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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1963
Page
7
In Blytheville a gambler who once ran a tavern spent about $31,000 of his own funds on a new life after propping a Bible beside his bar and preaching the Gospel. A AP report by Harry A. Haines notes the 1953 moment and follows his subsequent actions.
A week long revival begins Monday at 7 30 p m at First Southern Baptist Church with Rev Leon Wilson of Wichita preaching. An old time Baptist meeting is set for Friday night and all services will feature gospel hymns and historic favorites. The revival peaks Sunday May 5 with expected record attendance in morning and evening services.
The Rev. Norman Keller and the Rev. Isidore A. McCarthy, both with the Society of the Precious Blood, celebrate their 25th priestly anniversaries this year. Keller served as chaplain at St. Catherine Hospital 1953–56 and now ministers at the Sisters of the Precious Blood convent in Minster Ohio. McCarthy spent 13 years at St. Johns Church Crewe Virginia and later led St Anthony in Fall Church before serving as chaplain at St. Francis Hospital Shakopee Minnesota since 1901. Thirteen Precious Blood priests mark 25 years, while 14 were ordained in 1908, one classmate having died a year after ordination.
Bishop Marion F. Forst will dedicate the new Church of St. Raphael in Syracuse on Sunday at 4 30 p m with a Solemn Pontifical Mass. The 360 seat brick and wood church on the parish block features a contemporary traditional design, 11000 square feet, two skylights, a full basement, and a luminous interior with fruitwood furnishings and a honeycomb aluminum screen reredos.
St. Raphael's parish traces its roots to 1889 as a Meade Center mission. Rev. Joseph Bogner became first resident pastor in 1906 and built the present frame church in 1907 later enlarged in 1943. The 1952 appointment marked Rev. Jerome Wolf as 13th pastor. The parish covers Hamilton County with 58 families totaling 258 people. St Bernadette's in Johnson is a mission, and the text notes a stray line about an inch definition by an early Scottish king.
A brief sermon argues the Christian life rests on worship as an active, interior practice rather to mere outward show. It warns against passive spectatorship and urges believers to participate, calling worship the strength and heart that sustains joy and grief. Two days hence, town churches gather, offering a choice between routine and true worship.
The Spurrlows a college age choral group from Wheaton Illinois will present a free concert next Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Faith Tabernacle The program titled Splendor of Sacred Song blends old hymns with contemporary gospel songs The group led by Thurlow Spurr known as Mr Music will tour Kansas and Colorado sponsoring by Youth for Christ A free will offering will be requested after the performance
The West Central Women's Missionary Society of American Baptist Associated Churches holds its spring meeting at First Baptist Church in Jetmore. Registration starts 9 43 am with a noon covered dish luncheon. Afternoon session begins 1 pm featuring Rev Ro Wallace of Bethel Neighborhood Center Kansas City.
Elders Harry B. Payne and Larry E. Brewer of the Western States Mission are working in Garden City. They speak of two year calls, no pay, and funding by families or savings. They plan to show a film What is a Mormon and invite groups to learn about their faith.
The Garden City First Baptist Church designates Sunday as Education Day. Rev. Robert Rusk urges junior high senior high and college youth to sit together during morning worship where the sermon titled Freedom and Learning will be delivered.
Rotary style local church list includes St Marys Roman Catholic St James Lutheran Pilgrim Chapel and numerous others with service times locations pastors and contact numbers for Garden City area churches and denominations.
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