Religion
Upcoming
Church Events
March 23-25
Revival
Higher Ground Deliver
ance Tabernacle Inc. will host a
revival on March 23-25 spon
sored by the Pastor's Aide
Ministry. Services will start
nightly at 7:30 at 406 North
west Blvd. All are invited. For
more information, contact the
church's administrative offices
at (336) 725-1125.
Guest speaker
Bishop Alicia Paterson of
Crystal Cathedral-Higher
Dimension Church in Cascade,
Va., will be the guest speaker at
New World Cappadocia Out
reach Center March 23 at 1 2:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m., March 24
at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
and Good Friday (March 25) at
12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome. New
World Cappadocia Outreach
Center is at 245 Melody Lane.
(336) 744-7924.
March 24
"Seven Last Words"
St. James AME Church will
present the "Seven Last
Words" on Thursday, March
24. at 7 p.m. The preachers are:
first word - Rev. Ella Mae
O'Neal. St. Stephen Mission
ary Baptist Church; second
word - Rev. Cynthia Dixon,
First Waughtown Baptist
Church; third word - Rev.
William Payne, First
Waughtown Baptist Church;
fourth word - Minister Rosetta
Dennis. Calvary Hill Church of
Greater Deliverance Inc.; fifth
word - Minister Virginia Turn
er, Calvary Hill Church of
Greater Deliverance Inc.; sixth
word ? Rev. Oscar Pilson. St.
James AME Church; seventh
word - Rev. Shirley Hines,
Israel Chapel AME Church.
The public is invited. The
church is at 1501 N. Patterson
Ave., at the corner of 15th
Street.
March 24, 25 and 27
Holy Week and
Easter services
Bethlehem AME Zion
Church. 6475 Yadkinville
Hwy., Pfafftown. will host
Holy Week and Easter services
March 24, 25' and 27. Rev.
Robert Bailey, pastor.
Mainville AME Zion Church.
Mocksville, will preach the
Communion service on Maun
dy Thursday. Rev. Marcus
Farmer, pastor. Hickory Grove
AME Zion. will preach on
Good Friday. Services will
begin nightly at 7. Rev.
Michael Gaddy. pastor. New
Hope AME Zion Church,
Lewisville. will preach Easter
sunrise service on Sunday at 6
a.m. Breakfast will be served.
Rev. Alvin E. Damon, pastor.
Bethlehem, will preach the
Resurrection celebration mes
sage at 11 a.m. The public is
invited.
March 25
"Seven Last Words of
Christ"
On Good Friday. Mach 25.
beginning at 6:30 p.m., the
Ministers' Conference of Win
ston-Salem will observe the
annual "Seven Last Words of
Christ" in commemoration of
the passion, dr suffering, of
Christ during his Crucifixion.
The occasion will include
seven pastors who will each
expound on one of the seven
last words of Christ as recorded
in several of the Gospels. The
event will take place at
Emmanuel Baptist Church. All
denominations and faiths with
in the community are invited
"The Seven Last Words of
Christ"
Judah Prayer and Worship
Center will present "The Seven
Last Words of Christ" on
March 25 at 7 p.m. The speak
ers will be Elder Ricky E.
Pouncey, Trustee Jerry Little
john, Missionary Barbara
Pouncey, Stephanie Golden.
Deacon James Pouncey, Dea
con Antoine Pouncey and Dea
coness B . Pouncey. The church
is at 2411 Urban Street. The
public is invited. For more
information, call (336) 896
0336 or (336) 788-2681.
Good Friday service
A special Good Friday
service will be held at United
Metropolitan Missionary Bap
tist Church on Friday. March
25, at 11:30 a.m. Rev. Dr.
Serenus Churn, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, will
speak. The public is invited.
The church is at 450 Metropol
itan Drive. For more informa
tion, call (336) 761-1358.
Good Friday worship
The Greater Church of
Deliverance Inc. invites you to
its annual Good Friday worship
on March 25 at 7 p.m. The
service Will be held at Christ
Cathedral Church of Deliver
ance, 240 Dunleith Ave. For
more information, contact the
parish office at (336) 724
1700.
"The Seven Last Words of
Christ"
Calvary Hill Church of
Greater Deliverance will pres
ent "Thq Seven Last Words of
Christ" On March 25 at 7 p.m.
The speakers are the members
of the Deaconess Board: Deb
bie Gary, Angela Blakney,
Erica Flemming, Carolyn
Flemming, Benita James, Sher
ra Myers, and Shanta Branch.
The church is at 4951 Manning
Street. For more information,
call (336) 896-0336.
