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D OIT - I dro by th
De r A nu Bapt' t Church,
18500 De r, S turday, March
19, nd 0 m ny car were
round th church that I fi t
thought "wh funeral?" I m
member of th church.
Then I thought, this' the day
for th Nu Guild ponsor-
hip of the H Ith-O-Rama. This
is a regular at th 75-y r-old
church which closed its diamond
celebration on March 13. Rev.
riel G. McLain is pastor.
Th church motto . : "Chris­
tians Under Construction", and
project by young adult member
Andrew Crawford had banners
. on light poles outside the church
proclaiming the theme.
The church, with Donald
Blakemore and Adams, cochair
of the deacon's board and co­
chairing the trustee board, are
very active in whatever is good
for the membership and the
community. The Health-c­
Rama is one of the facets.
A MOST IMPORTANT as­
pect of the church's involvement
is the Adopt-A'School commit­
tee which flows into the commu­
nity with activities to surround
the children of the community.
Directing activities for the
week-long celebration were
Mary Wright, Ethel Louise
Thompson and Carrie Pleasant.
On Friday the youth of the
church were in charge and Rev.
IN JUNE 1958, Rev. Haney
led the congregation into its pre­
nt building.
He died in August 1985 after
having purchased his ticket to
the National Baptist Conven­
tion USA, Inc., in Atlanta. He
was a member of the' board of
directors of the Convention and
the church center is named in
his memory.
Rev. McLain has provided
outstanding leadership with an
agenda which keeps the large
membership very busy. They
have adopted 11 schools in De­
troit and Highland Park. The
motive is to help the student de­
velop the full potentials through
counseling and tutoring, and
once a month a "Day of Sharing"
is observed. The church has a
Senior Citizen complex across
the treet by the parking lot.
,
Dexter Avenue Baptl t member (center l-r): Mildred Moore and
Lois Spence. (back l-r): Audrey ElalneJack on, Juanita M. Taylor,
Pastor McLain leads in the
Jail Ministry with visits and
preaches once a month, and for
three years now they've housed
and fed the homeless for one
week.
The De roi Boord of Educa-
baptl ed 64 year� ago, member since she wa . eight y ars old;
and Janice Bennett (photo by Monica Morgan)
tion holds classes for GED
preparation in the Haney Cen­
ter.
When Youth Night was held
for the anniversary, five-year­
old Jessica Haynes spotlighted
in presenting the greetings to
guests; Joseph McLain pre­
sided; Joyel Goodson presented
the topic.
Members assisting with the
celebrations were James
Wright, Mark Fentress, Penny
Fentress, Brooxie Fentress,
Ozella Wingate, James Smith,
Erma Jones-Trotter, Dolly
Devine, Rosie Washington, Cyn­
this Smitty, Phyllis White, Sal­
lie Horton, Roslyn Goodson,
Kenneth Cox, Wiley Hancock,
Rosie Washington, William Bry­
ant,
RELIGIOUS BRIEFS By ROBBIE. CRUMP-McCOY
oard meettng set
Dr. Dorothy Grant, president
of th National Convention of·
Gospel Choirs and Choruses,
Inc., (NCGCI) announces its
winter board meeting on April
20-23 at the Westin Hotel.
The public is encouraged to
participate in the citywide gos-
. pel choir pre-musical, April'20,
at the Chapel Hill Baptist
Church, 5000 Joy Road. Re­
hearsals are each Thursday, 7
p.m., at Chapel Hill. Maria D.
Larkin is vice president and
Barry Alexander and Valencia
Edner are music coordinators.
Sixty singers have thus far
registered for the event but offi­
. cials are seeking at least 200 en­
tries for the production.
. Kimberly Jackson, Alma Lind­
sey, Edwin Goodwin, Velma
Counts and Pearline Cotton are
artistic consultants.
The NCGCI chapter is a suc­
cession of the oldest gospel mu­
sic convention in the world, the
National Convention, organized
by the late Dr. Thomas A.
