Religion
Calendar
Beginning May 15
Shoe Drive
On Friday and Saturday. May
15 and May 16, the Greensboro
District of the A.M.E. Zion
Church, in cooperation with Old
Dominion Freight Line, invites
the community to participate in a
Gently Worn & New Shoe
Collection Drive for Soles4Souls,
Inc, The goal is to collect 2,500
pairs of shoes for children and
adults in need in United
States, Liberia and Jamaica. The
collection is from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
each day. Shoes may be dropped
off at St. Stephen A.M.E. Zion
Church, 1012 Leonard Ave. ,in
High Point. For additional infor
mation. contact the St. Stephen's
Church office at 336-883-0414 or
visit www.soles4souls.org. The
Rev. Dr. William M White, Jr. is
pastor. The Rev. Dr. Michael Ellis
is the Presiding Elder of the
Greensboro District.
Anniversary events
House of Prayer of
Deliverance Ministries will hold
Pastoral Anniversary events for
(Catherine Trapp May 15-17 at the
Hewitt Business Center. 1001 S
Marshall St. - Stuite B2. Call 336
708-1417 for more information.
Starting May 16
Women 's Day
The women of Bethlehem
Missionary Baptist Church will
begin their Women's Day's cele
bration with a dinner hosted by
the men of Bethlehem on
Saturday, May 16 at 4 p.m. in the
church fellowship hall.
The theme for this year's cele
bration is "A Woman's Work is
Never Done." On Sunday, May 17
at the 1 1 a.m. worship service, the
speaker will be Bethlehem's own
Patricia Martin. The church is
located at 1711 N. Claremont
Ave., and the phone number is
336-723-1297.
May 16
Food drive
The Need to Feed Food Drive
and Clothes Giveaway will be
Saturday, May 16 at Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church, 3230 Heitman
Dr., from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. The
guest speaker will be the Rev.
Rodney Coleman of Cedar Grove
Baptist Church. There will also be
entertainment.
Rummage sale
A Rummage Sale will be held
in the parking lot of Goler
Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion
Church, 1435 E. Fourth St., on
Saturday, May 16 beginning at 8
a.m. Fish Dinners will be sold
from 1 1 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Block party
Holy Trinity Full Gospel
Baptist Church will sponsor a
Community Block Party at
LaDeara Crest Apartments on
May 16 at 4 p.m. There will be
singing, dancing, testimonies,
food, fun activities and much
more. For more information, call
336-744-9293.
Kidney disease screening
The National Kidney
Foundation of N.C. and the Mt.
Zion Health Ministry are provid
ing a free early detection health
screening program for kidney dis
ease on May 16 from 10 a.m. - 3
p.m. This event is free and open
to the public. Registration is
requested by calling the church
office at 336-722-2325 or Marilyn
Stafford at 704-737-9291. The
Church is located at 950 File St.
Starting May 17
Holy Convocation
Macedonia Holiness Church of
God Of The Apostolic Faith, Inc.
will hold its 29th Annual Holy
Convocation, May 17 - 24. All
services will be held at the head
quarters church located at 4111
Whitfield Road. Nightly services
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Emmanuel to celebrate missionary anniversary
special to the chronicle
Emmanuel Baptist Church will
celebrate the 77th Anniversary of
its Missionary Circle on May 16 -
17 under the theme: "The harvest
truly is plenteous, btH the laborers
are few."
The celebration kicks off on
Saturday, May 16 with a workshop
from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the
Multipurpose Room. A Continental
Breakfast will be served, and
Portia H. Brandon will be the facil
itator. Brandon will also be the
guest speaker for the 10 a.m. wor
ship service on Sunday, May 17.
Brandon, the Christian
Education Coordinator for the
General Baptist State Convention,
is a graduate of Shaw University,
where she received a BA degree in
public administration; she also has
a Master of Divinity from Shaw
Divinity School. Brandon is a
member of New Providence
Baptist Church in Varina, NC,
where she has served as a Sunday
School teacher for over 30 years.
Brandon is also an instructor
for the Southern Baptist
Convention, the Lott Carey Baptist
Missionary Convention and the
National Baptist Congress of
Christian Education. She is the
editor of the "Congress Observer,"
a quarterly publication of the
National Baptist Congress of
Christian Education. She also
serves on the City Advisory Board
of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in
Raleigh.
Brandon is married to Wesley
T. Brandon .jind they are the proud
parents of two sons, Wesley and
Ervin
Immediately following the
worship service, a Missionary Tea
will be held in the Multipurpose
Room
The public is invited.
Emmanuel Baptist Church is locat
ed at 1075 Shalimar Drive, where
the Rev. John Mendez is the pastor.
For more information , call 336
788-7023.
