Religion
By ROBBIE CRU P-McCOY
I - According to v
Dr. Roo v It Au in, p ident
ofth 75th nnu I ion ofth
Wolv rin St t Congre of
Chri ti n Education, hould be
the I r nd m well t­
t nded in the hi tory of th or­
ganization.
S ion will get underway
Monday, June 6 with a faculty
dinn r at the Baptist Headquar­
te ,615 S. Jeffe on, where all
ions will be held through
June 10.
The beme "Challen of th
in ti ," will be ob erved, and
u will focu home mi ion,
education, ocial action and
. v n lism.
At 6:30 p.m. Monday, a pro­
gram entitled "Save Our Son"
(SOS will be held in conjunction
with the Children's Hour, di­
rected by Dr. Nettie Williams.
OTHERIDGHLIGH will
include the president' awards
banquet on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
at the Princess Inn, with Dr. Lil­
lie Prince, Bessie McLin, Vonice
Reed, Rev. Marion Myers on the
committee.
Rev. Sherman McClain of
Covert, MI, will speak at 12 noon
Tu day and D n Turner H rt­
field will deliver his keynote ad­
dress on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. William J. Harvey of
Philadelphia, executive s cre-
ary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the National Baptist
Convention USA, Inc., will peak
at 12 noon Wednesday; and Rev.
terling L. Jone 0 Detroit
preaches at noon Thursday.
Re Dr. Austin' annual ad-
dr will be on Thu day at 7
ROOSEVELT AUS11N
p. m, Friday' noon sermon by
Rev. Edward McCoy of Detroit.
CCORDI G TO CARRIE
oward of Detroit, Director of
Youth, a pageant "King David
and His Court," will be presented
at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Omar Ghol­
ston is youth president; Debra
Austin and Ceylon Bettis are
chairpersons for the pageant.
Some 1,000 youths are ex­
pected to attend the pageant and
participate. Four-hundred at­
tended the weet heart banquet
in February at the Aldridge Ac­
tivity Center in Flint.
Vice pre idents of the Con-
gr are Rev. Dr. Bobby Tolbert, .
Three Rivers; Rev. Marion My­
ers, Detroit; and Rev. Anthony
Robinson, Ann Arbor. Dr. Avery
Aldridge is president of the Wol­
verine State Convention, parent
body of the Congr ; Rev. B. T.
Hopkins of Ypsilanti is director
general.
Religious Briefs
By Robbie Crump-McCoy
Episcopal Conventfon set
The 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church meets
August 24-Sept. 2 in Indianapolis, IN. The National Baptist
Convention's 11th session will be held in New Orleans, Sept.
5-1Q.. The National Baptist Congress meets June 21-25 in
Richmond, Va.
F
- By Ro bi Crump-McCoy
I
Women prepare program
McLEAN, VA. - The Baptist World Alliance Women's depart­
,ment has completed plans for the celebration of "United in
Prayer for Each Other and for Global Ministries for Christ, " set
for Monday, Nov. 7. . .
This year's program was prepared by a committee in Auck­
land, New Zealand, under the leadership of Jan Bowman,
former president of the Women's Union of the South West
Pacific.
The material is ready and has been mailed to leaders of
women's groups and organization.
To order mat rials, write BWA Women's Department, 6733
Curan Street; McLean, VA., 22101-60005, or call 703-790-8980.
Ground breaking set
Zelda Ree Williams, executive director, Todd-Phillips Chil­
dren' Home, announces ground breaking on June 12 for a new
building, which will bring to three large buildings on the site.
Rev. Joseph R. Jordan is newly appointed chairman of the
bo rd, and Marie Ballard is secretary.
Alb rta Blackburn, public relations director for Greater
New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 586 Ow n, r ports Rev.
Rob rt J Page, co-pa tor to Rev. B. L. Hooks for 20 years, is
the n wly ppointed interim pastor, eff iv Jun 1, due to the
r ir ment of Rev. Dr. Hooks.
