Minister Rev. Ernest Dillard Active Community Leader
Courtland Baptist pastor Rev. Ernest Dillard blends church work with public service. He led the town fire department as chief, serves on mental health boards, and previously chairs the Red Cross chapter, tying mission to relief work while preparing sermons on the Book of Revelation.
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Courtland
Ernest Dillard
Dillard
Courtland Baptist Church
Womens Missionary Union
Lawrence County Mental Health Board
North Central Alabama Mental Health Board
Courtland Industrial Development Board
Lawrence County Red Cross
Rev
Navy
Dillards
Gadsden
Centre
Larry Dillard
Judi Bankston
Korea
Central Methodist Church Honors 70th Anniversary Members
Central Methodist Church will honor 49 members with 50 years of service during a Sunday service as part of a yearlong observance of the 70th anniversary. Among them are three charter members Mrs. Jesse Branum Mrs. T. B. Woodard and Mrs. H. L. Davidson plus five members with 60 years or more of membership including Mrs. A. L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Jesse Branum
T. B. Woodard
H. L. Davidson
Central Methodist
A. L
W. J. Cunningham
W. A Britain
Family Problems Sessions Planned by First Methodist Church
First Methodist Church hosts family problems sessions during National Family Week May 5 to 12. Dr. W J Cunningham will preach on Hitherto and Henceforth, with music by the Chancel Choir. A film on better communications and a teen parent filmstrip will be shown.
Faith from East and West joins Mamaroneck church
The Rev. Francis Goh, born in Singapore to diverse religious families, becomes associate minister at the Methodist Church in Mamaroneck New York. He studied in Singapore Penang West Virginia and Duke Divinity School, was ordained in 1965, and advocates cross cultural exchange for world peace.
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Francis Goh
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Singapore
Penang
West Virginia Wesleyan
Duke Divinity School
God
West
Church Ruling Sparks National Legal Battle Over Faith
A Georgia case pits two Savannah Presbyterian congregations against the denomination over property rights as they claim the church has deviated from doctrine. The ruling could shape church property disputes nationwide and tests church state separation.
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Georgia
Presbyterian Arch
Brad Riggs
New York
Reformed Church
America
Savannah
Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church
National Council of Churches
Richard T. Cowan
South
Frank S. Cheatham Jr
Pandora’s Box
Detroit
Mayflower Church
United Church of Christ
West Coast
United Presbyterian
Laurelhurst
Hillcrest
Seattle
Community Church
Palm Springs
Calif
Family religion program sessions at First Methodist Church
Mary Kate Tackett and Doug las Rhodes and parents are invited to a series of religious instruction sessions led by Mrs. Clem and Mark Stewart. A preschool session Tuesday at 7 30 p m features the film strip First Steps in Religion and the song Skip A Rope. The final elementary session Sunday May 12 at 6 p m includes Next Steps in Religion with a family discussion by Dr and Mrs Arthur Stamler. All events occur at the First Methodist Church Canal and Lafayette Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kate Tackett
Douglas Rhodes
R. Williams
Jack Wood
Clem
Mark Stewart
Christian Education
Arthur A. Stamler
First Methodist Church
Canal and
Lafayette Streets
Sodality Officers Installed at St Ann's Meeting
St Ann's Sodality installed officers for the coming year. Prefect is Mrs Herman Hennessy, vice prefect Mrs Harvey Mink, secretary Mrs Robert Gunner, treasurer Mrs Bob Gleason, historian Mrs Gerald Kittrell. Eight new members were invested and a breakfast at the Holiday Inn South on May 19 will feature Sister Paul Mary of Catholic Charities as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann’s Sodality
Herman Hennnessy
Harvey Mink
Robert Gunner
Bob Gleason
Gerald Kittrell
Sodality
Alan Adelburg
Wesley Birkholz
Charles Buysse
Eugene Callahan
Gerald Gould
John Hauser
Charles Nelson
Alice Fay Letson
Joyce Johnson
M. A. Ratliff
William Nagy
Pat Palladino
Holiday Inn South
Sister Paul Mary
Catholic Charities
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First Assembly OF God
Royal Rangers
Jesu
Cecil
Real Howell
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Lamar M. ‘Davis
Ninth Street
Sixth Ave. S.E
First Church OF Christ
Scientist 6Th Ave
Johnston St
Church” Christian Science
2Nd Ave
N.E
Central Moist
Commission On Education
J. B. Denmark
Family Life Committee
S. M. Eich Jr
G. W. Hansberry
Charles Clem
Austin High School
Avery Roberts
Roy B. Odom
Ishmael
AP News
Carver Gordon
Her
Rian
Hennessy
John M. Horgan
Gordon
George W. Cornell
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Georgia Supreme Court
C. Emanuel Carlson
Washington, D.C
Joint Baptist Committee On Public Affairs
U.S
New Orleans
Trinity-Methodist Church
Mobile
Ala
South Carolina
Iron and Steel Companies
Ayer
van R.A
Sunbeams II
Oak Park Baptist Church
19Th Avenue
Church OF God
R. M. Creel
Sherman St
16Th Ave
Y.P.E
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Church
S.W
C. R. Burns
Maranatha Baptist Church
W. B. Ferguson
Union Hall
Westgate
T.U
Sun
WMSL
Covell Keenum
Fairview Baptist Church
Magnolia St
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