Union Baptist Church to install pastor, Rev. Sir Walter Mack, Jr.
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Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, Union
Baptist Church will install as its Pas
tor the Rev. Dr. Sir Walter Mack Jr.
Dr. B.A. Mack. Pastor of Mt.
Sinai A.M.E. Zion Church of
Advance. North Carolina, will deliv
er the 11 :00 morning message.
The Installation Service will
begin with a Pre-Musical Corona
tion at 3:00 pLm by the combined
choirs of Union Baptist Church. Dr.
John Mendez will deliver the Instal
lation sermon. He will be accompa
nied by the choirs, officers and mem
bers of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Dr. Lorenzo D Lynch, Pastor of
Ebenezer Baptist Church of Char
lotte, North Carolina, will preside
over the Installation Service.
The Installation Reception will
be held at the M.C. Benton Conven
tion Center at 6.00 pm
The Reverend Dr. Sir Walter Lee
Mack, Jr. is a native of Winston
Salem. North Carolina, and is the
son of Mrs. Frances J. Mack and the
late Dr. Sir Walter Mack, Sr.
Dr. Mack received his Bachelor
of Arts Degree in 1989 from Elon
College (where he was listed in
Who's Who Among American Col
leges and Universities in both his
junior and senior years). He earned
a Master of Divinity degree from
Duke Divinity School (1993) and
earned a Doctorate from the United
Theological Seminary in Dayton,
Ohio.
As a doctoral student. Dr. Mack
developed a program titled the Rec
onciliation Empowerment Program
(REP), a program designed for
churches to reach out to African
American male juvenile delinquents
for personal development and trans
formation. He developed this pro
gram under the tutelage of famous
preachers like Drs William (Bill)
Jones, Harold Carter, William C.
Turner, and notable author C. Eric
Lincoln.
Dr. Mack has preached in many
churches across the Uni(ed States,
and has traveled Internationally to
Haiti, Dominican Republic, and
Israel. He has lectured at Elon Col
lege. Western Carolina University,
Wake Forest
University,
Winston
Salem State
University,
and North
Carolina Cen
tral Universi
ty, where he
served as
campus min- |
ister for 6 '
years. In 1997
Rev. Mack
Dr. Mack was
recognized by WUNC Radio Sta
tion as one of the top ten most effec
tive preachers in the Research Trian
gle of North Carolina. A documen
tary was produced of his preaching
to be critiqued and studied by the
ologians.
Dr. Mack is the former pastor of
New Hope Granville Baptist
Church, Oxford, North Carolina,
and the former executive director of
United Christian Campus Ministry
at North Carolina Central Universi
ty. Presently, he is the pastor of
Union Baptist Church, Winston
Salem, North Carolina.
Since his arrival to Union Bap
tist in June of 1999, Dr. Mack has
already implemented several min
istries such as Deacons and Board of
Directors Leadership Training Sem
inars, an Educational Task Force
and Tutorial Program, Health Min
istry, and Audio/Video Ministry.
Union has experienced spiritual ser
vices such as the National Youth
Day, the Back to School Rally, Soul
Week (Week of Bible Study on Stew
ardship. Outreach, Unity and Life
Issues), and also our new Tuesday
Night Teaching Service (TNT),
where an average of 350 people are
in attendance. Since Dr. Macks
arrival the church has grown
tremendously by 167 new members.
His favorite scripture is: "And we
know that all things work together
for the good of them that love God,
to them who are called according to
his purpose." (Romans 8:28).
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St. Paul United Methodist celebrates homecoming and revival
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
St. Paul United Methodist
Church will kick off its annual
homecoming and revival with four
days of celebration beginning Sun
day. October 29. The theme is
"Living for Jesus, Learning to
Serve."
The event will start Sunday
with Pastor Donald Jenkins
preaching at the 11 a.m. service
followed by the homecoming din
ner. The Reverend Belvin J. Jessup,
pastor of Holmes Grove United
Methodist Church, will preach at
the 3 p.m. service. Rev. Jessup
served as pastor at St. Paul from
1981-90.
Revival services will be held
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. The Reverend Albert
Shuler, pastor of Orange United
Methodist Church of Chapel Hill,
will be the speaker. Rev. Shuler has
pastored churches in Wilmington,
Durham and Fayetteville, North
Carolina. He has also served as
Superintendent of the Durham
District and is a member of sever
al boards of the General Confer
ence. A native of Cameron, South
Carolina, Rev. Shuler is a graduate
of Claflin College and Duke Uni
versity Divinity School.
St. Paul United Methodist
Church is located at 2400
Dellabrook Road at the corner of
New Walkertown Road. Diane
Butler is the chair of this year's
homecoming and revival.
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could have bearing on safety fac
tors.
"This is a quiet community,"
Rex Harris said. "Extending the
streets could open it up to more
crime. The kids would be
deprived of a place to play safe
ly. This change would also affect
the ability of this community to
secure community events such as
this." Moorman announced
the upcoming meeting with the
City Planning Board on this
issue.
