Churches Plan Christmas Services Across Community
Several churches announce Christmas Eve and Day services with Yule emphasis. Highlights include Sixth Avenue Church of God musical directed by Jane Bradford featuring Chief Pack Self and soloists, Westminster candlelight services, St John’s Eucharist, First Christian candlelit meditation, and a New Center Baptist benefit singing on December 31. A Bible conference at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church runs through Dec 31 with daily sessions and lunch.
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Sixth Avenue Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
First Christian Church
Lawrence Maines
New Center Baptist Church
Seven Miles Children’s Home
Devotion Singers
King’s Servants
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Hartselle
Conrad Murrell
Bentley
Norman Hester
Courtland Baptist Church
Johnny Tucker
Shady Grove Baptist
Tour's End at Rio Show Stays as Moulin Rouge Troupe Ends
More than 100000 Brazilians attended performances by dancers dogs and a trained lion from Le Bal du Moulin Rouge as the French troupe concludes its four month visit in Rio de Janeiro marking the end of the tour.
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Rio DE Janeiro
The Promised Messiah and Wise Men Visit Bethlehem
A Bible lesson links Jeremiah’s prophecy of a righteous Branch to David with the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The wise men travel from Jerusalem to seek the newborn King, guided by Micah’s prophecy. They obey divine warning and depart by another road after worship.
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Jeremiah
David
Herod
Jerusalem
Micah
Messiah
Bethlehem
Matthew
The Children Await Santa Claus Tonight
Poem notes loving eager faces as children await Santa. Vision of reindeer and presents, Santa visiting while children sleep and stockings fill. Angels keep watch.
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Santa Claus
M.O.L
Raleigh Pastor Don Dunlap Speaks at Larkwood Nazarene
Rev Don Dunlap of Raleigh North Carolina will speak Sunday at Larkwood Church of the Nazarene where his father Rev J F Dunlap serves as pastor Don is a Trevecca College graduate and Nazarene Theological Seminary alumnus He has pastored in Kansas City and leads North Hills Church of the Nazarene in Raleigh Services at Larkwood 2201 Sandlin Rd SW start 11 am Sunday school 9 45 am with vesper at 4 30 pm No evening service.
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Don Dunlap
Raleigh
Larkwood Church of the Nazarene
J. F. Dunlap
Don
Trevecca College
Nashville
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City
North Hills Church of the Nazarene
Larkwood Church
Sandlin Rd
Zambia's KanKasa Reflects on Northern Rhodesia Pride
Foreign Minister Timothy Kankasa said during a railroad yard tour that Zambians worked harder and took more pride when the country was the British territory of Northern Rhodesia. He noted Zambia gained independence in 1964.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Timothy Kankasa
Northern Rhodesia
Clergy and church leader named in college admissions meeting
Nancarrow chairs the church administrative board while Rev. Jim Fennel serves as college admissions counselor and Rev. LeRoy R. McClendon is noted as Trinity pastor in the meeting summary.
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Nancarrow
Jim Fennel
LeRoy R. McClendon
Trinity
Hope and faith in hardship through Christmas reflections
A devotional verse expresses enduring hope in Christ during trials and gloom. It prays for divine illumination easing sorrows and guiding life by Christian trust and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, ending with attribution to Mrs. Fred W. Glasgow.
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Fred W. Glasgow
Choir to Present Handel Messiah at First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church will stage excerpts from Handel's Messiah Sunday at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary. Rev. W. K. Stephenson will read scripture and offer a meditation. The 75-voice choir, led by Wilson Henderson, features soloists Danny Watts, Diana Aycock, Wilson Henderson, Susan Nix, Beth Stephenson, Becky Stephenson, and Pat Peevy, with Martha Stephens at the organ.
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First Baptist Church
Wilson Henderson
W. K. Stephenson
Mildred McClellan
Cynthia Heller
Cheryl Kiner
Susan Lusk
Barbara Pettey
Alvin Drager
Patricia Houston
Robert Denham
Martha Stephens
Danny
Obituary and community notices from Danville area
Johnson's Chapel details a Saturday night presence by Mrs. J. C. McLaughlin. The community mourns the Friday death of Mr. Cecil Brooks, whose father Rev. S. W. Brooks once led the church. Various locals visit, guests travel to Forrest Chapel and Liberty communities, with multiple households hosting and visiting through Thursday and Tuesday engagements.
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J. C. McLaughlin
Danville
Cecil Brooks
Brook
S. W. Brooks
Dessie Glasgow
Forrest Chapel
Grace Glasgow
W. D. Mitchell
Columbus
J. O. McLaughlin
Ollie McDonald
Belle Rogers
Liberty Community
V. A. White
Nettie White
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Owen Smith
Troy Cannon
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Brian Hall
Kevin Mullican
Gary McGahan
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Malon Reed
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Promised
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Brookhaven Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
S.W
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Wayne Fields
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Joe D. Ra
Jim McMurtrie
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James R. Best
Sidney E. Sandridge
Athens College
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Merlin R.mosher
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