THE DOVE FEBRUARY 2018

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1 THE DOVE FEBRUARY 2018 Salem Baptist District Association Dr. Carsie E. Barnes, III - Moderator A Word From The Moderator... Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Saior, I look forward to seeing you at our February Monthly Session at St. Titus One Baptist Church A detailed schedule for the week is listed below. This month the Congress Session will feature a Black History Bowl. Each church is encouraged to reiew the questions and hae at least one team to participate. It s a lot of fun and a great way to remember our Black History. In His Care, Moderator Carsie E. Barnes Moderator Carsie E. Barnes, III SALEM BAPTIST DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MONTHLY SESSION FEBRUARY 19 21, 2017 Host: St. Titus One Baptist Church South Emerald Aenue Chicago Dr. Michael Jones I Pastor MONDAY 7:00 pm Auxiliary Meetings 8:00 pm Worship Experience Reerend Paul Sims Redeeming Grace Ministries Preacher TUESDAY 7:00 pm Congress Session Black History Bowl WEDNESDAY 9:30 am Parent Body Session Woman s Auxiliary Session 11:30 am Worship Experience Reerend Rogers Jackson Emmanuel Baptist Church Preacher 7:00 pm Young People s Session The Doe is a monthly publication of the Salem Baptist District Association. All materials to be submitted for publication are due by the 1st of each month. Articles/information should be submitted electronically to gotsomeinfo121@gmail.com. Please note that all articles are subject to the approal of Moderator Carsie E. Barnes, III. A District Moing In A More Excellent Way 2018 Emphasis: A District With Expectation Isaiah 40:28-31 Hae you not known? Hae you not heard? The eerlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gies power to the weak, And to those who hae no might He increases strength. Een the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Dr. Floyd D. James Moderator-At-Large Dr. Reginald E. Bachus 1st Vice Moderator Dr. Charles E. Gordon 2nd Vice Moderator Reerend Clifford Spears 3rd Vice Moderator Reerend Stanley Miller 4th Vice Moderator Ms. Sandra Tappin Hampton General Secretary The District That Adocates Peace 6951 South Stewart Aenue Chicago, IL salembda.org sbdageneralsec@gmail.com

2 WOMAN S AUXILIARY Salem Baptist District Association Woman s Auxiliary PRESENTS THE Marian O Kelly Turner 32 nd Annual Local President s March Saturday, March 10, am M. B. Church 8401 South Ashland Aenue Chicago, IL Re. Dr. William H. Foster, Jr., Pastor Theme: In My Father s House Are Many Mansions... John 14:2, 3 Speaker: Dr. LaRue F. Kidd Pastor, True Light Church Baptist Sister Lytese T. DuBois Coordinator of President s March Dr. Cora Suddoth-Gore Woman s Auxiliary President Dr. Carsie E. Barnes, III Moderator The Woman s Auxiliary Annual Local Missionary President s March Fundraiser will be held March 10, 2018 at 10:00 am. at Proidence M. B. Church, 8401 South Ashland Aenue, Chicago, IL 60620, Dr. William H. Foster, Host Pastor. Our Guest Speaker will be - Dr. LaRue F. Kidd, Pastor of the True Light Church Baptist. Local Missionary President s are expected to: Be in attendance at our Program Marian O. Turner Annual President s March on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 10a.m. Apparel of the day will be white Participate in a short skit on In My Father s House Are Many Mansions... (we will hae one rehearsal at our District s February meeting on Wednesday) The President that raises the highest amount oer $300 will be crowned Queen Our Queen will represent our District at the Baptist General State Conention If you do not hae a Mission President, we can use the President of the Woman s Ministry/Daughters Ministry/ Mother s Ministry/Representatie from the Church (we want to include eerybody) For any questions you might hae, please feel free to contact Vice President Lytese T. DuBois at CONGRESS DEPARTMENT 2018 Oratorical CONTEST In preparation for the National Oratorical Contest, the Salem Baptist District Association encourages all high school seniors scheduled to graduate in June 2018 to participate in the Salem Baptist District Association Oratorical Contest to be held March 20, The Oratorical Contest proides young people with an opportunity to deelop and receie recognition for their public speaking skills. Contestants are judged based on a set of criteria that measure their demonstration of intellectual thinking and positie expression in an original written and oral presentation of the annual theme. College scholarships are awarded to the contestants with the highest scores at the district, state and national leel The National Oratorical Contest is held annually during the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education Annual Session. The theme for the 2018 Contest is: ENVISIONING THE FUTURE EXCEPTIONALLY AS WE LEAD DISCIPLES FOR CHRIST. Scripture references include Proerbs 29:18; Matthew 10:1; Romans 12:4; I Corinthians 12:17 and Ephesians 4:11. Each church is encouraged to hae at least one high school student from their congregation participate in this Contest. It is a wonderful opportunity for them to practice their oration skills and to receie scholarship funds that can be used to help them attain their education dreams. Please contact Janet D. Jamieson, Oratorical Dean [gotsomeinfo121@gmail.com] or Reerend Sott Onque, Congress President [pastoronque@aol.com] with any questions and to share your contestant s name. Salem... A District With Expectation

