, but it's
great that everyone could
come together to support
one another.
On why they wanted to
come and perform at
Gospel Fest, he said, 'To
be out among this family of
Christians so they can hear
the sound that's coming
forth from heaven. If we
can be contagious and
touch someone's heart,
somebody may possibly
give their life to Christ here
and if we are a part of that
movement, then praise God
for it."
The other acts included
Bishop Stephen Williams,
The Fantastic Faithfulairs,
Bishop Grosjean Stephens
and Raymond and Kim
Larkin.
The Larkins, who are a
married couple that per
form together, said they
enjoy singing together and
bringing the gospel to oth
ers.
"We want people to
take with them the sense of
love and sense in unity in
what we do," Said Kim
Larkin.
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