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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 5
CHURCH NEWS AND OTHER FEATURES
Plumb-Lining
Church Music
By: Debora Y. Fonteneau,
Ph.D., M.Div.
For precept must be upon
precept, precept upon pre
cept, line upon line, line
upon line, here a little, there
a little... Also I will make jus
tice the measuring line, and
righteousness the plummet.
Isaiah 28: 10; 17.
Before leaving
Savannah State as Band
Director and Assistant
Professor of Music, Lome
Lee wanted to get a message
out to Pastors, Church staff,
and the faithful: "Dedicated
disciples of Christian Music"
"Fast from music that feeds
the flesh".
The author of Music in
The Garden of Good and Evil
(Innersound Books, 2008)
uses Galatians 5, and its the
sis on the "fruit of the Spirit"
to direct readers’ understand
ing of "Sound Fruit".
Just as the "fruit of
sound Christians is measured
by walking in the "Spirit", so,
too, Christian music can be
measured by sound (as in
tonal) fruit.
According to Lee, Satan
has given the gifted musician
knowledge between church
music and Christian music.
In other words, the
undertones may not carry
healthy spiritual messages.
Consequently, church behav
iors may evince the very
nature of unsound fruit-evil.
Lome Lee, who grew
up in a charismatic church,
and recently served Savannah
congregations, decries words
that war against the Spirit of
God. The main character,
Otto, takes readers on an alle
gorical journey where they
are taught to discern "sounds
that do not line up and music
that fights with the spirit
rather than ushering the spirit
in.
An entire Chapter (6) is
dedicated to God's instruc
tions for putting the gifts of
music together in harmonious
sound, thusly disrupting
chaos emanating from prais
ing fruit sounds not under
stood.
Here, Lee is not shy
about defining the role of
church musicians who
manipulate worship experi
ences, skillfully working
transitions diminishing major
keys of joy and praise, invert
ing minor keys of sorrow as a
dominant overtone.
In fact, some wise churches
have chosen to starve them
selves from music that feeds
desire.
It is hard to deny that
the body has its own pulse
and rhythm, a need to move
to music heard and unheard,
but the word of God con
strains and transforms, creat
ing a higher desire (II Cor.
12:15) to be one with God, in
both mind and body.
Genesis New Life Announces
Upcoming Events
Watch Night Service will be
held Thursday, December 31,
2009 at 10:00 pm Breakfast
following.
Genesis New Life
Apostolic Faith Churches,
Inc. 1900 E. Broad & 35th
Street, Savannah, Georgia
will begin the "2010" New
Year with 3 nights of revival
on January 1 st, 2nd, 3rd,
nightly at 7:30 pm. Speaker
will be the Founder: Bishop
Myles A. Latimer.
Annual Twelve Night
Sacrificial Revival
The 20 th Annual
Twelve Night Sacrificial
Revival will be held January
1-12, 2010 at 7 p.m. nightly.
The revival is sponsored by
the Clergymen In Action.
This year’s theme is “Are
you Qualified to Witness”-
Colossians2:6-10.
Each night will consist
of a lecturer and speaker.
The first of the twelve night
revival will take place at the
Jesus First Community
Fellowship Center, 5647
Ogeechee Road. Minister
Oddie Luckett of Clifton
Baptist Church will serve as
lecturer, and Pastor
Thurmond Tillman will
serve as the speaker for the
evening.
Emancipation Association to
hold Celebration
Rev. Dr. John Frank Green
On January 11 2010, at
11:00 a.m., the
Emancipation Association of
Savannah, Georgia and
Vicinity, Inc. will hold its
147th Celebration of the
signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation by President
Abraham Lincoln.
The event will be held
at Second African Baptist
Church, 123 Houston Street,
Savannah. The Rev. C.
MeGill Brown is the host
pastor. The speaker for the
occasion will be the Rev. Dr.
John Frank Green, President
of Turner Theological
Seminary of the
Interdenominational Center
in Atlanta.
Under the visionary
leadership of the president of
the Emancipation
Association, Rev. George A.
Moore, Jr., pastor of historic
St. Philip Monumental AME
Church, the year 2010 has
been designated, "The Year
of the African American
Male."
