Mt View Baptist New Church To Rise In Lawrence
Mt View Baptist Church plans a 4312 square foot brick building two miles north of Compton Crossing on Lawrence County Rd 57. Groundbreaking was Sunday with completion targeted November 9. Larry Harville of Hatton is contractor and Frank Little leads the building committee.
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Moulton
Mt. View Baptist Church
Compton’s
Lawrence County Rd
Frank Little
Larry Harville
Hatton
Priest writes book on love as church faces change
Father Joseph Pintauro, 37, once Brooklyn parish priest and ad man, authored To Believe in God which rapidly sold. He left parish duties Aug 16 1966 after Vatican II era shifts and bishops began priestly vocation decisions. He promotes blending secular and spiritual life and sees a priesthood of all men as his message. He expects not to return to parish duties.
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Susan Everly
NEW York
Joseph Pintauro
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Father Pintauro
Manhattan
East Side
Sydney
Australia
Pintauro
John XXIII
Vatican II
God
Special Baby Day at Larkwood Church of Nazarene
Pastor J F Dunlap invites Sunday observances labeled special baby day at Larkwood Church of Nazarene. A lead note mentions a box turtle of North America can bear 200 times its weight, a feat that would equate to two large elephants supporting a human.
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Larkwood Church of Nazarene
J. F. Dunlap
North America
Girls Auxiliary Awards Presented in Hartselle
A girls auxiliary presentation and coronation at Southwest Baptist Church in Hartselle honored Bonnie Vaugan Prissy Johnson Patricia Montgomery Jo Ann Templeton Teressa Hamilton Kathy Kent Kay Penn and Marsha Montgomery. The event featured Call of the Cross as theme with special music by Harold McCaig and prayer by Rev Rodney Andrews.
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Hartselle
Southwest Baptist Church
Bonnie Vaugan
Prissy Johnson
Patricia Montgomery
Jo Ann Templeton
Teressa Hamilton
Kathy Kent
Queens
Kay Penn
Marsha Montgomery
Harold McCaig
Rodney Andrews
Adkins Assumes New Position as Decatur Pastor
James Adkins takes over duties as pastor of Decatur Christian Church at 414 Clark St. SW, succeeding Gene Gresham who led the church this summer. Adkins previously led First Christian Church in Mountain City, Tennessee, and has pastored churches in Mississippi and Kentucky. He is a graduate of Atlanta Christian College.
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James Adkins
Decatur Christian Church
Clark St
Adkins
Decatur
Gene Gresham
Johnson Bible, College
Knoxville, Tenn
First Christian Church
Mountain City
Tenn
Mississippi
Kentucky
Atlanta Christian College
East Point
Civil War themed church contest ends in tie in Alabama
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church of Limestone County and Meadow Hill Baptist Church of Huntsville wrap a 13 week “War Between The States” Sunday school attendance battle with 298 average per week. Meadow Hill led early but Limestone County church surged to tie headline level.
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Athens
Mt. Pisgah
Limestone County
Meadow Hill Baptist Church
Huntsville
Mt.Pisgah
Meadow Hill
James Ray
Ray
Ft. Sumter
Bull Run
Limestone
Abraham Lincoln
Bob Spencer
Jefferson Davis
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Grace Revival Begins Sunday at Grace Baptist Church
Evangelist Bill Compton brings a revival to Grace Baptist Church in Chattanooga starting Sunday and running nightly through September 8 at 7 30 pm Special music and nursery service will be offered Compton a long time evangelist is a Decatur native and graduate of Tennessee Temple College He has pastored in Greenville South Carolina and is married to Jessie Hawkins with three sons
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Bill Compton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Baptist Church
Compton
Decatur
Tennessee Templeton College
Leslie D. Compton
6Th Ave
Jessie Hawkins
Pine Bluff
Ark
Priest Faces Dilemma Over Brooklyn Parish Return
A Brooklyn priest says he cannot return to his parish as it would shock parishioners. He finds more comfort attending Mass in Greenwich Village, revealing his reluctance to reconnect with his old community.
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Brooklyn
Greenwich Village
WCTU Plans State Meeting in Decatur
Decatur WCTU discussed the annual Alabama WCTU session set for October 8-9 in Decatur at Lovin Cabin on Trinity Mountain. Mrs J O Bowling of Birmingham and Miss Clio Lovin led the meeting, noting the recent National WCTU convention in Anderson Indiana. The local gathering was chaired by Mrs T F Long, Decatur WCTU president.
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Alabama Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Decatur
Decatu Ctu
Lovinan
Trinity Mountain
J. O Bowling
Birmingham
Clio Lovin
WCTU
Anderson
Ind
Miss Lovin
Alabama
Ocal
T. F. Long
L'rence Survey Begins Tuesday
MOULTON-Lawrence County Baptist ministers plan a county wide canvass from Tuesday through Sept 11 to locate nonmembers. The effort, part of the 1969 Evangelistic Crusade, aims to enlist nonchurchgoers and share information with all denominations. More than 20 ministers will participate.
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MOULTON — _ Lawrence
American Religious Survey
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U.S. Presidency
Garden of Eden
Church of God
London
Hyde Park
Mt. View Baptist
Lawrence
Flat Creek
Clifford Mason
Hillsboro Baptist Church
Little
Ing
Kennet Livingston
Floyd Shankle
Andy Teague
Earl Ready
Association
WMU
Alva Little
Brotherhood
Kirby Cole
Hubert White
Eto
Cee
E.T. Weddell
Training Union
Westside Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
N.W
Elree T. Waddell
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Church
Ive
S.W
C. R. Burns
Cae
5Th Ave
S.E
Bible School
J. Hampton Keathley
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Iwestmeade Baptist Mission
Betty Street
New Moulton Highway
Southern Baptist Mission
Joe Hoover
Girls Auxiliary
Hartselle Church
Greenville
S. C
Bill ‘Compton
L'rence
Paul C. Davis
Tla
E. Moulton ST. Ona
Sundey School
Redio Br Wmsl
Covell Keenum
Eadcest Sun
Fairview Baptist Church
16Th Ave
Magnolia St
Dial
Evangelist Bill Compton
Sherman Street
Decatur, Alabama
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