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Revival
Greater St. Matthews Baptist
Church is host- H________
ing a three day
Revival through
April 13 at 7
p.m. nightly.
Tonight's (April
12) guest is
Pastor Larry
Smith of Mars
Hill Baptist
Church; Pastor
Smith
Nelson McCall of New Beginning
Christian Church will speak
tomorrow. The church is at 149 N.
Wheeler Street. The host pastor is
Rev. William J. Purvis Sr.
Youth arts seminar
First Waughtown Baptist
Church, 838 Moravia St., where
Dennis W. Bishop is the senior
pastor, is now holding its Youth
Music and Arts Seminar, April 12
14. The seminar will culminate in
a musical presentation on Sunday,
April IS at the 10:45 a.m. service.
For additional information, call
the church at 336-784-7386 or
Associate Minister Tamara Moore
at 336-283-9336.
Abba Father's Ministries
anniversary
Abba Father's Ministries Inc.,
5009 Voss St., is celebrating its
13th Anniversary through Sunday,
April 15. Weekday services will
be at 7 p.m. The speakers are:
April 12 - Pastor Alice Fay
Mitchell of Life Changing
Transformation Ministries; April
13 - Bishop Todd Fulton of Mt.
Moriah Outreach Center.
Saturday, April 14 at 2 p.m..
Bishop Willie Cremedy Jr. of
Temple of Glory; Sunday, April
15 at 11 a.m. - Overseer Bishop
Dr. James E. Hudson of
Steppingstone Holiness Church.
The host pastors are Revs. Scottie
and Earline White.
Intercessory Prayer Conference
JPiney Grove Baptist Church,
4715 Indiana Ave., will have an
Intercessory Prayer Conferenfte
on Thursday, April 12 and Friday,
April 13 beginning at 7 p.m.
Pastor Cedric Crawford and the
White Rock Baptist Church fami
ly will be the guests on Thursday.
Pastor Paul Thombs and the New
Unity Baptist Church family will
be the guests on Friday. The pub
lic is invited. Call 744-5759 for
more information.
Beginning April 13
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Ministers/Leadership Symposium
Mount Sinai Full Gospel
Deliverance Center, 2721
Manchester St., is hosting a
Ministers/Leadership Symposium
from April 13-14. Mount Sinai
Pastor Yvonne
H. Hines will
host 'a
Ministerial
Roundtable
tomorrow
{Friday, April
13) at ?p.m. Dr.
Vincent Terry
Sr. of Mount
Peace Baptist
Church of
Hints
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Raleigh will be the guest lecturer
for the Leadership Forum on
Saturday from KNajji. - noon.
Participants must register to
receive conference materials and
lunch on Saturday. For additional
information, contact the church
office at 366-722-2624 or
msfgdc@be11south.net. v
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Begining April 14
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Pastoral anniversary
Whole Man Ministries, 3916
Old Lexington Road, is hosting
Pastoral Anniversary services on
April 14, 21 and 28 from 12 p.tn.
- 4 p.m. for Pastors Barry and
Cafnille Washington. The guests'
will include Pastor Albert
McKnight Jr. of New Life
Christian Fellowship Church ,of
Archdale; Pastor Stephone
Samuels of Transformation
Ministries; Prophet Ray Curry of
Charlotte's Mount Zion Church
of God; and Bishop John Parks of
New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church. A light repast will be pro
vided at the conclusion of each
service. The public is invited to
attend.
April 14
See Calendar on B5
Submitted Photos
The Women's
Day Choir per
forms.
Below: (From
left) Emmanuel
First Lady
Sarah Mendez
with Dr. Rose
Niles and Rev.
Ann Dalton.
Niles keynotes Women's Weekend
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Emmanuel Baptist
Church held its Women's
Day Weekend from March
23-26, under the theme,
"Women Lifting Up Their
Voices for Change:
Silenced No More."
The weekend included a
youth forum, a workshop on
human trafficking and a
Biblical-themed play.
