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The African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin held its annual Women in Business luncheon
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The African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin held its annual Women in Business luncheon on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Milwaukee Yacht Club, 1700 North Lincoln Memorial Dr. The luncheon spotlighted entrepreneur ReDonna Rodgers of the Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch greeted the audience with the announcement Wisconsin is open for business, especially to inspiring women entrepreneurs. A featured panelist of local women’s leaders shared information about education, social issues and personal life testimonies. Pictured (above left, back row) are African American
Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Dr. Eve Hall; (seated) YWCA Southeast Wisconsin president and CEO Paula Penebaker; University Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vice Chancellor Dr. Joan Prince; Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Vicki Martin; Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver; (right photo, from left) WI State Senator Nikiya Harris Dodd; Milwaukee Times publisher Lynda Conyers; Black Women 50+ Magazine publisher Linda Jackson Cocroft, and Milwaukee Urban League president and CEO Ralph Hollmon.
LaMarr Franklin honored with CBC James Howard Baker Award On Friday, November 13, 2015 The Community Brainstorming Conference held their 26th Annual James Howard Baker Award Dinner and Celebration. The event was held at the Four Points Sheraton Milwaukee North, 8900 N. Kildeer Court, Brown Deer, WI. This year's award recipient was community advocate LaMarr Franklin, for his work with more than 20 different local agencies. The keynote speaker for the event was urban farmer and MacArthur Foundation award recipient Will Allen. Pictured at the event (from left) are Community Brainstorming Conference chair Dr. Pamela Malone; Mr. Franklin's wife Lynda Franklin; award recipient LaMarr Franklin, WI State Senator Lena Taylor; and James Baker Award Committee Program Chair and mistress of ceremony Chandra Staples.
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Project Return honors legendary Congressman and activist Danny Davis
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Project Return held its Annual Banquet on Saturday, October 24, 2015. The keynote speaker was Congressman Danny Davis of Chicago. Davis has represented Chicago area residents since 1998. He has spearheaded legislation to aid families in poverty and to reduce mass incarceration. Congresswoman Gwen Moore introduced Congressman Davis and presented him the first “Gwen Moore Commitment to Restorative Justice Award.” The award is presented to individuals who are working to reform the judicial correctional system. Project Return has been serving our communities for the past 35 years with services in areas of job readiness, job placement support groups, drug counseling and housing referrals for persons released from correctional institutions. Pictured (from left) are Pastor Joseph Ellwanger; Clem Richardson, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), and MICAH president Rev. Willie Brisco. An NCON Communications Publication
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The 89th Annual Milwaukee Holiday Parade to be held Saturday, November 21, 2015 The Milwaukee Holiday Parade and Presenting Sponsor Johnson Controls are proud to announce the details for the annual Holiday Parade in Downtown Milwaukee. Now in its 89th year, the parade features approximately 100 units and will take about 1-1/2 hours to pass a given point. Highlights of this year’s parade include: • 15 award-winning bands • Full-size floats • Up to 40-foot “Macy’s Parade”-type helium balloons • Live animal entourages including camels • Local TV and radio personalities, dignitaries • Costumed characters including Ronald McDonald and the Klement Racing Sausages
• Specialty vehicles, including the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile • And, of course, Santa Claus! The parade begins at 9:30 a.m., and will continue until approximately 11:00 a.m. Attendance for the parade is
free and all are welcome. Additionally, live TV coverage will be aired on Fox 6. The parade route begins on Kilbourn Avenue and Astor Street, continues west to Old World 3rd Street where it turns left and continues south to Wisconsin Avenue.
The parade officially ends in front of The Shops of Grand Avenue on the corner of Old World 3rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue. From its start in 1927, the Milwaukee Holiday Parade remains a cherished Wisconsin holiday tradition. As in previous years, approximately 500 Johnson Controls volunteers will be collecting non-perishable food donations along the parade route to benefit Hunger Task Force’s Food for Families. Over the past several years, volunteers have collected tens of thousands of pounds of food in addition to cash donations. “This is the tenth year in a row that Johnson Controls is collecting food and cash donations during the parade to benefit Food
for Families,” says Associate Producer, Kathy Neuberger. “Thanksgiving is the week following the parade, and the food collection is the perfect way to get everyone in the spirit of the season. It really feels like the holidays are here when you see a community coming together to help one another.” Parade spectators are encouraged to donate generously, and items most needed include evaporated milk, peanut butter, and canned fruits and juices. Attendance in previous years has been estimated as high as 100,000, and the parade continues to grow in support and participation. For more information or a detailed parade route map, visit www.milwaukeeparade. com.
Local Islamic leaders ask blacks to "boycott" big box stores for black owned businesses Flanked by a number of black community leaders from Milwaukee, Student Minister William Muhammad opened a press conference at City Hall on November 17. Minister Muhammad leads the Muhammad Mosque #3 located at 4202 North Teutonia Ave. The press conference was called to encourage blacks to boycott the so-called ‘Black Friday’ Christmas shopping season and instead save the money or spend more responsible amounts on gifts purchased at minority-owned stores and businesses.
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named Ella Fitzgerald decided to sing rather than dance when her name was pulled out of a hat on Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She won the contest and went on to become a legendary jazz singer. Sunday, November 22 Elijah Muhammed attended his first meeting of the Nation of Islam and accepted its teachings in 1930.
Thursday, November 19 After nine years of exile in Cuba, Algeria and France, Eldridge Cleaver returned to California in 1977, to face charges of attempted murder following a 1968 shootout with Oakland police. He returned to the United States and surrendered to the F.B.I. under a deal with the government by which he pleaded guilty to the assault charge stemming from the shootout. Charges of attempted murder were dropped, and he was sentenced to 1,200 hours of community service, but he was never again healthy in his mind, according to his wife, Kathleen, who was interviewed by The New York
Monday, November 23 John Lee Love was granted Times after his death in 1998. a patent for a portable pencil sharpener in 1897. The Friday, November 20 The design was simple, including U.S. Patent Office grants a a hand crank and a compartpatent for the first-position ment to capture the pencil traffic signal to Garrett Mor- shavings. It has been in congan in 1923. Though Mor- tinuous use since it was first gan’s was not the first traffic produced. signal (that one had been installed in London in 1868), Tuesday, November 24 Piit was an important innova- anist Scott Joplin, the “Fation nonetheless. By having ther of Ragtime”, is born in a third position besides just 1868. “Stop” and “Go,” it regulated crossing vehicles more Wednesday, November 25 safely than earlier signals. He The Interstate Commerce eventually sold the patent to Commission banned segreGeneral Electric for $40,000. gation on buses and in waiting rooms used for interstate Saturday, November 21 On travel on this date in 1955. the spur of the moment in 1934 a gangly young dancer
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By Nicole Angresano Vice President, Community Impact, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County “Q&A with Cory Nettles” Cory Nettles is one of four outstanding co-chairs of the United Way 2015 Community Campaign. He gave us his predictions for the campaign and his personal focus on helping kids read at the right grade level. Q: Why should people choose United Way? A: United Way is changing and saving lives. People need to understand these save lives – and our commitment is to provide the greatest return on that investment of any organization that does the work we do. United Way has been celebrated every year by Charity Navigator as being the most
By Steve Waring Special to the Milwaukee Times The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors adopted an amended $1.37 billion budget for 2016 on November 9. The adopted budget includes a 1.4 percent property tax increase. By a margin of 14-3, the Board approved several amendments to the budget submitted by Milwaukee County Executive
effective and efficient at deploying dollars in terms of our overhead costs. The importance to me is the level of impact, the level of scale, the change and the difference we can make and the efficiency by which we do that is unprecedented. Q: What would you like people to know about United Way? A: Every day United Way is involved as a convener – bringing together teachers, Cory Nettles parents, and community volunteers focused on making the 3rd grade level. sure our children show up One of the things that I’ve at school ready to learn and been surprised to know is particularly ready to learn at that in spite of the tremen-
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Chris Abele. Abele’s budget included a $9 million decrease in funding for the County Sheriff ’s Department and no tax increase. Last month Sheriff David Clarke appeared on a nationally syndicated FoxTV news program, comparing members of the Black Lives Matter Movement with the terrorist group Islamic State and calling them “scum” deserving of vigilan-
te mob justice. Sworn law enforcement officials said that the $9 million cut would jeopardize public safety and Sheriff Clarke told the Board of Supervisor’s finance committee that the Executive’s budget “gives me no chance to succeed in terms of balancing the budget.” County supervisors restored $4 million in funding, but in an interview with the
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dous variety of education options we have for our children – whether its district schools, charter schools, or private schools – in spite of the tremendous variety of options we have literally the worst 3rd grade reading levels for African American children of any community in the country. We are a better community than that. It’s a problem we absolutely have to fix. United Way is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by making sure our children learn to read so they can read to learn. United Way is leveraging community partners to
County Executive Chris Abele Journal Sentinel published November 16, Abele said he will veto the $4 million addition due to Sheriff Clarke’s comments about members of the Black Lives Matter Movement and African Americans in general. Out of 66 amendments to the budget, the $4 million for the Office of the County Sheriff was one of only two vetoes. The only other amendment Abele vetoed was $750,000 for a fish passage on the Estabrook Dam, which he called on county supervisors to demolish. Abele said there would be no threat to public safety as Milwaukee County has municipal police departments covering nearly every inch of the geographical boundaries of the county. Abele also said that if his veto stands there will be no county tax increase next year. In a statement released November 17, Supervisor John F. Weishan, Jr., said the $4 million cut was part of a “personal vendetta” and he called upon the Board of Supervisors to override Abele’s veto. In order to override a County Executive veto, the Board of Supervisors requires a two-thirds majority. The Board will act on any vetoes at its next meeting on November 18.
move the needle to improve our literacy rates. Over the next ten years when you look over our community you will see little boys and girls learning to read proficiently. They will be able to spend the rest of their lives reading to learn. If we can fix this problem we can be assured that together we are changing lives - saving lives - and breaking the cycle of poverty. To learn more about United Way’s work in Education and with the Milwaukee Succeeds Initiative, visit UnitedWayGMWC. org/Education
The budget approved by the Board of Supervisors relies 35 percent less on reserve funds and includes a 1.4 percent tax increase which is below the maximum state limit, according to County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb, Sr. “We passed a budget that was reflective of the public comments we heard during an open and transparent process during weeks of testimony,” said Milwaukee County Supervisor Willie Johnson, Jr. “We enhanced public safety, parks and transit while keeping within a responsible budget. We accomplished the goal of providing residents with the services they expect while staying within our means.” Johnson and Supervisor Jim “Luigi” Schmitt co-chair the budget-writing Finance, Personnel and Audit committee for the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. The Board did make some modest additions, including additional funding for county parks, restoration of funding for homeless shelters, increased funding for public transportation, $300,000 to fund the new three-person Office of African American Affairs as well as $300,000 to create a new county-issued photo identification card. To help fund the new programs, the Board issued an across-the-board cut of one percent to all county departments. An expenditure reduction of 1 percent is a fraction of the 12 percent lump sum reduction recommended by the Executive for the Office of the Sheriff, Lipscomb said, adding the adopted budget provides safeguards if a department cannot achieve a 1 percent reduction.
