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Seaway Bank hosts pastors reception to say, "Thanks"
Seaway Bank and Trust Company Milwaukee Branch, 2102 W. Fond du Lac Avenue, hosted a Pastors Reception on Monday, October 28. 2013. The purpose of the reception, according to Seaway Milwaukee Branch’s Senior Vice President Tracy Meeks, was the bank’s way of “saying thanks for working with us.” More than 35 pastors attended Seaway Bank’s third reception for pastors in the Milwaukee area. Of that total, approximately one-third of the pastors are loyal Seaway Bank customers. Since the reception, several pastors have contacted the bank to discuss ways their parishioners can be provided information on home ownership and classes on financial literacy. When asked on Wednesday what he thought of the Pastors Reception, Pastor Mose Fuller of St. Timothy Baptist Church was very forthright in his response: “I think Seaway is reaching out to pastors to have their churches become clients of the bank as well as members of their congregation. Moreover, Seaway wants the community to know they are in the community and their history. And so far they are doing a great job.” Pictured (from left) are: Seaway Milwaukee Branch Senior Vice President Tracy Meeks, Seaway Bank President Walter E. Grady and Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines.
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Pastors group is looking to expand their reach block by block “Humility is our power,” proclaimed Rev. Gregory Lewis, President of Pastors United, during the regular Thursday morning meeting of the organization last week at Jerusalem Baptist Church. “Dealing with 188 pastors, we have to be humble. We’re in a great position, and no one will be trying to overpower anyone. We just need to do the work.” The work that Pastors United is doing is to enhance the overall quality for life for people in the city of Milwaukee. They are launching an initiative called, “Faith Builds Milwaukee.” “There are 20,000 vacant homes that the city owns; we want a few of them. We’ve started to research on buying and rehabbing those houses
to provide housing to our members. That’s economic development. By doing this, we can hire our own people and we need people trained and ready to do the work of rehabbing these properties. “The city is exploring ways to reduce this inventory of vacant homes. We need to devise a plan that we can present to the City of Milwaukee to secure some of these homes. This is a lofty goal, but it’s a practical one,” Rev. Lewis said. Pastors United wants the community to understand that they can provide hope in the city for the hopeless. “You can’t measure the victory when you get someone to realize they can do (Continued on pg. 10)
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New Covenant Baptist Church celebrates 34th Pastoral Anniversary
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“A Chosen Ambassador for Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:20) was the 34th Pastoral Anniversary Service theme honoring Rev. Dr. F.L. and First Lady Mary L. Crouther of New Covenant Baptist Church, Sunday, October 27, 2013. The morning message was preached by Rev. Dr. John W. McVicker, Pastor, Christ the King Baptist Church. "A Tribute to a Preacher” was the title of his message.“According to Old Testament scholars there was a period of 430 years that there was no preaching in Judea. 430 years, that is a long time for people to live in a non-preaching society. 430 years is a long time for families without hearing a word from heaven by way of a preacher. 430 years is a long time for the head of the house to provide for his household without hearing the Gospel of peace. 430 years is quite a long time for a nation to endure without hearing a preacher quote Psalm 33:12 which says, ‘Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.’ We come today to pay tribute to God’s preacher,” said Rev. John W. McVicker, Pastor of Christ The King Baptist Church in his impassioned speech for Rev. Dr. Fred Crouther of New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church and his wife, First Lady Mary L. Crouther as they celebrated their 34th Pastoral Anniversary. Rev. Fred Crouther began New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in 1979. Under his leadership, the church has grown to over 600 active members and active missions, including housing and evangelism.