Missionary in Africa Sacrifices Root Beer For Faith
Vir ginia Patterson a Tulsa University graduate and missionary to Nigeria describes her four years in Africa. She earns advanced degrees while teaching seventh grade at the Sudan interior mission school and lives in a mud brick home built by locals. She notes limited church abundance yet emphasizes dedication to educating children of missionary families.
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Tulsa
Okla
Africa
Virginia Patterson
Nigeria
United States
Miss Patterson
University of Tulsa
South Carolina College
Oklahoma State University
Sudan Interior Mission School
Church of God Services in Sherman Fourth Street area
The Church of God in Sherman at Sherman and 16th Ave SE led by Pastor Foster T. Dismukes holds Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. Prayer meetings are Wednesday at 7 30 pm with youth service Friday and Saturday night prayer at 7 30 pm. Sunday School contest continues through Sept 29.
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Sherman ST. Sherman
16Th Ave
Foster T. Dismukes
Methodist Services at Canal Street Church
The Methodist church at 805 Canal St NE posts weekly services led by Minister Ford McDonald with Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m and evening worship at 7 p m
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Canal St
Ford McDonald
Baptist Church Services and Leaders Schedule
Local churches publish service times and pastors for Sunday school worship and evening sessions. Fifth Avenue church led by Reverend Coffey lists services at 9 45 a m and 11 a m with 6 p m training and 7 p m worship. Southside church at Eighth Avenue and Ninth Street led by Reverend Johnson provides 9 45 a m Sunday school 11 a m morning worship 6 30 p m training and 7 30 p m evening worship with Wednesday prayer at 7 30 p m. Riverview notices include Qi Fue Sherman at Riverview and Willard Stallcup as pastor with 9 45 a m sun ship 6 15 training union 7 00.
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Fifth Ave
W. W. Coffey
Wed
Southside Corner
Eighth Ave
Ninth St
W. J. Johnson
Training Union
Sherman
Riverview
Willard Stallcup
Eastside
19Th Ave
Cypress St
Huie Turner
Sixteenth Ave
Wadsworth St
R. E
Bob” Wilkins
First Corner Oak
Lafayette Sts
W. K. Stephenson
Westside
Memorial
M. Elree T. Waddell
The Power of Faith By Ishmael Wood Second in a series on prophets
Jeremiah the lonely man of God faced exile and persecution yet sustained by deep faith. He foretold the new covenant to be written on hearts, a personal God for all, not just priests. AP News features text notes his trials and his enduring message.
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Jeremiah
Jerusalem
Judah
Moses
God
Church Worship Schedules and Pastors Listed
Evening worship times and Sunday services are listed for multiple churches. Each entry notes location addresses, pastor names, and program details including Sunday school and Training Union times. Midweek prayer services are shown for several congregations across areas near Sixteenth Ave Westside Central and Eastside.
Presbyterian and Willoughby Presbyterian Church Schedules
Westminster and Willoughby Presbyterian churches list service times for Sunday worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Church school at 9:40 a.m. Youth groups at 5:30 p.m. Midweek prayer at 7 p.m. Sermon by Rev Ed Payne Miller Jr. Also notes Frank Richards as pastor at Willoughby with morning service 11 a.m. and evening 7 p.m. Visitors welcome.
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Jackson St
Eighth Ave
Edwin F. Dalstrom
Ed Payne Miller, Jr
Willoughby Presbyterian Corner
6Th and
9Th Street S.E
Frank Richards
Miller
Dynamics OF Faith
Lawrence County Wolf Springs Church of Christ Service
Lawrence County church notices list Wolf Springs Church of Christ with minister Harry Hasha leading Sunday services. Local congregants are invited to attend.
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Wolf Springs Church
Church Services Schedule Listing
Services begin at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. An evening service is at 7 30 p.m. A midweek Bible study is announced for an upcoming date.
Monthly Singing and Area Church Events
The Hol ly Church of Christ holds its monthly singing this Saturday at 7 30 p.m. Shady Grove Neel Baptist hosts an all day singing Sunday with events from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Memorial Dr Methodist Men Club hosts Judge James M Bloodworth Monday at 6 30 p.m. Somerville Methodist revival runs Sunday to Thursday led by Dr T J Chitwood and Bill Ayers.
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Shady Grove
Neel) Baptist Church
Somerville Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
9Th St. Methodist Church
Bill Ayers
Revival Planned At Caddo Methodist Church
The Rev. Tom M. Kitchens will hold a revival starting Sunday at the Caddo Methodist Church. He is described as an old fashion gospel preacher and invites everyone to attend.
