ANNOUNCEMENTS ByROBBIE CRUMP-McCOY
MO G THO GIVI G t timoni is
about Harper w r Pecola Bell, who ucceeded
Harper a dir or of youth. She called Harper
"tirel . in her giving and called it a bl ing
and a joy to work with her for many y 1'8. "
Felicia Kemp, who grew up under Harper in
the youth, ang, and ellie Thigpen, Hatti
Mil ,Irma Wise. and allie Horton gave trib­
ute. .
Pr entations were made from her family,
friend and co-members with Pastor Asriel G.
Mclain of Dexter Avenue making presenta­
tions from the church.
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Rev. Dr. C.A. W. Clark ofDal w honored,
ntly, t a dinner a th econd Can an
Bapti t Church, 9435 Hay ,with Rev. David
L. Kele K Hey h t tor.
Mrs. ellie Williams w chairpe on, and
Mrs. Glori Morris was mist of remony.
Among mini ters attending the dinn r wer
Re . Anani Davis, Ro rt Robinson, John
Kelley, Robert Kelley, Henry S. Jon , riel G.
Mclain, Oci Tabb, Welton W. William and
Jeff Ridgeway.
Women ministers wer Revs. Edna Brown,
Elmorie Miller, atharia Cranford, Mildred
Mann and Reatha Glover.
The program included performan by solo-
ist Grace Cobbs; Clifford Sewell was coordina­
tor of the children's drama; Anna Rhodes and
Emmalee Shaw gave tribut ; Marion Merritt
read scripture; and Alma Stev n said grace.
By NATHANIEL scorr
Spec'.' to th. Michigan Cltlz.n
spreading the word of God from
the pulpit as men of the cloth.
"They could have been else­
wh r ," he aid.
Min. King Sr. said he ran from
the Lord's calling to preach for a
long time but in the end, he
added, "I had to come forward
with it in myoid age."
DETROIT - The appr ci tion
program for Min. John King Sr.,
Sunday, May 1 at the Living
Word Community Church, 1900
E. Grand Blvd., who is the Presi­
dent of the Michigan Stater
Quartette Conven ion, which is a
part of the National Quartette AFTER MANY YEARS of
Convention, founded by R.H. singing gospel. songs nd one
Ha . could n JC:,il�l��"I'P-4!"""""aeI,",""'''''''''''''''''
the y 0 Kings. able to look t both aspects of
Th pastor of th church' . what he called a "ministry."
Elder John B. Eddington. "When you sing," he said, "you
Min. King, who has been a are singing phrases to the Lord
minist r for one year, was joined and when preaching, you are
on th program by two of his ons preaching the Good News. But,"
and on grandson, who are men h dded, "both of them is minis­
of the cloth also. tering." However, he added, "The
The ons are Eld 1'8 John M. only way you can get into the _
King, Jr., David King and the Kingdom is by listening to the
grandson is Min. John King III. preacher. "
Min. King Sr., a quiet person
who eerns to think about every
word before uttering it, added
with the olemn phrasing of one
who knows what he is talking
about, "1 had the calling to
preach over 25 to 30 years ago
but I ran and ran until the Lord
knocked me down. "
The program was sponsored
by the Michigan State Quartette
Conv n ion and both the tate
and the local chapter, 20-1, sup-
rted th event.
THE THREE OF. hem
preach 15 minute rmon ttes
as th y honored and paid tribute
to their father and grandfa h r
who, before becoming a minister,
ung wi h the National Inde-.
p ndence Gospel Singers for 30
years and managed the group for
25.
They preached to the theme,.
or as some might pr fer it, text,
"He was th re all the tim ."
Min. King Sr. said h felt
"marvelous" and "bles d" to
have two. ons and a grand on
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WASHINGTON - Pr
Americ n r.eligiou Ie
tion on he tth c r r form from Afric n­
bri fing April 19.
By ROBBIE CRUMP-McCOY
S/HIcl., to tM Michigan Cltlz.n
for th uniting of he four b loony.
In 1970 the Christian M th­
odi t Episcopal Church w or­
ganized in Jac on, TN., ari ing
ou t of ad ve social nd
nomic conditions of th Po t
ivil War nd Reconstruction
outh. They ought to dd
princip 1 n of BI cks.
The Unit d M thodi t
hurch i a ul of union in
n 193 of th M thodi t bodi
(M.E. hurch ou h, M.E.
hurch nd Methodi Pro
tant), and in 1968, a union of
Evangelical Unit d Brethr n
and theM thodist Crouch .
Uni d M thodi ts number
about 8.7 million in the United
States, of which about 300,000
ar Black.