Movie night
The young adult ministry
of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church of Winston-Salem will
sponsor a movie night March
25 at the church, which iv.at
810 N. Highland Ave. The
movie is "The Passion of the
Christ." There is a requested
donation of one canned good to
be placed in the church's com
munity outreach pantry. The
movie will start at 7 p.m. Pop
corn and drinks will be avail
able. The public is invited.
Speaker, play
Prophet Celestine Orr will
speak at House of Faith Out
reach
M i n -
istries on
March
25 at 7
p.m.
House of
Faith
w iaI 1
present
its East
er play Senior Pastor
0 n Stephan Jordan
March
26 at 6 p.m. The church is at
1384 W.Sedgefield Drive.
March 25, 27
(iood Friday service and
Easter sunrise service
The local Christian
Methodist Episcopal churches
will celebrate Holy Week with
two services: Good Friday and
Easter sunrise service. The Fri
day night (March 25) service
will feature Rev. Rayfield Med
calf. pastor of Hanes CME
Church, as the guest preacher at
7 p.m. Communion will be
served. Other pastors of local
churches will participate on the
program. Easter Sunrise service
will be held at 6 a.m. on March
27 with breakfast to follow the
service. Both services will be
held at Reynolds Temple CME.
2935 N. Glenn Ave.
The local CME churches
and their pastors are: Hanes
Memorial. Rev. Rayfield Med
calf: Shouse Temple. Rev. Con
See Calendar on B7
Goler choir continues a tradition
SPECIAL TO THE CHR( >N IC'LK
The Cathedral Choir of Goler
Metropolitan AME Zion Church
will present its 71st rendition of
the Easter cantata " The Seven
Last Words of Christ by
Theodore Dubois on
Easter Sunday night.
March 27. at 7 o'clock.
The tradition began
Easter Sunday. March
27; 4932. as Dr. Ashley
L. Cromwell stepped up
to the podium to direct
the 40-voice choir of
Goler Memorial AME
Zion Church in its first
performance of this can
tata. For two years Dr. Permilla
Dunston directed the choir in the
presentation of Brahms'
"Requiem."
This year's soloists include
Cathy Anderson
soprano Cathy Anderson, tenor
Adrian Swygert. and bass-bari
tone Daniel D. Gales.
Anderson is a native of Mari
on, S.C., where she attended the
public schixils. She is a graduate
ot Johnson C . Smith
University. She
studied with Vivien
King Bright and
Betty Allen of N.C.
School Of the Arts,
and was under the
tutelage of D'Walla
Burke of Winston
Salem State Univer
sity.
She has been
soloist with the
Goler Cathedral Choir. Twin City
Choristers and the Shanta-Malia
Ensemble of Hanes CME Church .
She also was a soloist in Handel's
"Messiah" at First Baptist Church.
She is studying at Winston
Salem State University and is
employed in Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools in
the division of exceptional chil
dren at Piney Grove Elementary
School. She is mar
ried and has one son.
Swygert is a
native of Winston
Salem and attended
Winston-Salem
State University. He
is a member of the
N.C. Black Reperto
ry Company and the
Twin City Choris
ters. He is the direc
tor of the Senior
Choir at Sainl Home United
Methodist Church.
He has appeared in numerous
plays, including "Night Voices";
"Don't Bother Me. I Can't Cope";
Daniel Gales
and "Celebration." He studied
voice with Dr. Permilla Flack
Dunston. Dr. Robert Morris. Dr.
James B. Kinchen, and Dr. Fred
Tanner.
He is married and works for
the Winston-aalem
Municipal ABC Board.
Gales was born in
Washington, D.C., to
Julia V. Mateo
Almarante and Glenn M.
Gales. At the age of 11,
he began to display an
interest in vocal music.
He moved on to audition
for the Duke Ellington
School of the Arts
(Georgetown), North
west Washington, u.c. wnue ai
Ellington he studied under the
tutelage of Samuel L?. Bonds Sr.
Sec Choir on B7
St. Stephen
will present
Easter
program
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Associate ministers at St.
Stephen Missionary Baptist
Church will present "The
;?even Cries From Calvary"
tomorrow at 7 p.m.
There will be inspirational
music from 6:45 to 7 p. pi.
Rev. Dqpald Jenkins will
preside. Rev. Eve Simmons
will give the welcome. The
chijir will sing a number of
selections during the pro
gram.
Rev. Phyllis Faye will
preach on the Cry of Forgive
ness (Luke 23:32-34); Rev.
