inspirations
By Minister Mary Edwards “And there was great joy in
that city” (Acts 8:8). Recently I shared my
thoughts about Detroit crying for wine in the streets. My heart was breaking as I looked at all the sad faces. That mes- sage applied to everyone who was experiencing hard times: male, female, Black, White, Christians and non-Chris- tians. In these perilous times, no one is exempt.
Now, I want to especially
address the people of God. If we really want to see this city turn around, (or any city) we must humble ourselves, get on our knees, faces, or how- ever you pray and seek God’s face, then and only then will our land be healed. (2 Chron. 7:14) Church, it’s all about re-
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pentance. There you have it. Straight. No chaser.
People of God, we must
bind the strong man. Ask God for understanding. He will give it to you. Start with this Scrip-
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE How to have great joy
ture: Matthew 12:29: “Or else
how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house.”
I will have more to say about
this in coming weeks. If you want to join me in binding the strong man, e-mail or call me. Info below. God bless you.
Minister Mary Edwards is
a former family life counselor at Joy of Jesus Ministries in Detroit. She currently serves widows in her Widows With Wisdom organization: www.
widowswithwisdom.org. She also is a book coach and editor: www.leavesofgold-
consulting.com. She can be reached at (313) 330-4490 or
edwardsmd@sbcglobal.net.
Victory Temple Baptist Church of Christ holding services
Victory Temple Baptist
Church of Christ cordially invites you to join them on Sunday, June 20, at their 10 a.m. morning service. Sister Carrie Armstrong and her com- mittee will present a Father’s Day musical tribute that will bring praise to the Lord. Also, we will be featuring youth praising the Lord in dance.
On June 13, we held our
annual Youth Day. Sister Diane Gaddis and Sister Tenae Thornton planned the day. The speaker was Deacon Dennis
Church revival, P job fairastor Prophet Cedric
Banks and co-pastor Donetta Banks of Heart of Jesus Inter- national Deliverance Church have been hosting a combina- tion revival and job fair.
The goal of the revival is to
empower and impact the com- munity with jobs, prophecy, preaching and teaching, finan- cial stability and much more.
Service times and dates are
Sunday, 3-6 p.m., and Tues- day, 7-9 p.m., at 15570 Toep- fer, Eastpointe; and Thursday and Friday, 7-9 p.m., at 111 E. Kirby, inside the International Building.
All events are free and
open to the public. Attendees can meet with both for-profit and non-profit vendors after service at 8:30 on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The revival runs through
2010. Call
(586) 222-6307 for
more information or visit
www.heartofjesusidc.com.
Candlelight service
Enduring Memories Head-
stone Monument Co. will present “Love, Hope and Heal- ing Together,” a candlelight service of remembrance on Thursday, June 24, at Farwell Field, W. Eight Mile Rd., next to the Light Guard Armory, on the corner of Fenelon, from 6 to 7 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
SVS Vision offers free eye care to students
Routine eye exams can
detect vision problems, eye disease and general health problems including diabetes before you are aware a problem exists. This is why SVS Vision Optical Centers has partnered with Transitions Optical and VSP Vision Care to help protect the eye health and wellness of students served by Boys Hope Girls Hope of Detroit.
Students who have been
pre-selected by Boys Hope Girls Hope will receive free eye exams by SVS Vision doctors of optometry and then select free eyeglasses with Tran- sition lenses. They will be tested and fitted for the from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, June 17-18.
SVS Vision will also donate
$1 for every pair of Transitions lenses sold in each of its 53 lo- cations on June 17 and 18 to Boys Hope Girls Hope of De- troit.
For more information on
the Boys Hope Girls Hope, visit
www.boyshopegirlshope. org.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Prayer - 6:00 p.m. /Workshop – 7:00 p.m.
Workshop: I Have a Friend That Struggles with Addiction Instructor: Pastor Harvey Carey, Citadel of Faith
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Prayer - 6:00 p.m. /Workshop – 7:00 p.m.
