More Christmas Music and Card Trends Across the Nation
Dr. Jesse M. Bader predicts a surge in Christmas music across churches radio and TV as the world seeks Christ this season. Greeting Card Association finds three billion cards mailed this year with religious designs rising to 30 percent, Madonna and Child leading at 16.2 percent and Managing scenes close behind at 15.5 percent. Classical art cards rise in popularity suggesting higher spending on religious cards while parents are urged to teach children to honor Christ through these greetings.
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New York
Jesse M. Bader
World Convention of Churches of Christ (Disciples
America
Dr. Bader
Greeting Card Association
Association
Growth Through Bible Study and Public Reading Tradition
Apostle N Speer Jones argues the central Christian discipline is Bible study for conviction, doctrine, reform, and right living. He cites Tim 3:16 and 2 Tim 4:2 on public scripture reading, noting Christ’s Nazareth synagogue reading as model for lay proclamation of God's word.
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N. Speer Jones
Wilbur Smith
Peloubet
Timothy
Paul
Christ
Nazareth
Isaiah
God
God breathed scripture and Christ’s teaching align with the Bible
The discussion centers on theopneustos meaning God breathed, arguing Paul’s letters urge devotion and preaching. Christ’s ministry opens with Bible verity, and postresurrection ministration links to scripture, showing the Bible’s primacy in Christian teaching.
Overcash Named Manager for District Seminar in High Point
G A Overcash presiding minister of North Unit congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses in High Point was named Circuit Convention Manager as plans firm for a Seminar at Senior High School December 15 to 17. He replaces B H Fulcher who moved to another circuit and will speak on The Ministry as a Career. R G Lakatos from Brooklyn will address Uniting Men in a Split-up World.
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G. A. Overcash
North Unit
Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
High Point
R. L. Dowell
Overcash
B. H. Fulcher
Dowell
James Moore
R. G. Lakatos
Brooklyn
Veteran Bible Reader Expects Championship in Dresden
O. B. Kindred, 87, says he has read the Bible from both Old and New Testaments 67 times and believes he may win the Bible reading championship in Dresden, Tennessee. He emphasizes his long-standing habit and devotion as his qualifying edge.
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Dresden
Tenn
O. B. Kindred
Kindred
Parkwood Baptist Mission to Install New Pastor
The first pastor of Parkwood Baptist Mission will be installed by Lexington Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 o clock. Rev Robert M Southern, a Greensboro native and former Camp Herman and Lakeview Baptist Church pastor, will lead the service at 620 E Lexington Ave. A reception for Rev Southern and family follows at the mission on Penny Road in Deep River.
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Parkwood Baptist Mission
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
T7 Mission
Lexington Avenue Baptist
Lexington Ave
Woodrow W. Robbins
Robert M. Southern
Greensboro
Camp Herman
Guilford College
Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute
Southern
Bakersfield
Calif
Lakeview Baptist Church
Greensboro College Glee Club Concert Schedule
The Greensboro College Glee Club of 49 members will perform at 11 a.m. Sunday at Main Street Methodist Church, with soloist Carole Kearns and a program including Wonderous Love by Esebia Simpson Hawkins. The group, touring from Los Angeles to High Point, will next sing in Albemarle at Central Methodist Church and end with the final of 11 concerts Monday in Odell Auditorium on campus.
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Greensboro College Glee Club
Main Street Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Calif
High Point
Esebia Simpson Hawkins
Carole Kearns
Feilding Kearns
Carole
Greensboro College
Albemarle
Central Methodist Church
Odell Auditorium
National Elections On Sunday Favor Voter Participation
Some countries hold national elections on Sunday to maximize turnout and minimize disruption to business.
Centenarian Knits Through Long Life in Nova Scotia
Mrs. Dan Arsenault of Cheticamp Nova Scotia may be 104 but she keeps a full day. After a nine hour sleep she rises at six to knit a bedspread. The thrice married widow says she never uses medicine or glasses and enjoys a strong appetite living with her son and his wife.
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Cheticamp
N. S
Dan Arsenault
Arsenault
Area Methodists State District Meeting Here
The High Point District of the Methodist Church holds its second annual session at Wesley Memorial in High Point starting 2:30 p.m. Dr. C. C. Herbert Jr. hosts, with Ralph Taylor presiding. Opening devotions led by Walter R. Thompson, ministers and college delegates attend, and Walter F. Anderson delivers the closing address. About 400 delegates are expected to attend the district created in 1960, serving 73 churches in four counties with over 20,000 members.
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High Point
The
Methodist Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. C. Herbert Jr
Ralph Taylor
Walter R. Thompson
First Methodist Church
Liberty
Ed Smith
Congo
North Carolina Conference
Randolph County
Shepherd Mountain
D. S. Hedgecock
Davidson
Forsyth
Guilford
Randolph Counties
Christmas programs and revival services announced
Emmanual Lutheran Church and Mitchell's Grove Methodist Church planned Christmas services with soloists and choirs. Asher the Camel Boy will be presented at First Reformed Church. White Christmas gifts benefit the Lutheran Children's Home and Lowman Home. Central Alliance Church revival ends with evangelist Rev. Clavin Peters preaching. Forest Hills Presbyterian Church to host Communion service led by Rev. Clifford D Caldwell. Bates Memorial Methodist Church reports its best revival in 15 years with 24 members seeking church membership.
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Emman- Cancelled
Uel Lutheran Church
Mitch- Bethlehem
Ell’s Grove Methodist Church
Dwain Rowe
Barry Schultheiss
Bonnie Beck
Anne Stephens
Nancy Percy
Neil Wilson
Lutheran Children’s Home of the
South
Salem
Lowman Home For
White Rock
S. C
Asher
Camel Boy
First Reformed Church
Richard Kerr
Pete Oldham
Central Alliance Church
Clavin Peters
Butler
Mr. Peters
Clifford D. Caldwell
First Presbyterian Church
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
Mr. Caldwell
Bates Memorial Methodist Church
Jamestown
E. M. Gardner
Glen Stewart
Six Mile
Mr. Gardner
No Frills Educator Takes Over at Columbia Teachers College
Dr. John Henry Fischer, 51, named president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, promotes intellectual competence over entertainment and “whole child” development. He supported federal aid to education and a national advisory body, helped desegregate Baltimore schools in 1954, and succeeds Hollis L. Caswell with trustees’ unanimous approval. Fischer is a Baltimore native and 1930 Maryland state teachers college graduate.
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New York
John Henry Fischer
Columbia University Teachers College
Teachers College
John Dewey
Fischer
Grayson Kirk
Columbia
Hollis L. Caswell
Caswell
Baltimore
Maryland State Teachers College
Cubs Protected Pittsburgh Declares Bear Protection Law
AP reports Pennsylvania first to shield cub bears with a 1925 act. A legally taken bear must be at least one year old, and cubs born in January or February weigh 50 to 80 pounds by autumn. By the second season, a young bear weighs 120 to 150 pounds.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Freedom from fear through Science and Health reading
Countless thousands find freedom from fear amid apparent conflict by prayerfully studying Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The book explains fear as the cause of inharmony and asserts that as fear vanishes so do disease and sorrow. It may be read alongside the Bible at Christian Science Reading Rooms or purchased for $3.
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Mary Baker Eddy
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