CHURCH BRIEFS
v. Whi
nam dint rim
dir ctor
andela
blames whites
for violence
J II Bt'hi,
ANC lead r 1 .!i on Mandela
aid a township cl h that
- illed 13 peopl � an at
tempt by white urity forces
to di rupt ne otiations on end
ing parth id,
To prot t th bloodsh d,
ANC called a Blac con-
urn r ycott in Alberton a
cons rvative whit city south
Johann burg wher C
marchers were headed when
violence broke out.
Ea h party a used the
other of tarting th battle Sat
urday, which began hun
dred of ANC m rchers
headed toward a poli tation
to demand pro in ncgotia
ti . Police ay th marchers
came under fire from the resi
d n f a migrant workers
ho tel I al to Inkatha.
Foreign
student's
,slayer
acquitted
TO UGE. u-Rod-
ney Peirs, a man who allegedly
mi too a J anes e change
tudent for a burglar, w a
quitted of manslaughter for fa
tally h oting Yo hi Ha no ri ,
16.
D fense 31d that the way
Hatton walked toward Peirs
at :25 p.m. D tob r 17, e ily
mad P irs think hi lIfe was in
danger. Prosecution argued
that Peirs w criminally n g
ligent, citing that Hattori did
not understand Peirs after Hat
tori ked for directions to a
party.
However Peirs won hi ac
quittal because according t
hi defense attorney, Lewi
Un . by, a 0 t- po� n min-
te
,am gr cry tor i
w a teena er uJd not be a
criminal.
/ 1 th anti-chri t liVID in the
w rid today'.
Will there new heavens and
a new earth?
• Are the e the last days?
A we to t e qu stions plus
many other r garding current
even I n the light of prophecy will
be answered by Rev. John G. Hall, a
great. cholar of Biblc prophecy.
rvice for the eminar are: Sun
day, June 6, : 0 nd 11 a.m. and 6
p.m. (Michigan time) Monday thru
Wedne day, June 7-9, 7:30 p.m.
(Michi an tim ).
I
"1 m
di � r and 1 think Holy Gh t
do thi ," Gil rt n ted. "We hav
- v rythin in h ... ex-alcohol-
i e -dru ddi , ex-adulterers, ...
In order to hav an cell nt church,
I think you vet h v aloto e ' ."
T V ughns boldly d lar H ly
Gho t Full Go P 1 Bapt' t Church to
b a "tw nty-four- even church"
( lang for 24 hours a day, even day
a w ek), which never clo i doors
to th community. The pastors note
that nearly everyon in the neighbor
hood h had om form of contact
with the mini try.
Every wnmer the Vaughns aod
the HGFGBC family sponsor area
wide health-O-ramas, youth basket
ball and b eball games and .picnics
for community residents. T church
has just recently established at-home
Bible tudy groups and a two year
Mini ters-In- Training (M11) pro
gram for church members and area
residents.
"If th church i going to evolve
in the community, everything must
revolve around it... schools grocery
teres, busi hom , banks .
That what we all about...people
toucbing people and th people in
the community havin common
goal ."
ITY pe pee
tive and int grity of mini try Ingle
us out fr m other church "Gilbert
Gilbert and Corbella Vaughn
healthy church that' founded on the
foundation of integrity, family and
the community."
The HGFGBC is planning a Wis
dom Conference, June 21-25 at 1745
t Grand Boulevard, featuring
peakers Archbishop Benson Ida
ho a and Reverend John Cherry. A
upcrbowl party, in collaboration
wi th Jubilee Christian Church, is
plann d f r January 1 4. For more
informalio �atl church at (313)
7 -2
Whites
,. .arrested in
Black Toledo
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Bible Prophecy
seminar offered
Seruor Pastor Paul A. FI her of
Michi an First embly of God
1 22 E. Mai n st., il ,invit the
pu 11 to attend a rrunar n Bible
Prophecy, beginning June 6 thru 9.
Que nons answered will be':
What were the three defeats of
Communi m?
I there life after death?
What w the original perfect
earth?
