CHURCH
CALENDAR
Ob dl nt
Splrltu I rl
c I br t
The Obedient
Spirit laries eelebrat th ir
h anniversary in g pel
musical concert Sunday, Oc­
tober 6 t CSA Headquarters,
3003 Elmwood.
The program, ponsored by
the Pure He rt Travelers,
begins at 3:30 p.m. The fea­
tured artist will be the Silver
Harps, the Scott Singers, the
Go pel Interns, Reverend Wil­
more Allen and the Victory
Five, Marion and the Galatian
Singers and other groups.
The special guest will be
Junior and the S cred Four and
Big J.C. and the Quotations
from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Advanced adrnissionis $7
and $8 at the door.
For additional please call
(j13)923-3297 and ask for
Ann Alston.
Opening concert
Sunday, October 20, at
3p.m., organist James Ham­
mann will be featured in the
opening concert of the "Sun-
_ days at Central" performing
arts series at Central United
Methodi t Church, 23 E.
Adams at Grand arcus Park
in Detroit.
Tickets for the concert are
$10, $7 for seniors and tu­
dents, and are available at ,the
door, or by calling the church
office (965-5422) Mon. thru
Fri., between the hours of
10a.m. and 4p.m. There is a
ample FREE parking and
nursery care provided.
RELIGION
aid, "They are d ddy's
mother, a go pel inger and
a concerned citizen of thi I nd, he
"hUJ1S" beca of tbe drug ituation
girl."
Right bill n ed to be
tronger, church leader.
technical pects [that] ppear to
have the effect of making cases
unwinnable for people who have
ufJered discrimination."
The Sept. 27 statement, issued
by the United Church's national
Civil Rights Act Thsk Force, went
out from the 1.6-million-member
church' national offices in
Clevland to the regional offices of
its 39 "conference." The task force,
authorized by the church's General
Synod in July, includes the
denomin tion's president, the Rev.
Dr. Paul H. Sberry, and
representatives of several of the
church' national agencies, ,
CLEVElAND - poDding to
the version of the proposed Civil
Rights Act of 1991 introduced
Sept. 24, national leaden of the
United Church of Chri t are calling
upon cburch people to write their
senators in support of an even
stronger bill imilar to one passed
by the House of Representative in
June.
While commending Sen. John
Danforth's efforts to word a civil
rights bill that President Bush
would upport, the church leaders
aid they were nonetheless
"concerned that the bill be
trengthened at several points."
Specifically, the church leaders
asked for removal of "cap on
damage for discrimination
against women, religious
minorities, and people with
disabilities"; charity on what
employers must show in order to
require certain qualifications of
employees; and changes in "other
"SENATORS ARE
WAITING to hear from their
constituents on this issue," said the
Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Clavis Jr.,
executive director of the church's
Commission for Racial Justice and
a ta k force member. "The
churches are beginning to let their
ay-
voices be heard."
Chavis and Jay Lintner, bead of
the Washington office of the
denomination's Office for Church
in Society, helped lead an
ecumenical civil rights lobby day
in Washlngto D.C., Sept. 19.
Some 50 people of faitb fanned out
on Capitol Hill that afternoon to
visit key senators and urge support
for a strong civil rights act.
Among tbem were people from
four Protestant denominations,
three Roman Catholic orders two
Jewish groups, the
U � ita ria n /U n i v e r s a lis t
Association and state ecumenical
groups from Alaska, Pennsylvania
and Vuginia.
The United Church of Quist is
a 1957 union df the
Congregational Christian
Churches and the Evangelical and
Reformed Church.
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en eld
She h known that he was going
to ing ince he w child. Too y,
with the rele e of her debut lbum,
he i being h iled one of go pel'
brighte t up-and-coming tars. The
name of her debut album i "Over &:
Over," and executiv at W mer Al­
liance are expecting big things from
Maragret Bell. For years, Bell had
been content singing b ground for
her ramo older ister, Van Bell
Armstrong.
She has also done se ions with
her good friend Whitney Houston.
What's more, he has been a regular
on the daily telecast of the Richard
Roberts singers. However, it was
her oldest si ter, Charlene, who
helped to change both her mind and
her career.
"My sister told me that God didn't
ble me with this voice for me to
ing background, and that if you
didn't use the gifts God has given
you, that could be taken away from
you." .
Ironically, her solo recording
career began lmo t a a fluke.
Sbe'd been tanding in for Cece
Winans at a performance in San
Francisco, when he and Bebe
wound up in an amateur recording
booth, doing their own rendition of
Whitney Houston's "The Greatest
Love of ALL" Upon her return home,
she let Mervyn Warren (a member of
Take Six at the time) listen to it. The
next thing she knew Warner Alliance
top gun Jim Ed Norman was offering
her a contract.
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Which book in the Bible was
written to an "Ekct Lady"? If you
think you know the answer, drop it in
the mail to Eye On Gospel, P.O. Box
7274, Culver City, CA 90233. Com­
plimentary albums/cassett go to a
the first ten correct responses. All
entrie must be post-marked no later
than October 20, 1991. As to our last
trivia question (What is the name of
Rev. Wilmore Allen
Rev. AJ. Rogers '
Joe Ella Ukely
catherine Robinson
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker
Bro. Dunkin
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the Biblical ch racier who w al 0 '.
known nth upplanter"?), th cor­
rect re pon e i J cob (Gene i
27:36). Congratul lions to our win-
n rs: Stephani W hignton, Yaz­
min Gib on, and Elizabeth B ckrurn
ofSt. Loui ; Reese With rspoon nd .
Verlin Coleman of Littl Rock; .
Debra Green-Daytona Be en A;
Din Smith of Lynchberg, VA; and'
Saundra Beck of Chicago. I
Taldng Em Home To Church:
Joining Luther Vandro on his na­
tional tour are the Sounds of Black­
ne ,whose debut album, "The
Evolution of Gospel" j charging up I
the go pel and R&,B charts. Th
group describ their music me-
. age music, telling the story of the
African-American experience in
song.
Defying musical classification, ;
they employ jazz, R&B, go pel and .
even hip-hop, with their mash I
Single, "Optimistic," reflective of '
what the group 'is all about. .
Reviewe say the choir, pared down .
from 30 to 14 for the tour,' great, .
taking tho who are packing arenas
cro the nation. home to church.
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Just Briefly: It' been a big year
for the Williams Brothers with the
launching of their own company,
Blackberry Records.
This week's scripture: "People
who want to get rich fall into;
temptation and a trap and into many I
foolish and harmful de ires that I
plunge men into ruin and destruc- ;
tion, H_1 Timothy 6:9. ,
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