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African American
Point of View
688 Boston Road, Suite B
Springfield, MA 01119
Phone: (413) 796-1500
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(413)796-6100
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June 2008
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CELEBRATING A GREAT FATHER: FROM A GRATEFUL SON
By
William O’Neal
The
decision to become a good father is one of the most important
decisions a man can make. My father, Reverend Gordon C. O’Neal,
Jr., is well known as a pastor and community leader. He has
accomplished many great things and has helped many people, but
his greatest accomplishment is, without a doubt, his choice to
become a great husband and father.
My
dad’s father divorced his mother when he was a toddler, and died
when he was a boy, so he never had the love and compassion from
a father that every child craves. He could have easily chosen
the road of anger and bitterness that many men, especially
African American men who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s, chose.
However, having been raised with a solid foundation in a
Christian home, he chose to do "better" instead of be "bitter,"
and my life and the lives of countless others are blessed as a
result of his choice.
My
dad openly showered me and my two brothers, Gordon III and
Carlton, with love and affection. Here was a father who changed
our diapers in the 1950s and 1960s. I remember he kissed me on
the cheek until I was about 12 or 13 years old. He dared to be a
compassionate loving father in an era when many fathers thought
love was not to be openly shown to their boys for fear they
would not be "tough" enough. Oh, he disciplined us, but it was
in the context of love. When we were sick, he was the first one
that we called on, even before mother.
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86TH
UNITED BAPTIST CONVENTION OF
MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
COMING
TO SPRINGFIELD
By
Frederick A. Hurst
Reverend Wayne A. Gadie, President of the United Baptist
Convention of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire,
visited the Point of View headquarters on Springfield’s
Boston Road to provide us with information on the Convention’s
86th annual conference. And the Reverend, who has served as
Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Malden, Massachusetts since
1988, has joined with a distinguished religious team from
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire to develop what
will surely prove to be an impressive 86th convention.
Other members of the Convention team include Vice President
Reverend Dr. Bertha Perkins, who founded Nashua, New Hampshire’s
New Fellowship Baptist Church and Vice President Reverend J.
Willard Cofield, Pastor of Springfield’s Alden Baptist Church.
The host pastor is Reverend W. C. Watson, Jr. of Canaan Baptist
Church of Christ. Reverend Gadie made it clear that the list of
members to whom he is reaching out for support of the Convention
is broad.
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