3 SALEM DOVE FEBRUARY 2018 YOUNG PEOPLE S DEPARTMENT NURSES AUXILIARY Baptist General State Conention Nurses Health Unit 33rd Annual Black Awards Banquet Saturday, February 17, :00 pm Saturday, February 17, :00 pm DoubleTree Hilton 10 Brickyard Drie Bloomington, IL Ticket Donation: $45.00 Ticket Donation $45.00 DoubleTree by Hilton 10 Brickyard Drie Bloomington, IL Sister Morinda Morehead, Nurses President Dr. William H. Foster, Jr., Conention President Sister Morinda Morehead, President Dr. William H. Foster, Jr., Conention President The Young People s Department Word of the Month is REJOICE. Please come prepared to recite a Bible erse relating to REJOICE and to display your Bibles during the monthly attendance count. Because February is Black History Month, each church is asked to come prepared to present a Black History Presentation. Sister Jacqueline Childs Youth Director MUSIC AUXILIARY The Music Auxiliary needs your support. If you are interested in joining the Salem Mass Choir, please see Reerend Marlon Winfrey, President or any member of the Choir for more information. Please come lend your oice and make this choir all that GOD would hae it to be. The choir will rehearse on Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm at St. Titus One Baptist Church. All choir members and those interested in joining are asked to please be present. Reerend Marlon Winfrey Music Auxiliary President The Baptist General State Conention Nurses Health Unit will hold their 33rd Annual Black Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm in Bloomington, IL. The Salem District Honorees for this eent will be Dr. Cora J. Suddoth Gore, President, Salem District Woman s Auxiliary and Mr. Carsie E. Barnes, IV, the son of our Moderator. Tickets for this eent are $45.00 and they can be purchased from any member of the Salem District Nurses Auxiliary. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend and support our honorees. Sister Doris Byrd President, Nurses Auxiliary CALLING INTERESTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Are you a high school student in need of community serice hours? Our District General Secretary has a project that could use your support. If you are interested in olunteering to work on a Salem District project and gaining needed community serice hours required for school, please contact Ms. Sandra Tappin-Hampton at sbdageneralsec@gmail.com for details.