• I' the United States mention d
In BI Ie proph ')
MUSKEGON NEWS
Helqhts'students shine
By MARY GOLLIDAY
Michigan Citizen
Will! German III recently cele
brated ru 6th irthday With his fam
ily and a tew nend. He had ice
cream, cake and all the trimmings.
He i th on of Willie German Jr.
and Mar are at.
The Musk on H I h Fe uval
in the Park Will be h Id June 11-13,
at Rowan Park m d wnt wn Muske-
gon Het ht , .
Th F nval ommittce I
ceptm appilcatloIl! r m indiVidu
al WI hln 7 to partlclpat In the
parade. art and ra fair and f d
both. Appltcati n (1eadline I Jun
1.
The 9th Annual Te timonial
Service for BI hop & Evangeli t
William Burrell, D.O., PhD, Dioce
an of the 5th Epi copal Di trict of
the State of Michigan WIll begin Jun
1-6 at 7 p.m.
Pre-Testimonial rvices will be
held Saturday, May 29, at 7 p.m.
Gue t will be Di t. Eld. John McCall
and Choir from Chicago,lllinois and
Eld. & Si . Robert Brown, Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
Other u t for the T nmonial
Service include:
Tue . June 1: Di t. Eld. Charles
Byrd and Eld. Curti Lyttle o'f Flint,
and Eld. DaVId Alii on of Pontiac.
Wed., June 2: Suffragan
B,l hop David Parker, Akron. OH;
Di t. Eld. Willie Elam Pontiac, and
Eld. Robert Bernard, Adrian, �i.
Thurs., June : Eld . .lame
Summers, Hartford. M1.; Eld. Ed
ward Ma hall and ChOir, Battle
C and Eld. C rlt n Burrell and
Ch Ir, lie
Fn., Jun 4: BI hop Jam A.
Joh� n. St. LoUI , Mo.; Eld. Gary
Harper and ChOir. Inter, M1.; and
Eld. Tmnml W od. and ociate
Min. Eld. R. Robe ,from Detroit.
On S turday. June 5 Will be
BI hop', Day Out Dinner. at The
Hilt Bulldln J h on B 11 Room.
427 W. W tern, M ke on. S ml
F rmal Attire SoCial hour, 4: 0 and
Dlnn r-Buffet tyl, : 0 p.m. Price
53 couple and 20 ingles.
K yn taker will e Suffra
an 81 hop Manon haw. fr m
pnn rfl Id, A.
P • R Holy G t
Full Go pel Baptist Church
(HGFGBC). the V ughns p tor a
maJl, yet thriving church on the
tsid of th city at 174 E t
Grand Boul yard. The two have
committed th m elv to reaching
out and helping their con regation
and community.
"We p tor more than a church,"
the 4O-year-{)ld Corletta aid. "We
P tor a community, and consider
tho e p ople to al 0 be church mem
bers."
"All my life, I've een my family
reachin oulsinaoommunity," Gil
bert said of hi spiritual ti . "This is
ex tly what we're doing here at
Holy Gbo t Full Gospel ... We want
to be an example to the communi ty
we live in:"
Even more so, Gilbert e plained
that he view the cburch main
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pi ce of financial.
mora) influ nce.
'I TID K W' very mu h
on target. We're very mu h a com
munity church," Gilbert pointed out.
The Vaughns heartbeat for their
local communi ty began howev r,
before they were married.
Corletta remini cenced to 1972
when her parents, Henry and Jessie
Lewi founded Holy Ghost Mis-
!('nary Baptist Church, then located
on the =orth end of the city at 935
Alger. After explaining that her fa
ther believed God called hi m to begin
the church, Vaughn said the baton of
pastoral leadership was p ed on to
her years later in 1986.
"I recall walking into my p'aren
burch one Sunday and I aw that
the church lacked so much piri tual
noun hrnent," the native Detroner
aid. A traveling evangelist at the
time, Corletta aid it was then that
be knew God commi ioned her to
p . tor th church.
"I W TIll w what God
wanted me to do, and when I told my
dad, be aid he al 0 knew." .
