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tinuing through April 21 , the worship services in the church fust Baptist Church will be sanctuary. The group sessions g engaged in a spiritual renewal are at 7:00 and the worSbip t. crusade. The Rev. Fred L.Kelly services at 8:00 Monday through e Jr. of Winston-Salem will direct Friday nights, and at 6:30 and b music and the Rev. Victor G. 7:45 respectively on Sunday -Cole, pastor of the church, will night. e preach. Mr. Kelly, former minister of

A special feature of the music at the church, is associate I~ crusade will be small group pastor of the First Baptistdiscussions about personal and Church, Winston-Salem. A r corporate renewal. Tho s e graduare of the Westminister I persons adult througb junior Choir College, he has more than f high age will meet in groups ten years of professional music of ten or twelve and discuss experience and will be sing.ing ~ the Christian's commitment, each night. )ministry I infJ.uence, relevance, Newly come to Salisbury, Mr. Iand personal evangelism. The Cole will speak on "Let's Start :book by Elton Trueblood, "The A New World," "Need OnJoy NOD-lncendiary Fellowship," will pro- Christians Repent?", "Are You .vide discussion material for the Sanctified?" , "Equipping the i groups. Younger children will Saints for Evangelism," "A }be engaged in team-teaching Regenerate C h u r c h Mem- .,sessions conducted by the bersh ip," and "T h e ivarious church organization Responsibility of a Church to .leaders . •

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REV. FRED L. KELLY • • • m ...ic leader

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. J. ' ~Spedal'· '- •ervlces ~ . ... ~. . :..... . Revival services will begin

Sunday .night, April 5 and continue through Wednesday night, April 8 at the First Baptist Church, Mocksville. In addition to the regular evening services, two morning services have planned. These will be on Tuesday, April 7 and Wed-nesday, April 8 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel. A nursery will be provided for all services.

Rev. Thomas C. Womble will be the evangelist. Mr. Womble is a nati\'!! of Cary, North Carolina , where he graduated from high school. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1958. He is also a graduate of South eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before coming to the Clemmons Baptist Church, he served as pastor of the Unity Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina , the Bethesda Baptist Church, Clayton, North Carolina, and the First Baptist Church of · Bladenboro, North Carolina. Mr. Womble has served as Moderator of the Johnston Baptist Association

' and the Bladen Baptist Association. He has also served the Baptist State Convention as Vice-Chairman of the Board ~ Directors of the "Biblical Recorder':, as a member of the Program Committee of the 1969 State Convention, and as a member of the copvention Nominating Committee.

Mr. Womble is married to the ,. former Jo Mustian and they

have two children, Thomas Daniei age 8 and Elizabeth Ann age 4. .

Rev. Fred L. Kelly, Jr. will be the guest soloist. Mr. Kelly is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina. He is a t ~ o Campbell College, Buei's Creek, North Carolina and the Westminister Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey. He was a baritone soloist with the Westminister Choir on a five-months Good-Will Tour of the world, 1956-57, under the auspices of the Department of

. State, Washington, D. C. Mr. Kelly is in his third year

l as director of the Good News 4 --..

Singers of Winston-Salem - an inte rraci a l , ' in -terdenominational group of 400 teenagers who sing in the area in- thesummer months. He has been Minister of Music at the First Baptist Church , Salisbury, North ·Carolina and Columbia Baptist Church, Falls Ch)ll'ch, Virginia. He is now at the First Baptist Church, Wintson-Salem, North Carolina.

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Rev. Fred Kelly -Guest Soloist-

Youth Religious Revival

Jesus • In the Churcll In Top 40; Rock •

By Virtie Stroup Staff Religion Reporler

The Psalmist 's description pf worship as "making a joyful noise unto the Lord" may be coming true-and Ithrough .

It may be coming through the new beat in pop music which is spilling over into church music.

