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CHURCH
CALENDAR
6 t th door.
Anniv r ry
eel br tlon at
Kin Solomon
Th Sen tional New H r
mony Four will celebrate
their 15th annive ary Sun
day, December 1 at King
Solomon Bapti t Church,
6125 14th Street.
The 3:30 p.m. progr m
feature the Robinson •
Singers, Sounds of Joy, Zion
. Go pel Singers, Family
Travelers, Sounds of Love
nd the Spirualeers.
Special gue will b the
Re ive Singer, Myron and
the Mighty Galation Singers,
Trumplette , Slim and the
Morning Echoe and Welch
Production.
Advance donation i 7,
with sa dmi sion at the door.
For additional information
plea e call Brother Fox at
(313)921:0484, Brother Ron
nie Welch at (313) 8-2046
or the church at (313) 8 -
9362.
Holiday
Fundral er
The first fundrai er of tne
month planned i a very in
spirational and holiday
oriented "Uplifting of Jesus"
Gospel Concert (to benefit
the UNCF) to be held Sun
day, December 1st at 5pm at
the New Hope Mi sionary
Baptist Church located at
23445 West Nine Milt) Road
(at Berg Rd) in Southfield,
Michigan.
Featured choir will in
clude the Plymouth Gospel
Choir, the Voice' of Hop ,
the New Hope Mi ionary In-
pirational Choir and AJI of
God's Children Chorale.
Tickets for the concert are
$10 per person and tax de
ductible. A elect number of
tickets can be purchased at
the door. However, inter
ested parties are encouraged .
to reserve their eats by call
ing the Ticket Hotline at 313-
746-9281 or mailng a check
payable to the : Barri ter's
Commitee for the UNCF, PO
Box 250356, Franklin, MI
48025.
For more information call
New Hope Missionary Bap
tist Church 746-9281.
CORRECTIONS
In the article, "Gospel
Singer Spreads Love
With Song, Life,"
November 24-30, the
correct phone number
for the request line is
(313)393-1614.
RELIGION
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d, erome WiD m nd ron Be y.
rvln
In addition, Agee, whose cedi
tion of "God Did It," i quite
popular in Det4roit, will appear in
con ert on uinday, December 15
t Holy Cro Bapti t Church, 6220
C. L. Franklin (Linwood)
Boulevard.
The 7 p.m. program will include
Revive, Kelly and Kelly, the Go pel
Warriors and others. The phone
number i (313) 894-1350.
inging and preaching conv rg
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
sr." Writ.,
DETROIT-A inging ministry
and a preachingmini try came
together for the betterment of
D troit Monday, ovem er 18.
Robert "Bob" Weeden, 48, a
recovering "drug addict'' and the
found r of Living Light Outreach
Ministrie in Chicago. Illinoi .after
talking with Evelyn Agee, the
founder and lead singer with the
Go 'pel Warriors, came to Detroit
and extended hi hand toward a
city in need.
The noon lu heon meeting waq
held at Sweet Kingdom Baptist
Church, 41,50 Chene Avenue. The
p tor i the Reverend J. E. Robin-
on.
According to Weeden, he and hi
wife Angela, a recovering alcoholic
and former prostitute, were
"set. . .Iree from the bondqge of sin
(when)Jesus came into (their)
hearts."
AFf R 15 Y RS of using
heroin and coc ine, Weeden tatted
the Living Light Outre ch Mini
strie : "working with the treet
people in Eanglewood area of
Chicago," he aid.
"Living Light i a chri tian out
reach mini try dedicated to preach
ing the go pel of Je us Christ and
commined to reaching out to the
most forgotten in our society; the
drug addict. the alcoholic, the
homele ,and tho e who are 10 t
and troubled."
Weeden' form of treatment for
alcohol and other forms of drug ad
diction: cocaine (crqack), heroin,
barbituates, marijuana and such i
religious concept.
He believes that "God can
deliver " but he al 0 realize that
shattered live must be redirected.
Therefore he would like to e tablish
the ame concept in Detroit that,
according to him, i working in the
Chicago area.
That concept involve a king the
city nd private prop rty owners to '
allow hi mini try to ta e over. orne
of their empty building, refurbi h
the uilding and u e them a
rehabitation centers.
HE 0 EP involve "in
house labor," he aid. "When a man
gets s ved he want togo back and
p.ut omething back (into the c m
munity)."
He added, "We don't allow
people on aid in our mini try."
Weeden, who id he h been in
everal jail and one penitentiary,
added, "Therre i no cure for a .
junkie except through Christ."
Living Light Outreach. Weeden
aid, does not receiv any public
money, grants or found tion mon
mey. However, it does ac ept con
tributions.
Agee. who was introduced to
Weeden by a on who is a member
of the go pel Revive, aid there
were ministers, concerned citizens
and repre entatives from everal
city council members office at la t
Monday' luncheon.
Weeden' presentation, accord
ing to Agee, wa warmly received
and. he . aid he will he at Sweet
Kingdom on Monday, December <)
for a follow up meeting.
The phone number at the church'
i (313)9�1�7550.
HU BAND AND WIFE KICK HABITS-Robert" Bob" and wlft
An ela Weeden re "givln back" to the community after giving
up narcotic and alcohol. (Photo by N. Scott)
UNLIKE WEEDEN'S minis
try, Agee' ministry is a singing
mini try and this past October she
was featured a a oloist on a tribute
album to the late Jame Cleveland.
The title of the ong she sung i "If
I Had A Hammer."
In January Agee's fir t solo
Album will be released on A&M
Records and Sunday, Decernb r I,
the War On Sin Chi or, which she
found and i featured with, debuts
its "War On Sin Music Mini try"
album.
The 7 p.m. program will be held
at Craig Memorial Church, 14201
Puritan Avenue. The phone numb r
is (313)838-4882.
EVELY AGEE - Founder and
lead Inger of tbe Gospel War·
rio . (photo by N. ott)
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