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	(dramatic music)	0:02
-	Jesus is returning.	0:06
	We know it, but are we ready?	0:09
	Do we really love one another?	0:11
	♪ He walks upon the wind ♪	0:16
	♪ He rides above the storm ♪	0:19
-	Operation Goodwill, takes an honest look	0:23
	at how the Body of Christ is preparing to be	0:25
	the Bride of Jesus.	0:28
	♪ The eyes of mortal man ♪	0:29
	♪ Cannot behold His form ♪	0:31
	♪ All authority is His alone ♪	0:34
	♪ Holy and awesome is He ♪	0:41
-	Here are your hosts, Reverend Renee and Jim Vaughn.	0:45
	♪ Exalt the name of the Lord ♪	0:52
-	Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior,	1:03
	Jesus Christ, we're excited to be here	1:06
	for this special Operation Goodwill broadcast	1:08
	talking once again about loving our brothers and sisters.	1:11
	We're excited because today we have a very special guest	1:16
	in our studio, Mr. Sam Reed,	1:19
	who has been an active force in Durham	1:21
	promoting good will for several years.	1:25
	But, before we go to that interview	1:27
	we want to look at our theme for this week.	1:30
	Once again, we'll be talking about loving one another.	1:33
	John 13:34, a new commandment I give to you	1:38
	that you love one another as I have loved you	1:42
	that you also love one another.	1:45
	By this shall all men know that you are my disciples	1:49
	if you have love one to another.	1:52
	It's so important to promote that love	1:55
	and good will all throughout our community.	1:58
	And, we're excited because here in Durham this week	2:02
	we had an opportunity to see people	2:04
	from all walks of life coming together to talk about	2:07
	the issue of race.	2:11
	Also, in Charlotte this week, the Governor's Conference	2:13
	was held which dealt with the issue of race.	2:18
	Coming out of the church bombings,	2:21
	an initiative was began by Governor Hunt	2:23
	to bring people together in a conference	2:26
	to talk about racial reconciliation.	2:29
	So, we're excited about that.	2:32
	Also, in Chapel Hill this week,	2:34
	several journalists were on the campus of UNC	2:36
	talking again about the issue of race relations	2:40
	and how it is that we can come together	2:42
	and love one another promoting that good will.	2:45
	Here in Durham, we had an opportunity to come together also	2:48
	and look at how it is that we can show love	2:53
	one to another, promote good will, regard,	2:56
	respect one another, and lay aside barriers	2:59
	that sometimes keep us apart.	3:03
	But, practical things that we can do	3:06
	on a day-to-day basis to promote love and good will.	3:08
	So, we're excited about what is happening	3:13
	in our local community.	3:16
	A little bit later, we'll be looking at	3:17
	what is happening on the World Wide Web,	3:19
	on the internet, we'll be looking at	3:21
	what the Body of Christ, various churches,	3:23
	and synagogues, and groups are doing	3:26
	to come together and promote that good will.	3:29
	So, we're excited and I believe Jim	3:32
	has some exciting things for us.	3:35
	Reverend Jim Vaughn will be sharing with us	3:37
	very shortly now.	3:40
-	Well, like Shelly, I just wanted to mention	3:42
	I was blessed to be able to stop by that forum	3:44
	that was at the Durham Magnus school,	3:49
	that's the school that used to be Durham High.	3:51
	And, there were all kinds of different people	3:55
	gathered there to discuss racial healing	3:57
	and just getting along with each other.	4:02
	And, it was good to see people come together to do that,	4:06
	and breaking up in small groups	4:09
	where people look at each other in the eyeball	4:11
	and just admit that willingness to get along	4:13
	one with another.	4:17
	It came together under the auspices of course	4:19
	of Dr. John Hope Franklin that the President Clinton	4:22
	has named to head up an advisory panel	4:29
	on having dialogue for racial understanding,	4:32
	so we're blessed in Durham that we'll be setting the pace	4:36
	for the entire nation at trying to get people	4:40
	to get along with each other,	4:44
