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Church News Briefs Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church Will Honor Dr. H.S. r ia»8 By Teresa Bums Post Staff Writer Mayfield Memorial Bap tist Church will honor its pastor, Dr. Rev. H.S. Diggs and his wife, the First Lady of the church, June 15 at 6 p.m. Rev. and Mrs. Diggs came to Charlotte 11 years ago following a request from a church no older than eight months. Rev. Diggs became that church’s first pastor. Wor ship services were then being held at the Oaklawn Elementary School. In 1974 Mayfield began worship ping at the former Sugar Creek Baptist Church building on Sugar Creek Rd., West. Months passed of renting, then the congre gation decided to purchase the edifice. The members later built a new worship center which seats 1,350 people. Since Rev. Diggs has been with the church, membership has increased from 42S to 1,800. The church is associated with the Mt. Peace Association, Mecklenburg Baptist As sociation, Mecklenburg County Missionary Union, General Baptist State Con vention of North Carolina and its Auxiliaries, Pro gressive National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., N.C. Council of Churches, National Council of Churches of Christ in U.S.A., Lott Carey Foreign Missionary Convention, and the Baptist World Al liance. Mayfield makes contri butions to various causes and organizations. Rev. Clyde Owens, pastor of First Mt. Zion, will be the guest speaker at • the appreciation services. Choirs and congregations from First Mt. Zion Baptist Church will also be pre sent. The 11th Appreciation Day Service is open to the entire public. The program is sponsored by the Pastor’s Aid Club. Mrs. Ruth Wallace is the presi dent. THEOLOGICAL GRADUATES Rev. Eugene Randall, pastor of Blacks Memorial United Presbyterian Church in Monroe, and Rev. Daniel O. Hennigan, pastor of Matthews-Murk •ana united Presbyterian Church received the Doc torate of Ministry degrees from the McCormick Theo logical Seminary (Chica go), on June 10. Both pastors completed a minimum of 36 course hours and a major project in the practice of ministry. Rev. Eugene Randall's project is entitled “Revita lization of the Local Church Through Relating the Church to the Commun ity.” Both pastors con tinued preaching at their respective churches and took courses taught by a McCormick faculty mem ber who traveled to region al centers. The curriculum awarded the pastors with information on worship, preaching, counseling, teaching and administra tion. Twenty-one started in the program and 14 com pleted it. A total of 85 people will receive degrees as a result of this program. Rev. Randall has pas tored Black's Memorial United Presbyterian Church of 15 years. He has served the City of Charlotte as Director of Relocation for the Redevelopment Commission and director of the Citizen Participation Division of the Charlotte Model Cities Program. METHODIST WOMEN The World Federation of Methodist Women, Char lotte Unit will meet Satur day, June 21 at 11 a.m. The meeting will take place at Simpson-Gillespie United Methodist Church, located at 540 Winston St. GETHSEMANE Carl Hunt, chairman of Gethsemane’s Christian Education Department, has announced the opening of Vacation Bible School. A wide variety of interesting and exciting activities for all age groups will be con ducted June 16 through June 21. Classes will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. The entire community is invited to attend this worthwhile event. JEHOVAH’S WITNESS About 350 people will re present Charlotte at a four day meeting planned for the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, S.C., June 26-29. The meeting is part of the “Divine Love” District Convention to be held in 66 cities across the country. Dr. ...to be honored “THo 1 Hiirino T aha' aah O—_a_*_a mn. . ventions will provide prac tical help for people of all ages in the application ol these great laws in oui lives,” a spokesperson re vealed recently. The ses sions are planned for all age groups