Portia H. Brandon
6 Sisters in Mission'
coming to St. Stephen's
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church's "Sisters in Mission:
Growing in Grace" Women's Day
Celebration will
be held May 16
17 at the church,
810 Highland
Ave.
This will
mark St.
Stephen's 54th
annual Women's
Day.
A Saturday
luncheon will be
held at 11 a.m.
in me cnurcn s
fellowship hall, featuring a presenta
tion of Modern Day Miracles by
WFDD's Denise Franklin and WXII
12's Margaret Johnson.
The 11 a m speaker on Sunday
will be Sandra Miller Jones, the
founder and chairwoman of
Segmented
M a r k e t i n g
Services. Inc.
(SMSi), a lead
ing ethnic pro
motions compa
ny.
Jo n e s
received a MBA
f r o m
Northwestern
University's
Kellogg
B u s i n e s s
School. She has used her talent and
knowledge during the 30-year history
of SMSi to provide input and support
to women-owned businesses, espe
cially those in the ethnic beauty
industry. SMSi is currently led by
Jones and her husband, Lafayette
Jones, the company's president and
CEO.
The Rev. Hector Sintim is Priest
In-Charge at St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church.
Jones
Franklin
WXII Reporter and cancer survivor Margaret Johnson.
File Photo
Family and Friends Day at
Bethlehem will feature Goler
Pastor Mc Million
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Bethlehem A.M.E. Zion
Church will observe
Family and Friends Day on
Sunday, May 17.
The theme for this
year's celebration is
"Growing together for the
Kingdom." Goler
Memorial A.M.E. Zion
Church will be the guest
church. Rev. Beverly W,
McMillian, the pastor of
Bethlehem A.M.E. Zion. is
a product of Goler and was
trained and nurtured there
for ministry.
Goler Photo
Pastor Seth O. Lartey preaches from the Goler pulpit.
The morning worship
celebration will begin at 1 1
a.m. Rev. McMillian will
deliver the morning mes
sage. Dinner will be
served at 1:30 p.m. Goler
Pastor Dr. Seth O. Lartey.
the choirs and members of
Goler will conduct the
afternoon services at 3:30
p.m.
Dr. Lartey has been the
pastor of Goler for the past
17 years. Goler is in the
midst of great things, hav
ing completed its
Enrichment Center, senior
living and condominium
projects.
It is the hope of
Bethlehem and its pastor
that those who once were a
part of this fellowship will
come to he with old friends
and family. In the tradition
of the ol' time Big Meetin'
they extend a hearty wel
come to all to come.
Bethlehem is located at
6475 Yadkinvillf Road in
the town of Lewisville. For
more information, contact
the church at 336-945
2221.
Good
News to
Spread
Mildred
Peppers
Sunday
School
Lesson
Scripture Lesson:
Ephesians 3:1-13
Lesson Aims: To appre
ciate that Salvation is given
to all of humanity; to recog
nize the mystery of revela
tion; and to be ready to share
the Good News with others.
Background: As we
study God's Word, more and
more is revealed to us and
our appreciation is height
ened for the connection
between the Old and New
Testaments: You see, the Old
-^Covenant concealed some
things that were revealed in
the New Covenant. In
Genesis 12, God called
Abram (Abraham) to leave
his country and follow Him.,
There was no indication that
this citizen of Ur was out
standing in any way. After
much research, scholars
decided that God simply
chose him. In addition to
that, a covenant was made
with him declaring that if he
made God his God Abram "s
family would" become a
great nation; he'll be
blessed, respected, protected
from his enemies and would
be given land" (Genesis 12:
1-3). Through this family,
God intends to "ultimately
bring Salvation to all"
(Richards' Complete Bible
Handbook and The Catholic
Study Bible). Abram wasn't
blessed simply to boast of
his relationship with God but
to model faith so that others
will recognize the One True
God and seek Him. It didn't
happen then but we know
that it came to pass through
Jesus, the Christ (first mys
tery). God's plan in the Old
Testament was to eventually
unite the Jews (Abraham's
descendants) with the
Gentiles (non-Jews) to form
the church (other mystery).
Both mysteries will be
revealed in the New
Testament. Mystery here
"refers to important informa
tion communicated by reve
lation from God. Paul, the
consummate Jew. well
trained in the Law and a
Pharisee, felt compelled to
stop the rebel movement
within Judaism. Once he had
his encounter with Jesus on
the Damascus Road, he was
changed forever. In the
Synoptic Gospels and Acts 9.
it became obvious that the
Gentiles were to be included.
As it turned out. Paul and
Barnabas were commis
sioned to carry the Word to
the Jews first and then the
Gentiles (Acts 12:25-16:5).
Following that. Paul
embarked on his missionary
journeys and was subse
quently jailed several times.
The book of Ephesians was
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