Social guest and visit notes from Gladwin area
Barbara Bellinger of Gladwin visited Harley Coats on Wednesday for dinner. Leo Fitzpatrick and family and Earl Sanders relatives visited across multiple days. Community members hosted, dined, and attended funerals with several households in Midland, Beaverton, Mt. Pleasant, and Harrison over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bellinger
Gladwin
Harley Coats
Leo Fitzpatrick
Laughters
Clarence Hockemeyer
Midland
Ela Beery
John Flora
Ellen Myers
Earl Sanders
the Horns
Galen Coats
Myers
Glen Newman
Jack Sims
Bensenville, Illinois
Elaine Metzger
Darlene Allen
Bernard’ Allen
Glen Poet
Paul Bean
Millington
Dick. Wood
Harrison
Lloyd Athey
Gene Walker
Alma
Norman Myers
John Kehl
Danny
Mt. Pleasant
Rollie
Margaret Sue
Bernard Alen
Darlene
Barbara
Eleanora Honderich
Carmen Newman
Kenneth Roller
Norman
Bernard Allens
I. M. Freeman
Jim Touroo
Bailey Lake
Vern Worden
Russell Sanders
Randolph Rockey
Perry Davis
Margaret
Charles
Allen S. Bauder
Walter Stroman
Beaverton
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Ernie Roebuck
Progress reports show Methodism expansion and student religious trends
The Division of National Missions of the Methodist Church estimates 283 new congregations and 806 new churches built since June 1956, with 100 abandoned churches reopened. Projections for the 1956-60 quad rennium call for 272 more congregations and 450 new churches. Separate notes discuss limited college student religious interest in Michigan, citing factors from rebellion against home pressures to group norms and church perceptions. Reverend Duerksen is quoted in The Michigan Journalist interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Division of National Missions
Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Church
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Home Missions
Robert A. McKibben
B. P. Murphy
Michigan
Office of Religious Affairs
Rev. Duerksen
Dwuerksen
Duerksen
Susan L. Read
U-M
Detroit
Michigan Journalist, Laboratory
U-M Department of Journalism
Religious Disinterest Cited Amid US Faith Shifts
Director Warold Duerksen of The University notes ongoing decline in religious engagement despite reports of rising religious feeling. The article questions factors behind waning participation and observes broader secular trends influencing belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Warold Duerksen
The
Univer
Vernon City Church Notes and Community Gatherings
The column lists church events in Cadillac on January 18 with Rev. Charles McKinney of Jackson as speaker. It notes a Young People meeting led by Mrs. Stoll and a fellowship night January 22 with speaker Coleman Peters of Mt. Pleasant and slides on missionary work in Ecuador. It also covers various local visits, hospital update, and family guests among residents of Clare, Alma, Harrison, Mt. Pleasant, and Rosebush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillac
Stoll
Charles McKinney
Church of the Nazarene
Jackson
Equador
Complacency Criticized by Church Leaders in 1957 USA
Secretaries Roy G. Ross and Roswell P. Barnes of the National Council of Churches warn that many churches are complacent amid institutional prosperity and culture. They note some churches seek the gospel over public opinion, staying in the world yet not of it, critiquing society with concern rather than contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tod
Roy G. Ross
Roswell P. Barnes
National Council of Churches
USA
Procrastination theme at Clare Church sermon
Clare Church of God ministers preach on procrastination in preparing for eternal life and the need for faithful stewardship. Mrs Dorothy Sickall adds a Sunday evening message on stewardship covering grace of God group harmony conduct family life and moral intelligence noting her attendance at the State Board of Christian Education meeting in Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sickal
State Board of Christian Education
Grand Rapids
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