St. Matthew's choir anniversary
set for two days in April
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
St. Matthew Apostolic Temple Church of Jesus Christ, 3640 New Walkertown
Road, where Bishop Joseph P. Lowery is pastor, invites the public for a two-day cele
bration of the "Sanctuary Choir Anniversary"
The services will take place on Saturday and Sunday. April 18-19.
On Saturday at 6:30 p.m., the mistress of ceremony will be Evangelist Beverly
Alexander and the special guest will be Dionn Owen and Renaissance Choir and other
guest choirs from the city .
On Sunday ar 4 p.m.. the celebration continues, with Bishop James E. Wiley Jr. as
guest speaker and his church. Greater Liberty Temple Church from Shelby.
For more information, contact Minister of Music Kenny Anderson at 336-345
8922; the church secretary, Sister Janet Tucker, at 336-682-6241; or the church at 336
724-1780 oremaiISmatinc@att.net.
submitted nx*o
The St. Matthew Sanctuary Choir is celebrating its anniversary.
St. Benedict's
hosts 'Many Rivers'
presentation and events
Submitted Photo
Members of St. Benedict view the PBS documentary
"The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross."
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The African Affairs Ministry of St. Benedict the Moor
Catholic Church, 1625 E. 12th St., recently hosted an
open viewing of the acclaimed PBS documentary "The
African Americans: Many
r?: ... c ... m tl _
isivcrs 10 v_ross. ine view
ing also included a commu
nity dialogue around the
issues seen in the film.
"Many Rivers," developed
by Henry Louis Gates,
chronicles 500 years in the
lives and stories of Africans
- in America from the shores
of Africa to modern day. The
program starts with Juan
Garrido. a free black man
whose 1513 expedition with
Spanish explorers in Florida
made him the first known
African to arrive in what is
now the United States, and
ends with Barack Obama in
the White House in 2013, a
time of complexity and con
tradictions for black
Americans. In between.
Professor Gates, director of
the W. E. B. Du Bois
institute for African and
African American Research
at Harvard, draws on the lat
est scholarship to put flesh
on characters like the
resilient South Carolina
slave girl Priscilla as well as
her descendants.
Professor Fred Rick
Roundtree from WSSU
expertly facilitated an
informative discussion dur
ing break out sessions.
Daisy Foster, a coordina
tor of the event, pointed out
that the activity allowed for
new discoveries and insights
on black history.
"The group was very
actively engaged and our
facilitator Dean Roundtree
stimulated us as we separat
ed fact from fiction and
extended our knowledge on
when, where and how we
entered into this complicated
society we live in today,"
Foster said. "In view of the
recently released US
Department of Justice report
of the Ferguson situation and
other incidents, we must
make ourselves available for
this type of dialogue so that
we can become part of the
solution. It is our Christian
duty."
St. Benedict the Moor
Catholic Church is marking
its 75th anniversary this year.
The church invites alums of
St. Anne's Academy, St.
Benedict's School and the
general community to join in
the many anniversary obser
vances scheduled throughout
the year.
<
/
? MmA y MMmgmfB mm m Miff #m M.
1 wA^B wfifffirlP
, MM
',. ''Jfe ft ^???RP ?. I
||UBj|MI
?^^K9UI^^CHi|iyisliiiiiBiM^nffl
mmrn
. "v '?'... .
{CONVERSATIONS}
with the CEO
MusP es
ROBMBT CHILD DEVaON?T CBTBS
Stnhg Dm, Fonylh mi Mm (wwlies
wac h? 5?i(t)l M
Incnrputtt^ If71.
? ??
April 14,2015f- 6:30 pm
"Innovation in the Classroom"
SpKld HakhH? EariT lining 6q?ls"
mmm??
I
r