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Wesley an Church
; The Reflections, a trio from John
Wesley College In High Point, will be
in concert Sunday morning at 11:00,
at the Bagley Swamp Wesley an
; Church.
! John Wesley College is an
; interdenominational Bible School
| training young people for service in
I . Christian ministries.
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| The Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
? Church is located five miles
! northeast of Hertford between
; W Infill and Be II vide re, one and one
; half miles east on Highway 37.
First Baptist Church
! First Baptist Church church school
! begins at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship
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iClub notes
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! The Perquimans County
Friendship Senior Citizens Club met
recently at the Perquimans County
Senior Center. An interesting and
informative program regarding fire
isafety and the importance of fire and
* smoke alarms was given by Billy
^Owens, a member of the Hertford
; Volunteer Fire Department.
The club will meet again on
Tuesday, April 10, at 2:00 at the
Perquimans County Senior Center.
begins at 11:00 a.m. with pastor John
H. London Jr. preaching on the
subject, "Bringing Joy in Heaven
and Earth," The Senior Choir will be
ringing
The Pastor's Aid of First Baptist
Church will celebrate their
anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Rev.
London will preach on the subject,
"Before you Talk, Listen." The
special guest choir will be the
spirited, gospel singing choir of Bay
Branch A. M. E. Zion Church. Sis.
lttttie Burke is President.
The Lord is going to be there. We
want you to come too.
Piney Woods
Friends Meeting
"You are invited to revival
services at Piney Woods Friends
Meeting in Belvidere, March 23-25 at
7:30 nightly and at 11:00 a.m. on
Sunday.
Norman Carter will be the guest
evangelist. Come worship and
recieve a blessing."
Great Hope Baptist Church
Why did God give spiritual gifts to
His children? Why is so little known
about these gifts? What is their
purpose in the church?
Great Hope Baptist Church invites
you to seek the answers to these
questions with us as we study "The
Gifted Christian," at 11 a.m.. We will
look at the gift of GIVING and how it
can be used to build up the Body of
Christ or be destructive.
Minnie B. Taylor
Ministers join alliance
The Tri-County Minsterial Alliance
was organized on Saturday, March
10, 1984 at the Senior Center in
Hertford.
The following officers were
elected: President, Rev. John
Trotman; First Vice-President, Rev.
J. L. Wills; Second Vice-President,
Rev. John London; Secretary, Rev.
W. R. Wainwright; Recording
Secretary, Rev. Walter Leigh;
Treasurer, Rev. Walter Lee Taylor;
Chaplain Rev. Ingram;
Parlimentarian, Dr. L. W. Chase,
Historian; Dr. J. L. Fenner;
Reporter, Rev. Proctor H. Freeman.
The next meeting will be held at St.
Paul A. M. E. Zion Church in
Hertford on April 7 at 10UX) a.m.
Ministers of all denominations are
invited to attend.
Taylor selected as
Woman of the Year
by local sorority
The Iota Nu Zeta Chapter
members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Incorporated, honored their Woman
of The Year, Soror Minnie Bess
Edwards Taylor, on Sunday, March
4, at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul A. M. E.
Zion Church in Hertford.
The service took place at the close
of their Finer Womanhood Week
observance.
Taylor was selected because of her
outstanding accomplishments. She
was saluted by representatives from
organizations, churches,
professional groups, choirs,
sororities, fraternities and family
members.
The service closed with a
Fellowship Dinner for the general
public. The program was highlighted
with the reading of a proclamation to
Taylor by Hertford Mayor Bill Cox.
The proclamation stated that the
Town of Hertford proclaimed March
4, 1984, as Minnie B. Taylor Day.
It was brought out that her success
is the result of early family training
and consulting Christ first for
understanding of the job to perform.
The greatest concern of Taylor is to
help the people to help themselves,
especially the young adults and the
elderly.
In other Sorority news, the annual
banquet was held Saturday, March 3,
at Golden Corral in Elizabeth City. ;
The presiding officer was Soror
Minnie B. Taylor, Basileus. The
invocation was given by Soror Iota
Mullen. The occasion was given by
Soror Alberta Eason, Anti-Basileus
and Dean of Pledges.
Special greetings were given by the
following Sorors, Minnie B. Taylor, -
Alberta Eason, Jean Hayes, Thressa
Ebron, Marilene Dobie, Mary
Wiliams, Doris Jennings, Rosa
Gibbs, Mattie Moore Edna Davis,
Iota S. Mullen and Dr. Gerti Wilds.
During the service, Soror Barbara
Holley and Soror Katie Lightfoot.
Special music was presented by the
Iota Nu Zeta Neophytes.
