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CJN. Jenkins Gospel Choir To Honor Ms. Annie
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Sunday, January 22, the
C. N. Jenkins Gospel Choir
will present its Third An
nual Gospelrama honoring
Charlotte native Annie
Rose Poole. This services
begins at 5 p.m.
The choir, under the
leadership of Geraldine
Dykes Daniel, will have an
unveiling and dedication of
a plaque commemorating
the induction of the Gospel
Spiritual Hall of Fame
Artists including Annie
Rose Poole and many local
misicians.
ine nail 01 t ame was
established in 1961 to show
appreciation for the Mu
sicians in the Charlotte
area who have demonstrat
ed exceptional dedication
1 to Gospel and Spiritual
music. At the annual con
cert in 1963, disc jockey
Robert Harris of radio
station WPEG and Bill
Johnson of The Charlotte
Post were honored for their
loyalty and support for
Gospel and Spiritual mu
sic in the Charlotte area.
Choir members were in
spired to honor Mrs. Poole
by John Yorl of the Char
lotte Observer and Grace
Stevenson, former Char
lotte-Mecklenburg school
teacher and a member, of
C. N. Jenkins Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Poole, often re
' ferred to as Charlotte’s
- Mahalia Jackson, has
served the community for
40 years. She was the first
soloist to sing weekly on
radio station WGIV in 1948.
She was the official song
leader for the N.C. State
NAACP for six years. She
organised the Spiritual
Choir at St. Paul Baptist
Church where she is now
assistant music director
under the leadership of
pastor Dr. Paul W. Drum
mood.
Former baseball player
Jackie Robinson was so
taken by Mrs. Poole that he
arranged for her to apoaar
at the AppoUo Theatre and
. Carnegie Hall in New York
City. It was fulfilled
through Kelly Alexander,
Sr., chairman of the Na
tioma NAACP.
’•WB. *-ooie nas starred in
various plays and film pro
ductions at Central Pied
mont Community College
' and the Little Theatre in
Charlotte. She received a
1 degree in Religion from
Teamer’s School of Reli
gion, an associate degree in
Applied Science from
Central Piedmont and is
presently working on •
Bachelor's degree in Un
man Services at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
The public is cordially
; invited to share in this
appreciation program for
Mrs. Pool. C. N. Jenkins’
; choir president is Sylibia
Bowens, Publicity Chair
hum is Mary Chary. C. N.
Jenkins Memorial Presby
terian Church is pastured
by Rev. George C. Good
man. The church is lo
» cated at 1421 Statesville
Ave.
MYER8 TABERNACLE
Myers Tabernacle AME
Zion Church, located at 909
Cherry Street, will have an
e9Mng service every
foorth Sunday night at 7
pjm. Everyone is welcome.
Choirs and groups will be
present. Speaker for Janu
ary 22 will be Rev. Linde
M. Brown. Rev. C. C.
Thompson is pastor.
FIRST MAYFIELD
The Deacons and Dea
conesses will sponsor their
annual program at 3 p.m.,
January 22 at First May
field Memorial Baptist
Church, 901 Oaklawn Ave.
Rev. W. T. Richardson,
pastor of the Mt. Pisgah
Baptist Church in Wax
haw, will be the guest
speaker. You are invited to
come out in support of this
effort.
Rev. Jeremiah Robinson
is pastor.
MEMORIAL
The position of organist
choir director for the
Chancel Choir of Me
morial Presbyterian
Church, is open for ap
plicants All inquiries and
applications are to be sent
to Willi^i Blakeney, 2600
Beatties T^ord Rd , Char
lotte, NiC. 28216. Me
morial is located at 2600
Beatties Ford Road
Memorial Presbyterian
Church (USA) will hold its
Evangelism Service Sun
day, February 22, at 11
i.m.
Rev. St. Paul Epps will
the guest speaker. Rev.
i has worked for the
ANNIE ROSE POOLE
_To be honored Sunday
Department of Evangelism
of the Presbyterian
Churches and was the
Executive Director for the
Self-Development of
People. .
The public is cordially
invited to attend this Joy
ous service. Rev. E. D.
Newberry is pastor.
ST.JOHN
Sunday morning pastor
Robert Leak’s message
will be centered around
“Leaders That Lead” at
New St. John Baptist
Church.
At 3 p.m. Rev. Leak,
choir and congregation of
St. John Baptist will be
special guests at Provi
dence Baptist Church in
Mt. Holly. This program
will be the 1984 installation
of Providence officers.
Rev. Leak will deliver
the evening message. Rev.
Burrell Brooks is pastor of
Providence.
On the fifth Sunday at 11
a m., Rev. Melvin Mc
Cullough, pastor of Wom
ble AME Zion Church,
choir and congregation
will be guests during the
installation service of St.
John Baptist. At 2:30 p.m.,
the Mecklenburg General
Baptist Association Sunday
School and Baptist Train
ing Union will convene at
New St. John. Classes will
be taught for all phases of
church work. Cedric Jones
is pceaident. The public Is
cordially invited.
