According To Al Cloud
*1 Of Concerned Citizens Is People-Oriented
“The joy of the Lord Is
my strength. Without Him I
couldn't make It. Life just
wouldn’t be the same with
out the Lord,’’ professes Al
Cloud, a life-long member
of the United House of
Prayer.
Al is state director of the
Coalition of Concerned Ci
tizens in the Community,
an organization founded by
Bishop W. McCollough in
'1979 at the United House of
Prayer’s Washington,'''
D.C., headquarters.
. As director, AI’s duties
% include voter registration
(he is a Mecklenburg
County registrar), senior
citizens programs, . hotel
and motel accommoda
tions. youth programs,
jobs, housing, medical
" workshops, and many,
other programs benefiting.
House of -Prayer m»m.
hers.’
“The Coalition of Con
cerned Citizens is a people
oriented help group," ex
plains Cloud, "designed to
meet the economic and
physical needs of the mem
bers of the United House of
Prayer and the communi
ties in which our churches
: are located."
/'f-ast Thanksgiving the
Coalition, along with the
House of Prayer’s food
bank, headed by Essie
Bryant, distributed 50
baskets to the needy in the
community.
Al Cloud
Director of Coalition, Concerned Citizens
This past June, the
Coalition and the Mother
house sponsored a Senior
Citizens Day honorihg the
pillars of the chlirch arid all
the. senior citizens of foe '
, United House of Prayer in
the,state.
Recalls Cloud, “What a
beautiful day that was!
Tea rs of joy fell from many
eyes. Some were joyful for
being in the House of Pray
er again after having been
absent for illness; some
were just happy to see their
sisters and brothers ooce
again; others were touched
,at the thoughtfulness and
love shown them in their
golden years,” :
Cloud points out tbar it
was these senior citizens
who suffered for the |
church, “toiling through,
rain, sleet, and snow;
being talked about, criti
cized, ridiculed, and called
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Child of God; being re
buffed by their families.
But they kept praying,
shouting, speaking in
tongues, giving God's
praises far a man who
taught them that they must
be born again."
Cloud gives the Almighty
God honor and praises for
the United House of Pray
er and its leader. Sweet
Daddy McCoHough, who is
celebrating his 25th anni
versary as Bishop of the
United Hduse of Prayer.
Ward in downtown Char
Al. the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephan A, Cloud, was
born in Dallas, N.C., and
graduated North Gaston
High School. He received
an AA degree from Gas
ton College and later at
tended North Carolina Cen
tral University in Durham,
where he majored in hank
ing and finance. He is em
ployed by Olilted Carolina
Bank Co. operations
manager on Lake Nor^ian. v
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