Area People Working At Church Camp Tekoa Hendersonville
Hendersonville Camp Tekoa run by the Western South Carolina Methodist Conference will employ 8 counselors from June 16 to August 24. Rev. Tom Lee of Statesville leads the camp, which expects about 1,100 junior high attendees across ten sessions. Counselors from all 13 conference districts plus 12 outside counselors guide discovery groups that form the program’s heart and also act as dormitory guardians.
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Hendersonville
Tekoa
Western
South Carolina Methodist Conference
Conference Board of Education
Tom Lee
Statesville
Thomasville
Pat Gibbs
Lexington
Woman’s College
Homecoming events at churches and youth group election
Emmanuel Baptist Church plans Homecoming at Lake Junaluska with a morning service led by Rev Odell Hall and a lunch at Thomasville Park. A gospel program features the Command Quartet from Greensboro and other groups. Albertson Road Baptist hosts a reception for new pastor Rev F A Lunsfield July 1 from 2:30 to 4:30 p m. Doug Smith 16 of High Point is elected associate chairman of faith for the Western North Carolina Conference M Y F. event coverage notes July 21-27 Lanier High Point.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Lake Junaluska
Bethel Avenue
Doug
Thomasville Road
Theiral High School
D. H. Smith
Main Street Methodig
North Carolina State
Texas Christian University
Thomasville Park
Command
Greensboro
Albertson Road Baptist Church
Hts
F. A. Lunsfield
Albertson Road
Prospect Street
Methodist
Doug Smith
High Point
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Western
North Carolina
Wesleyan Official To Speak At New Thomasville Church
Rev. Marshall McCleery General Superintendent of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church will speak at the Evangelical Wesleyan Church at 1012 National Road Thomasville. Meetings start Thursday July 25 and run through July 2 percent each evening at 7 30. National Headquarters are in Titusville Pa Rev C E Downs pastor and presiding elder of the Southern District.
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Marshall McCleery
Evangelical Wesleyan Church
National Road
Thomasville
McCleery
Titusville
C. E. Downs
Where Art Thou in Genesis The Concept of Sin
N Speer Jones surveys Genesis three highlighting the introduction of sin. The piece notes Eve’s dialogue with the serpent, the lure of food beauty and wisdom, and the disobedience that ushers pain sorrow and death. It discusses human longing for godlike qualities and cites Milton on freedom and choosing.
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N. Speer Jones
Gome
Miltoz
The Serpent Eve Adam Sin and Temptation Analysis
A theological critique notes the Genesis story of Adam and Eve. It discusses the serpent’s lie about death, the claim to be like God, and how the couple’s disobedience leads to nakedness and fear. It cites Isaiah 53:6 and reflects on virtue born from tempered passions.
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Council of Churches of Christ
Adam
Eve
God
Christian Educationy
USA
Abel
Meeting At Camp Under Way
Rev. C. R. Cox evangelist participates in Camp Wesley camp meeting under way in town. The 17th annual event runs July 11 through July 21. Cox, of Uphland California, devoted to evangelism since 1955 after six years as Colorado District superintendent and six years on Olivet Nazarene College Board and Pasadena College Board. He joined the church at eighteen.
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C. R. Cox
Camp Wesley
Cox
Upland
California
Colorado
Olivet Nazarene College
Pasadena College
Church
Tower of Peace proposed near Cuba by Key West la yman
James Allen, a 49 year old Monroe County tax assessor and Episcopal lay reader, launches a drive to build a 171 foot Tower of Peace at Holy Innocents mission in Key West. The plan includes three prayer desks and a 24 hour prayer vigil facing the Straits of Florida to pray for peace toward Cuba. The project aims for a year end completion with a $230000 cost.
