Church News Briefs
Clinton Chapel To Sponsor Kickoff Dinner For Mrs. Sadie Simnson
a a I in lnviies
everyone to join in the Kick
Off dinner for Miss Sadie
Simpson, January 3lst at the
Holiday Inn, North in Wagon
er’s Center. Miss Simpson will
announce her candidacy for
. the Secretary of Treasury for
the denomination at the forth
coming general conference,
held in May. Miss Simpson is a
member of Clinton Chapel and
has served as the chief
accountant for the church for
many years.
Dr. Sherrill is the present
incumbent under whom Miss
Simpson has served for the
past 16 years. Albert Stout will
be the guest speaker for the
occasion.
The First Church of God
The First Church of God,
under the direction of their
pastor, Rev. Lester Staton,
will be continuing their meet
ings on the erection of an
educational facility for the
church Sunday, January 18th.
The church is located at 257
Lincoln Street in Concord,
North Carolina.
Friendship Baptist
Sunday, January 18th
Friendship Baptist Church
will be having its Annual
Missions Day, under the
direction of their pastor, Rev.
Coleman Kerry.
Berean Hosts Literature
Workshop
Berean Seventh Day Adven
tist Church was host this past
weekend to the ‘‘Back to
School Literature Evangleist
Workshop” conducted by
Elder O. W. Mackey, Secre
tary of the Southern Union
(Region) Literature Evange
list Department and Elder
Harold Gaskins, district
manager of the Literature
Evangelists for the South
eastern Conference of the SDA
i Church.
The workshop was offered
primarily for the many litera
ture evangelists of w«*«stern
North Caolina. Participants
had come from as far away as
Winston Salem and Asheville.
The weekend's activities
began with a “Literature.
Rally Day” that began on the
Sabbath (Saturday) with an
inspiring sermon by Elder
Mackey entitled, “Security" -
there is none without Christ.
Other highlights of the
“Rally” included the present
ing of trophies to Brother and
Sister Erskine Grier of the
Berean Chruch and Brother
Lacy C. Kendell of the High
Point SDA Church for having
sold $3,000 and $7,000 worth of
SDA literature - books and
^..Program Committee Head
magazines -- in 1975, and an
afternoon program called
“NOW" that dramatized the
second coming of Christ.
The all-day-long workshop
held on Sunday emphasized
the steps and procedures in
distributing and selling SDA
literature- in a Christ-like
manner. A major part of the
afternoon session was devoted
to a field trip involving the
actual selling of literature.
Ebenezer Baptist
Six local churches served as
host Sunday to the Mecklen
burg County Union which was
-held at Ebenezer Baptist
Church and attended by more
than 200 members of the
Missionary Union.
Mrs. Estelle Wright is the
president, but the fact that the
first annual affair proved a
great success can be credited
to the combined efforts of Mrs.
H. S. Diggs and Mrs. Preston
Pendergrass and their
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Preview Of The Sunday School
Lesson For Sunday, January 18
. By Rev. Wayon Wallace
Post Church News Editor
“Jesus Healing Power” is
our subject for this Sunday,
and what an interesting one it
is. The interest in healing has
experienced a resurgence in
our day and land. More and
more people are becoming
concerned about it as many
people testify to having exper
ienced faith or spiritual heal
ings. Many church members
believe Christ was the Son of
God, as He claimed, and
therefore had power on earth
that we might consider super
natural. Other church mem
bers do not believe in a God or
Christ that demonstrates
other than ordinary power in
’ human experiences.
Matthew would have us
know and believe that Christ
the Messiah has power to de
liver us from whatever afflicts
us. Matthew recounts, tfir our
encouragement, numerous
examples of our Lord healing
folk. But, the physical heal
ings were not the greatest or
most important of the mira-<
cles Jesus came to perform.
The Lord would not have us
yeild to the temptation of
believing that “the Kingdom”
is attained through satisfying
physical needs, however great
they maybe. As Christians, we
surely ought to be concerned
about health. We should be
engaged in preventative
medicine as well as curative
medicine from a position of
educating the people we serve
and making it more conven
ient for them to receive care.