and all meet ings are open to the public MOORE’S SANCTUARY Moore’s Sanctuary AME Zion Church, located at 4100 Morrisfield Dr., pre sents its Men's Day Pro gram June 15 beginning at the 11 a.m. worship ser vice. The speaker at 11 a.m. will be Dr. William Greene. The Men’s Chorus will perform at this time as well. Dinner begins at 1 p.m. and will be served until 3 p.m. The evening service will start at 3 p.m. with Rev. Walter Reid, pastor of Triumph Baptist Church in Bronx, N.Y., as speaker. The men of the church are in charge of these services and cordially in vite the public to attend. Several guest choirs have been invited including the Angelic Gospel Choir from First Baptist Church, the Young Adult Choir from McClintock Presbyterian Church and several others. The^ pastor of Moore’s ^uuvwuai j riiuu LIUII ill Rev. J. M. McCall. FIRST MAYFIELD A Father’s Day Program will be held at First May field Memorial Baptist Church, 901 Oaklawn Ave., 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June IS. The guest speaker will be Rev. J. W. Whitfield. The pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Robinson, and the church of First Mayfield cordially invite the public to attend. NEW ZION Entire families are in vited to attend New Zion Baptist Church Vacation Bible School, June 30-July 4 from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. “Jesus, I Believe In You” is the theme for the school. Classes will be of fered for all ages from beginner (age 3), through college age and adult. The purpose of the Vaca tion Bible School is to win souls to Christ and allow them to grow in Christ. Bible-based lessons will be taught with excitement and variety through the use of many advanced teaching methods. There will be song time, Bible study, interesting visual demon strations, classroom inter action, craft making, and many other innovative me ^too^^r^ceepin^withthe theme, “Jesus, I Believe In You.” JESUS IS LORD Jesus Is Lord Church, 1616 Cliffwood PI., will hold its Kid’s Crusade June 16 20 from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Children from ages six to 12 are welcome for revival. There will be pup pet skits, special music presentations, and an over all introduction to Jesus Christ. June 23-27 marks the Re vival for the entire church. Services will be held night ly from 7:30-9 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. John James. The church and Rev. Lewis Earls, pastor of Jesus Is Lord Church, cor dially invite the public to attend. ST. PAUL St. Paul Baptist Church will honor their pastor of 10 years (as of August) 3 p.m. Sunday, June 15. The church is located at 1401 N. Allen St. Special guest will be Rev. Tommy Davis and congregation-choir from Shiloh Institutional Baptist Church. On the 29th of June the church’s annual concert of the Adult Musical Choir will be held at 5 p.m. The theme is "My Faith Looks Up To Thee.” President of the choir is George Dunlap, director is Donald Chisholm and or ganist is Reginald Douglas. i You are invited to enjoy this delicate, yet arousing concert. MOUNT ZION A Youth and Sunday School Convention will be sponsored by Mount Zion Holiness Church June 19 through June 22. Thursday, June 19, services will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Friday services, one at 11:30 a.m. and one at 7:30 p.m., will also be held at the church. Because of anticipated participation of numerous members from 12 church es, Saturday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday services, 10:30 bap tism and 11:45, will be held at the McCrorey Branch YMCA on Beatties Ford Rd. The Lilly Rookard Con vention Choir, composed of voices from the 12 partici pating churches will per form Saturday night. There will be workshops and din ner served at 3:30 p.m. ' Sunday evening. Arthur Davis will relin quish his position as pre sident of the National Youth Convention to Rev. Stanley Davis. The public is invited to attend what promises to be an innovative and moving convention. SECOND CALVARY Vacation Bible School will be underway at Second