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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1963
Page
2
Newell C. McMahan has been called as pastor of Faith Baptist Church on Redding Street. He was born in Bryson City and ordained in Arlington in 1955, now residing in High Point for ten years and active at Brentwood Baptist Church.
In 1953 Paul Kirkindall left gambling after a church invitation and now heads Blytheville Mississippi County Union Mission with a $31,000 annual budget. The 52 year old former gambler preaches weekly, helps with food and clothing, visits hospitals and jails, and was offered $10,000 a year to lead a mission in an eastern city.
A lesson discusses Psalms 23 and the shepherd metaphor's appeal in Christian tradition. It notes rest as the first blessing and outlines guidance restoration protection and divine provision among enduring blessings. Kirkindall’s Blytheville mission expands from a tavern to a large building with dormitory housing up to 25 men and avoids gambling as a funding method.
A study notes Psalm 46 10 Be still and know I am God linking biblical shepherd imagery Genesis Abel Isaiah Zechariah and Matthew John Hebrews. It traces Jerusalem deliverance 701 B C and suggests the river in verse four symbolizes God’s river of life.
Robert A. Clark a High Point College senior will deliver the sermon at Crestwood Presbyterian Church during the 11 o clock worship service next Sunday. He will speak on Waiting. Clark is a native of Kinston son of Mr and Mrs A C Clark and has led student government and joined Delta Sigma Phi. He plans to enter Perkins School of Theology SMU in September.
SAN FRANCISCO Bishop Paul Neff Garber of Richmond Virginia was elected president of the Council of Bishops of The Methodist Church at the semiyearly meeting in the Californian Hotel. He succeeds Bishop Marshall R Reed of Detroit and will be followed by Bishop Lloyd C Wicke as president-designate. Garber heads a large Virginia North Carolina area with 2047 churches and 553806 members. He has served as bishop since 1944 and previously taught history at the University of Pennsylvania Brown University Duke and other institutions. He authored eight books and held multiple church and education posts. He was married in 1927 to Oriia Winifred Kidd who died in 1959.
Multiple revival services announced across High Point area churches this week. Evangelist Edward J. Corn conducts at Fundamental Baptist Mission. Rev J S Higgins leads at Mitchells Grove Methodist. Dr Barney Freasier visits Faith Baptist Church. Mount Pleasant holds homecoming April 28 with Rev Charles Walker. East Grimes Avenue Baptist Chapel hosts nightly 7:30 pm services through May 5 led by Pastor J D Allgood Jr with music by W D Phipps.
Dr. E. Eugene Poston president of Gardner-Webb College will speak at North Main Street Baptist Church Sunday night. He previously led religion departments and pastored churches in North Carolina Kentucky and Georgia. He has chaired the North Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference and served on the General Board of the Baptist State Convention.
John R. Soloky has accepted the pastorate of the First Church of the Nazarene on East Green Street Plymouth. He began duties last Sunday and will reside in the parsonage June 1 with his family. Soloky led civic efforts in Plymouth including founding leagues and fund drives and previously pastored in Logan West Virginia and Ohio. The Chamber of Commerce honored him April 16 with a plaque at the annual banquet.
New York AP reports Shepard Traube receives a gold plaque from the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers upon completing a three year term as its first president. Joseph Anthony succeeds him, with Philip Burton and Agnes De Mille named as vice presidents.
High Point Friends plan Spiritual Emphasis Week with services Sunday through Thursday featuring visiting minister Robert E. Cope of Richmond Indiana. Other Sunday speakers include Dr E W Price Jr and Cecil E Haworth. Springfield Friends mark 190th anniversary with Wake Forest coach Horace McKinney speaking and Guilford College A Cappella Choir program at 5 30 PM May 5.
The High Point College Choir will perform at a Sunday morning service at College Village Methodist Church held at Northeast Junior High School.
Dr William Matthews of High Point College will address St Marys Episcopal Church laymen Monday on An Illuminating View of Contemporary American Life. The talk is set for 4:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
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