Workshop: Standing TallWith God When Failure Knocks You Down Instructor: Pastor Donald Hudson, Umoja Christian Church
Friday, June 18, 2010
Dinner - 4:30 p.m. /Workshop – 6:00 p.m. Workshop: Being a Man in Today’sWorld
Instructor: Pastor E. L. Branch, Third New Hope Baptist Church WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Guest Soloists: Rev. Roger Hunt and Bro. Dwayne Brown Friday, June 18, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 19, 2010 – 9:00 a.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010 – ANNUAL MEN’S DAY 7:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Worship Services
Theme: ChristianMen: Praising Our Promise Keeping God
Guest Preacher: Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram Presiding Prelate - 10th Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Dr. Wilma J. Thornton- Davis
R. C. Thornton of Mt. Hebron Baptist Church. Their theme was “Dare to be different.”
Victory Temple Baptist
Church of Christ holds servic- es at the Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers, lower level, suite 6. All are welcome. Sunday School takes place from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Morn- ing worship is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The pastor is Rev. Dr. Wilma J. Thornton-Davis.
For more information, call (248) 987-4106.
Church hosting health fair
Motivational Family &
Friends Circle has joined ven- tures with God’s Holy Temple Church to present a free com- munity health fair at God’s Holy Temple Church, 50 W. McNichols (between Wood- ward & John R).
Everyone is invited, includ-
ing children from birth to 18, seniors, expectant mothers, the uninsured, and no to low income individuals. Many ser- vices are being offered, includ-
ing diabetes screening, hyper- tension screening, nutritious planning, my child insurance, lead testing, senior insurance and senior care, low cost pre- scription applications, STD/ HIV screening, glucose screen- ing, adult services, and many other resources and other re- ferral services.
For more information, con-
tact Sylvia Roland at (313) 673–1338 or Sonya Childs at (313) 492–8164
June 16-22, 2010
Page B-8 Your money or your child
By Derek Smith 3 John 1:4, “I have no
greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
For all the pontificating by
the so-called experts concern- ing the remedy for all that ails Detroit – and every other big or medium sized metropolis in these United States – one major criterion for a peaceful and thriving society consis- tently goes without mention.
While balanced budgets,
abundant employment, effec- tive policing and quality edu- cation have their rightful place in the discourse of bettering our society, the lack of impas- sioned advocacy for the em- powerment of God-quality par- enting is so often overlooked.
Now this isn’t to say there
aren’t many excellent parents out there because there cer- tainly are. Nevertheless, the truth that lurks behind the 800 pound elephant no one wants to mention is that ineffective parenting is having a systemi- cally detrimental impact on every area of our society.
When asked about the root
cause of why they’ve wound up on the wrong side of the law,
juvenile delinquents
and hardened criminals alike don’t often mention budgets,
that after pouring all of their energy into feeding the indus- trial machine called capitalism — working two menial jobs or 60 hours a week on one just to make ends meet — parents have little left of themselves to offer their children.
It’s
no wonder many children are angry. They feel abandoned.
If we’re to take back our so-
ciety, adults must be encour- aged to refrain from having children until they’re mature enough to raise them, and taught to take more seriously their responsibility to train them up once they have. And corporate America must wrest itself
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books or jobs. Most hearken to broken homes, indifferent parents and an absence of someone to say – and more importantly show – that they love them as the underly- ing reason they’ve become a blight on society. This is as much society’s fault as the in- dividual parents.
On the one hand are too
many parents trying to “be all they can be,” not realizing that once they create a child it stops being all about them. On the other hand is a capitalistic so- ciety that puts corporate prof- its so far above everything else
from its idolatrous,
profit driven frenzy that forces parents to choose between a decent paycheck and quality time with their children. If we don’t get our priorities in line with God’s and begin pouring more of ourselves into our children, all the balanced bud- gets, plentiful jobs and qual- ity schools in the world won’t matter one bit.
Derek Smith is a Chris-
tian freelance writer, author, speaker and columnist. He can be reached at divine.
connection@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 312296, Detroit, MI 48231.
Community meeting The United Citizens of Amer-
ica will hold their first com- munity meeting on Saturday, June 19, at Soul Harvest Min- istries, 16300 Woodward Ave. (north of Six Mile Rd.) in High- land Park, starting at 4 p.m.
come together
The United Citizens will to share
the next steps they are tak- ing towards crime reduction and plans for a safer commu- nity.
Also provided will be an
update on the 50,000 “Thou Shall Not Kill” campaign post- ers, volunteer sign-ups, strate- gic safety plans for the neigh-
June is National
Black Music Month
MEN OF GOD “24/7” CONFERENCE New ProspectMissionary Baptist Church 6330 Pembroke * Detroit, MI
Rev. Dr. Wilma R. Johnson, Senior Pastor
borhoods and more. This meeting is free and
open to the community. Par- ticipants are encouraged to arrive ten minutes early.
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