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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1964
Page
4
Friday's Pulpit urges self surrender as the door to Christmas reality. The essay likens the church door to humility, arguing that pride and ego block spiritual benefit. Readers are reminded to humble themselves before God and give to others to receive God’s blessing. See you in church.
The Trinity Lutheran Church congregation and choir will hold a 7 pm service to observe the last Sunday in Advent, followed by a 10 minute children's instruction period. Children of Sunday School will lead the Christmas Eve worship at 7 30 pm in the Georgia Matthews elementary school auditorium. On Christmas Day a 10 am birth of the Redeemer service is planned.
The junior high Sunday School plans a 9:45 a.m. performance of The Night of Nights at the Church of the Nazarene with Thayne Davis supervising. At 10:30 a.m. the adult choir led by Mrs. Bob Fetters presents Born A King, with a Channel 6 telecast at 1 p.m. Sunday. The evening program at 7:30 features The Greatest of These directed by Kenneth Elliott. The public is invited.
Fort Scott police said two men arrested for vagrancy are escapees from Springdale Arkansas jail. Howard Branham 22 and Daniel White 19 were arrested Tuesday night. Branham will be taken to McDonald County Missouri to face burglary and parole violation charges while White will be turned over to the Marine Corps for desertion.
A Christmas family program is planned at the Community Church on Sunday from 4 40 to 6 pm. The Christian education board presents a pageant retelling the birth of Jesus with focus on the nativity figures. Mrs Roy Jones sings The Friendly Beasts. Sue Ann Stout Diane Fashner Steve Gillan Mark Goldsberry and Patricia Connors lead with Mary Ann Harmon on piano. Mrs Robert Cobb directs. A Christmas party follows.
Christmas pageant and party at the First Christian Church Sunday features a 10 40 a m worship service with a Marys Christmas pageant at 7 p m the Birth and Childhood of Jesus is gifted to attendees and white New Testaments to dedicated children plus bags of treats and baskets of foods and clothing for those in need all organized by church groups and the American Bible Society
Members of three choirs along with Pilgrim Fellowship and other church members will carol Sunday evening. They meet at the church at 6 15 p m and sing at the hospital, nursing homes, and for shut ins, bringing Christmas joy. Vaughn ippoldt directs, and post visitations group gathers at the church for refreshments.
The Tony Fontane Story will be shown at Cimarron High School auditorium on Saturday at 7 45 p.m sponsored by Youth for Christ. Fontane formerly starred in recording television radio and stage and left a lucrative career for full time Christian service. All seats are free and everyone is invited.
The Church of the Brethren hosts the final Advent program with a 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. Dorsey Rotruck titled The Light of Bethlehem's Star. The junior Sunday School presents The Stay with songs and recitations and a star lighting near the altar. Gift donations of food clothing toys or money wrapped in white are invited for needy families. The Junior High group offers a Christmas meditation Once To Every Man at 7:30 p.m. featuring a choir and multiple cast members, with treats for children after the performance.
The First Baptist Church Choir will present a cantata during the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The work titled The Music of Christmas features words arranged and music composed by Ira B. Wilson. The pastor’s sermon is The Wondrous Gift at 7 p.m. A White Gift dedication and a Christmas program by the Sunday School with age group portions are planned, including food gifts for the needy.
St Thomas Episcopal Church hosts its annual Christmas Eve Holy Communion service at 9 30 p m Thursday with Rev Richard Mansur of St Luke s Scott City as celebrant and preacher. The service features traditional carols and an all male church choir with Bishop s Men lay readers Lew Lyman and Ronald Scott assisting.
Louisville Theological Seminary students test a worship format blending guitar folk singing dance and spoken readings to reach youth. A student dramatizes doubt then seeks meaning as a dancer portrays discovering the Cross. Dr John Salmon notes drama could extend to services for all ages though rare now. Audience reaction varies from enthusiasm to shock.
The Festival of Christmas a cantata by Roger Wilson will be sung by the Chance Choir at the 11 a.m. worship service at the Presbyterian Church. Co directors of music Robert Anderson and Larry Harris lead twenty five choir members plus soloists Mrs Georg Hung Mrs Merle Myers Mrs Deane Wiley Robert Anderson and Charles Larson with Mrs Claude Robinson at the pipe organ.
The Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Fogleman Jr and family invite members and friends to open house at the First Methodist Church Sunday from 2 to p.m. Assisting the Foglemans will be WSCS president Mrs. Ovid Harman Suzanne Stengel MYF president Ruth Walker WSG president Mrs. Andrew Erhart and others. Assisting the McFalls will be Mrs Howard Smith WSCS vice president Mary Lou Smith World Friendship Girls president Alta Grace Bribiesca circle chairman and Mel Frank Lopez and others.
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A compact directory lists multiple local congregations with pastors and service times including St Marys Roman Catholic St James Lutheran Bethel A M E Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Fellowship Baptist Garden Valley Trinity Lutheran Seventh Day Adventist Pierceville Federated Second Baptist Plymell Union First Christian Pilgrim Chapel Holcomb Community Presbyterian and others with contact numbers and schedule details for Sundays and midweek services.
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