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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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