4 Please discard the Black History questions that you receied at the district meeting on Tuesday, January 23 and replace them with the attached. If you hae questions, please Dean Carolyn Daidson at African American History Bowl 2018 Grades 1 8 ALL QUESTIONS ARE WORTH 10 POINTS 1. What month is Black History month? February 2. Who is called the Father of Black History Carter G. Woodson 3. What year did Carter G. Woodson start Negro History Week? What are the colors of the African American flag? Red, black & green 5. Who deliered the famous I Hae a Dream Speech? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 6. Benjamin Banneker helped to plan what city? Washington D.C. 7. What song is known as the Black National Anthem? Lift eery oice and sing 8. Who wrote Lift Eery Voice and Sing? James Weldon Johnson 9. What was Phillis Wheatley famous for doing? Writing poems 10. When was her first poem printed? Was she born free or was she a slae? She was a slae 12. True or False. Frederick Douglas was born a freeman. False 13. True or False. Frederick Douglas was taught how to read and write. True 14. How did Frederick Douglas become free? He ran away. 15. What type of business did he own? A newspaper 16. What was the name of the newspaper? The North Star 17. What did he write about in his newspaper? He wrote against slaery. 18. What President did he work with to free the slaes? President Lincoln 19. Was Harriet Tubman born free? No 20. How did Harriet Tubman gain her freedom? She ran away. 21. How did she help other slaes escape? She created the Underground Railroad 22. How many slaes did she help to escape? More than Were the slae owners happy that she helped other slaes? No, they wanted to kill her. 24. How many times did she get caught? She neer got caught. 25. Was George Washington Carer born free? No, he was a slae. 26. He became free after what war? The Ciil War 27. What produce did he use in more than 300 ways? The peanut 28. Who was the first Black woman to become a millionaire? Madame C. J. Walker 29. What did she do to earn her money? Cosmetics and hair products for Black women 30. Who inented a machine to make shoes faster? Jan Ernst Matzeliger

5 31. Who was the first doctor to successfully perform open heart surgery? Daniel Hale Williams 32. What else did he do? He opened the first nursing school for African American women. 33. Who inented the first blood bank? Dr. Charles Drew 34. Who inented the gas mask and traffic signal? Garrett Morgan 35. Who created Kwanzaa? Dr. Maulana Karenga 36. What is the purpose of Kwanzaa? An obserance designed to celebrate African-American heritage. 37. Who started the Motown? Barry Gordy 38. In what city? Detroit, Michigan 39. Who started Ebony magazine? John H. Johnson 40. In what city? Chicago, Illinois 41. Who refused to gie up her seat on the bus? Rosa Parks 46. Why is Muhammad Ali famous? He was a world champion boxer 47. Who are the only African American Sisters to win tennis championships? Venus and Serena Williams 48. Who was the first Black man to play major league baseball? Jackie Robinson 49. Who was the first African American female to sere as U.S. senator. Carol Moseley Braun 50. What state did she represent? Illinois 51. Who was the first African American male to represent Illinois in the U,S. Senate? Senator Barack Obama 52. Who was the first African American to be elected President of the United States? Senator Barack Obama 53. Who was the first African American woman to own her own teleision network? Oprah Winfrey (OWN Oprah Winfrey Network) 54. Robert Johnson was the first African American to own what teleision network? BET (Black Entertainment Teleision) 42. What happened because of her not giing up her seat? It started the Montgomery Bus Boycott 43. How long did the boycott last? One year 44. How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott successful? Black people could sit anywhere on the bus. 45. Cassius Clay changed his name to what? Muhammad Ali