	forget about the various things that separate us,	4:47
	realizing we're children of God	4:51
	and have a heart one for another,	4:53
	and have that ability to go ahead and love one another.	4:55
	It was a wonderful gathering that was on Thursday night.	5:00
	I look forward to another such gathering	5:07
	whenever I'll be listening for reconciliation meetings.	5:10
	They're going all over in the city of Durham.	5:14
	I imagine they'll be going on throughout the state	5:17
	because Governor Hunt is also involved	5:20
	in trying to make North Carolina a model	5:23
	for the citizens being able to come together	5:27
	like nowhere else in the entire nation.	5:32
-	And we're excited that we have with us today	5:36
	Mr. Sam Reed, who is the publisher	5:40
	of the Trumpet of Conscience here in Durham,	5:43
	and has published for the last 12 years,	5:46
	and has walked in marches with	5:49
	Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,	5:52
	and has been active in promoting that love and good will.	5:55
	So, we say greetings to you, Mr. Reed.	6:00
-	Thank you.	6:02
-	Glad to have you with us today.	6:03
-	Well, we're especially honored	6:08
	to have Mr. Reed as a guest.	6:10
	You know, one of the things that endears him to me,	6:12
	he reminds me of my father.	6:16
	You know, dad is 94 years old going strong.	6:18
	Well, Mr. Reed is close to that.	6:23
	I believe he has reached beyond the 90 mark.	6:26
	He has seen and done so many things	6:29
	that a lot of us just hope we do live long enough to see.	6:33
	And, certainly he will understand a lot	6:37
	about people having that ability	6:40
	or not having that ability just to get along	6:43
	with one another.	6:47
	He's been doing that for an awful long time	6:48
	all over the nation, even working with presidents	6:52
	in addition to being with figures like	6:56
	Dr. Martin Luther King.	6:59
	And, I think one of the things, and they're gonna ask him,	7:00
	perhaps that motivates him is the fact that	7:03
	his grandfather was a rabbi, and his wife's father,	7:06
	the grandfather, was a Protestant pastor.	7:11
	What a combination, but, at any rate,	7:15
	we are so delighted to have with us Mr. Sam Reed.	7:17
	Again, Mr. Reed, thank you so much	7:22
	for taking the time to be with us.	7:25
-	And thank you very much for inviting me	7:27
	for the opportunity to be here with you.	7:29
	I appreciate your invitation.	7:31
-	Well, we're excited and happy to have you also.	7:36
	And, we just want to ask you a few questions	7:40
	that we feel that your expertise	7:44
	and the number of sunsets that you've seen	7:46
	will certainly be a blessing to our audience.	7:48
	How important do you feel it is	7:52
	for brothers and sisters to have regard,	7:55
	respect, and caring one for another	7:58
	to bring God's good will into operation	8:01
	in the human family?	8:04
-	My experience for the last 90 years,	8:08
	and my experience for the last 60 years of actor work	8:14
	has been that unless we learn to respect each other,	8:19
	and unless we learn to work together	8:25
	to promote good will, there's not much we can do	8:29
	by solving the many other problems that we face,	8:33
	such as drugs, crime, and housing,	8:37
	and many, many other questions that we face	8:43
	every day in life.	8:46
	But, unless we learn to work together,	8:47
	none of these other questions	8:49
	can really be solved effectively.	8:53
-	That's very important.	8:57
	And what are your experiences through those 90 plus years	8:59
	in bringing about good will,	9:03
	people caring about one another?	9:06
-	I've been fortunate to have lived a long time,	9:10
	and to have been an active participant,	9:14
	practically every part of my life.	9:17
	I've helped organize workers in the 30s.	9:23
	I helped organize unemployed workers	9:27
	during the Depression.	9:29
	I helped organize steel workers, coal miners,	9:31
	electrical workers, rubble workers, and farmers.	9:35
	And, in the course of my experience	9:40
	I learned that the best way to solve a problem	9:42
	of love and respect for each other is to cooperate,	9:46
