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...Hotel Theresa (today an office building). Nor is Harlem what it may become in a looming decade of gentrification and white encroachment. But it is, at its best, a community that radiates warmth to outsiders who dare to embrace it. During Sunday service at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Pastor Samuel Proctor greets white visitors (including chicken mogul Frank Perdue) to his congregation and asks if there are any from foreign lands. The roll call is impressive: a dozen countries, including the Netherlands. "The Netherlands!" booms Dr. Proctor. "That's where old Haarlem is. Well, friends, welcome to new Harlem...
...Nights on Wednesdays and church on Sundays. Book a table for Sunday brunch at Sylvia's, Harlem's friendliest eatery. But first, for God's sake, go to the Abyssinian Baptist Church. The pioneer architect Charles W. Bolton designed the church as an amphitheater, and for good reason: its pastor was the spell-weaving Adam Clayton Powell Sr. His son won even more fame, first as a preacher there, then as Harlem's first black Congressman. The bold spirits of both men inform the place...
...Easter Sunday the church was packed. A cadre of deaconettes -- stately matrons attired in white -- ushered hundreds to their seats, while dozens more stood. The Rev. Dr. Proctor, who will retire in June after 17 years as pastor, raised spirits and rafters with a 45-minute sermon, titled "Believing the % Unbelievable," that addressed issues ranging from Jesus' Resurrection to Joel Steinberg's fall. As 17 souls were baptized in the pool behind the pulpit, the Jewel Thompson choir tore into Take Me to the Water. That joyful noise is the church's heartbeat...
...think that the Harvard proposal isreasonable," said St. Paul's pastor, Father JohnP. Boles...
...Paul's pastor Father John P. Boles could not be reached for comment yesterday...