Church Neus Briefs
Dr. Burkette Named Staff
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Dr. Tyrone Burkett*, •
Minnesota pastor, will Join
the staff of the Synod of
North Carolina, Presbyte
rian Church (U.S.A.), as
Staff Associate for Synod
Ministries, effective
February 1.
His duties will include
helping coordinate sever
al specific kinds of work in
the Synod’s programs. Dr.
Burkette is senior paster of
the Dayton Avenue Pres
byterian Church in St.
Paul, Minnesota, a position
he baa held since 1975.
Rev. Dudley Crawford is
chairman of the search
commlttse that selected
Dr. Burkette. “Dr. Burk
ette hes the kind of per
sonality we felt will be
important to accompltab
ing the tasks of the Synod in
the next tew years,” Rev.
Crawford commented. In
summary the committee
felt Dr. Burkett* has the
skills and competencies ter
the Job, a good record in
administering a pariah
ministry, and considerable
involvement in the world
of higher levels of the
church.”
ut. Burkette will aim be
.involved in the transition
work within North Carol
ina's reunion of the two
Presbyterian denomin
ation: one predominantly
in the South and the other
in the rest of the country.
The two former denomina
tknahad split in the^Civil
. War. Mart members of the
former Southern church in
NoMh Carolina are white,
while most members of the
. other, United Presbyterian
Church, in the state ate
Black. Dr. Burkette added
that be hopes ; te aid a
smoother transition to a re
united church.
1 Dr. Burkette teldi a doc
tor of ministry degree from
United Theological Semin
ary in Minnesota. Ha and
Ws wife, Dorothy, have two
chikken-Gordon, 18 and
Michelle, 10. He Isa mem
ber of the General Assem
bly's Committee revising
. the directory of worship.
ChurchwiUhMd itobSutll
ation Service Sunday,
January It, at 5 p.m. Rev.
CuthberUon, pastor of
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, will be the guest
^The'jpublic is warmly
invited to attend. The
church is located at M17
Trinity Rd., Rev. Robert
M. Miller, pastor,
. ST JOHN
Pastor Robert task and
the members of New'St
John Baptist Church will
_ have special gueats Sun
Dr. Tyrsae Bwkettt
.Ob PresMeat's staff
day, January 15, at tbe 11
a m. and 6 p.m. services.
Tbe WSES Community
Choir, nationally known,
will-perform. The choir
hafls from Raleigh and is
under the direction of Rev.
Jerry McOorrey and
Rosalyn Gillium. Ronald
Gillim wlD be tbe sccom
pflnist.
At 6 p.m. tbe WSES
Community Choir will ren
der a Concert at • p.m. The
public is cordially invited
to attend. St. John Baptist
Church is located at 2000 St.
John Rd.
MYERS PARK
On January 12, at 7:20
p.m. in Shalom Hail of
Myers' Park Baptist
Church, 1900 Queens Road,
tbe Ninth District Com
mittee of NC PEACE, a
peace oriented political ac
tion committee, will boat a
Candidates Forum for an
nounced candidates for tbe
Ninth District Congres
sional race. Democrats
Susan Green, D.G. Martin
and Ben Uson, and Repu
blican Alex McMillan have
agreed to speak.
BUI Walker, local TV
personality, will chair tbe
meeting. The public is cor
dially invited.
me candidates nave
bean asked to speak to their
philosophy about the pur
suit of peace and to three
peace issues: first strike
weapons, the military bud
got, and the proper use of
military force in Third
World countries.
Following the Candi
dates’ Forum, the Endorse
ment Committee of the ,9th
District Committee will
meet to consider - endors
ing a candidate or candi
dates. The Ninth District
Committee is made up of
individuals who have ben
active in local peace
groups and is chaired by
Dr. Patrick Conover, a
local clergyman. Dr. Con
over can be reached .at
375-8238.
STATESVILLE AVE.
R Douglas Spears and
Thomas J. Anderson,
..members of Statesville
Avenue Presbyterian
> Church, both received die
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tinguished awards in scout
ing recently. I
Spears was named Scout
Master of the Year and
Anderson received the
Scout Merit Award as
assistant Scout Master of
the Year of the Talahi Dis
trict.
R*v . Robert Leek
.St. John Paitor
Statesville Avenue will
have prayer meeting each
Wednesday night in Janu
ary beginning at 7p.m. The
Owrch Support Committee
will lead ttyese prayer
meeting. You are invited
to come and start the year
with prayer.
Mmwity Exceed Goal
Federal procurement
from minority-owned
businesses in fiscal year
1983 exceeded die Reagan
Administration’s goal by
$10 million, according to a
preliminary report re
leased by the Commerce
Department’s Minority
Business Development
Agency (MBDAh
Reports submitted by fe
deral data represent
ativea for minority busi
dm development in fe
deral departments and
agencies Mow a total of
(4.812 billion in procure
ment from minority firms.
The fiscal 1983 goal was
(4.802 billion.
Ip December, 1982, Pre
sident Reagan set a goal of
(15 bUlion for fiscal years
1983 through 1985 for
Junior Achievement
Sete Operating Fir1 Drive
The 1984 Operating Fund
Drive for Junior Achieve
ment started January 11
and will end February 8.
Junior Achievement cur
rently offers four, separate
programs which reach stu
dents from the sixth grade
through the senior year of
college.
Each nrogram is de
signed to provide s better
understanding of the free
enterprise business sys
tem. Mayor Harvey Gantt
was the fund raising “kick
off" speaker, ilm cere
mony was held recently at
the Sheraton Canter. Over
200 volunteer “free enter
prisers” gathered, includ
ing- general chairman for
this year’s drive, J. W.
Disher, vice president of
Lance, Inc.
“Our goal for this drive
will provide funding for all
JA programs which win
reach over 5,000 area
young people -I can’t think
of a better investment for
Charlotte contribution dol
lars,” Disber announced.
This year’s operating
fund drive goal has been
set at $225,000.
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byterian Church, located at
Stete^rllle Awe., is
by Rev. Wilburn
a “Blood Donor*’ on son
day, January U. The
Deacon Board reqNSts
C^JSghtfta*gototte
American Rad Qrmt, MK
Park Rd., between 13:90 - 4
p.m. to help fulfill their
pledge.
Rav. Lloyd B. Morris is
paster of Grier Heights
Presbyterian Church,,
located at 935 Skyland
Avenue. '
CHARLOTTE PARKS
The Charlotte Parks
and Recreation Depart
ment will sponsor ceramics
classes at the Arts and
Oafts Staff Office Build
minority business's share
of federal procurement.
The goal for fiscal IMS was
a 10 percent Increase over
actual procuremsut for
fiscal IMS.
MBDA Acting Director
Theron J. Bell said, "Aa
agencies submit their
minority business develop
ment plans for fiscal year
1964, we will review their
procurement plana. To
reach the president's three
year abjective of MB bill
ion, the target for fiscal
19M will be 95 MUon."
A final repost with a
breakdown of data by agon
cy will be released hi
January. Copies of the
report may be obtained
from the MBDA Informa
tion Clearinghouse by
calling MW77-S414.
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