Vigil will honor murdered man
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A Vigil for Healing will be held for Abshard
LaMarr Bass on tomorrow (Friday, April 13) from 6 -
6:30 p.m. at 475 Corporate Square Drive.
Bass, a Greensboro native, was
murdered on April 9, 2011.
"Shard," as his friends and family
members called him, was only 31 at
time. Bass moved to Winston
Salem when he was a child and
attended Whitaker Elementary,
Paisley Middle and Mt. Tabor High
schools. He was a former employee
of Food Lion and Dalton's
Landscaping. Bass left behind four
Bats
children: Avery, 14, Anijha, 6, Jhonathan, 4, and
Joshua, 2.
Bishop John Huntley and First Lady Deloris
Huntley of Alpha and Omega Church of Faith will
officiate the vigil, which will be held rain or shine.
People of all ages and faiths are welcome to take part.
For more information, including directions to the
site, call the Huntleys at 336-748-4787 or go to
www.vigilsforhealing.org.
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Bishop John Huntley and First Lady
Deloris Huntley
Acclaimed musician
performing at WSSU
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Internationally-known saxophonist Otis
Murphy will perform on
luesaay, April i / ai /:ju p.m. in
Dillard Auditorium of the
Anderson Conference Center on
the campus of Winston-Salem
State University (WSSU).
Murphy's performance will
be free and open to the public as
part of WSSU's Lyceum
Cultural Events Academie
Series.
Murphy, who recently
returned from Spain and
Portugal where he performed
and offered master classes, is in
great demand as an international
soloist and clinician. His per
formance in Winston-Salem will
include works by Debussy,
Piazzolla, Gershwin and others.
Joining the faculty of the
Indiana University Jacobs
School of Music at the age of 28
made Murphy one of the youngest faculty
members in the school's history. He is current
ly an associate professor of music there and has
been a guest professor at the Musashino
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Otis Murphy
Academybf Music in Tokyo as well as present
ed master classes and copcerts annually at the
Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument
Academy, also in Japan.
Murphy, who received a
Fulbright grant for study in
France, also teaches classes
in Switzerland, Germany, the
United Kingdom, France and
Belgium. He has been the
soloist with the 12th World
Saxophone Congress in
Montreal, the U. S. Navy
Band, the 7th British
Saxophone Congress in
Wales and the International
Saxophone Chamber Music
Festival in Faenza, Italy.
.Murphy graduated
magna cum laude with a
Bachelor of Music Education
degree from the University of
Georgia and holds Doctor of
Music and Master of Music
degrees from the Indiana
University Jacobs School of
Music, where he graduated with the
Performer's Certificate, the highest honor given
to a performer at the institution.
Peppers
from page B3
Gentiles. The Temple was the
religious and political
(Sanhedrin Court) seat for
Jews worldwide. For
Passover, Pentecost, and the
Day of Atonement all males
were expected to be in
Jerusalem to make sacrifices.
By the time of Jesus, "some
priests were thought to be cor
rupt" (NIV Spring
Commentary).
After the wedding in Cana,
Jesus, His mother , brothers,
and disciples stopped at
Capernaum before He and the
disciples traveled on to
Jerusalem for Passover.
Lesson: Passover is an
economic boom for the city as
well as the Temple. Every
thing is overpriced because
the residents know what trav
elers need. Sound familiar?
Jesus witnesses corrupt prac
tices, probably in the court of
the Gentiles. Animals have to
be bought for the sacrifices as
well as money has to be
exchanged for the temple tax.
Greek and Roman currency
could not be used.
Not only are the vendors
making a profit, but the funds
to the temple treasury are
growing. The Temple has
become a marketplace instead
of a place of worship! Jesus is
angry on three levels. First of
all, the travelers are being
exploited. Even if a traveler
brings their own animals, the
priests could declare the ani
mal unclean.
The exchange rale is prob
ably as ridiculous as the cost
of the animals. After all, it's
about money! Secondly, what
frame of mind are the travelers
in during the worship? That is
His concern. When you
haven't been treated fairly can
you worship in spirit and in
truth? The third point is the
responsibility of the priests.
They are to guard the Temple,
not abuse it! Those who were
driven out and some priests
are probably the ones ques
tioning Jesus.
They want a sign for His
authority. His response is not
what they expected. Jesus
declares that He will destroy
the Temple (His body) and in
three days raise it again. Their
world perspective suggests
that it's taken 46 years to build
it, how can it be destroyed in
three days? Impossible! Their
reasoning is based on a faulty
foundation. Echoes suggests
that they believe that God will
not abandon the Temple,
therefore God will not leave
them. Somehow, they've for
gotten their history. Those
who hear Jesus really don't
understand Him.
The disciples will not real
ize the meaning until after the
Resurrection. The physical
Temple will be destroyed in
AD 70 for the final time. The
Western Wall, also called the
Wailing Wall, is all that
remains.
Application: God's House
is a sacred worship place. Yes,
we bring our preconceived
ideas about what worship
should be. Some points are
valid: others aren't. The key
focus is praising God and
learning to be better disciples
through the Word.
Do we treat the building
with reverence or do we make
it a marketplace, the red car
pet, or a social club? Examine
your zeal for the Lord's
House. Will God be pleased?
Let's take inventory on our
bodies as well. God resides in
our temples; do we act like it?
We must remember that Jesus
came for us, not a building.
NOTICE OF A CITIZENS PROJECT UPDATE MEETING FOR
THE NCDOT PROJECT, UNION CROSS ROAD (STATE
ROAD 2643) FROM WALLBURG ROAD (STATE ROAD 2691)
TO SEDGE GARDEN ROAD (STATE ROAD 2632) IN
KERNERSVILLE AND WINSTON-SALEM
TIP Project No. U-4909 Forsyth County
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will
hold the above Citizens Project Update Meeting on Thursday, April
26, 2012 starting at 5:30 pm and ending at 7 pm in the auditorium
of Glenn High School, located at 1600 Union Cross Road.
Doors will be open at 5 pm prior to the 5:30 pm formal presenta
tion start time. NCDOT staff and representatives of the project
contractor, Larco Construction, will provide a brief overview of the
project including the project schedule, construction phasing, the
new design for the interchange at Interstate 40, and any other ques
tions regarding the project.
Anyone desiring additional information may contact the NCDOT
Assistant Resident Engineer, Joseph Thomas, at 2285 Premier Park
Lane, Winston-Salem, 27105, by phone: (336) 969-0430, or email:
jgthomas@ncdot.gov.
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the
Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to
participate in this public meeting. Anyone requiring special serv
ices should contact Eileen Fuchs at (919) 707-6067 as early as possi
ble so that arrangements can be made.
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