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Dear Loved Ones:

The Kick-Off "Service of Gratitude" for our TWENTIETH ANNUAL FOUNDER'S DAY/ CHURCH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION will be held on October 16th at 3:30 p.m. Dinner will be served to our members, friends and guest following the morning service.

October 17th - November 5th we will be celebrating 20 years for 20 days of prayer at the 20th hour (8 p.m.), as well as, observing Neighborhood Fellowship.

The Food Services Committee is also preparing a delicious dinner for Sunday, November 6th, which will be service in Unity Hall and in Children's Church following the morning service. The WVCLC Adult Choir, the "Maurice C. Carter Voices of Vision", and our musicians are preparing special music for the 10:45 a.m. service  and for the 2:00 p.m. "Prayer and Praise" service for our members and friends. Our Associate Ministers will serve as the praise leaders.

The highlight of the day, the 3:00 p.m. "Time-in-Christ" sanctuary celebration -"Blessings and New Heights" will feature the Reverend Anderson W. Clary, Jr., pastor of Queen Street Baptist Church, Hampton, Virginia as our guest minister along with his officers, choir, ushers, and congregation. Tributes to our Founders and Charter Members and a glimpse at our church history will be presented and the WVCLC "Bells of Victory" and Praise Dance & Mime Ministry will perform.

 We look forward to all ministries being actively involved. The Religious Education Classes will be suspended on November 6th. The children will worship in the main sanctuary with their parents, and Nursery services will be available.

Our annual Work-fellowship days are held on Saturdays - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for which the Trustees are responsible. The Men's "Seventy" will be in charge of "Clean-Up Day" on October 15th. "Clean-Up & Beautification" days  are October 22nd and 29th. "Dining Hall Set-Up & Beautification" will be Saturday, November 5th. All ministries are requested to be responsible for the major cleaning of their areas. All members are requested to give one or more hours of your time in support of the Founder's Day Committee and other committees in charge of clean-up, set-up, and beautification.

Please sign up in Unity Hall for the dinners, receptions, and for clean-up so that we may adequately prepare for you. Refer to your flyer for the Founder's Day schedule.

As you know, FOUNDER'S DAY serves as a time of "catching up" financially. Because of our church renovation/building project and other growing ministries, we need your generous support. We are counting on you to help make this year's celebration the best ever. Thank you for your loyalty, and we look forward to seeing you and your family and friends at our joyous FOUNDER'S DAY/CHURCH ANNIVERSARY programs.

Yours in Christ,

Howard W. Jones, D. Min.
Senior Pastor

Mrs. Joyce S. Carter
Founder's Day Committee Co-Chair