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Summer Camp
Emanuel Baptist Church is sponsoring
Kernel Academy Summer Camp through
Aug. 22, Monday through Friday, from 7
am. - 5:30 pjn. at the Church, 1075
Shalimar Dr. The theme is "The Art of
Leadership: Recognizing and Cultivating
Talent."
Their intent this summer is to expose
the youth to the full and rich history of past
and present great leaders by engaging them
in activities which will allow them to
explore and cultivate their talents.
Registration forms are available. Call
788-7023 for more information. The Rev.
Dr. John Mendez is pastor.
Church camp
Mount Zion Baptist Church's 2008
Summer Arts Camp For Children Ages 6
12 will be held through Aug. 8. There will
be extended camp programs from Aug. 11
22 . Camp hours are 7 a jn. - 5:30 p jn. Call
the Church Office at 336-722-2325 for
more information.
Starting July 24
Anniversary celebration
Life Changing Transformation Church
Ministries is celebrating its church and pas
toral anniversaries with guest speakers the
Rev. Carl Payne on July 24 and Pastor L. B.
Ford, of Beulah Baptist Church, on July 25;
both services will be at 7 pjn. at Greater
Damascus Church, 5009 Voss Street. On
July 27th at 1 1 a.m., there will also be a cel
ebratory event.
Celebration for Usher
Bishop William A. Ellis, pastor of
Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Chicago,
will be the guest at the 4th pastoral anniver
sary services for District Elder Patrick L.
Usher on July 24 and 25 at 7 pjn. nightly.
Elder Usher is the pastor of Ishi Pentecostal
Temple, 1319 Excelsior Street. Also, on
July 26 a banquet will be held in Usher's
honor at 5:30 pjn. at St. John CM?
Family & Life Worship Center, 350
Northwest Crawford Place. For more infor
mation, call 336-722-1715 or 336-725
6171.
Starting Julj 25
Musical showcase 0
On July 25 at 7 pjn., the East Winston
Community Prayer Band's annual group
session will be held with various prayer
bands and choirs performing. On July 26 at
7 pjn., the Gospel Supremes Singers will
be in concert and on July 27 at 6 p.m., the
New Gospel Tabernacle Holiness Church
Male Chorus will have its 3rd Anniversary.
Guest groups will include the St. Mark
Baptist Church Male Chorus, die Spiritual
Aires and many more. The public is cor
dially invited to attend. The church is at 206
Laura Wall Boulevard. Rev. Johnny
Johnson is the pastor.
July 26
Friends and Family Day and Jubilee
Celebration
The School Board Alumni of Ephesus
Seventh Day Adventist Church will have its
Jubilee Celebration on July 26 at 6 pjn.
This musical program is for the benefit of
Christian education for the Ephesus Junior
Academy. Earlier in the day. Family and
Friends Day will be held at 11 ajn. The
speaker will be the church's pastor, Elder
Godwin Mitchell. The public is invited to
come out to help the church celebrate and
enjoy these praise and worship servic
es. The church is at 1225 N. Cleveland
Avenue. Reach the church office at 336
724-0491.
Family and Friends Weekend '
Calvary Christian Center of Greensboro
will present its 8th Annual Family and
Friends Weekend on Saturday, July 26 from
12-5 pjn., and Sunday, July 27 from 9:30
ajn. - 5 pjn. Services will take place at
Western Guilford High School, 409
Friendway Rd. in Greensboro . There will
be food, activities and fellowship.
Gospel play
RICH Productions In association with
Holy Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church
will present "Just Like Yo Daddy" on
Saturday, July 26 at 7 pjn. in the Carver
High School Auditorium. The show is writ
ten and directed by Sheiba Jeter. For more
information, call Holy Trinity FGBC at
336-744-9293. ext. 102.
Youth Jamboree
On July 26 at 1 pjn., House of Faith
will be have its Youth Jamboree for all
youth. There will be youth dancers from
different churches, choirs, youth testi
monies, games, face paintings, food and
lots of fun for young people. For more
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Shipp
Jessup
Young men of God to
led upcoming conference
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Th^ Youth Ministry at Phillips Chapel
mer rap artist, accepted his call into the ministry
in 1994. Shortly after preaching his initial ser
mon, he served as a youth pastor at Macedonia
Missionary Baptist Church will hold
its 2008 Youth and Young Adult
Conference July 31 - Aug. 3. The
theme is "We Are at War."
