Il"-----Ian Dowa'giac lenten Services
t. Zion Bapti t Church, 100 Miller
Street Dowagiac, nnounces it schedule
of Lenten Services.
8eginnin Ash ednesday, arch 7,
nice will be held each ednesd y
night at 7 p.m.
Rev. Fletcher cMee p stor of t.
Olive in ile and his congregation ill
I unch the Lenten rvice on Ash Wedne -
day, March 7. rs. Ardie Daily will .C.
The re t of the Lenten service ar a
folio
arch 14 the Rev. Fr nk ilton
p tor of ew J eru m with Choir and
Congreg ti n. s. Ev Valentine, .C.
arch 21 Home ight with Rev.
Frank Gillespie nd Rev. ade Robinson.
r . Lula Johnson, .C.
ch 28, 7 p.m. Rev. athaniel
Gathright, pastor of Good Tidings Baptist
Church, Bent n Harbor and congregation.
r . Lillian osley, .C.
pril 4, Rev. John Price pastor of
ark Bapti Church and congrega­
tion. rs. Lucy ilson, .C.
pril 11, Rev. Milton cAfee,
p tor nd e Bethel Baptist Church
Congreg tion.
Dr. Rev. Ellis· Hull Sr. pa tor.
. ZIO SOAP OPERA. SPECIAL ..
Rev. Fletcher McAfee, pastor of t.
Olive Bapti Church, will be one of v­
eral area ministers presenting a Soap
Opera Special at t. Zion Baptist Church,
tOO iller St., Dowagiac.
The public is invited to attend the
Friday, arch 9 event which starts at 7
p.m.
The public is invited to attend and
hear various area ministers preaching on
,
''The Search for Tomorrow," "Another
orld," 'One Life to Live," "All My
Children," and many more.
Dr .• Rev. Ellis L. Hull Sr. is pastor.
ST.PAULA UAL SSIO ARYDAY
Saint Paul Christian Methodist Epis-
.copal Church 380 S. cCord Street,
Benton 'Harbor will have their issionary
Annual Day on Sunday arch 11 at
10:45 a.m.
Guest aker will be IS. Patricia
Redds of int, . chigan.
Th e for the service is "Transition
Love Is Way Of Life. '
All are invited, ccording to Eleanora
Jefferson, President. Rev. J. Leonard
Jefferson is pa tor.
ew Jerusal em sets talentshow
The en's Department of the ew
Jerusalem on-Denominational Church
301 Pipe ne, will be sponsoring a Go -
pel Talent Show, on Saturday, May 26,
1984. Thi program. is open to anyone
who wishes to participate, choirs, group ,
soloi t, mu Icians, gospel p et and any
one el th t ha been ble d with a God­
given talent.
To regi er you can send your
addre , phon number; and the talent
that you wish to demonstrate to ew
Jerusalem on-Denominational Church
301. Pipestone, Benton Harbor, Mich.
49022.
The program is sponsored by the
en's Department of e Jerusalem
where Elder Raymond Landry is the
Pa or.
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364 E. Empire
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SUN SCHOOL & MORNING WORSHIP 11 am
TUE 1-3 e.m, & r-» p.m.
ONEY MANAGEMENT CLASS
C 11926-1410-Tu.FrllO:3�2:30to r Ister
WED - NEW CONVERT & YOUTH - 7-9 p.m,
THURS - PRAYER BIBLE CLASS 7:30 pm
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• UDGET BAS MIINT op n dally - Tue-Frl
10:30-�30 p.m. for shopping by DONATION
ONLY good cloth s Hou hold Items..
.CLOTHING • ,.000 9 yen In a CRISIS
EMERGENCY NEED, FRE to those bringing
Ret r t sl p from P stor - DSS - Cath. CC - or
other eoc, s ONLY
.G • PU LIC - pi a do not come or call
.xc pt on d. nated DAYS & TIME. Pleas
h Ip us to continue to wry. you by honoring
our r Quests r rdlng day tim of Out R �h
S rv ces.
PASTORS
Jam.. • Ste rd - Est r L w rd
I Ya.., •• Pray., • Coun 10'·- Mary • Brya t
on Pre ••• LPN:- everly Rudtey
ome to T Churc t e Heart of
t • City In Its H rt
SUNDAY 2 p.m�
BINGO
ERCHANTS HALL
# Plaza
MARCH 7 - 13, 11
TH CITIZEN PA II S VEN
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Out· in Van ·Bu; n Coun�
FRESH AS A FLOWER IN JUST ONE HOUR
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We under tand that the second Ban­
or policeman in two months accident­
ly shot. him If with his own servi e
revolver - either one 0 three thing
eems obvious:· .
