Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1998 — Page 9
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The Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Pay
dinner survives 25 years
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By SYLVIA JOHNSON needed to successfully provide in the past, and this year was no Recorder correspondent dinner for over 25,000 individu- different. als exceeds $30,000. “We’ve asked for volunteers The late Rev. Mozel Sanders The MSF set forth a commu- todssist in packaging, preparing, began feeding small, hungry nity wide effort to gain financial delivering and serving dinners in groups inside his church on support. The effort was a sue- /Tech High School, as well as in Thanksgiving 1973. cess. / our satellite locations,” said Rev. Now, 25 years later, the Mozel The MSF is within reach of / Sanders. “There was such a large Sanders Foundation (MSF) the extra $24,000 they needed, volume in persons interested in continues the legacy by feeding thanks to the efforts of the / volunteering, that volunteer^/ over 25,000 people each Thanks- community, churches, individu- registration has reached ^ giving Day. als and organizations. r * imit ”
The MSF is a not-for-profit “We are thankful that the community has allowed my that persons still, father’s legacy to grbw strong for volunteer enteTA
the last 25 years,” said Rev. High School, 1500 E. Michigan
Roosevelt Sanders, head of the Street, on either Wednesday,-
MSF and son of the late Mozel November 25 between the hours Sanders. / / and 11 p.m., or Thurs-
, November 26 between the
organization that directs the annual dinner and provides outreach services and programs
for the community.
Recently, the Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Day Dinner Committee was concerned that only $6,000 was remaining in their bank account from last year’s dinner. The amount
ISF is now/risquestinj As still .willing to enterArsenal Tech
November of 6'p.m. at
The Mozel Sanders Thanks- j&y, Noven
giving Day Dimer has witness®)' horn's of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. a strong outpouring of voluntem Included in the community from the Indianapolis comnfunity wide fund-raising effort, are the
sweatshirts are available in Mack
and silver for $15 and $18. Tickets for the Third Annual Recognition Breakfast are also
available. A donation of $15 per person or $120 per table of eight
is requested for this event The breakfast is aimed to
Al Green gets pn-line
By Margaret
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Al Green gets on-line: Singer and pastor Al Green is keeping up
honor a few of the great commu- with the rimes as he just laundmd nity leaders that have assisted the www41lgreen.com. I«
Rev. Mozel Bandars sale of commemorative Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Day Dinner sweatshirts. The
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MSF over the years. The Third Annual Mozel
Sanders Recognition Breakfast was scheduled for Tuesday, November 24 at Metro Church,
5318 E. 42nd Street
Honorees include WTHR Channel 13, Eastern Star Baptist Church, The Department of Corrections and Joe Slash of Indianapolis Power & Light. Tickets are available at Indiana Black Expo, 3145 N. Meridian.
The site opened np in a big on Nov. 13, with a live performance from the Haiti Rock Cafe in
New York,
The site features biograpiqrma-' terials, tour infqnnatioii. song samples, and a discography. Be-,« sides this. Green who is of peaibr the Memphis-based Full Gospel. Tabernacle, will post audio and text versions of Ms sermons. , , * The singer founded te chuipM in 1976, and has been its full-time
Rev. Truevine
By Rev. Charles Tripp Sr.
WHEN EQUALS
50th wedding anniversary Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Bernard Girton Sr. (Pastor and First Lady of Christ Missionary Baptist Church), commemorated fifty years of marriage on Nov. 14, in the Allison Ballroom of the Omni Hotel. The blissful couple cslsbratsd their love for one another wttharsnswal of vows ceremony the next day at the Christ Missionary Baptist Church.
Outstanding civic leaders The Crossroads of America Council and Boy Scout of America honoi arl three outatanfllnfi civic leaders at their annual fundraiser. s seas ss#s ^pwb ee ss spws s^pswss saass sag ups w pup s^^^waa^ps ^a« as s™ pppp pppp ^bp^^^vp • (I to r) Robert D. Treadwell Jr n received the Spirit of Scouting Anwrti Bishop T. Garrett Ben)amin Jr. wee the "ThtoloYourUh’’
Jr. Service Award.
