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Jan. 22 Presidential Inauguration Prayer Vigil A multi-faith prayer vigil will be held Sunday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. at Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, in light of the presidential inauguration. This vigil joins similar vigils organized around the U.S. within the first 100 hours of the inauguration through a coalition of organizations, including Interfaith Power & Light and GreenFaith. This 40-minute gathering will include song, sacred text, silence, and prayers for the new administration. It will also include prayers for the courage and persistence of each of us as citizens to continue the work for change in the areas of climate change, racial justice, sustainable energy policy, economic justice, immigrant rights, LGBT rights, and the dignity of all faith traditions.
Jan. 22 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of WinstonSalem UUFWS will have worship service, 10:30 a.m., The Rev. David Calhoun, the Sabbatical Support Minister, will speak on “Why I Love Atheists.” At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Ken Ostberg will review “God’s Bankers,” by Gerald Posner. At Explorations, 9:15 a.m., Dr. Gloria Fitzgerald will speak on “History Hurts: Necessity and the Longing for Redemption.” For more details, see UUFWS.org.
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MLK Noon Hour Commemoration celebrates its 37th year
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
The newly freed Kalvin Michael Smith is overcome with emotion as Bishop Todd Fulton speaks about his wrongful conviction at the Noon Hour Commemoration.
Photo by Timothy Ramsey
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Noon Hour Commemoration has been a staple in the WinstonSalem community for nearly four decades. The theme for this year’s event was “When evil men plot, good men must plan...” Event coordinator Mutter D. Evans says she
Johnson put the first commemoration together in just two days. She says she wanted to put together a public cel-
Bishop Fulton ebration for Dr. King because there were none being done in the city at the See 37th year on B6
February 2 Temple Emanuel TEEM movies presents “Just Eat It” from 7 to 9 p.m. Speakers will include Robert Schwartz, MD of the Moore Food Pantry and Marcus Hill of the Forsyth Community Food Consortium. For more details, contact Gayle Tuch at 336-766-2767. Ongoing
4th Thursday Worship at Winston-Salem Rescue Mission The Evangelism Ministry of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church located at 1905 N. Jackson Ave. will worship the 4th Thursday of the month at the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission at 7 p.m. Pilgrim Rest’s pastor is Paul W. Hart.
2nd Saturday Food, clothes available Every second Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance Inc. invites anyone who is in need of food and clothes. The food pantry and clothes closet is at 4951 Manning St. Direct all questions to Missionary Tammy Orr at 336-744-3012. 2nd, 4th and 4th Saturdays Community clothes closet The St. James Community Clothes Closet opens at 10 a.m. the 2nd, 4th and 5th Saturday of each month. St. James is located at the corner of Patterson Avenue and 15th Street across from the U.S. Post Office. For more information, contact Myrna Williams, coordinator, at 336-923-5881 or 410-2453306. Clothing donations and accessories accepted. Every Wednesday Medicaid and Medicare Discussion St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 810 Highland Ave., will hold a series of panel discussions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. beginning on Nov. 30. The discussions will discuss funeral arrangements, extended living arrangements along with Medicaid and Medicare.
Sundays and Wednesdays Clothes closet The Ambassador Cathedral Clothes Closet will be open on Sundays from noon to 2 p.m., and Wednesdays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at 1500 Harriet Tubman Drive. Free to the public. For more information, call 336-725-0901. 4th Tuesday Providing hope through teaching Join Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance Inc., from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Bethesda Center, 930 North Patterson Ave., where we provide hope through teaching and preaching presented by Calvary Hill’s ministerial staff. For more information contact the church at 336-744-3012.
Food program First Baptist Church Children’s Center, 501 West Fifth St., is participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be available at no separate charge to enrolled participants. Children who are TANF recipients or who are members of SNAP or FDPIR households or are Head Start participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. Adult participants who are members of food stamp or FDPIR households or who are SSI or Medicaid participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. For more information, call 336-7237071. Tuesdays Men Helping Men Be Men All men young and old are invited to fellowship with Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance Inc., 4951 Manning St., during Men Helping Men Be Men every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, contact 336-744-3012.
GospelFest reminds audience about the need for God
Wake Forest University Gospel Choir performs at GospelFest on Jan. 15.
Photos by Bridget Elam
BY BRIDGET ELAM FOR THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forrest University (WFU) promoted its annual GospelFest celebration as part of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday offerings. The concert was held on Jan. 15. It featured the Wake Forest University Gospel Choir and gospelrecording artist Kierra “KiKi” Sheard. The Wake Forest University Gospel Choir rendered two selections: “In the Sanctuary” and a lively rendition of “Do Not Pass Me By.” The WFU Gospel Choir was founded in March 1975 and
continues to focus on community service efforts. It has sung in front of Hilary Clinton and Michelle Obama. Emceed by Michaiah Hines, a secondyear divinity student at WFU, the concert displayed a common theme: This world’s need of God and our dependence on Him. Sheard began her performance with her hit song “You Are” and then belted out a melody of her most popular hits. She even sang a crowd favorite, “You Brought the Sunshine,” that was originally recorded by the Clark Sisters, a gospel group
Gospel star Kierra "KiKi" Sheard performs Jan. 15 at the GospelFest in Brendle Recital Hall at Wake Forest University.
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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
The Greater Tabernacle Worship Center located at 1410 Attucks St. in Winston-Salem is celebrating its 34th anniversary this month. On Jan. 28, senior pastor Apostle B.J. McCloud will also celebrate her birthday which is also the founding day of the church, so that day is twice as special for her. The guest speaker for Sunday night’s service was Bishop Jeannette
Apostle B.J. McCloud
loaded month that will include guest speakers for the next two Sundays. McCloud said she feels so blessed to have been able to stay around long enough to be able to celebrate 34 years as a congregation. Her late husband A.W. McCloud was the founder of the church. When he passed, she stepped right into the role of senior pastor and has done so for the past 17 years. “God has been so good to us and
Praise God the Creator
Lesson Scripture: Psalm 104: 1-4, 24-30
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creator is to be praised rather than the creation. He is worthy who created By the end of this light and wrapped Himself Elder lesson, we will in it, the God who created Richard Wayne heavens and stretched * Understand that them over all the earth Wood God’s wisdom is better (verse 2). He is present for us than our own. everywhere in the water, * Honor God by Sunday in the sky and in the wind working to preserve the School Lesson that blows over the earth world’s magnificent natural diversity. (verse 3). He created angels to minister His Background: The judgments (verse 4) (see time for this psalm is Heb 1:7). Verses 24-30 unknown, but the place are an account of God’s is Palestine. The psalm has a correlation to the creation providence, upon which life itself depends. The number story in Genesis. It focuses on God’s handiwork and the of creatures on earth is impossible to know. New creaintelligence of God as creator. tures insects, plants, sea life are discovered daily (verses 25-26). With all that God has created, He keeps everyLesson: Psalm 104 first four verses are an introductoSee Lesson on B6 ry self-exhortation of praise. God is a great creator and the