Church News Brief* V
Salem Baptist Church To Celebrate Its 111th Church Anniversary Sunday
Poet Staff Writer
"This is the time in which Salem
invitee all their friends, farmer
members and family to come back
.home and fellowship together, to eat
and to enjoy a reunion.”
These words of Rev. Anthony L.
Jinwright, pastor of Salem Baptist
Church, announces the occasion of
the lllth Church Anniversary,
Homecoming and Family Day to be
held Sunday, September 22, at the
Salem Baptist. This church la locat
ed at 5318 Salem Church Road.
The special day begins with an 11
a.m. service when Rev. Jlnwright
will deliver die morning mesnge,
expressing the theme: "The Family
that Prays Together, Stays To
gether.” Immediately following the
morning service an old fashioned
home cooked dinner will fan tarred
Then, at 2:80 p.m., guest speaker
for the occasion will ha the Rev.
John Mendez, pastor of Bmmamiel
i Baptist Church In Winston-Salem, -
N.C. A graduate of Shaw University
in Raleigh, N.C,, Rev. Mendez has
also completed studies at South
eastern Seminary hi Wake Forest,
N.C.
Currently, be Is very involved in
traveling for religious purposes,
having Journeyed to South America,
Haiti, and Africa in his mission,
Rev. Mender wiU be accompanied
by his choirs and congregation this
-A Sunday at Salem.
Reflecting upon the phenomenally
long time that Salem Baptist Church
has sustalead, Rev. Jlnwright af
firms, "One hundred and eleven
years God has kept Salem together
and that’s not Just by chance. I
attribute it to the goodness of the
Lord and the humbleness of the
congregation which respects the
Lord as the head."
The public is cordially invited to
attend aU services during Salem’s
111th Church Anniversary, Home
coming and Family Day.
GREATER BETHEL AME
The Williams Memorial Chib of
Greater Bethel AME Church will
present ita fifth annual Rainbow Tea
on Sunday, September 22, from 6-7
p.m. at the Greenville Community
Center, 1330 Spring St.
Door prises will be given sway.
Donations are $2. Ms. V. W. Step
tea u is president of the Williams
Memorial Club. Rev. D. L. Morri
son is pastor of Greater Bethel
AME.
MOORE’S SANCTUARY
Moore’s Sanctuary AME Zion
Church, 4101 Morris Field Dr , will
he the site for the Plato Price School
Association’s fall meeting on Satur
day, September 21, at 7 p.m.
All former students and teachers v
are urged to attend.
D. L. Grier is -president of the
association. Rev. John Jackson is
minister of Moore's Sanctuary.
ST. LUKE
Annual Homecoming and fall re
vival services will be celebrated at
- St. Luke Baptist Church, hogtnntwg
Sunday, September 22.
On Sunday at 3 pm., the annual
Homecoming sermon wUl be de
livered by Rev. Lloyd Reid. He will
be accompanied by his choirs and
the congregation of the Red Hill
Baptist Church in Lancaster, S.C.
The annual revival wiU begin at
6:30 p.m. this Sunday and far the
remainder of the week. Rev. Oscar
L.
Rev. Anthony L. Jlnwright
.Hoet* Homecoming
Rev. Bernard H. Svllivan
.Guest speaker
Cook, of Zion Hill Baptist Church,
Winston-Salem, will be evangelist.
Sunday evening’s guest choir will be
from Boyd Hill Baptist Church of >
Rock Hill, S.C.
The public is cordially invited to
all services. St. Luke is located at
UOhRodeyAve. Rev. L.D. Parker is
pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE AME ZION
The Pleasant Grove AME Zion
Church in Concord, N.C., will share
• a special “Day of Appreciation” for
its pastor, Rev. S. Franklin Russell,
Sunday, September a, at a 2:30 p.m
service.
This is Rev. Russell’s first year as
pastor. Pleasant Grove has risen to
heights unexpected under his re
sourceful and dynamic leadership
He also serves die Concord Dis
tract of the West Central North
Carolina Conference, where he is the
conference secretary.
ttev. u. David Stackhouse, pastor
of Tabernacle Baptist Church, will
deliver the appreciation sermon.
