4-THE CAROLINA TIMES - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 Deaths MS. LaTISHA FERRELL SCARLETT Final rites for Ms. LaTisha Ferell Scarlett were held Oct. 28 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Father Andrew Santamauro officiated. Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery. She was born March 31, 1977 in Durham, a daughter of Mrs. Bo nita Bland Scarlett and the late Billy Lee Scarlett. She died Oct. 20. She Graduated from Durham High School in 1995. Surviving are her children, Taylor Scarlett, Tyler Johnson and Cartier Scarlett; three brothers, Dewayne Bland Scarlett, Durham, Antonio Lamont Scarlett, Durham and Steve Thomas;and a sister, Ms. Ashanta S. Scarlett, Durham. Arrangements by Burthey Funeral Service. ROBERT OLDEN KELLEY Final rites for Robert Olden Kelley were held Oct. 29 at Peace Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. W.E. Daye, eulogist. He was born Aug. 2, 1939 in Mayfield, Ky, a son of the late Her man Kelly and Mrs. Flora Eaker Kelley. He died Oct. 16. He graduated from Dunbar High School in Mayfield, Ky. He received a Business Office Procedures and Accounting Certificate from West Kentucky State Vocational College. He received a Bach elor of science degree in Office Management and Accounting from University of California. He received a Master of Public Health Administration, Financing Health Care Services from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He received another Master of Public Administration and Government Finance degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He held many positions in finance and teaching at N.C. Museum of Life and Science, Livingstone College, N.C. A&T State Univer sity, Fayetteville State University and Neighborhood Health Center in Soul City. Surviving are his wife, Dr. Johnea D. Kelley; sisters, Mses Hattie E. Curry and Josephine Johnson. Arrangements by Burthey Funeral Service. JOHN R. FOSTER Final rites for John R. Foster were held Oct. 27 at First Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Fredrick A. Davis officiated. 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He served as a New York City Detective. He worked in Durham at the Durham Visitors and Convention center. Surviving are his wife, Flo Kelly-Foster; two daughters,, Mses. Deborah Foster and Denise Conelly, Cartersville, Ga; a step-son, William Stacy Kelly, Bronx, N.Y.; three grandsons; a granddaughter. Arrangements by Burthey Funeral Service. RICHARD I. VAUGHAN, JR. On Oct. 25, Richard I. Vaughan, Jr., died. He was born Feb. 21, 1942, a son of Mrs. Tessie Bobbitt Vaughan and the late Richard I. Vaughan, Sr. He attended Vance County School System. He received a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from North Carolina Central University. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in San Antonio, Texas, and served as a Medic at Brooks Army Hospital. While employed by Colgate and Pepsi companies in New Jersey, he earned the MBA Degree from Rutgers University. Upon returning to North Carolina, he was employed at Durham Technical Commu nity College, where he distinguished himself as an educator for 30 years. He was a 64-year member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Henderson. He was inducted into the Shiloh Golden Hall of Fame for having maintained his membership for over 50 year. For many years he was a Deacon and President of the Laymen’s League; he was a floating Sunday School Teacher and Assistant Superintendent. He served on many committees, including Church Beautification, Men’s Day, Bus/ Transportation, Recreation, Shaw Day, and Loan Negotiation Com mittee for Multipurpose Building. The ministries with which he was associated were the Senior Resources, Food Bank, and Marriage En richment ministries. In addition, Richard was a member of the Men’s Choir. He was a member of the Vance County Board of Commissioners; the former president of the Flint Hill Old School Reunion Associa tion; a Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club; and for four years, President of the Triad Chapter of the Henderson Institute Alumni As sociation. He was a 50-Year member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., having been inducted into the Gamma Beta Undergraduate Chapter at North Carolina Central University. For 20 years, he was the Trea surer of the Rho Beta Lambda Graduate Chapter in Henderson. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Tessie Bobbitt Vaughan; two brothers: Rev. David S. Vaughan, Philadelphia, Pa, and Samuel E. Vaughan, Bahama; two sisters: Mses. Laura Vaughan Stokes, Mitch ellville, Md., and Linda Vaughan Williams, Ft. Washington, Md. Church News First Community Missionary Baptist Hilsborough First Community Missionary Baptist Church, will be celebrating 30 years of service for its founding Pastor, Rev. Dr. William Rich ardson, with an appreciation banquet on Saturday, November 12th, 2016 at 4:00pm. ***** On Sunday, November 13th, 2016, the church will celebrate its 30th year of service to the community. The guest preacher for this occasion is Rev. J. Vincent Terry, Sr., Pastor of Mount Peace Bap tist Church, Raleigh. Tickets for the appreciation banquet will be a $20.00 donation. First Community Missionary Baptist Church is located at 509 Eno Street, Hillsborough, NC. For additional information about the ban quet tickets or Sunday service, please call (919) 732-6135. White Rock Baptist White Rock Baptist Church has partnered with North Carolina Central University to provide exercise classes at White Rock on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. fthrough Thursday, November 17.. The instructors are juniors and seniors from NCCU who are majoring in Physical Therapy and Fitness and Wellness. The exercises they will present are from the research-based National Institute on Ag ing exercise program: Go4Life, designed to encourage people to include exercise and physical activity in their daily lives. While the classes are designed for men and women 55 and over, all age groups are welcome to attend. Let us join to gether to keep moving, improve strength, balance, flexibility, and endurance. 