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RELIGION/tCie C^ariettt
Thursday, February 5, 2004
A good friend loves
and cares always
Continued from page 8B
are not dead in the physical but simply live their lives without
function and purpose. Some might say what does that have to
do with you, or even believe that you can have a bunch of fool
ish friends and it not affect you but that is far from the truth.
Bad friends will help to corrupt your soul and ruin your hfe.
Around nine years ago I made a drastic move that eventual
ly changed my hfe. I decided to move back to Charlotte and
start my life over. When 1 did so, that infuriated some people I
thought were my friends. 1 suddenly became the enemy of peo
ple I had sacrificed my money and self-respect to hang with.
They turned on me and left me feeling as if I was all alone in
the world.
If I was smart at that time I would have reahzed those peo-
-ple meant me no good and would have praised God for the
deliverance instead of crying and feehng sorry for myself
However, now I see the situation differently. I look at it as a
miracle of God. I can see now that the Lord had to separate me
from the walking dead so that I might draw closer to Him.
If I had continued to hang with those people Iwouldnothave
sought a closer relationship with the Creator. I wouldn’t have
accepted counsel from the wise or the Holy Spirit because my
counsel came from evil men and women.
There are so many people that are in prison and who died
prematurely because of their friends and I could have been one
of them.
During some of my darkest hours my grandmother used to
teU me to leave my friends alone yet I shrugged off her advice.
What I didn’t know at that time but I’m aware of today is that
she constantly read, recited and Uved by Psahn 1. And if I
intended to get anywhere in fife I would do the same.
Psalm 1 says: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the
coimsel of the wicked or stand I the way of sinners or sit in the
seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and
on his law he meditates day an night. He is like a tree planted
'by steams of water, which yields its friiit in season and whose
leaf does not -wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the vrind blows
away. Therefore the -wicked -will not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watch
es over the way of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the
way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked wiU perish.”
Tbday, I hear disturbing news about the people I used to call
my friends. They didn’t change nor did they prosper. Over the
years they have lost their looks, resources, dreams and good
name. And if God had not separated me from them I believe
it’s safe to say I would be in the same predicament.
Now, I realize it’s a blessing to have a good friend and curse
to have a bad friend.
A good friend is a person that loves always and wants the
best for you. A bad friend is one who opposes the Lord and
ad-vises you to do the same.
I read a card that said a good friend is a sign the Lord cares
for you and I wholeheartedly agree.
Greater Providence Baptist Church
“Learning to Seek God First”
2000 Milton Road. Charlotte, NC 28215
704-532-6228 704-532-7568/or
Dr. Fred Gibson, Pastor
~Come Join Us in Worship £ Praise~
Sunday Worship
Sunday School
Hour of Power
8:00 AM & 11:00 AM
9:45 AM
12 Noon - Wednesdays
Spiritual Renewal/Bible Study 7:00 PM Wednesdays
{Adult, Teen. Youth classes)
Macedonia Baptist Church
"The Church Where Everybody is Somebody and Christ is All’’
Dr. John H. Walker, Pastor & Minister, Rosie Walker
SUNDAY
Christian Education School 10:00 a.m.
Worship 7:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Youth Church 1st, 2nd, 3rd& 5th....11a.m.
WEDNESDAY
"Hour of Power" .Midday Worship 12 Noon
Institute Study...:..6:30 pm/Worship 7:30 pm
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SUNDAY, Morning Worship 9am
'WEDNESDAY, Bible Study 7pm
5409 Beatties Fd. Rd., Charlotte, 28216
704-502-2798
Joseph L Dempsey,
Pastor
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1515 Remount Rd. • (Tel.)332-8335 (Fax)372-7548
28208
H Sunday Morning Worship Services... 8:30 - 9:30 - 11:00am
Sunday School 9:45 - 10:45am
Singles MiAistries (Mon.) 6:30 - 7:30pm
Senior Citizens (Mon.) 10:30-4:00pm
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00am - 4;00pm
Dr. C.V. Owens cordially invited to worship with us!
ShepheriTs Fold Church
5101 Natk«s Ford Road • Charlotts. MC 28217 • (704) 583-1436
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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Roderick D. Lewis, Sr., Pastor
802 Tom Hunter Road • Charlotte, NC 28213
(Ph) 704-921-4915 (Fax) 704-921-4917
Radio Broadcast: Sat. SAM WGIV 1600AM
Sunday Worship: 8AM and 11AM
Sunday Breakfast: 8:45AM
Sunday Church School: 9:45AM
Bible Study: Wed. 12 Noon and Thur. 6;30PM
“The Church Where Everybody is Somebody
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with her own stuff.
helps to make it possible.
"Margaret is 85 and sharp as a tack. But her health makes it
tough to get around. Tracie wants to help out in her
community, but she has a bu^y job. Faith in Action brought
them together. It’s people of different feiths who volunteer
to shop, cook, drive, or just check in on some of the
millions of Americans with long-term health needs.