1) Our policemen need to be taught
how to make a "slow dr "
(2 They want to shoot ebody
b d th t if they c n't find me dy
else to shoot that they will oot them- I
selves.
(3) The chief needs to lock all of
the bullets in his de kdrawer becau his
officers are too careless nd clumsy to
be trusted out in the streets with a
loaded gun.
While they are trying to get thi
ttied we uggest that you detour around
our town for your own safety.
DID YOU OW that you are soon
goi to have the opportunity to vote
to increase your taxe so that the Sheriff
D pt. can have more money to hire
more people?
.. 0 before me cynical per n
tarts to a , 'Who is he going to hire?"
w have to remember that he just got
elected in 1980 and he already has 0 E
Black on the payroll out- of JUST 29
employees.
The millage that he wants pa d will
bring in enough money to hire 16 more
People. Maybe what we 'ought to do is
try to elect him to 4 or 5 more terms and
vote to tax ourselves .enough to hire 29
more employees -_that w y h might hire
o Emore.
If we could just get the proportion
of Black arrested by the Sheriff Dept.
down to the proportion hired by them we
would be doing fine.
But then let's not complain because
maybe this is the Dept's way of integra­
ting the jail over in Paw Paw-you know
their Equal Opportunity Program. Any­
body who pa e by will look in the win­
dow nd see a� equal number of Blacks
and white inside. They won't realize that
the Blacks are behind the BARS nd the
white are behind the DESKS. I bet the
thought of all this equality ha made you
feel better already. . r
WE EEP READ G and hearing
about the Presidents of the variou
tional Baptist Conventions urging their
follower to involve themselves in Voter
Registration Drives, to give financial sup­
port to political candidates of their
choice and to upport Rev. J e Jackson
in his quest for the presidency.
We al 0 keep hearing a lot of silence
from our local ministers. This could
be due to one of veral different things:
(I maybe they ain't Baptist; (2) maybe
they ain't Black or poor or unemployed;
OELIVERY
ERVICE
COMfUTI
0Pf • DAYS 1.30 AM TO , ....
KATIE BUNTING - 0 NE.· GIlADllATE
"AMEIII AN ELOItItL AIlT • HOOL
ROWilIS POI AU OCCASIONS
1926-69
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3 maybe they don't re what happens
to their co regati n long s the-collec­
tion plate is full; or, 4 maybe they rc
just a dumb bunch of dudes.
Don t be telling me that stuff bout
I might hear of 11 the good things that
they are doing if I would go to church
be u , I hear of all of. the b d things
about them without going to church.
aybe we need to pray for them. Maybe
we n ed to cut the money off. Maybe we
eed to find out wh t did the Lord say to
them when he "called" them.
Maybe He wa c lling me body
else and they thought He meant them.
HAD YOU HEARD any of tho
rumors about all of those cheese cheaters
and butter burglars in Covert?
Well it seems that during the Janua­
ry food distribution a lot of folk in the
county were found to be receiving cheese
and butter under fal preten s. othing
strange about folk lying, thieving, stealing
nd cheating and there is nothing range
about hungry folks trying to get some
extra food, if they get the opportunity .
And it sho ain't strange that all of the ille­
gal activities were perpetrated in and
around Covert while the rest of the coun­
ty is populated by hone t, loving" com­
passionate, God-fearing, Christ-like neigh­
borly church-going citizen who wouldn't
think of doing nothing wrong.
They don't even have bad dreams.
Their leep i filled ith visions of soft
fluffy. clouds and pink lemonade and
classical music and pussywillows and
pleasant tides in the country nd fresh
'baked rolls with butter just dripping
off the edges and w Ik in the par on
a Sunday afternoon and some doves
cooing in the b ckyard and b uquet
of Brown-eyed Susans nd soft breezes
blowing through the honey suckle vine.
ow back to the real world. It would
have been me REAL news if the rumor
had' said that anybody but the people of
Covert had done anything rong. 'on er
who started these rumors? ho keep the
record of the chee distribution?
ho eli Ion them? ho chec on the
checker? How com we can't check QJ1
somebody? If we could see the record
wonder would they till y what they
y about us? onder w uld e lie on
them like they do on u if we ere in
charge?
E 0 THAT YOU 0 that
on March 17 nd only on March 1 7. you
will hay a chance to go and cast your
ballot for Rev. Je Jackson. Actua­
Iy you will be votin for a delegate who
will go to the ational D m rati Con­
vention and ea t a vote for J e J ae -
son.)
R v. Jack nan', get the nom­
ination unle hi delegate are elected.
His delegates can't get el cted unless
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