CHURCH
CALENDAR
ter.
Th Re urce Cen r i
h dul d to open Septem
ber 1992. The mi ion is to
co 1 nd provid up
port to bused, b ttered
and n glected women.
Th regi tration fee for
th on erence i $ O.
Dead lin or regi tration i
Sept m r 1I.
For more information
on the conference call
(31 ) 341- 77.
St. St phen'
Banqu t et
The 5th Anniversary
Banquet for St. Stephen's
Community Church in
Lansing will be held on
Friday, . September 25th at
the MSU Kellogg Center
in East Lansing.
The theme for the an
niversary celebration is
"Jesus I The wer For
The World Today."
Rev. Dr. Henry Simmons
Keynote speaker will
be tbe Rev. Dr. Henry Sim
mons of New York City.
Rev. Simmons is the pastor
of S1. Albans United
Church of Christ in New
York. He is former
secretary for Ethnic and
Minority Church Develop
ment with the United
Church of Christ and has
served as pastor of everal
churches including
Mayflower U .C.C. in
Detroit.
The banquet will also
feature a pecial musical
presentation and program.
For ticket information
call (517) 484-2180.
NBCA
1.12th annual
e ion to
convene
Hou ton, Te - Ac-
cording to the Rev. E. Ed- .
ward Jones, president of the
4.5 million member Na
tional Baptist Convention
of America, Incorporated,
approximately 15,000 mes
sengers from across the -
United States will converge
in Houston for the 112th
Annual session which con
venes at the George R.
Brown Convention Center
September 7-13.
This year' theme is "the
Church Of Go.d In The
Word."
Special invited gu t in
clude: Bill Clinton,
democratic pre idential
candidate, and the Rev. Dr.
Gardner C. Taylor, pastor
emeri tus of the Concord
Baptist Church of Brook
lyn, New York.
RELIGION
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A seminar geared toward Chris
tian singles will be ho ted by the
New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of
God in Christ (COOlC) Singles Min
i try, Saturday, September 19, 1992
It the Southfield, Holiday Inn
Holidome located at 26555
Telegraph. The conference begins
promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will fea
ture a keynote addre s by Elder
Ha�r, Pastor of Pontiac's
Johnson Memorial COOIC.
At only 35 years of age, Elder
Cooper has 19 years experience in
the ministry and has been Pastoring.
since 1983. He is considered by
many to be one of the COOlC's most
dynamic young leaders and has
recently been igncd to Johnson
Memorial after a ucceasful p tor-
In�U '. orgi.
�"PhlIMNtr_R1 fee for this tnfor-
IIlIIII seri minars is $25.
and includes continental bteakfast,
lunch and concurrent workshops on
finance, parenting, careers and
d ting. "These workshop are
specifieall y designed to meet the
needs of today's Christian single"
according to Melonee Monson,
president. of the Singles Ministry.
She adds, "each seminar has practi
callife.applications as they deal with
getting out of debt, finding a job and
of course dating and courtship."
PARTICIPANTS C elect
from two of the four concurrently
scheduled seminars. The seminars
are as follow :
- Making Ends Meet -
Facilitated by Betty Maple a finan
cial planner with Touch/Ro
. - Parenting Skills - Facilitated
by Victoria Mayberry and Charlen
ElliSon
- Career Concerns
Facilitated by Will AtJqns of the
BPA Employment Agency
- Dating & Relating -
Facilitated by Elder Howard Parker,
Associate Pastor, New St. Paul
Tabernacle Church of God in Christ
Because of the favorable
response from last years conference,
those interested in taking part are
urged to register in dvance to insure
their place in the workshops. A deli
cleus lune:b "'111 served to all
registered guests during the noon
hour followed by a keynote umrna
tion of the four topics by Elder
Cooper.
For further information about the
New St. Paul Tabernacle Singles
Ministry Seminar. contact Melonee
Monson or China Ham between
8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at (313) 835-
53Z9 Monday through Friday.
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Every s�nday MOrning
Rev. Wilmore Allen
Rev. A.J. Rogers
Joe Ella Uketv
cs ne Robinson
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker
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894-8774
298-6333
298-6334
298-6335
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African American woman elected to Congre , told
Baptist church leaders that their powerful institution
wa a vehicle of God meant to make change. THE BIRTH OF the civil rights movement was
"Je us i not going to come down here and feed in the protective womb of church basements and
5,000 wi th a few loaves, " Ms. Chisholm, 68, told a anctuaries, he aid.
crowd of about 150 people who gathered Saturday to Ms. Chisholm said that in the Black community,
mark the 102nd anniversary of First Shiloh Mission- "religion has never really been separated from politi
ary Baptist Church. "That's what he' got us here cal matters."
for." Neverthele , the urgency for action has dimmed
Ms. Chisholm outlined the political history of th over the years and he called on church members to
Black church, followed by a call for action. get back on the political track.
Because African Americans were barred for much "We have a tendency to rap <?r nap," , aid Ms.
of this country's hi tory from mainstream institutions, Chisholm, founder of the National Political Congress
the church w Uleirbedrockofpolitical tivi m,sAe of Black Wbmen. "A lot of _don" be ourselves
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