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Rebuilding Our Community We are united Student protests on college campuses are not something new in America. Throughout our history, there have been numerous college student activities that highlight their dissatisfaction with a political, social or academic issue. As a result, students have mobilized on their college campuses to demonstrate and voice their dissatisfaction to the college administration. A number of these issues may spread throughout the campus, to other colleges and to the community at large. The protest issues vary and could include college policy, hikes in tuition, discrimination, an injustice, a firing of a popular instructor, limits on freedom of speech, need for more academic and support services, poor housing, and lack of diversity on staff and in administration. These protests can come in the form of sit-ins, walkouts, rallies, occupations of university offices or buildings, strikes, marches, hunger strikes, open letters, tent cities and
boycotts. Whatever the issue or whatever form is used, the student protest is about making a statement, seeking a remedy and taking a stand on something that matters to them. Some of the most notable student protests in American history occurred during the 1960s and '70s and included the University of California, Berkeley “Free Speech Movement”; Kent State and Jackson State University shootings and the Vietnam War protests; Ole Miss and University of Alabama enrollments protests and the Columbia University unrest over weapon research. What is truly remarkable about many of these protests is the fact that many of them involved students from across diverse backgrounds. In the most recent high level student protest that occurred on campus at the University of Missouri, the core issues centered on racial intolerance and the unwillingness of university officials to talk with protesting students.
What started out with as a one-graduate-student-hunger-strike soon grew across social media, other colleges and to national headlines. But unlike many of the protests of the past, this protest had something else added to the mix and included both short and long term financial impact to the university. This student protest changed when 32 African American players on the college football team stood in solidary with the protest and cited that they would not practice or play another game for the
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university until the one student ended his hunger strike. And just like that, the student protest turned into an economic impact with the possible loss of revenue from the remaining football games, conference fines and loss of donations from sponsors. And within a matter of a few days and hours, the “little deal” had turned into a “big deal” and the University was forced to make changes and as a result the University President resigned effective immediately and later the same day the University
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of Missouri chancellor also resigned. However, it was the Mayor of Colombia, MO who stated that it will take more than the resignation of the university administration to bring about the change that is needed. And he is right; it takes more than that, it takes changing the culture, perception and the optics of leadership. What do you think? Dr. Andrew Calhoun, can be contacted at andrewiiicalhoun@ gmail.com, and Facebook. You can hear Dr. Calhoun each Sunday at Grace Fellowship Church, 3879 N. Port Washington Rd. Milwaukee 414-688-4964. The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer and not of the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper or NCON Communication, its staff or management. "Rebuilding Our Community" is a weekly column exclusive to the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper.
By: Frank James Special to the Milwaukee Times
It’s okay to feel good Are you feeling good? For some reason people in the world have an aversion to feeling good. We find all kinds of reasons to keep from feeling good and enjoying life. We create problems out of situations and let the past rule our present. Well from now on, I am here to officially say, “It’s okay to feel good.” I know what many of you are thinking, “Feel good about what?” Some are thinking, “Yeah I feel good, but…” But nothing, we are going to feel good about you. Some of us are a work in progress, but even that is a reason to feel good. Once you see how hard you work to feel bad things will change in your life. Now let’s get started reprogramming ourselves to feel good. The first step is acceptance. To accept the reality of what is can relieve a person of much pain. We often try to make people or situations into something they are not. This is one of the main reasons many people feel bad because they are trying to change something or someone. To accept situations and people as they are is one of the most freeing acts in the universe. Once
you see things and people as they are you can either accept the truth and stay or let it go with a smile. Feeling good is easy once you learn acceptance. All human beings seem to struggle with the fallacy of the cold harsh reality of life. For one, there is no cold harsh reality of life; there is just life and it’s beautiful. When you buy into the thought that reality is cold and harsh you will find ways to circumvent it. One of the easiest ways to escape reality is with a drug. The most common way is to lie to yourself. To create a false sense of what is and accept the lie is how the majority of people live today. There is nothing wrong with this but rarely does the lie produce a constant feeling of good in
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life. Drugs, illegal or legal, do not solve anything but will produce more problems. Here’s a hint: give up the Valium and the lies. Life is beautiful. The past is just what it is, the past. How many of you are constantly reliving events from the past? Don’t feel bad, I did this for years. The past can never be changed and, no matter how good it was, it’s not coming back. That is the fact many of us struggle with. We let the past dictate how we see our present. People constantly live in past memories that are hindering their present. We learn from the past but to let it control us is a blueprint for misery. Live for now and let the past be what it is, past. We constantly think about situations that may or may
not happen, inadvertently creating problems. There are no such things as problems, only situations to be dealt with or avoided. We overthink and this leads to us fighting battles in our heads that may never happen. We literally think ourselves miserable. The battles in your head can never be won because they don’t exist. In many cases when the hypothetical confrontation happens it is never as bad as you thought it would be. Don’t think yourself into misery, live yourself into goodness. Life in all forms is beautiful. You have to accept your
present and let go of the past. The future is like tomorrow, you never see it. There is always and only now. So eat a bowl of life’s Sugar Frosted Flakes and be Tony the Tiger and feel great! Frank James IV © 2015 beingfrankwithfrank@ gmail.com The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer and not of the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper or NCON Communication, its staff or management. Being Frank is a bi-weekly column exclusive to the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper.
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The Counseling Corner By Rev. Judith T. Lester, B.Min. M.Th
Week 4: A grateful heart is we must learn to give thanks in every situation. We have been so blessed with so much but yet we give thanks so little. Instead of thinking about how little you have or about how different your life can be if you had this or that; learn to count up what you do have and give God thanks. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and let me take this opportunity to thank you for being avid readers of this column. _____________
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:18 The Apostle Paul admonished the church at Thessalonica to give God thanks in all circumstances. When one expresses thanksgiving to others, they are offering grateful acknowledgement of benefits or favors. When thanksgiving is given to God, it is an expression of gratitude for God’s blessings. The Thanksgiving holiday is a time to remind our readers to live your life full of gratitude for all that God has done in your life. However, if one is not careful, they may allow circumstances to steal away their gratitude and keep them from being grateful. The following are three things that can hinder one from giving thanks: 1. Pride Pride is the attitude that says “I’ve worked hard for everything I got – nobody gave me anything.” If you are smart or successful, you will take the credit. This type of prideful attitude attributes all of your successes to no one
other than you. Pride hinders one from realizing that every good and perfect gift comes from God. (James 1:7). 2. Critical spirit A person who has a very critical spirit finds it very hard to be grateful and thankful. A critical spirit causes one to complain constantly, finding fault in everything and everybody. A person with a critical spirit will always find something to complain about. Having a critical spirit hinders one from being thankful and grateful. Paul said believers should do everything without complaining so that no one can criticize you.
(Philippians 2:14-15) 3. Impatience When God does not move fast enough or according to our timetable of how things ought to be occurring in our life, we tend to become impatient and take matters into our own hands. Impatience can lead to complaining even about God not blessing us when we feel it is our time to be blessed. Instead of being thankful, we mumble and grumble about our life and circumstances. If we learn to wait on God and be patient, we can allow God to work out His purposes in our life. Beloved, the bottom line
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” - Maya Angelou Next Week: National Caregivers Appreciation The writer does not assume responsibility in any way for readers’ efforts to apply or utilize information or recommendations made in this article, as they may not be necessarily appropriate for every situation to which they may refer. This information is for educational purposes only. If you would like to contact Rev. Lester, write to her c/o P.O. Box 121, Brookfield, WI. 53008.
CHURCH LISTINGS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: ABIDING FAITH FELLOWSHIP - BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH Abundant Faith Church of Integrity 7830 West Good Hope Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53223 www.yourabundantfaith.org
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ADULT LEARNING LAB Abiding Faith Fellowship Baptist Church
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Pastor Anthony Oliphant Sr. 4600 West Burleigh Street Milwaukee, WI 53210
ORDER OF SERVICE Sunday School ………………… 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship …… 10:30 am Tel: (414) 444-2822 Fax: (414) 444-2877
Pastor Robert Pyles
Sunday Worship… 10:00 a.m. Tuesday……………6:15 p.m.
“Discover Your Abundant Faith”
New Life New Beginnings Outreach Suite 205 3500 N. Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53216 (414) 445-1072 Free Computer Classes ECDL License Software Registration Fee $25 Wed. 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon. & Wed. evening 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Weekly Open Enrollment
Another Chance M.B.C. ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 2033 W. Congress Street Milwaukee, WI 53209 414-445-3303 www.antiochmbcmke.org
Pastor Charles G. Green 4441 West Fond Du Lac Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53216 (414) 527-9986 Phone
Order of Services Sunday School......................................9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship....................11:00 am Wed. Prayer & Bible Study....................6:30 pm Thurs. Mass Choir Rehearsal...............7:00 pm Come Home to Antioch
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Sunday School.............................9:30 am Sun. Worship Service..................10.45 am Wed. Bible Study.............……… 6:00 pm
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BETHEL Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 3281 N. 26th Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 Rev. Willie F. Dockery, Jr. “The Church on the Grow”
Weekly Schedule Sun. School ………….… 8:30 a.m. Sun Worship ………….. 10:00 a.m. Thursday Prayer Meeting and Bible Study ……………………. 7:00 p.m. 442-8970.
Bible Scripture for the week from The Book of Psalms O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place— what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them[e] with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents. O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! - Psalm 8 Holy Bible, New Living Translation
Dr. Robert L. Sims, Pastor BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH “THE HOUSE OF MERCY” 2909 N. 20th Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 Tel: 414-442-1323 Fax: 414-442-1324 E-Mail: bethesda.baptist@sbcglobal.net
Order of Service: Sun. Enrichment Hour …………..…… 8:00 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship …………….... 10:00 a.m. 3rd Sun. Communion Service ……..... 7:00 p.m. Tue. Prayer & Bible Class ………….... 6:30 p.m.
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CHURCH LISTINGS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: BLESSED DELIVERANCE M.B.C. - GREATER MOUNT ZION MBC Calvary Baptist Church Rev. John R. Walton, Jr., Pastor 2959 N. Teutonia Avenue
Calvary Hill Temple Apostolic Faith Church 8401 N. 60th Street (St. Martin’s) • Brown Deer, WI 53223 Phone: (414)442-0099 • Email: JeanettParker8@gmail.com
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 Phone: 414-372-1450
Order of Service Sun. Christian School/Manna…12:00 p.m.
Fax: 414-372-0850 Website: www.CalvaryBaptistMke.org
Tues. Prayer/Bible Class………10:00 a.m.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES BLESSED DELIVERANCE Missionary Baptist Church Rev. J. Anthony Phillips
Wed. Broadcast 1560AM…10:45-11:15 a.m. Thur. Prayer/Bible Class…………6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Sun. School ................................... 8:15 a.m. Morn. Worship ................................ 9:30 a.m.
2215 North 23rd Street Milwaukee, WI 53205 (414) 344-9645 (Office) (414) (Fax) BlessDeliverance@aol.com
Pastor/Founder - Jeanetta Perry, DD(P.A.W) Wednesday: Bible Study .................... 10:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Weekly schedule: Sun. School .................... 8:45-9:45 a.m. Sun. Worship ........................ 10:00 a.m. Wen. Bible Study ......... 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Saturday: Early Morning Prayer ......................... 7:00 a.m.
