19 Aug 1961
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1961
Page
1
Local Nazarene church announces revival services with Sunday worship beginning at 11 am and evening intervals. The program lists a range of speakers and hymn singing, inviting the community to attend and seek spiritual renewal.
A public concert features choirs under the direction of Hugh Whiter with organist Patricia Hal and pianist. The program includes compositions by Beiste, Gesang, and others, performed by a group led by Mrs J Ann Gace er and Mrs Sherry Mowe among others.
A church sponsored movie titled Question 7, about pressures on an East Zone congregation, follows a pastor’s son Peter who must renounce religion to join a music conservatory. The film, produced by Louis de Rochemont Associated, highlights conformity fears under Communist demands and has drawn praise from Protestant and Catholic leaders.
Dr Rozzelle a well known High Point figure serves as guest pastor at the First Church of God in Concord as the evening speaker. He previously led Wesley Memorial Methodist Church from 193? to 1945 and taught religion while serving as chaplain at High Point College. He resides in Winston Salem. Min J P Kinley, a prominent layman from Concord, will speak tonight.
Rev E W Clapp of Archdale Baptist Church will conduct morning services at Allen Jay Baptist Church Sunday. Rev Jack Lanier of Gordonton will conduct evening services. Both pastors are former members of Allen Jay. Pastor Rev George H Wallace is conducting a revival at First Baptist Church in Dyer Tennessee.
The For es His Presbyterian Church youth group organizes a summer program three months after forming. Without a pastor or building, members borrowed tents from funeral homes and used a member’s lawn as classrooms. A neighbor lends a backyard baseball diamond and a field for badminton and volleyball. Older youth, led by capable leaders, build a chapel and council room in a wooded pasture owned by a member.
Opinion by Ralph W. Loew argues against meeting arrogance with more arrogance. He cites history and diplomacy to claim humility strengthens nations and individuals, comparing Caesar’s arrogance to modern power plays. The piece urges mature restraint, self‑criticism, and leadership that seeks understanding rather than domination.
A compact study of Silas also called Silvanus, highlighting his rise as a trusted companion to Paul and Peter, his humble service to the church, and his role in early missions. The piece notes his origins are unknown, his later activities unclear, and Paul’s reliance on Silas during journeys.
A condensed, era-appropriate note traces Silas and Paul from the Jerusalem Council to Thessalonica and Corinth, noting Silas as a teacher and prophet within Acts and Peter’s early aid, with references to the word prophet in the NT context and historical place names such as Salonica and Berea.
First Baptist Church observes Spiritual Life Week from August 2 to 23 led by Rev. Harold Cole executive secretary of the Division of Christian Higher Education. Cole previously served as secretary of student work for the North Carolina Baptist Convention and has ministerial experience in several states. He is a graduate of several colleges and seminaries and has spent eleven years in student work in the Carolinas. The schedule includes worship services seminars and youth activities with church youth serving in various roles during the week. Also noted is a visit by Rev. Worth Grant, missionary to Japan, speaking at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church and Roanoke Rapids church events during the same period. Youth Week at Conrad Memorial Baptist Church is announced for August 20-27.
In a Wednesday meeting the North Alain Baptist Church called Mrs. Mary Lou Jarrett to be organist. She will play for Sunday services, assist the adult and youth choirs, and begin August 28. A rising junior at High Point College she previously served as organist and children's choir director at Efland Methodist Church and organist at North Gate Presbyterian Church in Durham. While at Duke she accompanied freshman ceremonies and served as student accompanist for four college glee clubs.
Rev Ayers assumes the pastorate of Church of God of Prophecy on Ward Street. He succeeds Rev W R Nunnery, who takes another church assignment in Rocky Mount. Ayers comes from Rolesville near Raleigh where he led the Rolesville church. He is a Winston-Salem native, attended Shoals High School and Bible School in Cleveland Tennessee. He has nine years in ministry, is married with four children, and the family lives at 2003 Almyne Street.
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