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Weeping Willow AME Zion will host a back to school workshop
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Milton Road, will host a back to school workshop for parents
and students. There will be representatives from Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the
church to share information on gangs, health and commu
nity challenges. Registration is preferred. For more informa
tion, call (704) 532-9125.
• Walls Memorial AME Zion Church, 2722 Bancroft St., will
host its second annual Evangelistic Back to School Block Party
at 12 p.m. For more information, call (704) 375-5361.
• Bethel AME Zion, 5400 Bamsdale Lane, will host its Back
to School Bonanza at 1 p.m. The church will distribute free
school supplies to all who attend.
August 19
Powerhouse Ministries of Charlotte will hold its dedication
services at 4 p.m. The church is located at 8101 Fallsdale
Drive.
August 24
The Freedom Christian Center, 4020 Freedom Drive, will
host a “Set Free to Dance" conference through Saturday. The
event begins Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m.
August 25
Thrift Baptist Church, 8415 Moore's Chapel Road, will host
its first Community Praise and Worship Fest at 6 p.m. Per
formers include James Jackson and Atlanta Praise with special
appearance by national recording artist Brandon Newsome.
For more information call (704) 399-8437.
August 26
Waddell Chapel AME Zion Church will celebrate its home
coming at 3 p.m. The church is located at 314 Buffalo St. in
Shelby.
Holy Hip Hop challenges Christian tradition, not the message
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ago during a church youth
event in her hometown of
Hickory. She had lost inter
est in secular rap, which she
found distasteful and full of
■ lyrics that disrespected
women. Her CD collection
needed something new and
positive.
Now, she plays Christian
rappers like the Grits,
LeCrae and D.A. Truth in her
car and at home.
"They’re really real with
it,” she said. “They mean
what they say and they live
what they say.”
Allred said youth need to
hear the gospel in a way
they can understand it. As a
church youth leader, she en
courages churches to allow
young members to express
themselves through rap, if
that’s how they choose to
deliver their testimony. “Do
not shun .rap as this com
pletely horrible thing,” she
said. "God can take any
thing and make it his."
That’s a testimony Nakia
Hamilton, 31, a Take Back
Ministry rapper who goes by
Crazy Redd, shares with
others.
Hamilton’s mother intro
duced him to hip-hop at age
7. He spent years as a secu
lar rapper, opening for rap
groups like Outkast and Wu-
Tang, But, the writer, pro
ducer and performer said
doing two to three shows a
week and releasing under
ground albums still made
him feel like he wasn’t going
anywhere.
‘T gave up all that I had for
Christ,” he said. “1 got
saved. I truly meant it. From
then on 1 just never turned
back.”
At a July group rehearsal
for Wilmington's Freedom
Fest, Take Back Ministry
turned the Lord’s Church on
South Fifth Avenue into a
high-energy praise party.
The group’s members raced
back and forth in front of
the wooden pulpit scream
ing, “Get live for Christ!”
Grant two-stepped to the
beat. Jay James, 22, known
as Minista Payne, pointed to
the sky as he spit his verse.
Take Back Ministry has
sometimes showcased its
spiritual gifts during Sun
day services at Union Mis
sionary Baptist Church.
Teresa Huffman, the
church's youth pastor, said
the first time the group min
istered at Union, some older
members’ body language
and facial expressions
showed they weren't feeling
the music. “It wasn't what
they wanted to hear at that
time," she said.
The second time the
group appeared, they came
with a more mellow tune
and rapped about how God
• changed their lives.
"The older folks that Sun
day were up and out of their
seats,” Huffman said.
“Some were running around
the church.”
Now more kids at Union
are putting their writing
skills to use and coming up
with spiritual raps of their
own.
“It encourages them that
they can still be in the
church and have a good
time,” Huffman said.
Trinity Park Baptist Church presents
The Revival of the
Summer 2007
Theme: “Worship, Waiting & Witnessing...”
Guest Speakers
Date/Time
Rev. Dr. E. R. Kirkpartrick
Rtxkv Ridge Baptist Church
' Concord, NC
Sunday, August 19 - 5PM
Rev. Amy Ciceron
Reeves 'J'anplc
: AMI-:Z Church
; Da\idson,NC
Monday,
August 20 - TPM
Re\’. Paulette Leak
Gold Hill AMEZ
Church
Ijincaster, SC
Tuesday,
August 21 - TPM
Rev. Dr. Rita Ttvi^
Tlic Potter’s 1 louse
Dallas, TX
Wednesday,
August 22 - TPM
ds Worship Experience is NOT’a women’s conference.
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J.M. Little, Teacher
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2929 Old Steele Creek Rd.
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Sunday School: 9:4SAM
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“A Church Putting Love Into Action”
TOO SUGAR CREEK ROAD, WEST
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Sunday Church School 9:30a.m.
Worship Service 11:00a.m. and 6:00p.m.
Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesdays 7:30pm
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