Ministers: Elder Jessie Reed, Elder Jimmie Sanders, Elder James Hartlep, Evangelist Dorothy Evans, Mother Annie Mae Hartlep
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Dr. Mary Jean Lewis-Jiles 2176 N. 39th Street Milwaukee, WI 53208 Weekly schedule: Sun. Worship ......................... 10:45 a.m. Sunday School ........................ 9:00 a.m. Sat. Teacher’s Mtg., ................. 9:00 a.m. Wen. Prayer Service & Bible Class ....... ........................................... 6 - 8:00 p.m. Wed. A.M. Bible Class ............ 9- 10 a.m.
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church 1874 N 24th Place Milwaukee, WI 53205 Phone: 414-933-1987 Fax: 414-933-3545 www.corinthmbc.com Rev. John Laura, Pastor
CHRIST TEMPLE C.O.G.I.C. Elder Travis D. Evans, Sr., Pastor 2778 N. 10th Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 414-263-0500 church office www. ctemplecogic.og Opportunities to Worship Sunday School ……………9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship ..... 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Worship ..... 7:00 PM Wed. Evening Worship .... 6:45 PM
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD C.W.F.F. Temple 132
3649 N. Teutonia Ave. Elder Milwaukee, WI 53206 Stephen Hawkins, pastor. Weekly Schedule: Sun. School ......................... 9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship ..................... 11:00 a.m. Phone 445-1980. Do watch us grow. Come and grow with us.
Citadel Of Praise Church of God In Christ 2328 West Capitol Drive Milwaukee, WI 53206 (414) 299-0608 Deon Young, Pastor WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sun. Celebration of Worship…………….…………… 12:00 p.m. Wed. - WoW Pastoral Teaching ………………………...……………… 7:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Demetrius Williams, Pastor COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF GREATER MILWAUKEE
Weekly Schedule Sunday School 0 9:00 A.M. Sun. Morn. Worship 10:45 A.M. Wed. Prayer Service 6:00 P.M. Wed. Bible Study 0 7:00 P.M. Transportation Available Wednesday - Mission -6 :00 pm Thursday Choir Rehearsal - 7:00 pm “A Church Empowering Lives with Gods Word”
2249 N. Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53208 Weekly Schedule Church Sun. School ................. 9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship ........ 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Prayer Service ................. Wed. 6:00 p.m. Church phone: 414.445-1610
Fellowship of Love Missionary Baptist Church
CORNERSTONE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
2329 North 12th Street Milwaukee, WI 53205 Pastor Rev. William Jackson Missionary Arleathia Myers 414-934-0753 Weekly Schedule Sun. School ........................... 9:45 a.m. Sun. A.M. Worship ............... 11:00 a.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study .... ................................................... 7:30 p.m. Second Sun. Fellowship: Feb., May, Aug., & Nov ..................................... 4:00 p.m.
DAMASCUS Missionary Baptist Church 2447 N. 27th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53206 Dr. Ellis Wilkins, Pastor Weekly Schedule Sun. School ............................. 9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship ......................... 10:30 a.m. Baptist Training Union (BTU) ... 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship ..................... 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting & Bible Class ..... 6:00 p.m. Phone: 374-6650 or 263-9229.
Eternal Life Church of God in Christ
Rev. B. L. Cleveland, Pastor & Founder Mother E. L. Cleveland, First Lady 7901 N. 66th St. Milwaukee, WI 53223 Ph: (262)242-2878 • Fax: (262)242-0978 e-mail: cogiceterrnal@yahoo.com Worship Services Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Sunday Morning Worship...............…11:00 a.m. Tuesday Bible Study............................7:00 p.m. Thursday Bible Study & Evangelical Service ...................................................................7:00 p.m.
EVERGREEN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1138 West Center Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 (414) 265-0400 • (414) 265-0424 Worship Schedule Sun. Church School .................. 8:45 am Sun. Morning Worship ............... 10:00 am Wed. evening Prayer, Bible Study, & Spiritual Formation .................... 6:30 pm
For more info. visit: www.cogiceterrnal.net
Rev. Judith T. Lester, Pastor
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Worship Services Temporarily Held at New Covenant Baptist Church 2315 North 38th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210 Sunday Morning Worship 12:15 p.m.
905 West North Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53206
God’s Will & Way Church of God in Christ
Friendship Progressive Baptist Church 2127 W. Garfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205 Rev. Michael A. Cokes, Sr. and First Lady Tangie Cokes Order of Service Sun. Early Morn. Worship.............9:15 a.m. Sun. Worship Service...............10:30 a.m. Wed. Bible Study...................... 6:00 p.m. Come G.L.O.W. with us. Stay in touch by texting 71441 and the word theship. Our motto: “No more church as usual”
Pastor H.S. McClinton Genesis Missionary Baptist Church 231 W. Burleigh St. Milwaukee, WI 53224 Rev. A.L. Douglas Jr., Pastor ORDER OF SERVICE Sun. School .......................... 9:15 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship ......... 10:45 a.m. Praising, Great Preaching, Teaching Other ministries to be announced. Church Telephone: 372-7675 Pastor Telephone: 372-7743
GOD’S CREATION MINISTRIES
Weekly Services: Sun. School ............... 10:00 AM Sun. Service ...............11:15 AM (414)933-3280 (414)-933-3469 3100 West Lisbon Av. Milwaukee, WI 53208
Pastor Willie Genous & First Lady Evangelist Jo Genous
2900 N. 9th Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 (414) 264-4866 www.godsww.com Godww65@yahoo.com Service Times Prayer M-F ………. 9:00-9:30 a.m. Sunday Sunday School …………… 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ………. 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Prayer ……………… 6:30-7:00 p.m. Bible Study ……… 7:00-8:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal ………… 8:00 p.m.
Where there is peace in the midst of the storm
Church Phone: (414) 263-6113
Joseph H. Jackson, Jr. - Pastor Weekly Schedule Sunday School ....................... 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship .................. 10:45 a.m. Wen. Bible Study .................. 6:00 p.m.
God’s Glory Church Min.
7017 W. Medford Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 Office: (414) 630-0752 Email: godsglorychurch@sbcglobal.net Pastors Founders: Elder O.R. and Evang. A. McCoy
Weekly Schedule Sun. Worship……….....………Noon Wed. Bible Study…….......……6 p.m.
Prayer every Tuse. & Thur. @ Noon
God’s Glory Church Ministry 4679 No. 36th Street Milwaukee, WI 53223 (414)875-0660 godsglorychurch@sbcglobal.net Order of Services: Sun. School………… 9:30 a.m. Sun. Worship……….11:00 a.m. Wed. Bible Study……6:00 p.m. Fri. Evening Evang....6:30 p.m.
Pastor/Founder Jeanetta Perry BA, DP (PAW)
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Grace Fellowship Church of Milwaukee “Helping God’s People To Find Their Place In A Complex World.” Worship Schedule Sun. Bible Study ...........10:00 a.m. Sun. Worship ................ 11:15 a.m. 3879 North Port Washington Milwaukee, WI 53212 414-265-5546 Rev. Andrew & Brenda Calhoun
Greater Faith Outreach Ministries, Inc. 1934 W. North Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205 414-562-5183 Bishop Bernard Dotson, Pastor Worship Schedule Sun. School ....................... 9:30 Sun. Morning Worship ...... 11:30 Sun. Evening Service ........ 7:30 Tues. Prayer Service ........... 7:30 Wed. - Bible Class ............... 7:30 Fri. - Family Night or Evangelistic Service .............................. 7:30 Sunday 1560AM ........... 1 until 2
Pray Line: 562-5183
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GREATER GALILEE Missionary Baptist Church “Where Jesus is Lord” Pastor Johnny C. White, Jr. 2432 N. Teutonia Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53206 Weekly Schedule: Sun. School .......................... 9:00 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship ........ 10:25 a.m. Wed. Night Prayer & Bible Study .......... ...................................... 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. (414) 562-1110 - Church
GREATER MOUNT ZION MBC
2479 N. Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53210-2947 Office Phone: (414) 871-LORD (5673) Kenneth E. Cutler, Sr., Pastor Worship Schedule Sun. School .......................... 9:00 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship ........ 10:45 a.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting ............ 6:00 p.m. Wed. Bible Study .................. 6:30 p.m.
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CHURCH LISTINGS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: GREATER MT. SINAI COGIC - MOUNT HARMON BAPTIST CHURCH Greater Mt. Sinai Church of God In Christ
Healing Grace
God's Glory Church Ministry
5384 North 60th St. Milwaukee, WI 53218 (414) 463-5035 e-mail: office@greatermtsinai.com web: www.greatermtsinai.org
Superintendant Victor C. Davis, Sr.
Pastor
Worship Services Sun. School ................................. 9:30 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship ........... 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Tues. PM Prayer ......................... 6:00 p.m.
GREATER SPIRIT EVERINCREASING CHURCH (Service at New Prospect Church) 2407 W. Nash St. Milwaukee, WI 53206
Wed. Bible Study ...................... 6:30 p.m.
ORDER OF SERVICE Sunday Worship......................1:00 p.m. 1st & 5th Sun. P.M. Worship....6:00 p.m. Wed. Night Prayer....................6:30 p.m.
Fri Intercessory Prayer ............... 7:00 p.m. Fri. Deliverance Service ............ 7:30 p.m.
Your Community Church • Won’t You Join Us? Hallowed Missionary Baptist Church
(414) 355-4545 MAILING ADDRESS: 7631 W. Glenbrook Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53223
Sunday School.................9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship.............11:00 a.m. Wed. Open Bible Discussion.......... .............................................6:30 p.m. (414) 444-2620
Order of Service Sunday Morning Worship - 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM Sunday School.........................................10:00 AM Sunday Evening Worship...........................6:45 PM Tuesday Prayer....................................12:00 Noon Tuesday Prayer & Bible Band....................7:00 PM Tuesday Pastoral Teaching........................7:30 PM Friday Prayer.......................................12:00 Noon Friday Evangelistic Service........................7:00 PM
3800 N. Washington Road Milwaukee, WI 53212 (414) 265-5161
Word of Hope Telecast • Sunday 9AM • ION/PAX TV • Channel 55/Cable Channel 15 Word of Hope Broadcast JOY WJYI 1340am • Mon – Fri 3:15 PM-3:30 PM
Bishop C. H. McClelland
Pastor
Word of Hope Ministries, Inc. Social Services, Health Care, ATODA, Employment Services, Family & Individual Counseling, Free Computer Training/ GED assistance, Prisoner Re-entry Services (414) 447-1965
“Holy Cathedral is A Ministry That Touches People”
“A Local Church With A Global Mission”
4245 N. 60th Street Milwaukee, WI 53216
Pastor Nathaniel Deans Sunday School .............. 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Sunday Service ........... 9:15 a.m. to Noon Wed. Prayer Meeting & Bible class .................... ........……….. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Thu. Bible Class ...... 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Weekly Services Sun. School………………9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship……………10:00 a.m. Prayer and Bible Study…...…6:30 p.m.
Come hear a Word from the Lord, it will change your direction.
Holy Temple Firstborn MB Church, Inc. 4960 N. 18th Street Milwaukee, WI 53209 414-264-4002 (Office) website:htfirstborn.org Dr. Lezar & Lady Burnside Pastors
Dr. Betty S. Hayes, Pastor & Founder of Holy Mt. Carmel MBC 2127 W. Garfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205 and Christ Gospel On The Rise Soul Saving Ministry, Harrell, AR. WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sun. Words To Grow By....................9 a.m. Sunday Worship........................10:45 a.m. RADIO MINISTRIES Sat. (Milwaukee) WGLB 1560 Sat. at 9:15 a.m. • Sun. at 8:25 a.m.
