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RELIGION/ The Charlotte Post
March 7, 1996
The Prophet’s Column
This is a paid advertisement by J.M. Little
I know the fear unsaved
hearts live in because I lived
there for years before God
saved me. There is another
fearful Heart in particular I
want to point out. This is the
heart that is fearful to believe
or side in with the truth and
God's despised servants. You
are fearful of what your world
ly friends will say.
Some here are fearful to take
a stand with me because your
peers will make fun of you.
And you try to stay as far
away from me as you can.
You don't have to be afraid to
associate with me, my salva
tion won't rub off on you. But
let me tell you something, my
fearful friend. Before you are
saved, if you are ever to be
saved, you will not mind at all
being associated with Brother
Little. The Word testifies that
the believers have a special
love for one another.
Since you don't want to be
associated with me, shows
that you have no love for me.
When I was under conviction
for salvation, my late pastor,
L.R. Shelton, was being slan
dered and persecuted from A
to Z right here in North
Carolina. That didn't bother
me and I was not ashamed to
be associated with L.R.
Shelton. As long as you are
ashamed or afraid to be asso
ciated with the Lord's servant,
you will never be saved. The
multitude of my late pastor's
enemies are in Hell today.
My late pastor is in Heaven
enjoying all of Christ. One
day I shall go there, too. It
will be grace to see the pastor
and thank Him for being true
to my soul, but I would not
tarry long with him. My chief
reason for wanting to go to
Heaven is to see the One who
died for me. You wouldn't die
for me, but Christ did.
Friend, if you ever are awak
ened to your lost condition,
you'll come crying to me for
me to tell you something
about Christ. If the blessed
Holy Spirit never brings you
under conviction, it can be
said of you as it was said of
Judas; "it had been better for
that man that he had never
been bom." Will that be said
of you? You have a never-
d3dng soul.
It makes my heart weep to see
the multitudes going on as
sheep to the slaughter with no
concern for your soul. You
live in fear from the time you
get up in the morning until
you go to bed at night. It
doesn't have to be that way. If
you repent and turn to Christ,
He'll save you. But if you
harden your stubborn will and
heart against Him, He will
grind you to powder. Which
will it be in your case? I'm
glad the Lord saved me. I
would not exchange what I
have in Christ for ten million
worlds. Would you? May the
Lord turn you onto Himself.
PUT YOUR BUSINESS IN THE STREETS
WITH
CI)e Cljarlotte
ROCKWELL
A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
"Celebrating 128 Years
of Christianity"
V\^lliam M. Jordan III: Pastor
-WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS-
Sunday School-9;45a.m.Sunday Worship-ll;00a.m.
Tuesday "Youth In Action" 7-9p.m.
Wednesday - Prayer Service/Bible Study...6p.m.
Tutorial Prog. Tue. & Thur. all ages 4:00-6;00p.;m.
6301 Rockwell Church Rd. • Charlotte, NC 28269
596-8279
Church Notes
Thought for the week:
"Unless my talk about my
faith
Is mirrored in my walk,
The faith that glibly I pro
fess
Is merely empty talk."
•AME Zion Church
The Brotherhood Pensions
Health and Wellness
Center and Ministerial
Relief Department of the
AME Zion Church launches
a Health and Wellness
Center in Charlotte as the
AME Zion Church cele
brates its 200th birthday.
The department provides
health services to individu
als who need non-critical,
non-emergency care. Free
workshops and seminars
on health will begin this
month.
For more information, call
599-4630.
•Baha'i communities of
M[int Hill and Matthews
The Baha'i commimity and
the William C. Wachob
Peace Project are accepting
nominations through
March for residents who
have promoted peace on a
local, national or interna
tional level. The award
will be presented March 30.
For more information, call
545-1616.
• • •
The Baha'i community will
hold its monthly meeting
7:30 p.m. March 2 at
Lebanon Road Elementary
School, 7300 Lebanon
Road. The topic is "What
Does the Holy Bible Say
About Jesus Christ's
Second Return?"
For more information, call
552-1212.
•Christian Family
Missionary
3030 S. Allen Street
The Mecklenburg General
Baptist Association Ushers
Auxiliary will meet on
Saturday at 5 p.m. at
Chrisitian Family
Missionary Baptist Church.
For additional information,
call 372-5338 or 535-1908.
•Clement Memorial
AME Zion
2207 Newland Road
On March 17 at 5 p.m. the
Annual Twelve Tribe Rally
will be held. Rev. Rollins
Graham of Mowing Glade
AME Zion Church will be
the guest speaker.
