Voices of Faith at Work in the World
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About this Collection
The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.
This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.
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| Just What Do We Have To Be Thankful For? |
Speaker(s): Cecil Williams, Del Shields (host) |
Description: The Rev. A. Cecil Williams (1929-2024) was the pastor emeritus of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco and a community leader and author. On this Thanksgiving evening in 1968, Williams talked about things he and others did - and did not - have to be thankful for. At the time of this program, he was 39 years old and had been pastor of Glide Church for five years. Throughout the program, Thanksgiving was seen through a filter of race. Callers were interested in Williams's idea that he needed to think about himself as a Black man could, not as a White man would - that he could create his own life. He said there was a time he wanted to be called "colored," and at one time "negro," but now preferred "black" and felt empowered by that. Williams felt White people put a priority on property, and Black people put more of a priority on human life. Shields and Williams talk about Glide Church, accepting each person as they are, and working with them to improve their lives. Williams retired in 2000 at the age of 70. Under his leadership, Glide Memorial became a 10,000-member congregation of all races, ages, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and religions. It is the largest provider of social services in the city, serving over three thousand meals a day, providing AIDS/HIV screenings, offering adult education programs, and giving assistance to women dealing with homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health issues. | Length: 59:04 | Recording Date: November 28, 1968 | Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City |
