Prayers Shape Life of Mount Mercy Dean Bob Ferring
The Rev. Robert Ferring recalls a high school challenge to wake at 2 a.m. for prayer, which sparked a lifelong relationship with God. He later authored prayer tapes and a book, citing a twofold message: relate to God and recognize God’s relating to us, seen through a Trinitarian perspective and daily practices.
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Ferring
Sisters At
Mercy Spiritual Center
Alba House
God
Father
Jesus
Holy Spirit
Earth
Job
Robert Ferring
Mount Mercy College
Underground Christian sects expand despite Soviet crackdown
In the Soviet Union underground Pentecostals, Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists grow with up to half a million believers cited by Western sources. Officials acknowledge unregistered groups but claim numbers are smaller, while many seek emigration to the West for religious freedom.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West
Igor I. Sokolov
Soviet Council For Religious Affairs
Leonid V. Shcherbakov
Soviet Bloc
Lithuania
Latvia
Baltic States
Baltic Republic
Estonia
Shcherbakov
Sokolov
Theological presence at 1982 World Energy Exposition
Protestant and Catholic groups unite for a theological presence at Knoxville Tennessee's 1982 International Energy Exposition. They plan a stewardship exhibit with a short film and materials as visitors view the Energy Turns the World theme. Rev. Harold K. Bales of Nashville will direct the ecumenical project expected to draw over 11 million attendees from May 1 to Oct. 31, 1982.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Harold K. Bales
United Methodist
Nashville
Freeburg honored with service and future church moves
The Rev Gordon Freeburg of Shueyville United Methodist Church will be honored at a 10 30 a m service after earning a doctor of ministry from Drew University. He plans to move to Sharon Center and serve United Methodist churches in Sharon Center and Taintor in June. An offering will be taken and a pig roast follows. Covenant Players from Reseda Calif present a drama sermon at Kenwood Park United Methodist Church. The Sound choir from Spring Vale Academy will perform for Church of God Seventh Day in Marion. A Jew who escaped Nazi Germany Ralph Schreiber speaks at Faith Bible Church Robins. Vacation Bible school at Faith Lutheran Marion June 8 12. Rock Island Aglow leader Rachel Rogers speaks in Iowa City. Vennard College choir performs at Alburnett Christian Church May 2 1982. The John Mathews Family concert in Manchester tonight. Ecumenical Children’s Choir Festival set May 2 1982 at St Paul’s United Methodist Church with director Diane Toogood from Rochester Minn. Directors may submit two anthems and pay a $20 participant fee plus a $5 pre-registration.
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Freeburg
Gordon Freeburg
Shueyville
Sharon Center
United Methodist Church
Taintor
Covenant Players
Reseda
Calif
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
33Rd St. NE
the Sound
Spring Vale Academy
Owosso
Mich
Church of God-Seventh Day
Marion
Highway 151
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Third Ave. SE
Diane Toogood
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Rochester
Minn
Joan Erbe
Diane Lehtinen
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Waukon
Sister Bernadine
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Loras Academy
Dubuque
University of Notre Dame
Loras College
St. John’s Church
Mount Vernon
Mount Mercy
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Alba House Communications
Canfield
Ohio
Gazette
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Rome
Associated Press
Hitler Germany
Covenant
Ralph Schreiber
Seventh Ave
Faith Bible Church
Robins
Bible School
Faith Lutheran Church
Boyson Road
Rachel Rogers
Rock Island Women’s Aglow
Iowa City
Reflections
Vennard College
University Park
Alburnett Christian Church
Vennard
John Mathews
Tenn
Manchester Assembly of God
John
First Presbyterian Church
Greene Square
3Rd Avenue
Sun Street
Five Seasons Center
Prince of Peace
Wayne Wasta
Vernon
Iowa
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