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Area Churches To
Observe Christmas
ny i eresa minis
Post Staff Writer
Christinas is upon us.
Hopefully thoughts of
peace, joy and spiritual
enlightenment are accom
panying these bright Holy
days.
During this time the Mt.
Moriah Primitive Baptist
Church will present their
annual Candlelight Christ
mas Service.
This event will be held
December 25, 5 a.m. at the
church, 747 West Trade St.
and is being sponsored by
ENGAGING ALFREDIA JOHNSON
...Freelance model
Alfredia Johnson
is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
The pazazz and class of
Alfredia Johnson explodes
from her very gesture. A
secretary at Carpenter
Technology, Inc., Ms.
Johnson is a native of
Charlotte and a graduate of
Independence High School
and Kings College.
Her degree in the busi
ness field prepared her for
the working worl but her
inner instincts are swaying
her towards perfection.
“I would like to reach the
highest professional pla
teau within the company,"
Mrs. Johnson explained.
But she also expressed her
interest in another field.
One in which she could
make a remarkable im
pression upon.
"Fashion and glamour
have always thrilled me
and I would love to become
a professional model," she
continued. Mrs. Johnson
has also attended the Bar
bizon School of Modeling in
Charlotte and graduated
with a degree in profes
sional modeling. Presently
she models part-time_
Runway, commercial
and freelance modeling are
among a few of Mrs. John
son's credits. Dancing,
swimming, playing tennis,
and “...trying to sing," as
she phrases it, are other
interests she holds
And still there is another
fulfillment in Mrs. John
s<y life that shines bright
lURTIMMK
We are so busy running
around to buy gifts that we
forget the gift has already
been giv6n - Jesus Christ.
er than any profession.
Married to Darryl Johnson,
the couples dream is to
have children, “...and to
have a long and happy
marriage,” Mrs. Johnson
added.
Her favorite people are
her mother, Lois Sayles,
and her husband. “My hus
band is a very comical man
and my mother, well, 1 love
her deeply and I also ad
mire her,” Mrs. Johnson
stated.
Memorial Service
The Black Women’s Cau
cus will sponsor a special
memorial service for Mrs.
Ethel Wyche Martin on
Sunday December 27, at 4
pm. at the First United
Presbyterian Church
located at the corners of 7th
and College Streets.
This special program
will be entitled "A Legacy
of Love," and will be pre
sented through the use of
music and verse. Perform
ers on the program will
include the Delta Ensem
ble; flautist, Ms. Delcia
Harper; vocal soloists, Dr.
Mary Harper. Mrs. Gilda
Stitt and Mr. Samuel Ste
venson.
The public is invited.
the Missionary Circle of the
church.
Rev. Thomas W. Sam
uels, pastor of the church
will be the speaker. The
public is cordially invited
to share this service.
Breakfast will be served
in the church fellowship
hall immediately following
the service. The public is
also invited for breakfast.
On December 31, Mt
Moriah Primitive Baptist
Church will observe Watch
night services.
Also during the holiday
season the C. C. Gospel
Singers will be in concert
Sunday, December 27, at 4
p.m.
This delightful musical
program to praise the Lord
is being sponsored by the
Gospel Star Lights.
The Combination Gospel
Choir will also be in concert
in January. At 4 p.m. on the
third Sunday of the month;
they will perform at Steele
Creek AME Zion Curch,
located at 6414 York Road.
Rev. Fred McCullough is
the pastor. The Gospel Star
Lights are also sponsoring
this program.
—Installation service for
the officers and leaders of
Faith Memorial Baptist
Church will be held Janu
ary 3V at 7:30 p.m.
Guest will be Rev.
Robert Walton and the St.
Paul United Presbyterian
Church. The public is cor
dially invited to come and
share.
Rev. W. H. Caldwell Sr.
is pastor. Faith is located
at 211 Lakewood Avenue.
Last Sunday the People's
Choir of Woodland United
Presbyterian Church
planned their annual pro
gram of Christmas music.
Candle lighting and an
intermission filled with a
medley of Christmas songs
was on the program.
Members of the People's
Choir include: Melvin M.
Anderson, Emma Beatty,
Anne S. Dumas, Wilma H.
Hairston, Martha Morri
son, Robert Morrison,
Amelia Sadler, Calvin T.
Sadler, Cassandra Sadler.
Doris Nell Sadler, Irma L
Sadler, Jerry T. Sadler,
Marvin Sadler, Shirley P.
Twitty, and Mildred C.
Washington.
Wilma E. Powell is the
organist-directress Rev
Emanuel E. Washington is
the pastor of Woodland
United Presbyterian
Church, located on Rhine
Rd. in the Paw Creek
Community.
The Christmas Program
for Matthews-Murkland
Presbyterian Church was
held Wednesday night De
cember 23, at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. D. O. Hennigan is
pastor of the church, lo
cated ht ran old Provi
dence Road.
