Nativity and Christmas Services Across Aiken Area Churches
Churches across Aiken and Graniteville mark Christmas with live nativity stories carol services and candlelight masses. St John United Methodist Graniteville hosts a 7 30 p m nativity scene tonight while many parishes such as Bethlehem Lutheran St Mary Help of Christians and St James Lutheran hold twilight and late evening Eucharists and candlelight processions. Community meals for the needy include The King's Kitchen and Strong Tower Christian Center with volunteer opportunities and radio sponsorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John United Methodist Arch
Graniteville
King’s
Aiken
New Covenant Praise Church
First Assembly of God
King’s Kitchen
Park Avenue
Strong Tower Christian Center
Wtks Radio
David M.S. Kimwell
Hartsfield Airport Heads for Record Holiday Travel
ATLANTA AP Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport expects 404000 boardings between Wednesday and Sunday for Christmas travel with a record day on Wednesday. Spokesman John Braden cites 108000 airline bookings for Wednesday, weather and clear East/Midwest airports aiding flow as 1987 looks to top 1986 with 45 million passengers in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hartsfield
John Braden
Braden
East
Midwest
Mike Jacobson
Denver
Jacobson
Air Transport Association
Chicago
O’hare
Cosmopolitan Jesus Emerges From Galilee Digs
Duke archaeologist Eric M Meyers says Jesus lived in a diverse urban Galilee as well as rural Nazareth. Excavations near Sepphoris show Greek inscriptions and a large open air theatre suggesting a sophisticated, pluralistic culture. The finds include 100 B C ritual baths and a late third century mosaic highlighting artistic high culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Duke University
Eric M. Meyers
U.S
Galilee
Nazareth
Meyers
Biblical Archaeologist
Israel
Sepphoris
Euripides
Carol
Duke
Hebrew University
Ehud Netzer
Greece
Rome
Mideast
Services May Be Cut At Beaufort Health Center
Beaufort South Carolina area health service faces possible temporary cuts to obstetric and gynecology care due to a national shortage of OB-Gyn specialists. Camp Health Executive Director Roland Gardner cites difficulty recruiting new graduates while stressing efforts to avoid interrupting prenatal and maternal services for about 400 patients. Since July, 140 new patients joined OB-Gyn care, but new patients are being turned away pending staffing solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services
Camp Health
Roland Gardner
Gardner
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Community Calendar
Saturday events include a Christian Social Organization for Single Adults Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight at Belvedere Women's Club, and the South Aiken High Class of 1982 Five Year Reunion from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at Fermata Club. Tickets are $5 singles $8 couples. For info contact Leeann Keaton Asbill or Kirk Brown. Widowed Persons Association Breakfast at Shoney's Whiskey Road 9:30 a.m. All widowed persons welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
Dewey Bowen
Whiskey Road
Belvedere Women’s Club
South Aikien
Fermata Club
Kirk Brown
Hartwell Drive
Aiken
Leeann Keaton Asbill
Widowed Persons Association
Shoney’s
Christmas Military Mail Drive Delights Navy Sailors
About 25 000 people from 50 states sent Christmas cards gifts to sailors in the Persian Gulf region. Bill Herrmann director of the America Cares Campaign in North Charleston S C said the response was wonderful. A ship captain called the mail a daily inspiration and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Chase Untermeyer said the effort makes holiday separation less difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Persian Gulf
Military Mail Project
Bill Herrmann
America Cares
North Charleston
S.C
Chase Untermeyer
Herrmann
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken Area
Washington Gladden
Rolland L. Miesel
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. James Lutheran Church
Nion
First Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Arnold Lambarth
Kerr Drive
Silver Bluff Road
All Saints Anglican Church
Fairfield Street
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church of
Barnwell Ave
New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Hitchcock Parkway
St. John United Methodist Church
Gregg Street
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Grace United Methodist Church
Georgia Ave
North
Augusta
Michelle Clarke
Susan Caudill
Detroit
Dana Parnes
New York
American Airlines
Mike Imfield
Shelli
Ohio
Santa
Sam Lyles
Birmingham
Ala
Diane Boykin
Lyles
The
Associated Press
Boondocks
Rockefeller Center
Bradberry
Tomrrow
Aiken Standard
York ST
Crosland Park
Heritage Square
Whiskey RD
Triangle Village
Lexington
Eda
Eddie Murphy Raw
Bill Cosby
Leonard
Ucl
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center
Florence St
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