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Beginning Sept. 19
Women 's ministry events
On Friday, Sept. 19 and Saturday,
Sept. 20, The United by the Blood
Women's Ministry of the Calvary Hill
Church of Greater Deliverance, 4951
Manning St., will host its 9th Annual
Conference. There will be a women's
ministry lock in on Friday from 6:30
p.m. - midnight. On Saturday at 6 p.m.,
there will be a Rainbow Tea at the Delta
Fine Arts Center, 261 1 New Walkertown
Rd. There is a $5 fee for Saturday's
dress casual event.
The chair of the women's ministry is
Evangelist Rosetta Dennis. The pastor is
Bishop Claude C. Turner. For questions,
call 336-995-8714.
Sept. 20
Couples workshop
Holy Trinity Full Gospel Baptist
Church and the Rich CDC will sponsor a
program for married couples on
Saturday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. The free
program is designed to empower and
strengthen marriages with positive sup
port and encouragement. The church is
at 651 Akron Dr.
For more information, call 336-744
9293.
Men in the Kitchen
Hickory Grove AME Zion Church
will present "Men in the Kitchen" on
Saturday. Sept. 20 from 1:30-4 p.m.
The event will feature "good food and
good fellowship." Donations will be
appreciated. The Rev. Alvin E. Damon is i
pastor of the church, which is located in I
Clemmons at 3791 Harper Rd. I
Scholarship Sunday
The Scholarship Committee of I
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist '
Church at 300 W. 25th St., where Pastor
Konnie Robinson is the pastor, will 1
sponsor their annual Scholarship Sunday <
on Sept. 21 during the 11 a.m. worship <
service. The guest speaker will be Mr. !
Henry J. Pankey, an assistant principal at
Parkland High School in Winston
Salem.
This event is the church's annual
scholarship program and donations will <
be welcomed and appreciated. For fur- i
ther information, contact the church at .
336-748-8644.
Park celebration
The Outreach Ministry of Providence
Baptist Church of Kernersville will pres
ent "The Gospel of Jesus Christ In Song
2008" on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 2-6
p.m. at Civitan Park in Kernersville, 309
Nelson St. Attendees will be treated to
an afternoon of praise and fellowship in
the park featuring live music, games and
refreshments. The event is free and open
to the public. For more information, go
to http://home .triad .rr.com/pbcgojc.
Cemetery planning tips
Shiloh Baptist Church will sponsor a
free seminar on "Planning Your
Cemetery Arrangements In Advance" on
Sept. 20 at 1:30 p.m. RSVP with Arnice
Wall at 336-577-7123. The church is at
916 E. 12th St.
Birthday Tea
The Women's Home and Overseas
Missionary Society of Goler
Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church,
1435 E. 4th St., will sponsor a Birthday
Tea on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 3:30 p.m.
The public is invited for a program fea
turing a unique celebration of birthdays.
Dr. Roy A. Swann is the pastor. For
additional information, contact the
church at 336-723-2325.
SAFE Zone
Mount Calvary Holy Church is invit
ing all parents to bring children between
the ages of 5 and 12 to its SAFE Zone
Outreach (Saturday Afternoon Fun &
Education) on Saturday, Sept. 20 from
12-2 p.m. Children will engage in fun
and educational activities and receive a
nutritious meal. The program is free and
open to the public. For more informa
tion, call'336-722-3734.
Mount Calvary Holy Church is locat
ed at 930 E. 14th St., where the Rev.
Tejado W. Hanchell is the senior pastor.
Sept. 21
Choir anniversary
Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church
will celebrate its Senior Choir 71st
Anniversary at 4 p. m. on Sunday, Sept.
21 with Pastor Leonzo Lynch and his
congregation from Charlotte'* Ebenezer
Missionary Baptist Church as the special
guests.
Pastor's Aide Anniversary
New Light Missionary Baptist
Church, 1535 E. 15th St., where the pas
tor is the Rev. Sam P L. Hickerson. will
hold its Pastor's Aide Anniversary on
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History-making bishop will speak
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Mildred "Bonnie"
Hines will be the guest
preacher for the 11 a.m.
Service on Sunday, Sept. 21
at Hickory Grove A.M.E.
Zion Church.
Hines made history when
she became the first female
Bishop elected and the 98th
Bishop in succession to senft
in the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church and
the first Bishop elected from
the West Coast. The historic
election took place during the
48th Quadrennial Session in
Atlanta in July.
