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In and About Muskegon
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Citizen concerned about
apartheid and Blac oppres­
sion in South Africa are en­
couraged to come lend their
voice of prote t at a ational
Organization for American
e olution ( OAR) rally to
b held Saturday, pt. 13 at
artin Luther . ng Par ,
Hac ley and Superior.
The OAR rally will feature
a variety of pea ers: John
VanLent, SW, Child and
Family Service; Rev. Harry
Spigner, pastor of John
esley A.M.E. Zion Church;
Tommie Watson, Muskegon
Hts. Board of Education
m mb r; Tom Johncoc ,
ocial activist from Allendale;
Rev. Jame .Holloway, PhD,
pa tor of COGIC, Grand
Rapid; Iman Azeezuddir Al­
Ugdah, I lam organization of
us egon; Dr. James
Jac son, OAR member;
Charles Fair, OAR member.
For additional information,
call 739-1332 or 732-5574.
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MUS EGO -My ife
and I returned from a day and
an evening at the Women's
Convention being held in Ben­
ton Harbor.
The joint fellowship
meeting held Sunday ith
Fello hip Reformed Church
a mashing success. We
are looking forward to a
return visit on Sept. 21, at 6
p.m. We hope this is the begin­
ning of something that ill run
on and on and could nowball
to affect race relations with a
SPRING
STREET
� 12 Spring St rect
Phone: 728-0177
Rev. T.J.ROBERSO ,.
J :30 Sunday Scbooi
J J a. m Morning Worship
6 p. m. . Eu ning Worship
positive aspect for the
Mus egon community.
Sunday, at 3:30 there ill be
the old-fashioned Christian
Family Reunion Service. Join­
ing ith the Mt. Zion Family
will be John Wesley A.M.E.
Zion Church ith Pastor Har­
ris Spigner, his choir and con­
gregation.
Many have been the invita­
tions extended and hopefully
e will be cashing in those in­
vitations with a reunion ser­
vice to be remembered as the
Bishop A THANIEL WELLS
best so far.
Tuesday, Sept. 16 will be a
busy day. Pastor Bennett and
his wife will attend a seminar
in Battle Cree and return
Tuesday evening for the an­
nual Housing Commission
meeting to be held at Harbor
Hilton Hotel at 6 p.m. Then
we will join the Mt. Zion
Church family who will be at
Walker's CooIC where the
Pastor U.J. Wal er will be
celebrating his anniversary.
Directory
'MORNING
STAR
Baptist Church
2031 RIORDAN ST.
Phone: 726-2865
Rev. JAMES WHITESIDE
9:30 Sunday School
J 0:45 Morning Worship
7 p. m. . Evening Worship
QUEE ESTHER
Baptist Church
2220 _ uperior Street
Phone: 739-8825
ROLAND L HOWARD Sr.
'Pestor
9:45 , Sunday School
10:4 � Call to Wor hip
Wed. Prayer Servi t: 7 p.m.
Mount Zion
Church of God in Christ
188 Mu kegon Avenue
Phone 722-6765
REV. G.M. BENNETT
SUPT. USKEGON DIST.
,0 m Sunday choo,
11:30 m....... ormng W()f�hip
6 pm Y.P.W.W
7:30 pm Eveninu Wor 'hip
Noon Prayt:r Tue Fri
EAST HACKLEY ST.
CHURCH OF GOD
309 E. HaCkley/p.O. Bx 4025
Mu n Hts., M I 49444
SundlY School .....•. 9:45
Morning Worship .• 11 :30 I.m.
SundlY Ev nln, .•. 6:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Bibl StudY ...•.• 7:30 p.m.
Bishop W.F. St ward - Plstor
Min. Hlrdimln - Asst. Plstor
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Methodist Church
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(DoWR/()Wn Muslt�on)
Phone: 722-6545
Dr. Lynn DeMo
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COGIC rna es change
The Fourth Jurisdiction of
Southwest M' h' an under the
leadership of the Bishop .W.
ells has been granted by the
Presidium of the ational
Brotherhood of the Church of
God in Chri t a new identifi­
cation.
The original J urisdi tion
outhwest Michigan hich was
he dquartered in Detroit, Michi­
gan for thirty-eight years under
the le dership of the late Bishop
J .S. Bailey, h d grown from
thirty-eight churches to one
hundred and sixty-five churches
and missions. At the demise
of the late Bishop Bailey, the
Presiding Bishop and General
Board divided the work into
four separate Jurisdi tions, by
appointing four Bishops. Two
of the Bishop remain head­
quartered in the city of Detoit,
one Bishop in Flint, Mi., and
the fourth Bishop heacquartered
in Benton Harbor, Mi (Bishop
Wells.
At the original division of the
Southwest Mic' an Jurisdic-
tion, th name of the estern
Michigan Churches were Fourth
cclesia ti al J urisdi tion of
uthwest Michigan but ince
the majority of the churches in
uthwe t i higan' Fourth
are all geographi ally I ted
in the citie of Grand Rapid
alamazo B� or ile
overt Benton H r
and that Bishop ell i
Bishop physi ally I
the e tern part of i higan.
It as n tural to identify the
churches ho er formally in
the Fourth Jurisdi tion a es­
tern Michigan Jurisdi tion
Church of God in Christ.
The Western Michigan J uris­
di tion from its conception in
August 1985, h s grown from
thirty-four churche and mi
ions to thirty-nine and will
be celebratin its 1 . Annual
Womens Convention September
22 thru September 27 at it
headquarters church, 870 ate
ell Sr. Drive, Benton Harbor.
arine Pvt. PATRICK L.
GOLLIVER, 279 aple Island
Road, u egon, has completed
the Marine Corp B sic Com­
bat Engineer Cour .
A 1984 gradu te of 0 -
ridge Senior High chool, he
joined the arine Corps Re­
rves in January 1986.
Of
Y
Sundays 11:3OP
Marine Cpl MARC
SMITH, whose wife, Roberta
is the daughter of Robert and
Joann B. Moore of u egon
Mi, recently completed the Ad­
vanced Intermediate ain­
tenance Cour .
A 1980 graduate of White­
hall High School, Whitehall, MI,
he joined the Marine Corps in
October 1980.