Rev Sam Berry Begins 21st Year as Austinville Minister
The Rev Sam W Berry Jr starts his 21st year in the ministry after coming to Decatur to lead Austinville Methodist Church succeeding Mitchell Owens. He is a Gadsden native with Emory University degrees and previously served Huntsville Courtland Lafayette Pinson and Jonesmorial in Bessemer district. He lives at 912 Lamar St SW with wife Gladys and daughter Rose Lee and leads congregational singing in addition to pastoral duties.
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Berry
Austinville
Sam W. Berry, Jr
Decatur
Alabama
Huntsville
Forrest Hill
Courtland
Lafayette
Pinson
Ment, Berry
Jones Morial Methodist Church
Bessemer
Mitchell Owens
Haleyville
Gadsden
Sneed College
Emmory University
Emmory
Lamar St
Gladys
Rose Lee
Descatur
Religion conflict shadows Northern Ireland visit
Belfast is divided along sectarian lines as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip prepare to visit. Protestants led by Ian Paisley threaten demonstrations over a bridge naming dispute and fear Catholic influence, while sectarian barriers affect where people work and live.
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Godfrey Anderson
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Lord Erskine
Lord Carson
Ulster
Queen Elizabeth Bridge
Ian Paisley
Free Presbyterians
Ireland
Paisley
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Rome
Paul VI
Mara Hunter Advance to State Sword Drill Championship
Mara Hunter 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark G Hunter of 1204 Jackson St SE, will represent the region in the state intermediate sword drill Tuesday at Shocco Springs camp near Talladega. The event tests scripture finding character and doctrinal drills among Southern Baptist training unions. Mara is the county and regional drill winner and was top contestant at the Hartselle county meet in February.
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Mara Hunter
Mark G. Hunter
Jackson St
Shocco Springs Camp
Mara
Central Baptist Church
Talladega
Southern Baptists
Hartselle
Febr
Central “Baptist
Training Union
Auxiliary
Unll
Protestant lodges in Belfast influence politics and street action
Protestant Orange men's lodges in Belfast retain strong sway in Parliament and City Hall. They could mobilize thousands if stirred. Religion remains tightly bound to politics and business, as the Unionist Conservative party, a Protestant-dominated machine, has long controlled local government with 12 MPs in Westminster. Only in the last general election did a Belfast Roman Catholic win a Westminster seat.
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Parliament
Belfast
House of Commons
Westminster
Decatur Housewife Chosen to Teach Baptist Choir Directors
Mrs. Bill Carner of Decatur will take an expense paid trip to Ridgecrest North Carolina to instruct Baptist music directors at a national assembly. She will lead a six year old children's choir observe sessions and later explain conducting methods to directors. The Mississippi College graduate has nine years with church choirs and coordinates beginner choir activities.
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Bill Carner
Central Baptist Church
Shan Carner
Patty Penn
Terry Penn
National Assembly For Baptist
Decatur
Ridgecrest
N.C
National Assembly For
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Carner
Decatur Housewife
Mississippi College
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma Baptist University
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary At
End of the Southern Kingdom and Jewish resilience
The passage recounts Nebuchadnezzar's fall of Jerusalem in 579 B C with captives, Zedekiah's rebellion, and Jerusalem's destruction, followed by a note on the Jewish people's endurance and God's broader revelation through Israel culminating in Jesus Christ.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Jehoiachin
Babylon
Zedekiah
Josiah
Judah
Gedaliah
Egypt
Abraham
Christ
God
Jacob
Jesus
Christian Education
National Council of Churches of Christ
USA
King Features Syndicate
Annual Ebenezer Singing at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cullman reports the annual all day singing at Ebenezer Baptist Church near here is scheduled to begin Sunday at 10 30 a m The day long program will feature congregational singing and special guests in a community musical event
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Cullman
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Here
The Fall of Jerusalem by R H Ramsey
A study of the last four kings of Judah ending with Jerusalem s fall in 568 B C. It traces Jehoiakim Jehoiachin and others amid Egypt Babylon conflict and presents punishment as reforming rather than revenge.
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R. H. Ramsey
Judah
Jerusalem
B.C
Josiah
Egypt
Assyria
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Jehoiiachin
Jehoiachin
Sherman Street Church Youth Camp Ends Summer Activities
Sherman Street Church of God wraps three weeks of youth programs with campers returning from Cook Springs Camp in Leeds. Ten teens joined the first session, and three juniors joined the second. The church funded seven of 13 attendees, with activities including Bible study, cook outs, sports, and singing events led by Rev Charley Hill and co-chairs Allen Humphries and W S Cruce. Local talents and Gospel Aires Quartet from Taft Tennessee performed.
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Sherman Street
Jimmy Brown
Anita George
Anita Borden
Taft, Tenn
Charley Hill
Ebenezer Baptist
Allen Humphries
W. S. Cruce
Today in History June 25 1966 highlights
A historical page notes events from 1966 to 1951 and a 10 year update. Thomas D. Samford accepted a July Fourth speaking invitation in Alabama. The Kelly and Hawk firm opened on 2nd Ave. Lightning hit Decatur homes in a 25 year recall. A future Birmingham state convention is planned for July.
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Thomas D. Samford
U.S
Middle District
Alabama
Harry A. Kelly
Karl Hawk
Kelly and Hawk
2Nd Ave
Taylor Five and 10 Cents
Decatur
W. T. Jordan Sr
Auburn University
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Ishmael
B. Savage
Holy Rosary
Pine Ridge
S.D
Savage
Omaha
Neb
Oglala Sioux
America
AP News
Sam W. Berry
News of Religion
N. Ireland
Isles
Faith Baptist Church
Meadus
Belle Meade
First Church OF Christ
Scientist 6Th Ave
Johnston St
Christian Science Reading Room
N.E
Woman’s Missionary Union
Ward
North Carolina
Ebenezer
First Bible Church OF
Decatur Temp
Wolverine Dr
S.E
Oak Park
19Th Ave
Southern Baptist Church
A. Ray Lee
Horace Hall
Chet Ellis
E. J. Ridgeway
Judy Shirley
Roy Borden
Armon Childers
Homer Borden
Wayne Thomas
W. E. Kirby
Church of God
Birmingham
Birmingham- Bessemer Superhighway
Hall
W.M.S.L
Grant Street
Fourth
B. VanArsdale
United Presbyterian Church IN
The
U.S.A
Saint Luke
Sixth Ave
J. Otis Pruden
Manse
Edwin F. Dalstrom
Westside
Seventh Ave
Arthur L.nix
Youth Ministry
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