Christmas musical and pageant events fill High Point churches
Local churches announce a busy Christmas week with Handel's The Messiah at First Baptist Church led by Rogert W. Cole and other programs across Emmanuel Lutheran Brentwood Presbyterian Wesley Memorial and Green Street Baptist. Highlights include Christmas cantatas carol services live Nativity scenes and a candlelight finale across venues.
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First Baptist Church
The
Central Baptist Assn
Rogert W. Cole
Green Street Baptist Church
Aptist
High Point
C. J. Rountree
Jeanette Ogg
Cy Moffitt
Hal Shoemaker
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
The Birth of Jesus Christ The Circumstances Surrounding Christ's Coming
R B Ramsey discusses Matthew and Luke accounts of Jesus birth. He notes Matthew links Jesus to David and Abraham to present him as King of the Jews, while Luke details the Annunciation and Mary’s pregnancy. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem for a census, finding no room at the inn where Jesus is born. The account shifts to a joyous tone.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
R. B. Ramsey
Earth
Matthew
David
Israel
Abraham
Mary
Joseph
Jesus
Immanuel
Luke
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Birth of Jesus Foretold and shepherds witness Nativity
The text recounts Joseph's decision regarding Mary and Jesus conception by the Holy Spirit. An angel confirms Jesus will save people from sin and be named Jesus. Shepherds visit Bethlehem to witness the nativity while Mary maintains silent witness to the divine events.
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Joseph
Mary
Jesus
Berg
Ian Bris
Crestwood Plans Christmas Music at Crestwood Presbyterian
Crestwood Presbyterian on Greensboro Road hosts a 7 30 p m Christmas cantata by the church choir featuring For Us A Child Is Born. Soloists Ray Kisiah Paul McDonald and Hazel Lanier sing with Judy Williams on organ and as choir director. The annual Joy Gift for ministerial relief will be collected during the program along with carols sung by congregants.
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Greensboro Road
Ray Kisiah
Paul McDonald
Hazel Lanier
Judy Williams
Florida mission records preserved on microfilm in St Augustine
Administrative documents from the second Spanish occupation of Florida 1783 to 1821 are being preserved on microfilm by the Nombre de Dios Library in St Augustine. The 65,000 original papers reside in the Library of Congress, Washington. The project makes these records available in Florida for the first time in 95 years.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Florida
Nombre de Dios
Library of Congress
Washington
Conrad Choir to Present Love Transcending Cantata
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church will present a Christmas cantata Love Transcending by John W. Peterson on Sunday at 7 30 p m. Soloists include Mrs P Simmons Mrs Melba Smith Mrs Willamae Burchett and others with Raymond Alderson directing and Bruce Simmons narrating. The church sits at 924 Eastchester Dr and Pastor Russell L Hinton leads the church community. The church's combined children choir will also perform Christmas in song and scripture on Wednesday at 7 30 p m followed by the annual congregational carol sing.
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Gene Surratt
Brentwood
Peggy Wiley
Charles Ferguson
Vernon Bailey
Gene Frazier
Douglas Cooper
Peggy Womeldorf
John A. Womeldorf
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Martha Race
Raymond MacDonald Alden
Dan Monroe
David Jarvis
Tom Latimer III
Frank Sizemore Jr
Don Sizemore
Douglas Lain
Dick Nicholson
Bill Blanton
Nat Harrison Jr
Cliff Snider
David Duncan
Happy Fountain
Peggy Hart
Janice Fowler
Prissy Clark
Frank Hunsucker
Charles E. Mounts
Gary Philman
First Presbyterian Church
High Point Friends Meeting
Wilbur Curry
Barry Nixon
Green Street Baptist Church
Eddie Crissman
Sherry Cross
David Collins
Alice Poll
Faye Huggins
Billy Womack
Gail Hines
Keith Ward
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
John W. Peterson
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
P Simmons
Melba Smith
Willamae Burchett
Vickie Brown
Edsel Idol
Raymond Alderson
Patricia High
Anne Alderson
Bruce Simmons
Eastchester Dr
Russell L. Hinton
Rich Fork Church Plans Christmas Pageant
Rich Fork Baptist Church will present The Glory of His Coming a 1964 Christmas cantata this Sunday at 7 p.m. under Hoyle involvement with about fifty volunteers in five scenes guided by Mrs Dolan Leonard and Rebecca Pentecost. The program features church choir music and narrations by local members, with five committees handling music stage costume and child care. The annual children’s program follows Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Pastor James Helvey will give The Word Became Flesh at the 11 a.m. service.
