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The ZIO ETIES GOSPEL
S GERS will c lebrate their
Third Year Anniver ry on
Saturday and Sunday, October
13-14, 1984.
Service on Saturday will
be held at the Beautiful Gate
Bapti t Church, 809 Territorial
Road. Tim 7:00 p.m. Rev.
C • Jones is the pastor.
r. Lucy Hubbard, Bu
chanan, ; and rs. Tonunye
Pritchett of ile, i will be
the Emcee for the ev ning.
Invited guests include the
Stailight Go 1 Singers, Regina
and the Victory Voices, Gospel
e nge , all of South Bend,
Ind.' Southwestern Michigan
Chapter Choir G .M. .A. Beauti
ful Gate Youth Choir, Spiritual
ings, Good Tidings Community
Baptist Choir, Katie Davi Sin
gers, Vocal-Aires, elody-Aires,
United Grace Spiritual Church
Choir, all of Benton Harbor.
The Dr matic Four of
Chicago will be the special gues
along with the Voices of Love
of Detroit.
The Union Gospel Singer
and the Voices of Paradise
of ile will co-ho t the rvice.
On Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
the celebration will conclude
at the Greater Ebenezer
Spiritual Temple, 118 Lake
Street.
The Rev. Rodney L. Lott
ill be the Master of Cere
monie.
Special gue ts will be the
Celestials of Milwaukee, Wis
consin and the Sensational
Bright Clouds of Detroit.
Guest soloist will �e Ms.
Cynthia Danner of Elkhart.
The ichigan Soul Revivers
will rve ho t and the
elody-Aires as group hostesse .
Other invited groups are;
The Dynamic Gospel Tone,
Toledo, Ohio. Christian Har
monizer , Elkhart; Sons of Joy,
South Bend; illie Ca el and
the Faithfuls, Lansing, Mi; and
the Humble Go pel Singers of
the city.
Others on program will be
rs. Queen E. Harri, Rev.
Channi Illiams: Rev. Kevin
Sheppard and other .
Elder Clari Blackamore
i the ho pastor.
Come and
e who will
b voted the S eetest Zionette
d s. Grumpy. The Zionette
of the year award will be given,
plu a Special Award to a group
of the city.
The Zionettes were organ
iz d in October 1981 in the
home of r. illa Lipkins.
They are member of Twin
Citie Quartette Union Local
20-2, ichigan State Quartette
Conven tion, and the ational
Quartette Convention of Ameri
ca, Ind. Inc.
They were the delegate
group. from ichigan to attend
the. ational Convention held
in orfolk, .Virginia in August
of this year.
They ar members of var
ious churches in the area.
Their members are: s,
F cquelyn Lipkins, . Kimber-
ly Dixon, rs. Debra Cc
s. Lynette Clay . Linda
Horston, s. Audrey Ander on
little is Charmaine Lipkins,
and rs. Cathy Gary.
Honorary Zionettes are:
rs. Antonea Sheppard, r.
Loretta McGee, Mr. Earlean
Wingo, s .. Rhonda Carawell,
. Daisy Dixon, �rs. ary
illiams, and Jame Adams.
Ms. Willa· Lipkin is Group
'and Busines Manager. The
public is invited to attend
each service.
The GSTAR
C.O.G.I.C., 2409 Butler Road,
will be having a Building Fund
Program starting Sunday, Octo
ber 14 thru Wednesday, October
17. Each program will start at
7:30 p.m.
Guest for Sunday will be
the Go pel King Brothers; Mon
day, Elder athaniel Wells, Pa -
tor of Community C.O.G.I.C.;
Tuesday, Rev. J. Wilkins, Pas
tor of Peters Rock Baptist
Church; and Wednesday, Rev.
Daniel M. Watts, Pastor of
St. at thews C.O.G.l.C., all
of Benton Harbor.
The public is invited to
attend. Deacon Robert Hill
is church secretary. Elder
Eddie L. King is the Pastor and
Elder E. Wright is founder.
W PARADISE BAPTIST
Church Senior Usher , will be
having their Pre-Annual Day,
Saturday, October 13, at 1 p.m.
Their guests will be Rev. flet
cher McAfee and congregation
of iles. Closing Sunday,
October 14, at 3:30 p.m. on
their 29th Anniversary, with
them will be the Juniors Ushers
inth and
urse Guild Anni-
versary.
Their guest will be Rev.
C.H. Smith and congregation
of Dowagiac; Mt. Olive Choir
of Chicago; and Inspirational
Voice of ew Paradise.
The Master of Ceremony
will be Brother C.H. Hamilton,
Rev. W.T. Burton i host pastor.
The YOUTH CHOIR OF
PROGRESSIVE Baptist Church,
245 Pipestone St., cordially.
invite you their Aimual Day
Sunday, October 14 at 3:30
p.m.
The them is, "The Greate t
Love Of All."
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Special gue ts will include,
the Queen Ester M.B. Church
of uskegon Heights, ichigan
and the Pilgrim Rest M.B.
Church of Lansing MI. Every
one i invited to attend. Carol
Shannon i pre ident and Dr.
D.E. Cook i pa tor.