Dorsey of Chicago, IL., and
author of such well-known
hymns as Precious lArd, Peace
in the Valley, If You See My Sav­
ior, and many many more.
'. Nineteen chapters have been
established in the past 25 years
through Dr. Dorsey's influence,
Rust College
Choir corning
The Rust College A'Capella
Choir will appear in concert Fri­
day, April 29, 7 p.m. at S ond
Grace United Methodist
Church, 18700 Joy Road, with
Rev. Emanual Bailey, host min­
ister. Mozelle Idl burg is presi­
dent of the Detroit Rust College
Alumni Club; Isabelle Stanton is
president ofth United Method­
ist Women. Tickets are $5 and
the public is invited to attend.
Candis Hayes is publicity direc­
tor ..
Th Livin tone College Con­
cert Choir will be P ented Fri-
the NCGCI being founded 22
years ago and is always well rep­
resented in the national arena.
Many gospel artist affiliated
with the organization before
reaching celebrated status were;
Dinah Washington, Della Reese,
Aretha Franklin, James Cleve­
land, and others.
day, April 8, 7 p.m. at the St.
Paul AME Zion Church, 11359
De r. Kath rine McMillian is
coordinator and Rev. William M.
White is pastor, Rev. Earle E.
Johnson is p iding eld r.
Bishop Earl J. Wright, prel­
ate of th S cond Jurisdictional
District of Churches of God in
Christ, delivered his official ad­
dress Sunday at Bailey Cathe­
dral, 7045 Curtis. He also has
outlined activiti for April with
the C.H. Masons Scholarship
Foundation on the 16th and the
monthly leadership workshop
both at Baily Cathedral and the
AACBO Scholarship Dinner on
the 23rd at Cobo Center.
Celebrate a ter: Be a voice
or hungry wo e a d c · drc
ew York Cit th vera
to h r, which i
Church presence for
s. 1\frican election
Churches that participate in the World Coun­
cil of Churches will serve as instruments of hope
as South Africans prepare for their unprece­
dented multi-party, non-racial elections April
26-28.
To ensure fair balloting, the country will need
30,000 electoral monitors at 9,OQO polling sta­
tions. The nation's churches are being call upon
to provide the bulk of the monitors.
Many church join together in an effort to
train train whe they may in turn go out
and train others·, during the Lenten season vot­
ers education seminar. .
The churches efforts will meet difficult ob­
stacles in the Diocese of Natal due to th contin­
ued fighting between supporters of Nelson
Mandela's ANC and the Zulu-based Inkatha
Freedom Party led by Chief Mangosuthu
Buthelezi.
Church I ders have called for Sunday, April
24, to be ob rved as a special day of prayer for
a free, fair and peaceful election
Arkansas aptist
Choir in concert
ored April 12 by MEDCCE a its
annual ion t th Pleasant
Grove Bapti t Church. Sh is di­
r ctor of th di trict and s
youth and will be a supervi or
for th gional youth m ingof
h National Bapti t Con
tion USA, Inc., April 29 in
An 1 t th Hyatt Ho 1.
Obituary
Services for
Rev. Blanks
By RON SEIGEL
Michl .n Citizen
DETROIT - An or tization called Bread
For Th World (BFW) urges citizens to celebrate
Easter by ing a voi for poor women and
children.
Mary Ratkowski, h d of the De roit BFW
chapter, is urging opl to send Ie rs to their
senator, congressman and P id nt Bill Clin-
ton, urging that iner b made in th
Women's Infants and hildrens Fund (WlC) to
include all eligible pl i.
She says 40� of all worn n who m
eligibility ui m n s do no r i uch
b cause of I ck of fun . ng
Dr. Manning M ra 1 , prof r of History
and Political Sci n nd Director for R arch
in African-American tudi olumbia U ni-
versity, said pov rty s ti ti pr nt " war
against Black childr n."