Churches group to meet January 10
The Committee on Church Cooperation will meet January 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The group runs a clothes closet at Cherry Street School and raises funds for Meals-On-Wheels with federal matching. A telephone reassurance program for the elderly is planned in cooperation with local aging councils and volunteer bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Church Cooperation
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Central United Methodist Church
Frank Mock
Decatur
Cherry Street
Mock
Council On Aging
North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Volunteer Bureau
Rev Sharp Accepts Pastorate at Westmeade Baptist Church
Rev Richard Sharp and wife Lorene Sellers, both raised in Decatur, join Westmeade Baptist Church as pastor and wife after 23 years of preaching. Formerly at Hilldale Baptist Birmingham for six years, he has led churches in Columbiana Clanton Tuscaloosa Dothan and Birmingham. He is Samford University graduate pursuing a doctorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sharp
Westmeade Baptist Church
Glen Jennings
Rev. Sharp
Lorene Sellers
Decatur
Columbiana
Clanton
Tuscaloosa
Dothan
Birmingham
Samford University
Sharps
Hilldale Baptist Church
New Good News Bible issued in plain modern English
A new complete Bible titled the Good News Bible or Today's English Version was issued after ten years of work by the American Bible Society. It offers a natural everyday English rendering of both Old and New Testaments to attract readers who find standard versions hard to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Bible Society
RSV
God
Hoy
Robert G. Bratcher
Dewey Beegle
Washington
Wesley Theological Seminary
Convention leader to address church at M-Night event
The Muscle Shoals Baptist Association will host the annual M-Night program Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in the Wren community near Moulton. Rev. O'Dell Snow said the program trains church leadership and Dr. Dan Ireland, president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, will speak. Ireland is pastor at Jackson Way Baptist Church in Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscle Shoals Baptist Association
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Wren
Moulton
O'Dell Snow
Pleasant Grove
Dan Ireland
Alabama Baptist State Convention
Ireland
Jackson Way Baptist Church
Huntsville
Pastor to Lead Noon Service at First United Methodist
Rev. Williamson of Mississippi will speak at Tuesday noon advent service at First United Methodist Church. He pastored Decatur since June 1972 after serving churches in Bessemer Birmingham and Athens. Lunch follows at 12 30 pm and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Herb Williamson
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
First Unitedethodist
Tomenson
Williamson
Mississippi
Birmingham Southern College
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Betty Crocker
Graysville
Decatur
Bessemer
Birmingham
Athens
Stevenson
Preparing a Way for the Lord in John the Baptist
The article links Luke 3 4 to Israel’s patriarchs and prophets, tracing a pilgrimage motif from Exodus to Zion. It contrasts Judah’s past desolation with prophetic calls to repentance and hope, ending with a note on next week’s baptism with fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John the Baptist
Israel
Promised Land
Jerusalem
Babylon
Isaiah
Moses
Zion
Jehovah
Rome
God
John
Daughter-in-law Moves Away by Peale duo
Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Stafford Peale recount a heartbreak after their son is lost at sea with no body found. The couple notes their daughter-in-law left with their grandchildren, leaving unresolved grief and questions about family upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Vincent Peale
Ruth Stafford Peale
Good News Bible Uses Common Wordage in Translation
New York AP reports a Good News Bible using plain language from an American Bible Society 15 year translation project to attract new readers. First print run reached one million copies with about 60 percent sold before publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amene Pee
American Bible Society
Society
Area Men in Service Highlights and Inquiries
Cynthia Rackley 21 of Decatur joins the Air Force Delayed Enlistment Program scheduled for Jan 20 1977. She trains as parachute rigger after six weeks basic with credits toward a Career Education Certificate. Army Private David R Thomas of Holly Pond serves as infantryman with the 3rd Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. A reader Q and A column offers guidance on family estrangements moral disagreements and loneliness with references to a free booklet What to Do When and Dr and Mrs Peale correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia A. Rackley
Johanne White
Decatur
U.S. Air Force
Miss Rackley
Wallace Community College
Cullman
Regular Air Force
Air Force
Community College of the Air Force
Army
David R. Thomas
Wilson H. Thomas
Holly Pond 1
3Rd Infantry Division
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Holly Pond Frigh School
Mrs. Peale
Box 500
Pawling
N.Y
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Haz Forrester
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Luke
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Arms Ave
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Charles L. Gaston, Jr
D.D
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T. A. Thompson
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