Charles Speaks to Lead Youth Services at Priceville Church
Priceville Methodist Church will host Student Recognition Day with Charles Speaks as guest speaker. The senior at Priceville High School will be showcased while University of Alabama student Robert Skidmore presides, and a duet by Frankie Speaks and Claudia Dodson is planned along with acolyte Lee Tune and ushers Tommy Dodson Johnny Robinson. The service shifts to a watchnight gathering from 9 p.m. to midnight with games and refreshments ending in a devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Speaks
Priceville Church
Priceville Methodist Church
Charles
Priceville High School
Robert Skidmore
University of Alabama
Frankie Speaks
Huntingdon College
Claudia Dodson
Priceville High
Lee Tune
Tommy Dodson
Johnny Robinson
Central Methodist Church
WSCS
Jimmy McCool
Kent Kilbourne
Ashbury College
Wesper
O. Gerald Trigg
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanukkah Observed As Lights Mark Festival Of Faith
Jewish celebrations begin Tuesday night and run through January 2 as families light the menorah each evening. Rabbi Gallinger explains the 165 B.C. revolt led by the Maccabees, the miracle of oil lasting eight days, and the festival’s emphasis on rededication to faith amid modern Israel’s victory and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilene Claborn
DAILY
Temple of Jerusalem
Mount Zion
B.C
J. S. Gallinger
Birmingham
Antiochus
Syria
Holy Land
Mattathias
Juda
Maccabee
Temple
Gallinger
Moses
Hanukkah
Dr. Gallinger
Hannah
Juda Maccabees
Israel
Power of Faith by Woods Ishmael: Crisman’s 70 years in South America
The Rev Homer Gail Crisman, 92, reflects on 70 years as an Alliance missionary in Ecuador and Colombia. He arrived in 1897, faced opposition and danger, built churches and schools, and now aids Spanish literature, Bible distribution, and the Alliance mission book store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Gail Crisman
South America
Ecuador
Colombia
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Crisman
Alliance
Lawrence County News Notes and Obituaries
Jennifer Hogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hogan, is recovering well at Decatur General Hospital. Sympathy is extended to the Hogan and Asherbranner families after the holidays claimed Mrs. Hattie Hogan and Edgar Asherbranner. Mrs. Mary Ella Nix of Marietta, Georgia visited her parents Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Stephenson during the holidays. Visitors from Florida attended church at Valley Grove Baptist Church with Laverne Weeks, Rupert Waites, Jimmy Waites, and Johnnie Waites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennifer Hogan
Wayne Hogan
Decatur General Hospital
Jewel Miller
Tennessee
Hattie Hogan
A. Hogan
Hogan
Edgar Asherbranner
Asherbranner
Mary Ella Nix
Marietta
J. E. Stephenson
Laverne Weeks
Tampa
Fla
Rupert Waites
Cocoa, Fla
Jimmy Waites
Johnnie Waites
Hartselle
Valley Grove Baptist Church
History of early ministers in Morgan and Lawrence counties
A December 1967 column profiles three early Montgomery and Morgan County ministers Elder George Little Elder W J Thompson and Elder J K Lynn. It notes Little’s 1855 Mt Zion pastorate with 33 members and 18 dollars missions, Thompson’s pastorates at Spring Hill 1853 1855 and Pleasant Hill from 1866 until death, and Lynn’s 1840s Salem pastorate and Mt Zion church organization. The piece also quotes Wiley W Wilhite born 1827 and lists his pastorates at Bethany Mount Zion Enon Hopewell Mt Nebo Lebanon and his roles as presiding elder and clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Myers
George Little
Mt. Zion
Bethel
Lawrence County
J.S. P
W. J. Thompson
William J
Mt. Pisgah
Morgan Co
Spring Hill Church
Pleasant Hill Church
J. K. Lynn
Warrior River Association
Salem Church
Hopewell Church
Mt. Nebo Church
Association
Ministerial Association Milestones in Decatur 1967
The Decatur Ministerial Association reached milestones by launching televised Sunday devotional on Decatur Tele-cable channel 4 at 8:30 a.m. The group, open to local ministers, promotes community causes and supported civic leaders' Buy Monday Buy Saturday campaign. Officers for 1967 and 1968 are listed, with ongoing services at the Tuberculosis Sanitorium and Morgan County Detention Home. Membership remains voluntary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Ministerial Association
Decatur
Decatur Telecable
Bills Graham
Exchange Clubs
Morgan Cunty
Holiday’ Inn South
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Town Creek Methodist Church
John Weatherford
Mildred Taylor
Southern Rhodesia
Africa
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Quentin McKay
Fourth Street Church of Christ
Cullman
North Birmingham Church of Christ
G.A
R.A
Sunbeams
Oak Park Baptist Church
19Th Avenue
S.E
Horace Murfin
Brazil
Good News Bible Club
NEY Ae Eo
Bellemeade St
S.W
Rodney Piedot
Julian Hirshfeld
Margaret
Max
Christ
Ed Bruchac
Ishmael
AP News
Lawrence
E. M. Barnes
First Methodist Church
Ray Lee
Ron Rhinehardt
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Welcome First Assembly OF God Church
8Th Ave. S.W
Young Peoples
Royal Rangers
Cecil S
Maranatha Baptist Church
B. Fergus
Union Hall
Westgate
Pastor
Westside
Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
N.W
Betty Street
Runnymeade Ave
Sixth Avenue
Jackson St
H. G. McDowell
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