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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1977
Page
5
The God and Country training course in Scouting USA aims to revitalize religion in the movement. LeRoy W. Nattress Jr. leads a push to reconnect youth with faith, family, and values amid modern pressures.
The Decatur Baha i community will mark the ascension of Baha u llah at 3 a.m. Sunday at 213 4th Ave NW and elect officers later the same day before a public celebration in Delano Park. Ken Baugher notes the faith seeks world unity and stems from Baha u llah born 1817 in Nur a Persian noble family. He says he announced as the promised one in 1863 and was imprisoned and exiled, dying in 1892 near Haifa. The faith now claims followers in more than 300 countries and territories.
Mel Bailey Jefferson County sheriff will speak at a law enforcement appreciation breakfast June 4 sponsored by First Christian Church. Father Roger Lott of Southern Benedictine College, busy library director and St. Ann's helper, plans a June to August travel itinerary visiting Hawaii Japan Thailand Australia New Zealand Fiji and more before returning to Decatur for August and September duties. Sunday homecoming marks Antioch United Methodist Church 110th anniversary with Lavern Lowery as guest preacher followed by dinner and songs. information line 974-6616.
The United Church of Christ expresses shock after Superior Court Judge George Fountain denies a new trial for the Wilmington 10 nine Black youths and a White woman. Prosecution witnesses recanted, but the ruling stands as the church pledges an appeal.
A joint commission of three Canadian Lutheran denominations approved a plan to ordain women in the projected new church, signaling a step toward unification. In Pennsylvania, Rev. John B. Bergstresser was suspended by delegates of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod from Lutheran ministry after being removed from Grace Lutheran Church Royersford amid a funds controversy. he now leads Freedom Lutheran Church, an independent dissident congregation outside denominational control.
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