Hines has serviced as pas
tor of four A.M.E. Zion
Bishop Hines
churches: Waddell in Shelby;
St. Peter's Tabernacle in
Gastonia; Walls Memorial in
Charlotte; and most recently
at First A.M.E. Zion in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Sh4 holds a BA. from
Mars Hill College; a Master
of Psychology from the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro; and a Master
of Divinity as well as a
Doctor of Ministry from the
Interdenominational
Theological Center in
Atlanta.
"My personal passion is
the people of God. My theme
throughout my ministry has
been so that none would be
lost. God's desire is that
nobody be lost and He calls
us into our personal ministry
to do our personal part to
make sure that no one is
lost," Hines says. "There are
so many out there that are lost
that we, as one person are
called to see to it that those
around us are not lost. I've
been doing this on the level
as pastor, now my responsi
bilities will be to work with
pastors, shepherd pastors in
coming to an awareness and
realization that God wants us
to do our part to make sure
that none are lost."
Hickory Grove A.M.E.
Zion is located at 3791
Harper Road, exit. #182, I
40, in Clemmons. Pastor
Alvin E. Damon and the
members of Hickory Grove
are inviting the public to
attend.
'Anointed' men to sing and
PONDER WORLD'S PROBLEMS
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SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Adult Department Board of
Christian Education and the Male
Chorus of St. John Christian Methodist
Episcopal (CME) Church will host the
Fifth Annual Anointed Men Singing to
the Glory of God on Sunday, Sept. 21 at
4 p.m.
Each participating male chorus will
address an assigned topic, such as
Ebonics, sagging pants worn by youth
and gangs. Choir members will give sta
tistics about their topics and devise solu
tions to address them that can be imple
mented by churches and the community.
At the conclusion of the program, all
he men will join together to sing
'Someone Needs You More Than I."
In addition to the St. John Choir, the
tianes CME, St. Paul United Methodist
Church, Galilee Baptist Church and First
Calvary Baptist Church choirs will take
part. Refreshment will be served follow
ing the program.
The program is open to the public.
The pastor at St. John is the Rev. Dr.
Moses V. Goldmon. For more informa
tion, contact the church at 336-725
3968.
The Male Chorus of St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church.
Heaven and Earth Convocation starts Sunday
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The family of Greater ,
Higher Ground Ministries'*
Worldwide, Inc., and the
Board of Presbyters, along
with the founder and
Presiding Prelate Bishop Dr.
John H. Heath and Pastor
Janice O. Heath, will host the
14th Annual Heaven on Earth
Convocation, Sept. 21 - 28.
This year's theme is "Shifting
into our Apostolic Destiny"
taken from Ephesians 4:11
14.
Apostle S. D. Johnson of
Macedonia Worship Center
will open the event on Sep. 21
at 6 p.m. On Sept. 24 and
Sept. 25 at 7 pjn.. Apostle
Tonyan Hunter, of One Sent
Ministries International locat
ed of Burlington, will bring
The church's Board of Presbyters.
forth the Word.
On Sept. 26 at 7 p.m.. the
celebration continues with
Bishop Freddie B. Marshall of
Greater Church of
Deliverance.
A series of workshops will
be held on Sept. 27 from 10
a.m. - L pjn. A consecration
service will be held on Sept.
28 at 10 a.m? where faithful
men and women of Greater
Higher Ground Ministries
Worldwide will be ordained in
their respected ministries.
Sept. 28 is Founders Day.
Bishop Heath will deliver the
Apostolic Address at the 11
am. service. Choirs and moti
vational speakers are also
scheduled throughout the
week.
The convocation will
close with a Bishop's Dinner
on Sunday afternoon.
Greater Higher Ground
Ministries Worldwide is at
406 Northwest Boulevard.
Call 336-725-1125 for more
information or to attend the
Bishop's Dinner.
Varied Women 's Day events
planned at United Metropolitan
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The ladies of United Metropolitan
Missionary Baptist Church will kick off their
Women's Week celebration on Wednesday,
Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. with a one-hour Bible
Study with teachers Elder Brenda
McEachern and her husband, D. Hector
McEachern, of
Sanctuary Deliverance
Church in Greensboro.
Elder McEachern,
who was an educator
for 34 years before
retiring, serves in many
roles at her church.
Hector McEachern
serves as the chair of
the Deacon Board, the
director of the Christian
Education Ministry and
Terry
is in charge of church publicity. Employed
since 1980 by Wachovia Corporation,
McEachem is an executive vice president
based in Charlotte.
United Metropolitan will host a ladies
only luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 12
noon, where all the "Golden Ager" ladies,
those over 75, will be honored. Minister,
actress, a comedienne, producer and educa
tor Debra Terry will perform.