Calvary Baptist Church, 114 Nelson Dr. June 23-27 or? firm 7-9 p.m. The public is invited to learR and have questions answered." Rev. Lamar Foster is pastor of Second Calvary. MISSIONARY USHER UNION The program committee of the Missionary Baptist Usher Union had a success ful Annual Appreciation Banquet June 7, and Ap preciation Day Program June 8, for eight outstand ing local pastors. The Appreciation Day Program was held at Plea sant Hill Baptist Church and Mrs. Sara Carrothers was Mistress of Cere monies. Pleasant Hill’s choir furnished the music and Rev. Seegar from Lin colnton was the guest speaker. His speech was entitled “Gratitude or Atti tude?” Each pastor was present ed a certificate of appre ciation by Mrs. Carrie Mit cher. The pastors honored were: Rev. A. B. Sutton of Ebenezer Baptist Church; Rev. Andrew Cuthbertson of Pleasant Hill; Rev. Moore, pastor of New Hope Baptist; Rev. Tommy Da vis, pastor of Shiloh Bap tist; Rev. C. E. Dewberry of Gethsemane Baptist; pastor of Bethany, Rev. Hinson; pastor of Taber nacle Baptist, Rev. W. A. Rorie; and Rev. Marion Clowney, pastor of First Mount Calvary. The president of the II Rev. Eugene Randall i ...received doctorate Ushers Union is Mrs. Mat tie Butler. She would publicly like to thank all the ushers for participating in this heart-warming occasion. Womai^ Gonunisnn A report titled “The Dou ble Edged Sword; Changes in the Employment Status of Women in Charlotte - 1970-1978,” will be present ed to the public by the Mecklenburg County Wo men’s Commission on June 12, 1980, at 3 p.m. in Con ference Room 309, 316 E. Morehead Street. The public is cordially invited to attend this pre sentation. Authors of the report and members of the Women’s Commission will be available at that time to answer questions. Fuel Costs Pulling the shades at night not only give you privacy, it also saves you fuel costs. The shades par tially insulate the windows. 11 I [ WAIITBn f h' '.I to oollogo. or womon fit thorn. So, tnstood CASH PRICES r* STIRLING SILVER S I PAYING UP TO I15.PER OUNCE FOR COMPLETE SETS I Spoons, Forltl, Tray, T— Sto, Jowolry, Etc. lH r— .£1 fig I PrloN Subjsct To Dictuatloo I I 3 DAYS ONLY I I AT 2 LOCATIONS I I Holiday Inn . Ramada Inn I g At Sugar Crook Coliseum | I THUR.-FRI. 10 AM - 7 PM SAT. OS I ■ Yl 06 AMERICAN OOLO A SILVER INC. 07 I ! LtlAKLU l 1E FUST Mm CHURCH DIRECTORY £» "For God so loved the world, v. He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him f r- - 1 . i should not perish, but have everlasting life." > John 3:16 . Please list our church and time of services in the Charlotte Post Church Directory. And bill us at your church rates. Church Pastor- ; Address Time of Service Place • Mail to: The Charlotte Post P^ BOX 30144 H .. ?. NC 28230 FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH \ » Sunday Schedule 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00a.m. morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Bible Study Graded Day Care Center Mon.-Fri.7:00a.m. -6p.m. (ages4mons.-5yrs > __Rev Coleman W. Kerry I Attend The Church Of Your Choice This Sunday! GETHSEMANE 2670 Dr. Carver Rd. 332-5658 Rev.C.E. Dewberry. Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship -li a.m. Prayer Meeting 7:30 Wed. ni “THE CHURCH THAT PRAYS TOGETHER. I STAYS TOGETHER” I WALLS MEMORIAL AJW.E. J^ZION CHURCH Sunday Church School — 9:45 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship -11:00 a.m. Day Care Center Monday-Friday - 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Phone 375-5361 V Enter to Worship — Depart to Serve Rev. Jerry T. White Walls Memorial 2227 Bancroft St. 2820S uKcATcR MT. SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH Blvd. Worship Service 11:00 Where Chrtat it preach_ at He it, to men at they are GREAT® BETHE AME CHURCH | 201 Grandin Rd. 376-4345 REV. LEVI BROWN Sunday Schedule: 9:45 a m Sunday School 11.00 a m. Morning Worship •:15 p m Evangelistic Service Levi Brown •GOD OUR FATHER, CHRIST OUR redeemer. MAN PUB gl
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