Churches to feed youngsters
R v Edw rd Willingham, executiv dir or of the Chris­
i n Communication Council of Me ropolitan Detroit
program to
in Detroit,
of local con-
By NATHANIEL SCO�
DETROIT - Th Sacred Five
celebrated their fifth anniver­
sary Sunday, May 15 at the
Quartette Convention Head­
quarters, 3222 Purtin, Their spe­
cial guest was the Gospel
Tornadoes from Muskegon, Mi.
The Sacred Five was formed
by lead singer Willie Daniels
who is also the president of
Chapter 20-1 which is a member
of Michigan and the National
Quartette Convention.
In addition, Daniels is a Dea­
con at Joy Road Missionary Bap­
tist Church where the Rev.
J ame Flakes is the pastor.
Most of the members of the
Sacred Five are relatives and all
except one is a member of the Joy
Road Baptist.
CHARLES BROWN, the
manager and lead/tenor singer
with the 'Tornadoes' said the
group has been together since
1975 and that they travel exten­
sively.
Moreover he said, Muskegon
has approximately seven or
eight-thousand Blacks but "gos­
pel singing is received very well. "
"That's (Muskegon) a sacred
town, " he said. "We have quiet a .
few youngsters coming out to
programs and many are singing
too."
While Muskegon is relatively
small, Brown said, it, the same
as Detroit, is experiencing drugs
and all the problems associated
with the life-style.
u
CLEVELAND - Two national
agencies of he 1.5-million-mem­
ber United Church of Christ are
urging Congress to ban semi­
automatic assault weapons.
One of them, the Office for
Church in Society, warns that
"gun idolatry is part of a culture
of death."
Assault fir arms ar "th
weapon of choi of drug traffick­
ers, st gangs and paramili­
tary ext mis groups," says
resolution adopt by t'h Com­
mission for Raci I J usti ,an-
oth r U.J y which nd
tri con 1 on gun wn
Congress i clo t
ment on bill th twill r
ownership of 19 of mi­
automatic w' apons, which can
fire up to 30 rounds of ammuni-
tion in fi nds. Th House
of Rep ntati v t d May 5,
by a two-vot m gin, to control
the w pons.
He also aid, "some people
m to think that J us is not in 'Every Time 1 Feel The Spirit.'
control but He' ." He id it' his favorite because
it takes him back to "hard tim .. "
three quarters full, "I am thank­
ful the Lord has spared me to
another year."
Th quartette headquarters
hold programs each fourth Sun­
day of the month and for those
who have not paid it a visit, it
holds approximately 300 and
has a pecial quality which in­
vites the "Holy Spirit" in and
makes each program a "meet­
ing."
BEFORE JO G New
Hope Baptist Church, pastored
by Rev. Gregory Kir ey, Brown
said he was ordained a deacon at
another church and, he added, "1
am a deacon now and I always
will be a deacon."
Brown's favorite song is:
"1 remember cotton fields," he
said. "1 can 100 back and ee
how far the Lord has brought
us."
When the Sacred Five
marched in and began to sing,
D niels, who became spiritually
emotional, told a house that was
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GOSPEL TORNADOES - The member of the Gospel Tornadoes, from (I-r) are Charlie
Brown, George Harri ,William Payne, Leonard Martin nd Calvin Lambouth . (photo by N, Scott).
c
an
lence that tempt u to k-anni-
hilation of the-enemy."
"The time has come," the reso­
lution continued, "for r ligiou
leaders to call for repentan for
the sin of violence and our idola­
trous fascination with weapons,
and to resolve to work with God's
lit; -givin pirit to to ho
to th vi im of viol n
communiti ."
Th
th U
- h bi nnial national m­
bly of d I gat from throughout
the denomination to
strength n its support for tri
handgun control. Th Synod
m in June 1995 in kland,
Calif.
With n tiona] offices in Cleve­
land, Th United Church of
Christ is 1957 union of th
ongr gational Christian
Chu hand th Evangelical
and Reformed Chur h.
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David N th n,
Bu In Manager
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