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RELIGION / The Charlotte Post
November?, 1996
CHURCH NEWS
•Bethany Baptist Church
4700 Willard SL
The hymn choir will celebrate
its anniversary Sunday at 2:30
p.m.
• • •
The Youth Department will
sponsor a car wash on Saturday
at 10 a.m. at the Pizza Hut on
Freedom Dr.
•ML Zion Church of God
122 Glen Rock Dr.
The church will hold services
at Smith Middle School, 1600
Tyvola Road, while the chinch
undergoes construction.
Services begin at 10 a.m. and
morning service wiU be held at
11 a.m.
•Shepherd's Fold AME
Zion
428 West Blvd.
Rev. C. David Stackhouse will
celebrate his 25th anniversary
Sunday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The speaker for the afternoon
service will the Rev. Phillip
Davis, pastor of Nations Ford
Baptist Church.
•New St. John Baptist
2000 New SL John Church
Road
The Sunday message is titled
“Full time church with part-
time membership - not using
what you have.” The message
will be presented by the Rev.
Robert Leak and the Rev.
Vernell Lyles and the Rev.
Sarah McMillon.
• Salem Baptist
5318 Salem Church Road
The church wiU host its einnu-
al Men of Valor luncheon on
Saturday at noon at the Holiday
Inn Woodlawn. The speaker for
the event wUl be the Rev. Otis
Lockett, pastor and founder of
Evangel Fellowship Church of
God in Christ of Greensboro.
For more information, caU 399-
5448/
•Clinton Chapel AME Zion
319 Whitehaven Ave.
The Progressive Club wUl cele
brate its annual day Sunday at
3 p.m. The Rev. Alice Johnson of
Antioch Victory Apostolic
Church wiU be the guest speak
er. For more information, call
333-9803.
•Catawba Presbyterian
Church
11401 McCoy Road
Huntersville
The church wUl host a barbe
cue and fish fiy Saturday fixim
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Plates are $5.
•Myers Park Presbyterian
2501 Oxford Place
Charlotte native Sam Fulwood
wUl discuss race and religion at
7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14. Fulwood,
author of “Waking from the
Dream: My Life in the Black
Middle Class” wUl host another
discussion Friday at 7:45 at the
Museum of the New South, 324
North CoUege St.
The Mecklenburg General
Baptist Association Ushers
Auxiliary will meet on
Saturday at 5 p.m. at
Macedonia Baptist Church,
1300 Hatteras Ave. For more
information, caU 535-1908.
•Grace AME Zion
219 Brevard SL
The church wUl host a bicen
tennial celebration and
revival/homecoming services
Nov. 13-17 at 7 p.m. Guest
evangelists include the Rev.
George McNeely of Greenville
AME Zion , the Rev. Clinton
Caesar of Shiloh Institutional
Baptist and the Rev. Charles
Reid of Steele Creek AME Zion.
For more information, caU 332-
7669.
Upcoming events
•First Mayfield Memorial
Baptist
901 Oaklawn Ave.
Gospel Extravaganza-Nov. 17
at 4 p.m.
•Reeder Memorial
Missionary Baptist
3725 Beatties Ford Road
Youth Motivational
Workshop, Nov. 16 9 a.m. - 2
p.m.
•Ebenezer Baptist
2020 W. Sugar Creek Road
West Charlotte High School
Gospel Choir concert, Nov. 17 at
3 p.m.
•Charlotte Christian
School
7301 Sardis Road
Carman’s “Revival in the
Land,” Nov. 21-22 at 7 p.m.
•Greater Bethel AME
201 Grandin Road
Fish Fiy Nov. 23 at 10 a.m.
•Third Street Presbyterian
The church will host a fund
raiser Nov. 17 at First
Presbyterian Church, 1621 East
Garrison Blvd. Gastonia, at 3
p.m. Dinners are $10. AU pro
ceeds will benefit the church
building fund. For more infor
mation, caU 864-2080.
The Post is looking for ministers to write for “The
Pastor’s Study,” a monthly forum for readers that
tackles spiritual issues. Tb participate, please sub
mit an essay on the rehgious topic of your choice to
PO Box 30144, Charlotte, N.C. 20230.