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reach out to others. Today, a.
site is one of those places. But it’s always been like that If
people come to hear me because I’m singing ’Take Me To The River” or “Love and Happiness,” that’s alright, as long as I also give them an opportunity to leave with
Bridges of respect
Neither the Black church within diversity. _ you are all one in Christ nor the white church is a single I have found the most pro- Jesus.” monolithic entity. There are ' found operative truth in any' The chasm that divides portions of each that do not and dialogue involving church and races from races, people from will not enter into dialogue race to be - Is it a dialogue people, and churches from with one another. Thus, we between equals? churches are filled with raging have Black churches that do Unfortunately, In instances troubled waters. There are not dialogue with each other where worth and accessibility are political, economic, and and white churches that do not measured by economic where- cultural realities that cannot be talk to one another either. withal and educational attain- ignored if the church is to enter Consequently, at any given ment, the dialogue operates into a fruitful self-examining time, what we have are some around the same power centers as dialogue. It is both wise and black churches and some white secular society. In what context right that we become bridge churches having a sometime then can we speak as equals? builders for God. We must dialogue about some tMngs Perhaps it is suggested in the have the courage to build spans that matter to die Church of words of Galatians 3:28, There over any chasm that divides Jesus Christ all of the time. is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave His people, however treacherThere are, therefore, diversities nor free, male nor female, for ous the waters below. r. s Mcodtra arm cmcottmgcd to retpomti, tend httcra, commcmtt, eta to Kcu. Tmtvine, c/o Xtv. Cbarimt THpp, Great Light Church, mow located at IlOO W. 42md Street
The ‘price’ of Haste
listeners are extended an invitation to commit their lives to Jesus ChrisL Green, who has issued more than 25 albums, is currently sighed to The Right Stuff label His latest release is 1998’s “More Greatest Hits.” " . »I* MLi * X S»^ <v " \ “ * ’ V i $ Her Name Is Love: Finally, th? woman whose voice the New Yorit Times said “is as embedded in the history of rock ’n* roll as BtIq
lyrics” tells her story in the book, “My Name Is Love,” published by
William Morrow.
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Right out ofhigh school, Dwiene Love began singing lead vocals fM legendary producer Phil Specter, cutting suchclassic hits as the number one— “He’s a Rebel,” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” and “He’s Sure the
Boy I Love.”
As part of the giri group Blossoms, she held a regular on television’s “Shindig," and Bob B.SoxxA the Blue Jea toured die country. She also how she found herself houses in Beverly Hills, heard self on the radio, and
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roles in all four “Lethal movies, starring roles on way, and headlining pearances worldwide. “MyNamelsLove’ the-scenes showbiz m also the inspiring story of a who refused to give op. also celebrating die first gospel afimm. Love,” produced by
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Reverend Dr. Frederick K. C. Price, a Los Now I’m not here to tell you to leave or not to Angeles, C A based African-Amencan telc-e van- |e a ve. ..that is not the question. I just want you to geusi ioki vn congrcgauon uw. be awarfc of the choices you hftve to ra&te, if you “I have been distuibed over several years at make that choice to go to Islam. Iwantyoutobe the migration of many Black males into die so that you can a
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ity as having ben and to the white man’s You may makeadecisionom of emotion. Rehgion.and so they have been encouraged to may mate .decision out of feeling Hke you I thnit that Islam is the rekgioo of the Black man. ben betrayed by the church, etc., but you w And so they have ben leaving or some have left, be able to make a valid inteiligait decision and dm some are in the valley of decision trying om having all of the Mcts. So what I want
to decide whatto do. They have seen the hypoc- md my purpose risy and die racism that has ben perpetrated fay present to you b
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