	work together and learn, and to understand each other,	9:50
	listen to each other.	9:54
	In this way we overcome our fears and our prejudices	9:56
	because we find out from experience	10:01
	that we all have one thing in common,	10:04
	and that is we want to enjoy a better life,	10:08
	we want our children to enjoy life,	10:12
	and we want to build a community that works together	10:15
	to solve community problems.	10:19
-	Well, that certainly is important,	10:22
	and experience in working together, that's exciting.	10:25
	Well, what is the simplest way, Mr. Reed,	10:31
	of communicating the absolute necessity	10:34
	of people learning to treat each other better	10:37
	regardless of race, sex, or the things that divide us?	10:41
-	The answer to this question is not simple.	10:49
	Life is rather complex.	10:54
	We all have problems of family, bringing up children,	10:58
	teaching them who will be good citizens,	11:04
	teaching them trades, but, above all,	11:08
	to teach them to respect each other.	11:11
	Now, there is no simple answer	11:15
	to the question that you posed before me.	11:18
	Each person has to try his or her best	11:21
	to find the way to cooperate neighbor to neighbor,	11:26
	church member to church member,	11:31
	working man and working women working together.	11:33
	Unless we learn that we have more in common	11:36
	than we have differences, then there's very little hope	11:41
	to solve the problem.	11:44
	But, I do believe, and I have great confidence,	11:46
	I have confidence in the human race,	11:50
	I have confidence in men and women	11:52
	that I associate with every day,	11:54
	that in the final analysis if we work together	11:57
	we can solve many, many problems.	12:01
-	People working together to solve problems,	12:05
	promoting that love and good will.	12:08
	It takes getting to know one another,	12:11
	working together, being in close quarters	12:14
	to realize that we really have things in common,	12:16
	and that is love, Jim?	12:20
-	We are going to ask Mr. Reed a few more questions later	12:24
	before we let him go because we're so honored	12:27
	to have him here.	12:30
	Can you imagine being out there 90 years	12:31
	working for people to get along with each other?	12:36
	Well, here's a great example of people	12:39
	making an effort to get along with one another,	12:42
	it's called Gleaners Feed Hungry	12:45
	With Produce Once Tossed From the Fields.	12:48
	We all know what gleaners are.	12:51
	These are people that go into the fields	12:53
	after the crop is harvested to see what is left over,	12:56
	and here are a group of people, about 4,200 volunteers,	13:00
	that's 4,200 volunteers that get together,	13:06
	they go out into the fields after the crops are harvested,	13:10
	and get that food for the hungry.	13:14
	It's a beautiful program.	13:18
	Something that doesn't cost people anything	13:21
	except a little work, and of course the farmers themselves,	13:23
	they don't mind because otherwise	13:27
	they would have to throw it away	13:30
	or cut it back under the ground.	13:31
	An article referring to it was in the Herald on Thursday,	13:34
	it's called Gleaners Feed Hungry With Produce Once Tossed	13:39
	From The Fields.	13:44
	It's a Monroe byline.	13:45
	It goes, "Beauty is only skin deep as the saying goes	13:48
	"and a beat up squash or an undersized turnip	13:52
	"picked straight from the fields	13:56
	"can taste just as good as a flawless one	13:58
	"from a grocery produce station."	14:01
	And, one of the farmers, Ray Cook,	14:04
	who's from Monroe said that he routinely wasted	14:07
	tons of food before he heard about	14:12
	the society's office there in Charlotte,	14:14
	the Community Food Rescue, that salvages that surplus food.	14:18
	And, instead of dumping his vegetables now,	14:24
	he donated 23,000 pounds, which will serve 70,000 people.	14:28
	That's food that normally would've just been ground under.	14:37
	And, last year, this group, the Gleaners,	14:40
	they collected 348,427 pounds of apples, strawberries,	14:44
	blackberries, watermelon, corn, and beans	14:52
