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ISSUE 15.09: Hopewell honors pastor; Tragic accident; more

ISSUE 15.09: Hopewell honors pastor; Tragic accident; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Hopewell Baptist To Honor Veteran Pastor on May 15
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Accident Claiming Nursing Students Brings Questions to the Fore
FEEDBACK: Readers Get To View Four Different Thoughts
UPCOMING: Aurora Plans Four Summer Playhouses for Kids; Fourth Suwanee SculpTour
NOTABLE: Marriott Hotel Coming to Gwinnett Center; PCOM Professor Re-Elected
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Spencer’s Mountain
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Best Work of Erskine Caldwell May Be in Non-Fiction Writings
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thoughts on Things That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a Single Reader Recognized Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Another Entry in Suwanee SculpTour

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by · May 1, 2015 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Hopewell Baptists to honor Sheals in is 35th year as pastor

By Izetta Sims | Marking his 35th anniversary as pastor, Hopewell Baptist Church of Norcross will honor Bishop Williams Sheals at a “black and gold” black-tie banquet on May 15 at the Gwinnett Arena Grand Ballroom. More than 400 people are expected for the fete. Tickets are $100.

It was a partly cloudy and cool Easter Sunday morning on April 6, 1980, when Hopewell Missionary Baptist welcomed Bill Sheals as its new pastor. The church, which dates back to 1865, at that time had about 200 members. After the morning service, as the children presented speeches, the sound system malfunctioned. Pastor Sheals, then working with an Atlanta housing agency, brought from his car a personal sound system, so that the parents could hear the children. From that moment on, he had the title “Papa Sheals,” by which many church members still address him.

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by · May 1, 2015 · Today's Focus