Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church Plans Special Easter Services
The M A V field Memrtnni — ^
Baptist Church, located at 700
Sugar Creek Road West, will
begin its Easter Services with
Sunrise service at 6 a.m. The
Spiritual Choir will lead in the
singing of Easter Hyms and
the senior Ushers will serve as
hosts for the early morning
worship service. Rev. H. S.
Diggs, Pastor of the church
will deliver the message at
the 6 and 11 a.m. services.
Breakfast will be served at
7:15 \,tA. with the eveready
Hostess Committee of the
church in charge of prepara
tions. etc., Sunday Church
School will be held at 9:30
A.M. with departments'and
classes for all age groups.
The Spiritual and Hymn
Choirs will sing at the 11 A.M.
Worship hour and Senior Ush
ers will serve as hosts. Baptist
Training Union will be held at
5 P.M. and the 6 P.M. worship
service will feature the Young
Adult Choir in the Presenta
tion of an Easter Cantata enti
tled “Hallelujah For The
Cross”. The cantata was writ
ten by John W. Peterson.
There will be such selections
a° “O Sacred Head Now
Wounded" with Mrs. Carol
Shields, Miss Gardenia Dalton
and Willie Wilkes as soloists,
and “Hallelujah for The
Cross” with Bobby Shields as
soloist. Other featured soloists
will be Mrs. Bettye Wilkes,
Mrs. Frances Hamlin, and
Miss Vanessa Belk.
The guest soloist will be
Miss Carolyn McCullum, who
is the Choir Director of Geth
semane Baptist Church of
Charlotte and Friendship Ju
nior College of Rock Hill,
South Carolina. Miss McCul
lum earned an A.B. Degree in
Music froni Johnson C. Smith
and the University of Michi
gan.
This promises to be a very
inspiring program and one
that will be long remembered.
Rev. H. S. Diggs is Minister
of the Church, and Warren
Stukes is president of the
Choir. Mrs. Pondella Rose is
Narrator, and Miss Barbara
Alexander is Minister of Mu
sic and Director of the Young
Adult Choir of the Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church.
Kev. M b. Diggs
...Mayfield Memorial pastor
MAYFIELD MEMORIAL
The Mayfield Memorial
Baptist Church, located at 700
Sugar Creek Road West and
pastored by Rev. H. S. Diggs,
in conjunction and coopera
tion with Central Piedmont
Community College, has be
gun Adult Education Classes
that meet Monday and Tues
day evenings at 7:30 at the
Church Education Building.
The, offerings are: Basic
Adult Education courses for
persons whose formal educa
tion ended at 8th grade or
below, and High School educa
tion for persons whose formal
education ended betwen the
9th and 12th grades. The cour
ses offered the persons enroll
ed in the High School will lead
toward High School comple
tion and a High School Diplo
ma.
All persons interested in ei
ther of the above mentioned
programs may enroll at the
place of meeting on either of
the nights scheduled.
For further information,
call the Adult Education Cen
ter at Central Piedmont Com
munity College or the May
field Memorial Baptist
Church.
MOUNT ZION-STEELE
CREEK
Holy Week Services will be
gin Thursday, April 15, at
Mount Zion AME Zion Church.
The speaker for the occasion
will be Rev. J.L. Bennett of
Steele Creek AME Zion
Church.
Friday night’s worship,
Rev. George E. Battle
'...Greater Gethsemane pastor
which begins at 7 o’clock, will
be held at O’Zion AME Zion
Church, with Rev. I. L. Benson
pastor of Mount Zion AME
zion Church, leading the ser
vices.
Sunrises Services on Easter
Sunday morning will be held
at Steele Creek AME Zion
Church, with Rev. J. F. Bax
ter of O’Zion AME Zion
Church, scheduled as the fea
tured speaker.
Free breakfast will be ser
ved immediately after the
sunrise service.
The public is invited.
BAPTIST LAYMEN
Raleigh, N.C.-The Lay
men’s League of the General
Baptist State Convention of N.
C. Inc., willsponsor its first
state-wide Fellowship Ban
quet on Friday, April 23, at 7
p.m. The Royal Villa Motor
Inn will be the site of this
unique gathering. The Ban
quet speaker will be Howard
N. Lee, announced candidate
for Lt. Governor of North Car
olina. Lay persons from a
cross the state are expected to
be there in large numbers.
The banquet will serve a
two-fold purpose. (1) To allow
laymen to fellowship with
each other and (2) To support
the Objectives of the Unified
Program of the Convention.
Come join in with us. Tickets
may be obtained from your
local Laymen’s League or
from the Baptist Headquart
ers , 603 South Wilmington
Street, RaLEIGH, N.C. 27601.
GETHSEMANE AME ZION
Rev. Thomas A. Jenkins
...Interim moderator
Kev. George E. Battle Jr.,
and member of the Good
Samaritan Club of Greater
Gethsemane AME Zion chu
rch wish to thank each of you
for your cooperation given to
ward their program on Sun
day. March 28.
Mrs. Alice Jones was crown
ed “Ms. Good Samaritan
1976” and Mrs. Beatrice Wil
son was the first runner-up.
Rev. Battle announces the
South Mecklenburg High
School choir will appear in
concert at Greater Gethse
mane AME Zion Church, 521
Campus St. on Sunday, May 2
at 5 p.m. He's asking your
attendance in support of Alan
Richmond.
BRANDON PRESBYTERIAN
The Brandon United Pres
byterian Church after 75 years
on the Old Maple Street in the
Greenville community, and
the last building to stand in the
area, has completed plans to
relocate.
UnSunday April 18th (Eas
ter Sunday) at 1 p.m. ground
breaking exercises will be
held at the new site, located on
Statesville Avenue at Calla
han Street just south of Oak
lawn Avenue.
