SEPTEMBER 21 - 27,1986 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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The Cele ial Choir of ST.
TIlIEWS ionary B pti
Church ill celebrate their
Annual Day on Sunday, Septem
ber 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Their gue ts will be the
arming Singer of Chicago;
St. ar Bapti Church Go el
Choru and Curti Gulledge.
Charlene Arrington of Union
emorial frican ethodi t
Epi opal Church will be the
gue tire of Ceremonies.
c Rodger i choir pre i-
dent. rs. Lovie Bridgeman i
pr ram chairp r on and the
ev. Perry urray is the -ho t
P or.
The public i invited.
The Voice of Prai and
Junior Choir of ST. ARK
Bapti Church, 802 Pavone
ill celebrate their Anhual Day
und y September 21 at 3: 30
p.m.
Special gue ts will be the
Rev. Charle Hud n, p or of
eSt. ar Baptist Church,
Grand R pid . Choirs of Hope-
ell Bapti Church and St.
P ul Bapti t Church and other .
Shirley Brown is the presi
dent of the Voice, I uanita
Burton, dvi r, and the Rev.
John Price is the host p tor.
All are welcome to attend.
The E ANUEL CO UN-
ITY CHURCH, Elkenburg :
Kalamazoo Street South Haven
will be celebrating then Annual
omen' Day, Sunday, Septem
ber 28. The theme, "The
Christian Family; A living Ser
mon For Chri t."
The morning speaker ill be ,
IS. Patricia Rodez of the
Second Bapt' Church, Benton
Harbor.
The afternoon program at
3:30 p.m. ill be a panel dis
cussion of the following topic :
Family Relationships, Teen e
Pregnancy, the ale Crisi and"
Drug Abule.
The panel members will be
from Kalamazoo, Benton Har
bor and local people.
u' will be by the Gospel
Train Choir of Allen Chapel,
Kalamazoo," with s, arlyce
Robeson s solei t.
The public is. invited to
ttend. r Su is P. ickle,
program chairperson and Rev.
J. Steven n, p or.
nd your church
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CITiZ
By Rev. G . Bennett
USKEGO - The Old
F ashioned Christian Family Re
union held Sept. 14, was well
attended, was well accepted by
a number of local people.
Bee u of the floods in the
S inaw area Elder HJ. Cole
man of that city wa unable to
make the trip. Our substitute
speaker wa Rev. Harry Spigner
who had a wonderful me sage.
AI in attendance were two
local pastors, Rev. John il
Iiams Jr., from the Church of
the Living God and Rev. Lynn
DeMo , my neighbor from up
the street, Central ethodist
Church pa or. The choirs
from Mt. Zion and John Wesley
. .E. Zion provided the choral
music and we had soloists that
filled in ..
The overall program was
beautiful. The Fellowship Din
ner followed which was free of
charge and w al well attend
ed. All in all it was a be utiful
affair.
e had busy week. y
wife and I ttended the "Min
ister and ive Workers En
richment" program held in
Battle Cree on Tuesday. Upon
our return, we attended the
annual Housing Commission
me ting. I rve a Vice-Chair
man of the Housing Commis
sion. There wa a light agenda
followed by dinner and the
annual election of officer. Fol
lowing we joined t. Zion at
WaDcer's Temple for the pastor's
anniversary .
There is committee, some
what citywide, earheaded by
Carol Riemstra to bring Tom
Skinner to Mu egan on
Octob r 13. The committee
met Thursday to lay the ground
work.
Saturday, at 10 a.m. the
Gre ter u egon Interdenomi
national Fellowship of which I
serve chair returned after
summer rece for a meeting
at Morning ar Baptist Church.
Sunday evening, Sept. 21,
at 6 p.m. t. Zion will host
combined rvices of Fellowship
Reform and other congregations
are expect d to join with us.
After worship rvice, there will
be a Fellowship period in the
Fellowship Hall. If the pattern
holds as e tablished in the
past, we expect a full hou
and a glorious time.
T
By vqinia iv
An enthusiastic group of
Benton Harbor citizen appoint
ed a I 'Z7 -member eenng com
mittee to begin organizing a
neighborhood net ork and com
munity clearing hou Tuesday,
September 16. This was the
I te meetin& of the Benton
Harbor/Michigan State Univer
sity Project's Community Organ
ization and Participation ork-
op which has been meeting
since may. A ta force of the
group h been meeting fre
quently all summer to develop
rategy and personnel for the
effort to organize the city's
neighborhood to work together
to revitalize Benton Harbor.
The orkshop voted to name
the project ". eighborhood In
formation Sharing Exchange
ISE)" It al approved
rru on atement which ys:
"The eighborhood Inform tion
Sharing Exchange ISE is an
association of representative of
neighborhoods working together
to improve the quality of life
in their city. It is founded
firmly on the conviction that
if free citizen of a democr cy
are proved with full informat
ion nd participation, they will
ct in the be t interest of their
community.
