BY EVA L. 1
Ralph WaldaM
man is what he. thinke-about all day
long.” Marcus;
man’s life is what Ms thoughts
it ” The Bible says,“For as lie
thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Pro
verbs 23:7). . >v
Now I want to ask—What do you
think about? What does your mind
generally feast upon? Are you really
saved? Bo you have the mind of
Christ? Bo you have peace in life?
JUst do some serious thinking with
me for a while. Physically, you are
what you eat—but mentally, you are
what you think.
God loves the whole human family,
and has designed life to be lived ac
cording to a certain pattern. I am in
deed grateful far such an informative
book—the Mble—to-show us how to
think. Since thinking is a part of life,
then we must learn to think right.
Right-thinking is a part of right
living. Right living is found only in
the righteoiameas of God, which can
be had only in and< through Jesus
Christ. The new birth demands a new
way of thinking because "Old things
are passed away, and behold, all
things become new.” The old evil
mind is gone, and behold we have
been brought into His new banqueting
house to feast on His new thoughts.
God’s thoughts are as far above
man’s thoughts as the heaven is from
the earth. I must have an elevated
thought-life in order to really bye
holy—live sane—live clean.
This is why l
unclean TV shqws—I reject un
wholesome literature, and I avoid sib
ful society. I don’t want my though hi
contaminated. 1 trust in theLqrdgnd
He directs my path. It is His delight (b
keep me for Himself . It is my delight
to entertain the mind of Christ So we
love each other—thus we walk
together—my Lord and I!
Jesus said, "If you love me, keep
my commandments.” We all have the
same chance to prove our love to God.
His love is shed abroad in our hearts
when we are born again, therefore we
are well able to prove that we love
Him and that we love those that
belong to Him. “Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true, honest,
just, pure, lovely, and of good report;
andif there be any virtue, and if there
be any praise, think on these things.”
Read your Bible prayerfully and
think!
Methodists Hold
Session, Future
Agenda Planned
ATLANTA, Ga.—in« recent an
nual. training session for United
Methodist Black Community
Developers who link local churches
with communities needing assistance
took a reflective turn as 80 par
ticipants marked 80 years’ ministry
by honoring program founders and
planning for the future.
y A project of United Methodism’s
'national mission arm, the General
Board of Global Ministries, the pro
gram trains church personnel, who
work in places marked by both
critical needs and potential for
enhancing livesof persons plagued by
joblessness, undereducstion, lack of
support networksand despair.
In addition tq launching projects
churches to reclaim the historic «de
of undergirding persoos in their com
munities. . • ,•
The community developers' pro
gram was established in 1M8 to push
the United Methodist <%urah to be a
reconciling force in the face of racial
tensions of the times- trained
and helping layperson
i to address concerns of black
U.5. citizens in die areas of social,
economic ae*1 podded Justice.
The 90th year wascelehrated an
earlv December bsnauet end honored
glKStS, iw«hifW»>g T1Hnni« AS90 BJihOp
Woodie W. White, the only- surviving
founder of the project. Bishop White
resulted the commitment of the two
others who provided the
lets Rev. '
Cape Fear Freewill
Holds Annual Program
.The Cape Fear A Freewill Baptist
Annual Conference held its annual
Poet Session at the Piney Grove
FrpewiU Baptist Church Dec. 13. The
tHWirdt te located near Fayetteville.
The Rev. W.T. Ford is pastor of the
church. Bishop M.N. McLean presid
ed, He was assisted by Vice Bishop
D.W. Elliott.
Devotional exercises were con
ducted by Elder Brenda E, McNeill.
The sermon was delivered by Elder
SteveGamey. The Conference Choir
and the Young Adult Choir of Samp
son Chapel Church furnished the
music.
The recording secretary, Ms. Eva
M. Minter, read minutes of a special
meeting held recently at Coats
Chapel Church. Bishop McLean
brought rttcoifcmen<Iet&hs which
were, received by the body.
Credentials were presented to the
ministers, presidents and other con
ference officials. Deacon Emory
Knox, chairman of the Board of
Directors, briefed the members on
the present state of the project head
quarters building. The builing is now
being erected in the Riverside com
inunity near Erwin.
Ms. Eunice Adams, financial
secretary, made a report on the ex
penditures and the present financial
status.
Elder Hardy Watkins, chairman of
the Liaison Committee for Shaw
University, made a plea for the
members to attend the coming rally
to be held at Dunn Chapel Feb. 3,
1939
He stated that Dr. Tilbert Shaw,
president of Shaw University, has
been invited to speak. He is hoping for
a large turnout that evening. The
Union Aid Club will sponsor a
seminar on prayer in the near future.
The Dunn District Union meeting
will be hied at Mount Olive Church,
Wade, and the Raleigh District Union
will be held at the St. Anna Church,
Raleigh.
Remarks were made by Assistant
Bishop D.W. Elliott. He urged his
listeners to move forward in faith.
Bishop McLean thanked the con
ference for the past support and ask
ed for continued cooperation.
Willow Springs Freewill Baptist
Church, Clayton, will host the 1989
Dost session.
Raleigh NCNW Offers
Founder’s Day Event
The Raleigh Section of the National
Council of Negro Women observed
Founder's Day at the Hargett Street
¥WC4.Sunday, Dec. IX, at 3 p.m. Ms.
Vanessa Roberson presided. Devo
icted by Ms. Elizabeth
poem was read by Ms.
Brenda Senders. History of the na
tional and local councils were given
by Ms. Shepard, president. The Na
tional Council of Negro Women was
Organised Dec. 4, 1955 by Ms. Mary
McLeod Bethune. The Raleigh Sec
tion was Organised Oct. 7, 1950. A
Candlelight Ceremony was perform
ed by the members.
