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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 13
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Greater Gaine holds
Women’s Day Celebration
The Women's Day
Committee along with our
pastor, the Reverend Bernard
Clarke, officers and mem
bers of Greater Gaines
Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1006
May Street, cordially invite
you to our Women's Day
Celebration on Sunday,
November 30, 2008, 11:00
A.M. Our guest preacher for
this occasion is Evangelist
Janice Scott of the
Hutchinson Longstreet
Missionary Baptist Church
in Stilson, Georgia.
Music will be provided
by the Chapelettes Gospel
Chorus and a light repast will
be served.
Please join us to hear
this powerful woman of God
speak to us on how God is
"Empowering Women to
Serve."
Rev. Bernard Clarke, Pastor
“Those Singing Pastors”
Inaugural fund raising
event for Savannah’s
West Broad
On November 30, 2008,
at 5 pm, West Broad Street
YMCA at 1110 May St. will
be host to “Those Singing
Pastors” an inaugural fund
raising event for the Y. There
is no admission charge and
refreshments will be avail
able.
Rev. Clarence “Teddy”
Williams of First Tabernacle
Baptist Church and Pastor
Shannon O'Neil Smith Sr. of
First Mount Sinai Church
have offered a challenge to
Savannah area pastors to help
raise funds for the West
Broad Street YMCA. Pastors
are encouraged to support this
endeavor with not less than
$500 raised from their con
gregation. Currently there are
8 churches participating and
more are expected.
Mr. E. Larry McDuffie,
local radio host and well
known speaker, will be the
Master of Ceremonies for the
event. “It will be a time of
food, fun, and fellowship!”,
says McDuffie adding, “And
best of all it is free to the pub
lic!” Awards will be given for
the most funds raised by a
congregation, best dressed,
event attendance, and best
singer.
“It's really a great
cause,” states Pastor Smith.
“The Y serves so many peo
ple in the community. It has
had some hard times in the
past but it is really coming
around,” Smith says.
It is for the whole fami
ly and sure to great fun.
AASU to Hold
Auditions for All My Sons
AASU will hold audi
tions for All My Sons, a pro
duction about family conflict,
patriotic duty, and personal
greed set in the aftermath of
World War II. The auditions
will be held at 6 p.m.,
December 9 and 10 in the
Black Box Theatre in Jenkins
Hall on the AASU campus,
11935 Abercom Street.
Directed by Roger
Miller, AASU associate pro
fessor of theatre, the cast will
include five men, four women
and one boy 8 to 10 years old.
Audition materials and
“sides” are available outside
in the Fine Arts Hall and out
side the faculty offices in
Jenkins Hall.
The auditions are open
to the public and no acting
experience is required.
City Mission’s Day of
Great Thanksgiving
Over the Top
Old Savannah City
Mission’s 11th Annual Day
of Great Thanksgiving was
over the top. Not only was
the day beautiful and crispy,
5,276 delicious smoked
turkey dinners were served
to our community's neediest
citizens. Volunteers deliv
ered over 1,200 dinners to
seniors, shut-ins and folks
with special needs. More
than 1,000 volunteers helped
in the preparation 260
turkeys beginning on
Tuesday and culminating in
today's event. They will
ingly gave their time and
resources to make a differ
ence. Many of the volun
teers were young people who
eagerly filled the plates,
attended tables, and pull
cleanup detail.
“Today has been a phe
nomenal success. So many
people came together. The
food was wonderful. The
music was great. The day
was beautiful. And, 5,276
meals were eagerly served.
The Mission owes a great
debt of gratitude to so many
donors, volunteers, churches
and businesses. I sincerely
believe Savannah is a better
place when people come
together in gratitude and
share a meal. We have so
much for which to be thank
ful.”
Rev. Jim Lewis
Savannah Children's
Choir presents Winter
Memories Concert
Members of Savannah Children’s Choir.
Join the Savannah
Children's Choir on Sunday,
December 7 at 3 p.m. at the
historic Lucas Theater to
enjoy "Winter Memories,"
the choir's annual holiday
concert.
The choir will explore
the sounds of the season,
interspersed with comments
from community leaders as
they share meaningful mem
ories from their childhood.
Singing songs in five
languages, the concert fea
tures secular and sacred
songs from a variety of tradi
tions and cultures.
Joining the Savannah
Children's Choir and the
Savannah Children's
Preparatory Choir will be the
SCC Satellite Choir from the
Risers Academy, as well as a
host of professional instru
mental musicians.
Tickets are available at
the SCAD box office on
Broughton Street, or online
at www.scadboxoffice.com
<http ://www. scadboxoffice. c
om> .
For more information,
go to
www.savannahchoir.org
<http://www.savannah-
choir.org> or call (912) 228-
4758.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Readers!
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Food and Beverages will be provided.