The Power of Faith in Mary’s Visitation
AP News features discuss the biblical moment when the angel greets Mary and hints at the birth of Jesus. The piece notes the influence of masters like El Greco Leonardo da Vinci Titian Tintoretto and Murillo who depicted the scene multiple times. It highlights how such art deepens visual and spiritual understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
God
Jesus
Cyclopedia of
el Greco
Leonardo
Tintoretto
Titian
Murillo
Anglican Priest Serves as Theaters Chaplain in Britain
Drums roll and a performance at the Prince of Wales Theater mark the unusual dual role of Rev. Christopher P. Bryan, an Anglican priest who serves as a chaplain for actors in London theaters. He balances parish duties at St. Thomas in Finsbury Park with weekly theater visits, guiding actors and staff through spiritual support across venues including the Garrick and the Prince of Wales. The Actors' Church Union, founded in 1899, connects chaplains and performers, offering club access and lodging lists for a modest annual fee.
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Godfrey Anderson
London
Passion Flower Hotel
Prince of Wales Theater
Stage Center
Christopher P. Bryan
Britain
Father Bryan
St. Thomas
Finsbury Park
North
Prince of Wales
Garrick Theater
Actors’ Church Union
Finsbury Park Empire
Actors’ Club
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
St. Martin
St. Paul’s
Convent Garden
Actors’ Church
David Garrick
Ellen Terry
Church of St. Vedast-Alias
John Mortimer
Southwark
England
Paris
Dublin
Las Vegas
Nev
Antioch Baptist Church Expands Its 1887 Building
Antioch Baptist Church three miles east of Decatur plans a three story addition valued at about eighty thousand dollars. Lead pastor Rev. Herman Lowery notes the old building remains, with sills cut by broad ax, and describes the new department adding twenty five classrooms, a basement fellowship area, and two upper floors. The project includes bonds of twenty five thousand dollars, and target completion is January with completion of phase three not final, as growth continues.
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Antioch Baptist Church
Herman Lowery
Decatur
Lowery
Thomas Bennich
Harold Atchley
Joe Cochran
Troy Walls
Halford Higgon
Antioch
Clanton
Mitchell family sings gospel in Alabama churches
Lawrence County based Mitchell family gospel group began when the oldest daughters were four or five and now includes Darriel who shines as lead on Is He Satisfied With Me. Lloyd Mitchell, assistant pastor, leads the clan with wife Louise Parker Mitchell and children Sharron Shelby Darriel and Danny on electric guitar. They tour Alabama Mississippi Illinois Indiana and Tennessee, planning to keep singing and perhaps make a record.
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Lloyd Mitchell
Louise Mitchell
Hus
Lawrence County
Mitchell
Darriel
Ervin Mitchell
James Mitchell
Jimmy
Lloyd
Floyd
Russellville
Shumake
Decatur
Wmsl-Tv
Gospel Tabernacle Nondenominational Church
Hartselle
Alabama
Mississippi
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Church Choir Progress Seen By Local Speaker
Lloyd Mitchell of the C C Smith community in Lawrence County urges improving church singing as progress, noting singing helps convey sermons. Mitchell works at Worthington Corp in Decatur, and he cites national figures estimating one child in fifteen has hearing challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Lloyd Mitchell
Lawrence County
C. C. Smith
Worthington Corp
Decatur
Isaiah the Prophet of Judah and His Vision of Deliverance
The article surveys Isaiah as a Jerusalem aristocrat and statesman who prophesied for about forty years during Judah's crisis with Assyria. It notes his neutral stance amid Egypt’s alliance ambitions, his call upon God, and his message of judgment for Judah and Israel, followed by the promise of Immanuel and eventual salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Ramsey
Isaiah
Jerusalem
Judah
Egypt
Palestine
Assyria
B.C
Israel
Immanuel
Jehovah
God
Man
Christ
Hezekiah
Angel of the Lord
Christian Education
U.S.A
5 Features Syndicate
Isaiah and the Call to Inner Faith and Justice
A sermon excerpt contrasts sincere inner faith with external religion focused on ritual. It urges doing well, seeking justice for all, and defending the oppressed. The text links Hebrew prophecy with messianic hope and recounts Hezekiah’s prayer as Jerusalem is spared. Divisions of Christian Education provide the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
National Council of Churches of Christ
Kin
Spiritual Retreat Planned by Westminster Women
Members of the Women's Association of Westminster Presbyterian Church will hold their annual spiritual retreat Monday. They will meet at 9 a.m. at the church and travel by car to Mrs. Frank Chenault Jr.’s cottage at Poplar Point, returning about 3 p.m. Lunch will be served. The event, described as a withdrawal from daily routine, features a program by Mrs. David Wiley, Mrs. Carlos Hagood and Mrs. J. B. Snider with scripture readings and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association of Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rex Rankin
Frank, Chenault Jr
Poplar Point
Ohpani To Speak To Church Class At Central Methodist
Taketo Ohpani a Japanese native and Scarritt College graduate student will lead a Sunday 9:30 a.m. church class at Central Methodist Church speaking on Zen Buddhism and Shinto. He came to the United States in 1960 and earned an A B in Nashville foreign service. Ohpani grew up Buddhist and converted to Christianity in his teens. His wife Rachel, married last month, works at a Nashville church. As a student he is active with the Scarritt Players as stage designer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohpani
Scarritt College
Nashville
Tenn
U.S
Nashville Foreign Service
Scarritt
Rachel
The
Scarritt Players
Mortgage Burning Service At Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church on Bird Springs Road plans Sunday services to celebrate paying off the parsonage debt. Rev Buddy Self, former pastor at the time of construction, will be guest speaker. A mortgage burning ceremony is set by pastor Leon Dawson. In 1916 Admiral Sir David Beatty became commander of Britain's Grand Fleet.
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Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Bird Springs Rd
Buddy Self
Leon Dawson
Sir David Beatty
Britain
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Jewel Bailey Daily
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LINC
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WHOS
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N.E
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George Marshall
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Minikin TV
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Radio Shack
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