Calendar
Feb. 23-25
Fresh Fire Worship Center
Fresh Fire Worship Center Inc. Senior Pastor
Phillip G. and First Lady Michelle McCloud Sr. will
celebrate their 10th annual Church Anniversary Feb.
19-25 at 1538 Waughtown St. There will be a host of
great speakers from the Triad. They are scheduled as
follows: '
*Thurs. Feb. 23 @ 7 pm.: Pastor Anthony Jones
of Fellowship Church, W-S
*Fri. Feb. 24 @ 7 pm.: Pastor Anthony Wilson of
Cathedral of Refuge Church of Deliverance, W-S
*Sat. Feb. 25 @ 10 am.: Church Workshop with
Pastor Pam Phillips of Word of Truth International
life Center, W-S. For more information, call 336-833
4208.
Feb.26
New Gospel Tabernacle Holiness Church
On Sunday, Feb. 26 Pastor Steve and First Lady
Demetris Johnson will celebrate {heir first year
Church Anniversary at 4 pm. with a Quartet Jubilee
Kick Off featuring April Gamble, St. Mark Male
group, Bill Pratt Gospel singers, Minister Mike, fea
turing F.O.C.U.S., Allen Family group and Gospel
Jewels. The emcee will be First Lady Hattie
Fulwood. The event will be held at New Gospel
Tabernacle Holiness Church, 206 Laura Wall
Boulevard. The public is cordially invited to attend.
For more information, call 336-837-9542.
Feb.26
Wentz Memorial United Church of Christ
Wentz Memorial United Church of Christ pres
ents Creative Xpression. To honor the contributions
of people of color to the community and the nation, a
remarkable cadre of performers will celebrate those
contributions in song, spoken word, poetry, and
dance in celebration of Black History Month at
Wentz Memorial United Church of Christ, which is
located at 3435 Carver School Road on Sunday, Feb.
26 at 5 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information call Wentz Church at 336-722
0430.
Feb. 26
New Hope AM£. Zion Church
New Hope AME Zion Church of 7000
Shallowford Road in Lewisville will be celebrating
its 133rd Church Anniversary on Feb. 26,2017 at 11
a.m., Rev. Dairl L. Scott Sr., pastor of New Hope,
will deliver the morning message. The speaker for
the 3 pjn. service will be Rev. James Ledbetter and
his church family from Old Smith Grove Baptist
Church of Lexington. Everyone is invited to come
and help with this spiritual occasion. For more infor
mation contact the church at 336-945-9083 or 336
945-5618
Feb. 26
Green Street United Methodist Church
Green Street United Methodist Church will host a
Spirituals Concert on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p jn. The
concert will feature the combined choirs of Voices of
God’s Children and the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus;
Green Street Choir Solo voices, including Kenny
Bamer and Kevin Munday, with clarinetist Charlie
Thompson. Admission is free but a love offering will
be taken. The church is located at 639 S. Green
Street, Winston-Salem.
Feb. 26
Forsyth County Missionary Union
Forsyth County Missionary Union, will meet
Sunday, Feb. 26, at Providence Baptist Church, 319
Nelson Street, Kemersville, NC. The Youth and
Young Adults will meet at 1:30 p.m. The seniors will
meet at 3 p.m. Ms. Priscilla J. Dixon, President.
March 5
Holiness Church of God Inc. meeting
The first quarter meeting for The North Carolina
Area of the Northwestern District Quarterly
Assembly of the Holiness Church of God, Inc. will
convene Feb. 28, through March 5, at Beulah
Tabernacle Holiness Church, Winston-Salem, where
the host pastor is Ruling Elder Floyd Jackson. The
weeknight sessions will begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly
and the Sunday service begins at 4 pm. A Bible dis
cussion and business meeting is slated for Saturday,
March 4, starting at noon. All churches are to submit
their report prior to this business meeting.
March 3
Church Women United Celebration
World Day of Prayer Committee presents “Am I
Being Unfair to You?” This Bible study/worship
service will be on March 3 at 11:30 ajn. at St. Paul
United Methodist Church, 2400 Dellabrook Road.
Membership fees: individual $10, churches $25. For
more information, please contact Mallie Graham at
336-924-9409.
March 27-31
Hymn Conference of the Triad
A conference designed to reintroduce the hymns
back into the congregations will be March 27-31 with
day and evening classes. The conference will feature
a series of seminars, lectures, rehearsals, panel dis
cussions, master classes and performances.
Registration for the week is $65 ($35 for seniors and
students). Contact David Allen at 336-986-3039 for
more details.