But a female pastor?
Corletta who posses a Bache-
lor .degree in Religious Edu arion
from William Tyndale College, aid
though thi was and till is virtually
unheard of in the Baptist d nomina
tion, her father's acceptance of
women preachers made the adj us t
ment to pas to ring and marriage eas
ier.
The rest, they ay, i history.
Gilbert admi ts that marryi ng a p tor
was not an adjustment he had to
make.
"I've never had any problem with
women pastoring,"Gil ert aid. I
have had women p tors throughout
my family; and when married a p -
Go pel ing
Adams wor
By MARGARET MANSFIELD
A hi t album, pumped-up profile
and appearance on show like Jay
Leno' Tonight Show have made
Yolanda Adam a bonified gospel
star. And fOT right now Yolanda'
avoring her newfound ucce .
"Oh goodn , I love what' hap-
peru ng wi th me." Of course, there are
down id . Ever since her meteoric
ri e, Yolanda Adam has been the
ubject of a lot of attention and
lately, he's become the target of
orne rumors.
The fi t that he w hopping a
deal. To that. he flatly deni wi th
a "n ". So why th rumor.
"llhinkther onwhy",say Yo
landa. "1 that inc th whole Sp -
tra thing no ody was telling us
anything and a lot of rumors' tarted
Oying."
TH R R MOR bad her
moving into the jazz arena. And
while Adams ay he'd never leave
go pel, h admits to having a great
love for jazz and ay its flavored
much of h r mi. dmittedly i
mething h 'd Ilk to do mor f
but within the pectrum of go pel
music.
Adams i now wor . ng on a new
album that vill howcase th full
range of her 0 pel abiliti ,from
continued from A3
Thi I th prelude to th film f
an actual reparatl ns bill. Former
P idcntial candidate Ron Daruel
will participate.
H( P will ueal
olanda
walbum
r
on n
c ntemporary to traditional. The al- ound alright. I think I can do better.
bum will be recorded live ometime And you can."
early next month in Houston.
For Adam, recording i part- Up The Charts: Urban tracks
therapy, a release. _ coupled with a stone gospel presen-
She ay the thr years without tation are what' fueling the success
rec rdin b fore "Throu h The f the Carolina-based Tri-City Sing
St rm" (h rcurrentalbum)weredif- ers with their explosive debut, "A
ficult ccausc sh uldn't find' S ngwriter' Point of View." The
wh t . h w going n vri t r i Donald Lawrence and
through. On f the .torrns prompt- he' citing hi point aero with the
ing the u tie f her m h r lease was help of Peabo Bry n Stephanie
a painful diver e. Mill and co-producer Kevin Bond.
king back he now charac- Th record, called a cross be-
teriz th relationship abusive tween Milton Brunson & the Thom-
andhasthi adviceforw menfacing pon community Choir and the
imilar ircurnstan ·CS. ound of Bla kn ,is topping off'
_", in ke marker 11 ke Detroit and Oak-
" E' 0 until God either de- land.
livers th' t pe n. It won't et ettcr.
What happens i h r he i olat
y u from everybody t the point,
wherc if y u're in a church y urlove
of God I qu uoncd. They'll ay
you're uppo cd to I ve m m re
than y u I v any dy. ot more
than God," Adams tat. to what
it took for her to leave?
"1 took a good look at Yolanda"
he tat . Wh nyu 're in that type
of r lati nship the P rs n i n-
tantly teann J you do ·n. One day I
looked at every thin I was goin
throu h. I w� workin like a dog
tryin t ple� that per n and it w
alway rn tlun . I look 0 y. I
Briefly:Rumor h it that Whit
ney Ho ton j t might be managing
the Winans girl (Debbie & Angie)
WI th their upcoming debut, due thi
. ummer.
This week' cripture: "For
this p ople' heart has become cal
lou 00; (hey hardly hear wish their
ear , a�ld they have c/o 00 their eyes.
Otherwis they might ee with their
e ,hear with their ear , under-
tand w.ith their hearts and turn, and
I would heal th II "-Matthe'N 13:15.
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