Ronald Fluitt. on the Cry of
Salvation (Luke 23:42-43);
Rev. Rhonda Dixon, on the
Cry of Provision (John 19:26
27): Rev. James Rowdy. o,n
the Cry of Desertion
(Matthew 27:46): Rev. Beve
lena Davis, on the Cry of Suf
fering (John I9:2?); Rev.
Glenn Odell, orr the Cry of
Victory (John 19:30): Rev.
James Clement, on the Cry of
Death (Luke 23:46).
Rev. J:R. Samuels and
Rev. Charles Smith will make
remarks. Rev. Dr. Donald
Jenkins will give the Benedic
tion.
St. Stephen is at 5000
Noble Street. Call 744-7303
for more information.
The Next Gospel Great
Photo courtesy of Kraft
Last year's winner , Natasha Williams, won $ 25,000 .
Kraft contest seeks people who can ' sang '
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
From coast to coast,
gospel continues to nourish
our mind, body, and spirits. In
celebration of this increasing
ly popular music form", gospel
sensation Kim Burrell and
Kraft Foods are on a mission
to discover America's newest
voice of gospel.
The second annual Kraft
Gospel Talent Search finalists
will compete for a chance to
win $25,000 and an audition
with Sony Urban Gospel
Music.
"Kraft Foods is proud to
celebrate the rich legacy of
gospel music in the African
American community," said
Robert L. Simpson, director
of multicultural marketing.
Kraft Foods. "We are pleased
to see the Gospel Talent
Search continue to serve as a
medium for the next genera
tion of gospel singers to be
discovered."
Natasha Williams, a moth
er from Peekskill. N.Y.. was
last year's grand prize win
ner. receiving $25,000 and a
guest performance at the
Essence Music Festival on
the same stage as some of the
world's most talented artists,
including Prince. LL Cool J,
Mary J. Blige. The O'Jays
and Tyrese.
Judges for this year's con
test include representatives
from Sony and Essence.
To help select the 10 final
ists who will compete in New
Orleans, visit www.kraft
foods.com/gospel. The first
period for consumers to vote
for their favorite performance
is between April 7 and April
V3. The second period is
between May 3 and May 9.
Site visitors can vote for
their favorite performance of
the Kraft Gospel Talent
Search finalists during the
final voting period. June 2
through June 16.
Photo hy Ray Hailev
Jerrye Griffin (president of Mt. Zion Missionary Circle), C. Odell Warren (certificate recipient ),
Beulah Bunch ( Miriam Missionary Group leader), Dr. Serenus 7. Churn (pastor of Mt. Zion Bap
tist Church.
Warren sings at church's
annual St. Patrick's Tea
SPECIAI rp QjECHROym I
C. Odell Warren started
singing in church choirs when he
was very young. He sang in the
Stokesdale Church of God choir.
When the church was renamed
the Warrenville Church of God.
he became an ordained deacon.
He later joined Providence
Church in Kernersville.
Western Electric Co.
employed him. There he met
Myrtle Jones. Elizabeth Durham
and Helen Peters, who were
members of the Miriam Mission
ary Group of Mount Zion Baptist
Church in Winston-Salem. They
encouraged him to come sing at
their annual St. Patrick's Tea. He
said that he was happy to come to
sing for them. He also brought
his brother Ernest Warren and his
wife. Helen, to sing with him.
That was 30-some years ago
He also brings his wife. Dimples
Warren, with him when he sings.
He has attended and has sung at
the St. Patrick's Tea at Mount
Zion for more than 30 years. He
said he has missed only two times
in more than M) years singing at
the tea. One time he had forgot
ten, and the other time he was in a
how ling tournament the same day
of the tea.
Odell received a certificate of
appreciation from the members of
the Miriam Missionary Group on
Mareh 6. It is not often that you
find someone with this kind of
dedication.
Church has
plans for
celebrations
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Mount Olive Baptist
Church congregation will cele
brate the %th anniversary of the
church and the 26th anniversary
of its beloved pastor. Rev. Dr.
Charles E.
G r a y ,t
"Son of
Thunder,"
on April 3
at 4 p.m.
The guest
speaker
will be
Rev. Dr.
Joseph R.
S y tYi lie K Rev. Dr. Gray
from St.
Stephen Missionary Baptist
thin. I
thine own understanding. In all
thy ways acknowledge Him and
He shall direct thy paths." This is
what a group of Christian people
did when God led them to estab
lish Mount Olive Baptist Church
in 1909.
The first place of worship was
a storefront building on South
Ridge Avenue. The congregation
rented the building for several
years and burned the mortgage in
1921. In 1934. the building was
torn down and a new building
Chu