9L Jonn Baptist is locat
ed at 2000 St. John Rd. in
MYERS TABERNACLE *
Beginning Sunday, Jan
uary 29, Myers Tabernacle
AME Zion Church will be
holding evening services
each fourth Sunday night at
7 p.m.
Speakers for these ser
vices will be associate
ministers of Myers Taber
nacle.
The speaker for January
29 is the Rev. Linda
Brown. Music for the
evening services will be
provided by the sanctuary
choir of Myers.
Rev. Caroell C. Thomp
son is the pastor of Myers
Tabernacle, located at 509
Cherry Street in the Cherry
community of Charlotte.
Please come and help up
lift the name of God in
these services.
Rev. Terry McCaskill.
GREATER BETHEL
The Annual Women’s
Day Observance will be
held at Greater AME
Church Sunday, January
22. Guest speaker at this 11
a m. worship service will
be Audrey Barnes, trie
vision news reporter with
station WSOC in Charlotte.
The theme for this year's
observance is “Women,
Light Up Your Lives ami
the Lives of Others.”
The theme will also be
highlighted during the y
p.m evening creative wor
ship hour when women of
the church and other
church members will dis
play their musical and
dramatic talents.
Everyone is cordially in
vited to participate in both
services.
nev Levi Brown, Jr. is
pastor.
Greater Bethel is located
at 201 Grandin Road.
CHAPPELL MEMORIAL
Missions Day will be held
Sunday, January 22, at
Chappell Memorial Baptist
Church, 412 S. Hoskins
Avenue. .
The theme is “Mis
sions Reaching Out.”
Teresa Cireton will be
the 11 a.m speaker. She is
a young adult member of
Chappell Memorial. The
afternoon program will
consist of a presentation
from each missionary
department. This will be
gin at 4 p.m. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Rev. Wilson Mitchell is
pastor.
STATESVILLE AVE.
Statesville Avenue Pres
byterian Church will cele
brate its 32nd anniversary
Sunday, January 22 during
the 11 a.m. worship
service.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins,
pastor emeritus, will de
liver a special anniversary
message.
The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Statesville Avenue will
have prayer meeting each
Wednesday in January at 7
p.m. The Church Support
Community will lead the
prayer meetings. States
ville Avenue Presbyterian
Church, located at 260&
Statesville Ave., is pas
tored by Rev. Wilburn
Sanders. **>0 3
SALEM BAPTIST
The Deacon* ¥ Salem
Baptist Church will spon
sor an Old Time' Twelve
Tribes Program Sunday,
January 22, at 7 am.
Chairman Dewfei John
A. McCullough, Sr. states,
“You will misg a treat if
you are not present. The
program promises to be
spirit-filled ted yoe will be
blessed through song.”
Proceeds from the pro
gram will go.towyurds the
building of the new
Church edifice.
The Fifth Sunday Night
of January, the Prayer
Meeting Choir of Living
stone College, Salisbury,
will perform in concert
beginning at 7 p.m.
The program is being
sponsored by the Pastor’s
AM of the church Betty
Charlotte's
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Rev. Jeremiah Robin son
•First Mayfield paster
Anderson is president. You
are invited to attend. The
choir is under the direc
tion of S. Washington. Ad
visor is Rev. Mrs. Willie
Aldrich and the chaplain is
SHILOH INSTITUTIONAL
"Hotel Heaven," a Chris
tian play, will be present
ed at the Shiloh Institu
tional Baptist Church Sun
day, January 22, at 7 gjn.
The play was written by
a member of the Saint Paul
Baptist Church, and its
cast of characters are all
members of that church.
Saint Paul’s pastor, Dr.
Paul W. Drummond, also
has a role in the play.
This play has been per
formed by this drama
group at several local ;
churches and it has re
ceived high praises for
being a fine dramatic
presentation.
Sponsored by the Pas
tor’s Aid of Shiloh Insti
tutional Baptist Chinch,
"Hotel Heaven” is one of
several programs they
have planned for 1984.
There is no admission and
the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Shiloh Institutional Bap
tist Church is located at
2400 Greenland Avenue,
where Rev. T. G. Davis
serves as pastor.
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TORRENCE CHAPEL
The Spiritualaires of
Torrence Chapel AME
Zion Church in Davidson
will present the Children of
Sun Gospel Choir from the
University of North
Carolina at Charlotte in
concert Sunday, January
22, at 3 p.m.
Also featured will be the
L.D. Parker Mass Choir of
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St Luke Baptist Church.
Both choirs are well
known for their fine king
ing and performing abili
ties. You are invited to this
gospel music program.
Tony Howard is president
of the sponsoring group,
Eudean Knox is program
chairman aad Rev. G.S.
Waddell is minister.
Torrence Chapel A ME
Zion Is located on Tor
rence Chapel Rd. in DaVid
son.
NCCJ
The National Conference
of Christians and Jews in
vites all citizens to partici
pate in a community dia
logue Wednesday, January
25, at noon at the Trade
Street YWCA. The subject
will be the South African
Black-White issue and how
it affects us.
Dr. Bob Mundt of the
Political Science Depart
ment at UNCC; Kelly Alex
ander, Jr., of the NAACP
and South African John
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