Western North Carolina Methodists Prepare for Pittsburgh Conference
Twenty two men and women from the Western North Carolina Conference will join about 850 delegates in Pittsburgh as the Methodists open a crucial general conference. The assembly will set four year policies on race merger boards ordinations and world affairs with delegates from clergy lay leaders and bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
U. S
Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
United Church
Western North Carlina Conference
Charles D. White
Asheboro
Robert G. Tuttle
Hickory
J. Clay Madison
Charles P. Bowles
Phillip L. Shore, Jr
Charlotte
W. Kenneth Goodson
Winston-Salem
Wilson O. Weldon
Greensboro
Lee" F.tuttle
Lake Junaluska
Cecil G. Hefner
Statesville
Chesley C. Herbert
Gastonia
Lesson The Christian and His Neighbors by Ramsey
Analysis of Jesus as a practical moral preacher. Luke 10 25 37 shows the neighbor principle in action. John 4 and I John passages emphasize love as God’s essential nature and a guide for Christian conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Ramsey
Jesus
Christian
Alfred
Parable of the Good Samaritan on Love and Neighbor
A sermon excerpt interprets 1 John 4 21 and the parable of the Good Samaritan to stress that eternal life requires loving God and loving one’s neighbor. It argues love to God proves itself in love to people, overcoming prejudice, fear, and self justification, with a note on shared duties in Christian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Jerusalem
Jericho
Samaritan
National Council of Churches of Christ
Kin
God
Peace Corps Official To Speak At Youth Convention
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor deputy director of the Peace Corps Washington D C will be the Saturday evening speaker at the Youth Convention at First Baptist Church High Point May 13 He formerly led North Carolina A and T College Greensboro and directed the Nigeria project He has studied at Penn Crozer Yale and Virginia Union University and is active in various councils and civic groups The Youth Convention is sponsored by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Katy Ruth Grayson is director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Proctor
Peace Corps
Washington, D. C
First Baptist Church
High Point
Proctor
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
Virginia Union University
Jordan
Syria
India
Burman
Lebanon
Switzerland
France
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Baptist World Aliance
Froom
University of Pennsylvania
Crozer Seminary
Yale University
Training Union Department of the
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Katy Ruth Grayson
Georgia Native To Lead Revival at Lebanon Methodist
Revival services begin at Lebanon Methodist Church on Idol Street Sunday morning and run through Friday evening. Evangelist Rev. Jack Waldrop, director of the Lord's Acre Plan, will lead. Waldrop, a Georgia native, has taught at Young Harris College Emory and Denver University and has recently worked in Europe China and Africa. He returned to the U.S. April 15 and will address the Ministerial Alliance Tuesday on foreign work and church state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Methodist Church
Idol Street
Jack Waldrop
Lord’s Acre
James G
Denver
Colorado
Waldrop
Europe
China
Africa
U.S
Ministerial Alliance
Misfits Building Tradition in Congo University Effort
A new university at Stanleyville in the Congo is under U.S., UNESCO and church aid with a growing interracial faculty. Leaders Robert James Decker and Ben Clay Hobgood, both American missionaries, work to establish an education driven mission amid UN troop withdrawal concerns. Decker, born in Sierra Leone, with Marion Indiana roots, aims to return before UN forces pull out in June.
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United Nations, N
Decker
U.N
Perkins To Lead Revival Series At Church Of Christ
The Church of Christ on 907 Lexington Avenue begins a revival series Sunday through May 3 with daily services at 7 30 p m Congregational singing will be led by Francis Booze of High Point Evangelist Bill Perkins of Clemmons will use color slides to illustrate lessons and help follow Scriptural references Fimo.
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Church of Christ
Lexington Avenue
Francis Booze
High Point
Bill Perkins
Clemmons
Fimo
Waldrep’s Education Traced Across Institutions
Waldrep studied at Young Harris College and Chandler School of Theology at Emory University, with graduate work pursued at the University of Wisconsin.
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Waldrep
Young Harris College
Chandler School of Theology
Emory University
University of Wisconsin
Two New Mormon Missionaries Arrive in High Point
Two new leaders for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in High Point to serve a two year mission in Virginia North Carolina and part of West Virginia. Elder David Walker from Nyssa Oregon and Elder Douglas McKendrick from Tooele Utah are volunteering full time with no pay, having previously served in Roxboro Dunn Leaksville Gastonia Kanapolis Fort Wilkesboro Portsmouth VA. Their Colfax chapel hosts Sunday school at 9 15 a m and Sunday services at 4 p m visitors welcome.
