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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1968
Page
1
A reader warns against intellectual immorality sparked by cheap sensational books while urging commitment to Christianity that engages mind body and spirit. The piece notes Kansas added 212 new industries from 1966 to 1967 creating 12 375 new jobs, 123 new manufacturing firms produced 5 875 jobs in 1906, and 89 new companies in 1967 added 6 500 employment.
Vacation Church School at the Presbyterian Church begins Monday with daily sessions from 9 a.m. through Friday, directed by Bebe Hunt. Twenty teachers assist with leaders in kindergarten, primary, and junior grades, plus adult helpers, a nursery program, and a closing program at 7 p.m. Donations aid Presbyterian missions. Mariners Club sponsors ice cream social on church lawn with a 7 to 9:30 p.m. serving time.
In Fort Dodge Iowa 1953 automobile death inspired an ecumenical faith project. Jerry Rabiner's death moved his father Louis Rabiner to offer 160 acres for homeless boys. The Jerry Rabiner Memorial Boys Ranch grew with sponsors, two cottages for 24 boys, house parents, a chapel, and activities. No faith barriers. boys attend their chosen church.
Christian Youth Fellowship members will join peers for the Mid-High Conference at Camp Cristy near Scott City by Scott County State Park. Rev. and Mrs. Lester Myers will counsel. sermon Sunday by Mr. Myers on Luke 18 9 14. Various group activities and meetings follow through the week ending with Vacation Church School open house Friday night.
The First Baptist Church hires Steve Walker of Topeka as summer youth minister. He earned a history BA from Washburn University on June 2 and helped start the Campus and Career Fellowship within the Kansas Baptist Student Movement, serving as president. He will study at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston starting September. Summer plans include informal discussions, retreats, campus visits, service projects, dramas, Bible study and sports. The first event is an After-Snack Sunday at 8:30 p.m. with folk singing to introduce the new minister and refreshments.
ULYSSES The Unlysses Mennonite Brethren Church will sponsor a sacred music program Tuesday at 8 pm featuring the Nickel Family Singers of Springfield Missouri. Seven brothers a sister and parents perform sacred selections with Bible truths and amiusical numbers shaping spiritual challenge and home life lessons. The family has toured coast to coast in 39 states and five Canadian provinces, gives about 200 programs yearly, and has four LPs and a songbook. Public invited to attend.
Archbishop Michael Ramsey says the 1968 Lambeth Conference must forge a single voice for the Anglican Communion amid world church unity moves. He notes bishops may push for a more centralized structure, and predicts possible shifts toward a Vatican-like council, with strong input from American Episcopal leaders.
The Swiss Handbell Choir of Vancouver Washington will give an 8 p.m. concert at Garden Valley Church featuring twenty high school students under Mary Ross the choir director and wife of Pastor Lawson Ross. A trumpet solo by Mark Zoller vocal work by Rosie Wood marimba and brass ensembles highlight the program with Mrs Ross also performing a marimba solo. Pastor Ross will close with a devotional message as the church notes growth in membership attributed to its musical program.
The Oth Judicial Circuit would gain one of nine new U.S. circuit court judgeships approved by the House. Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming are in the circuit. The House vote 356 to 13 sent the bill back to the Senate, which had passed a similar measure last November. The bill also would make permanent four additional temporary positions for three seasons.
The Garden City Church of the Brethren marks a Sunday Children’s Day with Rev W Earl Breen preaching on The Child and the Church. Vacation Church School closes with a 7:30 p.m. program and handiwork displays in the social hall as children explain lessons. The note adds a fact about iron in the human body and a statistic on U.S. cities imposing income taxes.
A Sunday 8 p m ecumenical service at St Dominic Roman Catholic Church and The Community Church United Church of Christ marks the second joint worship for Christian unity. Clergy lay participants and a combined choir feature hymns a litany and a homily on Baptism with readings led by pastors and lay readers. A fellowship hour follows and the public is invited.
London AP Randolph Churchill the only son of the late Sir Winston Churchill died Wednesday night at age 57 He was writing volumes on his father life and had been ill He married twice and divorced leaving a daughter Arabella and a son Winston His mother Lady Spencer Churchill sits in the House of Lords Having become a baroness after Sir Winston death Also note Hindi language background appears in text.
The Church of Christ at 150% Pat's Dr will conduct a Vacation Bible School from Monday through Friday. Classes run 7:30 to 9 p.m. for ages three to adults, with a nursery for under threes. A social hour follows the Friday closing session in the church basement.
Garden City church listings show multiple denominations with pastors and service times. Notable entries include St Marys Roman Catholic led by Louis A Telegdy and Edmund Weigle with masses and confessions. St Ames Lutheran, St James Lutheran, Bethel, Falowson Baptist, Garden Valley Church, Trinity Lutheran, St Thomas Episcopal, First Christian, First Methodist, Church of God in Christ, First Presbyterian, Spanish Mission, Church of Christ Deerfield, Jehovahs Witnesses, and various others with addresses, phone numbers, and weekly schedules. The directory also lists youth groups, Sunday schools, communion schedules, and Holy Day observances.
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