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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
11
Fragmentary AP News style feature references the power of faith and Christmas reverence. Mentions shepherds and wise men recognizing the Christ child. Evokes the Holy Night spirit and the prayer for peace and goodwill to men.
First Presbyterian and Cov nant Presbyterian plan a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 5 p.m. in First Presbyterian sanctuary. Rev. Joseph W. Walker and Rev. James E. Bowden will lead brief meditations on Christ’s birth with Advent setting and carols including Joy to the World and Silent Night. Betty Dowell and Bill Beard sing a duet Carol of the Shepherds. Jim Thornhill Vic Sherrill Bob Darnell and Charles Guyton light candles. Mary Oliver is organist. sanctuary will be lit with candles and a lit cross. memorial flowers from Mrs Ray Sundback. The service aims to help families enter the season.
Elmer H. Lusk, a Union City Tenn. native, has accepted the minister position at Memorial Drive Church of Christ 203 Memorial Dr. SW. He comes from Eastside Church of Christ in Columbia Tenn. where he served eight years and holds degrees from Freed Hardeman Lipscomb and Harding graduate programs. He and his wife Helen Fike Jasper have five children. He praises Decatur hospitality and looks forward to the association with the Memorial Drive Church.
Covenant Presbyterian Church in Decatur plans a 10 a.m. Christmas Day family worship service led by Rev. Jim Bowden. The service emphasizes all ages with a theme Gifts We Receive and the Gifts We Give, featuring youth messages and a children’s sermon about gifts from Santa and God.
AP reports William Stringfellow, an Episcopal layman and attorney, argues in Dissenter in a Great Society that American Protestantism upholds the shrine of property. He says the acquisitive man is portrayed as the whole man and religion is treated as a business asset.
Westside Presbyterian Church hosted about 20 junior high teens for a Christmas caroling hayride. The group rode in a two ton truck under chaperone supervision then gathered at the Tamldges’ home for refreshments. The church runs a weekly recreation program Sundays at 6 p.m.
The Methodist Church in Sydney has established the nation's first treatment program for drug addicts offering structured care and support within a church-led initiative.
A two day event at Central Baptist Church brings 1000 to 1200 youths ages 15 to 24 from Alabama and surrounding states for a youth convention and a state leadership conference. Dr. W L Hendricks and Dr C A Roberts headline with Miss Angie Grooms appearing Friday.
A Christmas meditation mirrors Luke's account of Jesus birth in Bethlehem under Caesar Augustus and Cyrenius. The piece emphasizes prophecy fulfilled, the shepherds' fear, and the angelic proclamation of a savior born in David's city, marking Christmas as revelation of God's purpose.
The text recalls Luke 2 events the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem the shepherds visit and the temple presentation. It notes the angels proclamation Mary Joseph Simeon and Anna at the temple and emphasizes the Christmas message of peace and goodwill toward all.
A 16th Century wooden scroll in the Lutheran Church in Americas world missions archive lists bounties for Christians. Rewards of 500 silver pieces for reporting a missionary, 300 for reporting a pastor or lay Christian, and 100 for reporting anyone interested in Christianity. The document warns that concealing a Christian and later being caught leads to collective punishment of the mayor and neighbors.
A 20 year old experiment began when three scientists released dry ice into clouds above Mt Greylock Massachusetts triggering the first artificial snowstorm.
Willoughby Presbyterian Church at the corner of 9th Street and 16th Avenue has been torn down. Organized in the early 1900s, its membership dissolved several years ago.
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