Rev. Dr. Rose Niles was
the guest minister for the
weekend. The native New
Yorker was ordained to the
ministry of Word and
Sacrament in 1991 by the
Presbyter of New York City
and served as pastor of the
Emmanuel Presbyterian
Church in the Lower
pastside of Manhattan until
1996. She was also the mod
erator of the Synod of the
Northeast Presbyterian
Church. In 1996, she
became the pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in
Mount Vernon, N. Y., serving
for 11 years. Her ministries
in this multicultural church
body included a women's
homeless shelter, a music
academy and an immigra
tion justice ministry. Dr.
Niles currently serves as the
associate for Theological
Education and Seminary
Relations for the
Presbyterian Church (USA)
General Assembly Council
(GAC).
Niles addressed the
Women's Day theme during
the Saturday workshop and
during the Sunday morning
service. During the morning
service, she made it clear
that the text from I
Corinthians 14:34-35 - "Let
your women keep silence in
the churches ..." - was not to
be used as a doctrine. Niles
noted that this text came
from the first epistle of Paul
to the Corinthian^.
"An epistle is a letter to
the church. We do not even
get to see the other side of
the conversation," said Dr.
Niles. "We know that a letter
cannot form the basis of a
doctrine. This letter cannot
be used to force women to
sit silently in churches
today."
Dressed in a white hood
ie in honor of Trayvon
Martin, Niles challenged the
women to find their voices
by examining the words of
Marianne Williamson: "Our
deepest fear is not that we
are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure."
She encouraged the
women to say these words
aloud and to work on team
building skills in the spirit of
Alice Walker's womanist
ideology.
Solid Rock
holding revival
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE ' ? * '
Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church is wel
coming the community to its annual Spring Revival,
Wednesday, April 11 - Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m.
each night.
The theme is "Time To Be Refreshed," from
Psalm 92:10, and the guest revivalist is Dr. Ronnie
Williams of Generostee
Baptist Church in Starr, S.C.
Williams has led the church
as pastor since 1988.
A native of Anderson,
S.C., he earned a BA degree
from Lander College and
studied social work at the
University of South Carolina.
He received a Master of
Divinity degree from Erskine
Theological Seminary.
Williams has guided
many souls to Christ. He has
Williams
licensed at least 20 ministers to preach the word of
God.
Generostee Baptist's membership has grown
from 150 to over 1,000 members under Williams'
leadership. The church boasts 35 ministries and now
possesses 27 acres of land, which is being used and
developed as a campus of praise, worship and com
munity service.
Rev. Waymon L. Monroe Jr. is pastor of Solid
Rock, which is located at 3010 Carver School Road.
For more information, call the church at 336
723-2910.
The Nature
off Worship ' ~
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Background Reading: Numbers 18:1-5
Lesson Scripture: John 2:13-22
Lesson Aims: To summarize the lesson; to consider the nature of
worship; and to appreciate Jesus' continuous cleansing.
Background: God led His people out of bondage by a pillar of
cloud by day and a pillar of fire at night (Exodus 13:21). Upon
receiving the Law at
Sinai, Moses was
instructed to collect
an offering from the
people to construct
the portable
Tabernacle (also
called the Tent of
Meeting). Every time
they moved, the
Levites carried the
Ark and others broke
down and transported
the Tent.
The portable Tent
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Mildred
Peppers
Sunday
School Lesson
was the only worship place to meet God until Solomon (who reigned
from 970-930 BC ) built the first permanent Temple on a high hill
overlooking Jerusalem. This magnificent Temple was destroyed by
the Babylonians in 586 BC. The first group of captives in Babylon
returned and began to rebuild the Temple on its original site.
Rebuilding was slow but it was accomplished in 515 BC. It wasn't
until the time of Herod the Great (37-4 BC) that the Temple was
rebuilt^gn a grand scale with additions. His expansion had balconies,
porticos 1 covered porches), and courts, including a court for the
See Peppers on B6
Ministry to hold health fair/Gospel Fest
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Health Ministry of
Goler Metropolitan AME
Zion Church is marking its
sixth anniversary by hosting
a health fair and Gospel Fest
on Saturday, April 14 from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sethos
Court #105 Daughters of
Isis and Sethos. Temple 170
are the co-sponsors of the
events.