	from farms across North Carolina all to feed people,	14:56
	people concerned about people.	15:02
	Now, if you wanna get involved in that	15:05
	you can contact Rachel Gonia	15:07
	at the society of Saint Andrews.	15:10
	That phone number is 683-3011, right here in Durham.	15:13
	People showing that good will of God.	15:19
-	And we're excited about those examples	15:25
	that we find here in our local community.	15:28
	We invite you to call us here at 220-3226	15:31
	or 781-1030 and nominate a good will ambassador.	15:35
	The contest is still going on.	15:42
	We're accepting nominations of persons	15:44
	that have been a blessing in our local community.	15:47
	It doesn't have to be someone that's regularly talked about	15:52
	in the news, but ordinary people loving one another,	15:56
	examples of God's good will.	16:00
	Nominate a good will ambassador.	16:02
-	We're so delighted, again, to have Mr. Reed with us	16:07
	and we don't wanna let him go.	16:10
	As a matter of fact, we're gonna have to have him back	16:12
	because he has such a wealth of experience in his life,	16:15
	and there are so many questions we wanna ask him.	16:21
	I think what we'll probably do is just ask him	16:24
	to share with us whatever it is	16:26
	that he would like to share with us	16:28
	from his vast knowledge of experience.	16:31
	And, one thing he does publish that Trumpet,	16:34
	we wanna ask him to share with everybody,	16:38
	it's called the Trumpet of Conscience.	16:41
	It's a publication concerned with citizens uniting,	16:46
	getting together.	16:51
	And, we certainly want him to share how it is	16:53
	that anyone listening who may be interested	16:56
	can get a hold of that copy or perhaps	16:59
	even get a hold of him.	17:02
	He is very, very active in his 90s.	17:03
	It's difficult to keep up with him	17:08
	as a matter of fact, he's moving around so fast.	17:10
	Mr. Reed, what is it that you would share with us	17:12
	in terms of Operation Goodwill,	17:18
	or people trying to put their best foot forward	17:22
	to get along with each other?	17:25
-	Reverend Vaughn, there are a few things	17:29
	I would like to share with the listeners.	17:32
	And, one of those things especially	17:36
	is the fact that to me Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.	17:39
	was one of the best examples of a preacher	17:45
	combining preaching with action,	17:49
	because God didn't ask us to sit around	17:53
	and just read the Bible.	17:58
	He wanted us to translate the teachings in the Bible	18:03
	so that it translates itself to a better life,	18:06
	a better world.	18:10
	Peace, love, respect for each other.	18:12
	That's what the purpose of our being here is all about.	18:14
	Now, I want to share with you this feeling	18:18
	about Martin Luther King.	18:21
	Martin Luther King tried to save the soul of this country.	18:23
	Somehow we have lost track of what we're all about.	18:30
	This country was born in its fight for freedom	18:35
	and the fight for independence.	18:39
	This country was born as a means of really becoming	18:41
	a example to the rest of the world	18:48
	of what freedom, democracy is all about.	18:51
	God's will is to translate Israel into reality	18:55
	right here on earth, and it can be done.	19:00
	You'd be surprised how much talent there is	19:03
	in our communities.	19:06
	Every boy and girl, every man and woman	19:08
	has so much more to contribute to our communities	19:12
	if they're given a chance.	19:16
	Unfortunately, many of our young people, especially,	19:18
	especially African Americans,	19:23
	are deprived of the opportunity	19:26
	for a good living, for a good job,	19:28
	for a good education, for a good home.	19:30
	And, our job is to see that these young people	19:34
	have an opportunity to enjoy life,	19:38
	to work and learn and contribute to our society.	19:42
	Unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned,	19:48
	we have a situation today	19:52
	where the rich are getting richer	19:54
	and the poor are getting poorer.	19:55
	That doesn't make sense in a democracy.	19:57
