Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr.
 

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"To God Be the Glory" was the hymn used to open every Evening Worship Service, broadcast live on WXRI-FM, from the South Norfolk Baptist Church auditorium.
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"To God be the Glory" and Invocation by Rev. Hughes (Choir Director: Hammond Coates, Organist: Gwen Whitehurst, Pianist: Joe Hughes)

 

Here is "To God Be the Glory," sung on the 50th anniversary of "Songs of Praise," the oldest Christian music program broadcast on the BBC.

(Video courtesy of the BBC)
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"To God Be The Glory" (Courtesy of the BBC)
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"BBC: To God be the Glory" (.mov version)
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(.mp4 Version)
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(HD Vimeo Version)
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(iPhone Version)
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"To God be the Glory" (Sung at the Billy Graham Crusade in Australia)
("Chaplain Hughes Products" is a restricted site for military Chaplains only. They may contact him with their .mil email via his email for permission to use the material.)

Pastors are encouraged to read and use the sermons by Rev. Hughes in their own sermon preparation study. Pastors can use the entire sermon with title, but cannot publish it on commercial basis, which is under 2012 copyright.

 

"The Pastor's Pen" was a personal note written by Rev. Hughes in the weekly church paper "The Messenger."  Other pastors may use any of that material they wish, even as is, but may not publish any of those on a commercial or private basis, as they are under 2012 Copyright.

 

All paintings by Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr, on this website, are under 2013 copyright; they are not for public publishing or for sale.
This website now averaging over 500 visitors a month.
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"THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU"

This website is dedicated to the Glory of God

and to the memory of Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr.,

Pastor Emeritus, South Norfolk Baptist Church,

1101 Chesapeake Avenue,  Chesapeake, Virginia
Rev. Hughes served as Pastor of South Norfolk Baptist Church, February 9, 1947--September 30, 1984.  Born in Currituck County, North Carolina, he attended Wake Forest College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ during a revival at the Knotts Island Methodist Church, at age 12, was baptized in the Currituck Sound, and became a member of the Knotts Island Baptist Church, where the family attended.
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In Loving Memory of
Mrs. Lexie Elliott Jones
Long-time, faithful member of
South Norfolk Baptist Church, and
Mother of Mr. David Elliott and
Mrs. Rita Hughes
(May 22, 1922-October 20, 2018)
Lexie worked for the Lord in many areas of the church, including singing in the choir, working in Vacation Bible School, and the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU); as well as various outreach and senior ministries, including the Joy Club. She faithfully attended Sunday School, Worship services, and tithed her income.
"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"
(South Norfolk Baptist Church)
Hammond Coates (Minister of Music)
Gwen Whitehurst (Organist)
Betty LeBlanc (Pianist)
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"ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME". SOUTH NORFOLK BAPTIST CHURCH.



"The Lord's Prayer"
painting by
James Tissot
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THE LORD'S PRAYER (solo) (mp4 format)
Mr. Chauncey German,
former Choir Director and Soloist,
South Norfolk Baptist Church sings "My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me."
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"MY HEAVENLY FATHER WATCHES OVER ME" SOLO: CHAUNCEY GERMAN, SOUTH NORFOLK BAPTIST CHURCH
"I Need Thee Every Hour"

I Need Thee Every Hour --arr. Kaiser & Colvin Sharon Goldsberry, Pianist; John Gearhart, Organist First United Methodist Downtown Houston TX July 16, 2017
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I Need Thee Every Hour --arr. Kaiser & Colvin Sharon Goldsberry, Pianist; John Gearhart, Organist First United Methodist Downtown Houston TX July 16, 2017
New web pages and web pages updated:

New web pages:
"South Norfolk: A Demographic Study."
"Atoms from Amos" a Bible Study by Rev. Hughes.
"Tensions of the Ministry" (by Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr.)
Mrs. Katharine Hughes. "Growth Through Witnessing" Sunday School notes.
"Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr., Retirement Service"
"Jim and Joe in Elementary School"
"Joe at Ridgecrest"
"Joe at Old Dominion University"
Web pages updated:
"Sermons from S.N.B.C.": 2 new historical articles about the church.
"Hughes Family Story": Elliott family pictures; Doxey family information updated; Rev.Melvin J. Hughes retirement program; New family pictures, including Sue, Melvin, Irving, Aunt Teeny, Uncle Dan; travel pictures.
"Read Family Story": new photos; rare diary of my grandmother, Katharine Wauchope Read found, and some of her Bible Study notes; New group portrait with Charles "Savez" Read discovered at Southern Methodist University; Discovery of previously unknown information on Louise Dornin Read (Daughter of Charles "Savez" Read): marriage to Jordan D. Cauthen found. Complete Confederate Army service records for: William F. Read, Joseph D. Read, John Jeremiah Read. Oklahoma Presbyterian College updated. The newspapers and politics of John Read's Mississippi.
"The Old South": Jim Hughes: "The South During Reconstruction" (Audio recording of Jim reading a paper he wrote for a radio broadcast). A new section on this page deals with the Read and Wauchope families, many of whom were members of the Presbyterian Church, and the split that occurred within that church.  We know that John and Dicey Read were members of the Methodist Church in Edwards Depot, MS.; Charles Read was a member of the Baptist Church, and John Jeremiah Read and many of his descendants were members of the Presbyterian Church.  This new section examines how the Presbyterian Church perceived the coming Civil War.  Additional films on Newspapers in the Antebellum South.  Native Americans who owned slaves.  New England Colonists who enslaved Native Americans before slavery in the South.  February 26, 1638: First Slaves arrive in Massachusetts.
"Audio": 4 New Sermons (Rev. Frank Hughes, Jr.); Summer Concert Series at South Norfolk Baptist, August 1980 (Youth and Adult Choirs). History of Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly: updated.
5 New sermons (Rev. Melvin J. Hughes, Princess Anne Plaza Baptist Church).
"Wauchope Family Story":  Complete Confederate Army records for: Chaplain Joseph Walkup (Wauchope).  New information with pictures of Professor Robert Wauchope doing excavation work at the Long Swamp Creek, east of Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia. New information about Rev. W.C. Wauchope. Charles Roe Wauchope: new pictures.
"Early Sermons from South Norfolk": some new additions.
"James Read Hughes": Jim and Joe in the Boy Scouts; his time as announcer at WFOS-FM (he announces the "Festival of Bach" radio program); and WRVC-FM Norfolk; new pictures.
"Joseph Truett Hughes": New pictures.