If you’re like me and have wondered how you can
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Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Dr. Waller V. Howard, Jr. Pastor
20} Grandin Rd. - Charlotte, NC 28208
Phone: 704-3764345 • Fax 704-3764350
Morning Worship Services - 7:45am & 1 lam
Sunday School - 9:30am - 10:30am
Intercessory Prayer - Friday - 7:00pm
Wed. Bible Study 11:45am - 1:00pm & 7:00pm - 8:00pm
A.C.E. Fellowship: Sun. 6:00 pm
Combined Worship - 1st Sunday @ 10:00am
http:www,gbamec.org
Ur. Waller V. Howard, Jr.
Pastor & Mrs. Howard
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Silver Mount Baptist Church
“Continuing thu Isggacy - By fuljilllng thg Vision*
Come And Worship VC^th Us!
Morning Worship Service 9:45am Children’s Church
Sunday School 8;45ain Wed. Night Bible Study 7:00pra
501 W. Arrowood Road - Charlotte NC 28217
(704) 522-1528 • (704) 527-2499 - fax
www.silvermount.org
email: smbc501@bellsouth.net
Dr. Lincoln C. Lee, Pastor
Greater Gethsemane A.M.E. Zion Church
"Jhe Ouma with ttte CommimHyatH&irt"
531 Campus Sttieet • Charlotte, NC 28216
am)375-3900 - Fax 372-0614
Worship Services: SAM £r 11AM
Sunday School: 9:30AM
Bible Study: Wed. 10:30AM £r TPM
Daycare 4 Afterschool Available
E-mail: gamez531@bellsouth.net
The Reverend Calvin L Miller - Pastor
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Missionary Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Services -BiOOam • 11:00am • 6:S0pm
Sunday SchooL 9:45am
Wednesday Noon Day Worship Study..12:00
Evening Worship Study 7:00pm
Rev. Clifford Matthews, Jr., Pastor • 375-9^50
1600 Norris Ave. • Charlotte, NC 28206 • FAX: 375-8397
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UNITED METHODIST CHURCE
.TOIN US FOR SERVICE
Sunday School, 9: 30am • Sunday Worship, llam
Thursday: Bible Study, 7pm
Saturday: “ Contemporary Worship." 6pm..."Wear Your Jeans”
-Dr. Andrew Brown, Pastor -
3545 Beatties Ford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28216 ■ 704-399-2717
"We can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Us"
Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church
“A Church Putting Love Into Action ”
700 SUGAR CREEK ROAD, WEST
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Sunday Church School 9:30a.m.
Worship Service 11:00a.m. and 6:00p.m.
Baptist Training Union 5:00p.m.
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Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wedne^ays 7:30pm
Office (704)596-7935 • Fax (704)596-1204
Residence (704)597-1249
Obituaries
Alexander Funeral Home
Dorothy Bridges died Jan. 27 at Carolinas Medical Center. Visitation
was Jan. 30 and funeral Jan. 31 at Parkwood Institutional CME
Church. Funeral at Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens.
Lizzie Gaither died Jan. 28 at her residence. Funeral was Feb. 1 at
Rockwell AME Zion Church. Burial was at York Memorial Park.
Alexander Parker died Jan. 24 at Carolinas Medical Center. Visita
tion was Jan. 29 and funeral Jan. 30 at Zecheriah Alexander Sr.
Memorial Chapel. Burial at York Memorial Park.
Miller Rawlinson died Jan. 24 at Presbyterian Hos
pital. Visitation and funeral were held Jan. 31 at First:!CB,
Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church. Burial at Beat-
ties Ford Memorial Gardens.
Catherine Kirkpatrick died Jan. 19 at Carolinas
Medical Center. Visitation and funeral were held
Jan. 25 at Zecheriah Alexander Sr. Memorial
Chapel. Burial at Beatties ford Memorial Gardens.
Claude Beatty of 6931 Glenmoor Drive died Jan.
14 at his residence. Funeral was held Jan. 17 at
Woodland Presbyterian Church. Burial at the church
cemetery.
Bernice Gambrell of Bloomfield, Conn., died Jan. 15 at her resi
dence. Funeral was held in Connecticut.
Doreatha Wade of 4836 Shannamara Drive, Matthews died Jan. 15
at her residence. Graveside service was held Jan. 17 at York Memor
ial Park.
Mildred Anna Campbell of 501 Dedmon Drive died Jan. 17 at her
residence. Funeral was held Jan. 21 at A.S. Grier Memorial Chapel.
Burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Barbara Thompson of 6817 Deanwood Place died Jan. 17 at her res
idence. Funeral was held Jan. 22 at A.S. Grier Memorial Chapel. Bur
ial at York Memorial Park.
Idella F, Swift of 2316 Ludlow Drive died Jan. 18 at Carolinas Med
ical Center. Funeral was held Jan. 22 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses on Hutchinson-McDonald Road. Burial at Beatties Ford
Memorial Garden.