Sunday School...................8:00 a.m. Sun. Worship......................9:15 a.m. Tues. Bible Class................7:00 p.m.
(414) 344-5361 (Office) Prayer Line - (414) 446-713324 hr.
“Changing Lives with a Changeless Word”
Jesus Is The Way Ministries (C.O.G.I.C)
JEREMIAH Missionary Baptist Church
HOLY TEMPLE Missionary Baptist Church
Lloyd Wright, Sr. Pastor, Author & Teacher 6151 N. Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53209 (414) 628-2367
2677 North 40th Street • Milwaukee, WI 53210 Church Office (414) 447-1967 www.holycathedral.org
Rev Aaron Morgan, Pastor
Weekly Schedule Sun. School........................9:30 a.m. Sun. Morn. Worship............11:00 a.m. Wend. Bible Study & Prayer.............................6:00 p.m.
5202 W. Lisbon Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53210 Pastor/Teacher Rev. Kenneth Hughes
Founder's Elder O.R. and Evangelistn A. McCoy 15 Years of Ministry in God's Service 7017 West Medford Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 One block North of Hampton Ave. on 70th St. 414-875-0660 Order of Services: Sunday School…………………11:00 am Sunday Worship…………………12 noon Wednesday Bible Study…………6:00 pm Friday Evangelistic Service………6:30 pm
Holy Cathedral Church Of God In Christ
Heritage International Ministries C.O.G.I.C. Dr. Nathaniel J. Stampley, D. Min. Mother Carolyn R. Stampley, M.Ed. Eld. Darrell Grayson, Assistant Pastor 1036 W. Atkinson Ave. • Milw., WI 53206 Phone: 414-264-2727 E-mail: heritageintmin@yahoo.com Web: heritageintmin.org Weekly Schedule Sunday School......................9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship....10:30 a.m. Monday - Friday Prayer...........6:00 a.m. Thursday Worship & Bible Studies....... ...............................................6:00 p.m.
Growing In Grace Fellowship Church
The King’s Temple The House of the Living God
2034 W. Center St. Milwaukee, WI 53206 Ph: (414) 265-5057 Fax: (414) 265-5029 Sunday School.............................10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship...........................11:30 a.m. Mon.-Fri. Daily Prayer..................10:00 a.m Tuesday Night Prayer.............6:00-7:00 p.m Thursday Intercessory Prayer - 7:00-7:30 p.m. Thursday Pastoral Teaching - 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Pastor Eugene Cowan, II Senior Servent Leader 4519 W. Villard Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53218 Phone: 461-8484 • Fax: 461-9797 www.JeremiahMBC.com Weekly Schedule Sunday School.......................9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship...................10:00 a.m. Tues. Bible Class ..................... 6:30 p.m. “Transforming lives though the Word of God”
JERUSALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Donnie Sims 2505 West Cornell St. Milwaukee, WI 53209 442-4720 Sunday Service.......10:45 a.m. Wed. Prayer Night......7:00 p.m.
- Family AODA Treatment -
Pastor, Louis Fuller, Sr. Co-Pastor, Bea Fuller
- Transportation Available -
Pastor Jeffrey Coleman First Lady Brenda Coleman
“A Twenty-First Century Church”
Lamb of God Missionary Baptist Church
Classes/Services: Daily Living Skills House Management Service Housing Assistance Life Skills Training Parenting Class
3500 N. Sherman Blvd. Weekly Schedule
Sunday School.....................10:30 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship..........11:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Class...........................6:30 p.m.
Spiritual Support Parent Assistance Education/Academic Skills Development Domestic Violence Services Mentoring Prison Ministry
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Many Mansions Pentecostal Ministries, Inc.
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
8415 W. Bradley Road Milwaukee, WI 53224 414.355.0931, 414.355.7045(fax) (email) inquire@TheLambMKE.org (website) www.TheLambMKE.org Kairos International Christian Church (414) 374-KICC (5422) www.kmg-wi.org Sunday Community Ministry......................9:00 am Thursday Community Ministry...................7:00 pm Thur. S.E.T for Youth (Self Expression Thursday) ..................................................................7:00 pm
Pastors Terrence and Dr. Cheryl Moore
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Rev. Christopher R. Boston, Pastor
Worship Schedule Sunday School .......................... 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship ......................10:15 a.m. WOW-Word on Wednesday.... 6:30 p.m.
Gatherings held at Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School 3275 N. Third Street Milwaukee, WI 53212 (enter parking lot on Ring Street)
Time to Worship, Opportunity to Serve
Miracle Temple of Deliverance
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church 1345 West Burleigh Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 Rev. Brandle C. Morrow, Sr., Interim Pastor Weekly Schedule Sunday School……………………9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Service………..10:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study………….6:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Service……….7:00 p.m. Phone (414) 562-7200 Fax: (414) 562-7850 E-mail: mbc100@sbcglobal.net
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Elder Betty Steward, Pastor 1000 W. Burleigh Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 Order of Service: Sunday Ministry …………10:00 a.m. Worship Service ……… 11:30 a.m. Thursday Bible Study …… 7:00 p.m.
“Where We Preach the Word, Teach the Word, and Live the Word”
Life & Liberty Church 2009 W. Hampton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53209 Pastor Evangelist Erma Mosley (Located inside Solid Rock Church) Sunday School..................2:30 p.m. Sunday Worship................4:00 p.m. Tue.-Fri. Prayer..........12 p.m.-1 p.m. Wed. Praise & Choir Rehearsal....... ..........................................5:00 p.m. Wed. Bible Class...............6:00 p.m. All Are Welcome
Weekly Schedule: Sun. Early Worship 0 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 0 9:00 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Wed. Bible Study 0 6:30 p.m.
Weekly Schedule:
Sunday School..........................9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship Service..............10.30 a.m. Wed. Bible Service.........………… 6 p.m. “We’re Stepping Into The Kingdom by Stepping Out on Faith” - 2 Corinthians 5:7
Founder: Pastor Nalls 3131 W. Lisbon Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53208 Phone: 414-871-1103 E-mail: SonnyKn@sbcglobal.net Weely Schedule: Sun. School……………......…9:30 a.m. Sun. Service……………...…11:30 a.m. Tues. Night Prayer & Study……………….…..……6:00 p.m. St. John 14:2 Vers.
Mount Hermon Baptist Church
Monumental Missionary Baptist Church
2407 W. North Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205 (414) 933-2443 Rev. Roy C. Watson, Pastor First Lady, Sharon Watson
Pastor Rodney Cunningham 7265 North Teutonia Milwaukee, WI 53209 (414) 228-6779 Phone
1809 W. Atkinson Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 Office: 414 871-8178 Fax: 414 871-8143 E-mail: Secretary@wi.rr.com Facebook: Mount Hermon-Baptist Church MOUNT CARMEL Missionary Baptist Church 1717 W. Meinecke Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53206 Rev. Hugh Davis, Jr. ThM. ThD, Pastor Sunday School......................9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship.......................10:45 a.m. Sunday BTU..........................6:00 p.m. Monday Night Mission............6:00 p.m. Wed. Night Prayer and Bible Study .......................................6:00-8:00 p.m. Certified Marriage, Drug & Alcohol, and Pastoral Counselor Church: 264-2560 Pastor’s Study: 264-8001
Order of Services: Enhancement Hour Sun. ……… ………….......……………. 9:00 A.M. Sun. Worship …......….. 10:00 A.M. Wed. Prayer & Bible Study .......………………………. 6:30 P.M. Bobby L. Sinclair, Pastor
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New Creation Missionary Praise Church
New Covenant Baptist Church
2315 North 38th Street Milwaukee, WI 53210 Rev. F. L. Crouther, Pastor Phone: 873-1221 Fax: 873-8614
1404 W. Center Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 (414) 372-7544 (Church) (414) 510-5367 (Cell) Order of Service
MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. John K. Patterson, Pastor 5277 North 36th Street Milwaukee, WI 53209 Sunday School..........8:00-9:15 a.m. Sunday Service.................9:30 a.m. Wed. Bible Class……Noon & 6 p.m. Church phone 414.461-7755 Home phone 414.226-6075
Weekly Schedule
Sunday School.......................9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship........................11 a.m. Thurs Prayer Service.............6:30 p.m. Thurs Bible Study.................7:00 p.m. MOUNT ZION Missionary Baptist Church 2207 N. 2nd St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 Phone 372-7811 Rev. Louis Sibley, III, Pastor Sunday School........................9:15 am Sunday Worship..........8 am, 10:45 am 1st Sunday Communion immediately following morning worship. Wed. Bible study and Prayer Meeting .......................................6:30 - 8:30 pm.
New Beginning Seed Faith M.B. Church 138 West North Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53212
Bishop Clayton, Sr., and Lady Renee Duckworth
SUNDAY Sunday School 9:30 AM Sunday Worship 11:30 AM Thursday
The Church were the heart is (II Chronicles 31:21)
Prayer Bible Study
Service Begins each Sunday at 1:00 P.M.
Food Pantry Food Bags* 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. *Please Call For Appointments Hot Meals 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. T.V. Ministry every 2nd Tue. of the month on Channel 96, 8-9 p.m.
Classes………………………………6:45 p.m. Wednesday Night Worship Service……………………………7:00 p.m. (Last Wed. of the month)
“A Church With A True Gospel Praise” New Dawn Worship Center 3276 N. Palmer Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 PH: (414) 393-1290 FX: (414) 393-1234
Rev. Ann Smith, Founder & Pastor
Sunday Church School……………8:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday……………………………9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship…………9:30 a.m. Wed. Family Night Sunday School Expository………………………………5:30 p.m. Wednesday Family Night Prayer & Praise…………………………………6:00 p.m. Wednesday Family Night Bible
5:30 PM 6:30 PM
New Holy Ghost Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church “God so loved the world” - John 3:16 104 West Garfield Street Milwaukee, WI 53212 “Come as you are” Office: (414) 264-4852 Church: (414) 264-3352
6063 N. Teutonia Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53209 (414) 444-3106 Pastor Johnny L. Bonner, Jr. “Building On The Vision”
Order of Service Sunday School ……… 9:00 a.m. Sun. Morn. Worship .. 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Service …. 7:30 p.m.
Ph.#: (414) 708-4884 Come and worship with us!!!
