Development Month Set at First Baptist Thomasville
A month long Christian Development effort starts Sunday at First Baptist Church Thomasville. The program, backed by an annual stewardship record and eight committees, urges tithing time and talents. Events include Demonstration Day, a February 14 church dinner at the National Guard Armory for members nine and older, a children's party, a Dixie Columns performance, and an inspirational message by Dr. Carl E. Bates of Charlotte’s First Baptist Church.
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National Guard
Dixie Colonels
Carl E. Bates
First Baptist Church
Charlotte
Space-Age Parish Chaplain Travels 200000 Miles A Year
Cape Canaveral Fla Rev Joseph A Keiper serves as space-age circuit riding chaplain for the Atlantic Missile Range. He logs about 200000 miles yearly visiting 1300 workers at dozen tracking stations from Cape Canaveral to Pretoria. He holds services in mess halls theaters and even bars. He is a non denominational Methodist who studies many theologies to converse with all faiths. He became industrial chaplain in 1956 and has provided counseling baptisms and on the spot funeral services for fallen workers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Joseph A. Keiper
Atlantic Missile Range
Joe
Swift Air Force
Pretoria
South Africa
Keiper
Antigua
West Indies
Pan American World Airways
Atlantic
Air Force
San Salvador
Florida
Why Jesus Taught in Parables
A compact study of parables as tools to connect unknown truths with familiar daily life. Jones argues parables demand heart change, not surface forgiveness, and notes early Christians used symbols to spread Christ’s message amid authorities. The lesson centers on Jesus calling the twelve apostles.
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N. Speer Jones
Jmen
Christ
Jesus
G. Camp
Bell Morgan
Peloubet
Ae Sprint
Parables and Purpose in Mark's Gospel Lesson
A church lesson discusses why Jesus taught in parables in Mark 4 12 and how the sower parable uses four soils to illustrate receptivity. It explains rocky ground and shallow roots, noting the need for enduring faith and interpretation beyond surface reading.
Oakview To Study Compassion at Church Course
Oakview Methodist Church will start the annual study course tomorrow at 7 30 pm Rev Robert Hardeen announced study of The Arm of Compassion by Bishop W Vernon Middleton focusing on needs of the blind and physically handicapped Rev Mr Hardee noted that churches select subjects each year Special music at tomorrow's morning service will be by Sue Billings
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Oakview Methodist Church
Robert Hardeen
Arm of Compassion
W. Vernon Middleton
Mr. Hardee
Sue Billings
Ancient Heidelberg Catechism Turns Four Centuries Old
The Heidelberg Catechism, 400 years old, is praised for its ecumenical character and core Protestant principle of justification by faith alone. Leaders note its influence persists into the 20th century as observances begin in Reformed and Presbyterian circles globally.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Christ
James J. McCord
Princeton Theological Seminary
Martin ‘Luher
Rome
Germany
James E. Wagner
Collegeville
World Alliance of Rormed
Holland
Switzerland
United States
Iron-Curtain
Youth Sunday highlights at High Point Quaker Meeting
Dr. O Herschel Folger will guest minister during Youth Sunday at High Point Friends Meeting Quaker Lane. He has led Quaker congregations in Wilmington Ohio Indianapolis Whittier and Greensboro and now works with Guilford College. Youth Barbecue hosted by Young Friends in Ragan Hall set for Feb 3. Abbotts Creek Baptist and Cedar Square Friends also feature youth programs and evangelism discussions led by Rev Jimmy Hinson Rev Woodrow Robbins and Thellis Myers.
