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12A RELIGION / The Charlotte Post Tuesday, December 24,1996 CHURCH NEWS p ■ > First Baptist Church-West 1801 Oaklawn Ave. The Emancipation Proclamation Worship Service wiU be held Jan. 1 at 11 a.m. The keynote D. Proctor, pastor emeritus of Abyssinian Baptist Church. A reception will follow in J. B. Humphrey Memorial Fellowship Hall. For more information, call 372-1075. Greenville Memorial AME Zion 6116 Montieth Drive Watch night services will begin at 11 p.m. New St. John Baptist 2000 St. John Church Road Watch services will be held Dec. 31 at 10:30 p.m. Floyd saves lives, hope in Philly Continued from 11A In the summer of 1968, Floyd found himself in the middle of a deadly gang war. “Eight killings in one week. Un-heard-of in the city. Everybody was shocked to the rafters. “My wife said, ‘Melvin what are you going to do about it?’ What can I do about this thing? Whah?! Huh? Two weeks went by and that woman stayed on my case; “You got to do some thing. These kids are killing each other, it isn’t right.’ “ So, on his own time, Floyd went finm street comer to street corner and talked to the kids with the guns and knives. “Remember, they kill each other like flies out there. So I prayed. I said, ‘Lord, now you got to give me the right method how to reach them.’ And a voice - like the heavens opened up _ the voice said, 'Touch 'em. Put your hands on them and touch them.’ “I remember the first time I went up to a comer to touch a kid. The kid jumped; he went for it (his gun). “What are you doing, mistah?’ You don’t touch these kids. You don’t touch ‘ern. Celebration h “But I stood there, and slowly I worked my hand, and I put it on a shoulder, and they didn’t jerk it away. I touched these kids and the touching... it broke something in them. And I could talk to them.” Floyd eventually fostered a peace that held. A front-page picture from The Philadelphia Inquirer shows a smiling Floyd, gap tooth and all, between two rival gang leaders - shaking hands. In the years since Floyd left the police force in 1972 and started Neighborhood Crusades Inc., the reverend has continued to visit those same street cor ners. Armed with a small table, a projector and a megaphone, Floyd presents a slide show of blood and guts. He figures if the kids see a gunshot wound, a knife woimd, death _ they might think twice about selling dmgs. 'This past summer, his Street Comer Preaching Ministry, as he calls it, began visiting Philadelphia suburbs and even drove out to Ohio for a meeting. “They need it, too,” Floyd said. He has been teaching his “Relationship Enrichment Courses” to standing-room-only crowds in his basement chapel for several years. Part story telling, part preaching, part comic stand-up routine, the classes are one more way for Floyd to try to affect what he sees as growing levels of crime aroimd him. Laveme Hardin, 25, dragged in her boyfriend, Donald Bullock, 30, six weeks ago and the couple is now a staple on Thursday nights. “He enlightens you,” Hardin said. “A lot of things I thought were right aren’t nowhere near right. He makes it real and that’s what brings people back.” Floyd explains the need for his classes by quoting a statistic: Seven of 10 black homes in the dfy are led by a single woman. ... Strengthen relationships, make people understand the pitfalls and the ways out and increase the nxunbers of whole families. “These classes ... it affects those I teach. And if I only reach the burglar, he won’t steal no more. And if I only reach the holdup man, he won’t take no more. And if I only keep at this thing, maybe things can get bet ter.” The Rev. Floyd waits for laughter to subside fi^m his last witticism. It’s time to throw some religion into this get- together. “Rejection by someone else is not as bad as rejection of one self,” he said. “Now is the time to get to know yourself, read your scriptures, your psalms.” And then the reverend said. “Someone say Everyone did. ‘Amen.’ n GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. F.A. Griffin, PASTOR Sunday School 9:45a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00a.m. Simday School Study - Wed. 7pm Prayer Service - 8pm 2933 Shady Lane • Charlotte, NC 28208 333-0810 The Post is looking for ministers to write for “The Pastor’s Study.” To participate, please submit an essay on the rehgious topic of your choice to PO Box 30144, Charlotte, N.C. 28230 ROCKWELL A.M.E. ZION CHURCH “Celebrating 128 Years of Christianity” William M JoRtan III: Pastor - WEEKLY HIGHUGHTS - Sunday School-9:45a.ni. Sunday Worshlp-11:00a.m. Tuesday “Youth In Action”...7-9p.m. Wednesday - Prayer Service/Bible Study... Span. Tutorial Prog. 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The reception was held at The Senior Center. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Tina Dean and Mr. Larry Alexander. She is a graduate of West mecklenburg High School and Johnson C. Smith University^ She is currently employed with First Union National Bank as a cash man agement coordinator. The groom is the son of Carolyn and Wilson Ford and a graduate of South Mecklenburg High School and Johnson C. Smith University. He is employed with Hannaford Food Euid Drug. The Maid of Honor was Kathryn Goins. Bridesmaids were Cheryl Bennett, Carmen Benson, Angel Manage, Harriet Simmons and Cynthia Wilson. Junior brides maids were Ashley Alexander, Temeka Alexander ad Kyla Alexander. The flower girls were Shaina and Samira Ford. The Bestman was Antoine Ford. Groomsmen were Reggie Ford, James Harris, William Ford, Wilson Davis and Clarence Ford. Junior grooms men were John Mahatha, Remington Simmons and Marc Simmons. The ringbearer was Master Cameron Alexander. 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