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| Years in ministry:
Six years.
; Education:
. Rev. Lockhart graduated Lucy
. Craft Laney, class of 1959. He
attended and graduated from
.American Baptist Seminary
1992-96. He is presently fur
_thering his studies at
Andersonville Seminary of
‘ Camilla, Ga.
Ministry: :
, Associate pastor in charge of
. the Wednesday noon prayer ser
.vice and the organizer of
. Antioch’s prison ministry which
- began in 1992. He witnesses to
. the incarcerated youth at the
; Regional Youth Development
Center located on Hwy. 56. He
.is also the minister in charge of
sick visitation at the members’
- homes and hospital stays. He
. assists with the Women’s Gen
eral Missionary Baptist of Geor
. gia 10th district which is head
_quartered in Burke County. In
. addition, healso volunteers with
_the Augusta Alzheimer’s Asso
. ciation of Augusta.
Obituaries
; DENT’S
. Mrs. Hazel Skeete
I Entered into rest at the Bever
ly Manor Convalescent Center,
Augusta, on Thursday, Dec. 11,
1997, Mrs. Hazel Skeete, former-
Iy of 1730 Sibley Road, Augusta.
She was a native of Augusta.
- Survivors include one brother,
Mr. Henry Hogan, Augusta; a
niece, Mrs. Joann Wood, Brook
lyn, N.Y.; and two cousins, Mrs.
gl(ildred Willingham and Mrs.
anie Rickerson.
“ Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1997, at 2
p.m. from First Mount Moriah
Baptist Church with Rev. An
drew Johnson officiating. Inter
ment was in Southview Ceme
tery.
IPEOPLES FUNERAL
HOME
Mrs. Lucille Scurry
Retired housekeeper
Mrs. Lucille Scurry, of 2031
¥argo St., died Sunday, Dec. 14,
Matthew 25 to feed needy on Dec. 25
Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1415 Jones St. in
Augusta, is sponsoring their fifth annual Matthew 25 Minis
try to provide hot meals to the needy and the homeless on
Christmas Day. Christmas morning worship willbe held at 11
a.m. at Eleanor’s Kitchen, 865 Laney-Walker Blvd. Meals will
be served beginning at 12 p.m.
We Invite You To
BEULAH GROVE
~ 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 (BTU) at 6:00 p.m. Sunday
Sunday School at 9:30 Sund% morming
Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Wednesdag.aand :30 a.m. Saturday
; Prayer Service at 11:00 Saturday morning
85 Christian Ministries
All Services Are Bible-based and Holy Spirit-led
Minister
of the
-~ Week
Reverend
John Arthur
Lockhart
Associate pastor
Antioch Baptist Church
Augusta, Ga.
Goals:
Basically and especially to reach
our youth, to turn them a
from the penal system and l:x
to God. Through the preaching
and teachings of Christ, I feel
that it should be the church’s goal
to reach our young men before
they get incarcerated. The com
munity allows our young men to
sit out of school through expul
sion. I feel very strongly that we
are turning Rosa Park’s sacrifice
into adisgrace and Martin Luther
King Jr.’s dream into a night
mare ... to perhaps get our young
men to stop the quest of trying to
be like “the Mikes” (Michael
Jordon or Michael Jackson) and
try to perhaps get them to become
the best individual that they can
be and discourage them from try
ing to become somebody else.
Goals next 12 months:
Possibly after ordination as pas
tor at another church, I have a
dream that the church will be led
to create a halfway house, to pro
vide the second chance that our
young people deserve.
1997, at Columbia Augusta Med
ical Center.
The funeral will be on Dec. 19,
Friday, at 2 p.m. at New Exodus
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Steven Berry officiating. Burial
will be in Southview Cemetery.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Madelene Bogan, Augusta;
one brother, Ju?xiogr Robinson of
Sylvania; and six grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hannah Freeman
Mrs. Hannah Mae Freeman, of
1548 Holley St., entered intorest
in the Salem Nursing and Rehab
on Friday, Dec. 12, 1997.
The funeral service will be con
ducted on Thursday, Dec. 18, at
2 p.m. from Peoples Funeral
Home Chapel. The funeral pro
cessional will leave 1337 Conklin
Ave. at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be
in Southview Cemetery.
Survivors include one brother,
Eddie Freeman of Belvedere,
S.C.; one daughter-in-law,
Merita Freeman of Augusta; a
granddaughter, Monica Free
man; one step-granddaughter,
Kessha Dent; one grandson, Ed
die Brown, all of Augusta; and a
host of cousins, other relatives
and friends.
Mortgage due for nation’s
largestAfrican-Americanchurch
KASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) The nation’s largest black
church, hurt by investigations
into its president’s finances,
needs $371,000 to make a mort
gage payment on its headquar
ters.
The Rev. Henry J. Lyons, the
embattled president, told a con
ference of educators Wednesday
night that the denomination
needs to raise $1 million to pay
its bills and help its struggling
college in Nashville.
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Saturday mornings,
Mary Hopkins-Navies
lets local students
transform her three
McDonald's parking
lots into car washes.
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teens raised aver
SB,OOO for groups like
the Boys and Girls
Club. Mary also
donates 10 yearly PSAT
scholarships, offers
weekly senior citizen
bingo games, tutors
math, and has helped
raise over $22,000 in
the last two years for
neighborhood causes.
| WE'RE GLAD TOO BE IN A—POSITION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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AUGUSTA’S GOSPEL ALIVE
Serving the CSRA with
Soul Stirring Gospel Power
Al Day, Fvery Day!!!!!
Lyons received a polite recep
tion at his first public appear
ance in Nashville since accounts
of his lavish lifestyle and ambi
tious business deals surfaced last
summer.
He did not comment directly
about allegations against him,
according to the Nashville Ban
ner. He asked church members
for their prayers.
His supporters told the crowd
that Lyons needs their support.
“I don't care if Mickey Mouse
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As founder of the
Jackson, Mississippi
chapter of “100 Black
Men," Leßoy Walker, Jr.
serves as a role modei
by mentoring to
disadvantaged black
teens. As owner of
10 McDonald's and
Chairman Elect of the
Jackson Chamber of
Commerce, Leßoy is
dedicated to the
economic development
of his community and
to improving local
education and race
relations. This former
high schaol teacher
and football coach is a
true community -activist,
leader and visionary.
WTHB
is president, that note’s coming
due,” said John Rouse, who heads
the convention’s Sunday School
Publishing Board.
In addition to p‘yh:fithe mort
gage on the sl2 million World
Baptist Center in Nashville,
Lyons said the church needs to
replace a crumbling dormitory
at the city’s American Baptist
College, where the predomi
nantly black denomination
trains pastors and church lead
ers.
_AUGUSTA FOCUS _ DECEMBER 18, 1997
“We do the best we can with
what you give us,” he said.
Authorities are investigating
nl'lgntlom that Lyons, 56, mis
used church funds and bought
costly cars, clothes and jewelry
as gifts for several women.
He also is accused of diverting
money intended for the restora
tion of Southern churches dam
aged by arson to other conven
tion expenses and accepting
$350,000 in secret payments
from Nigeria’s military rulers.
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Louis C. Henry, Jr. is
about “getting kids
productive and giving
them a chance.” Louis
meets with local police,
clergy and schools to
identify needy “at risk” i
teens in St. Paul,
Minnesota, and helps
teach them work and
life skills at his four
inner-city McDonald's.
He's also Vice-
Chairman of the
Mayor's Workforce
Development Council,
supporting student
programs which
provide tutoring and
jobs. Last summer
alone, Louis'
dedication and
commitment helped
find 1,000 jobs for
the youth in his
community.
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