Moorman, neighborhood
association vice president
Spencer Glenn and board chair
man Wilbert Joyner encourage
the community to come together
for important decisions during
the meetings. They are currently
working on a beautification pro
ject for the front entrance to the
neighborhood. They already
designed a sign and decorated it
with lights. The community con
sists of 123 homes, and each
block of homes has two cap
tains. Decisions and comments
are filtered through the captains.
Each year, residents partici
pate in holiday activities for
Vajentine's Day, Christmas,
Thanksgiving and other holi
days. They adopt a family and
deliver Christmas baskets.
Rudven La Foucade, youth *?'
coordinator, leads the young
people in the community as they
" sing Christmas carols, go on
bowling trips, fishing outings
and other activities.
The community has made
plans to work together. Each of
the family members at the gath
ering wore name tags that listed
their addresses and names.
Below the address was a slo
gan they adopted for their mis
sion as a community: "Coming
together is a beginning; keeping
together is progress; working
together is success."
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Goler Memorial culminates
its 118th anniversary
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Goler Memorial AME Zion Church culminated its 118th anniver
sary celebration Oct. 17.
The anniversary theme was "Reclaiming and Empowering the Chris
tian Family."
The celebration began on Oct. 10 with the anniversary of the Gospel
Choir and FATE Ministry (Fresh Air to the Elderly). This service recog
nized the Champions of Faith (members vyho are 60 years and older). A
video waS made of the members of Goler who are in the nursing homes
or shut-in.
The program also featured the unveiling of the Heritage Walkway.
The Century Memorial Musical Concert featured area choirs and
guests The Goler Cathedral Mass Choir presented a Memorial March
and Candlelight Service. Candles were lit in memory of deceased mem
bers
The Family of Destiny Convocation, with workshops, provided infor
mation on various subjects The presenters were Dr. Bernard Sullivan of
St. Stephens AME Zion, Gastonia, N.C., and Dean Albert Aymer of
Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, N.C.
During the Sunday School hour on Sunday, Oct. 17, the children and
youths sponsored an Achievement Celebration. Music was provided by
the Children's Choir and the youths presented a skit that portrayed that
children and youths are important in the church.
At 4 p.m.. Rev. Sam Adams and members of Galilee Missionary Bap
tist Church of Martinsville, Virginia were the special anniversary guests. .
Rev. Adams delivered a dynamic message on "Stand Up and Be Count
ed."
Rev. Dr. Seth O. Lartey is pastor of Goler Memorial, 630 N. Patter
son Avenue
Wentz Memorial United Church of
Christ celebrates 78th anniversary
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Wentz Memorial- United
Church of Christ at 3435 Carver
School Road in Winston-Salem
will celebrate the 78th anniver
sary of the founding of the
church during its morning wor
ship servipe at 11 a.pr, on Sun
day, Oct. 24.
This worship service will be
highlighted in a special tribute
to the traditional African Amer
ican experience or religion. The
service will include a brief adap
tation of the church's "Let My
People Go" program, which has
been presented by the choir sev
eral times in previous years.
The program will consist of
Negro spirituals sung by the
choir and the congregation.
Some of the spirituals are: "I've
Been Listening," "Done Made
My Vow," "Give Me Jesus" and
"Rock My Soul in the Bosom of
Abraham." It will also include
some historical and interpretive
narratives read by the pastor of
Wentz Memorial United Church
of Christ, Dr. Henry S. Lewis Jr.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend this special occa
sion in the life of Wentz Church
as it moves forward into the next
century.
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Goler youth to
go to Belgium
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Simone Dickey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonzo Dickey,
has been selected to go to Bel
gium to sing with the Fayet
teville State University Choir.
The all-expense-paid tour of
other European locations is
scheduled for December 6-22,
1999.
Simone began singing in the
children's choir and the Voices of
Zion as a soloist, at Goler.
Memorial AME Zion Church.
This will be her second time
touring overseas with the Fayet
teville State Choir. She was the
featured soloist at the Youth and
Children's Parent Recognition
Program Sunday, October 17.
Goler's children's choir sang
and a skit pertaining to the
youth's place in the church was
presented. ?
Each parent was given a bur
gundy bookmark from the chil
dren, in appreciation for their
love and care.
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True Temple Holiness
Church will hold fall revival
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Apostle Dr. Kevin A.
Williams of Greensboro will render
the fall revival at the True Temple
Holiness Church on 1232 Mint
Street where the pastor is Apostle
Wallace Gaither. The revivaJ will
run from Sunday, Oct. 24, at 7
through Wednesday, Oct. 27, 7:30
weeknights.
Dr. Kevin A. Williams is the pas
tor of Monument of Praise in High
Pbint and New Jerusalem Cathedral
of Greensboro.
Come hear this great man of
God.
'LET'S CALL 'EM DOWN!"
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