Day care and child development
Wiley Branton,
Rights Lawyer,
Dead At Age 65
WASHINGTON, D C. (AP)-Civil
rights attorney Wiley Austin Branton,
counselor to nine black students who
were instrumental in the desegrega
tion of Central High School in Little
Rock, Ark., in 1957, has died of a
heart attack. He was 65.
Branton died last Thursday at his
home in Washington, said his son,
Wiley Branton, Jr.
A native of Pine Bluff, Ark., Bran
ton was among the first black
graduates of the University of Arkan
sas School of Law. He was chief local
counsel for the nine blacks who
entered Central High School, the first
ti|ne federal troops were used to en
force desegregation orders. _
7 Branton became the first director
(if the Atlanta-based Voter Education
Project in 1952 at the request of the
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The
project signed up blacks to vote
across the South.
v is 1965, hebecame a special assis
tant to Attorney General Nicholas B.
de Katzenbach, a post he retained
Wider Katzenbach’s successor,
Ramsey Clark. He became executive
director of the United Planning
Organisation, Washington’s an
tipoverty agency, two years later.
Branton was named the eighth
dean of Howard University Law
School in 1977. He returned to private
practice in 1953, becoming a partner
in the Washington office of Sidley and
Austin, a Chicago-based Arm.
Branton at one time was convicted
of a misdemeanor for teaching the
mechanics of voting to blacks. In the
1950s, he represented freedom riders
in Mississippi and blacks involved in
voter registration drives. At the time
of his death, Branton was a member
of the board of the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at the National Cathadral in
Washington, with a graveside service
and burial In Pine Bluff on Wednes
day.
are uie priorities of the national pro
gram. In recognition of this priority,
the program was presented by the
Nicest Nursery School and the
Raleigh Nursery School’s Daisy
Troop No. 3505.
Selections by Nicest Nursery
students were “Jingle Bell-Rhythm
Band,” “My Two Front Teeth” and
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Selections by the Raleigh Nursery
School Daisy Troop No. 3505 were
“Away in a Manger," “Christmas
Lights,” “Little Christmas Tree,”
“Silver Bells” and “Mary Had a
Baby.”
Closing remarks and an
nouncements were made by Ms. D.
Vanessa Roberson. Refreshments
were served by the hostesses.
Members present were Ms. Merlyn
Lytle, Hazel Williams, Mabel Jordan,
Josephine Bryant, Mary Mallette,
Myrtle Shepard, Dorothy Brinson,
Lena Barksdale, Carrie Lundy, An
dra Mallette, Ms. Elizabeth Jordan
and Brenda Sanders.
Directors and instructors of the
nursery schools are Ms. Mary
Mallette, Ms. Myrtle Shepard, Ms.
Debra Alston and Ms. Carolyn
Bethea.
GOSPEL MESSAGE-One of the newest and molt spirited
acts to spread the gospel message Is a group called Take 6.
Their music Is a Wend of the inspirational and the spiritual,
which combines uocal jazz, traditional gospel as performed
by black quartets and a pinch of street-comer doo-woop M a
cappeHa arrangements.
Teaching About Religion Playing
Important Position In Education
CHAPEL HILL—Parents may
remember school Christmas plays,
singing and classroom stories as part
of holiday celebrations of their youth,
but such classroom celebrations are
conspicuously absent today, say
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill researchers.
In an increasingly diverse society,
challenges to the Constitutional doc
trine of separat on of church and
state have come to include the way
holidays with religious connotations,
including Christmas, are discussed in
the classroom.
The effect on children and society
has been mixed, researchers are fin
ding. The changing attitudes toward
religion in the classroom reflect
changing societal demographics,
says Or. Peter Bearman, assistant
professor of sociology at UNC. As late
at the 1950s, communities were
uniform with people of similar
religious values and orientation at
tending the same churches and
schools, he savs.
Community diversity led to
recognition of individual religions,
fewer community celebrations and
more secular interpretations,
especially in the classroom.
Dr. Warren G. Nord, director of the
humanities program at UNC, says
that children can lose when schools
avoid discussing religion.
“I’m concerned about the trend of
excluding religion from other sub
jects,” Nord says. “Religion is an in
tegral part of our culture and history,
and a study of it would help students
understand the world. But it’s such a
controversial subject that the schools
stay away from it.”
To avoid violation of federal laws
about teaching religion in the
classroom, teachers do not include
religious aspects of subjects like art,
music, history, biology and
economics, Nord says.
An understanding of world events
taught in history and social studies
classes will be difficult for students
without background information, he
says.
“Why do we think communism is
bad? In part, because they deny
religious and personal freedoms?
Why is abortion such a controversial
topic? That’s hard to answer without
understanding religious beliefs about
the soul and relationships between
men and women. Why were entire
wars fought? Over religious issues.
“If the point of the schools is to pro
vide a well-rounded, liberal educa
tion, they should present all sides of
an issue. Now you could go from
kindergarten to an MBA without ever
having to understand anything about
religion.”
Dr. Richard King, associate pro
.fessor of education, agrees that
schools should not ignore religion’s
role in the holidays.
“The schools shouldn’t have to
assume an obligation to teach about
religion, even to the extent of incor
porating it into Christmas, but
teachers shouldn’t shy away from it,”
King says.
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ITS MESSAGE OF LOVE
Those lights that glimmer on the tree,
Surround the windows with a glow
And outline with festivity
The roof, are there so all will know
That on this Christmas we regard
These colored bulbs as what we need,
Along with angels in the yard,
To give the message of our creed.
They represent, with that display,
The Gospel lessons, intertwined
With illustrations that portray
The Savior’s love for all mankind.
So celebrate on Christmas day
That great event, which once again
Reminds us one and all to pray
For peace on earth, good will to men.
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