Cora Hubbard
Jumps Out Front In Spall ry
By Jalyne Strong
Peat Staff Writer
Though abe is a first time
contestant in the Post’s
—annual “Churchworfcer of
the Year" contest, Cora
Hubbard is no babe in the
woods when it comes to
competition. Her first time
out in this initial week of
the contest, Hubbard has
pulled ahead of everyone
else to lead the small
church category.
A member of Chappell
Memorial Baptist Church,
Hubbard has sold sight
subscriptions so far. That
amount was a good
enough start to give her a
jump on the others in her
division but let Hubbard
teO it, that’s far from the
best she can do.
“I’m not pleased with
this week," she relates. “I
thank God that I did get the
eight but I want to do
better," Hubbard declares.
“I’m out to win," she
admits. “I am a winner,”
she emphasizes. “I have
CSirist in my heart and
when you have Christ in
your heart you are a
winner!”
As you can see, Hubbard
doesn’t need a pep talk to
' Cora Hubbard
.Doesn't need pep talk;
get her on her way. That’s
because, she confesses, her
progress comes through
“prayer.”
Hubbard had previously
assisted in past “Church
woman” contests but this
year she thought it would
be nice to be the contest
ant herself. “I wanted to do
something for my church,”
Hubbard explains. “I see
the contest as a good way of
helping the church-raise—
money,” she mentions,
referring to the g commis
sion her church receives
fo^each subscription she
Unselfish in her ap
proach to this competition,
Hubbard also affirms, “I
really believe I’m going to
win because I want my
pastor and his wife to have
the vacation.” Her pastor
is Rev. Wilson Mitchell.
“And I could use a vaca
tion myself,” she adds as
an afterthought
A member of Chappell
for eight years, Hubbard
gives much of herself to the
church. She is president of
the senior choir and sings
on the choir. She is also on
the board of new mem
bers and is a missionary.
And she proudly mentions
that her husband. Rev. d;
Maurice Hubbard, is the
associate pastor of Chap
pell Memorial Baptist.
The Hubbards have three
children and two grand
in Medium Group
Mattie Caldwell _ariy Lead
By Jalyne Strong '
Post Staff Writer
Mattie CaldweU of Ebe
nezer Baptist Church-now
that’s a name you aU
should know. Because for
• Jour years, three consecu
tive, Caldwell’s Uluminat
ing progress in the
“Cburchwoman” contests
has brought her front and
center to the attention of
Post readers.
And this year, her fourth
year, is, of course, no dif
ferent. Few people will be
sta-prised to see that Cald
weU is, again, a front-run
ner in the IMS “Church
worker of the Year” con
test. ?Vv' • ... .
With the tally in for the
first week of competition,
CaldweU is leading the
medium-sized churches
with 23 subscription sales.
She has, in fact, the high
est total of aU contestants
in every category.
How does die do it? Well.
Caldwell is repeatedly de
scribed as Energetic, en
thusiastic, a real go-getter,
out-going and extremely
concerned for bar church
and pastor." Postively,
these attributes have coif
trlbuted to her conttnuota
But let us take a look
back to gain a little more
insight
(n 1900. Caldwell partici
pated in the "Chureh
woman" contest for the
Mattie Caldwell
.Sold 21 subscriptions
first time. She wasn’t in
volved again until MM but
in that three year hiatus
she must have picked up on
a few winning tips. For as a
contestant, she shot to
the lead promptly and
pretty much maintained it
for the six weeks. At the
wrap up of the ISM con
test, Caldwell was
wrapped in a mink coat she
won as a finalist.
Then in 1984, the pattern
was repeated. Caldwell
gained the lead early in the
contest and rode that wave
all the way through. Again,
she was one of the three
finalists and she bagged a
*500 grocery gift certificate
from Harris-Teeter.
Now it is 1985, and it
looks like Caldwell is fol
lowing through on the same
formula. She has taken the
lead early, as before. It’s,
yet to be seen whether she
can sustain that advantage
for the following five
weeks. There’s stiff com
petition out there. Yet
Caldwell does have expert-.
ence and an impressive
track record.
Dr. A. B. Sutton is pas
tor of Ebenezer Baptist
Church where Caldwell is a
life-time member. She is a
trustee, director of the
Young Adult Missionary,
program director for the
Floral Club, a member of
the" Pastor's Aide and co
leader of Senior Mission
ary Group No. 9. She also
serves on the Budget and
Finance Committee.
ff Jr*1*
children.
Hubbard is operating
with 10 people on her com
mittee and she says,
“They’ve promised that
—they’ll An he»f mr flfrt
To maintain her lead,
Hubbard also assures that
for the remaining weeks of
the contest she plans to
—3M8L-MU. sell, sell, sell ”
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