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Tom M. Kitchens
Caddo Methodist Church
Church notices list services at Dancy Chapel and Town Creek
Eugene Keenum and Rayford Henry are named as ministers for two churches. Dancy Chapel Road service details include Bible study at 10 a.m. and preaching with communion at 11 a.m. Evening worship at 6:30 p.m. Midweek and Sunday schedules are given. Town Creek lists 10 a.m. Bible study, 11 a.m. preaching, 7 p.m. evening service, and 7 p.m. midweek Bible study.
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Eugene Keenum
Rayford Henry
Genesis 39 45 The Rise of Joseph in Egypt
In Egypt, Joseph rises under Potiphar gaining trust and leadership. Temptation tests him but he resists, committing to God and integrity. Potiphar elevates Joseph to second only to him, marking his growth from a dreamer to a servant leader. His brothers later seek him in famine after twenty years.
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N. Speer Jones
Joseph
Egypt
Potiphar
God
Joseph in Egypt and the moral arc of his story
The account discusses Joseph before Pharaoh, his humility, and the moral aims of God in his rise. It notes Egyptian mourning customs, beard symbolism, and Joseph’s actions to humble his brothers, guiding them toward recognizing God’s plans and the family’s settlement in Goshen.
First Sermons To Be Delivered On Sunday
M N Limb new minister of Christian Education and Counseling at Grant Street Church of Christ will preach introductory sermons Sunday morning and evening. He hails from Korea and is a graduate of the University of Kwansei Gakuin in Japan with a major in economics. He holds further degrees from Harding Graduate School and Vanderbilt Divinity School. Before Decatur he led Bellshire Church of Christ in Nashville for three years and earlier served as president of Risseikan Gakuin College in Japan for five years. He won Japan’s General MacArthur Award as top English orator while at a Japanese university.
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M. N. Limb
Grant Street
Risseikan Gakuin College
Japan
General MacArthur
Haggai Returns to Decatur for One Night Rally
John Edmund Haggai the Atlanta evangelist will return to Decatur for a single night rally at Central Baptist Church auditorium on Sept 23 at 7 30. He led a recent city wide Crusade for Christ with a tent on the High School Grounds nearly full each night for three weeks. Felix Snipes and Bob Anderson will lead in music and Carl Young directs youth activities. A B VanArsdale chairs the event noting it is the first one night rally by the Haggai Team.
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John Edmund Haggai
Atlanta
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Haggai
Felix Snipes
Bob Anderson
Carl Young
A. B. VanArsdale
Farm egg costs split by feed and labor
Feed costs account for about 60 percent of the total cost of producing a dozen eggs. The remaining 40 percent covers labor depreciation on birds buildings and equipment taxes interest litter netting material and electricity.
History of Baptist association records and recommendations
A 1945 1955 sequence outlines the need for accurate church records and annual reports to the association. It cites dates for Shiloh Church, notes on Spring Hill, and calls for historians to document churches, ministers, and events, with reforms adopted in 1946 1952 and 1955 minutes.
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Spring Hill
Shiloh
Association
Billy Stephenson
Missionary Baptist
Vinemont
Ala
Morgan County
Jessie M. Rogers
Danville
Engle Rumor Called False About Senate Health
Washington reports Sen Clair Engle is not in critical condition after brain surgery and is improving daily. Officials say it will take a month or two to judge work capacity, while California newspapers rumored an inoperable tumor leaving him paralyzed.
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Washington
Clair Engle
California
California Democrat
Engle
Fred
Senate
House
Bills Pending Signature By Governor Wallace In Alabama
Several important measures await Gov George Wallace signature in Alabama and must be signed by Monday to become law. If not signed within 10 days after adjournment they die by pocket veto. Major items include the general appropriation bill for non school functions and bills raising workers compensation, taxing liquor, outlawing liquor agents, forming a sovereignty commission, and capping firefighter work weeks to 56 hours in larger cities.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
State Sovereignty Commission
Republicans Call Tax Cut Small and Borrowed
House Ways and Means Republicans criticized an administration backed bill saying the proposed tax cut amounts to cigarette money for the average earner and would produce a $4.4 billion windfall for big business over ten years. They warned the plan relies on deficits and would not balance the budget soon.
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Washington
House
GOP
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Kennedy
Navy Launch Sinks In Long Island Sound One Dead
In rough seas near Port Jefferson a 26 foot Navy launch capsized while ferrying sailors to the destroyer Hazelwood after shore leave. One torpedoman from San Pedro, James Lee Vice, 20, is missing. Coast Guard and rescue crews searched through wind and cold as five survivors swam to the Hazelwood. The ship had been conducting antisubmarine tests about 50 miles east of New York.
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Port Jefferson
N.Y
Long Island Sound
Hazelwood
Navy
Cmdr
Cletus Scheperle
New York
Long Island
Bermuda resort islands host dozens of hotels and cottages
Bermuda’s 21 square mile archipelago features about seventy hotels cottages and guest cottages in resort areas drawing roughly 170000 visitors annually and supporting a busy tourism trade.
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Bermuda
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