- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- 75th Anniversary Service of Cascade United Methodist Church, October 7, 2001
- Date of Original:
- 2001-10-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Religion
African American clergy
Sermons
Gospel music - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This audio recording features proceedings from the 75th anniversary service of Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording opens with songs, including "Let Your Light From The Lighthouse", "I Will Trust In The Lord", and "Old Time Religion". At 00:23:05, the children's choir wishes Cascade a happy 75th anniversary and then perform "Rise And Shine". Beginning at 00:27:35, there begins remarks by church leaders interspersed with songs and a reading of selected verses from the New Testament by Reverend Calvin Morris. The recording proceeds with a prayer service and the performance of more songs. At 00:46:43, Reverend Walter L. Kimbrough speaks briefly before Joseph E. Lowery begins remarks on Cascade's 75th anniversary and on events marking his 80th birthday. The focus of Lowery's speech is on the topic of respect as borrowed through the lens of Aretha Franklin's song "Respect". Lowery connects how respect built into the church allows for reverence and creates a foundation of connection between people.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:00533
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:21:19
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199
Series: Audiovisual - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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