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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1966

Page

3

Holy Land Tour Reunion Highlights Memories of World Conference

A reunion of Holy Land Tour participants, including 23 of 3 members, met at St. Methodist to view slides and discuss the journey across eight countries Italy Egypt Lebanon Jordan Israel Greece and England. Rev. Dr Otis Kirby and Mrs Kirby led the event and announced plans for another tour in June 1967.

St. Methodist Italy Egypt Lebanon Jordan Israel Greece England World Methodist Otis Kirby Kirby Alaska Dr. Kirby Rome

Evangelistic Services Start Sunday by Former Dodgers Player

A one time professional base ball player with the Dodgers and the Red Sox from 1947 to 1950 will lead evangelistic services starting at 10 30 a m this Sunday and continue with nightly services at 7 p m daily at 601 Jackson St Dr Maurice Fletcher speaking for the Fundamental Evangelistic Association. Walter H Kirk Jr on the Athens College faculty represents the group and has degrees from Bob Jones University and the University of First Methodist Church.

Dodgers Red Sox Jackson St Maurice Fletcher The Fundamental Evangelistic Association

Bethel Baptist Open House Sets New Education Annex

Bethel Baptist Church on Bethel Road will host an open house for its new education building annex from 2 to 4 p m Sunday. The 5200 square foot addition features a modern kitchen and will include a corner stone service at 1 45 with Rev Billy Stephenson of Decatur as speaker. Construction was directed by Ray­mond Lawrimore as general contractor and the church building committee chaired by Homer Newman with members Joe Wright John Ward Doris Dobbs Hoyt May Lane Fowler and Deefas Brooks.

Hartselle Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Road Billy Stephenson First Baptist Church Decatur Lee Raymond Lawrimore Homer Newman Joe Wright John Ward Doris Dobbs Hoyt May Lane Fowler Deefas Brooks

To Attend Youth Rally At First Methodist Athens

About 60 Methodist churches will send 300 to 500 youths and workers to a 2 p.m. rally at First Methodist Church in Athens. A drama presentation Everyman will be staged by a Athens College drama professor with district youth cast. Five district subpresidents Susan Coley Dottie Kirby Sharon Moats Pat Hicks Diane McCoy lead worship with Rev W Nelson Guth preaching on God Is What Now.

First Methodist Chu Athens Athens Liege Decatur Susan Coley Dottie Kirby Sharon Moats Pat Hicks Diane McCoy Guth Ass Jr Iain ‘Church Ean

Schedule Change at Westside Baptist Church Sunday Services

Rev Elree T Waddell announced new worship times at Westside Baptist Church with services at 5 p m and training union at 6 15 p m Sunday The remarks reference Maryland and a prior dismissal of Kirk from Jefferson Junior High School in Alexandria Virginia over a dispute about including dancing in physical education citing moral concerns about dancing and youth behavior.

Elree T. Waddell Westside Baptist Church Maryland Kirk Jefferson Junior High School Alexandria Fletcher

New Pastor George Blackwell Installed at Austinville Church of God

Rev. George Blackwell Jr. has become pastor of Austinville Church of God after a career across Indiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida. A 1946 Anderson College graduate he rose to senior class honors and earned a D degree from its school of theology. He has led churches, served youth programs and boards, and hosted a morning devotion broadcast for seven years. He expressed eagerness to work with church and community members.

George Blackwell Jr Austinville Church of God Mr. Blackwell School of We of Anderson College Indiana Mississippi Alabama First Church of God Sylacauga Florida Decatur Ministeria State Youth Council State Laboratory School Board of Christian Education Publication Commission Ministerial Assembly Blackwell General Assembly of the Church of God In Alabama Seacog, Inc Convention of the Church F God National Consultation of Evangelism Rev. Blackwell

Delaney to Lead Mt. Olivet Services and Bill

Delaney of Gainesville will lead a week-long series starting Sunday at Oulton Baptist Church. A Oklahoma native and WWII Marine veteran, he earned LLB from Cum Law and practiced Tennessee bar, later entering ministry at Bethel College and pastoring churches in Troy and Martin, Tennessee. James Jordan will direct song services at the Moulton Baptist Church per Rev. Campbell.

Bill Delaney Gainesville Oulton Baptist Church Delaney Okla Tennessee First Baptist Church Lawrencesburg Tenn Bethel College McKenzie, Tenn Troy Southside Baptist Church Martin Holland Baptist Church James Jordan Moulton Baptist Church Robert Campbell

Missionary Rev Arthur Hay Lock to speak at Central Baptist

Rev Arthur Haylock, missionary to Central America, will address the 7 15 p m worship at Central Baptist Church. The service opens a special week of prayer at 10 a m Monday through Friday for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for foreign missions.

Arthur Haylock Central America Central Baptist Church Lottie Moon

Brookhaven Church Hosts Missionary Guest Speaker

Rev. C. R. Burns pastor of Brookhaven Baptist Church announced that Rev. Arthur Haylock foreign missionary will be guest speaker at 7 p.m. Sunday. In Green Lake Wisconsin a group of 40 American Baptist women who visited Haiti in 1962 held a tourist reunion and announced a gift of a new chapel organ to Haiti's College Pratique du Nord. They learned of the organ need on a trip and began fundraising, with a housewarming for the new pastor and his wife at 2 p.m. Sunday at their home.

C. R. Burns Brookhaven Baptist Church Arthur Haylock Benevolence Greenlake Wis Haiti College Pratique du Nord

Ninth Street Panel Forms For Discussion Sunday

Ninth Street Methodist Church will host a 7 p.m. panel discussion on Christian Being and Doing with Rev. Joe C. Higginbotham directing. The panel includes Mrs. Tom Holland Mrs. Murial Davis Nelson Buck and Charles Roberts. The pastor will lead a Biblical background and relate it to modern living.

Ninth Street Methodist Church Joe C. Higginbotham James First Peter Higginbotham Tom Holland Murial Davis Nelson Buck Charles Roberts

Conversion Plus film shown during regular jiership period

About 12,000 persons in the United States were killed by fire in 1965. The film Conversion Plus will be shown during the regular jiership period to end the Bible study.

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