Rev. L.C. Martin, Pastor
Rev. Dr. Terrell H. Cistrunk Pastor
New Outlook Church of God in Christ 2449 N. Martin Luther King Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53212 (414) 406-0258
Sunday School..........9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship......10:30 a.m. Weds. Bible Class.....6:30 p.m. NEWPORT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
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NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Dr. Archie L. Ivy, Pastor/Teacher 2433 W. Roosevelt Drive Milwaukee, WI 53209 Phone (414) 871-0350 • Fax (414)871-4219 E-mail: newhopebc@ameritech.net Weekly Schedule Sun. Worship ………................. 9:30 a.m. Sun. School ............................... 8:00 a.m. Wed. Morning Prayer & Bible Study.……………..10.30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Mid-week Service (last Wen. of the month) ............. ......................................6:00 p.m. “Partnering with God, Practicing Biblical Principles, Strengthening Families”
New Greater Love Baptist Church
New Life New Beginnings World Ministry & Outreach C.O.G.I.C 2516 West Hopkins Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 Evangelist Margaret Stone, Pastor
Sunday School…………………………….10:00 a.m. Worship Service…………………………..11:00 a.m. 3rd Tues. The Ecumenical Prayer………...6:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer Service……………………..10:45 a.m. Last (2) Wed. Freedom from Addiction Ministry…………………………11:15 a.m. Wed. Food Pantry……………………….12:00 noon Fri. Prayer, Miracle, Prophetic Word……..7:00 p.m. Every 1st Weekend Revival Service: Fri. - 7:00 p.m. • Sat. - 7:00 p.m. Sun. Evening - 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Mark A. Allen, Sr. Pastor NEW PARADISE Missionary Baptist Church 2353 West Fond Du Lac Ave. Milwaukee, WI. 53206 Tel: 414-265-0512 Fax:414-265-1910
www.newparadise2353@sbcglobal.net.
Worship Services: Sunday School....................9 : 00 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship.......11: 00 a.m. Tues. Prayer Meeting..........6:30 p.m. Tues. Bible Class.................7:00 p.m. “Come Spend A Day In Paradise”
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The Open Door Christian Worship Center Church, Inc.
Sun. School..........8 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship................9 a.m. Wed. Bible
Pastor Robb Taylor and First Lady Vanessa Taylor
Study....................6 p.m.
“Bringing Light Into The Community” - Philippians 4; 13-14
PILGRIM REST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
2237 N. 11 St. Milwaukee, WI 53205 (414) 265-5881 Order of Service Sunday School …………… 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship …………… 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study ……… 7:00 p.m. Vo i c e s o f N e w p o r t R e h e a r s a l ………………………………… 7:00 p.m. Rev. W.L. Smith, Sr. , Pastor
Pilgrim Baptist Worship Center
“Teaching, Preaching, and Reaching for Christ” Rev. Martin Childs, Jr., Pastor
Pastors: Apostle Kenneth Lock Sr. and Prophetess Michele Lock
3223 West Lloyd Street Milwaukee, WI 53208 Phone:(414) 444-5727 Sun. A.M. Worship……………8:30 a.m. Sun. P.M. Worship……………12 noon Tues. Prayer/TNT Bible Study ………………………………6:30 p.m.
PARADISE SANCTUARY Missionary Baptist Church 2705 W. Clarke Street Milwaukee, WI 53210 Rev. David K. Blathers, Pastor
Sunday School.................9:30-10:45 am Sunday Worship.........11:00 am-1:15 pm Wed. Pastor Bible Information Session, Prayer and Testimony..................5-7 pm Sat. Choir Rehearsal and........................ Youth Bible Study..........11 am - 1:30 pm Church (414) 264-2266, Pastor (414) 449-2146
Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church 2028 W. Cherry St., Milwaukee, WI 53205 Rev. Maddie Turner, Sr., pastor
Sunday School...............9:05 a.m. S u n d a y Wo r s h i p . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 : 4 0 a . m . S u n . C h u r c h Training Union, 6 p.m. Wed. Prayer Service & Bible Study ...............................6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
3737 North Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53216 Church Phone: 414-873-1045 Church Fax: 414-873-4101 Website: www.pilgrimrestmilwaukee.org E-mail: pilgchurch@sbcglobal.net
“A New Testament Church” Sunday Worship …… 8:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Sunday Church School: …………… 9:30 a.m. Mon. Bible Class ……..… 6:00 p.m. (Women) Tues. Bible Class ……......……… 12:00 noon Tues. Men’s Support Group …..….. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Class ……… 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Service ……… 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Bible Study ………………… 1:00 p.m. Thurs. Prayer Service……………... 2:00 p.m. Fri. Youth Fellowship...............…. 6:000 p.m. Men’s Prayer Breakfast (2nd Sat.).....9:00 a.m.
Rev. George M. Ware Pastor
2975 N. Buffum St. Milwaukee, WI. 53212 P.O. Box 241772 Milwaukee, WI. 53224 Sunday Church School.........9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship.................10:45 a.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study ......................7:00 p.m. Church Office #: (414) 265-7171
Church Telephone: 344-2400
Progressive Baptist Church “Equipping God’s People, Building God’s Church, Advancing God’s Kingdom” Pastor Walter J. Lanier 8324 W. Keefe Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53222 Phone: 414-462-9050 Prince of Peace Baptist Church 3701 North 35th Street Milwaukee, WI 53216 (414) 444-6700 • (414) 444-6701 fax Steven R. McVicker, Pastor
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday School .....................................9:00 am Sunday Worship .................................10:00 am Tuesday Bible Class.............................6:00 pm Tuesday Prayer ....................................6:00 pm Thurs. Choir Rehearsal ........................5:00 pm Welcome to Peace
Senior Pastor Evangelist Barbara Williams Co-Pastor Elder Dexter Williams Power House Deliverance Church 4344 N. 27th St. Milwaukee, WI 53216 414-442-2234 Sunday School...............................9:30 Sunday Morning Service...............11:30 Tuesday Night Prayer Service........7:00 Wednesday Bible Study.................7:00 Friday Community Food Pantry........2-4
Transportation Available (414) 449-0122
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Worship Schedule: Sun. School.......................................9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship................10:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study..........................Noon Wednesday Bible Study.....................6:45 p.m.
Website: www.progressivebaptistmilwaukee.org
Redemption Fellowship Baptist Church Robert A. Angel, Senior Pastor 3500 N. 26th Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 Phone: (414) 875-1926 Website: www.redemptionfc.org
Robert A. Angel Senior Pastor
Weekly Schedule Sunday School.................................9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship...........10:00 am Sunday Broadcast JOY 1340 - 4:30 pm Wednesday Bible Class.............7-8:00 pm
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CHURCH LISTINGS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: PRAYER HOUSE OF FAITH - ZION HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Rose of Sharon Deliverance G.O.G.I.C.
Prayer House of Faith Pentecostal Church, Inc.
Rev. Dwain E. Berry -Pastor Risen Savior Community Baptist Church
4778 N. Hopkins St. Milwaukee, WI 53209 (414) 466 - 3807 Alice O. Green, Founder Dr. Shane E. Rowe, Sr. & Pastor Lekeesha C. Rowe, Senior Pastors
2201 N. Dr. MLKing Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53212
Services: Sunday School Sunday Worship Wed. Prayer Meeting
Children’s Min. Sun...................11:30 a.m Sunday Worship.........................12 Noon Tuesday Prayer/Bible Class.....6:30 p.m. www.prayerhouseoffaith.org
9:00 am 11:00 pm 6:00 pm
Phone (414) 460-8107
Showers of Blessings Fellowship Church
SAINT GABRIEL’S C.O.G.I.C.
623 W. Center Street Milwaukee, WI 53209 (414) 873-0933 Pastor James Grant, Sr. Co-Pastor, Kimani Grant
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church Rev. J.L. Holmes, Pastor 2024 N. Martin Luther King Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53212 Sunday School.......................9 a.m. Sun. New Member Class........9 a.m. Sunday Worship...............10:45 a.m. Tue. Prayer Meeting - 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Class..........6 p.m.
SCOTT CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER & OUTREACH C.O.G.I.C. 2741 N. Teutonia Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53206
Pastor Annie Naomi Scott
Sun. S u n. Wed. Fri.
Church phone (414) 264-0360 Office (414) 264-3978 Transportation Available
Sc hool..........................9 : 3 0 S e r v i c e......................11: 0 0 Night Bible Class...........7: 00 N i g ht S er v i c e...........7: 0 0
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4801 West Capitol Drive Milwaukee, WI 53216 (414) 444-1200 • (414) 444-1212 fax
Charles E. Holmes, Pastor
Sun d ay S c ho o l.............................12 : 3 0 p.m. S u n d ay S er v i c e s........................... 2 : 3 0 p.m. We d nesd ay B i b le S tu d y.................7: 0 0 p.m. Fr i d ay Fellowshi p...........................7: 0 0 p.m. Emergency Food Pantry every Tuesday Hot Meal Program Mon., Wed., Fri. Clothing Bank 2 days • Spiritual Counseling available • 24-hour Dial-A-Prayer 263-1929 Crisis Hot Line for Runaways 263-6515 Future programs: computer classes, sewing classes
Weekly Schedule
SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday School .....................................9:00 am Sunday Worship .................................10:30 am Tuesday Bible Class.............................6:00 pm Thurs. Choir Rehearsal ........................6:00 pm
Come Home to Shiloh
Dr. Robert T. Wilson, Sr., Pastor St. John's United Baptist Church 2429 West Hampton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53209
Sunday Worship Service 3489 N. 76th Street
Rev. Lee A. Shaw, Pastor
10:00 - 11:30 A.M. (414) 502-7584
5375 North 37th St.• Milw., WI 53209 (414)795-6397
Wednesday Service 7100 W. Villard Ave.
Sun. Sun. Tue. Wed.
Milwaukee, WI 53209 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. Pastor Darry Tucker Prophetess Paula Tucker
Tel: 414-871-4673 Fax: 414-871-2373 email:st.johnsunitedmbc@ yahoo.com
ST. MARK
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Order of Service Sun. School...............9:00 a.m. Sun. Worship...........10:15 a.m. Thurs. Prayer Meeting & Bible Class .........................6:30 p.m.
ORDER OF SERVICE School ………. 9:00-10:00 a.m. Worship … 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bible Study …… 7:00-8:00 p.m. Nicotine Treatment ……… 6:00 p.m.
ST. TIMOTHY COMMUNITY Baptist Church 3701 N. Teutonia Milwaukee, WI 53208
ST. PETER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 3057 N. 35th Street Milwaukee, WI 53216 Church: 414.442.6389 Home: 414.463.5535
Rev. Mose A. Fuller, Pastor Home: (414) 871-2933 Church: (414) 445-2958 Sunday Church School....9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship............10:45 A.M. Wed. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study .........................................6:00 P.M.
ORDER OF SERVICE Sunday School..................9:00 am Sunday Worship..............10:30 am Tuesday Bible Class..........6:00 pm
True Heart Missionary Baptist Church
TRUE LOVE Missionary Baptist Church 210 W. Keefe Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 Phone: 414-264-6869 Rev. Garry Levy, Pastor
TRANSFORMATION TEMPLE
Rev. W.J. Walker, Pastor
2661-63 N. Teutonia Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 Office: (414) 265-4850 / Fax: (414) 265-3817 Church Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Rev. Edward E. Thomas
Mid-Week Schedule Tue. Spiritual Development Ministry 6:00 P.M. Thursday Christian Ministries 6:00 P.M. Thursday Music Ministry 7:45 P.M. Victorious Child Care, Inc. Open Enrollment 1st - 2nd Shirt - 6:00 A.M. - Midnight Monday - Friday Ages: 6 weeks - 13 years old Office: (414) 562-0530 Tracy Rushing, Director
UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH REV. NATHANIEL JOHNSON, JR. PASTOR 3835 WEST FOND DU LAC AVE. MILWAUKEE, WI 53216 Tel: (414) 445-9249 • Fax: (262)-670-6505 www.unitymb.com email: unitymbchurch@gmail.com Worship Services: Sunday School...........................9:30 a.m. Sun. Worship...........................11.00 a.m. 4th Sun................................Communion 1st Sun....................................Baptizing Wed. Prayer Meeting/Bible Study.......6 p.m. “A Little Church With A Big Heart”
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2500 West Medford Ave. • Milwaukee, WI 53206 OFFICE: 414 -562 -1129 • FAX: 414-562-4713 EMAIL: WWW.TCBCHURCH.COM
Our Weekly Worship Schedule Church Sun. School ………… 8:30 a.m. Celebration of Worship ……..10:00 a.m. TIP for Growth (Prayer & Study) & AWANA (youth)……...........6:30 p.m.