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Mormon’ Church
High Point
David Walker
Nyssa
Oregon
Douglas McKendrick
Tooele
Utah
Central Atlantic States
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Elder Walker
Roxboro
Dunn
Salt Lake City
Elder McKendrick
Leaksville
Gastonia
Kannapolis
Fort Wilkesboro
Portsmouth
Occupational Health Is Urged by North Carolina Leader
Gov. Terry Sanford urged more NC employers to learn about available occupational health resources at the eighth annual Governor's Conference on Occupational Health in Greensboro. About 76 representatives from business, industry, government and medicine attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Hootenanny Service at Guilford College Church
A hootenanny service at Persimmon Grove A M E Zion Church Guilford College on Sunday at 7 30 p m features spiritual singing and a sermon by Rev Paul Albright of Guilford.
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Persimmon Grove
A.M.E. Zion
Guilford College
Paul Albright
Guilford
Church Men to Hear Capus Waynick Dinner Talk
Capus Waynick will address the Men of the Church of First Presbyterian Church at a dinner Monday at 6 30. Reservations can be made by calling the church office.
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Capus Waynick
Church of First Presbyterian Church
Church Observes 100th Birthday
A North Carolina church founded during the Civil War period marks its centennial with a weekend of services led by former ministers Rev. D. B. Alderman Rev. Ralph Jacks Rev. O. C. Lay and Rev. Eugene Lamb. The program includes a Sunday worship at 11 am a 1 pm picnic and a Fellowship Hour as plans proceed for a new sanctuary and classrooms.
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South
Virginia
North Carolina
Andrew Perryman
Davidson County
Brush Arbor
Mt. Pleasant
0. C. Lay
Eugene Lamb
C. L. Grant
Church Planning Integration Move
Greensboro report outlines step toward a new United Church of Christ conference uniting Congregational Christian Churches of the South, the Negro Convention, and the Evangelical and Reformed Churches. The plan, backed by a steering committee chaired by Rev Richard Cheek, spans multiple states with 475 congregations and 75 000 members.
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Greensboro
Church Union
North Carolina
Virginia
Congregational United Church ‘of Christ
Congregational United Church of Christ
Holy Communion
Congregational Christian Churches
Convention of the South
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Southern Synod
England
Evangelical “and Reformed
Switzerland
Germany
Congregation Christian Churches
James O'Kelly
Convention of the
South
America Missionary Association
United Church of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Churches of the Southern Synod
Reformed Faith
Piedmont
Maryland
Potomac
Reformed Church
Clyde
L. Fields
Elon College
Southern Convention
J. Taylor Stanley
Banks J. Peeler
Salisbury
Richard Cheek
Thomasville
D. M. McLelland
Burlington
J. L. Rainey
Newport News
R. T. Braford
Norfolk
John Xanthos
James Darden
Suffolk
Choral and Recognition Service at First Presbyterian Church
The combined choirs will gather in the church sanctuary Sunday at 4 p.m. for the 17th annual recognition service led by Dr. Roy E. Watts. Libby Sears and Jane Cottingham will be honored for eight and nine years of perfect choir service. A fellowship reception follows in the church dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Roy E. Watts
Libby Sears
Jane Cottingham
Church
Henry Whipple
Glenola Baptist Revival To Run Through May 3
Glenola Baptist Church in High Point area hosts a revival starting Sunday with services nightly at 7 30 pm through May 3. Rev Cecil Wright leads preaching and William McDonald of Winston-Salem directs the music at the church nine miles south of High Point on Highway 311.
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Glenola Baptist Church
Cecil. Wright
William McDonald
Winston-Salem
High Point
Highway 311
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Area Methodists
John H. Carper
Lenoir
Edwin L. Jones, Sr
George M. Ivey Sr
M. Thomas Lambeth
Ralph M. Stockton
Robert M. Smith
Mount Airy
Carl H. King
Tom M. Little
Wadesboro
Carl B. Hyatt, Jr
Asheville
D. W. Holt
J. Braxton Craven
Morganton
Gordon L.goodson
Lincolnton
General Conference
Judicial Council
John
I John
Division of Christian Education
U.S.A
Features Syndicate
High Point Enterprise
Georgia
Colfax
Hootenanny Service
Dewey Crawford
Marvin Wempner
J. Ed Cochran
Don Green
Clyde Hilton
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Michael Hilton
Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian
Highland Methodist
Highland Methodist Church
John R. Church
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Sam Allred
Mill St
Robert M. Varner
Glenola Baptist
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
J. W
Greensboro Road
Love Light Holiness Church
Main Street
High Point, N. C
Fred A. Moody
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