CHURCH
BRIEFS
Wed. ay 12
Oak Grove AME Church,
19801 Cherrylawn at Pembroke,
hosts their annual Women's Day
Revival Sel"v1ces through F�iday,
May 14. The gu st spea er will
be the Rev. Jackie McCullough.
For more information, call 341-
8877.
Fri. May 14
The Highland Park Family
YMCA invest in Youth Campaign
presents the Second Annual Gos
pel Fest at 7 p. m. at True Faith
Baptist Church. Donations are
$10. For ticket information call
Randy or Linda at 868-1946.
Sat., May 15
Trinity Community Presbyte
rian Church hosts 'AlDS in the
African-American Community'
beginning at 4 p.m. Questions
regarding the disease will be an
swered by speaker Duane Eason.
Call 342-2288.
United Generation Oounoil
presents Annual Michigan' Day
Community Gospe' Workshop
featuring Generations of Creation
Performing Arts Troupe. The
theme is 'Save the Children' The
workshop begins at 5 p.m. at Be
thel Friendship Baptist cnurcn,
Donations are 4 in advance, $5
at the door. For more information,
call 579-6989.
Sun. May 16
• Second Baptist Church will
present its 2nd Annual Women's
Day at j 0:30 a. m. The guest
speaker will be Rosalind Elaine
Barnes Griffin, M.D. The
Women's Day theme is 'Christian
Women Heeding the Call to Lead
ership. II Brunch Will be served on
.. ' Saturday, May 15 at 11 :30 a.m.
Tickets are $15.
j' Wed. May 19
Oak Grove A. M. E. will pre
sent its 1 st Women's Institute
Ministry through May 21 st begin
ning at 5:30 p.m. each evening.
For more information, call 341-
8877.
Sun. May 23
Oak Grove A. M. E. will hold '
its annual Women's Day Worship
Services at 7:30 and 11 :15 a.m.
Rev. Tatia Feggans will be
preaching at 7:30 a. m. and Rev.
Claudette Copeland will be
preaching at 11 : 1 5 a. m. and at the
Anointing Service at 7 p.m. Call
341-8877 for more information.
Coretta King
-fights for
husband's papers
B TO, - The battle be-
tween Coretta Kingand Bo ton Uni
versity over po e IOn of personal
papers of lain CIVIl righ Ie der Dr. .
Martin Luther King, Jr. entered the
court room rec ntly. Lawyers for
Mrs. King argued that her husband'
papers should be depo ited In At
lanta at her Martin Luther King Cen
ter for on-VIolent Social Change.
But, Boston University att mey ar
gued that the fact that Dr. King
hipped th 3 document to the
university in 1964 and 1 5 howed
lu intent or th university to ho e
the d umen .
WANDA F. AOOU MOO
r . Albertha Blackburn, this year' honoree.
WANDA F. ROQUEMOREMtoI,1aan
Doris Coleman, Geneva Young and Helen Butler.
WANDA F. ROQUEMOAEMiohlgan CtiZen
Charles Watson, Denise Hughes, Helen Coleman and Latrrelle Powers-May.
Dr.' Corbitt has
outstanding record with youth
By ROBBIE McCOY
S _ cl., to th� Michl an Citizen
Dr. John H. Corbitt of Green
ville, S.C. i the dean of th Na
tional Bapti t Congres of Chri -
tian Educauon and th nan nal
director of th National Bapti t
Student Union Retreat
He h p tored Spn n ield
Bapti t Chur h 10 Greenvi U ,
S.C. for 19 yea and has
prea hed In Rus ia Afn a, and
travelled to 1 rael.. Jordan,
Greece, Egypt, Austn , Great
Bntain and Franc .
Dr. Corbin h mad an out
. tanding record with th youth 0
thi country and -went as a dele-
gate to th 1 84 IOns 0 the
Bapti t World Y uth Con r
In Bu no AIres and GI t,
coUand. He i a mem er of tbc DR. JOHN H. CORBITT
Cornmi ion on Evan ell m and
Education of the Bapti t World
Alliance, and of th Reh '0 Ed anon ciation of the United
Stat and Canada.
In 1 he went n a preaching mi ion with 1 other p tors to
LIb ria, Kenya, Swaziland, Malawi and the Repu Ii of South Africa.
A native of Sall y, S.c., Dr. Corbin I a graduate of South Carolina
Stat College th Interden rrunauonal Theel gical enter and he tud
ied at in Atlanta, and he tudred at Vanderbilt Uruversity and Yale
University.' He hold a d tor 0 mini try dcgre rom McCormi k
Th logical S rninary, .hicago.
Dr. Corbitt i former rruru ter 0 profe r of Bible and Rcli ion at
Owen College Mernphi TN, and form r prof or f relation at Phi
lander Smith College Littl Rock, AR.
WANDA F. AOOUEMOREMIch
Barbara Ro e-Colllns nd radio
arth Je n the Queen.
Chapel Hill
Baptist Church
celebrates 69
years .of ministry
ship "Senior Citizens & Retirees"
special guest: Rev. James Flakes,
pastor of Joy Rd. Baptist Church
uoday, May 29-Moming wor
hip "Mi ion-Outreach-& Home
coming"
Morning worship begirs at 10:30
a.m. Chapel Hill is located 5000 Joy
Rd. in D troit. For further informa
tion 931- 5.
The last three weeks of May will
celebrate Chapil Hill Baptist
Church's 69th Anniversary. Th
celebration will include a weekly
tbeme and will hare with guest
churches in aftem n worship serv
ices.
Sunday, y 9-Moming,wor-
ship "Mothers & Chri tian Women"
wi th special gu t speaker Congress
woman Barbara Ro e Collins
uoday, May 1 Morning wor
ship "Fathers & Chri tian Men" wi th
• special guest Rev. Arno John on
pas tor of Michigan New Bethel Bap-
tist Church in Ponti ,
unday,May19-7p.m.Sp ial
guest: Rev. Robert V. Echo} .pastor
of Prince of Pea e Baptist hur h
uoday, May 2 Morning w r-
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