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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1962
Page
2
Louis J. Fisher will address Crestwood Presbyterian Church men on Monday at 6 30 PM. Fisher is president of the American Athletic Union and solicitor of the High Point Municipal Court, a longtime participant in church activities.
St Luke’s Lutheran Church plans Sunday school and worship at the YMCA on Fourth Street at 9 30 a m and 1 a m for about a month while the new church and educational building is built. Fisher, a leading figure in U S athletics and Olympic affairs, will speak on the Olympic games. He has served on the Olympic committee and as AAU president, with a focus on Rome 1960 and Cold War implications. The meeting opens with a dinner by the church women.
Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church invites friends and members to an open house for the new pastorium at the corner of Kennedy Road and Rothrock Drive Rt. 1 Thomasville. The $27 500 structure was completed earlier this month after work began shortly after Aug 27 1961. The opening runs 2 to 5 p.m.
The lesson centers on the first epistle of John and Matthew 6 14 15. It argues forgiveness requires compassion and the ability to suffer with others. The analysis cites Norval Geldenhuys and Peloubet notes to explain forgiveness as understanding others through shared pain.
A study of repentance and forgiveness contrasts human frailty with true brotherhood among believers. The prodigal son parable illustrates lost and found with Christ as shepherd and advocate, emphasizing atonement and propitiation through Jesus.
Memorial Day will be observed at 10 30 a m in the Tomlinson School auditorium by the First Congregational Christian Church. Relatives of deceased members light candles, widows of former pastors receive a special invitation, and a memorial list will appear in a special bulletin funded by donations. A picnic dinner follows at the parsonage 906 Chestnut Street. Church school begins at 9 30 a m led by Clayton Smith.
Trinity Baptist Church will observe Homecoming Day Sunday at 11 o clock. Rev L J Raney of Montwood Baptist Roxboro will speak on Beyond Your Eyesight Hab 2 2. Special music by the choir under Mrs Lelia Payne. Nursery provided. Picnic lunch on the grounds.
Dr. Jack MacGorman of Fort Worth Texas will be guest speaker at both services of Em erywood Baptist Church this Sunday. He is a professor in New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth and holds a B D and Th D from Southwestern.
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church plans an 11 a.m. baptizing service on Sunday. Parkwood Baptist Mission will baptize that afternoon at the church led by Rev. Robert Southern. Sunday evening at 7 30 Rev. Floyd Rhyne will deliver the evening message as Rev. Woodrow Robbins closes a revival at Jewel Baptist Church. Rhyne, superintendent of missions for the Central Baptist Association, is the first in the new regional group founded by High Point area churches. He will attend the Southern Baptist Convention in San Francisco June 5 8. Robbins departs for the convention on Monday June 4.
Miss Mabel Francis, 81, veteran Christian and Missionary Alliance missionary to Japan, will describe 53 years of work at a 7 30 p m service May 31 in Central Alliance Church High Point. Also present are Rev Suteichi Doe and Mrs Anne Dievendorf with plans to return to Japan within six months.
High Point Seventh day Adventist Church members join more than 2,000 from North and South Carolina for the Lake Junaluska Bible Conference opening weekend. F. A. Mote and A. C. Fearing headline the talks as up to 3,500 attendees over nine days.
The last Youth for Christ rally of the school year meets at Tomlinson School at 7 45 p m tonight. Bob Forster directs a Western themed program with costumes gospel music choral group instrumental solos and teen testimonies inviting all High Point teenagers to attend.
Dr. Ralph Taylor will note in the Western North Carolina Conference meeting at Lake Junaluska that Calvary Church Asheboro and Jordan Memorial Ramseur education buildings were dedicated this year. New educational structures rise at Level Cross Jamestown West Chapel First Church High Point and Vickery Chapel. A district parsonage is finished and several churches acquire new parsonages. Mount Shepherd camp development planned. property valued at 50000 donated by D S Hedgecock. Three men David Livingstone Baxter Ronald Alva Koonts and Glen Frank Stevens will be recommended for annual conference membership.
First Methodist Church in Thomasville marks its 55th anniversary with Loyalty Sunday next weekend. Rev. Orion Hutchinson Jr. will preach as attendance goals rise under the slogan Lets Fill the Balcony. A program for the next conference year will be presented and pledges to the budget and debt will be sought. A covered dish luncheon follows with a special member honored. evening services are canceled for baccalaureate events.
Lebanon Methodist Church observes Loyalty Sunday with a morning service commitments and a 2 to 5 p.m. visitation by about 50 volunteers. Louis Huff chairs the church finance commission and leads the Every Member Visitation with captains W. R. Hoke Bob Parrish J. L. Bundy and Henry Lee Jr.
Mayor Carson Stout will teach adult classes at Lebanon Methodist Church Sunday. Church officials said Sunday School members will meet at 9 45 a.m. to hear the mayor discuss Tests of Faith.
High Point Friends Meeting observes Senior Recognition Sunday with graduates honored during the 11 a m service Guest speaker Dr E G Purdom of Guilford College known for science work including WWII Oak Ridge nuclear research and Naval Laboratory duties Several nearby churchs report graduation breakfasts and campus-related events across the same era including Green Street Baptist and district Methodist activities revealing broad 1962 church education aims.
Charity Baptist Church schedules a gospel sing for Sunday at 2 30 pm with a public invitation issued to attend.
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