	We have to find a way to share the wealth	20:00
	of our nation with all people, not just a few of the people.	20:04
-	We've gotta say amen to that, Mr. Reed,	20:09
	and we could just listen to you talk.	20:12
	Hopefully we'll have time to get back with you	20:15
	one more time, but I do know that Reverend Vaughn over here	20:17
	does have that cyberspace look,	20:21
	and we wanna give her an opportunity	20:25
	to see what's going on internationally around the world.	20:27
-	We'll look quickly at what is happening in cyberspace	20:34
	on www.goshen.net.	20:38
	Religion Today's feature on the world wide web	20:41
	was Christian's Bring Racial Healing to Mississippi.	20:45
	A Mississippi city torn by racial violence and strife	20:48
	in the past is looking to its Christian pastors and leaders	20:52
	for hope and change.	20:55
	Christians are at the center of a dynamic movement	20:56
	to heal the city of Jackson, Mississippi's troubled past.	20:59
	The efforts are being led by Mission Mississippi,	21:03
	a Jackson-based Christian group	21:06
	has been one of the most active and successful	21:08
	in the nation at promoting meaningful,	21:10
	productive relationships among blacks and whites.	21:13
	Responding to Mission Mississippi's leadership,	21:17
	scores of Jackson pastors have signed a covenant	21:20
	of racial reconciliation in Christ.	21:23
	The signers agree to acknowledge every Christian	21:25
	as their brother or sister regardless of race.	21:28
	They pledge to earnestly ask God	21:31
	to reveal unbiblical attitudes that they hold	21:33
	about people of another race,	21:36
	and to work to overcome racial prejudice	21:38
	and encourage reconciliation efforts.	21:40
	The pastors are also bringing the document	21:43
	to their congregations, so thousands of church members	21:45
	can make the same promises.	21:49
	Very exciting feature story on Religion Today	21:51
	that's found at www.goshen.net,	21:54
	and we are excited at what is happening	21:58
	among the Body of Christ on the world wide web.	22:01
	We seek to find a story each week on the world wide web	22:04
	that shows the Body of Christ loving one another,	22:08
	people simply doing unto others as we should do,	22:11
	and we're excited about that.	22:15
	And, before we go off the air,	22:17
	we want to give Mr. Reed an opportunity	22:20
	to tell us how he can be contacted	22:22
	at the Trumpet of Conscience.	22:26
-	Yes, thank you Miss Vaughn.	22:28
	I do like to appeal to everybody that's listening.	22:31
	If you'd like to receive a copy	22:36
	of the Trumpet of Conscience dedicated to	22:38
	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., please write either to	22:41
	this station or send a card to our address,	22:45
	which is The Trumpet of Conscience, Post Office Box 3354,	22:51
	Durham, North Carolina, 27702.	22:58
	Thank you very much.	23:02
-	And, now we know that Reverend Jim Vaughn	23:06
	has some exciting issues for us.	23:09
-	Well, not so exciting.	23:12
	I tell ya, when I'm looking at someone	23:15
	that's been serious about people getting along	23:17
	for 90 years, it kinda touches me	23:22
	because, after all, Jesus was the one.	23:26
	He said, "A new commandment I leave with you	23:29
	"that you love one another."	23:33
	And, the best way we can say to Jesus that I love you	23:36
	is by loving each other.	23:42
	♪ For thee all the follies of sin I resign ♪	23:50
	♪ My gracious Redeemer ♪	24:07
	♪ My Savior art Thou ♪	24:16
	♪ If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now ♪	24:25
	♪ I have loved Thee in life ♪	25:12
	♪ I will love Thee in death ♪	25:21
	♪ And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath ♪	25:30
	♪ And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow ♪	25:47
	♪ If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now ♪	26:05
-	Oh, if ever we've loved Jesus we need to show it now.	26:25
	No better way than loving Jesus	26:32
	than loving one another.	26:36
	We're going to go to Renee for our weekly prayer	26:40
	for that ability to put God's good will in operation	26:45