6 Please discard the Black History questions that you receied at the district meeting on Tuesday, January 23 and replace them with the attached. If you hae questions, please Dean Carolyn Daidson at Identify the following acronyms 5 points What do the letters NAACP stand for? National Association for the Adancement of Colored People 5 points What is SNCC? Student Noniolent Coordinating Committee 5 points What is CORE? Congress of Racial Equality 5 points What is SCLC? Southern Christian Leadership Conference 20 points What is the Little Rock Nine? The name gien to nine Black students who were blocked from entering Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. 10 points Who ordered the students to be blocked from entering the school? Goernor Oral Faubus 10 points Who are Viian Malone and James Hood? The first Black students to register at the Uniersity of Alabama 10 points Who tried to physically to preent them from entering? Alabama Goernor George Wallace 10 points Why was the Student Noniolent Coordinating Committee formed? Formed to proide young blacks with a place in the ciil rights moement 20 points Who were the Greensboro Four? Four young black men who staged the first sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina. 10 points Where was the sit-in held? Woolworth Department Store lunch counter. 10 points Why was it called a sit-in? Because they refused to leae when they were denied serice. They sat in all day at the lunch counter 10 points What were the results of their efforts? The protests led to the Woolworth Department Store chain ending its policy of racial segregation in its stores in the South. Black History Bowl 2018 Grades points Who were the Freedom Riders? Oer 1,000 Black and White students who took bus trips through the South to test the new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate trael facilities. 10 points This program was sponsored by whom? CORE and SNCC 20 points What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? A ciil rights group organized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. designed to adance the political and ciils rights for all Americans. 10 points What happened to the three Ciil Rights workers who were helping to register Black Voters in Mississippi? They were ciil rights workers murdered by the KKK 10 points What was the Ciil Rights Act of 1964? A law that prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color religion or national origin. 10 Points Who signed it into law? President Lyndon B. Johnson 10 Points What prize did Dr. Martin Luther King receie in October 1964? The Nobel Peace Prize 10 points Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor? Sidney Poiter 10 points Who was Malcolm X A Black Nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. 20 points When and how did he die? Answered: He was assassinated, February 21, points What happened when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to lead a peaceful demonstration to cross the Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama They were iolently attacked by the State Troopers, who used tear gas, whips and clubs against the marchers. Fifty marchers were hospitalized.

7 10 points What name was gien this tragic day? Bloody Sunday 20 points Did anything positie result from this march? The march was considered the catalyst for pushing through the Voting Rights Act of 1965 fie months later. 20 points What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965? An Act passed by Congress in 1965 making it easier for Southern Blacks to register to ote. 20 points How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 make it easier for Blacks to ote. Literacy test, poll taxes and other requirements that were used to restrict Blacks oting were made illegal. 10 points The phase Black Power was coined by a Ciil Rights fighter, when he made a speech in Seattle, Washington on April 19, 1967 who was he? Stokely Carmichael 10 points Who was the first Black student to enroll at the Uniersity of Mississippi? James Meredith 10 points A riot broke out because of his enrollment. How was he protected? President John F. Kennedy sent 5,000 Federal troops after the rioting broke out. 10 points Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham AL. What famous book did he write from his cell? Letter for Birmingham Jail, which adocated noniolence. 20 points How did Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. die? He was assassinated 20 points When was he assassinated? April 4, points Where was he assassinated? Memphis, Tennessee 20 points Who assassinated him? James Earl Ray 20 points Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice? Justice Thurgood Marshall 10 points He was appointed by whom? President Lyndon Johnson 10 points Who is Stokely Carmichael? A leader of the SNCC. (Student Noniolent Coordinating Committee) 20 points What was the Ciil Rights Act of 1968? An act prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing. 10 points What President signed it into law? President Lyndon Johnson 100 points TOTAL for the following (5) questions Who was the first Black Female U. S. Representatie? Shirley Chisholm When was she elected? Noember 1969 How long did she sere? Noember (14 years) What was her political party? Democrat What state was she representing? New York 10 points Who was the first African American to sere as U.S. Secretary of State? General Colin Powell 10 points Who was the first African American female to win an Oscar for Best Actress? Halle Berry 10 points What was the name of the moie? Monster s Ball 10 points Who is Condoleezza Rice? The first African American female U.S. Secretary of State 10 points Under which president did she sere? President George W. Bush 10 points Who was the 44th President of the United States Senator Barrack Obama 10 points What Democratic Senator from Chicago became the first African American to be nominated for president by a major political party? Senator Barack Obama 10 points On Noember 4, 2008, Senator Obama became the first African American to be elected as President of the United States of America defeating what Republican candidate? Senator John McCain