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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
2
A brief church page presents a Biblical quotation from Mark 16 15 16 about preaching to all nations and salvation for believers. The snippet appears as a devotional or bulletin insert from the Glare Church of God.
The two day State Missionary Convention at Edgewood Church of God near Ithata drew about 400 attendees. Rev J Yutsey from Kenya and Rev Samuel Sharp of Detroit spoke on faith paths and Christ’s universality as Founder's Day honored Mrs Nora Hunter. Silver Tea offerings from state societies exceeded 1400 dollars.
A home for aged refugees opened in Tinos Greece with support from the World Council of Churches the United States Escapee Program and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. New residents praise the facility saying it exceeded expectations and feels like a shared home rather than an ordinary old age institution.
The Teens Club met at Rosebush Park on Tuesday May 14 with 19 members present. They visited Mrs Longstreet's home to view her religious paintings The Devil Tempting Jesus and Jesus and the Twelve Disciples in the Wheat Field. Mrs Longstreet and her daughter served refreshments. Next meeting is at Elly Tice's at 8 00.
A worldwide free will offering for famine and disaster victims will be taken in all Seventh Day Adventist churches on May 25. Tragedies worldwide have caused loss of life and property and left many homeless and destitute. Members have prepared for weeks to meet such emergencies.
A Protestant Big Brother organization is launched in Cleveland Ohio sponsored by the Cleveland Church Federation. It will work with Juvenile Court social welfare agencies and churches to recruit men as big brothers for fatherless boys. John Petten named executive director after a $20 000 three year grant from the Cleveland Foundation.
The sermon urges focusing on present duties rather than future fears. It cites Jesus on taking no thought for tomorrow, yet asks believers to act today against current dangers from the Suez Canal and Cold War tensions. It warns that inaction worsens future threats.
Numerous residents urged to contribute as a relief drive continues. Mrs. Ann Greer of 803 Beech Street accepts offerings to aid emergency needs.
A May 26 to June 2 Soil Stewardship Week, led by the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts and faith groups, links spiritual beliefs to soil resources. The piece notes soil as a living, vital base for food and life, and argues stewardship brings security, peace, and better farming economics through wise land use and conservation.
An interracial Methodist team begins medical ministry to the Iban in Sarawak North Borneo. They set up a temporary hospital on an old mission compound and treat patients while studying the Iban language and organizing equipment and supplies.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pedgrift of Florida visited Friday and Saturday with the Laver tiy family. They attended a card party and saw neighbors. Several couples visited friends around Clare Farwell Flint and Arlie Renner home. Mrs. Freeman on sick list. The group marked Thelma’s 18th birthday party with multiple households attending.
The article notes that two major parties are rare worldwide, common mainly in the United States and a few other nations. It also mentions lorgnettes used in the nineties to attract attention, despite their defects.
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