	and to love one another.	26:49
-	Father, in Jesus' name, we thank you	26:54
	for the opportunity that we have as your children	26:57
	knowing the tremendous price that you paid	27:00
	for our redemption, for our salvation.	27:03
	We thank you that it was your prayer	27:06
	that we would be one even as you, Jesus,	27:08
	and the Father are one, that all of your Body,	27:12
	all of the church come together as one.	27:15
	And, as we come together, Father,	27:18
	we ask that you would empower us	27:20
	to go forth into our communities	27:22
	and to love the neighbors that we have	27:25
	that we encounter every day,	27:28
	to show forth your love and presence here on earth.	27:31
	That all men would know that we are your disciples	27:36
	because of the tremendous love that we have	27:39
	one for another.	27:43
	Empower us now to be living examples	27:44
	of your loving grace, of your loving mercy,	27:48
	as we go about this week.	27:52
	We thank you and we praise you, Lord,	27:54
	for all of your blessings, in Jesus' name.	27:56
	We are excited about what God is doing here	28:01
	on this Operation Goodwill broadcast,	28:05
	and we encourage you to not only consider	28:09
	nominating others as good will ambassadors,	28:12
	but to be a good will ambassador this week.	28:15
	We encourage you to remember to be loving	28:20
	when you have an opportunity on the expressway	28:23
	to put someone else first, put someone else	28:26
	above yourself being that good will ambassador.	28:29
-	And, again, we'd like to thank	28:36
	one of the best ambassadors we know,	28:37
	Mr. Sam Reed, and in thanking him	28:41
	we wanna ask are there are any final words	28:44
	he would like to leave with us.	28:47
-	First of all, thank you all for listening,	28:50
	and I hope that you have benefited	28:53
	from the discussion that we carried out	28:56
	the last half an hour.	28:59
	My last word is first of all, please remember	29:01
	that next Tuesday, November the 4th is election day	29:04
	in many, many communities including Durham, Raleigh,	29:10
	Chapel Hill, and so forth.	29:14
	Please, please exercise your constitutional rights	29:16
	to participate in the democratic process.	29:21
	Come out and vote on November the 4th.	29:24
	Regardless who you vote for,	29:27
	let your conscience be your guide	29:29
	as to who you vote for.	29:32
	But, above all, vote.	29:34
	The other thing I'd like to leave with you	29:36
	before I get off the air is that this coming January	29:38
	is Martin Luther King's birthday again.	29:46
	It's a national holiday.	29:49
	This year marks 30 years since Dr. King was killed.	29:52
	Please let us celebrate this birthday	29:58
	in a real meaningful way by turning out	30:02
	many, many people to celebration of his birthday	30:06
	and to pledge ourselves to love each other,	30:10
	respect each other, and help each other.	30:13
	Thank you again.	30:15
-	What a fitting way to end this special	30:18
	Operation Goodwill broadcast, people loving one another.	30:20
	We'll be here again next week on this radio station, WFTK,	30:25
	and during the week if you have nominations	30:31
	for good will ambassadors, you can call us	30:33
	at the Christian Television Ministries, 383-3488.	30:36
	Remember to be a good will ambassador.	30:41
	Put someone else ahead of yourself, loving one another.	30:45

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Title:

Operation Goodwill radio interview with Sam Reed

Date:

1997

Description:

Interview with Sam Reed from the radio program "Operation Goodwill," broadcast on WFTK, Durham, circa 1997. Topics discussed include brotherhood, racial harmony, and mutual respect.

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27:09:00

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Sam Reed and the Trumpet of Conscience

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Sam Reed papers, 1973-2001 and undated

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Operation Goodwill radio interview with Sam Reed

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