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The thought for this week is;
When you doD't know the waYt
trust the guide.
The scriptllre for tim week .
St John 10:4.
T in-Cities Quartette
Unio Local 20-2 will hold their
monthly meeting on Saturday,
December 17 at 6:00 p.m. at
Ebenezer Baptist Church, 214
East Britain Avenue, where the
Rev. Walter L Brown is pastor.
ew members are elcome.
On Sunday, December 18,
the Local Union will present its
monthly musical at St. Mat
thew Missionary Baptist
Church at 3:00 p.m,
Services will be held in the
Highland Avenu Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, 2lJ75 H igh
land Avenue.
The Missionary ciety of St.
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atthe s ill be the host
auxiliary.
Groups to appear will be the
Disciple of Christ, Gospel
Prophetiers, Humble Gospel
Singers, Melody-Aires Spiritual
Singers, Michigan Soul
Reviver, and Union Gospel
Singers.
Guest choirs have been in
vited to participate.
The Rev. Perry L. Murray is
the host pastor. Mrs. Willie B.
Sims is Local president
The Monthly Fellowship
Services of Southwestern
Michigan Baptist District As
sociation will be held on Sun
day, December 18 at New Mis
sion Baptist Church, 1211 East
Main Street at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Joe Bruins will be
the speaker. Music will be
rendered by the District Choir.
The public is invited to at
tend. The Rev. Walter L Brown
ATIE TION: Groups &
Organizations I
You have a bank account, a secretary,
a program; shouldn't you have a
. proposal riter? for more Information
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There will be a Birthday Willie B. Sims i Local presi
Program It Good Tiding Com- dent
munity Baptist Church, 747
Buena Vista on Saturday, Good Tiding Community
December 10 at 7:30 p.m, . Baptist Church will sponsor
They will honor their pastor, their Christmas Program on
the Rev. Nathaniel Ga ight . Wednesday, December 14 at
ew Hope Baptist Church of 7:30 p.m.
Pullman will be the guests. The Their guests will be the Mt
Rev. William McGee wiIlbe the Olive Baptist Church of Niles.
guest speaker. The Rev. Fletcher McAfee will
Music will be rendered by be the guest speaker.
the choir of New Hope and the The public is invited to at-
host church choi . tend according to Rev.
The public is invited to at-Gathright
tend.
The Women's Department
.of Twin-Cities Quartette Uni n
Local 20-2 will meet on Tues
day, Decem r 13 at the borne
of Mrs. Frances Willis, 882 pearl
treet at 7: p.m.
All members are asked to at
tend and on time.
Rev. Robert Foster will be
ordained and installed as pastor
of New Mission Baptist Church
on Sunday, December 11 at 5:30
p.mdlt ew Mission Baptist
Church, located at 1211 E. Main
tree .
R v, Foster has been a mem
ber 0 Ebenezer Baptist Church
SO SAD asks f r holiday
pledge aqalnst iolence
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DETROIT - The organiza
tion called Save Our Son and
Daughters ( 'OSAD) createdby
families of crime victims i
� ing an effort "in the � pirit of
thi holiday, cason to ring
peace rather than violence."
SO 'AD will hold a special
rally 4 p.m. unday December
18 at it office on 453 Martin
Luther King Boulevard near
ccond.
The organization i also
waging a ... ilent ight/Save a
Li e 'Campaign asking in
dividuals to ta e certain steps to
demonstrate rejection of
vi ilcnce.
"The only way to solve the
prohlem is to take on some in
dividual rc pons ibifities,"
SOSAD Director Clementine
Barsficld aid.
Among 'the steps are to
That. qu t.ion expre I the foclinga of many BI.ckt towardl
Chri ianily. Now publilher Lyle St.uart annouocci a book t.hat will
gen rale national controvcny in it.1 anlwer: What Color la Your God?
Dloclt Conseiou M orad t}at Chr' tion Foith by Columbul Salley and
Ronald Behm.
t Color Is Your God? i in the tradition of Lyle Stu n's Dlock
Studies line, including t.he Lc t- elling Woclf Rob« , Whitt' Ju tic« by
Judge Bruc Wri lit. .
·1t. is an in-depth look at the ra ism in orgon zed Christianity. It
reveal, how Chri.tianity in Am('nca h hi toricaUy been al;, d wit.h
alav ry •• Iff g ion and indifference.
Columbul S l1('y and Ron ld Behm show in detail ho the .
enllavement of Black w just ific-d in the nam or �Chri'liaoity";
ho "h xclu ion of BI cklt
from White churches wa
justified in the nam of
"Christiantty"; how ven
t.odey, the du ion of
lack from the bcn('fil of
en an 1i(� i JU tifi�d in
ttie name or "Christi nil,,-
lh ble . the 'I4t . quo. .
Th autho� a'l.'Ue that
tru . Christinnily i nol
r ci t,but en\br th�
bro herhood or oU JX'opl�.
Are we a. a nalion It .
dhided, Ie un ual.lt.·
roci t than ere during
the heart. ofLh civil right
movement 25 yean ago?
That question will be
ans cr�d differently by
many t.housands of Block
Americans aner reading
\\u.t Color Ia Yow- God?
Ord r you r copy today
and let. your opinion be
heard.
SECOND ·B.APTIST
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Dewloping Your Spiritual
Gifts (/ Co,. 12:1-31)
- reak with the tradition of
he t ng off. a gun to celebrate
'w car' Eve. .
-- .elcbrate hy a "night of
silcnc ." (. () far a guns are con
cern d) in memory of the
children who hav been killed.
(Bar�1'eld suggests that guns
used r celebration might also
accid ntally hit innocent parti
or be icked up by children who
would play with them and be in
jured y th ·m.)
cfu: e to carry or use a
gun in the future.
-.. oin vi i again t guns,
. pon. ( red by the Anti Handgun
Assoc arion every M ndayat12
noon at the pirit of troit
tatuc in ront of the City 'oun
ty Bu lding, Woodward at Jef
Ierso .
- Become a part of the
'OSAD m v ment to" ave ur
d daughter ."
since 1975. He was ordained as
a deacon in 1976, served as
chairman of the deacon board .
from 1976 to June of 1987:
He was licensed to preach in
1987, served as a associate min
ister from 1987 to being called
to e Mission on November
25, J988. )
He and his wife Cathy are the
parents of two children, B bby
and Teresa.
The public is invited to at
tend, according to Rev. Walter
L Brown.
The Gospel Propheteers will
sponsor a Musical program on
Sunday, December 11 at Beth
lehem Temple Apostolic
Church, 848 Buss where Elder
Georg Dewberry is the pastor.
Time 7:30 p.m. .
u t groups hav been in
vited I ng with the h t church
choir.
Ev ry ne is invited to attend
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