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11A RELIGION/The Charlotte Post Thursday November 20, 1997 Church News News of note • Carrie Graves of Charlotte was recently selected to receive a full scholarship from the Lutheran Brotherhood to attend the first annual Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Conference later this month in Minneapolis, Miim. The scholarship is one of 25 awarded by the brotherhood to youth advocates finm across the nation and covers registration, hotel, travel and meals. Organizers expect more than 600 participants to attend. Graves is a branch officer for Lutheran Brotherhood. • It’s time to vote again. Not for pohtical offices but for the 1998 Waljo Gospel Music Awards. The awards recognize out standing gospel musicians from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Ballots may be obtained by call ing (910) 272-5628 during the day or (910) 855-7242 at any time. Metrolina callers can obtain ballots by calling 676- 2859. The Waljo Gospel Music Awards will be presented Jan. 31, 1998 and will be followed by the aimual Black and White Ball. Today • Charlotte Christian Wo men’s Club I will host a holiday fashion show luncheon at 11 am. Tickets are $10.50 and the event will be held at the Raintree Country Club. •Grace AME Zion 219 South Brevard St. The church will celebrate its revival through Friday at 7:30 p.m. The evangelist will be the Rev. Sheldon Shipman of Walls Memorial AME Zion. Services conclude Sunday at 11 a.m. The speaker will be the Rev. J. Elvin Sadler. Diimer will follow. Friday •Rocky Ridge Missionary Baptist 344-B HeathcUfif Road The Happy Land Gospel Singers will celebrate their 53rd aimiversary this weekend. Concerts will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Saturday •Morning Star Baptist 5623 Phillips St. Pep Rally for Jesus, an event for youth, begins at 6 p.m. Events include performances by the Rockwell Steppers and UNC Charlotte’s gospel choir. • The Electa Chapter No. 174 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a fellowship pro gram at To Be Encouraged Christian Ministry, 2806 Statesville Ave. 'The program begins at 7 p.m. Invited guests include the Voices of Steele Creek. •Greater Providence Baptist 2000 Milton Road Author Rudolph Windsor will discuss his books “From Babylon to Timbuktu” and “Valley of the Dry Bones” at 6 p.m. • Rod of God Ministries Thanksgiving march and rally against drugs, crime, violence and killing will be held at 1 p.m. at Beatties Ford Road and Cummings Avenue. Free turkeys, chicken and clothes will be given to the needy. Political and social leaders, including Mayor Pat McCrory, city council member EUa Scarborough and former sheriff C.W Kidd will be in attendance. Sunday •New St. John Baptist 2000 St. John Church Road Sunday’s sermon topic is “Be 'Thankful for God’s Goodness.” Worship services will be held at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday school begins at 9:45 a.m. •Cathey Memorial AME Zion 624 Chicago Ave. 1110 annual Twelve Tribe Program will be held at 3 p.m. •Clinton Chapel AME Zion 319 Whitehaven Ave. Farmly/Friend Talent and Pew Rally, 3 p.m. •Good News Baptist 4409 D North ’liyon St. Pastoral anniversary services for the Rev. and Mrs. Abraham Lockhart, 3 p.m. The guest speaker viill be the Rev. C.W. Gwin of New Pleasant Valley. •First Mount Calvary Baptist 209 W. 28th St. Church anniversary services will be held at 3:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Samuel Barber of Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church. •Gethsemane AME Zion 531 Campus St. Evening of music with the Concert Choir, 6 p.m. • The Charlotte Chapter of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician will host a healing service at 6 p.m. 'The event will be held at Chapel of Christ the King, 17th and North Caldwell streets. The Order of St. Luke is an ecumenical group of clergy, health professionals and lay people who incorporate faith into the healing process. For more information, call 366-6524. •St. Luke Missionary Baptist 1600 Norris Ave. The Junior Hymn Choir will hold its aimiversary service at 6:30 p.m. Special guest will be Oak Grove Baptist Church of Harrisburg. Items for Church News should be submitted by Monday at noon to appear in Thursday’s Charlotte Post. To ensure accuracy, items should be printed or typed and include phone numbers and appropriate addresses. Photographs will only be returned if accompanied by self-addressed, stamped envelope. Submitted items will run at the discretion of the editor. Corrections to submit ted items should be made in writ ing. The Prophet’s Column 'This is a paid advertisement by J.M. Little "A LOST SINNER" EARTH Now let’s read II Peter 3:9; "The Lord is not slack concern ing his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suf fering US-WARD, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repen tance.” Now the key words you unsaved religionists leave out are LONG SUFFERING TO US-WARD. God is only long- suffering to US-WARD, mean ing the elect, and He is not will ing that any elect should per ish, and none wiU! But, in your bUnded and depraved imagina tion you say God is not wiUmg that any one should perish. And when I ask you why men are going to Hell you say; “Well, its just because they won’t pro fess Jesus.” What an abomina tion in the sight of God! And that would throw the salvation of every sinner back upon him self and make the sinner’s will sovereign instead of (Tod’s will. TTie Bible knows and teaches no such salvation. And when such a deceived soul comes down to the end of fife, he finds he has nothing to help in the hour of death! Now you let that soak in! When the blessed Holy Spirit awakens a sinner to his lost condition, that sinner sees that he cannot save himself and that if he ever is saved it will be by the sheer mercy of God. That lost sinner knows that no profession of faith wdl save him. He sees he has no faith to believe Christ nor His Word. Have you ever seen yourself lost fike