For more information call
393-0916.
•Friendship Baptist
Gastonia
African American art
exhibits will be on display
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Exhibits will include art
prints, artwork, books and
clothing.
For more information, call
865-9016.
•Greater Bethel AME
201 Grandin Road
Family and Friends Day
will be celebrated Sumday.
Gilbert Harper Sr. will be
the 8 a.m. guest speaker,
while the Rev. Y. Benjamin
Bruce Sr. of Jacksonville,
Fla. will be the guest
speaker at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Conrad K.
Pridgen is pastor.
•Greenville Memorial
AME Zion
The fourth annual heritage
festival and fish fry will be
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.
Special workshops will be
conducted and vendors will
be available.
For more information, con
tact Gary Dawkins at 597-
8181.
•Mowing Glade AME
Zion
8951 Albemarle Road
The Trustees will sponsor
Family Day 3 p.m.
Stmday
The Rev Rollins S. Graham
is pastor. For more infor
mation, call 563-1563.
• International
Ministers' Wives
Association
The southeast reagion of
the association will host its
regional meeting at the
Airport Sheraton Plaza
Hotel Friday and Saturday.
The welcome night pro
gram will be at Friendship
Missionary Baptist Church,
3301 Beatties Ford Road, 7
p.m. Friday.
Workshops and a limcheon
will be held at the Sheraton
9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Celeste Ashe Johnson,
president of the lAMWMW,
will be the guest speaker.
The luncheon is $15 per
person.
•Mmmt Zion Baptist
McConnells, S.C.
The Rev. John McCoy will
celebrate his second
Appreciation Day 3 p.m.
Sunday. Rev. Norman
McCoy
Kerry and the Chappell
Memorial Baptist congrega
tion will be the guest. Rev.
Bobby Featherstone and
the St. Paul
Baptist con-
gr.egation
and Rev.
R.H.Leak
and the New
St. John
congregation
will also be
guests. For
more infor
mation and
directions call 803-684-
9302.
•Nations Ford Baptist
7410 Nations Ford Road
Williani Becton, the newest
gospel artist of the year,
will be in concert 7:30 p.m.
Saturday. Becton is well-
known for his single "Be
Encouraged" from the
album Broken. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call
522- 6480.
• • •
On Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. the church’s Half
Day Pre-School Program
will resume. There will be
art, computer, and aerobics
classes. For more informa
tion call Cynthia Davis at
523- 4191.
•New St. John Baptist
2000 New St. John Road
Mission Day will be
observed at 8 a.m. Sunday.
Rev. Sarah McMillian will
be the keynote speaker. At
11 a.m. Georgia Guest from
Salem Baptist Church will
deliver the message. At 2
p.m., ground breaking ser
vices for the new church
will be held. For more
information, call 536-6490
or 375-2149.
•Noah's Ark Outreach
Ministries.
The Healing Stream of the
Ark will hold service
through March 31, 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m., at the
Renaissance Place, 631 N.
Tryon Street. For more
information call Bishop
Queen at 704-392-6055.
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CONTACT:
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(704)375-8108
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•Reeder Memorial
Baptist
3725 Beatties Ford Road
At 3 p.m. Sunday, the
Moore Henley Steger
Children's Choir of Reeder
Memorial Baptist church
will celebrate its first
anniversary. Pastor Eric
Henly of New Jerusalem in
East Spencer will be the
master of ceremony. The
pastor is the Rev. C. Don
Steger.
• • •
At 4 p.m. on March 17, the
Mighty Voices of Reeder
presents "The Ole Ship Of
Zion" in celebration of their
8th anniversay. The cele
bration is open to the pub
lic.
•Reeves Temple AME
Zion
Davidson
"African American History
in Word and Song" will be
presented 2 p.m. Simday
The Rev. Claire Hurst is
pastor. For more informa-
* See CHURCH page 13A
GALILEE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. F.A. Griffin, PASTOR
Rev. F.A. Griffin
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Sunday School 9:45a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00a.m.
Simday School Study - Wed. 7pm
Prayer Service - 8pm
2933 Shady Lane • Charlotte, NC 28208
333-0810
SIMPSON - GILLESPIE
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Dr. Walter McKelvey, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00a.m.
Bible Study - Tue, 7:00PM
3545 Beatties Ford Road
Dr. Walter H.
McKelvey
(704)399-2717
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Charlotte, NC 28227
704-332-8764 Bus. Line
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