Central United Methodist Church Service, Part 1, January 1, 1978

Church Services

1978-01-01

1970-1979

This audio recording features part one of a church service on January 1, 1978 at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The service proceedings include songs, prayers, a scripture reading, remarks on the new year, leading of the hymn "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" by Joseph E. Lowery (at 00:41:15), and a sermon delivered by Lowery (at 00:45:11). Lowery's sermon is informed by the first five verses of Chapter 63 of the Book of Isaiah, discussing how the year of 1978 could mark a "year of jubilee" and salvation. The recording ends during Lowery's sermon.

African Americans--Religion
African American clergy
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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199

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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00714_01

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection.

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