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Thomasville
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Hoyle
Dolan Leonard
Rebecca Pentecost
Bob Kaney
Olin Hartsell
Ed Smith
Ronald Gooch
Darrel Embry
Gilbert Myers
Sam Clodfelter
Betty Clinard
Joan Amos
Jerry Clinard
Connie Wright
Tommy Marlowe
Joe’ Hedrick
James Whitesides
Randy Leonard
Tony Leonard
Sg Oc
la Sellers
Aynenger
Derree Curry
Jimmy Beck
Mary Sue Bray
Judy Eyerly
Patsy Peace
Cora Be
Music
Cora Tate
Sta
Hubert Embry
Ting
Albert Stamey
John Fritts
Doris Curry
Betty Hartsell
Elizabeth Beck
Martha Joyce Kepley
James Helvey
Adventists Launch Sierra Leone Leprosy Campaign
High Point Seventh-day Adventists plan a four point push to combat leprosy in Sierra Leone. The effort seeks to expand hospital beds to 1000, train health inspectors, establish a leprosy school, and fund a full time African pastor. The appeal targets 1.4 million church members and 24 000 Sabbath schools.
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Sierra Leone
High Point Seventh-day Adventists
World Health Organization
Ministry of Health
Hos
Adventist
Adventist Church
High Point Adventist Church
Delana Moring
E. M. Wright
New
Res High Point
Hilliard Memorial Ba Church Christmas Program Planned
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church at 2401 Wood Ave will observe social activities next week. A Sunday morning service and 7:30 p.m. choir cantata Night of Miracles by John W. Peterson will recount birth of Christ. Wednesday evening features a children's program starting at 7 p.m. followed by the youth play Mine Eye Hath Seen and a treats giving.
Foursquare Sets Program For Children
The annual Christmas program at Foursquare Gospel Church Franklin Ave and Meredith St Sunday at 7 30 p m features recitations music and a full Christmas story by Sunday school with junior and youth choirs directed by Mrs C A Cauble and Glen Hubard. A Wednesday 7 30 p m play Home For Christmas directed by Mrs Roger Mabe stars Brenda Davis Donna Lane Teresa Nobles Sherilyn Cauble Edgar Davis Roger Abe Sharon Beasley and Janice Pope.
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Foursquare Gospel Church
Franklin Avenue
Meredith Street
Curtis A. Cauble
C. A. Cauble
Glen Hubbard
Brenda Davis
Marguerite Hubbard
Roger Mabe
Edgar Davis
Donna Lane
Teresa Nobles
Sherilyn Cauble
Roger Abe
Sharon Beasley
Janice Pope
Children Division Led by Mrs Hoke Jenkins Aids
Under leadership of Mrs Hoke Jenkins the children division offers pining bags prepared by Miss Reba Cox.
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Hoke Jenkins
Reba Cox
Fairgrove Cantata Night Of Miracles Presented by Choir
The Sanctuary Choir of Fairgrove Methodist Church presents Night Of Miracles a 50 minute cantata by John Peters on Sunday at 5 PM in the church sanctuary. Soloist Mrs Anne Jones directed by Bob Hill narrations by Rev George C Starr Jr. with Ruth Dorsett on piano and Glenda Crenshaw on organ.
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Fairgrove Methodist Church
John Peters
Anne Jones
Bob Hill
George C. Starr Jr
John Peterson
Ruth Dorsett
Glenda Crenshaw
Christmas Program Planned at Mt Zion Pilgrim Church
Young people of Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church plan their annual Christmas program during Sunday school at 10 a.m. The play The Bells Ring Out, directed by Mrs. H. A. Lewis, features a grandfather explaining why the bells ring at Christmas. Participants come from Beginners Junior and Intermediate groups.
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Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
H. A. Lewis
Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Opens In High Point
After a year of work led by Jack L. Davis and local laymen Saint Michael's Lutheran Church will be organized at an 11 a.m. service. Fifteen baptisms, 61 adults and 50 children join. nine council members elected. land at N Main and Street Club Road to be developed with first unit planned by Christmas 1966.
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Saint Michael's Lutheran Church
Jack L. Davis
Oakview School
N. Main Street
George R. Whittecar
North Carolina Synod
Steet Club Road
Saint Michael's
High Point
Lutheran Children’s Home of the South
Salem
Special Film The Saviour Is Born At Mount Calvary
A special film titled The Saviour Is Born will be shown Sunday at 7 30 p m at Mount Calvary Baptist Church. The unusual production comes from Egypt and the Holy Land. On Wednesday night the church children will present a special program.
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Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Egypt
The
Holy Land
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