Lannette Elizabeth Way of 2522 Dalebrook Drive died Jan. 18 at
Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral was held Jan. 22 at Mt. Carmel Bap
tist Church. Burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Richard Bullard of 201 West Tenth St. died Jan. 20 at Elizabeth
Place Nursing Home. Memorial service was held Jan. 23 at A.S. Grier
Memorial Chapel.
Mary P. Humphrey of 4315 Sugar Creek Road died Jan. 20 at Uni
versity Hospital. Funeral was held Jan. 24 at First Baptist Church-
West. Burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Oren McCullough of 1700 Madison Ave. died Jan. 22 at Charlotte
Health Care. Funeral service was held Jan. 28 at Memorial Presby
terian Church. Burial at York Memorial Park.
Alma Jones of 3623 Sipes Lane died Jan. 22 at her residence. Funer
al was held Jan. 29 at Moores Sanctuary AME Zion Church. Burial at
Beatties Ford Memorial Garden.
Willie Foster of 345 Sundial Lane died Jan. 23 at Carolinas Medical
Center. Funeral was held Jan. 29 at Tabernacle of Prayer Church. Bur
ial at Beatties Ford Memorial Garden.
Laveme R, Bufford of 1300 Pamlico St. died Jan. 23 at Carolinas
Medical Center-Mercy. Funeral was held Jan. 29 at A.S. Grier Memo
rial Chapel. Burial at Beatties Ford Memorial Garden.
Howard Walker of 3715 Bardot Drive died Jan. 22 at his residence.
Funeral was held Jan. 31 at Reeder Memorial Baptist Church. Burial
at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mary Elizabeth Davis of 3035 Celia Ave. died Jan. 25 at her resi
dence. Funeral was held Jan. 31 at Biddleville Mission House of
Prayer. Burial at Beatties Ford Memorial Garden.
Stephen Gary of 6806 Shanopin St. died Jan. 25 in Charlotte. Funer
al was held Feb. 2 at A.S. Grier Memorial Chapel. Burial at Sharon
Memorial Park.
The Rev. Robert Ross Broome Jr. of 522 Pennsylvania Ave. died
Jan. 26. Funeral was held Jan. 30 at A.S. Grier Memorial Chapel. Bur
ial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Wakefield Fuller of 1008 Druid Circle died Jan. 26 at Wesley Nurs
ing Center. Funeral was held Jan. 31 at Reeder Memorial Baptist
Church. Burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Rastus Horton Sr. of 1711 Seigle Ave. died Jan. 29 at his residence.
Funeral was held Feb. 5 at Pleasant Valley Church. Burial at the
church cemetery.
Aaron Anderson of Miami, Ha. died Jan. 24 at Jackson Memorial
Hospital in Miami. Funeral will be held Feb. 5 at A.S. Grier Memor
ial Chapel. Burial will be at West Creek Cemetery.
Samuel Thomas Fortson of 9309 Timberline Road died Jan. 31 at
Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral will be held Feb. 5 at Greater Provi
dence Baptist Church. Burial will be at Charlotte Memorial Garden.
REEDER MEMORIAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
5 Come and share "The Journey" with us,
; Sunday Morning Worship-8 am and 10:45 am
i Sunday School -9:30 am
Tuesday Bible Study-7:30 pm :
5 A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY mmo CONNECTIONS
\ WITH YOUR FUTURE .
13725 Beatties Ford Rd.‘ 704-398-2914
Rev. Dr. Casey R.
Kimbrough. I
MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH
“Pastor and People Prevailing Together”
Mission Statement “Celebrating Christ to reach, teach and equip
people for the service of Christ"
Sunday WorehipatSKWAJM,9:30AM.and 11:30 AJVL
Sunday SdKKrf Ministry at 9:30 AM
CTukir»i (4-11 yrs.), Youth (12-17 yrs.) & Nureery:ll:30 AM
SmaQ Groups and Married Clouple^s: 9:30 AM
Wednesday: lYaise Wwship & Bible Study, 7 PM
Youth and Chiklrm’s Ministry
3201 Tuckaseegee Road, CJiarlotte, NC 28208-3357
Office: 704-394-3525 Fax:704-394-8836
Website: www.mcbc-nc.org.
The Reverend Dr. Casey R. Kimbrough, I, Senior Pastor
St. Paul Baptist Church
Our Purpose: “To convince the unconvinced
to be convinced and make disciples”
Sunday Worship at 7:30 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.
Sunday Morning Breakfast 8:45 A.M.
Sunday School at 9:25 A.M. - 10:25 A.M.
Radio Broadcast Sunday 11:00 A.M. (1370 A.M. Dial)
Bible Study Wed. 12 Noon - 6:45 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Youth Church 2nd & 3rd Sunday 10:30 A.M.
1401 North Allen Street, Charlotte, NC 28205
Office: 704-334-5309
Gregexy K Moss Sr.
Pastor