Much of the sickness around
us today, we are told, has
emotional origins and not
physical. An individuals spiri
tual condition is vitally impor
tant. While it is our Christian
duty to minister to the physi
cally sick, we must not think
▼ the Kingdom of God is re
stricted to this.
Even though our lesson is
found in the New Testament
book of Matthew, written
about A.D. 31, the prophet
Isaiah foretold the coming of
Christ in 690 B.C. and said of
him,” Surely he hath borne
our griefs, and carried our
sorrows....But he was wound
ed for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace
was upon him: and with his
--u
stripes we are healed. All we
like sheep have gone astray,
we have turned everyone to
his own way; and the Lord
hath laid upon him the iniquity
of us all."
We are living in a morally
and spiritually sick society.
Just as our outward physical
ailments indicate something
wrong on the inside, the multi
tude of “sins” we commit in
the world against ouselves,
others and God merely reveal
the cancerous “Sin” within
each of us. Sin within impells
us to commit sins without. The
brokeness we observe in our
relationships with others, and
among others, is a result of
“Sin”. We recognize this sick
ness in husbands, wives,
children, and parents. We see
in government and all levels of
authority none of us can ex
perience wholeness or health
until we experience the heal
ing power of Christ.
We can experience joy and
gladness because he exper
ienced grief and sorrow. We
can be healed because he was
wounded. We can know life
because he died for us and
then conquered death.
All of us know of someone in
ill health that is always joyful.
They have something that
transcends the condition of
their physical health. On the
other hand we know of folk
who seem to have all the
health that life has to give yet
they are always unhappy.
There is something missing in
their lives.
We need to experience the
healing power of Jesus Christ,
that we may be able to rise
above the difficulties of life
and use them creatively as
stepping stones to greater
benefits. For a further dis
cussion of the lesson, see you
in Sunday School.
Shrine Temples, Courts
To Meet Him Weekend
me norm Carolina Confer
ence of Shrine Temples and
Courts will meet at the Down
towner East, 301 South
McDowell Street, January
16-18.
Fifteen Temples and Courts
of the Ancient Egyptan Arabic
Order of Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine of North and South
America, Prince Hall Affi
liate, will take part in the
meetings.
Raineses Temple 51 of
Charlotte will host the confer
ence.
In addition to the business
I-—
meeting, a Youth Talent and
Scholarship Program,
Fashion Show and “Desert
Ball” will be held. The Ball is
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the
Charlotte Civic Center Friday.
Tickets are available from
area Shriners for a $3 donation
per person. The public is
invited to attend these events.
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Catholic Officials Say Schools 1 o Remain Open
By Sidney Moore Jr.
Post Staff Writer
“Catholic education in the
Black community is on the
verge of collapse," according
to the Naional Office for-Black
Catholics (NOBC). But local
Catholic officials say this
situation is not true in Char
lotte.
Brother Joseph M. Davis,
executive director of NOBC,
issued the statement after his
office had consulted with
Black Catholics, educators
and aministrators in the
Catholic school system. It
pointed out that it has become
a common practice to closing
Catholic schools in Black
Alpha Phi Chi
Sorority Observe*
Founder’s Day
Alpha Pi Chi National
Sorority observed its annual
Founder s Day with a speical
worship service Sunday,
January 11, at t. Paul's Bap
tist Church, 1401 N. Allen St.
Following the service, the
group as entertained at a
Founder’s Day get-together at
the spacious home of Mrs.
Alice Smith on Reames Road.
“We are planning to have a
social and are looking forward
to another great time to
gether,” stated a spokesman
for the organization, adding
that “We also plan to have a
Miss Torch Bearers" program
for Sunday, April 4.”
The next meeting of the
Charlotte Council will be the
time of the Sisterhood. Mrs.
Ruby H. Brown is president of
the Council.
neighborhoods and an appar
ent policy of concentrating
operating schools in suburban
(white) areas.