914 East Knapp Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague-Rector Sunday’s Worship at 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Music, Nursery Handicapped Accessible (414) 276-6277
Temple of Judah Church
Pastor David W. Stokes 8620 W. Fond du Lac Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53225 Inside Redeem Pentecostal Church Office Phone: (414) 326-4811 Weekly Services: Judah Cafe’........................... 10:00 am S u n d a y S c h o o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 : 0 0 a m Sunday Service.....................12:15 am Vo i c e o f F a i t h B r o a d c a s t o n J O Y 1 3 4 0 AM....................Sundays @ 5:30 pm Tu e . M a n a & B i b l e S t u d y. . . . . 7 : 0 0 p m Prayer Manna Mon.-Fri...............6:00 am “A Christ Centered Ministry-Bringing people into the presence of God”
TRINITY Missionary Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. Harold Turner Sunday School...................9:00 Sunday A.M. Worship........10:30 Sun. P.M. Worship...............3:00 Tuesday: Prayer Meeting, Mission Bible Class....................6-8:00
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Church: 873-3326 Home: 353-5958 2829 N. Teutonia Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53206
The Upper Room Baptist Church
Weekly Schedule Sun. Worship......10:30 a.m. Tus. Bible Study....6:00 p.m. Wed. Mission.........3-7 p.m. Wed. Fellowship...6:00 p.m.
Victory Missionary Baptist Church
Sunday’s Order of Service Sunday Church School 9:00 A.M. Sun. Baptist Training Union 10:00 A.M. Sun. Morning Worship 11:30 A.M.
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Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church 2190 N. 49th Street Milwaukee, WI 53208 Church: (414) 444-4244 Office: (414) 444-8947 Fax: (414) 444-7924
Weekly Schedule: Sun. School …………… 9:00 a.m. Sun. Morn. Worship…10:30 a.m. Tu e s . P r a y e r M t g & B i b l e Study…………………… 6:30 p.m.
TABERNACLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH "A preaching, teaching, healing community of faith.."Matt. 4:23
5418 W. Burleigh St. Milwaukee, WI 53210 (414) 393-WORD (9673) Sunday Morning Worship............10 am Tuesday Night Study......................7pm Ripton A. Stewart, Pastor
4300 West Villard Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53218 (414) 464-0390 Rev. Robert McFarland, Sr., Pastor
Order of Services Sunday School...............9:30 a.m. S u n d a y S e r v i c e . . . . . . . . . . . 11 : 0 0 a . m . Communion Services 1st Sunday......................7:00 p.m. Wed. night Prayer, Bible, Service & Mission..............................6-8 pm Mission mtg. every 2nd Wed.
Weekly Schedule: Sunday School..................9:15 Sun. Worship.....8:00 and 10:45 Wednesday Bible Study.........10 Wed. Bible/Prayer Service - 7:15 Phone: 562-8030
The Reverend Don Darius Butler,Pastor
Pastor Oscar Elim
1616 W. Atkinson Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53206 Rev. Darryl Williams, Pastor
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Unlimited Life in Jesus Christ Christian Church 623 W. Cherry St. Milwaukee, WI 53212 Inside the Boys and Girls Club Pastor Sudie B. Jones Services: Sunday School......................10:00 Sunday Service.....................11:00 Tue. Choir Rehearsal...............6:00 Tue. Prayer & Bible Study 6-7:30 Tue. Youth Meeting..............6-8:00 Wed. Recovery Services.....6-7:30 John 14:27
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Pastor: Willie F. Brooks Jr. 2200 W. Center Street Milwaukee WI 23209 414/265-5455 Worship Schedule: Sunday School ………9:30 a.m. Morn. Worship…..…11:30 a.m. Mon. Women Circle Min. …… Wed. Bible Study……7:30 p.m. Soar Men Min.……11:30 a.m.
Way of the Cross Missionary Baptist Church 1401 West Hadley Street Milwaukee, WI 53206 Office: (414) 265-2725 Rev. Kurt Boyd, Pastor Weekly Schedule Sunday School ………............................................... 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship…..................................10:30 a.m. Tuesday Noon Day Mission...................................................11:00 a.m. Evening Mission....................................................6:00 p.m. Tuesday Prayer Meeting.......................................6:30 p.m. Bible Study…........................................................7:00 p.m.
ZION HILL Missionary Baptist Church 1825 W. Hampton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53209 Rev. Russell Williamson, Pastor Sund ay S c ho ol......................8 : 3 0 a .m. Sund ay Wor ship...................10 : 0 0 a.m. We d n e s d ay Pr aye r S e r v i c e a n d B i b l e Study: 10-11:30 a.m. and 7: 00-8: 00 p.m. Phone: (414) 263-1777
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Community Baptist Church hosts writing contest for back-to-school Community Baptist Church of Greater Milwaukee Youth Department kicked off the back to school year by hosting a writing contest for the young people on Sunday, September 27, 2015. The students were awarded gift certificates and other prizes. This project was sponsored by the youth department directors who are working to encourage academic excellence. Several students are currently honor roll students. Rev. Demetrius Williams is the pastor.
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COMMUNITY COLUMN Black Male Youth-Milwaukee Summit shows options for young black men Talking is fine, but actions are even more important. That’s why hope, aspirations and options for young black men are on the agenda of the annual Black Male Youth-Milwaukee Summit at UWM, December 15-16, 2015. The event will bring approximately 400 African American middle and high school students and their teachers and mentors to UWM. Tuesday’s sessions are geared to the middle school groups; Wednesday’s to high school students. Education is important to the future of these young men, said Gary Williams, director of the Black Cultural Center at UWM and one of the coordinators of the 2015 summit. “We want to make clear that these young men have options and opportunities, whether they come to UWM or MATC or WCTC, there’s a place for them in higher education.” Schools and organizations from all over southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois will bring in young men from their communities for a day of workshops and presentations on topics ranging from higher education to career opportunities to money management. The theme
UWM Men's Basketball Coach Rob Jeter talked to Deborah Blanks of the UWM School of Education the young men about their hands out cards that present financial advice during a options at the 2014 Sumfinancial management workshop at last year's Black mit. Male Summit-Milwaukee at UWM. Teachers, mentors and this year is "Knowledge + men. That event, which gave leaders from community orPower + Perseverance = the young men a chance to ganizations also get a chance Success." make their voices heard, was to meet and network with “We want to open these expected to attract around 50 colleagues in between preyoung men’s eyes to what people. Instead, more than sentations and sessions fothey can aspire to and intro- 200 showed up. cused on evidence-based reduce them to role models Following that experience, search on programs that can who are men of achievement a group of UWM faculty, help young black men sucat the university and in the academic staff and commu- ceed despite poverty, racism community,” added Williams, nity leaders formed the Afri- and other obstacles. who also is an associate pro- can American Male Initiative “We know the environfessor in the School of Edu- (AAMI), which organizes ment that many of them cation at UWM. the now-annual Black Male come from, but we want to The event grew out of a Youth-Milwaukee Summit. help them learn how to ma2012 meeting, called “Saving The summit drew 300 partic- neuver within that environBlack Boys,” that Williams ipants in 2013; around 1,000 ment and succeed,” Williams organized in response to the young men are expected to explained. “We want to help need for community discus- attend this year. “We will them look at their strengths sion on the challenges fac- have a lot of energy in the and develop skills that will ing young African American building,” Williams said. carry them through educa-
tion and life.” Seeing role models who are like them is just as important to the youth attending the summit as the presentations are, Williams added. “They see staff members, but also leaders from the Urban Forum, the NAACP, Northwestern Mutual, business leaders, politicians, the black Greek fraternities, and professionals from the trades like plumbers and electricians.” Listening to what the young men have to say and discussing the issues important to them is a summit priority, but organizers also want to focus on solutions, Williams said. Schools like Chicago’s Urban Academy, which serves young black men from low-income areas, have a 100-percent graduation rate for the past three years, demonstrating what is possible. “These young men have the energy to succeed beyond belief. We need to make sure our expectations of them are high enough. We can set the bar high, but with guidance and support, they can surprise us — and themselves.”
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Employment interruption leads to rewarding new career with MPS In 2011, after a 17-year career with Chase Bank, Nikole Johnson was one of many people laid off when the bank moved offices outside of Milwaukee. She said it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to her. She was 38-years-old and realized she needed a career change. She enrolled at MATC to earn a human service associate degree, which she received in December 2013. “There are a lot of directions that you can go with that degree,” said Nikole, “but I never really thought about education as a related field.” That changed when she had an internship with Pathfinders. “They stole my heart and I realized I really wanted to work with children,” she said. Nikole started her career as a paraprofessional at Benjamin Franklin School two years ago. She said she loves working with students and helping them when they are struggling or not understanding something. “You
don’t know what’s going on with them emotionally or how things are at home, so I always check in to make sure they are okay.” Passionate about working with her students, Nikole also appreciates the Franklin School community. “It’s like a family,” she said. “You can go to anyone to talk through a challenge. I look forward to coming to work every day.” Franklin School Principal Katrina Fisher said that Nikole takes a strong interest in the students’ academic and social development. “She takes her job very seriously. Nikole tutors after school and regularly does interventions. She provides food and clothing for students in need and remembers each of her student’s birthdays.” "Franklin School is lucky to have an amazing team of paraprofessionals,” said Nikole Johnson shares her love for learning with students at Benjamin Principal Fisher. “This story Franklin School. could easily be written about any one of them. They all go above and beyond for our kids, every day. We have a really strong support team.”
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Managing your diabetes during the holidays Prepare to manage your diabetes during the holidays. Stay on track by taking medications on schedule and choosing healthy versions of favorite dishes. Remember to plan daily physical activities, like walking after meals and dancing at festivities. Having diabetes shouldn't stop you from enjoying holiday celebrations and travel. With some planning and a little preparation, you can stay healthy on the road and at holiday gatherings with friends and family. Preparation is the most important step in managing diabetes during holiday travel and festivities. Know what you'll be eating, how to enjoy a few traditional favorites while sticking with a healthy meal plan, how to pack necessary supplies for a trip, and you're ready to celebrate! Feasts and parties Before you go, take these steps to ensure you stick to your healthy meal plan. • Eat a healthy snack early to avoid overeating at the party. • Ask what food will be served, so you can see how it fits into your meal plan. • Bring a nutritious snack or dish for yourself and others. You don't have to give up all of your holiday favorites if you make healthy choices and limit portion sizes. At a party or holiday gathering,
follow these tips to avoid overeating and to choose healthy foods. • If you're at a buffet, fix your plate and move to another room away from the food, if possible. Choose smaller portions. • Choose low-calorie drinks such as sparkling water, unsweetened tea or diet beverages. If you choose to drink alcohol, limit the amount, and have it with food. Talk with your health care team about whether alcohol is safe for you. Limit it to one drink a day for women, two for men, and drink only with a meal. • Watch out for heavy holiday favorites such as hams with a honey glaze, turkey swimming in gravy and side dishes loaded with butter, sour cream, cheese, or mayonnaise. Instead, choose skinless turkey without gravy, or other lean meats. • Look for side dishes and vegetables that are light on butter, dressing, and other extra fats and sugars, such as
marshmallows or fried vegetable toppings. • Watch the salt. Some holiday dishes are made with prepared foods high in sodium. Choose fresh or frozen vegetables with no sauce to keep your sodium intake down. • Select fruit instead of pies, cakes and other desserts high in fat, cholesterol, and sugar. • Focus on friends, family, and activities instead of food. Take a walk after a meal, or join in the dancing at a party. Traveling for the holidays Leaving home to visit friends and family means changing routines. Take care of your diabetes while traveling. Check your blood glucose (sugar) more often than usual, because changing your schedule can affect levels. • Remember your medication. • Pack twice the amount of diabetes supplies you expect to need in your carry-on bag, in case of travel delays.
