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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1957
Page
4
A Sunday morning prayer fragment circulates in Canada and the United States with misgiving about feigning illness. The speaker admits lying to God about not being well enough for church, confessing laziness and indifference despite pretending illness.
The 1956 Church World Service program reports 192 million pounds of food clothing medicines and relief supplies sent abroad for free distribution to the hungry homeless and destitute. The overseas shipments valued at 31.19 million dollars doubled the 1955 effort and highlighted Austria's refugee relief amid the Hungarian crisis.
The Wednesday evening Prayer Service led by the Missionary Society observed the spiritual birthday of all Christians present. Thirty-five participants took part in this portion of the service. Five attendees were Christians for over fifty years, fourteen saved twenty-five to fifty years, and sixteen from one to twenty-five years.
After a prayer service Dorothy Sickal’s birthday was celebrated in the Fellowship room with a poem by Mrs. Maude Feighner and gifts from the church. A cake, jello and coffee were served. The Sunday School reported 85 in attendance with $9.79 offerings as Rev. Lee preached on Stewardship.
The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church, led by national president Mrs. J. Fount Tillman, now numbers 1,790,441 members, the largest denominational group of church women. It spans 31,061 local societies in as many churches. Local units contributed $17,225,263 to parish work and services and $10,152,759 to missionary and external efforts in the past year.
A Twenty Century Fund report shows over 181 million dollars spent on medical research in a recent year. Federal funds accounted for 42 percent, philanthropy 33 percent, hospitals and medical schools 11 percent, with 14 percent from other sources.
Reverend Eugene L. Smith of New York says Hinduism Buddhism and Islam are reviving and view the United States as a primary mission field. He told Chicago church leaders that spiritual vacuums in cities and countryside fuel a global shift as Asia seeks religious initiative alongside political aims.
Dr Fridt jov Birkell director of Lutheran World Federation world missions urges a program of radio evangelism across Africa after a three month visit to Africa and Madagascar He notes battery radios are common in huts and sees a mass outreach potential through broadcasting and Swahili as a pan tribal language enabling reach to many tribal groups in central and east Africa.
New Zealand's kiwi is flightless and tailless with whiskers and nostrils at the tip of its nose. For its size it lays the largest egg known, a four pound bird producing a one pound egg.
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