Ongoing
Tuesdays
Men Helping Men Be Men
All men young and old are invited to fellowship
with Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance
Inc., 4951 Manning St., during Men Helping Men Be
Men every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more
information, contact 336-744-3012.
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Diggs Memorial
honors the unsung
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Diggs Memorial United Holy Church
in Winston-Salem held its annual Black
History Program on Sunday, Feb. 12 to
seek out candidates that were unsung
heroes.
The Master of Ceremonies was the
Rev. Travest Hunter, who invited the
packed congregation to join in singing the
opening selection "Lift Every Voice &
Sing."
The energized crowd of youth and
adults received a welcome from the church
secretary, Pamela Rivers.
The Rev. Johnell Hunter, who is the
founder of the Rhythm of Truth Ensemble,
made a drum presentation that featured the
African Jim-Bay Drums while inviting the
crowd to engage in the rhythm.
Mashyia Graham, sophomore at
Carver High School, sang “A Change Is
Gonna Come" by the late Grammy award
winning artist Sam Cook.
The committee selected Miss Kayla
Delene Smoot. She is the daughter of the
late Crystal D. Phelps-Murray. Kayla is a
first-year high school student at Winston
Salem Preparatory Academy (WSPA). She
is the granddaughter of the Rev. Annie
Duck. Kayla is an A/B honor student at
WSPA. She has been a Crosby Scholar
since middle school. Every fourth Sunday
See Unsung on B6
Submitted photo
Kayla Smoot was hon
ored during the Black
History Month celebra
tion at Diggs Memorial.
I ‘Blood Done Sign my Name’
I brings Black History to light
ms
Photo by Timothy Ramsey
Terrance Hawkins, far left, sits with the other panelists as they discuss the film "Blood Done Sign my
Name."
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE_
The Drum Majors Alliance founded by Terrence and
Allonda Hawkins held a special Black History Month
showing of the film “Blood Done Sign my Name” at
Kennedy High School last Saturday. The film was fol
lowed by a panel discussion that spoke about the film and
other themes related to African-American history.
The Drum Majors Alliance seeks to do justice, love
mercy and walk in humble submission to and reflection of
Jesus of Nazareth. Their mission is to equip, organize and
mobilize disciples of Jesus to be drum majors for justice
See Film on B6
Helping the needy
CHRONICLE
STAFF REPORT
Wake Forest
University stu
dents delivered
10,276 rolls of
toilet paper to
Bethesda Center
for the
Homeless, 930
N. Patterson Ave
in Winston
Salem, on
Friday.
According to
a press release
submitted to The
Chronicle last
week, the origi
nal goal was only
2,000 rolls but
students rallied
throughout the
week and col
lected 10,276
rolls. The toilet
paper drive was
coordinated by
Wake’s Student
Government Life
Committee co
chair Erica
Jordan.
The Bethesda
Center is the
largest emer
gency shelter for
men and women
in Forsyth
County.
Toilet paper
has been on the
top of Bethesda’s
community
needs list as the
Center goes
through more
than 15 rolls a
day for its
Emergency
Night Shelter
and Day Shelter
guests. Now
Bethesda is
stocked for two
years.
Submitted photos
Bethesda Center Executive Director Derwin
Montgomery and Community Relations Manager
Katie Hall receive more than 10,000 rolls of toilet
paper collected by Wake Forest University students.
Holy Living in the Spirit
Lesson Scripture:
Galatians 5:18-6:1-10
By the end of this
lesson, we will
*See the elements of
refusing the works of the
flesh and the living in the
spirit.
♦Learn to walk in the
spirit each day of our
lives.
♦Know to daily refuse
to do the works of the
flesh and to obey the
prompting of the Holy
Spirit.
Background: The time is A.D. 48 and the place is
Syrian Antioch where the church was first called
Christian. Before Paul’s continued teaching of the free
gift of Christ the Christian church was mostly identified as
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Jewish converts. Paul’s
distinct teaching of the
Law verses the grace of
Christ distinguished the
followers of the law as
Jewish and the believers
in Christ as Christians
that distinction remains
even now.
Lesson: Paul is in the
midst of his efforts to
convince the Galatians to
not become enslaved by
the Law. He uses verses
5:18-21. Paul points out
that the Law was not
intended to save, but to
identity sin. inose lea Dy tne apirit, nowever, are not sud
ject to the Law and cannot be condemned by the Law.
Verse 19 speaks of sins that are sexual in nature and affect
both married and single people. Verse 20 speaks of reli
gious corruption by works of the flesh and continues into
See Lesson on B6
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