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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