ISE will not eng e in any
kind of political activity.
Rather, it ill be concerned
with issues and projects e n
tial to the revitalization of the
city, ch employment
stance, good houling, neigh
borhood canup, education and
r
health care. Initially, its funct
ion will be to direct Benton
Harbor people to sources of
assi ance alre dy vailable and
to organize a network of cooper
ating neighborhoods."
To begin the work, NISE
will establish a referral and
coordination center at 89
Main St. Informatio'n of all
programs operating in the Ben
ton Harbor area to benefit its
citizens will be available t the
center to all persons who come
.in or call.
A blo -by-bloc networ of
neighborhood groups will be
developed by neighborhood lea
ders, using a me of over 800
names of local citizens who
are believed to be ready to or
to revive their city. The ftle
is the product of hour of work
with local people and the ta
force. All citizens of Benton
Harbor will be encouraged to
participate as part of the net
work. A central location for
accepting volunteer has been
arranged at the Benton Harbor
library. Interested per n
should Florence Rauchui
for more information.
The fir meeting of the
steering committee will be Oct.
7, 7:30 p.m. t 89 W. Main st.
Resident who want to join
the committee ill be welcome.
Current member of the eer
ing committee are: Esther D de
Clay, Gwen and Bill Swift,
G en McCree, Rev. John Harri ,
Fred Baird, Will Branscurnb,
Ben and Dean cKenney, Rev.
Reading Aloud to Children
Reading aloud to children, at home and at school, can
have a tremendously positive influence or! their ability to
read. Thi has been known for many year and it ha been
shown again and again in a n mber of re arch tudies,
Yet parents and teachers are often quite reluctant to read
to children. Perhap this is bee u we don't quite know how
to get started, or ho to 0 about findin �itable b 0 s for
reading aloud. Or it may be that we find it difficult to believe
that such a small thing as reading aloud to children can have
any effect upon such great big problem as read in !
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelea (Y. ing 1979
offers an er to the many questions parents and teacher
have about reading to children. ritten in a warm, friendly
tyle, the boo brings together the author' experiences as
a parent, anecdotes and experi nces of other parents and
teachers, and fmdings from significant tudies on reading.
Beginning with the 'question: 'Why Read Aloud?" Tre
lea explain how this practice not only strengthen the
child's reading, writing and speaking ills, but a1 instills
a positive attitude toward reading. -
But more important than helping to improve educational
ill Trelea is convinced that when reading aloud is done in
hool, it improves the atmosphere of the ela oom, and at
home, it improves the quality of family life.
A great portion of the first chapter di u the impor-
tance of instilling the desire to read. Trelea points out
"In concentrating exclu ively on teaching the child ho to
read, we have forgotten to teach him to want to read." He
m es a strong ca for helping children to read for the sheer
joy of it!
''When to begin to read aloud?" is a que ion which seems
to bother parents and teachers the mo . Trelea suggest
that infancy i the easiest and the be t time to tart, but he
al gives tips to parents and theacher on how to get tarted
reading aloud to youngsters who are already in their dole
scence.
The ch pter, 'The Stages of Read-Aloud" tell ho to
recognize familiar pattern in children's re ding habits and
preference, and gives vital tips on ho to match the right
book to the right child at the right time.
"Do's and Don't of Re d-Aloud" give attention to all the
little questions one may have about technique of reading
aloud, ch s when to read to children, how often, and some
common mistake to avoid in reading aloud.
One of the most valuable chapters in the boo i entitled
"The Home/School Connection." Here, Trelea cites succe
ful programs used by schools and parent group in promotin
reading. _
Other chapters give inform tion on ho to build a horne
library; ho to be make u of the public library; and g
gestions on how famille can cope with the perva . e influence
of television.
The last chapter, "Tre ry of Read-Alouds", offers an
annotated list of recommended titles, ranging from picture
books to novels. This li t is invaluable for parent and tea
chers who don't want to grope through a forest of books
to find something that children will enjoy.
Jim Trelea ' enthusiasm for books and reading is quite
contagious. For tho who want to rum children's re ding
problems into re ding pleasure, thi book is a must!
Charles and Shirley Biggers,
Sandra Dudley, Shaid Shabez,
Harold Hampton, Michael and
Debra Green, Celestine Hill
abel Davis, ary Search Jim
eibauer, Mattie Roddy
Rosalyn Von oenig, Florenc
Rauchuig, Rev. Clarrissa Black
amore, Rev. Barbara A.H. Snell,
Mary DeFoe, Gloria Weberg and
Virginia ivens.
The Community Organization
and Participation Workshop will
meet Tuesday, Oct. 21 t the
Benton Harbor library, to re
cei e a report by the steering
committee. '
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