The instrumental choir, the youth
choir, junior ushers and congrega
tion of Tabernacle will accompany
him.
- The public is invited. ... '
METROLINA SEMINARY CTR.
The Metrolina Seminary Cen
ter, an extension of Shaw Divinity
School in Raleigh, N.C., headed by
Dr. William Lee Jr. and Dr. Leon C.
Riddick, will open its fall EngUeh
class on Tuesday, September 22, at
Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 3301
Tuckaseegee Rd.
The fully accredited, 18-hour
course will be held for six weeks on
Tuesday nights at 7 and on Satur
day morning at 10.
The class is open to pastors,
ministers, Sunday School teacher*,
and any persons interested in im- -
proving their English. Pull cost is
only *30, which includes books,
materials, and service.
Registration will be held from
6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Septem
ber 24, and the first class period will
follow.
For more information, call the
director, Dr. William Lee Jr., at
596-3831.
CRUSADE
The Lucille Petty Evangelistic
Crusade for Christ will be Satur
day, September 37, at 7 p.m. and
Sunday, Septembers*, from 3-7 p.m.
at the County Boy Scout Hut in Wylie
Park, Lancaster, 8.C.
Everyone is invited. Come and
expect a blessing.
««ne all of °ur trouble, on President
Reagan. No. he la not blameless. but I remember a biblical
quotation that tells us to let he who has not sinned cast the
first stone.
ThereS no denying that the budget cut. wfll have s nega
tive effect in the Black community However, that does not
mean that we must despair mid throw our hands in the air.
No. I say that It la time for Black adults to have the intestinal
fortitude to stand up and face reality We must stop wvttng
time and energy talking about racism and use that time to tell
each other that the Lord helpa those who )ielp themselves. We
must face up to the fact that welfare la psychological slavery
becaum people give up Independence, freedom, pride and Ini
tiative for a check. The government Is not obligated to take
care of us. Black people had problems and survived before
President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the National Relief
Act in 1934. Black people have overcome thetr trials and trib
ulations in life through pride. Initiative and the work ethic. Of
course, they needed and accepted assistance. But they did not
accept It as a way of life. Tbday Black adults must stop viewing
our problems from a negative standpoint We can help our
selvra-more of us can take a Job while we are looklrw forth*
Job. Our youths must not be made to believe that because they
ai*en<^ inner-city schools they are not academically competent.
Black main must accept their responsibility as fathers so the
Black family can be strengthened. My friends, we do for
ourselves if we ever hope to make it to the promisediland.
Jee'Bihck
Vice President
The Greyhound Corporation
ST. TIMOTHY'S
The Rev. Arthur C. Whitmore will
be ordained to the aacred priest
hood of the Anglican Catholic
Church on Saturday, September 21,
at 10 a.m.
Father Whitmore spent three
years In seminary and several yeers
in various ministries associated with
the church. He has been a Deacon’s
assistant at St. Timothy’s for more
than one year, assisting Father
Dulken at the Mass and giving
homilies and taking the Blessed
Sacrament to the elderly and shut
ins.
Urn Rt. Rev. Tillman B. Wil
liams, Bishop of the South ot the
Anglican Catholic Church, will per
form the ordination and also conse
crate the altar tor the new sanc
tuary which is presently under con
struction. The public is invited to St.
Timothy's, located at 2211 Margaret
Wallace Rd. " f. -
PLAZA UNITED
Former pro basketball star Chuck
Richards, now an FBI Investigator
of drug trafficking in sports, will be
the featured speaker at a communi
ty program 7 p.m., Saturday,
September 21, at Plaza United Me
thodist Church, SflOo The Plaza.
Richards, who played for the
Washington Bullets, runs drug
forums for the National football
League and collegiate basketball
training camps.
He will discuss the use and abuse
of drugs with an emphasis on in
formation for youths and parents
and will answer questions from the
audience following his presentation.
The program is tree and open to
the public.
