RELIGION
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
St." Writ.,
DETROIT -Ei ht of the nine
m mbers of the g p 1 group
kn n Ida and th Conc le rs
are f mily memb rs, and the
fund r Ida DuBo e i a happy a
he can
Th group w formed 17 years
ago and ix of the original members
re with the r up t day, Ida aid.
"Four of my ons, two grandsons
and a granddaughter in with the
group."
In addition to havin even fami-
ly membe inging in the gr up,
Ida aid, one i a mini ter. He i
Reverend Eddie J. Paller n, the
group' manager and the p stor of
Greater Zion Hill Mi ionary
Church.
Ida has b en inglOg with gr up
ince he wa 1 and t one time
wa the only femal mem er of the
Brooklyn All Stars.
H ND R V" D Patter-
on write and arrange for the group
and they ing traditi nal gospel, Ida
aid. "I don't want that (contem
porary go pel). I don't like that. I
am trictly for the Lord."
The name Conceleer i the
people' hoice, not what Ida in-
tended the name to be, he aid.
When the group wa formed he
named it the Counselors but for
whatever rea on, mi pronunciation
r what, the public ha alway
called them the ConceJeer al
th u zh the p lling h been every
thing exc pt C ncel ers, h aid.
The C n eleers ar one of the
few group that I've encountered
lately that ha a church home, al
though I am told it used to be a
comm n practice.
The Conceleers church home is
Faithful Mount Triumph Baptist
Church pa tored by Reverend A. J.
Roger who pray on Reverend
Wilmore. Allen' Sunday morning
br adca r, the Hollywood Fashion
Go pel Hour, 6 a.m. unti 11 a.rn.,
Wct-m AM.
C" RDIN TO Reverend
Patterson, from the day the Con
eleer were formed, they had one
belief: "That you (they) could reach
pe pie through (their) music."
S ventcen year later they till
have that belief and Ida find joy in
"being able to touch somebody."
Reverend Patterson ha been an
ordained mini ter for about ten
years and his trial ermon was, "If
Je u died for us, why can't we live
for Him?"
Ida, who e hu band Ozell Du
Bose, becau e of heal th rea ons, no
longer 'in J' with the group, aid,
"We g e (tour') quiet a bit but
ince he (Reverend Patterson) be-
came a pa tor it has lowed us down
quiet a bit"
Nevertheles the group i what
may be considered "a road group."
Each year, before they take off to
rehearse and add new ongs and re t
and catch up on all that needs to be
done, including fishing for Ida, the
group tours the deep south.
They tour Alabama, Mi si ippi,
Arkansas and Florida. Each night
they sing at a different location and
then they head home and don't "go
out" again until the fourth Sunday
in March.
TH IR TH ME ong, or the
most reque ted one i , "May The
Lord Ble s You Real Good."
In addition to inging and pa tor
ing, Reverend Patterson is proud to
be pa toring "the fifth oldest Black
church in Detroi t." He aid Greater
Zion Hill was founded in ap
proximately 1916.
And Ida, mother, grandmother
and founder of the Conceleers, how
does she feel about her on and the
ministry?
"It's the best feeling I've had
except finding the Lord," she said.
"It makes me feel good to know the
Lord let me produce something he.
could use."
The Saturday Players danced an Angelic jig for eniors during a holiday butTet luncheon Saturday, Dec. 7 at
the Franklin Wright ettlement. (photo by Flodean S. RI )
Youth Ministry inspired. by Bishop
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
St." W,'t.'
DETROIT-The Youth Outreach
Ministry at Greater Love Taber
nacle Church of God in Christ has
dedicated its work to the memory of
the church's past pastor, the late
Bishop William Rirnson, who
pa sed three years ago, aid Brenda
Tarver, the coordinator of the out
reach ministry.
She added, the mini try has ap
proximately 25, members between
18 and 25.
The outreach mini try i made
up of former "teen choir" members
who, when Bi hop Rim on passed,
decided they wanted to do some
thing in memory of him, he aid.
On Thanksgiving day in 1990
they began feeding and offering as
i lance to tho e le fortunate. .
THEY HO ETHECassCor
rider and that first Thanksgiving
they were able to provide 165 tradi
tional diners and they have con
tinued to feed and offer clothing
once each month.
