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Thursday, January 5, 2006
A grand Dr. Martin Luther King celebration
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tra, will be the guest conduc
tor
“Between pieces we have
people from the community
read parts of speeches fix)m
Dr. King,” Eaiiy said
Ihis year’s concert will also
be a tribute to the late Rosa
Parks. Early said with the
passing of the dvil ri^ts icon,
he thought dedicating the
show to Parks was appropri
ate.
Last year, the symphony
didn’t have the funding to put
on the show, so it was held at
Friendship Missionary Bap
tist. This year’s show will be
held at the Blumenthal Per
forming Arts Center in the
Belk Theater.
“The performing arts center*
is a great gatheiing place and
this is a real substance tribute
to Dr, King,” Early said.
Want to go?
What: The Daybreak of
Freedom Concert
When: Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
Where: The Belk Tlieater
Cost: Tickets are between
$5 and $30 and can be pur
chased by calling (704) 972-
2000
Black churches celebrate the end of slavery
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blacks, to continue the work
of achieving freedom’s goals,
said Rev. Dorothy Boulware,
a speaker at the event and
editor of the Baltimore Afro-
American Newspaper.
Tt is in rehearsing your
story that you gather the
strength you need. If you
don’t look back, then you
don’t really understand how
important education is,” she
said.
In his message, Fitts cited
that same strength in history,
noting blacks needed it to
defeat segregation and the
attitude that created it.
‘We had to live with that
attitude ...which led to segre
gation and we overcame it,”
he said.
Looking ahead, Fitts
explained victory would come
when "we see ourselves fun
damentally as Americans and
beyond that as citizens of the
world, not as different races.
‘We have to have a psychol-
of liberation. We have to
change the way black people
think,” he said after the cere
mony
Blacks’ pursuit of progress
needs to continue on moral,
economic, spiritual and edu
cational lines, Fitts said.
‘We can pause to celebrate,”
he told the crowd. “But we
cannot stop our progress in
freedom.”
College students urged to become role models
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA—Ed OUie was
preparing for law school in
1992 when he attended a
faith-based conference for
black college students that
changed his life with a com
pelling message: out and
be a role model and leader in
the community
That first National Black
Collegiate Conference led
OUie to become a chaplain
and motivational speaker.
‘Tt wasn’t an issue of me
going to law schcxDl, but it was
a time to tangibly think about
my faith as a vehicle for
change in the community,”
OUie said.
Now it’s OUie’s turn to pass
on that message. He was to
speak Saturday to about 700
students at the closing ses
sion of this year’s five-day
conference.
Hundreds of black students
fi'om across the nation flock
to the convention in Atlanta,
which is held every two to
three years and organized by
Black Campus Ministries, a
network of black CTiristian
clubs on coUege campuses in
24 states.
This year’s workshops and
seminars focused on various
topics that affect black cul
ture, fiom the hip-hop music .
genre, to (jod in politics to
improving the image of
blacks.
“UsuaUy kids have high
school faith but have coUege
chaUenges ahead of them,”
said Phil Bowling-Dyer,
nationEil director of the Black
Campus Ministries. ‘We try
to expand their faith and
thinking on how to approach
the world.”
The conference and the
clubs affiliated with the orga
nization encourage their
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Early Flow Worship 8:00am
Church School 9:30am
Spirit Flows Celebration 10;45am
Wednesday Bible Studis Seniors,.10:00am
12 Noon and 6:30 pm
Wednesday Intercessory Prayer. 6-6:30 pm
Spirit Flows Radio Broadcast,WGAS & WOGR
1540 AM, - Wednesdays at 9:30am
WLTC & WGOS 1350 AM Saturdays at 9:30 am
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& Rev. Dekota G. McCullough
FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Imparting Christian values into children to enable them to
grow academically and spiritually.”
Accepting children ages: 6 weeks - 3rd Grade
ABeka Curriculum • Spanish & Music Classes
• Computer Learning Center
Rev. Dekota Grier McCullough, Principal
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“Telline and IJvine the Good News of.lesus Christ”
- Outreach & Nurture Ministries For All Ajc'
Spirit-led Sunday Worship: 1 lam
Sunday School: 9:30am
Wed. Prayer, IVaisc & Bible Study: 7pm
Radio Ministry: Sun. 2:45pm, REJOICE 1370 AM
- Rev. Quentin G. Poulson, Pastor ■
3001 Beatties Ed. Rd.. Charlotte. NC 28216-3731
Phone: 704-392-6098 • E-mail: POPAX@bcllsouth.net ^
Website: www.LutheranOutreach.org/Prince of Peace, htm
Word Of Faith West
Pastor, Rev. Samuel Guthrie, Jr.
23(X) Sanders Ave.
Charlotte, NC •704-358-1709
A Church that cares
for your soul 2 Chron. 7:14
Adults & Children’s Sunday School: 9:45ani
Sunday Services: 11:00am
Wed. Bible Study/Prayer 7:00pm
4th Saturday Youth (Jroup at 2K)0pm
Senior Pastor,
Rev. & Mrs.
Samuel Guthrie, Jr.
members to stand up for
what they believe is right.
Bowling-Dyer recalled an
incident several years ago
when student members at
the University of California
at Berkeley protested the
school i^ewspaper’s running
of an ad opposing reparations
for slavery
Black students from the
ministries rallied for more
than an hour on a prominent
part of the campus, wearing
all black with their mouths
taped shut while handing out
flyei’s.
“They got their point across,
it was on the news and the
situation was dealt with,”
Bowling-Dyer said- The
newspaper later issued an
apology, saying it had been
used as “an inadvertent vehi
cle of bigotry”
The winter conferences are
used as a jumpstart for the
members for the coming year
and a chance for them to net-
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BIBLE STUDY
God’s
strength
and grace
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How has Crod’s mercy in
your life given you sti*ength?
How does (jod’s mercy help
you overcome life’s trials?
From where do you believe
you really get your sti'ength?
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