And it may be due to young people, who ha ve tried drugs r-and alcohol and in their ~ groping for some kind of \ meaning have turned on to ["""' Jesus. ' r

Their quest is "causing a fan tastic revival to sweep the (""l nation," said the Rev. Fred ' Kelly, minister of music at First Baptist Church on West,--Fifth Street. d

It's a Revival <: The revival-"and that's as L..

good a name as anything"-is :S seen specifically in the music of the young, Kelly said. These young people , he ad- ded, are turning toward Jesus rather than drugs and ·alcohol. ~

At present, he said, the gospel thrust in music is more 3 evident outside the church, but the infl uence of Jesus in the pop music world Is the outgrowth of a resurgence of The Rev. Fred Kelly .. interest in Jesus, especially on campuses and at rock, folk and soul festivals. the new music, he ' said,

"without being really with it. He said churches "have So if it is a message of joy,made a stab in the last couple then·. you are going to feel or three years to try and it-there's no way to miss it." bring music up to date with Kelly said sometimes theyoung people-music t hat

traditional music of t hespeaks to them in an idiom church " doesn't allow us tothey enjoy and yet music that project ourselves into a statehas something to say to them of being joyful. We have toand the life they are living m ake it come alive and wei!-nd enjoying." don' t always do that. "

Good News Singers As a church musician , he Kelly, one of the founders said, it is necessary to hit

and the director of the "Good everybody 's taste "and News Singers," a chorus of that's not easy." From g ospel high school students who songs to the highest and finest perform C h l' i s t ia n folk pieces " we can perfprm." " musicals , said his association Kelly has a variety of tastes with the new music "has himself. He and his wife, also helped me." a singer, are graduates of

He added that he thought Westminster Choir College.the new beat has given the Tliey are both soloists and church " one real lift because members of the chorus of the of its expression of joy and Winston-Salem Singers ' Guild that is something we need (he is on the board) and he is today. You just can't sing" one of the lOO-voice Southern

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gospel song revival

Baptist Convention's "Cen-turymen."

"Billboard" and "Variety" have predicted that the drug and sex themes of the '60s will be replaced this decade by songs abo,llt Jesus, and a look at the "Top 40" song r atings r eflects this .

There's "Oh Happy Day" and "Am azing Grace" and " My Sweet Lord" and now " Jesus Christ, Superstar."

Kelly said he had only heard " S u pe l's tar " in snatches, " but the music without a doubt is 'Top 40.' " He admits the singers " are not like we 'd expect churcb singers to sound like, but the text is pretty much scriptural - only in today's language. "

Kelly said he has heard more talk on this rock opera " than anything in a long time, and everyone seems to have an opinion and they vary drastically."

Some ministers, he said, "think it is really fine and speaks well the message of J esus Christ to you n g people." One young person, Kelly said, "thought this would be what Jesus would be - a superstar - if he were here today because being a superstar is the best. For him Jesus being a superstar is not degrading, but for s 0 m e adults the album is degrad-ing. But then some young people don't like it, either."

To Be Rewarded Some people, Kelly said,

are not willing to admit there is any merit in the new music, " but I've a 1 w a y s believed that anything done in the name of Jesus Christ would not go unrewarded.

" But those who are not accustomed to hearing this music in church tend to write it off as 'no good' without trying to find some real meaning. Our claim. all along as been if you touched one person in a sermon or the.. music , then the whole was worthwhile. I am going to still claim that promise."

Kell y bel i eves the popularity of Judy Collins' version of "Amazing Grace" is due to the simple pro-clamation of the message of J esus Christ - "you don 't have to guess what it means" - and her straightforward singing in a plaintive voice.

Message is the Thing For Kelly the new beat

coupled with the new trend in music is getting a religious message across "if it doesn't relay a message, then the music is useless."

Most of the music favored by the young people, he said, deals with the prohlems in society. For Kelly this is natural - " I don't see how you can separate concerns for your fe llow man from the church so the music means more because of personal involvement. "

At First Baptist, Kelly said, "we say we are a gathered, scattered congregation. We gather to learn, worship, sing and study and then we scatter throughout the city , still a church."