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The word “tongues” in scriptures is a known language which is spoken by different people living in different locations. An unknown language is just what it is, “unknown.” The Holy Spirit did not give out an unknown tongue (language). Else, how would the people be able to hear and understand what is being said if they did not hear the gospel in their own language? This is why the crowd on the Day of Pentecost, were amazed when the uneducated fishermen (disciples) from Galilee, the uneducated part of Palestine, began to speak to the Greeks/ Romans and other foreign citizens gathered at Jerusalem in their own native language (Acts 2:5-8). God wants all to be saved. Peter preached (prophecy) the gospel in tongues on that day of Pentecost and more than 3000 souls became believers in Jesus Christ (Acts 2:41). Up to this moment in his life, Peter never spoke any foreign language except his own local dialect, Aramaic. In a sense, Peter was viewed as a “country bumkin” by the people in Jerusalem. Peter was simply an uneducated fisherman from Galilee using God’s gift of tongues to preach the gospel. Why would I speak in Russian to a congregation of Americans who do not know the language? I should use this gift of tongues to speak the gospel to an unbelieving Russian congregation, even though I do not know the language of Russian, myself. This is what happened on the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost fell upon the disciples waiting in the Upper room. In short, tongues are miracle languages given to servants of God so as to aid him/her in prophesying and teaching in a known language of the people so they can understand what is being said. The greatest of all gifts from God is love and not the speaking of tongues, as some church people would argue. St. Paul indicated that some in the church were misusing the gift of tongues and others were faking it, as if they had the gift of tongues. This they did in order to try and show others they had God’s gift of the Holy Ghost and were superior to others in the church because of this gift they have. This same attitude can be found in some churches today. In other words, if you cannot, or do not speak in tongue, you’re not saved; not filled with the Holy Ghost nor are you close to God. Nothing can be further from the biblical truth. The thief on the cross beside Jesus, never got filled with the Holy Ghost, never did he speak in tongue when he conversed with Jesus. Yet, He was saved by Jesus that day. The Holy Spirit requires interpretation and order in the church. The church cannot grow in the middle of contusion. There was a time in the church when there was much commotion and disturbance when it came to speaking tongue in the New Testament church. When someone speaks out in tongue in the church, there must be an interpreter. If there is nc interpreter, one is commanded to keep quiet and talk to God only (1 Corinthians 14:26- 28). If there are more than one speaker of tongues in the church, let one speak at a time so as tc be heard one at a time. Let only one person interpret what is being said so as to keep down confusion (1 Corinthians 14:26). The gift of tongues was God’s way of “exploding” the Gospel so as to get the gospel spread and started in the New Testament church and not for personal use. As practicing Christians, we must respect and give room tc all who claim tongues as a part of their religion. Gods still uses this gift when needed in special modern-day conditions. The gospel is now spread over more than 65% of the earth (nations) in their native tongues due to oui dedicated, foreign missionaries who have been class-room trained to speak the language of the country in which they are serving, or intend to serve. The ability of the missionaries to speak the language of the country in which they serve did not come to them miraculously, like the tongues which fell upon the uneducated disciples at Pentecost. The language training comes from months or years in the classroom. The language becomes a miracle tc the missionary when they lean: it. And all of them do learn the language. They finish up then learning when they immerse themselves in the culture of the country they serve. St Paul said, “I wish all of you could speak tongue, but I would prefer you preach in your own language to the people you know (1 Corinthians 14:4-5). St. Paul said I thank my God that I speak with tongues more than you all; Yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue (1 Corinthians 14:18). The gift oftongue is still alive, but not given miraculously as much as on the day ol Pentecost. 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