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Newspaper Page Text14 March 21, 1996 AUGUSTA FOCUS St. Mark’s Women’s Day Celebration The St. Mark United Method ist Church, 1296 Marks Church Road) cordially invites the pub lic to attend their annual Wom en’s Day Celebration on Sunday, March 24, 1996. The theme will be: “Christian Women Standing for a Cause.” The women of St. Mark will be in charge of morning worship service at 10:55 a m. The speak er will be Ms. Rosalind F. Johnson. Ms. Johnson, a faithful member, is a graduate of Benedict College with a degree in math. She is former owner/ operator of Blossom House Flo rist, a teacher in the Richmond County Public School System, member of various civic and ed ucational associations, mother of two children — Aubrey and Burning of churches being investigated From page one concern,” said Nelson Rivers 111, of the NAACP Atlanta office. |, For small churches in rural areas, affordable insurance is hard to get, because a fire would likely destroy the building be fore help could arrive. The Inner City Church in Knoxville is re building based largely on dona tions driven by a celebrity mem Shirley Caesar releases concert video after triumphant Grammy performance NEW YORK Most careers in the music in dustry, like old photographs, slowly fade with time. Yet in a business where 10 years can seem like a lifetime, Shirley Caesar, long proclaimed “The First Lady of Gospel,” has flourished for over four decades. And with each. successive year, the accolades and accomplishments continue to pour in. Winning her eighth Grammy Award this year for her recent recording Live ... He Will Come, Shirley performed on the Awards show to an international audi ence of over one billion people. Bringing the auditorium imme diately to its feet with a rousing rendering of “Heaven,” a featured selection from Live ... He Will Come, Shirley was backed by superstar protégés Whitney Houston, CeCe Winans and Hezekiah Walker, who joined countless admirers throughout the musicindustry and the world in acknowledging and celebrat ing Shirley’s defining influence on modern Gospel music. Hot on the heels of her latest triumph comes the release of a full-length concert video titled after the recording, featuring Shirley performing the entire album before a packed house of wildly enthusiastic fans in At lanta. For her many long-stand ing fans, the video is like a stir ring reunion with a dear friend, and the perfect introduction for newcomers excited about seeing a living legend at the peak of her form. “I was totally caught up in the moment,” Shirley recalls, laugh ing. “I was sweating profusely ... inFebruary! Video has often been I[ &]}D ernac ﬂ(& Baptist Church Dr. C.S. Hamilton, Minister 1223 Laney-Walker Blvd. Augusta, Ga. 30901 Church School 9:30 A.M. * Morning Worship 11 A.M. Broadcast Hour QVT HB 155912 * Nursery, Kindergarten Open ¢ Bible Study-Tues. 6 P.M. Prayer NF:cting Tﬁcs. 7P.M.- Daif;r Kindergarten Services 7 A.M. to 5 P.M. j ; R 3 NN . 3 L : k R A;::'; N \ TR & SRR R R N A TR R Rosalind F. Johnson ber — NFL player Reggie White. It’s tougher for smaller churches like Johnson Grove Baptistin West Tennessee. That church has about 60 members, none of them famous. Even those that rebuild don’t feel safe. Salem Baptist Church was destroyed by arson in 1995. “The possibility that this could happen again lingers in our minds, but we can’t dwell on that and let it stop us from rebuild used to do so much harm. I'm excited to have the chance to use it as a tool for the Lord’s work.” In what is becoming a yearly event, Shirley recently spent the first two weeks in March star ring on Broadway in Born to Sing! —the third in a series of hit Gospel musicalsthat began with the hugely successful Mama, I Want to Sing. Continuing in her well-estab lished role as a trailblazer, Shirley recently became the first Gospel artist to appear on QVC, oneof cable TV’s largest national . ou'" FI"ISCu, P Xy V) &S\ 224 Ovre TIoNAL €4O Rev. Alex R. King 1630 Fifteenth St. Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 733-9430 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Ist Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m. Praise Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Senior Services 10:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday: Wed: Thurs: Day Care Center: Subscribe to Augusta’s finest weekly newspaper! Call AUGUSTA FOCUS at 724-7855 today! Spil"it Church News AR SRR R— R - S A A e MR e N R N Y o — p 8 R % ing,” said the Rev. Daniel Donaldson. “This church hasbeen heresince 1872;it’s our home. Ifthey burn it again, we'll rebuild it again.” Donaldson said that the insur ance the church had does not cover the full expense of rebuild “ing, and replacement insurance was hard to get. No one has been killed so farin any ofthe fires. But the incidents do hark back to some during the electronic retailers. In appear ances that featured Shirley per forming live and interviewing with the show’s host and pro gram viewers, sales wererecord ed of nearly 8,000 units of Shirley’s Live ... He Will Come and He’s Working It Out for You albums. This unprecedented sales volume for a Gospel artist, which included over 20 percent of the orders coming from first time QVC customers, jammed the network’s switchboards. The network has rebooked Shirley for two additional appearances Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church 623 Crawford Avenue Augusta, Georgia 30904 Rev. Larry W. Hudson, Sr. Pastor Office: (706) 736-4060 Sunday 9:30 Sunday School 11:00 Worship Service - Tommy Johnson — and treasur er of St. Mark’s UMC. The HKeight of the celebration culminates at 4 p.m. with Rev. Dr. Susan D. Newman, pastor of First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Atlan