Praise & worship

APRIL 30—Judah Ministries Praise Team will host a 24 Hour Worship Service at 7 p.m. at the House of His Presence, 13 Pride St., Hill District. There will be 24 hours of prayer, praise and worship with Judah Ministries and others. For more information, call 724-382-4514.

Who inspires you? Is it the woman who is 93 years of age and still walks the runway? How about the woman who is over 70 and travels all around the world?

On March 20 at the beautiful Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe hundreds of women were impressed and inspired by seven magnificent women each more than 70 years of age at the BASH (The Black Association of South Hills) Ms. Senior Inspiration Annual Scholarship Luncheon.

LADIES OF BASH— Diana Ward, Monica Williams, Deborah Holland and Norma Adams (BASH president).

How many times have you been encouraged to go green by discontinuing your paper statements? Every time I log on to pay a bill they suggest that I save a tree by electing to have an electronic payment. I’m all for saving trees but I still want my paper statement. I like to put them together and review them. Yes, I know I can do this online, but I don’t log in each day and with the amount of e-mails that I receive I may miss that reminder e-mail. If I don’t receive the bill in the mail I may forget that I owe that company and incur a late fee. I do believe in my heart of hearts that is exactly what “they” want to happen. So thank you very much I’ll continue to take my paper statements and why can’t we just plant some more trees or make paper from recycled material....?

A year ago, the directors of the Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise, hit upon the idea of having a reception and luncheon focused around informal conversations rather than a traditional fundraiser. As one member put it, “It’s not just a fundraiser, it’s a friend raiser.”

Since the first event went so well, they tried it again April 9, and more than 230 community, business and government leaders participated, up from 190 in 2009.

CO-CHAIR CLAUDETTE LEWIS AND DINA CLARK