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UNITED METHODIST
C URCH
224 PIPESTONE ST.
at PI aunt
Benton Harbor, M I 49022
925-4423
MINISTERS
Melvin G. Williams
Agatha Terren in,
SERVICES
Church School 9:30 a.m.
11 :00 A.M. Sun ..
ALL are WELCOME HERE
to WORSHIP and SERVE
The congregation of SAINT
PAUL CHRISTI Methodi t
Epi capal Church under the
auspices of the Stewardess Board
will hold their Annual Fall
Festival Thursday, October 11 th
through Saturday, October 13
from 9 a.m. til 4 p.m.
Item to be old include
Christmas decorations, various
crafts, baked goods and plants.
The featival will end Sun-
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day, October 14 with a tea
from 4 thru 5 p.m. in honor
of the Reverand and rs. Earl
E. Walker, the newly appointed
pastor for the 1985 conference
year.
'Pre- ens D y' Annual usi
cal will be held Saturday, Octo
ber 13 at 7:00 p.m. at ST.
RK BAPTIST CHURCH, 802
Pavone, Benton Harbor.
Michael Bernard of 'A Very
Special Time' will be the Master
of Ceremony.
Visiting Male Choruses guests
will include: Isra lite Missionary
Baptist Church; Progressive Bap
tist Church" St. Paul Baptist
Church; ew Paradise Baptist
Church; and Old Ship Of Zion
Baptist Church, Chicago, Ill.
where the Reverend E.E. Barnes
is Pastor.
The ens 16th Annual Day
will conclude Sunday at 3: 30
p.m. The First' Baptist Church
and Congregation of Covert,
where the Rev. Sherman Me
Clain is the pastor will be the
guest. Rev. James Smith will
render a solo.
The public is invited to
attend.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER
FRIE DS
David Allen Gary, October
4; Ms. Vanna Lynne Greer,
October 6; Mrs. Loretta R.
McGe , October 7; Roy A.
Green, October 9; Rev. Kevin
Sheppard, October 10; Eddie
Syed, October 12; Rev. Rodney
Lott and s. linda Horston,
October 14; Mrs. Debra Col
lier, October 16; Jeffrey L.
Gary, October 18; Alberta
Smith, October 21; Fred Wal
lace, October 24; O.C. Simmons,
October 27; and Otis B. ash,
October 29. ,
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THE CITIZE
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Second Baptist observes
BE TO HARBOR - The
29th Annual ob rvance of
Women's Day program of
Second Baptist Church will be
held Sund , Oct. 14.
The theme for the day is
'Christian Worn n at Work".
The speaker for the morning
worship at 10:45 a.m. will
be Jessie Wat on, wife of Rev.
John Watson, Pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, Benton
Harbor. She received her
elementary and high school
education in Southeast Missouri
and Osceola, Ark.
She received secretarial train
ing at the Urban League, Chica
go, Illinois, studied beauty cul
tural at S die's Beauty School
in Chicago and graduated from
JESSIE WATSOl
the ational Beauty College in
Benton Harbor where she also
taught Co motology. rs. Wat
son has been active and in-.
volved in religious activities
most of her life. She serves
as Minister of Mu ic in her
church, also active in the Sun
day School and BTU Congre s
of the General State Convention.
1 Other guests taking part in
the Morning Worship are: Laura
• Simpson, Dowagiac; Willie
Terry, Pilgrim Re t Baptist
Church.
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The speaker for the afternoon
program at 3:30 p.m. is Mrs.
Delores Gavin of the host
church.
Mrs. Gavin who is a native
of Benton Harbor, is an active
member of the Second Baptist
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She is a member of the B
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r. Gavin graduated from
Chicago State University with a
Bachelors in Elementary duca
tion and a asters in Admin
istration from Layala University.
She is employed as a teacher
ith the Benton Harbor Area
School. She and her husband,
Rev. K. Morris Gavin As ociate
Minister of Second Bap ist
Church are parents of five
children.
Other special guests will be
rs. Minnie Reynolds and rs.
Pearl McAfee. Special music
will be rendered by the omen
Chorus directed by rs. Audrey
Rodgers and Mrs. Alma Sanders
organist. i s Alfreda -Ran
dolph of Ebenezer Baptist
Church ill be the loist.
Rev. Donald Adkins i ho t
pastor.
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ATTENTION !!! ATTENTION!!!
FIRST CHURCH of GOD
Harbor Haven (PTL) C ntor
3&4 East EMPIRE
ENTON HARBOR, MI49022
(next to M die I)
MUST MOVE!!! BY NOV.
WE have helped many in this community with Food &
Clothing for 2 years. NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We have to find a home and a place to worship! If you
know of a suitable place, pleas contact us at 926-141
. or drop by with any information, YOU CAN ALSO
HELP BY:
1. Not coming for assistance until e are relocated.
Let us devote this time looking for a place and
packing. Please consider this a ormal invitation.
2. The month of October has n set aside for a
celebration of the zvrs. of community service
by asking local pastors to respond by calling to
volunteer a WeQ. evening or Sun. afternoon to
bring a delegation and donation from their con
gregation for the Pastor's Anniversary.
PLEASE RESPONSE! WE EEO YOU!
God Bless You!
Worship Services will continue Sun. 11 :30 7 p.m.,
Wed. 7:30 Pra r & Bible Class.