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Some of the
scholarship
recipients
from the
latt C manci
potion
Association
event are
recognized
during the
program.
Emancipation event is Jan. 1
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Winston
Salem/Forsylh County Eman
cipation Association will have
its annual celebration of the
1863 signing of the Emanci
pation Proclamation by Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln on Sat
urday. Jan. I , .2005. The event
will be at Grace Presbyterian
Church (3901 Carver School
Road) at 1 1 a.m.
Rev. William Stephen
Fails, pastor of Greater First
United Baptist Church in High
Point, will be the keynote
speaker.
Fails was called to preach
in 1968 but did not enter the
ministry until late 1969. He
was licensed to preach in 1969
at Cleaves Memorial CME
Church in Oklahoma City.
In 1980 he entered the
Interdenominational Theolog
ical Center (ITC) in Atlanta,
Ga. While matriculating at
ITC, he pastored Clifford
Temple CME Church in
Thomasville, Ga. After study
ing at ITC for two years, he
transferred to Howard Univer
sity School of Divinity. He
was then transferred to Wash
ington. D.C.. to pastor Lane
Memorial CME Church.
In 1986 he was assigned to
Hanes Memorial CME Church
in Winston-Salem, where he
served until 1989. In May of
1986 he graduated with a
Master of Divinity degree.
In 1989 he was transferred
to Anderson, S.C., to serve as
pastor of Mount Carmel CME
Church. The next assignment
for him was in 1990 to
Statesville, N.C., where he
pastored Holsey CME
Church.
In the summer of
1991. the Lord
moved in a mysteri
ous way and Fails
"was called to be the
pastor of First Unit
ed Baptist Church of
High Point (now
Greater First United
Baptist Church),
where he currently
serves.
Fails is a member
of the Ministers Con
ference of Winston
Salem and Vicinity,
Fails
recognition. Contributions by
individuals and organizations,
plus all offering at the annual
celebration, provide money
for scholarships.
Other participants on the
program will include: Mayor
Allen Joines, Judge Roland
Hayes, Board of Education
member Victor Johnson, Rev.
Sandra Thigpin,
Josephine Jones,
attorney Kath
leen Quinn
DuBois, Rev./Dr.
John Mendez,
attorney Harvey
L. Kennedy,
Rev./Dr. J. Ray
Butler. Rev./Dr.
Samuel Steven
son, Alma Bar
ber, and associa
tion president
Robert W. Long.
Evalena Clay
the Ministers Conference of
High Point, NAACP, Citizens
United for Justice, Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity Inc. and
Prince Hall Lodge. He has
received many honors and
awards. He is a founder of
Crossing 52.
Several scholarships will
be awarded during the Eman
cipation Celebration.
Finalists who do not
receive scholarships will be
given monetary awards and
born is the program chairper
son.
Music for the celebration
will be provided by A. Louisa
L. Foy, Ronald E. Hughes
(tenor soloist), the United
Voices of Greater First United
Baptist Church of High Point,
and the Chancel Choir of
Grace Presbyterian Church.
The general public is invit
ed to come and join this his
toric and educational celebra
tion.
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