Union Baptist begins month long pastoral celebration and will celebrate Mother Mack Sunday
Union Baptist begins month long pastoral celebration and will celebrate Mother Mack Sunday
Special to The Chronicle
Union Baptist Church, 1200 N. Trade St., will kick off a monthlong pastoral celebration for Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr., pastor and teacher, on Sunday, Oct. 4 to commemorate his 25 years in ministry and 16 years at Union Baptist.
The guest preacher will be the Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks Jr., who will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service.
Hicks is pastor emeritus of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and Largo, Maryland. He retired in 2014 after 37 years of service.
He is currently distinguished visiting professor at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Among his seven books is the best-selling work, “Preaching Through a Storm.” Among his numerous honors Dr. Hicks was keynote preacher for the Baptist World Congress in 2000 and Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Colgate Rochester Divinity School in 2007.
More recently, he was conference preacher for the Hampton Minister’s Conference in 2009.
Hicks is president of H. Beecher Hicks Jr. Ministries Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in church leadership development and team building.
Pastoral anniversary services will be held throughout October, culminating on the fourth Sunday.
Also, on Sunday, Oct. 11, Mother Mack Sunday will be held in honor of Frances Jones Mack, the mother of Bishop Mack and the church mother of Union Baptist. The focus of this Sunday will be cancer awareness, with an emphasis on breast cancer.
Mother Mack, a retired nurse, had breast cancer in 2008.
“I believe the Lord can heal and deliver those struggling with cancer. We want to bring awareness and help educate people about ways to lower risks to prevent cancer of all types, not only breast cancer,” states Mother Mack.
Along with Mother Mack, survivors of all forms of cancer will be recognized at both the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services. All persons are asked to wear pink and black, and cancer survivors will sit as a body.
For more information, call the church office at 336-724-9305 or visit the website: unionbaptistwsnc.org.
