02.03.2023
The Great Steele Hill African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Rev. Sandra Sistare, Pastor
Lancaster, SC
Hello Members and Friends
Celebrating Black History Month
Steele Hill Goes Blue
Black poems are inextricably linked to the experience of African Americans through their history in America, from slavery to segregation and the equal rights movement.
Whispers in a Country Church.
Who’s that dark woman
Sittin’ next to the preacher
Eyeing at his feet?
Lord, look at her.
Red hat.
Flowers.
Perfume you can smell from here.
Look. Making a move.
Asking for water.
Clumsy thing–
All over his Brand new shoes.
Just what she wanted.
Bending down that way,
Wonder that dress don’t split.
Pretty hair though.
Got to give her that.
by Alvin Aubert.
Alvin Aubert
b. 1930
Poet Alvin Aubert was born in Lutcher, Louisiana, in 1930. He left school early and worked until joining the U.S. Army in 1947. He earned his GED, progressed to the rank of master sergeant, and started reading poetry seriously. Aubert earned a BA from Southern University in Baton Rouge and an MA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he was a Woodrow Wilson National Fellow. He pursued postgraduate work at the University of Illinois.
Aubert is the author of the poetry collections Against the Blues (1972), Feeling Through (1975), A Noisesome Music (1979), South Louisiana: New and Selected Poems (1985), If Winter Come: Collected Poems 1967–1992 (1994), and Harlem Wrestler and Other Poems (1995). His poetry draws on his personal experience of growing up in a small Mississippi River town as well as his interest in African American cultural figures.
A career in teaching took Aubert back to Southern University, where he taught for ten years, to SUNY Fredonia and then to Wayne State University in Michigan, where he was professor and director of the Center for Black Studies as well as chair of Africana Studies. In 1975, he founded the journal Obsidian: Black Literature in Review, which was an early forum for African American literature and literary criticism.
Auberts’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Callaloo Award, and the Xavier Activist for the Humanities Award.
Dr. Rosa Lee (Rose) Williams
Service
Saturday, February 4
Visitation/Viewing: 10 - 10:30 AM
Service - 10:30 AM
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
422 Carolina Avenue
Shelby, NC 28159
Entombment: Sunset Cemetery
412 W Sumter Street
Shelby, NC 28150
The service will be live-streamed starting at 10:15 AM from Enloe Mortuary’s Facebook page.
Sunday January 29, 2023
5th Sunday Worship - 10:40 AM
As the world turns
Guest Preacher: Rev. Carolyn Wilson
Associate Minister
Mt. Nebo A.M.E. Zion Church
Lancaster, SC 29720
Scripture: 2nd Timothy 3:1-5
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
3 But know this, that in the last days [a]perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, [b]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Watch Service
February 11
9:30 AM
Lancaster District
First Mass Meeting
North Corner A.M.E. Zion Church
Mass Meeting, Stoling, Communion
February 5
9:45 AM
Sunday School (Adult Lesson)
God's Call and Its Responsibilities
General Lesson Title: Not Many Elite Called
Adult Topic: Wisdom and Foolishness
Devotional Scripture: Psalm 25: 1-15
Background Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31
Home Daily Reading
Friday, February 3, 2023
2 Samuel 7: 18-29
Saturday, February 4, 2023
1 Corinthians 1: 18-24
Sunday, February 5, 2023
1 Corinthians 1:25-31
God of Grace and God of Glory
Sunday worship
10:40 AM
Congratulations
trevor and mariah Foreman
February 3 Tyesha Tyson
February 6 Domeica White
February 8 Wilma Hood
February 8 Tia Johnson
Please consider joining the Media Ministry as we work to expand the impact of Steele Hill A.M.E. Zion Church thru technology. Each of us have talents and gifts. Working together, we can do great things! Areas of focus include:
- Sunday Worship Technology Team. Ideally, we would like to have 2 teams of 3-4 people. (so that no one has to work every Sunday) We will have training and ongoing support of the new equipment,
- Update our Member and Friends Database. We cannot connect unless we have member's and friend's current and correct contact information,
- Create a church Logo, tagline and hashtag (#) - (The Hill, The Thrill on The Hill, etc.),
- Update Church Website,
- Support Ministries in promoting programs and events,
- Visitor Communications,
- Other Ideas and Suggestions
Please contact Fred by Sunday, February 5 with any questions or level/area of interests. Some of these items are project based, not ongoing. Also, please keep in mind, that there will be some things that can be done remotely. Thank You!
A Making History moment
It takes a ton of innovation to fit the power of an HBCU marching band AND the richness of gospel tradition onto an album
When the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 65th Grammy Awards, Tennessee State University appeared on the list two times.
According to AP news, the first nomination is for the marching band’s album The Urban Hymnal in the Best Roots Gospel Album category. The Urban Hymnal is a lively 10-song gospel album featuring gospel music powerhouses such as Jekalyn Carr, Fred Hammond and Kierra Sheard.
The Aristocrat of Bands received a second Grammy nomination for their collaboration on a spoken word single with artist J Ivy.
Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands is the first collegiate band in history to earn a Grammy nomination. Dr. Reginald McDonald, director of bands, said the nominations are a huge accomplishment for the university. (blackenterprise.com)
The marching bands of Historically Black Colleges and Universities long ago established a reputation for putting on stunning shows at football games. Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of bands was the first of them to appear on television in the ‘50s. And now it’s become the first to unite the traditions of HBCU bands and gospel music on a studio album.
I think what makes it different, historic and important is that it’s a marching band doing gospel. And doing gospel roots can look spiritual, but also historic because you’re picking up the legacy, the songs that carry your ancestors from cotton fields to, you know, to where they are now
Gospel had a subtle influence on the (Aristocrat of Bands) AOB already. There’s a fight song that shares a melody with an old hymn, and some of the students have used their talents in church. (wnxp.org)
Tennessee State University's marching band teamed up with some of gospel's biggest stars to create a soulful sound on its debut album, "The Urban Hymnal." The band submitted its music for Grammy consideration and was nominated, making them the first collegiate marching band to compete for Best Roots Gospel Album.
The Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album has been an award category at the annual Grammy Awards since 2015.
The award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014.[1]
According to NARAS, the award was introduced to "provide a category for traditional Southern gospel and other "roots" gospel albums as both a protector of the heritage of this music and an acknowledgement of the growing interest and support of these genres."
The Grammys will take place on February 5, 2023, at Cypto.com arena in Los Angeles.
Listen: Jesus Loves Me
Listen: Blessings on Blessings
Listen: Alright with John P. Kee
In The Community
Caution
Please be aware to check the gas pump handle before using it. In Forest City, North Carolina, it was discovered that someone had placed razor blades on the pump handle which could have caused someone to get severally cut had they grabbed the pump handle without checking it first. So please inspect the pumps before use to avoid this happening to you.
Sgt. Bill Murphy, LCSO
Lancaster County Sheriff Office
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Thank You For Reading
Steele Hill Media Ministry
Credits:
Created with images by Christian Horz - "words happy birthday to you written on blackboard with red heart" • sofiko14 - "Cropped close up image of unrecognizable African businessman in casual wear, rholding in hand filling gun and refueling his luxury car with gasoline at the petrol station" • victoriap_107 - "Black History Month"