this? If not, you are not saved! Now you can accuse me of judging aU you want to. A woman on the west side of town is receiving unshirted hell in these messages. I praise God for it. The truth is getting under your thick hide and exposing you as a lost sinner. You are angry with me. My friend, I am just a speck of dust, it’s Christ you hate. You hate Christ and will not bow to Him here, but my dear woman, if you don’t take your place before God as a lost sinner, and bow to Him here as Lord, you will take your place before Him as a lost, guilty sinner on the other side. But there will be no hope for you there, dear soul. Bow here now while the door of mercy is stUl open. Will you bow to Him? 11100 a sinner is not lost until all hope is gone. Every false rest has to be stripped from you. You must die to everything and everybody. Are you lost? Daryl, are you lost? When you get lost my Lord will save you. Are you lost? May the Lord bring you there to the end of your way, with no way out, except Christ! Your Gospel Editor and Teacher, JJVL Little Regulators: Churches often target of scams By Marcy Gordon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Minorities should beware of growing financial scams in which swindlers who belong to an eth nic or religious group play on the loyalties of group members, state securities regulators said Wednesday. In such schemes, swindlers try to earn the trust of Asian- Americans, blacks, Hispanics and other minorities or reli gious groups. New immigrants often are viewed as easy targets, Mark J. Griffin, president of the North American Securities Administrators . Association, told a news conference. “If you are a member of an ethnic minority group, you need to know that just because someone shares your ancestry or race, that’s not enough of a reason to trust that person with your money,” he said. “Don’t be fooled. Affinity group swindlers play the loyalty angle for all it’s worth.” The Rev. Jonathan Saffold of Ebenezer Church of God in Christ in Milwaukee said mem bers of his congregation were defrauded of “substantial sums” - estimated at some $1 million by regulators - in an investment scheme involving a black-owned local telephone company. The company, Intra Community Communications Inc., claimed to have signed up 10,000 customers in Milwaukee’s inner city for its alternative local phone service. Saffold said church members invested $100, $200, $500 or even $1,000. “We’d never owned” a phone company, he said. “Growth was inevitable.” State regulators in April charged the company - and a sister company of the same name in Maryland - with fail ing to register to sell securities and selling stock in a nonstock company. The companies filed for bankruptcy protection in September. No phone listing could be found Wednesday for Intra Community. Another example: more than 20 cases of foreign currency and precious-metals investments pitched to several Asian- American communities in the Los Angeles area. According to regulators, Philip E. Harmon defrauded more than 230 members of var ious church groups, including Quakers, of around $14 million in Arizona, California, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. Harmon pleaded guilty to conspiracy, sales of unregistered securities and tax fraud on Oct. 31. A phone message left for Harmon at his insurance agency in Washington state wasn't immediately returned. In Charlotte, several local organizations were defrauded by a Texas couple in a building scam. Rosalind and Solomon Scaife, were indicted earlier this year by a grand jury with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, one count of mail fraud and two counts charging viola tions of the National Stolen Property Act. The couple, who had local ties, presented them selves as a legitimate construe tion company although they had no license to work in North Carolina. The couple then failed to complete the construc tion projects. Griffin’s group released a list of recent actions by state secu rities agencies against ethnic affinity group and religious group fraud. The states involved in the actions are Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Utah. Officials say its important that church carefully check the credentials of anyone offering services. Telephone numbers of the state and provincial agencies can be obtained from the gov ernment listings in phone directories, by calling toll-free 1-888-84-NASAA, or visiting the group’s Internet Web site at http://www.nasaa.org. Season of giving opens with service Continued from page 10A the senior citizen who would oth erwise be alone for the holiday.” Guests will not only receive din ner, CRM officials say. The group is also offering those in need a chance to reconnect with family and fidends. Alltel, a cellular phone company, has donated airtime to allow peo ple to make phone calls during the dinner. “Our ultimate mission and goal in all that we do is to minister to the broken and hurting,” Marciano said. The group is also in need of vol unteers to serve as waiters and waitresses. CRM is located at 907 West First St. For more information, call 334-4635. • Several churches will band together for an interfaith worship service Wednesday. Members of First Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Nazareth Primitive Baptist Church and Walls Memorial AME Zion will hold their annual wor ship service at 7 p.m. The service will be held at Nazareth Investigation intensifies, FBI now searching records Continued from page 10A were investigating Edwards. ' > Edwards was part of an FBI inquiry, agent Bany Babler, of ’ Milwaukee, confirmed last week to the St. Petersburg Times. An investigation into Edwards past revealed that she was convicted of stealing $60,000 from a federally funded program to help inner , city children. SIMPSON-GILLESPIE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Dr. Carl Arrington, Senior Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship - 11:00 A.M. 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