The conference is designed to
help equip young people to effective
ly fight the wars and battles that they
will experience throughout their
lives.
The conference will start
Thursday, July 31 at 7 p.m. with guest
minister the Rev. Jeremiah Shipp, 24,
an associate at Piney Grove
Missionary Baptist Church who initi
ated the church's Chosen Generation
Youth Ministry.
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held at Ph
TVPH Church of God Inc.
On Saturday, Aug. 2 at noon,
there will be a Youth Extravaganza
with featured guest Badia Jeter, a
local rapper. The program will also
include performing arts ministries
from churches throughout the area.
Min. Justin Bilson will close the
conference on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 11
a.m. The 19-year-old has been
preaching since he was seven. He is
a rising sophomore at Elon
University.
The public is invited to to attend
the youth conference. It will be
lillips Chapel, 132 N. Glenn Ave..
On Friday, Aug. "1 at 7 p.m., the Rev.
Shannon Jessup, pastor of 2nd New Bethel
Baptist Church, will speak. Pastor Jessup, a for
where the pastor is the Rev. Chad R. Armstrong.
Call the church office at 336-723-945 1 for more
information.
File Photo
The Rev. Seth
0. Lartey
stands in front
of the trailer
that his
church is try
ing to fill with
supplies for.
the children of
the island
nation of
Haiti.
Goler Memorial to ask youths at
conference for help with Haiti project
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Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion
Church will hold its Youth and
Children Seven Days of Spiritual
Empowerment Services August 1 - 7 at
7 p.m., nightly.
These services are designed to offer
an opportunity for young people to
engage in praise, worship and ministry
with their peers. It is also an opportu
nity for community prayer, spiritual
renewal and mission outreach as stu
dents prepare to enter a new school
year. All youth and children's choirs,
liturgical dance groups, mime groups
ana steppers are invited to attend and
participate. o c
The church has recently engaged in
a mission project to help feed the chil
dren of Haiti. Youths attending the
services are being asked to help fill a
container with non-perishable items
such as canned goods, dry beans, rice
and oil, all of which they can bring to
the services.
Haiti, a country less than 500 miles
from the U.S., is an island nation of
over 7 million people, where almost 75
percent of the population is suffering.
Estimates state that 10 percent of the
child population of Haiti will die
before the age of four.
Youth groups that would like to be
a part of this event, may contact the
church at 336-724-9411. The Goler
Nursery will be open and transporta
tion will be provided each night. The
church is located at 630 North
Patterson Ave., where the Rev. Dr. Seth
O. Lartey is the pastor. ?
Goodpaster
Goodpaster
assigned to
Methodist
Western N.C.
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Bishop Larry M
Goodpaster is the new bishop
for the Western N.C.
Conference of The United
Methodist Church. The assign
ment was announced last week
at the Southeastern
Jurisdictional Conference
meeting at Lake Junaluska,
N.C. He will succeed Bishop J.
Lawrence McCleskey who
retires Aug. 31
Elected to the Episcopacy
in 2000, Goodpaster has
served for the past eight years
as the Episcopal leader of the
Alabama-West Florida
Conference. Prior to his elec
tion, he served as a pastor and
district superintendent in the
Mississippi Conference His
pastoral experience includes a
five-church rural charge, a
new congregation and several
larger membership churches
He has taught in a variety of
settings and published in vari
ous denominational publica
tions. His latest book, "There s
Power in the Connection.
Building a Network of
Dynamic Congregations," was
published earlier this year by,
Abingdon Press."
In April, Goodpaster was
elected to a two-year term as
president of the United
Methodist Church's Council of"
Bishops, which includes
United Methodist bishops
from around the world. He will
take office fn 2010. These
duties are in addition to those
as Episcopal leader of the
Western N.C. Conference.
