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13A RELIGION / The Charlotte Post Thursday, February 13,1997 CHURCH NEWS News of note • East Charlotte Fellowship, a satellite of Nations Ford Baptist Church, has added a Wednesday Bible study for children, youth and adults. Services will be held at East Mecklenburg High School, 6800 Monroe Road at 7 p.m. •First Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church will offer a “Weekend of Sun and Fun” a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. March 7-9. Round trip cost is $100 and includes accommoda tions. For more information, call 333-8256. •The Interdenominational Christian Women’s Ministerial Association invites aU licensed ministers to meet Tuesday nights at First Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1515 Remount Road. For more information, call 332- 8335. •Free eye exams will offered at the AME Zion Publishing House, Tuesday from 9 a.m.-l p.m. To schedule an appoint ment, call 599-4630. •Salem Baptist 5318 Salem Church Road The celebra tion of the 16th anniver sary of the Rev. Anthony Jinwright will continue through Sunday. The Rev. Claude Alexander, will speak tonight at 7 p.m.The Rev. Henry J. Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention, USA will speak Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Marriott City Lyons Center. Tickets are $30. The week ends Sunday with services at 11 a.m. featuring the Rev. Lany Camp and 5 p.m. featur ing the Rev. L.D. Parker. For more information, call 399-5448. •Nation of Islam Mosque 36 3300 Tuckaseegee Road Black Family Day wiU be held Saturday at 5 p.m. Proceeds will used to start a college fund for the children of Windy Gail Thompson and James Willie Cooper. •Rocky Ridge Missionary Baptist 39801 Heathcliff Road Concord The mass choir will be in con cert Srmday at 3 p.m. Special guests will be Brother and Sister in Christ Fellowship Choir. •First Mayfield Memorial Baptist 901 Oaklawn Ave. The church will begin a week long celebration Monday for the Rev. C. McAuthur Sanders. The guest speaker for the week is the Rev. J. Wendall Mapson, pastor of Philadelphia’s Monumental Baptist Church. All services are 7 p.m. A ban quet will be held Saturday. The speaker will be the Rev. Paul Drummond of St. Paul Baptist Church. Services end Simday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Joseph Anderson will be the guest speaker. For more information, call 334-4525. •Gethsemane Baptist Church Davidson The church will host its annu al 12 Tribes program Sunday at 6 p.m. •Clement Memorial AME Zion 2207 Newland Road The Christian Education Department will host the 48th Church aimiversaiy, Simday at 3 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. John G. Gerald, pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church. •First Mount Calvary Baptist 209 W. 28th St The church will celebrate the anniversary of the Rev. James Hawthorne Sunday. A special service will be held at 3:30 p.m. The speaker will be Elder John Thompson, pastor of Nazareth Primitive Baptist Church. •St Paul Baptist 1401N. Allen Street The Combination Fellowship of Charlotte will be concert Sunday at 5 p.m. •Silver Mount Baptist 501W. Arrowood Road The Glimpse of Hope Radio Choir will be concert wiU be in concert Sunday at 6 p.m. •Steele Creek AME Zion 1500 Shopton Road The University of the Sun Gospel Choir of UNC Charlotte will in concert Sunday at 11 a.m. The Rev. James Phifer will be the guest minister. •Reeder Memorial Baptist 3725 Beatties Ford Road The Youth Department will host a youth celebration for Black History Month Feb. 15 and Feb. 23. •New St John Baptist 2000 St. John’s Church Road The Rev. Ronnie Gilliam will deliver the 8 a.m. message. The 11 a.m. sermon wiU be delivered by the Rev. Robert Leak. The theme will be “A Difference: I Dare You to Try.” •The Ministry of Reconciliation All Saints Episcopal Church 6600 The Plaza “An Anointed Healing and Deliverance Service” will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. featuring Evangelist Tina Patrice Johnson. •New Vision BHill Gospel Baptist 101 S. Hoskins Road The women of the church will present “100 Women of Praise and Power Prayer Breakfast” Saturday at 10 a.m. •The Layman’s League of the Mecklenburg General Baptist Association wiU pre sent 200 Men in Black, Sunday at 5 p.m. The program wiU be held at Chappell Memorial Baptist Church , 110 Bradford Drive. The speaker wUl be the Rev. Norman E. Kerry. • New Life Fellowship Center is forming a choir for chidlren afe 7 - 17. Rehersals are Mondays at 6 :30 p.m. at Garr Memorial Church, 7700 Wallace Road. For more infor mation, call 566-1853. •CJ'f. Jenkins Presbyterian 1421 Statesville Ave. Delano Rackard wUl speak at the 11 a.m. service Sunday. •Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and Bone Marrow Wanted wiU • sponsor a bone marrow drive at SL Paul Baptist Church, 1401 North Allen Street Sunday from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. For more information, caU 547-0627. Items for Church News should be faxed to (704)342-2160 The Prophet’s Column This is a paid advertisement by J. M. Little :-.!1 fr.ls THE PROPHET’S COLUMN NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1997 PART IV Another rich man died and lift ed up his eyes in heU and cried for me to warn his son that his son not go to that place of tor ment. SON, REMEMBER, you had good things in this Ufe. And I cannot warn your son anymore. Your son and I worked at the office together and your son did me much evil, as Paul said of Alexander. Your son had every opportunity to side in with the despised Christ and His servant. But your son sided with those who were slandering me and believed their slander. No, son, I can no longer warn your son here. He, too, decided to love his life here. And your son was fear ful of the world, and would not stand with the despised servant