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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Black United Methodist pastors make history
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minister fix)m Nashville, said
such an event also instills
pride because they learn the
history of African Americans
in the UMC. But while the
pastors were leaming their
history, Ross said they were
also preparing them to han
dle issues that face the
church today
“We have in today’s society
an almost amoral culture,” he
said in talking about the need
for the black church. “Plea
sure-seeking at whatever cost
and it is harmfiil in a number
of ways.”
He said that black people
are making others rich
because other communities
are exploiting the addictions
of African Americans and it is
Where should I sit?
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table and sits down as if it were reserve for him. Unfortu
nately someone comes along, taps him on the shoulder
and says, ‘Tm sorry you’re going to have to move. This is
not your seat. YouT have to frnd another table, and 1 think
there’s one in the back!”
Tb the snickering of the other invited guests, this once
self-important person shrinks back to the less honored
seat. Such a foolish error! Arrogance is his downfall. Had
he not assumed a certain level of importance, such humil
iation would have been avoided. Next Jesus suggests a
stratergy to save a person frx)m this type of shame.
Humble are promoted (w. 10,11)
10. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the
lowest room; that when he bade thee cometh, he may say
unto thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have wor
ship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Go back to the previous illustration of the elected official
comii^ to town. You’ve come into the convention haU and
seated yourself in the farthest comer of the budding, per
haps more distant frx)m the official than anyone else.
Next you see him stand and begin peering into the
crowd. Perhaps he asks for assistance in finding you.
When he finally sees you, he smdes and begins motioning
for you to come up fixjnt. He’s expecting you to sit with
him. In full view of all, you make yoiu* way up front. How
much better this is than to assume a place at the firont only
to be sent away in shame.
Jesus tells us not to make false assumptions about p^-
sonal importance. Start by sitting in the back and being
thankful for ev^ being asked to come in the first place.
Then the one who invited you may give you a great honor
by escorting you to the head table. That would be tremen
dous, so much better than being told to move because
someone more inlportant than you needs a good seat.
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827 Tom Hunter Rd. • P.O. Box 560647
Charlotte, NC 28256
(704)394-5615 Office • (704)596-9767 Fax
Frank L. Harrell, Sr. - Pastor
Sabbath School 9:15a.m.
Sabbath Service 11:00a.m.
Wed. Prayer Service 7:00p.m.
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“A Teaching Ministry Making Spiritual Disciples”
Sunday Worship Service lOA.M. Sunday School 9A.M.
Bible Study; Tuesday 7 P.M. & Wednesday 12 Noon
Child Development Center
6116 Montieth Dr. Charlotte, NC 28213
(Ph) 704-5964742 (Fax) 704-597-8314
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Prince of peace Lutheran church
“Tellins and Livine the Good News of Jesus Christ”
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Sunday School: 9:30am
Wed. Prayer, Praise & Bible Study: Vpm
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3001 Beatties Fd. Rd., Charlotte. NC 28216-3731
Phone: 704-392-6098 • E-mail: POPAX@bcnsouth.net
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Word Of Faith West
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Pastor, Rev. Samuel Guthrie, Jr.
2300 Sanders Ave.
Charlotte, NC •704-358-1709
A Qiurch that cares
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Adults & Children’s Sunday School: 9:45ain
Sunday Services: 11:00am
Wed Bible Study/Prayer 7:00pm
4th Saturday Youth (Troup at 2:00pm
Senior Pastor,
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4th Fridays Youth Outreach Meetings
up to ministers to help
strengthen families and indi
viduals spiritually
Because of that added pres
sure on pastors, Ross said it’s
important for ministers to
come tcgetiier and talk about
what’s going on in their com
munities and learn firom each
anoth^.
In March, the United
Methodist (Dhurch launched
The National Coalition of
Yoimg Adult Afiican-Ameii-
can Pastors to promote Chris
tian conferencing among
black pastors imder age 41 in
an effort to combat potential
shortage of black United
Methodist ministers.
After extensive researcli,
the coalition found the laigest
age group of African-Ameri
can cleigy to be between 49
and 53; those pastors wiU
reiire in the next 10 yearse
The following average mean
group is about 29 years old.
Though the coalition is an
independent organization
witli no official ties to any
group in the UMC, it was
foimded under the banner of
the bieiuiial Convocation for
Pastors of African American
Churches. Tlie coalition will
use leadership networks and
groups, as well as national
and regional events, to assist
clergy in reaching tlieii’ max
imum potential.
Funding for the group will
come thirough dues and regis-
ti’ation fees, along with con
tributions firom annual con-
fei'ences.
Mass, man leaves service to steal tmek
WE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -
Churchgoer Jose Figueroa
might not have be^ paying
attention when his pastor
covered the Biblical teachings
on stealing.
Police said Figueroa, 32, of
Providence, R.I., left in the
middle of sra^ces Sunday at
the Asamblea de Iglesias
Christianos de Framingham
to break into a truck parked
outside.
‘You can’t make this stuff
up,” Framingham police Lt.
Mncent Alfano said.
Figueroa pleaded innocent
Monday and was being held
on $500 bad.
Figueroa was allegedly
caught by tlie truck’s owner,
Lou Chitolo, whose parents
own a nearby convenience
store.
Cintolo’s mother, Mary, told
the MetroWest Daily News of
Praiuinghaiu that her son
saw Figueroa as he was leav-
ir^ his house to go shopping
imd that her son held
Figueroa down on tlie hood of
tlie ti*uck until police anived.
“Imagine leaving church
and going out to steal some
thing,” said Mary Cintolo.
“What’s this world coming
to?’
Court reverses Ten Commandments ruling
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINCOLN, Nebraska —A
federal appeals court Friday
reversed its earlier ruling
that said a Tfen Command
ments monument must be
removed firom a small town’s
park.
The ruling is the latest in a
contentious debate being con
tested across the United
States, as opponents to reli
gious moments say they
breach the constitution’s sep
aration of church and state,
while other groups say they
simply reflect the nation’s
historic religious roots.
The 11-2 ruling Friday firom
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed a ruling
last year fium one of the
court’s three-judge panels
stating that the monument in
Plattsmouth, about 60 miles
northeast of Lincoln, must be
removed.
The court cited a Jime rul
ing by the U.S. Supreme
Court that said it was consti
tutionally permissible to dis
play the Tfen Commandments
on the grounds of tlie Ibxas
Capitol.
But on the same day the
Supreme Comt made the
Tfexas ruling, it also issued a
ruling that struck down Tbn
Commandments displays
inside two Kentucky court
houses.
The Supreme Court said
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the key to whether a display
is constitutional hinges on
whether there is a religious
purpose behind it.
Those rulings meant thou
sands of Tfen Commandments
displays around the nation
wili be validated if them pri
mary purpose is to honor the
nation’s legal, rather than
religious, traditions. Location
also will be consideirod, with
wide open spaces more
acceptable than schoolhouses
filled with young students.
It was on this basis that the
federed appeals court in
Nebraska made its Friday
decision.
“The Plattsmouth monu
ment makes passive and per
missible use of the text of the
Tfen Commandments to
acknowledge tlie role of reli
gion in oiu’ nation’s heritage,”
Judge Pasco Bowman wrote
in the niling.
Th.e Plattsmouth monu
ment was eirocted in 1965 and
is among hundi’eds donated
to cities and counties aromid
the nation in the 19508 and
1960s by the Fraternal Order
of Ea^es, a civic organiza
tion.
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221 W. Bradley Ave., Gastonia, NC 28052
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Early Flow Worship 8:00am
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FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
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