Terry recently appeared in the season
premiere episode of "One Tree Hill." She is
also part of a new, exciting comedy tour -
The Laughalujah Gurlfrienz C6medy Tour
(www.gurlfrienz.com), featuring Christian
women who bring laughter and healing to
their audiences.
On Friday, September 26, 2007, begin
ning at 6:30 p.m. a dinner presentation will
be held featuring "Lord Why Don't You Use
Me?" by Laura Hamilton.
On Saturday. Sept. 27, beginning at 8
a.m., Jessica I. Faulk, a nutritionist for the
Alamance Health Department, will discuss
how to eat smarter. Then there will be a
Bible study led by the Rev. Dr. Diane
Givens-Moffett, a guest preacher and Senior
Pastor at St. James Presbyterian Church of
Greensboro, and the Rev. Cheryl Ivey
Green, who is the minister of discipleship at
the First Baptist Church of South Richmond.
The Rev. Cheryl Ivey Green will speak
on Sunday. Sept. 28 at the 8 a.m. and 1 1 a.m.,
worship services. The Sunday School lesson
will be taught at 9:30 a.m. by Mildred
Strickland Peppers, a retired teacher and The
Chronicle's weekly Sunday School Lesson
writer.
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United Metropolitan is located at 450
Metropolitan Drive. Those interested in
attending are asked to register ASAP by call
ingU36-76l-l358.
Rev. Horton
Horton
to give
initial
sermon
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Rev. Carolyn Dianne
Jenkins Horton will give her ini
tial sermon during morning
worship services on Sunday at
New Bethel Baptist Church,
where the Rev. Dr. Kendall D.
Jones Sr. is senior pastor. She is
a native of Augusta. Ga., but has
resided in Winston-Salem for
the past 20 years.
Horton earned an
Associate's Degree in Early
Childhood Education from
Forsyth Technical Community
College in 2005, where she was
inducted into the Phi Theta
Kappa International Honor
Society. She earned the
Bachelor's of Arts Degree from
Salem College in 2007, where
she majored in sociology and
minored in religion. At Salem
she was nominated as an Oxford
Scholar and was elected to
Who's Who Among Students In
American Universities And
Colleges. She was on the
Dean's List each semester of her
enrollment. She is currently
pursuing a Master of Divinity
Degree at Wake Forest
University Divinity School.
This past summer she com
pleted Clinical Pastoral
Education at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical
Center where she served as a
Chaplain Intern.
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nonon nas oeen a memoer
of New Bethel for many years,
first under the pastorate of the
Rev. Dr. Jerry Drayton. She
announced her call to the min
istry on Sunday, May 11.
Beginning this fall. Rev. Horton
will begin working on the start
up of a Seniors Ministry at New
Bethel for all members 65 and
older. She is married to George
Horton. They have two children,
Jamaal and Escada.
New Bethel Baptist Church
is located at 1016 North Trade
St. For more information, call
the church office at 336-724
1824.
Zion Memorial
to honor first lady
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Zion Memorial Baptist
Dr. Joseph Jones.
Sunday's speaker will be
Cynthia Cain, the daughter of
Church will honor Dr.
Althea Taylor-Jones
during a Women's Day
Celebration Luncheon
on Saturday, Sept. 20
at 11 a.m. and on
Sunday during the 11
morning Worship
Service.
Known as the
"First Lady" at Zion
Memorial, Taylor
Jones has been a mem
ber since 1981. She has
been instrumental in
assisting with and
developing a variety of
ministries at the church.
Dr. Taylor-Jones is
currently associate pro
fessor and Gerontology
Program coordinator in
the Department ot Behavioral
Sciences and Social Work at
Winston-Salem State
University.
She has co-conducted
retreats on relationship enrich
ment. leadership and other top
ics with her husband, the Rev.
Taylor-Jones
Cain
Deacon Harvey and
Geraldine Rorie. Cain,
who is a native of
Winston-Salem, was
baptized and grew up
in Zion Memorial
Baptist Church. She
graduated from
Carver High School in
1986 and in 1990
received a Bachelor
of Science Degree in
Management
Information Systems
from UNC
Greensboro. Cain and
her husband, the Rev.
Randell A. Cain Jr.,
have five children.
Hamilton, Grant.
Olivia, Victoria and
Preston.
The public is invited to wor
ship with the women of Zion
Memorial Baptist Church, 10!
N. Dunleith Ave. For additional
information, please call the
church office at (336) 725
7390.