The NOBC reasoned that,
these schools should stay in
Black neighborhoods to pro
vide an alternative to inferior
public schools, as a means Of
evangelization and to make
the black community more
stable b^ helping to maintain
Black culture and heritage.
At the heart of what the
NOBC calls a crisis in educa
tion is how schools in the
Black communities can be
financed Also, the schools
that have been closed or com
bined with a suburban school
have had a high percentage
non-Catholic enrollment
Pastor Bobby Eugene,
administrator of Our Lady of
Consolation Parochial School
in Charlotte said, "The situa
tion in Charlotte couldn't lie
any better.”
He said enrollment is up and
indicated that little thought
has been given to the idea of
closing or consolidating the
School. Our Lady of Consola
tion is integrated and is histor
ically assoicated with the
Black community.
Father Wilburn Thomas of
Our Lady of Providence
Catholic Church and the only
black priest now assigned to
the Charlotte area was in
basic agreement with Pastor
Eugene.
On the NOBC statement he
said, "That's true to some
degree.” -
Father Thomas saiif that
many schools in the north
eastern states were formed (o
serve Catholic immigrants
who felt this would be a better
wax tn adjust to their adopted
society
Now that blacks have
tnoxed in.to many of these old
neighborhoods, they are the
students in the Catholic
schools there The Father said
many of these new students
are not Catholic and Catholic
t officials in these communities
'are beginning to question
Whether the church should
continue to maintain these
schools in the tace ot rising
operating costs.
According to the NOBC, the
apparent answer to this ques
tion is all to often, no. The
NOBC is saying that black
students will suffer because of
such decisions and that event
ually the Catholic Church will
reach the point that it will
have given up itst primary
means of havinjf influence in
the Black cnmrfunity.
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ftev. Morgan Tann
•Invites Everyone To Join
Rev. Coleman W. Kerry Jr.
...Mission Day Host
Mrs. H. S. Diggs
Boyce Chambers
...Wins academic honors
Boyce Chambers
Boyce Chambers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Chambers of
1810 Crawford Drive, was
named to the first semester
Dean's List at North Carolina
State University.
A freshman chemistry
major, Chambers is a mem
ber of the Cameron United
Presbyterian Church in
Statesville.
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M l ZION NOI INKSS CHURCH
2800-Tuckaseegee road
HISHOPW J IMVIS PASTOR
Sunday School-10 A M
Morning Worship 11 15 AM
N oting People W tiling Workers-6 P M
Keening Service-7:3oP M
Monday Hitile Study -8 P M
Sister el harity Wednesday Midweek
Service-7 to P M
1234 W Blvd gr
Charlolte. N.C.
332-2163 372 3420
REV. NORMAN E KERRY. PASTOR >
Sunday School-9:30 A M
Morning Worship-11:00 A M.
Mid-Week Service-7:30 P.M
Youth Meeting-Tuesday-7:00 P.M.
(Wednesdays!
"TheChurch With Soul"
WALL MEMORIAL AME ZION CHLR< II
2722 Bancroft Street
REV. J.T. WHITE, MINISTER
f Resident: 532-2888. .' . Church: 375-5361
Sunday School- 9:45 A.M - Classes For All Ages
Morning Worship-11 A M
“Enter To Workshop... Separt To Serve"
Day Care Center for 2>v (o 5 year olds
Monday thru Friday-7A.M till 6P.M.
Mr. Worth Williams. Minister of Music
Mrs. Bobbie Parks, Assistant Minsiter, Music
Gospel Choir-Tuesday, 8 P.M.
Vocal Choir- Wednesday, 7:30 P.M
Senior Choir- Thursday, 7:30 P.M
J. T. White Singers-Thursday 6 P M
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5 ioi Beatties Ford Road
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Coleman W Kerry Pastor
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399-5824
Rev. Robert Miller-Pastor
Sunday School -9:30 A M.
Morning Worship - II A M.
Mid-Week Service -8AM
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201 Grandin Road
REV LEONS PENN, PASTOR
Sunday School-9:45 A M
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Church Telephone 376-4345
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