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Reed Brody, Columbia Law School
graduate and former Assistant At
torney GejMral for Ifew York State,
will spedk at life Unitarian
Church * Charlotte, 234 Sharon
Amity Rd. North, on Friday, Sep
tember 20, at 7 p.m.
Mr. Brody led a fact-finding
team to investigate recent Contra
violence in Nicaragua and will speak
about his team’s first-hand docu
mented findings.
The public is urged to attend.
■' , SIMPSON-GILLE8PIE
The Simpson-Gillespie United Me
thodist Church congregation has
Michael McClain ‘
.Host* revival
sold its church property to the Jesus
Christ Holiness Church. This action
is the second major step of the
congregation in its building pro
gram
The congregation purchased pro
perty at a new site on the corner of
Beatties Ford Rd. and Griers Grove
Rd. in 1983. Present plans call for
construction of the new church to
begin in 1988.
During the interim, the Simpscm
Gillespie Church congregation will
share faculties with Jesus Christ
Holiness Church at MO Winston St.
The Sunday worship schedule has
been changed as follows: Church
School at 9 a.m. and morning wor
ship at 10:30 a.m.
Rev. John F. Epps is pastor of
Simpson-Gillespie
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BAPTIST TRAINING UNION
Church Growth and Development
Workshop wUl present a national
one-day Baptist Training Union
Workshop on Saturday, September
21, at the Quality Inn (301 S.
McDowell St., Charlotte). The
workshop wUl be held from 9:30 a.m.
until 2 p.m., registration begins at 9.
Based in Nashville, Tn., Church
Growth and Development Work
shop is a religious educational in
stitute, and is designed to main
tain and improve the professional
skills of church leaders and admin
istrators.
The Baptist Training Union
Workshop directs its focal point
towards reinforcing the leadership
training tradition at full strength in
-the church, and is scheduled to tour
across the country.
Original resource books and in
structional materials have been pro
duced by the company to revitalize
the church leadership training pro
gram. The topics ST the workshop
are: t) The Ministry of the Baptist
Training Union; 2) Building Lead
ers Through the Baptist Training
Union; 3) The Structure of the ■
Baptist Training Union; and 4) The
Baptist Training Union in Action.
The enrollment fee is $15 per
person, which includes s packet of
free workshop study materials far
each participant. Pree-agistrants
wUl receive a free copy of the New
National Baptist Parallel Bible.
The National Baptist Publishing
Board is the sponsor for the 1986
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UTTLE ROCK AME ZION
Adlise I. Porter, second vice presi
dent of the Women’s Home and
Overseas Missionary Society of the
AME Zion Church, will be «[wh»i
guest speaker Sunday, September
22, when Little Rock AME Zion hosts
its annual Woman’s Day program.
A resident of Detroit, Mi., Mrs.
Porter is an educator. She has re
ceived a B.S. degree from Southern
University, an M.S. degree from
Oklahoma State and a doctor of
education degree from the Universi
ty of San Francisco. She is af
filiated with several national dvic
and social organizations and is also
extensively involved with AME Zion
Church activities. In IKS, she was
cited by the Michigan Chronicle as a
"Leading Black Church Woman’’ in
Detroit, Mi.
Additionally, Mrs. Porter has re
cently released an album entitled.
"Messages of Hope,” recorded on
her own label.
She wID speak during the II a.m.
service at Little Rock AME Zion.
The church is located at 401 N.
McDowell St. Rev. William White
Sr. is pastor.
The public is urged tosttahdT ~T~
newst.john
“Cliques make for pretenses and
hinder growth in the church, while
unity represents the body of Christ,”
says Rev. Robert Leak. And, to
elaborate on *htfo ideas, he speaks
on the theme: “Unity vs. Cliques in
God’s Church" Sunday, Saptwnher
23, during New St. John Baptist
Church’s morning service.
At this time, Rev. Leak also an
nounces that on September M, the
youth of the church will be in charge
of services at 11 a m. Rev. A B.
Sutton Jr., associate minister of
Ebenexer Baptist Church, will be
guest speaker.
The public is cordially invited to
attend New St. John, located at 3000
St. John Rd. in the Hickory Grove
area. Rev. Robert Leak is pastor.
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