Goodpaster, 60, earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Millsaps College in Jackson,
Miss., and Master of Divinity
and Doctor of Ministry
degrees from Candler School
of Theology in Atlanta. He
received honorary degrees
(Doctor of Divinity) from
Birmingham-Southern College
in Birmingham, Ala., and
Huntingdon College of
Montgomery, Ala. He is mar
ried to the former Deborah
Cox. They have two daughters
and two grandchildren.
Church convention will start July 27
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Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance will
host its Church Convention starting on July 27 at 1 1
a.m. It will mark the 20th National Convention of
the Churches of Greater Deliverance Inc.
At 1 1 a.m., the speaker will be Elder Ricky A.
Pouncey, pastor of Judah Praise and Worship
Center.
On July 29 at 7 p.m. Church of Greater
Deliverance will present a play, "Jesus is the
Missing Piece." On July 30, there will be full serv
Bishop Turner
churches of Greater Deliverance Int., as the speaker.
The church will sponsor Family Talent Night with
songs, dance, skits and a fashion show at 7 p.m.
On Aug. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Youth Night will be held
with groups from surrounding areas. The speaker
will be Pastor Lamont Johnson, of Providence
Missionary Church of Rockingham.
On Aug. 3 at 1 1 a.m? there will be the closing of
the convention. The guest speaker will be Bishop
TUmer.
The church is at 4951 Manning Street. For more
ice supper with Bishop Claude Turner, pastor of Calvary Hill
Church of Greater Deliverance and Presiding Bishop over the
information, call Ernestine Fletcher at 336-896-0336 or 336
692-2176.
Jesus is the Messiah
Lesson Scripture: Matthew 16: 13-23
Lesson Aims: to summarize the lesson
Scripture, to understand and appreciate what
Christ (the Messiah) did for humanity, and to
witness to someone that will strengthen
and/or enlighten them.
security (individual and corporate); and bring
peace. The book of Isaiah recorded the most
comprehensive description of the Messiah.
This was around seven hundred years before
the birth of Jesus. Hundreds of years passed
and there was no revelation from (Tod. Judah
and the surrounding areas became part of the
Roman Empire. They were waiting for a
Background: The
term Messiah / Christ
simply means "anoint
ed". In the Old
Testament, kings were
set aside for special
services. Do you
remember Saul and
David's anointing? "It
also refers to an
expected or longed for
Saviour in the Jewish
tradition" (The Oxford
Companion to the
Bible) Messiah was the
Hebrew term while Christ was the term for
the Greeks. Scriptures indicated that God
intervenes in human history to .deliver His
people. The Jews continue to wait for their
Messiah while Christians believe that Jesus is
the Anointed One. Even in the surrounding
cultures, the term was used in a very loose
way. The Anointed One will be a revolution
ary leader that will end injustice; promote
the world forever. Jesus taught throughout
Galilee. He chose the Twelve as He continued
His Ministry of teaching, healing, casting out
demons, and raising the dead (Jairus* daugh
ter). The Twelve have heard His Word and
witnessed the miracles. They also saw how
He handled opposition. Many people had
their own ideas about who this Man was.
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deliverer to rid them
of the pagans. At
times the Romans
were cruel and
unmerciful with a
corrupt tax system.
Many of the subju
gated people were
waiting for a big
change. All along
God was there
preparing His Son to
enter the "backdoor
of history" (Dr. John
Mendez) and change
Two anniversaries
will be observed
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The New Generation Praise & Worship International
Ministries will soon cele
bratc the 11th Church
Anniversary and 19th
Wedding Anniversary of
Bishop Melvin Wilkins Jr.
and Pastor Sharessa
Wilkins. The theme is "Still
Standing
The anniversary cele
brations will begin on July
27 at 4 p.m. with Pastor
Mark Mack, of Lion of
Judah Ministries, as the
guest speaker. The celebra
tion will conclude on Aug.
3 at 4 pjn. with Bishop
Todd Fulton, of Mount
Moriah Outreach Center, as
the guest speaker.
All services will be held
at the New Generation
Church sanctuary,, 1850 Gyro Road (off Old Salisbury Road).
The public is invited to attend all events. For more informa
tion, call the church at 336-793-0076.
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Bishop Melvin Wilkins Jr.