Members of the Youth
Division of the Association,
including essayists who
wrote on the subject, "The
Emancipation Proclamation:
Then and Nov.-," will be an
integral part of the service.
The public is cordially
invited to join in this first
Emancipation Celebration
with an African American as
a sitting President of the
United States of America
Rev. Matthew Southall
Brown is Chairman I
Program Committee, and
Presiding Elder J.E. Taylor
is Co-Chairman and
Coordinator of the Youth
Division.
Second Ebenezer to hold
Watch Night Service, and
Announce New Service Time
The Pastor and
Members of Second
Ebenezer Missionary
Baptist Church, 800 Colbert
Street, cordially extends an
invitation to the community
to attend our Annual Watch
Night Service on Thursday,
December 31, at 10:30 p.m.
Beginning January 3,
2009, Sunday School will be
held at 9:45 a.m. services
will be held at 11:00 a.m.
and Bible study every
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. We
invite you to join us for
these services.
Ricardo R. Manuel,
Pastor.
New Vision Outreach
Ministries Clothing and
Food Giveaway
New Vision
Outreach Ministries, 1907
Burroughs St., is having a
free clothes and meal give
away Sunday January 10th,
2009 service.
The event starts at 9am.
You must be present at 9am
to receive clothes and a free
hot meal.
We are looking forward
to being a service to you.
For more info con
tact 912-224-3137 or 912-
596-0665
St John to hold Monthly
Prayer Breakfast
St. John Baptist
Church, “The Mighty
Fortress”, 522-28 Hartridge
Street, will hold its monthly,
community-wide Prayer
Breakfast, Saturday, January
2, 2010, 8 am.
Pastor Emeritus
Matthew S. Brown, Sr. will
be the speaker.
For more information
please call 912-232-8507.
Canaan Missionary Announces
Upcoming Events
Canaan Missionary Baptist
Church will hold Watch
Night Service on December
31,2009 at 10:00 p. m.
Beginning January 3,
2010 at 9:00 a.m. Canaan
will have early morning wor
ship service. Sunday School-
10:30 a.m. Worship service
will start at 11:30 a.m.
Hope to see you all at
our events.
Prevailing True Live Presents
An Evening of New Beginnings
Prevailing True Love
Outreach Ministries extends
an invitation to you.
The Holy Spirit is
requesting your presence,
Jesus Christ wants to minis
ter to your soul, and God is
the orchestrator of it all. HE
has watched and waited for
you all year.
Now it's time for you to
give thanks, cry out, and
loose what has you bound
before you step into the New
Year.
Come to HIS feet antic
ipating that HE will give you
all of whatever you ASK or
THINK.
Join us on Thursday,
December 31, 2009,10:00
p.m. at The Village at
Savannah State University.
Contact persons are
Ursula Y. Boyd: 224-9296
Quenesta V. Devoe:856-
7152
Living Hope Announces New
Year’s Eve Celebration
Pastor Joyce C. Hall
and the church family of
Living Hope Community
Fellowship would like to
invite you to celebrate the
dawning of a New Year with
them at their New Year's Eve
Service on Wednesday,
December 31, 2009, at
10:30pm.
This service will be a
celebratory time of praise,
worship, dance and the
Word.
You are invited to stay
around for the after flow
which will be a time of
music, entertainment and fel
lowship.
These services will be
held at Living Hope, located
at 5008 Augusta Road,
Highway 21 in Garden City,
next to Dairy Queen.
For more information
regarding this event, or the
Living Hope Community
Fellowship, please contact
the church office at (912)
965-0406.
Fortress Women’s Ministry
Extends Open Invitation
The women of the
Fortress Women's Bible
Study Ministry of St. John
Baptist Church “The Mighty
Fortress” extend an invita
tion to all women of the
Savannah and nearby com
munities to participate in an
anointing, exciting study of
the Bible.
All women who desire
to mature spiritually and live
holy lives are urged to attend
this weekly study. We are
currently studying the book
of Exodus. A thorough study
of the Tabernacle is being
explored. The Tabernacle is
the most complete picture of
Jesus Christ and His plan of
salvation for His people.
Join the women of the
Fortress Women's Bible
Study every Monday from
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. at St.
John Baptist Church, 522-28
Hartridge Street, Savannah,
GA.
For further information
contact Rev. Carolyn L.