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DEC 2 21981
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Some Believe Only Men Have The Key To
Unlock 66The Understandings Of The Bible?”
ny itrexa minis
Pont Staff Writer
Christmas is here and
anyone can tell you "Merry
Christmas." Even with all
the implications bqfiind;
these two words there ari
no restrictions in the
United States as to who can
utter this familiar phrase
No so with the words of
the Bible, however The
most widely read book in
the world has been chained
by some who believe that
only men have the key to
unlock the truths and un
derstandings of the Bible.
That women are not suited
to take a preaching posi
tion has halted many ladies
from stepping into the
pulpit.
4
Evangelist Leatha Pratt
...Pastors church
But Rev. Gloria McRae
and Evangelist Leatha
Pratt are ministers who
have placed pessimistic
Rev. Gloria McRae
. . Seminary Student
positions on the way side
Both have responded to
God's calling Both con
tinue to carry the key to
4
Second in a series
understanding. sharing
their insights with others
Here are their commen
taries concerning their role
as ministers:
Rev. Gloria McRae, pre
sently working on her
master s degree at Hood
Theological Seminary in
Salisbury: "My call was a
personal, spiritual one It’s
hard to explain ..it was
something divine a spirit
ual impulse
"It took me at least two
years to accept the calling
I was counting the cost, the
hard work Ministry calls
for a lot of dedication.
k r'
He Kepi calling me
during those two years
Then one day I decided and
since that day forward 1
have had no second
thoughts I preached my
trial sermon December 10
1978 "
As for people doubting
that a female should min
ister Rev McRae stated
•'Are there any of us who
are qualified to say who is
supposed to be what° That
is a man made rule. I don't
see anywhere in the Bible
that states that a woman
should not preach ."
• Women were the first
ones to preach the Good
News...the first one to
preach resurrection God
can use anyone , any age...
t1
“ ahV vMt. We sN-m 16 Rf
hung up on tradition Wo
men have been brainwash
ed to believe that their
place is in the kitchen or
the bedroom We have to
come out of this way of
thinking
At the Hood Theological
Seminary five of the 35
students are females Ac
cording to Rev. McCrae the
seminary is advancing to
her ideas and the student
union has a female vice
president
At Greater Bethel AME,
where Rev McCrae is a
member and assistant to
Rev l^evi Brown, many of
the females have accepted
her position. •'The ladies of
See SOME On Page 6
The
Meaning
Of Work
H> .lames O'Toole
Kdllor s Vole: This is the
lirsl in a series ol 1.1
articles exploring "Work
ing: Changes and
l lioices." In this article,
•lames O'Toole, series co
ordinator and Professor ol
Management at the Cui
versitx ol Southern 'Cali
lornia. discusses uln \xe
work and annlw.es some ol
the changes that are occur
ring in the workplace. This
series was written for
"Course* Its Newspaper."
a program at luiversitx
extension. luiversitx ol
California. Sail Diego, with
lunding Irom the National
endowment lor the
Humanities.
When their alarms ring
each weekday, loo million
American workers routine
ly answer the unwelcomed
call, drag themselves from
bed. rind prepare for eight
hours of purposeful activity
-- activity that seems so
natural that few workers
bother to analyze it.
Working seems simply to
be a necessary part of life,
much like birthing and dy
ing. eating and sleeping It
all seems so natural: You
spend the first five years of
your life in play, the next 15
or so in lorinai scnoonng.
all in preparation for 45
years oi working, for which
you are rewarded < if you
are fortunate) with 10 to 13
healthy years of retire
ment
Even the kind of work
you do might appear part
of Ihe natural order of
things Historically,
middle-class sons went to
college and pursued pro
fessional or managerial
careers, while their sisters
stayed home and reared
children, or worked as sc
cretaries or teachers
Working-class sons and
daughters followed their
parents into factories or
onto (arms and construe
lion sites And the- children
of the poor? , They. too.
were always with us. poor
‘and often, unemployed'
like their parents
ltH\Ol.l'TION IN
WORK ATTITI DES
Such patterns seemed so
natural until recently
Now. many Americans of
both sexes and of every
age. class, color, and occu
pation appear unwilling to
accept 1) the historical
divisions of labor in so
ciety ?> the traditional di
visions of the times ot our
lives, and .E the basic
assumptions we have held
about what is natural in the
institution of work This
"revolutionary" question
ing is creating profound
consequences for the eco
nomy and for the indivi
duals who work in
America
What is most remark
able aboul this revolution
in work attitudes is that it
is non ideological It is a
revolution that could occur
only in a pluralistic, demo
cratic, affluent, capitalist
society It is a revolution
whose only common de
nominator is the demand
for greater choice.
—American' workci* may
not know what they want
from work or life, but they
are clear about what they
do not want They don't
want to feel constrained by
tradition, by the absence of
alternatives, or by limit
ations on their exercise of
options
Consider some of the
many ways Americans are
attempting to exercise
choice at work Greater
numbers are working part
time, flextime, or at home
in their spare time Instead
of staying in one job.
many Americans are
changing jobs in mid
career. and many more are
punctuating work with
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