Soror Jean Hayes and Soror
Barbara Holley presented gifts to the
new Sorors from the Iota Nu
members. Prior to closing Soror
Barbara Holley gave response on the
behalf of the new members.
Sunday School lesson
Jesus Calls On
Us To Minister
;> Mark8:27-M
, "Whosoever therefore shall be
ashamed of me and of my words, in
this adulterous and sinful generation,
of him also shall the Son of Man be
1 ashamed, when he cometh in the
glory of his Father." (Mark 8:38)
] Through months of preaching,
| ' teaching and healing in Galilee,
' Jesus had demonstrated His dveine
nature. He had controlled wind and
waves, cast out demons and created
food for thousands from a few small
loaves and fish.
He was the talk of the towns. Not
all talk; however, was favorable.
That of the discredited Pharisees
was bitterly hostile. That of the
Nationalistic zealots looking for a
| military /political kingdom was
' disappointment.
The ordinary people thought He
'was a great and powerful teacher,
but His doctrine was odd ? not like
anything that they had heard before.
, It was time now to discuss this topic
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with His disciples and perhaps to do
some teaching while doing so.
Two Important Questions
MarkS: 27-30
Jesus led His disciples north to the
area of Caesarea Philippi ? away
from the hustle and pressure of the
crowds. Luke's gospel notes that He
was alone with His disciples, praying
and then raised the question of His
identity.
He asked the question of them,
"Who do men say that I am?" A good
question to ask then, and a good
question to ask now.
Our mind picks up an image of the
scene with Jesus and the twelve, as
He asks the question and someone
perhaps reluctantly volunteers an
answer. Some say John the Baptist,
or Elijah or one of the other prophets.
John the Baptist had been ordered
put to death by King Herod sometime
before this. The prophets had all died
centuries ago. Did people believe
that one of these men had come back
to life?
Accordingly, none believed that
Jesus was God incarnate in His Son.
Jesus now asked the question of the
twelve, "But whom say ye that I
am"? Characteristically, Peter was
the first to speak up, he replied,
"Thou art the Christ."
"Christ" is the Greek equivalent of
the Hebrew "Messiah, the anointed
one." I would that all people could
answer that question in like manner.
Jesus Calls To His Way
Life Through Death
Mark 1:31-37
Mr. Edwin V. Hayden, writing for
the Standard Publishing Co., makes
this very note worthy statement; "In
life and death situations men cling to
life at all costs, hoping to postpone
the hour when death will have the
final word.
"Jesus, though, reversed that
order. His mission and minstry
became a matter of death and life.
He declared values greater than
physical life, and He purposefully
surrendered His life in advancing
those greater values. So death is not
the final word, life is. Death becomes
the gateway through which life is
attained."
The teaching of this "invested life"
principle was so important that it
was not reserved for the twelve only.
He called all His disciples together,
as noted in verse 34. In verse 35 He
states the case.
"For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose
his life for My sake, and the Gospels,
the same shall save it."
What is Jesus saying to us in
everyday language? I believe it is
this. This life is temporal, it shall
come to an end. The soul that lives
within us is eternal.
If we invest our lives in the
ministry of God's Kingdom, at death
our soul shall be saved. On the other
hand, if our life is spent in the pursuit
of fame, fortune and frivolity, then at
death all is lost. Verse 36 gives a
picture of such; "For what shall it
profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul?"
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Mt. Sinai . . .
Parent-child relations are a grow
ing concern. The role of education,
working mothers and a high divorce
rate are all influences. We want
to convince ourselves, as parents,
that your people's problems are
not our fault.
We will help our young people
and ourselves if we will reflect on
our own youthful years. What
motivated you to respond in the
different situations you were in?
Some were loving and some were
rebellions responses, why? Children
want to be loved and will respond
love. Those that are told to work
out their own problems will sepa
ate themselves from adults. They
will hide themselves in T.V., rock
music, alcohol, and/or drugs be
cause they cannot work out their
stresses
Close the generation gap, love a
child.
"Train up a child in the way he
should go and when he is old, he
will not depart from it." (Prov.
22:6)
Answer last week, Gen. 3:20.
When did John see a red horse?
Come visit the friendly folks at
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George Wilmore, Pastor
Mt. Siani
So. Baptist Church
We want to thank you for the cards & calls that
we received while our daughter, Christy, was in
Kings Daughters Hospital. Your concern and
prayers were greatly appreciated.
Doug and Geri Layton
Many thanks to each individual, family,
Minister, Church S.S. Class, Circle and Group, for
your prayers, cards, visits, phone calls and gifts,
while I was a patient in Chowan Hospital and
Units B and C and since my return home. In sin
cerely appreciate everything.
May God> bless each of you.
Ruth H. Powell
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