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Christine Macgill
Key West
Fla. (Ap
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Joe Allen
Holy Innocents Episcopal Mission
Continental United States
Straits of Florida
Allen
Castro
Atlantic
Christ
Monroe County
Episcopal Church
Guild of Prayer For
iPeace i
United States
Alien
Andes
South America
New York
Harbor
Jewish scholars forecast Jesus in Jewish literary canon
Harvard scholar Dr. Harry A. Wolfson argues that future Jewish works will reclaim Jesus not as divinity but as a wise teacher within Jewish learning. He foresees Jesus appearing in Haggadah style narratives, restoring a portion of lost Jewish literary treasures through a broader view of Jewish literature and education.
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Jesus
Annals of
Harry A. Wolfson
Harvard University
Wolfson
Menorah Journal
Henry Hurwitz
Sage
Israel
Galilee
Rome
Dr. Wolfson
Churchgoing Is Stressed By Jaycees
In July Jaycees at High Point emphasize church attendance for members and locals. Bill Stout says Jaycees will partner with civic groups in religious activities and will join church services on July 21. Dr. Charles Surles can be contacted for Jaycee service requests. Dr. Bill Matthews will speak at the July 25 membership meeting.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Bill Stout
Jaycees
Charles Surles
Bill Matthews
High Point College
Jaycee
Stroupe Lackey
Charles Surles Henry Groome
Tom Chandler
High Pointer Named General Superintendent at Wesleyan Conference
The 31st Quadrennial General Conference of The Wesleyan Methodist Church of America in Fairmount Indiana elected Rev Virgil A Mitchell as General Superintendent succeeding Rev Rufus D Reisdorph. Rev C Wesley Levin was elected to the vacancy, with Harold K Sheets and B H Phaup reelected along with church officers. The body ordered a merger plan with Pilgrim Holiness Church to be presented at the 1887 General Conference and urged a constitutional amendment recognizing God in public schools while upholding church state separation.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church of America
Fairmount
Indiana
Pilgrim Holiness Church
God
Rufus D. Reisdorph
Virgil A. Mitchell
Marion
Department of
Church Extension and Evan
Wesleyan Methodist Church
E. Barton Carter
Supreme Court
High Pointers At Church Camp
Two United Church of Christ members from the High Point area join the staff of the North Carolina Junior Camp at John’s River Valley Camp near Lenoir. Mrs Edna Howell of High Point serves as camp nurse and Mrs John Lettyemyre, wife of the High Point First United Church of Christ minister, leads a discovery group. Young people from Piedmont churches attend July 14 to 20.
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High Point
United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ of
Garden of Eden Temptation Lesson by Alfred Buescher
Illustrated Sunday School lesson outlines Genesis stories of the forbidden tree Genesis 3 1 5 Eve's temptation by the serpent and Adam's disobedience Genesis 3 6 13 and their fear as God questions them in the garden.
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God
Methodists Urged to Be Effective in Town and Country
Minneapolis session of the National Methodist Town and Country Conference drew 1300 delegates to chart church mission in rural and urban life. Leaders urged group ministries to relieve pastor shortages, unite parishes under staff, and expand direct gospel outreach amid changing social conditions. Awards honored A W Martin, G F Sanford, and W W Reid for service to town and country church life.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Raymond J. Hahn
High Point
N.C
Hhan
Ward Street Methodist Church
William C. Martin
Dallas
Texas
Martin
Ernest T. Dixon
Board of Education
Earl D. C. Brewer
Atlanta
Eugene L. Slater
Topeka
Richard C. Raines
Indianapolis
Ind
Edwin E. Voigt
Springfield
Christ
Raines
Voight
Dixon
Brewer
A. W. Martin
Fayetteville
Ark
Perkins School of Theology
Glenn F. Sanford
Levittown
Methodist Board of Missions
William W. Reid
Whitestone
Queens
N. Y
America
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Alfred 3. Buescher
Garden of Eden
Heer Dr. Price
Green Street
Baptist Church
E. W. Price, Jr, Th.d. Pastor
DR. Price
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