of the Lord. And the curtain is closed, your son's eternal destiny is fixed. One of the ways God has of reprobating a siimer is by withdrawing aU godly influences from that sinner. When God does that, the sinner is reprobat ed. My friends, if you love your life in this world, you shall hate your life in the next. I don't know if I have said anything in this letter that wiU help some of you or not. But I will tell you this; you need my Christ, you can not afford to go out as you came in. You cannot afford to go out into eternity without Christ WiU you repent? WiU you faU at His feet crowning Him as your Lord and your Saviour? It will be 25 years next month since God saved me. I praise the Lord that He laid hold of my heart and saved me. And I know of a truth that the greatest thing in aU this universe is just to know Christ. Some are not with us now who were here last year, this yeair found them in eternity. This year. I'm looking for the coming of my Lord, are you? And may you who say you want Christ turn to Him. Your Gospel Editor and Teacher, J.M. Little Clinton Chapel carves out niche Continued from 12A around.” In 1966, the congregation moved to its current location on RozzeUes Ferry Road, where it has served as a meeting place for Seversville residents for more than 30 years. The group brought the building which was occupied by Durham Memorial Baptist Church. “We have started to grow,” Gaston said. “We have opened our doors to people who need a place to meet. A church is the more than just a place to wor ship, it a safe place to meet and talk. Clinton Chapel is located in an area where it needs to be used to benefit folk.” Clinton Chapel’s history makes it even more important to preserve, Gaston said. Every day he works in the church’s History Room, adding new arti facts, talking to members and acquiring old photographs. It has become a mission for him and his congregation of400. Gaston has added an oral his tory center, where members and Seversville residents can record their personal memories of the church and area. One of the first oral histories is an interview with Charlotte historian Dan Morrill, who talks about Charlotte’s past and Clinton Chapel’s role in it. It’s tough job, but for Clinton Chapel and Gaston, it is impor tant. “I have been here for 15 years,” he said. “Clinton Chapel has always served a purpose here and it alwajrs wiU.” Help available for weary ministers By Gary D Robertson ■raE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH - It may surprise some church members, but their pastors are human, too. Working in the church can be a lonely business at times for ministers who find them selves put on spiritual pedestals by members of their flock. Those countless funer als, hospital visits and coun seling sessions can also bring gloom. Add to the mix a busy sched ule and the minister's prob lems with their own mar riages and families and the result, professionals say, can be depression, stress and even a lack of faith can follow. “It’s emotionally draining,” said the Rev. Virginia Herring, rector at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Winston- Salem, who led a task force on pastoral wellness. Helping pastors find ways to cope with the loneliness and stress associated with their work is gaining interest from denominations and the minis ters themselves. Counseling centers are creating programs specifically for pastors who are burned out or stressed out. “We’re no different from any body else,”Herring said. Stress is really nothing new for American ministers. During the 18th and 19th cen turies, Methodist circuit-rid ers travelled from congrega tion to congregation along the frontier - pretty much form ing a job description as they went along. The work meant spending months on the road at a time and preparing ser mons for multiple services. They seldom married and often faced the wilds of the West alone. Today’s ministers are more likely to work with only one congregation, but they are dri ven more than ever to suc ceed. And like their parish ioners, ministers can feel over worked, underpaid and unap preciated, says Archibald Hart, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. Ministers responding to- Herring’s survey were work ing 55 to 60 hours per week. Others studies have found that 70 percent of the pastors surveyed said they didn't have a close friend they could talk with about their problems. Another study cited by Hart revealed most ministers who get help for depression or burnout do so only because someone made them. “It’s the very character of pastors and their roles that make them think they are perfectly capable of handling their own lives,” Hart said. “But that’s a misconceived idea of what pastors are all about.” Several programs are help ing pastors get a grip back on their lives. The Kettering Clergy Care Center in Dayton, Ohio, offers counseling referrals and sup port for ministers and other full-time church workers. The calls come from members of a 3,400-member national clergy association. About 70 calls were logged in for October. “The clergy vocation brings its own wrinkles to it,” said the Rev. Robert Peach, a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor and center counselor. “Some of them have the same problems that any person would encounter” such as marriage woes and wayward kids. Pastors wondering if they should stay in the ministry or looking for a renewed vision can attend the “Turning Point” program at the Center for Congregational Health in Winston-Salem. GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. F.A. Griffin, PASTOR Rev. F.A. Griffin 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 ROCKWELL A.M.E. ZION CHURCH “Celebrating 128 Years of Christianity” William M loalan III: Pastor • WEEKLY HIGHUGHTS • Sunday Sclioo4-9:45a.ni. Sunday Worstiip-11:00a.ni. 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