• Keep snacks, glucose gel, or tablets with you in case your blood glucose drops. • Make sure you keep your health insurance card and emergency phone numbers handy, including your doctor's name and phone number. • Carry medical identification that says you have diabetes and wear medical identification jewelry. • Keep time zone changes in mind so you'll know when to take medication. • If you use insulin, make sure you also pack a glucagon emergency kit. • Keep your insulin cool by packing it in an insulated bag with refrigerated gel packs. • Get an influenza vaccination before traveling, unless your medical provider instructs otherwise. Healthy routines Wash your hands often with soap and water. Try to avoid contact with sick people. • Reduce your risk for blood clots by moving around every hour or two. • Pack a small cooler of foods that may be difficult to find while traveling, such as fresh fruit and sliced raw vegetables. Pack dried fruit, nuts, and seeds as snacks. Since these foods can be high in calories, measure out small portions (¼ cup) in advance. • If you're driving, bring a few bottles of water instead
of sweetened soda or juice. If you're flying, choose unsweetened beverages onboard. • If you're flying and don't want to walk through the metal detector with your insulin pump, tell a security officer that you're wearing an insulin pump and ask them to visually inspect the pump and do a full-body pat-down. • Place all diabetes supplies in carry-on luggage. Keep medications and snacks at your seat for easy access. Don't store them in overhead bins. • Have all syringes and insulin delivery systems (including vials of insulin) clearly marked with the pharmaceutical preprinted label that identifies the medications, in the original pharmacy labeled packaging. • If a meal will be served during your flight, call ahead for a diabetic, low fat, or low cholesterol meal. If the airline doesn't offer a meal, bring a nutritious meal yourself. Wait until your food is about to be served before you take your insulin. • When drawing up your dose of insulin, don't inject air into the bottle (the air on your plane will probably be pressurized). • Stick with your routine for staying active. Get at least 150 minutes of physical activity every week. Ten minutes at a time is fine.
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There's a reason you see a lot of doorbuster deals on TVs and tablets during the holidays. Consumers consistently place those items at the top of their holiday gadget wish list — and 2015 isn't any different. TVs are the first, and tablets the second most wishedfor item in the Consumer Electronics Association's annual study of the most desired tech gifts of the holiday season. Smartphones, laptop computers and video game consoles rounded out the top five. That syncs pretty closely to what Black Friday sites have been finding. BestBlackFriday.com spoke with more than 1,100 shoppers, 43 percent of which said they'll be primarily hunting for deals on electronics. And those shoppers will be buying. The CEA's research finds 65 percent of all Americans (roughly 160 million people) will buy tech gifts this year — the highest level
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in at least three years. Total spending on those gadgets is expected to hit $34.2 billion — a 2.3 percent increase over last year. "CEA's 2015 holiday forecast suggests the holiday shopping season that lies before us will be the biggest on record," said Shawn DuBravac, the association's chief economist and senior director of research. Electronics manufacturers will have plenty for those shoppers to choose from this year. While Samsung, LG and Vizio all have new high-
end HDTVs on the market — and each will work with retail partners on doorbuster specials — it's less pricey items that will probably wind up under most trees this year. Headphones and earbuds are likely to be the most purchased tech items, with the CEA estimating them to be given by 28 and 27 percent, respectively, of gift-givers. Also hot: portable speakers and every item from the 'most wished-for' list — except TVs. This could also be a breakout year for video game
hardware. There are quite a few highly anticipated games hitting stores this holiday season and the push is on by manufacturers to convince owners of last-generation systems to upgrade. "With the launch of 'Halo 5' Xbox One has a 'system seller,' and 'killer app' that could see many 360 holdouts upgrading to the Xbox One," said Liam Callahan, a games industry analyst at The NPD Group. "PlayStation 4 comps would ... have been tough due to [the system's] success last holiday, but the recently announced $50 price drop is certain to help sales." Smartphones and tablets are likely to get a boost, as they do most years. Apple's iPhone 6S and 6S Plus got off to a record start in September, selling more than 13 million units in just three days. And Google's heralded Android Marshmallow, which improves battery life, standardizes support for fingerprint scanners and offers
several new features, is ushering in a new line of Android phones. Meanwhile, the iPad Pro, which launched recently, is a tablet whose 12.9-inch screen and slim design could be very popular with power and business users. And Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 has won rave reviews from critics and has been hailed as a laptop replacement for die-hard Windows users. Demand is also on the rise for fitness trackers like Fitbit (up 5 percent from last year) and action cameras, such as GoPro. And interest in drone purchases has jumped from 3 percent last year to 7 percent this year as the hobby becomes more mainstreamed. "Whether Americans want the latest upgrade of their favorite tech device or to try out the newest emerging tech on the market," said DuBravac, "it's apparent that consumer enthusiasm for tech will be substantial this holiday shopping season."
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In partnership with Pastors United, The Bayless Foundation, PKSD, Senator Lena Taylor, A-LEGO, and Molina Healthcare are: Presenting Building Communities! Helping Families for Thanksgiving. Your kids are asking for them, and you've relented. Here are some tips that will help you make gadget gifts a hit for the children—and for you. Some of these tips can help for those grown-up kids you're buying gifts for, too. 1. Check the timing of the gift's warranty before you buy: You don't want it to expire before the package is even opened. 2. Batteries, batteries, and more batteries! Find out how many and what sizes you need, and have extras on hand just in case. Also have a set of screwdrivers handy for getting into kid-proof battery cases. 3. If the device is rechargeable, make sure you charge it up before you wrap it. No kid (of any age) wants to wait for hours to try out a new game or toy. 4. Some electronics devices made for kids—the LeapFrog LeapPad 2, for example—need you to register online, download apps, or set up profiles before kids can really start to play. Take care of all that beforehand. 5. Buying video games? Check the ESRB ratings to
make sure games don't contain inappropriate content. 6. Add a nice, sturdy case for potentially breakable gadgets, such as phones or tablets. Think about getting additional controllers for video-game consoles. And consider content for tablets and gaming devices: maybe an iTunes gift card, Sony PlayStation Network Card, or Amazon gift card. 7. Amid the unwrapping frenzy, don't let instruction manuals get tossed into the trash. While you're at it, watch for small components that may inadvertently get lost in the detritus. Also try to keep packaging, just in case you need to return something. 8. Consider setting time limits on usage from the beginning. Some devices, such as tablets made for kids, have built-in parental controls that help you maintain time limits. 9. Put aside some time to help kids get used to and understand complicated gadgets, such as the DJ Rock Dock, a build-it-yourself speaker dock kit.
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Families in need will be given a turkey with all the trimmings. There will be smoke detectors, blood pressure kits and diabetes kits distributed at St. Gabriel’s COGIC 5375 N. 37th St. Milwaukee, WI at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. At this event, the sponsors will also be collecting donations for their "Keep My Children Warm Campaign" of hats, gloves, scarfs, and socks to be distributed on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Now Unto Him Ministries located at 2807 W. Elder Wallace Dr. (28th and Hadley) 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. For more information call Minister Greg Lewis, President Pastors United at 414-324-1629. www.milwaukeetimesnews.com
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Family committed to help homeless veterans find housing First Lady Michele Obama has put forth the call to help homeless veterans across the country in services to assist them with gaining sustainable employment and housing. Her “challenge” is to address the need to help homeless veterans in find housing. The “challenge” was sent to all mayors to make an impact on this escalating situation affecting so many of our returning veterans in cities all over America. Mayor Tom Barrett and County Executive Chris Abele both signed the “challenge.” The “challenge” also asks that communities get involved as well. At the urging of a family friend, Paulette Christian of P. Christian and Associates presented the Taylor family an opportunity to take on the challenge and honor their deceased father, the late Charles Taylor, Sr. Mr. Taylor had built such a legacy in providing rental properties in the city of Milwaukee for years and the patriarch of the family had also served in the U.S. Army. The Taylor family members accepted the “challenge” and formed the Taylor Group, which is comprised of Mr. Taylor’s wife and their four children. The first phase of the Taylor project began and, after months of renovating an apartment building on the north side of Milwaukee, the grand opening of Taylor Veterans Memorial Apartments occurred on what would have been the 85th birthday of the man who put so much
Charles Taylor, Sr. of his life into the properties he owned. The apartment building, located at 4522 N. Teutonia Ave., has been completely refurbished and is available for veterans, specifically those who are under the care of the Veterans Administration. Individuals attending the grand opening toured the property and viewed before-and-after pictures of the renovation while enjoying light refreshments. Steven Mahan, director of community development grants administration for the City of Milwaukee, as well as BG (Ret.) Robert A. Cocroft, President and CEO of Center for Veterans Issues Ltd., were in attendance, as well as many VA case managers, veterans, family and friends. Work on phase two, of the Taylor project, which is the adjacent property, is schedule to be completed early spring of 2016. Charles Taylor, Sr., was born on November 5, 1931. He was the eighth of 11 chil-
Taylor Veterans Apartments at 4522 N. Teutonia Ave. dren and grew up in Bessemer, AL with a burning ambition to be an entrepreneur. Opportunities for a young African American man in that time and place were few; however, after he graduated from high school, he moved in with one of his older brothers who had moved to Detroit. In 1953 Taylor enlisted in the Army, serving a twoyear hitch as a tech corporal I the 1st Engineer, Battalion Company “A.” He returned to Detroit after his military service, working for a while at a laundromat, and later, on the assembly line for Chrysler. During a layoff, a brother-in-law living in Milwaukee convinced Taylor to move to Milwaukee. After a short stint working at another laundromat, Taylor landed a job as a meat cutter with the Patrick Cudahy Co. He also started to purchase property. He bought his first house in 1964. In 1968, he bought another house, moving his
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growing family into the new one and renting out the first one. Soon he had a portfolio of properties. In 1971 he purchased a four-unit apartment building at 4522 N. Teutonia Ave. By the time he was 50, Taylor, his wife, Dora and their four children could live off the income from their rental properties and he retired from Cudahy. Taylor died two years ago and by then the apartment building he purchased in 1971 was suffering from years of wear and tear due in part to high tenant turnover in recent years. The family knew the apartment needed some significant renovation and they
also wanted to attract tenants more likely to stay. The family together decided to remodel the kitchens and bathrooms, refinish the maple wood floors, and install new energy efficient windows. “We believe they will be good tenants and good neighbors,” said Dorothea Taylor. “Our father was a veteran and we wanted to honor him and where he got his start and his drive. As kids all of us used to help him as he went around making repairs and checking on the properties.” “He knew what he wanted and knew how to get it,” said Charles Taylor, Jr. “His entire family came to trust his financial advice. He left our family a blessed legacy. We hope future generations will love and honor him for his foresight.” If you’re a veteran under the care of the Veterans Administration or a case manager and would like more information regarding housing at the Taylor Veteran Memorial Apartments, please contact Paulette Christian at (414) 841-2454.
