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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1966
Page
5
AP News features explore the influence of faith on individuals and communities through profiles, anecdotes, and cultural context. It examines how belief shapes decisions, resilience, and civic life across diverse traditions.
In Dallas a Lutheran pastor a Roman Catholic priest a Methodist and a Presbyterian minister plan Sunday talks in the Toll House Apartments clubroom to explore how to maintain religious values in the apartment culture. Charles Peters and Rev Robert Hobis lead the Apartment Ministry Project aiming to find ministry forms for apartment dwellers.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Center Springs Methodist Church elected officers at its March meeting held at Mrs. Billy M. Cook's home. New officers include President Meridith Johnson and Vice President Billy M. Cook.
The piece centers on individuals from small towns who seek anonymity and freedom after moving to college life. It notes their guilt and moral conflict, with references to places like Honey Grove and Bug Tussle and to Father James Cashman of Holy Trinity who aided in planning the Toll House visit.
Southside Baptist Church installed a marble cornerstone for a new 364000 educational unit completed in October 1965 on 9th St SE. The box beneath, sealed until 2000, contains church history, member lists, department heads, and deacon names, plus bulletins and photos. The 23000 square foot addition has 28 rooms and 1300 seats.
ATHENS The Seventh day Adventist Church here sponsors a five day quit smoking plan from April 4 through April 8. Pastor Paul Anderson says the program is not a religious endeavor but a practical approach to stopping smoking.
R. H. Ramsey portrays the Christian church as a vast tree symbolizing unity through Jesus Christ. The church is a supernatural entity with Christ as head, the Alpha and Omega, whose death forgives sin and reconciles humanity to God.
A five day series of special evening services at Westminster Presbyterian Church runs April 3 to 8 led by Rev. Edwin Dalstrom with 7:30 p.m. services. The emphasis is Holy Week and the Lord's Supper will be reenacted Thursday night. Friday features Seven Words of the Cross with scripture meditation and music by the church choir under Mrs. Eubanks. Evening services end at 8:30 p.m. The program includes group therapy lectures films and a self-help booklet to kick smoking. Meetings are at First Federal Savings and Loan penthouse 520 South Jefferson Street. Director Anderson invites community enrollment and attendance.
Dr Roy R Matheson chair of Bible at Southeastern Bible College Birmingham will speak Sunday at Decatur First Bible Church at 9 45 am Public welcome John Cook deacon says Matheson holds theology degrees from London College of the Bible Ontario and Dallas Theological Seminary He joined Southeastern in 1964 and the college reports high Christian service and missionary placement for graduates. The church without a pastor meets in Cook s Post Control building with Thursday Bible study led by Rev Richard Strauss Nursery provided.
Westside Baptist Church proclaims March 27 through April 2 as Youth Week with youth leadership across services. Youth pastors Dewey Lynch Jr and Ralph Burns lead talks Faith's Challenge and How We Should Pray, while Larry Waddell directs music. Youth deacons include Wayne Brown Layton Lynch Aas Hunt and others. midweek topics address A Deacon's Responsibility to God and Church and A Woman's Place in the Church. Special music by Shirley Holmes and Diane Bradley. film Am I a Phony? shown Thursday followed by devotional activities and refreshments.
The message outlines the church as the body of Christ with Christ as head, stressing unity amid diversity, and outlines how believers are called from darkness to light through Jesus. It emphasizes access to God through Christ, the global reach beyond race and class, and the duty to reflect His warmth and wisdom in a dark world.
The male choir of Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur Ga will present a concert Sunday at 730 pm at Courtland Presbyterian Church. The program features Dr Hubert Vance Taylor former Protestant Hour music director with tours across Georgia Alabama Florida South Carolina and Mississippi. The Rev Mr Roark a 1964 seminary graduate led the choir as a student and members will lead worship and discuss Christian mission vocation and seminary education.
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