Each Sunday the church asks its
congregation to bring different
items: toothbrushe, combs,
brushes, socks and things of that
nature that the outreach ministry
takes to Ca s Corridor when it does
its monthly mini try. '
The outreach ministry' ability
to help ha grown over the months
and. Chri .trna Eve they expect to
feed 400 and give each a gift, Tar-
ver aid. .
However, the ministry i not
atisfied with it monthly outreach,
nor the blanket it ha been collect
ing to pa out on a cold wintry day,
and through Tarver, whose hus
band, Reverend Leon Tarver, the
assistant pastor at Greater Love,
will soon be able to provide shelter
for some of the homeless.
Tarver said her husband has
given the ministry a house and the
first of the year they will be able to
provide "rent free" shelter for orne
of the homeless.
TARVER SAID SHE believes
alot of the people who are reaching
out to the homeless are doing so
because "it's the thing to do."
She aid some have said that
after giving they would "eat and
sleep in peace." .
"But!" she added: "I think every
day we should consider each other."
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TACH
JUD W II is a former
alcoholic wh on January 9 will
celebrate 15 years of living on day
at a time.
He ha a program and he aid "It
probably aved my life."
He believe hi sobriety "i a
miracle. It obri ty happened
because the od Lord wanted me
(to get ober)," he aid." ot a few
people ov r th years have come to
me and aid, 'It' wonderful that you
let me know you are an alcoholic. "
When Judge Wahl make hi
Santa call he alway tell the boy
and girls to leave him milk and
cookie . And from th e experiences
he has many memories, such as thi
one.
Judge WahJs aid a little boy had
written Santa a letter and left iton hi
dining room table. His mother took
it to work with h r and when' he
came home the li ule boy asked her,
"Where is my letter?"
She told him he had mailed it and
he responded, "But I wasn't
wi he .
Th littl b Y replied, "Are y4u
ure you h ve the econd letter "
And when Jud Wahl aid ye, e
aid, "Read it."
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Hampton University and How rd
Universi ty will be targeted, but
Hayden' efforts will also include
Wayne State University, University
of Michigan and others.
In addition, recrui ters will en
courage legi lators to develop and
shorten the certification proce , and
will establish a budget to provide
loans and stipends to help in
dividuals choo ing education a a
career with college co ts.
Currently, it takes two years for a
teacher to become certified, the
board aims to shorten that time to six
months to a year, Hayden said.
The Board reports:
Less than 1-1/2 percent of the
nation's teachers are African
American males.
Less than 30 percent of teachers
in the Detroit Public Schools are
male.
During the 1989-90 school year
less than one percent of African
American male teachers in the entire
State of Michigan received
provisional teaching certificates.
During the 1990-91 school year only
1.6 percent of all certificates held by
teachers in Michigan were held by
African American male.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
within the Detroit Public School
System mirror the same low repre
sentation of African American males
as other schools throughout the na
tion.
Michael Cross, director of the
Detroit Urban League's .Male
Reponsibility program also works
with the Board's recruitment efforts.
More importantly than attracting
African American males, Cross said,
is selecting ones who will bring an
African-centered perspective to the
students.
"We want to make sure we get
individuals who are committed,"
Cross said. "It doesn't help to get
someone who is not selling drugs
that destroy the body and get some
one who is selling drugs that destroy
the mind and the soul."
He agreeed that hiring African
American male teachers grad uating
from African American colleges is a
good idea because these individuals
have the right focus needed to con
tribute back to their community. .
. "They have a set' of African
centered resources that they can give'
these brothers," Cross said, adding
that this is combinedwith the educa-
. tion they received from college.
ENVIRONMENT
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According to SI
- A group of 77 delegates to
UNCED said the developing nations
would not negotiate away "our per
manent sovereignty over our natural
resources" at the Earth Summit.
- The Algerian delegate warned
that the summit might introduce a
new era that would inhibit economic
growth in the third world.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Dr.
Mahathir Mohammad, threatened to
boycott the summit, calling it a new
form of imperialism.
- In Brazil, members of the
Army and Public Officials
threatened to go to war to stop inter
nationalization of the Amazon
within their borders.
SI calls for a cancellation of the
Earth Summit and for an urgent in
ternational conference to be held in
stead on creating development
"based on the inalienable right of all
nations to overeignty and economic
development. It
Wahls, the judge.
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