The congregation is request
ing its friends and well-wish
ers to be present to witness
this historic event.
The Rev. Dr. Thos. A. Jen
kins, retired minister, is serv
ing as the interim moderator
of the congregation.
MT. SINAI
“Springtime Fashion Extra
vaganza." a fashion show, will
oe sponsored by the Nurses
Guild of Greater Mt. Sinai
Baptist Church Sunday, April
18.
A spokesman for the church
said some of the top area male
and female models will ap
pear in the show. The “latest"
in spring wear will be featur
ed.
The show will be held at
Oaklawn Elementary School,
1810 Oaklawn Avenue, at 7:30
p.m.
Mrs. Betty Clawson of Dud
ley Beauty Products Company
will narrate the show. Mrs.
Carrie Casey is the show co
ordinator. Rev. N.E. Kerry is
pastor of the church.
CLINTON CHAPEL AME
ZION
Rev. Morgan Tann invites
everyone to worship with the
Clinton Chapel AME Zion
Church Easter Sunday, April
18th beginning at 11 a.m. The
services will be centered on
the “Power of the Resurrec
tion," and the message will be
presented by Rev. Tann.
At 4 p.m., there will be a
Children’s Program at the
sanctuary. Rev. Tann will also
be one of the featured speak
ers at the Sunrise Service in
Freedom Park beginning at
6:30 a.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST
Friendship Baptist Church
will begin its Easter services
at 6 a.m. when the church will
present it’s Sunrise Service.
The Church's youth choir will
sing and the adult ushers will
serve at this time. At 7:15 a.m.
there will be a special Easter
breakfast sponsored by the
church brotherhood. Sunday
school will begin at 9:45 and
will include a special Easter
program and Easter parade.
Rev. Coleman Kerry will give
the Easter message at 11 a.m.
to conclude the church’s Sun
day Easter activities.
PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST
Rev. Richard Macon, pastor
of Progressive Baptist
Church, located on Clanton
Road, invites everyone to join
the Community Sunrise Wor
ship service at 6:30 a.m. at the
church. Metrolina Presbyte
rian, Amy James Presbyte
rian, Moore's Sanctuary, and
Shiloh Baptist Churches will
unite at Progressive Baptist
Church and participate in the
services. _
GETHSEMANE A M.E.
ZION
The South Mecklenburg
High School Concert Choir,
one of the county’s most out
standing choral groups, will
perform at the Gethsemane
AME Zion Church, May 2, at 5
p.m., under the directon of
Dennis Stabler.
The activity is being spon
sored by the Christian Educa
tion Department.
Carl Hunt, the Christian
education moderator feels
quite fortunate to have sche
duled the performance, and
thus feels cultural group acti
vities are necessary for the
church congregation. “Activi
ties such as the scheduled
choral performance serve a
number of purposes’’ states
Hunt. He continues “The con
gregation is able to meet to
gether other than the regular
Sunday service, they are ex
posed to necessary cultural
activities, and most important
we are able to offer an invita
tion to all congregations for an
excellent program.’’ Mr. Hunt
is hoping all congregations
will take advantage of the
program.
The South Mecklenburg
High School choir has a fine
reputation. They have per
formed at campuses, at civic
clubs, shopping centers, con
ventions and other community
churches. The choir recently
received a superior rating at
the 1976 N.C. State Choral
Contest held at Ovens Audito
rium and will be represented
in the all-State Chorus in
Greensboro in May.
FIRST CHURCH OF COD
Rev. Lester T. Staton, pas
tor of the First Church of God,
located at 257 Lincoln Street in
Concord, North Carolina will
hold a special Easter sunrise
service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday
School services will follow at
10:a.m. with a continuation of
the Easter message. A^ll
a.m., Rev. Staton will speak
on “The Credibility of the
Resurrection of Jesus.” The
public is cordially welcomed
to attend all of these services.
NEW EMMANUEL
“He Kept His Word” is the
subject of the Easter Sunday,
April 18, sermon of Dr. N.C.
Calhoun at New Emmanuel
Congregational United Church
of Christ, 3540 Beatties Ford
Road.
This 11 a.m. worship service
will be preceded by Sunday
Church School at 9:45 a.m. led
by superintendents Leonard
Cowan and Mrs. Dora Earle.
Music for the Easter Sunday
worship service will be provi
ded by the Senior Church
Choir and The Thompson Gos
pel-Spiritual Choir.
Prayer meetings are held
each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Prayers are offered for the
sick in service each Sunday
and Wednesday, added Dr.
Calhoun.
The church will screen a
motion picture in a special
program at 7:30 p.m., Thurs
day, April 22. It is entitled, “A
Burning Hell.”
"At New Emmanuel, the'
gospel is being preached, ’
said Dr. Calhoun. "At New
Emmanuel, everybody is
somebody.”
UNIVERSITY PARK
BAPTIST CHURCH
The Young Adult Choir of
the University Park Baptist
Church will have its Sixth
Anniversary Sunday, April 27,
at 4 p.m. The choir of 45 active
members is under the direc
tion of Miss Beverly Ellis,
minister of music; Sylvester
Davenport; organist; and
Miss Linda Thompson, assis
tant pianist.
Several choirs of the city
will be present to help the
University Park Young Adult
Choir celebrate its anniver
sary in song
The choir extends to all an
invitation to be present and M
enjoy an evening of spiritual
enlightenment through songs.
The anniversary will be held
at church on the corner of
Keller Avenue and Senior
Drive, the church where “ev
erybody is somebody and
Christ is All.” Rev. James E.
Palmer is minister.
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