Religion
Upcoming
Church Events
Dec. 31
Watch-night service
Come celebrate with us
at New Hope Missionary
Baptist ,Church at a watch
night .service Dec. 31 at 10
p.m. Bishop John Cecil
Parks, senior pastor, will
preach on "Armed, But Now
Anointed." The guest
psalmist will be gospel
recording artist Lucresia
Campbell. The New Hope
Inspirational Choir will sing.
New Hope Missionary Bap
tist Church is at 1201 New
Hope Lane. Call 724-5401
for more information.
Watch-night service
Yoq^, are invited to New
Birth Worship Center's
watch-night service Dec. 31
at 10:30 p.m. Come with the
expectation of being encour
aged, equipped, and empow
ered. New Birth Worship
Center is at 1033 Neivbirth
Drive (off Hwy. 67). East
Bend. For more information,
contact Dr. James L.E. Hunt
(pastor) at (336) 768-1744
or call the church at (336)
699-3583.
Holy Ghost Party for
Jesus
House of Faith Outreach
Center will have a Holy
Ghost Party for Jesus on
Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to 12
a.m. at 1384 W. Sedgefield
Drive. There will be three
dynamic speakers: Minister
Pamela Jordan, Deacon-Ray
mond Patrick and Deacon
George Sawyer. The public
is invited.
Watch-night service
St. Stephen Missionary
Baptist Church, 500 Noble
Street, will have its annual
watch-night service in cele
bration of the new year Dec.
31 from 10 p.m. until. The
public is invited. Contact St.
Stephen Missionary Baptist
Church at 744-7303 for
more information.
Jan. 11
Forsyth County United
Usher Board
The Forsyth County
United Usher Board will
meet at New Light Baptist
Church. 1527 E. 15th Street,
at 3 p.m. Jan. II. For more
information contact Rodney
McCormick at 788-1664.
Other
Grandparents Bible study
Beginning Jan 8, United
Progressive Baptist Church
will have grandparents Bible
study at 7 p.m. each Thurs
day. The church is at 1122
Quincy Caldwell Circle, at
the corner of East 12th
Street and Jackson Avenue
Come and enjoy.
Services
Greater Mt. Calvary
Ministries has announced
these services: On Jan. 4 at 7
p m.. Pastor Kelvin Shouse
will minister at Power
House Deliverance Garden
< athedral in Greensboro '
Jan. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m., there
will be a New Year's revival
with Elder Kenneth Moales
Jr. from Detroit, Mich. On
Jan. II at 5 p.m.. Bishop
Marshall and Christ Cathe
dral from High Point will be
at Greater Mt. Calvary Min
istries. Jan. 18 at 5 p.m.,
Pastor Tyrone Hunter, from
Summit. N.C., wilf be at
Greater Mt. Calvary Min
istries. Greater Mt. Calvary
Holy Church is at 2207 H
Green Drive. High Point.
Worship schedule, services
Goler Memorial AME
Zion Church, 630 N. Patter
son Ave.: worship schedule
- Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and
1 1 a.m., Wednesdays at 7
p.m.: Bible study - Wednes
days at noon and Wednes
days at 6 p.m.; watch-night
service, Goler Memorial and
Goler Metropolitan com
bined service, Dec. 31 at 10*
p m.. to be held at Goler
Metropolitan AME Zion
Church. Fourth Street and
Dunleith Avenue; annual 21
Days of Spiritual Renewal
Services, Jan. I -2 1 at 7 p.m.
Break-Through Services
Do you need a break
through? Come to Mt. Olive
Baptist Church Wednesday
nights beginning at 7. Wit
ness the messages and be
blessed with your break
t1")u8tl The church is at
1301 E. Belews Street.
Reunion
St. Benedict the Moor
Catholic School and St.
Ann's Academy class
reunion will be held Aug 7
We are looking for former
students from any class. E
mail your name, current
mailing address and phone
number t0
sds@btcmlaw.com no later
lhan Jan. 31, or leave a mes
sage with your name, mail
ing address and phone num
ber at (336) 725-1801 no
later than Jan. 31.
Worship services
Judah Praise and Wor
ship Center, 2411 Urban
Street, holds Sunday service
at II ' a.m.. Monday Bible
Study at 7 p.m. and Wednes
day worship at 7 p.m.
Food pantry
Do you need emergency
food assistance? R.I.C.H.
Food Pantry can help. The
hours are every second Sat
urday 10 a.m. to noon and
every fourth Saturday 10 to
1 1 a.m. The location is 651
Akron Drive at Holy Trinity
Full Gospel Baptist Church.
For more information call
744-9293.
Deadline for
subir&tions
Motfmys
at 5 p.m.
Church sponsors talent contest
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Holy Trinity Full Gospel Baptist
Church sponsored games and a
'Trinity Idol" talent contest on Dec.
2 1 at Holy Trinity Post 1 87, which is
at the church..
Desiree Sims won the musical
chairs for kids in first grade and
younger. The second game involved
throwing beanbags to an object that
was moving on the stage. A guest
won the moving target game, which
was for kids in grades 2-5.
Children in grades 6-12 played
Fear Factor at the Post. In round
one, children crawled under pews,
rode a scooter around the church,
picked up trash off the stage and put
on a .frozen T-shirt. In round two,
children rolled dice to determine
how many scoops of soup and sar
dines they would have to eat.
Jakia Rynie won the event. She
received a framed certificate and a
$50 gift certificate to the mall. The
first runner-up got a certificate and a
portable CD player.
The 'Trinity Idols" had two con
testants to sing, Brandon Jeter and
Joe-Joe Miller; two contestants to
dance, Brittany Johnson and Anto
nio Howell; and one contestant to
rap, Akeem Howell. The winner,
Brittany Johnson, won a framed cer
tificate and a $100 gift certificate to
the mall, and will be featured at
Holy Trinity Post 187 in January.
