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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
3
The piece notes two recent visits at the front door testing the citys unsolicited visitors under a phony religious survey. It describes a Saturday afternoon interruption by two young men, their deceptive approach, and concerns over privacy and nuisance in the Green River area.
A reader condemns unsolicited door to door religious evangelism as invasive and disrespectful to residents privacy in Garden City. The author recalls two incidents involving children used for proselytizing and laments the lack of courtesy and names in door calling. The piece contrasts old brush salesman manners with contemporary evangelistic tactics and ends with a farewell See you in church.
A dozen youths connected to the local Presbyterian Church will be honored at a 9 a.m. Sunday breakfast hosted by the Mariners Club. Attendees include Garden City High School seniors class of 1968, with Warren House presenting church gifts to graduates. Proceedings feature R W Calihan and Dr Wright Erwine, with Mrs George Hunt coordinating youth activities and contributions from senior high teachers. Growth theme follows at 11 a.m. worship, with two children choirs, organist Lois DePew, recorders by Julia Drevnick Brenda Krey Ann Saunders, and annual Carol Choir awards presented by Mrs Hunt.
The First Christian Church will honor graduates during Sunday worship with the sermon titled Profit and Loss. Recipients include Renee Blackwell Roxie Crouch Maurice Rowland Kay Rintoul Douglas Warner Vickie Zimbelman Sue Smith Brenda Wilson Bryce Burkett Lou Ann Metheney Mark Roberts Linda Waller Mike He blee Sue Solze and Melvin Ginest. Pastor Lester Myers will lead a membership class Monday through Friday at 4:50 p.m. plus two prayer groups meet Tuesday in Baker Chapel and CAWLEY Chapel at 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The Sewing Group holds an all day meeting Tuesday. Cub Scout Pack 95 meets Tuesday at 7:50 p.m. in Fellowship Hall to renew charter. Adult helpers and den mothers are sought. Chi Rho and CYF plan a joint meeting Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Parlor to outline summer plans. Youth Choir resumes in fall. Youth camps and conferences will be held in June and require applications.
AP report from New York notes Anglican Bishop Robinson calling the death of God a bursting bubble while church scholars see a brief shock value. The discussion spurs renewed efforts to examine life, reality, and faith, with theologians urging a return to primal questions and dismantling simplistic images of God.
Rev F Howard Schrader will preach the second in a Sunday series themed A Passion for People at 10 45 a m in St James Lutheran Church. The program promotes Project Summer Hope across the ALC 5000 congregations addressing minority needs and urban poverty. Vacation Church School runs June 3 to June 14 for ages 3 through 6th grade with crafts drama and music.
Graduates recognized Sunday at Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God 8th and Kansas starting 10 50 a m. Rev Paul F Bryant to officiate with theme Facing Your World. Honorees include Charles Burroughs Connie Laughlin Herbe Olsen Jackie Strauss John Collins and Janice Engler. Closing revival service 6 p m features sermon Who Will Rule the World by Evangelist J S McMullen with Davis recording artist. Loyalty campaign theme You Can Count On Me.
The Rev. Leonard Clark of Wichita is named new minister of First United Methodist Church Garden City. He replaces Rev. Foglenan, to become Salina District superintendent. Clark will move here next week and preach his first sermon on Sunday June 2. He previously led Grace Methodist in Wichita for seven years and served Beloit Downs and Jamestown. He attended Kansas State Teachers College and Perkins Theological Seminary, served in the Air Force, and is a trustee of Kansas Wesleyan University. He and his wife Dorothy have one son Gary. A farewell reception for Rev. Foglenan and family is set for 7 p.m. next Tuesday in Fellowship Hall.
Garden City United Church Women sponsor a clothing appeal organized by Mrs. Herb Brady at 301 E. Price. Donors should box and tie garments or blankets and bring them by June W. A 10 cent per pound handling charge applies. Last February 850 pounds were collected for 30 countries and U.S. disasters.
The Church of the Nazarene plans a June 2 morning program honoring Sunday school work with testimonies and a sermon stressing its value. A basket dinner will close the gathering in Fellowship Hall. David Gtroman leads the school, Louise Hands heads Vacation Bible School, and Irene Unruh directs crafts. The day is open to children ages 3 through ninth grade. Free transportation is available. call 276-5456 for rides. The event promotes attendance and guest involvement.
Garden City High School and Garden City Community Junior College graduates will participate in the morning sermon at the Community Church wearing caps and gowns. Rev Malcolm C Bertram Jr leads with the title Sock It to Me, discussing youth and faith, followed by Q&A on church relevance. Choir director Joyce Lopez leads No Man Is An Island. Greeters are Tony Jewell, lay reader Charles Sinclair, organist Rex Ladner.
Pretoria based physicist Dr Trene Dommehl South Africa s only woman nuclear scientist receives a fellowship from the American Association of University Women to study in the United States for a year she works in the physics department at Pretoria University
Fisherman's Club of Trinity Lutheran Church welcomed 46 new members at an informal reception in Trinity Hall last Sunday evening. Raymond Kowalke, club president, introduced the new members. Rev. Walter G. Schmidt explained church work and several organizations. A skit titled Magnolia for President was performed.
An "Honor the Graduates" breakfast will be held at Garden City Church of the Brethren Fellowship Hall Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Rev. Jerry Vogt will speak on How to Be Sane in a Mad World. Graduates will wear caps and gowns to the 11 a.m. service and baccalaureate plans follow at the high school. Attendees include Holcombe and Garden City High School graduates among many names. Bill Mills will receive a BS and Donna Sooby a radiology biology PhD from CSU.
An organizational meeting for the Cooperative Ministry will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church 1608 Belmont. Churches join by clergymen representatives and minimum two or three, with no obligation on participants. The group backs cooperative church activities endorsed by the Garden City Ministerial Alliance.
A compiled church directory lists numerous area congregations with pastors and service times. Denominations include Roman Catholic St Louis A Telegdy and St Dominic, Lutheran St James, Bethel, Seventh Day Adventist, Pentecostal and Baptist churches, plus Anglican and Evangelical groups with weekly schedules and contact phrases.
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