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GALILEE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. F.A. Griffin, PASTOR
Rev. F.A. Grlffiii
Sunday School 9:45a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00a.m.
Sunday 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.
The Deadline for “Church
News” is 5 p.m. Monday.
3545 Beatties Ford Road
Dr. Walter H.
McKelvey
(704)399-2717
Biracial couple fiiKis
no solice in church
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THOMASVILLE, Ga. -
“Jaime Wireman and Jeffrey
Bubba” Johnson made
headlinesseven months ago
when Baptist deacons asked
her to remove their
baby's body from a church
cemetery because she is white
and he is black.
After leaving Georgia and
spending time in Florida,
where they ran into more mis
fortune, the couple are back in
Thomasville. But their luck
hasn't changed much.
“We have no place to stay.
We’ve slept on porch chairs
and in the bathroom at the
farmer's market before. We
never know from day to day,”
said Ms. Wireman, adding
that they also have stayed
with fiiends.
Baby Whitney, who was
bom in Meu-ch without a skull,
died a day later and was
buried at Barnett's Creek
Baptist Church cemetery.
When the church's seven
deacons learned that the
father was black, they voted
unanimously to remove the
infant's body, citing a church
policy dating from the 1800s
that barred minorities from
the cemetery.
After a public outcry, the
deacons changed their minds
and church leaders apolo
gized. But later the church
declined to marry the couple o
r let them join it.
Johnson and Ms. Wireman
left shortly after “just to get
away from everything. It was
just driving us both crazy,”
she said.
In Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
Ms. Wireman made the news
again when she was arrest
ed on theft charges. She was
with Johnson's cousin when
the relative was caught for
shoplifting, she said.
Ms. Wireman entered a no
contest plea to petty theft and
is serving a year on probation.
Stressing her iimocence, she
said it would have taken a
year in Florida to fight the
charge.
Ms. Wireman, 19, said she
has visited the state Labor
Department offices since
returning to Thomasville two
weeks ago but has been
unable to find a job.
Johnson, 26, has been back
since early September. He
began a temporary job in near
by Ochlocknee stacking and
boxing bags of cat litter for $5.
50 an hour from 7 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. He would like to get a
construction job.
The pair applied for food
stamps two weeks ago. Ms.
Wireman said they snack on
potato chips or eat at cheap
restaurants when they can
afford it.
The couple said their fami
lies stood by them through the
baby's death and controver
sy over her burial. But that's
changed, they said.
Both said relatives do not
approve of their biracial rela
tionship, which they blame for
much of their plight.
In Fort Lauderdale, Johnson
said, a pending job seemed to
disappear when the prospec
tive employer learned about
the baby controversy.
“Oh, ain't you the one on TV ?”
Johnson said he was asked.
And suddenly there was no
job.
Before the baby's birth and
death, Ms. Wireman said, the
y had jobs and a two-bed-
room mobile home.
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SiXIp.m.-EveningWorship • Dr. Donald A. Wright
Wednesday, November 6, 1996
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"The Carnal Mind vs. The Spiritual Mind"
Rev. Kenneth Bowling
9:00-11:00 a.m. Class I
"The Enemy In - A - Me" (Discipline The Flesh)
Dr. James Logan
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"The Man And Spiritual Warfare: The Offensive
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"How Do I Love Thee...?"
Rev. William Thompson
1:00-3:00 p.m. Class TV
"The Silence Of The Lamb: Why Men Don't Talk?"
Rev. fames Woodson
6:00 p.m. - Evening Workshop & Lecture
"Faithful: A One Woman Kind Of Man!"
Rev. Otis Lockett
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Friday, November 8,1996
8:00 a.m. Morning Session
'Brother To Brother: Why Don't We Communicate?"
Dr. Benjamin Hinton
9:00-11:00 a.m. Class V
"Male By Birth, But A Real Man By Choice"
Dr. fames Logan
1:00-3:00 p.m. Class VI
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Rev. O.T. McCray
6:00 p.m. Evening Workshop & Lecture
"Fasting And Praying: The Gateway To God!”
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Saturday, November 9,1996
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12:00 p.m. Luncheon
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Sunday, November 10,1996
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
"Placing My Priorities In Order"
Dea. Theodore Andrews
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
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