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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1964
Page
2
Lent is a time for self examination and transformation not mere guilt. The author argues true growth comes from understanding ourselves and our strengths and weaknesses, not just lamenting errors. He cites the disciples, Paul, and the call to live as God’s family overcoming personal bias with faith.
Rev. D. P. McFarland executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina will be the guest speaker at Rich Fork Baptist Church for the Sunday morning worship service tomorrow. McFarland, a Texas native and Baylor and Southwestern Baptist Seminary alumnus, formerly pastored churches in Texas and Tennessee and since 1961 has led the Raleigh Lions Board of Directors. The league unites evangelicals to promote moral welfare, abstinence, and against gambling and narcotics, and to rehabilitate victims. He will also speak at the Sunday school program before the worship service.
Fourteen Methodists and lay volunteers from Western North Carolina will travel February 2 to 16 to San Jose Costa Rica to construct a concrete block and wood two story Hatilo Methodist Church. The group includes four clergymen three women and seven laymen with professional builders among them. They largely self fund with aid from a few donors. tour leader changes noted due to a heart attack.
The Lexington Area Training School will be held March 8-12 at First Methodist Church. It is one of eight Christian training programs sponsored by the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference and participating churches. The courses cover child and youth Christian education, Bible study, marriage and home life, music, drama, theology, and church life.
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church hosts a full week of youth activities starting Sunday night with SinBspiration. Monday and Tuesday are social and visitation nights, followed by Talent Night Wednesday. Each night features a different missionary, with Rev. Glenn Barnett from Haiti Thursday and Rev. Vernon Swanson from Sierra Leone Friday. Miss Ruth Haywood, also from Sierra Leone, speaks Saturday. Sunday school by youths and a morning service by Rev. Harold Johnson of Japan, capped by Virginia Hooker from Haiti at Sunday night service. Evening services begin at 7:00 p.m.
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church observes Founders Month in February marking the 1929 founding by Green Street Baptist Church under Dr. Herman Stevens. Dr. Stevens attend Feb 9 celebration. Rev. Woodrow Robbins has led since 1947 and will preach on the Beatitudes with Lord's Supper observed Sunday. Church improvements, annex renovation, and open house on Feb 9.
John Rierson begins duties as director of Christian education at Lebanon Methodist Church, moving from Central Methodist Church in Asheboro where he held a scholar position. His wife Jane Bundy Rierson, from High Point, and their two children will relocate from Asheboro to High Point by June. Rierson is a 1958 High Point College graduate and previously directed Christian education at Trinity Methodist Church in Kannapolis from 1958 to 1964, and has served at Asheboro since 1962.
Northern District of the North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America will hold a joint Congregational Program Consultations and District Meeting at Low's Lutheran Church near Burlington on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Delegates from Greensboro Winston-Salem High Point Durham Burlington Lexington Thomasville and Chapel Hill will attend along with local pastors lay delegates and committee chairmen. The key business is election of a Dean to replace Rev. Harry D Hawthorne, who moved away. Endorsed by Dr George Whittegar and Rev Paul Morgan with Dr E L Misenheimer leading evening discussions. Rev Letheo Bumgarner serves as secretary pro-tem. Rev Everett Horne is host pastor.
In John’s Gospel Jesus, after learning of John the Baptist’s arrest, travels through Samaria by way of a forbidden province. At Jacob’s Well He engages a Samaritan woman, urging her toward salvation while contending with her sin and the question of true worship. The dialogue shifts as the disciples return.
The Samaritan woman at Jacob's well asks Jesus for a drink. He offers living water, promising eternal life. As He reveals his messianic identity, the woman and many from Samaria believe. Jesus stays two days, teaching forgiveness and brotherhood among people.
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference resumes its Christian training schools with a five day session in Concord from February 2 to 6 at Central Methodist Church. Eight schools follow through mid March in Charlotte Kannapolis Gastonia Monroe Reidsville Wadesboro and Lexington. About 12,000 attend annually. the program targets teachers and lay leaders.
Faye Marks reports at Wesley Memorial Methodist in High Point a mission series led by Dr. Hugh C. Stuntz a former missionary to Argentina Uruguay and India born in India with ties to Scarritt College He speaks at the 11 oclock worship and leads a Sunday Evening Fellowship program topics include Our Mission Today plus nightly services with special music and congregational singing. Pastor W S Teachey leads Central Christian Church in Winston-Salem as the local ministry contact.
Evangelist J Townley Davis of Hinton West Virginia will begin revival services at Oak hill Memorial Baptist Church Monday at 730 p m. He is a former pastor at Sheets Memorial Baptist Lexington and Bellepoint Baptist Hinton WV. Services continue through next week with nightly singing by Sunshine Trio Oak hill Trio and Quartet and special choir selections under Billy Beck. The church pastor is Rev James H Bolick.
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