Dowse at 236-9057. Dr.
George P. Lee, III is the
church's pastor and spiritual
covering for the ministry.
“If You Can’t Take the Heat...”
Can you stand the heat?
Well it's hot in Monumental's
kitchen and only the strong
and highly favored will sur
vived.
Bring your “A” game
because you're going to need
it! Pastors from all over
Savannah are competing for
the title of “Top Chef
Pastor”. If you have what it
takes then bring it on.
For more information
on how you can enter to win
please contact Toi Bradshaw
at 414-3723 or Tonja Walker
at 508-9637.
This event is brought
to you by St. Philip
Monumental A.M.E. Church.
Rev. Dr. George A. Moore,
Jr. Senior Pastor.
New Birth Savannah to hold
Watch Night Services
Pastor Kenneth K. Law,
First Lady, LaWanda Law
and the New Birth Savannah
Family extends to the sur
rounding region, counties
and cities an invitation, to
come and worship with us as
we celebrate the New Year
on Thursday, December 31st.
Doors open at 9PM and
Worship Service begins at
9:30PM.
We look forward to
having you join us during
this special time of celebra
tion, as we Move Forward
and Move Higher in God into
2010.
New Birth Savannah is
located in Pooler at 118
Pipemakers Circle, Suites
202-205.
For more information
contact the office of New
Birth Savannah at (912)748-
2969 or email newbirthsa-
vannah@gmail.com
Bethel Missionary to Celebrate
207th Anniversary
Bethel Missionary
Baptist Church of Savannah,
Inc., 5863 Ogeechee Road, is
preparing to celebrate its
2007th Anniversary.
In January of 1803,
Rev. Henry Francis was
installed as minister of
Ogeechee African Baptist
Church. This church was
placed on the Ogeechee to
accommodate slaves on the
plantations along the
Ogeechee River. Ogeechee
African Baptist Church
became Great Ogeechee
Church and now stands as
Bethel Missionary Baptist
Church of Savannah, Inc,
Pastor Jerome Wm.
Baker and the Bethel Family
ask that you come and join us
as we pay tribute to God for
blessing us two hundred
seven years. How great is our
God? Who through many
generations both slaves and
free, is still blessing the foun
dation of our place of wor
ship.
This historic event will
begin on January 4th - 8th,
2010 at 7:30 p.m. nightly and
will culminate on Sunday,
January 10th, 2010 at 5 p.m.
Our prayer is to
have the entire Coastal
Empire help us celebrate the
goodness of our God, for the
preservation of Bethel.
Jerome William Baker,
Pastor.
Tiana Thornton Delivers
Initial Sermon
Tiana Thornton is pictured with Pastor Hal
McKinley, Sr.
On Sunday, December
27, Miss Tiana Lanaye
Thornton delivered her trial
sermon Trinity Foundation
Missionary Baptist Church.
Tiana was born
October 3, 2002 to proud
parents, Minister Torrence L.
Thornton, and Miss Abby
Douse in Savannah, Georgia.
She is a first grade honor roll
student at Bartow
Elementary School, and par
ticipates in the Magnet
Program.
As a member of Trinity
Foundation Missionary
Baptist Church, Tiana is an
active Sunday School stu
dent, a member of the
Angelic Choir, and a member
of the Divinity Ministry,
under the leadership of
Pastor Hal P. McKinley.
Tiana is the grand
daughter of Deaconess
Saralyn Truedell, Ms. Cheryl
Douse and Mr. Bernard
Daise. She is the great-
granddaughter of Mother
Rosa Truedell and Mother
Margaret Jones. She is also
blessed to have a great-great-
grandmother, Mrs. Sadie B.
Wright of Hartford,
Connecticut.
Tiana's early call to the
ministry is not surprising!
Her lineage of gospel min
istry extends back to her
great-great-grandfather, the
late Rev. Lawrence
Washington, who pastored
the Fifth Street Baptist
Church here in Savannah
from 1963-1967; and her
father, Minister Torrence L.
Thornton, who also serves in
the Divinity Ministry here at
Trinity Foundation.
One of Tiana's absolute
favorite songs, "The
Shepherd Song" describes
best how she wants to lead
her life..Jesus is her shep
herd, and she wants to follow
Him!