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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1966
Page
6
Members of Westside Presbyterian Church plan an annual picnic at Chem Strand Park starting 3 30 p m Monday. Entertainment from the gay nineties era with period costumes. Sack races egg races apple bobbing Charleston contests and homemade ice cream. Open to the public. About 100 to 150 are expected.
Pastor Jack H Graves of East End Methodist Church joined 209 ministers from the South in Emory University Candler School of Theology annual approved course of study. Sessions ran July 18 through Friday, for ministers not enrolled in a school of theology. Course is sponsored by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Council the board of education of the Methodist Church and Emory.
Rev Frank Williams pastor of Chapel Baptist Church aims to move from a cafe building to a new church at 1816 Chestnut St SE after groundbreaking. Bonds are being sold to fund the project. Williams, a Limestone County native, has served as minister since 1960 and is married to Alma Bauer with four children.
Buck Goyer youth director announces Ninth Street Methodist Church sub district will sponsor a church in Valadare Brazil. A $500 goal with $175 to be raised locally via car washes ice cream suppers and skating parties. Project ends Sept 24 with a park folk festival and Teen Challengers entertainment. Goyer, a student minister at Athens College, plans missionary work.
The Anderson College Players present The People Versus Christ by Albert Johnson at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sixth Ave Church of God. The chancel will be bare, with modern dress prayers, and the drama portrays Jesus birth life and passion through contemporary eyes. Cast includes Linda Cotton Columbus Ohio Fred Clemens Huntington Ind and John Blevins Anderson Ind. Directed by Mary Beth Collidge.
Thirty Benedictine sisters at Sacred Heart Convent aid migrant workers in Fyffe and Rainsville offering clothes, food, bedding, medical supplies and Bibles under Sister Mary Joan Reynolds. Medical care is led by Sister Marie Christopher. Families live in a four room shelter with minimal facilities as workers follow seasonal crops from Texas to Florida Alabama Indiana and Michigan. The day starts before dawn and ends after 7 p.m. Education for children is seen as key, though many teens show little interest in school.
A Decatur delegation of Jehovah's Witnesses will travel to Mobile for the organization's first Alabama convention appearance. N. H Knorr, president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, will be the principal speaker. Knorr took office in 1942 as Witnesses number over 1,034,000 in 199 lands. Coleman said about 40 local members will attend the five day program and noted plans to discuss the "God is dead" theory and aid Bible study in the congregation.
The Oak Dale Baptist Church in Limestone County hosts revival services from Sunday to Friday with Rev. E. L. Smothers of Cave Springs Baptist Church in Decatur as evangelist. The church sits two miles north of Athens on the old Ardmore highway.
Youth programs for junior and senior high students begin Sunday at 7:15 am with breakfast and devotions at First Methodist Church Trinity Mountain led by Mrs. Billy Wayne Ralph. Evenings through Wednesday include snacks, discussions on themes such as Christian Outreach and Stewardship, and Holy Communion late Wednesday.
I C Craig elected deacon emeritus at Central Baptist Church due to ill health. He will attend meetings without voting or duties, first to hold this honor at the church. A Lawrence County native, he previously ran a barber shop, taught at John C Calhoun Jr Technical College, organized the Barber Show Association, and is married to Flora Lovelady with two children.
Athens Dr Bert Hayes named to the religion department at Athens College per president Dr Frank N Philpot. He earned a Ph D from Hebrew Union College and taught in Cuba and at Indiana University. He holds fellowships abroad and is a member of the American Oriental Society and the Society of Bible and Religion. He is married to Dorothy M Mereeke. they have three children John 8 Russell 4 Martha 2.
Rev. Ronald Manly will lead a week long revival beginning at 7 30 p m Sunday at Blue Springs Baptist Church in Florette with A P Bowling as song leader.
A week-long Bible school runs from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. starting Monday at the Salvation Army. Capt James Deuel says lunch will be served. Children aged 3 to 15 may attend the classes.
A week-long revival starts at 7 30 p m Sunday at Antioch Baptist Church Guest speaker is Rev J L Adams of Birmingham Music director Leon Dawson leads the music Each night features worship prayer and inspirational messages from local clergy and guest speakers
Upton Chapel Methodist Church in the Liberty community schedules a revival from Sunday to Friday starting at 7 30 p m nightly Guests include Rev Hewlett Aldridge from Birmingham with special music planned each evening
Rev W H Smith of Jones Memorial Methodist Church Bessemer will lead a revival at Forrest Chapel Church west of Hartselle with daily services at 10 am and 7 30 pm from Sunday through Friday A 7 pm children's prayer service is listed each afternoon The Tuscaloosa County native has 21 years in pastoral work and is a full time member of the North Alabama Methodist Conference He is a Florence State College graduate.
Industrial plants employing four or more workers fall under safety inspection mandates by the State Department of Industrial Relations.
Members of Oak Park Baptist Church vote to pave the church parking lot with a contract of about 3800 dollars awarded to Asburn and Gray Construction Co.
A compiled TV airtime snippet lists programs across multiple time blocks. It includes religious shows such as Faith for Today and Gospel Singing Jubilee, entertainment like Burke's Law and Hollywood Palace, news segments, and a range of church and educational programs.
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