ta, Ga. Prior to her arrival at “First Church” in June 1994, Dr. Newman was the religious coor dinator for the Children’s De fense Fund in Washington, D.C. Presently, sheis a member of the Atlanta Children’s Shelter board of directors, a member of the board of directors of the Chris tian Council of Metropolitan At lanta and a member of the Con cerned Black Clergy in Atlanta. Songs of Zion will be performed by the Lincoln County Mass Choir. civil rights movement, like the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Four young girls were killed and 17 injured. “The church is the one place that African-Americans have found refuge during the darkest of days,” Rivers said. “In times past, when bigots wanted to in timidate and terrorize our com munity, they went after our churches.” on April 11, 1996 and will offer Shirley’s 1993 award-winning album, Stand Still, as well asthe two previously offered titles. She began singing at the age of eight, and first gained national prominencein 1958 as a member of the legendary Caravans, be fore beginning an illustrious solo career and recording more than 30 albums since 1966, three of which have sold over 500,000 copies. She filled a trophy case with eight Grammys, eight Doves and 10 Stellar Awards. Sunday Church 5eRa01............. a 9 30 aO, Morning WorshiD.......c..spwisvwn 1 1@ Wednesday 7:00 Bible Study Federal investigator says race not factor in six church burnings ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The head of a federal in vestigation into a rash of black church burnings in the South says suspects have been identi fied in six open cases and that none of the six appears to have been motivated by race, accord ing to a published report. Donnie Carter, who heads the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigation, said Monday that the six latest sus pects have not been arrested, USA Today reports. = - He declined to give the paper further details about the six cas es, which are among more than 20 church burnings dating back to 1993, including some that appar ently were racially motivated. For example, two Ku Klux Klan members are awaiting trial on charges of burhing two South Carolina churches last summer and 15 arsons at black churches Conference combating ‘religious right’ planned LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) A conference intended to mobilize mainstream Christians in response to religious conserva tives is planned for Friday and Saturday. ' The sponsors say they want to show there is another Christian view besides that espoused by the Christian Coalition, the nation’s largest and most vocal religious group. This is the third such regional meeting, called “Call to Renewal: Christians for a New Political Vi sion.” Earlier ones were in Penn sylvania and Connecticut: “Right now, it’s kind of like Dav id and Goliath,” said Marcy Por ter, assigtant.to Jim Wallis, a pro "éréésiyt‘é%%%ghcal Christianand publisher of Sojourners magazine in Washington, D.C. Wallis will speak at the meeting at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Littleton. He has often criticized the evan gelical community, and Christian Join us at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Kenneth B. Martin, pastor Corner of Augusta Avenue & Florence Street 1454 Florence Street - Augusta, Georgia 724-2809 Church Office ;:jggéi ' :;.». 3: .:-:: L'- 0 o ,«@4 e ‘i —~ P S ol TORCE . B Pyt S| PERR R MR ] e ’*mﬁ SERVICES i Underwood Housing Community Services Every first and third Sunday - 6:30 pn. LAT CROVE BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Sam Davis, pastor 1434 POPLAR STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30901 TELEPHONE: (706) 724-1086 Sunday Services at 7:45 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 7:30 p.m. Baptist Training Union (8.T.U.) at 6:00 p.m. Sunday Sunday School at 9:30 Sunday morning Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, and 9:30 a.m. Saturday Praver Service at 11:00 Saturday mornina Thirty-five Christian Ministries All Services Are Bible-based and Holy Spirit-led remain under investigation. The paper noted that Carter is ablack Baptist deacon who grew up near McComb, Miss., where 14 churches were burned in the 19605. “You can bet your bottom dollar, as the guy heading this investiga tion I'm looking for evidence of (race),” Carter told USA Today. “It just hasn’t happened yet.” He said the church arson in quiry is the biggest investigation now under way at ATF, involv ing 100 agents. Wade Henderson of the NAACP told the paper he “strongly ques tions” the findings discussed by Carter. “We are going to demand a more detailed explanation,” he said. USA Today said some civil rights groups believe the ATF turned its arsons investigations too quickly to members of the churches that were burned. Coalition, for promoting welfare reform that he believes would leave no safety net for the needy. But he also criticizes Democrats for what he considers bad welfare reform ideas. Much of his philoso phy is in his book, Soul of Politics. His next book, due out soon, is Who Speaks for God? Conference organizers want to find common ground and deter mine whether various groups can work together, but hope to avoid such divisive issues as abortion. Sessions will begin with speech es at 7 p.m. Friday by Wallis and Vincent Harding of the Iliff School of Theology. Other speakersincludetheßev. Gil Horn of Montview.Boulevard Presbyterian Church; Sister Mary Luke Tobin, former presi dent of the Sisters of Loretto; Regis Gross, former state sena tor; Timothy Tseng of the Den ver Seminary; and Megan Day of the Citizens’ Project in Colorado Springs. Wednesday DU DERVIUE.... 1 oresrssspranenssirssessnsso 13 DR Prayer Service & Bible 5tudy...........7 p.m.