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O. Herschel Folger
Greensboro
High Point Friends Meeting
Quaker Lane
Folger
Wilmington
Ohio
Indianapolis
Whittier
Calif
Guilford College
Janice Wagoner
Anita Whitlow
Will
Cedar Square Friends
Cedar Square
Kannapolis
Brewer
Abbotts Creek
Shadybrook
Davidson County
John Kenerly
Mississippi
New Orleans
Rec
Edward George
High Balwer-Lyttonses Point
The Very Rev George M Alexander To Address Episcopalians
The Very Rev George M Alexander Dean of The School of Theology Sewanee will address St Marys Parish during the 11 am service on Sunday Jan 27 for Theological Education Sunday. He will discuss Sewanee Episcopal University Theological School work and program and take questions at a coffee period after the service. He has pastored in Orange Park Gainesville and Columbia and held national church roles.
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George M. Alexander
School of Theology
University of the South
Sewanee
Alexander
Orange Park
Lornda
Holy Trinity
Gainesville
Fla
Trinity Parish
Columbia
S.C
General Convention of the Church
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Jacksonville
General Theological Seminary
Virginia Theological Seminary
Seabury- Western Theological Seminary
Nazarene Revival Is Slated
Rev. Charles L. Thompson of Greensboro will lead Calvary Church of The Nazarene revival services sponsored by the church young people January 27 through February 3. Evening services start at 7 30. Thompson, a former Calvary member, attended Hasty High School and Southern Pilgrim College. His wife is Mary Vestal of Thomasville. He lived on Centennial Street and worked for James Inc before ministry. His first pastorate was Kannapolis West Side Church of the Nazarene and he now pastors First Church of the Nazarene on Spring Garden Street in Greensboro. Kenneth Williams, Young Peoples president, welcomes the opportunity to hear Rev Thompson.
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Charles L. Thompson
Greensboro
Calvary Church of the Nazarene
Thompson
Calvary Church
Hasty High School
Southern Pilgrim College
Kernersville
Mary Vestal
Thomasville
Centennial St
James Inc
Kannapolis West Side Church
Missionaries Give Final Services at Lexington Ave Baptist
Rev and Mrs Charles Allen dying missionaries to Guatemala will preach at 7 30 pm in Lexington Avenue Baptist Church in what is billed as their last Sunday in the United States before returning home Rev Allen a Fayetteville native and Wake Forest and Southeastern Seminary graduate Mrs Allen the daughter of Dan Short of High Point also a Wake Forest alumna and Southeastern Seminary attendee have toured churches along the Atlantic seaboard since last summer due to Mrs Allens mother's illness A fellowship hour will follow the service to honor the Allens
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Charles Allen Dy
Guatemala
Central America
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
United States
Mr. Allen
Fayetteville
Wake Forest College
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Allen
Dan Short
High Point
States
England
Walter Scott
Wasjlay
Scott
Woodrow W. Robbins
Lexington
All Avenue Baptist Church
al N.C
Baptists Celebrate Men’s Day At Rich Fork Church
Rich Fork Baptist Church will observe Men’s Day on Sunday at 11 am with Jimmy Edwards delivering the message and Bob Porter as guest soloist. The event, part of Southern Baptist Convention observances, marks a date shift from Layman’s Day to recognize church men and to reestablish Man’s Day traditions from thirty years ago.
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Rich Fork Baptist Church
Jimmy Edwards
Sink Electric Company
Thomasville
Bob Porter
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists
The
Baptist Brotherhood
Carlyle Eddinger
Men of the Baptist Brotherhood
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Sea of Galilee
Cévetiss
Seculation Featurea Syndicate
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By Faye Morris
Sions
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
Roy Kelly
J. B. Phillips Jr
Jimmy Hinson
Numa Everhart
Emerywood Baptist
Emerywood Baptist Church
Thellis Myers
Fellowship Hall
Abbotis Creek
N. Main Street
Richard Brewer
N. Main Street Baptist Church
Bladisatpien
Qolden
Dean Alexander
C. L. Thompson
Nazarene Revival
High Point Enterprise
Artist Church
Westchester
Country Club Drive
Haggai
Jane Austen
Washington Irving
Love Light Holiness Church
Fred A. Moody
North Main
EL Maynard
Bible Missionary Institute
Rock Island
C. E. Downs
Poster
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