Personality Profile of High Point District Superintendent
The Rev. George Parks Robinson, newly appointed district superintendent for the United Methodist Church in High Point, praises the warm reception from locals and stresses the value of close liaison with district pastors and laypeople. A Charlotte native, he shifted from chemistry to ministry, earning an A.B. at Duke, an MDiv in 1958, and serving churches in Aldersgate Charlotte Milford Hills Salisbury St. Andrews Charlotte Hendersonville before moving to leadership roles on conference boards and local foundations. He and his wife Sylvia live at the district parsonage with children Cathy and Greg, balancing church duties with golf and community involvement.
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George Parks Robinson
High Point
United Methodist Church
Robinson
Charlotte
Queen City
Charlotte's
Central High School
Ins School
Tony Simeon
N. C. State College
Duke University
Duke Divinity School
Methodist Church
Aldersgate Methodist
Aldersgate
Milford Hills
Salisbury
St. Andrew's
Higher Education and Missions
Methodist Home
Winston- Salem
Triad
Carolina Village
Hendersonville
Heart Fund
The
United Appeal
Mutch
Hill
Dale
Lyndhurst Dr
Robinsons
Cathy
High Point Central
Greg
Northwood Elementary
Carter Stirs Baptists inReligious Freedom Debate
In New York a debate over Jimmy Carter and religious freedom unfolds as Baptists weigh how his stance on human rights in Communist nations, especially the USSR, might shape policy. He notes Soviet dissidents and Jewish emigration, but omits Baptist concerns amid long Moscow persecution dating to czarist times.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.S
United States
Moscow
Ussr
West
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Helsinki
Ford
Western
Europe
Canada
Brezhnev
Kenya
World Council of Churches
Nikodim
How Add
World Council
Man of the Mass China and Mao era compared in outlook
An editor's outlook ponders Mao Zedong as the exponent of the mass man versus Confucius individualism. It traces Mao’s rise, the hundred flowers crisis, the Cultural Revolution’s mass mobilization, and the post-Mao uncertainty about China’s future under Hua and party leadership.
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Mao
Confucius
Chairman Mao
China
Lin Piao
Russia
Chou
Hua Kuo-feng
Denton Council Opposes Major Telephone Rate Hike
Denton council members sent a letter to the state Utilities Commission opposing Mid-Carolina Telephone Co. rate hike, about a 30 percent rise over the last increase. They may attend Raleigh hearings to voice opposition, echoing a cautionary tale of a king, mirrors, and a pit of vipers to warn of odds against small interests.
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Denton
State Utilities Commission
Mid-Carolina Telephone Co
Raleigh
North Carolina
Royal Commission
Roaming the Piedmont Vacations and beach adventures
Braxton Younts recalls a late summer vacation spent at Garden City South Carolina. He notes restless mornings, failed pier fishing despite hopeful efforts, and a dramatic nightly rainstorm that spared the shore from flood. He also recounts seafood at Murrells Inlet and a humorous sandpiper moment on the beach ending with a lighthearted misread.
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Garden City
8.C
Timbuktu
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