The Gospel Fest will ft*-',
ture soulful singers and
choirs and liturgical dance.
The health fair will offer a
number of free health
screenings and even eye
exams: Nutrition and other
wellness information will
also be provided.
A number of local health
care entities will be on hand,
including Winston-Salem
State University's Rams
Know HOW (Health on
/ WSSU Photo by Garrett Garms
Winston-Salem State University students and faculty
man the Rams Know HOW mobile unit.
Wheels) Mobile Unit, the
Forsyth County Department
of Public ' Health
Department's POSSE
(Prevent Ongoing Spread of
STD's Everywhere) mobile
unit. Experiment in Self
Reliance (ESR), Cancer
Services, Carolina Donor
Services, the Shepherd
Center's Congregational
Nurses, the Kidney
Foundation, the Red Cross,
members of the Chi Eta Phi
Nursing Sorority and WSSU
Community Health student
nurses.
The Health Ministry will
continue the anniversary cel
ebration on Sunday, April 15
at 3:30 p.m., when Pastor
Chad Armstrong of Phillips
Chapel Missionary Baptist
Church will speak. The
Phillips Chapel Choir and
Expressions will perform.
Daughter Eva McWillis
is the Illustrious
Commandress of Sethos
Court # 105; Daughter Carol
Henry is the Sethos Court #
105 Health Awareness chair.
Carol Henry is the president
of Goler's Health Ministry.
Rev. Johnny L. Ruff is the
pastor of the church, which
is located at the comer of 4th
Street and Dunleith Avenue.
Call 336-723-2325 for
more information.
AME Church
adopting
green-friendly
initiatives
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
XME Church Bishops
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
and Adam Jefferson
Richardson Jr. and GREEN
DMV have entered into a
partnership to help local
congregations raise their
environmental awareness,
make their churches more
energy efficient and redirect
cost savings to carry out the
churches' mission.
The Joint Center for
Political and Economic
Studies announced the new
union last week. The initia
tive is supported by a grant
from the Walmart
Foundation.
GREEN DMV, a non
profit organization that pro
motes the use of clean ener
gy and the development of
green jobs as a way out of
poverty,
win work
with
selected
churches
in the bish
ops' dis
tricts to
assess
their ener
gy use and
to imple
ment low
and no
cost strate
gies for
reducing
energy-use.
The
results will
be shared
with other
t ur
Mckenzie
Richardson
rtivin cungregauuns wiicn
thousands convene in
Nashville, Tenn. from June
27-July 4 for the 49th
Quadrennial Session of the
AME Church General
Conference.
According to Bishops
McKenzie and Richardson,
this green initiative is built
on the premise that environ
mental responsibility can be
a part of a church's steward
ship, yielding both financial
and community-oriented
benefits.
"We want to help our
congregations and commu
nities save energy and gener
ate dollar savings that can be
used to extend their work,"
said Bishop McKenzie,
whose 13th Episcopal
District includes Tennessee
and Kentucky. "Some of our
churches are very large and
consume a great deal of
energy, so there is the poten
tial for significant savings."
ine Environmental
Protection Agency, which
maintains an Energy Star
Congregations Network to
provide information and
technical support for
churches that want to go
green, will provide guidance
during the launch of the
project. The EPA estimates
that if the nation's 370,000
congregations reduce energy
use by 10 percent, they
would save nearly $315 mil
lion and provide 1.8 billion
kilowatt hours of electricity
without additional cost or
pollution.
"AME churches come in
all sizes and states of repair,
with some dating back more
than 100 years, so there is
great potential for savings
from becoming more energy
efficient," said Bishop
Richardson, whose Second
Episcopal District includes
Maryland, Washington, DC,
Virginia and North Carolina.
"We will explore how to go
about recovering costs. We
want to be on the cutting
edge and still contribute sav
ings to the environment."