The truth about domestic adoption
An adoptive mother dispels common myths about domestic adoption By Eliza Newlin Carney When Katie and Jeffrey Davis set out to adopt a baby domestically, everyone close to the couple assumed they were in for an excruciatingly long wait. As it turned out, the Davises, who live in Baltimore, MD, were matched with a birth mother less than a month after their adoption agency started presenting their paperwork. Their daughter, now five, was placed in their arms just seven months after they started the adoption process. “People think that adoption takes five years, just forever and ever,” says Katie. “They were shocked that we adopted a baby in the U.S., and that the process went so smoothly.” Domestic adoption reinvented The Davis family’s story is not particularly unusual. While international adoption has commanded the limelight for the last two decades, domestic adoption has remained an untold story. Despite persistently negative and sensational media coverage, domestic adoption today is more transparent than ever before, and increasingly defined by healthier choices for birth families and adoptive families alike. The fact that more than 18,000 American families
successfully adopt newborn babies in the United States every year belies the widespread misperception that domestic adoption is a difficult, time-consuming, expensive, and risky process. The truth is that most families successfully adopt within two years of beginning the process. The cost of a domestic adoption varies widely, from under $15,000 to more than $50,000. According to surveys conducted annually by Adoptive Families, the median total cost of a domestic adoption is $30,000 to $45,000, which tends to be considerably less than that of a typical international adoption. The most damaging, and most deeply entrenched, conviction—that birth parents return after relinquishing parental rights to try to reclaim the baby--virtually never comes to pass. “People watch TV and read the newspapers, and they are scared to death,” says Mark T. McDermott, an adoption attorney in Washington, D.C. Domestic adoptions outpace international Although fewer adoptions currently take place each year within the U.S. compared to 35 years ago, domestic adoption is far from dying out. In fact, more U.S. families adopt (Continued on on pg. 17) www.milwaukeetimesnews.com
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Truth about adoption (Continued from pg. 16) domestically than internationally each year. To be sure, the number of infant placements in the U.S. has dropped in recent decades. In the mid-1970s, as many as 49,000 American infants were placed for adoption each year. In 2007, the most recent year for which accurate numbers exist, there were an estimated 18,078 domestic newborn, non-relative adoptions. The drop in the number of newborn adoptions since the 1970s coincides with a decline in the percentage of single mothers placing children for adoption, down from nine percent in the 1970s to 1.4 percent in 2002 (the most recent year for which this statistic was reported), according to the National Survey of Family Growth. As the stigma against single parenthood has diminished over the last 35 years, so has the number of children placed for adoption. Despite the tenacity of myths and stereotypes, domestic adoption has quietly redefined itself over a generation. Adopting parents, once resigned to a lengthy wait at their local adoption agency, now have more options and more information. Expectant parents, once shamed and almost completely shut out of adoption decisions, are now involved in the process. Independent adoptions have increased in number and, by some accounts, now repre-
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sent the majority of domestic adoptions. The Internet and smartphones have made it easier for like-minded birth parents and adopting families to find one another over geographic distances. From secrecy to transparency While almost every aspect of adoption is different than it was in the past, it is within the family matching process that the most change has occurred. In private and agency adoptions, rather than merely being assigned a baby to adopt without any background information to share with the child as he or she grows, adopting parents now usually meet or talk with the birth family. Prospective birth parents, by the same token, are empowered to choose which family will adopt their child. Birth families are more likely to have access to counseling and independent legal representation, and, together with the adopting family, determine the nature of contact after the adoption. Almost everyone involved in adoption today—adopting parents, birth parents, and adoption professionals--embraces this new transparency as an antidote to the confidentiality of the past. Birth families are reassured that their child will be well cared for; adopted children have the answers to questions that arise over the years. Today, families who’ve adopted domestically often say that any initial concern about the role of birth parents has been replaced by gratitude for the opportunity to know their child’s family of ori-
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gin. They note the positive aspects of adopting domestically: the opportunity to parent a newborn, and the medical and social history they have for their child. Getting to know one another Another misperception about open adoptions is that they constitute virtual “co-parenting.” In most cases, before the child is born or the adoption is finalized, the families agree to a mutually acceptable level of contact-though there is no “typical” scenario, and many let their contact evolve. Some birth and adoptive families correspond directly; some exchange updates through an intermediary. Some use special e-mail accounts; others are friends on Facebook. Some see each other frequently; others don’t meet face-to-face. On the whole, however, there seems to be a movement toward greater openness by all parties. Adoption professionals report that, after the initial reassurance of letters following a child’s birth, some birth mothers move on with their lives. In these cases,
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contact often diminishes. Dawn Smith-Pliner, executive director of the adoption agency Friends in Adoption, reports that contact is sometimes renewed in later years, by either the adoptive family or the birth family. Adoption is forever The fear that domestic adoptions are legally risky remains widespread. While there are no data on how many adoptions land in the courts, experts estimate that less than one percent of domestic adoptions are legally contested after the relinquishment of parental rights. Kirsten Wilkerson and her husband, Pete, adopted their daughter, Meghan, less than a year after they began the process. At the beginning, the Wilkersons had fully expected to adopt a child from China or South Korea. That plan was driven, in part, by “the belief out there that birth parents would come back to reclaim their child,” explains Kirsten, a psychologist who lives in Illinois. But chance—or, as Kirsten says, fate—intervened. Her doctor told her about a pregnant patient who was considering placing her child for adoption. The doctor wanted to know whether Kirsten and Pete were interested in adopting the baby. As it turned out, that call never came--but the experience did get Kirsten thinking. Soon afterward, a fateful conversation led her to another pregnant woman interested in making an adoption plan. As soon as she met Meghan’s birth mother, recalls Kirsten, her fears about a birth mother’s change of
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heart melted away. Three months later, she and Pete were parents. Breaking down birth mom stereotypes Even as domestic adoption evolves, negative stereotypes of birth mothers refuse to die out. Most damaging are those portrayals of birth mothers heartlessly “giving up” their children. In reality, most of them have made a painful, but loving, choice-one for which there is very little societal support. Despite the perception that most birth mothers are irresponsible teenagers, many are single mothers in their twenties or thirties who already have a child, and who face economic pressure to place a child. “They are mothers who want the best life possible for their unborn child,” says Steven Kirsh, an adoption attorney in Indianapolis. Understanding is growing Adopting a newborn domestically is eminently doable, say professionals. Nonetheless, waiting parents should educate themselves about the process, and about all their options. It’s not uncommon for waiting parents to pursue more than one route at a time, filing paperwork with an agency and also networking independently. Wait times are shortest for parents who place the fewest restrictions on the description of their “dream” child. Many families have already discovered what the rest of America has yet to figure out: that the real story of domestic adoption has thousands of happy endings.
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Milwaukee Public Schools is requesting quotations for Water Heater Replacements. Equipment specifications, proposal requirements and guidelines may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call A/E Graphics, Inc. for availability of proposal documents. Documents 1nay also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com. The HUB requirements for this contract is 0% The COIN requirements for this contract is 0% The Student Employment I Participation requirements for this contract are 0%. All questions should be submitted in writing to Mark Bethel of Milwaukee Public Schools' Facilities and Maintenance Services, fax number (414) 283-4682. No questions will be answered verbally. No verbal information fron1 any source is to be relied upon by any respondent in tl1e development of their response to the request for quotation. Only questions Sl1bmitted in writing prior to 4:00 PM on Tuesday, December 01, 2015 will be answered. No questions will be answered after that date and tin1e. These responses will be documented by way of addenda, which will be forwarded to all bidders. Submit all quotations to Mr. Mark Bethel, Project Specialist of Design and Construction of Facilities and Maintenance Services, 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 no later than 1:30 PM on Tuesday, December 08, 2015. The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities. Darienne B. Driver, Ed.D. Superintendent of Scl1ools 10913094/11-17-24/12-1
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Milwaukee Public Schools is requesting proposals for Unit Prices for Asbestos Abatement & Disposal Services for Various Sites, Milwaukee, WI. Project scope, proposal requirements and guidelines may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Monday through Friday from NE Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call A/E Graphics, Inc. for availability of proposal documents. The HUB requirements for this contract is 0% The COIN requirements for this contract is 0% The minimum Student Participation requirements for this contract are: Paid Employment: O Hours Educational Activities: 10 Hours A pre-proposal conference will be held at office of the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services at 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, WI at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, December 01, 2015. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference is strongly encouraged. A written response of the questions asked at this conference will be issued by way of an addendum to all firms registered as receiving a copy of this RFP. All questions should be submitted in writing to John Linn of Milwaukee Public Schools' Facilities and Maintenance Services, fax number (414) 283-4682. No questions will be answered verbally. No verbal information from any source is to be relied upon by any respondent in the development of their response to the RFP. Only questions submitted in writing prior to 4:00 PM on Thursday, December 03, 2015 will be answered. No questions will be answered after that date and time. These responses will be documented by way of addenda, which will be forwarded to all bidders. Submit all proposals to Mr. Mark Bethel, Project Specialist of Design and Construction, Facilities and Maintenance Services, 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 no later than 3:00 PM on Thursday, December 10, 2015.
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Milwaukee Public Schools is requesting quotations for 2015 Pool Chemical System Equipment. Equipment specifications, proposal requirements and guidelines may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call A/E Graphics, Inc. for availability of proposal documents. Documents may also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www aegraphics.com. The HUB requirement for this contract is 0% The CO!N requirement for this contract is 0% The Student Employment I Participation requirements for this contract are 0%. All questions should be submitted in writing to Mark Bethel of Milwaukee Public Schools' Facilities and Maintenance Services, fax number (414) 283-4682. No questions will be answered verbally. No verbal information from any source is to be relied upon by any respondent in the development of their response to the request for quotation. Only questions submitted in writing prior to 4:00 PM on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 will be answered. No questions will be answered after that date and time. These responses will be documented by way of addenda, which wi!l be forwarded to all bidders. Submit all quotations to Mr. Mark Bethel, Project Specialist of Design and Construction of Facilities and Maintenance Services, 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 no later than 1:30 PM on Tuesday, December 01, 2015. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities, Darienne B. Driver, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools 10912785/11-12-17-24 www.milwaukeetimesnews.com
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Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 North 11th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 19, 2015. Sealed proposals will be received at 1124 North 11th Street, directed to the attention of Mr. Travis R. Luzney, P.E., Director of the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services, pursuant to Section 119.52(3) Wisconsin Statutes, until Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 1:30 PM, in accordance with plans and specifications for the following work: All contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are subject to the prevailing wage rates and hours of labor as prescribed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee consistent with provisions of Section 66,0903 of the Wisconsin Statutes. BID GUARANTY TO ACCOMPANY BID: MPS Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier's Check: 10°°/o of Contractor's Base Bid.
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