Runner-up Akeem Howell received
a $25 gift certificate to the mall.
Post 1 87 had special door prizes.
The first two prizes were DVDs
given to Denise Smith and Miss
Brooks. A big bicycle was given to
Nya Hines.
Every kid who was at Post 187
received a gift.
Pastor Richard C. Miller spoke
on "Christmas His Birth, Our New
Birth."
The church is at 651 Akron
Drive.
Terrell Fuiell and Camille Westmoreland provide live enter
tainment for the audience during the worship service .
Pastor Richard C. Miller gives a sermon.
Parks
Hash
Corneliu
Linville
Samuels
I 1
Gray
Goler 's Spiritual Renewal
Services gain momentum
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Goler Memorial AME Zion
Qhurch will hold its annual I
Days of Spiritual Renewal
services Jan. 1-21 at 7 p.m.
The purpose is to provide the
people of God with spiritual
renewal, social development,
a dynamic worship experience
and a holy vision for the new
year. One of the benefits is
that more than 20 churches
will come together for spiritu
al worship, crossing denomi
national and racial lines.
Proceeds from past servic
es have helped to purchase
rice for a Liberian orphanage
and to help build four Habitat
for Humanity homes. A dona
tion of $5,000 was made in
2003 to the United Way of
Forsyth County to help^jfund
the 34 community agencies
that United Way serves. Unit
ed Way will again benefit
from these services in 2004.
Confirmed speakers and
churches include:
? Jan. 2 - Dr. Otis Robin
son, Mt. Sinai AME Zion
Church.
? Jan. 4 - Rev. James F.
Linville, Piney Grove Baptist
Church.
? Jan. 6 - Bishop J.C.
Hash. St. Peters World Out
reach.
? Jan. 7 - Rev. Charles E.
Gray. Mt. Olive ' Baptist
Church. -0
? Jan.. 8 - Rev. Michael
Williams, The Messiah's
House.
? Jan. 9 - Rev. Samuel Cor
nelius. New Jerusalem Baptist
Church.
? Jan. 10 - Rev. David
Williams, Pleasant Ridge
AME Zion Church.
? Jan. 1 1 - Bishop Freder
ick Patterson, Ambassadors
Cathedral.
? Jan. 12 - Rev. Donald
Jenkins, St. Paul United
Methodist Church.
? Jan. 13 - Rev. Michael
McLean. Swift Street AME
Zion Church.
? Jan. 14 - Rev. Larry
Fitzgerald. Bass Chapel Unit
ed Methodist Church.
? Jan. 16, Rev. Philemon
Samuels, Goodwill Baptist
Church.
? Jan. 17, Bishop John C.
Parks, New Hope Missionary
Baptist Church.
? Jan. 18, Rev. Hunter
Dockery, Redeemer Presbyter
ian Church.
? Jan. 20, Rev. Claude
Alexander, University Park
Baptist.
The 2004 Spiritual Renew
al Services will have an added
dimension. There will be a
special convocation for
preachers' kids, teachers' kids
and police officers' kids.
Some participants have wit
nessed breakthroughs in their
lives, while others have used
this time as an opportunity for
fasting and prayers.
The public is invited to
attend these services, which
have grown from year tf> year.
The church is at 630 N. Patter
son Ave. Rev. Dr. Seth O.
Lartey is the pastor. For more
information, call the church at
724-9411.
Walker
Adams
Stellar
Awards to
have star
power
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
HOUSTON, Texas -
Houston's own Yolanda
Adams will share co-hosting
honors with popular gospel
artists Kirk Franklin and
Donnie McClurkin at the 19th
annual Stellar Gospel Music
Awards on Jan. 10. This will
be the Stellar Awards' first
time in the "Lone Star State"
of Texas at George R. Brown
Convention Center.
Some of the top talents
from traditional and contem
porary gospel in spiritual tan
dem with stars from the world
of entertainment will be on
hand to celebrate gospel
music's finest. The all-star
line-up of performers
includes Mary Mary, the
"Prince of Praise" Byron
Cage. Hezekiah Walker, Cece
Winans, Vickie Winans,
Tonex featuring Sheila E.,
Dietrick Haddon, Karen Clark
Sheard, Natalie Wilson and
S.O.P., Rizen, Darius Brooks,
and Lee Williams and the
Spiritual QC's. .
Leading the pack with
nominations are Deitrick
Haddon and Vicki Winans,
vying for the most prestigious
award in gospel music.
Hezekiah Walker & The Love
Fellowship Choir placed sec
ond to Haddon and Winans
with six nominations, while
Mary r Mary, Donnie
McClurkin, Byron Cage and
Lee Williams picked up five
nods each.
This year's presenters
include neo-soul artist Musiq;
Ruben Studdard, "American
Idol" winner and recording
artist; Twinkie Clark; Ranee
Allen; Kim Burrell; Lonnie
Hunter; the Kenoly Brothers;
Papa San; Ramiyah; Lil' lrocc
<Williams; and surprise guesfS.
A tribute to gospel legend
Pastor Shirley Caesar, recipi
ent of this year's James
Cleveland Award, will be a
special moment of the show.
The James Cleveland Award
is given annually to an artist
who has made a major impact
in the development and
advancement of gospel music.
In addition. Kirk Franklin
will be inducted into the Stel
lar Awards Hall of Fame. This
honor is bestowed upon an
artist for outstanding achieve
ments and major impact made
on the gospel music industry
through standout perform
ance, writing and career
record sales.
"We are excited about the
line-up of talent for this
year's show. We have a soul
stirring production that will
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