Methodists at Convention Highlight Youth Exchange
At the Long Beach Los Altos gathering Rev. Gattis will lead Methodist participation in the International Christian Youth Exchange. The crowd noted Bishop Kennedy’s Hour and stories of community aid, including a $4,000 contribution to the Community Improvement League. A Wesleyan youth exhibit drew mixed responses amid race and Vietnam debates. The author recollects a bookstore moment and a lighthearted discount encounter.
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Ergetic
Rev
Gattis
Methodist
International Christian Youth Exchange
Long Beach
Los Altos
Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention
Vietnam
Methodists
Wesleyan
Reflections at Redlands on King and Kennedy Deaths
At the California Methodist convention in Redlands Rev Richard W Cain recalls the deaths of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. He laments loss and urges faith and service inspired by their words and visions. Leaders from California and Arizona attend the 74th annual session at Alamitos Friends Church in Garden Grove with speakers including Louis Evans and T Canby Jones.
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Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Redlands
Richard W. Cain
Los Angeles
God
Representatives Friends
California
Arizona
Alamitos Friends Church
Garden Grove
Louis Evans
T. Canby Jones
Wilmington College
Earlham School of Religion
T. Eugene Coffin
Alamitos
Robert Francis Kennedy
Empie Named President of Lutheran World Relief
Dr Paul C Empie a longtime churchman with overseas aid experience is named to the unexpired term of the late Dr Frank Lin Clark Fry as president of Lutheran World Relief.
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Paul C. Empie
Franklin Clark Fry
Lutheran World Relief
Public schools urged to teach sex education with moral context
The Interfaith Commission on Marriage and Family Life urges U S public schools to include sex education within a moral framework. It calls for objective discussion of differing views while avoiding imposing religious beliefs as national consensus. It endorses teaching that sexuality is a gift from God and emphasizes responsibility within marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interfaith Commission On Marriage and Family Life
Grace College Quartet To Perform At First Brethren
Grace College from Winona Lake will present a music and testimony program Sunday at 7 p.m. in First Brethren Church at 36th and Linden. The conservative school is affiliated with the National Fellowship of Brethren Churches.
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Grace College
Winona Lake
Ind
First Brethren
36Th
Linden
Conservative School of Theology
National Fellowship of Brethren Churches
Larry Webb
Barbados
West Indies
Westside Church of
Reformed Church
Bethel Reformed
Ramona St
Bellflower
Philippines
Hong Kong
Zion Reformed
Artesia
New Crusaders
Ist Baptist Vacation Bible School Opens July 3
First Baptist Church at 10th and Pine invites all community children ages three through junior high to enroll in a Bible School running eight weekdays starting Monday. Hours are 9 to 11 30 a m with crafts recreation and refreshments. A special offering funds live goats for Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Pine
Guatemala
Pope Simplifies Ordination Rite
The Vatican announced a five month lead time for new ordination rites for bishops priests and deacons. The simplified rules aim for logical development brevity clarity and greater participation by the faithful.
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Pope Paul VI
Vatican
New Books Reviewed on Religion and Theology
A slate of religious works reviewed including The Religion of the Bible by S Vernon Mc Casland Apollo Editions $2.25. Christianity and Paradox by Ronald W Hepburn Pegasus $5 paperback $1.95. Synod 67 A New Sound in Rome by Francis X Murphy and Gary Mac Eoin Bruce $4.95. Basic Readings in Theology edited by A D Galloway Meridian Books $2.95. Reviews discuss biblical faith, reasoned doubt, church reforms, and historic theological voices.
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S. Vernon McCasland
Apollo Editions
McCasland
Ronald W. Hepburn
Pegasus
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Rome
Francis X. Murphy
Gary MacEoin
Bruce
Curia
A. D. Galloway
Meridian Books
World
Irenaeus
Soren Kierkegaard
Bible study unity as 250000 teens use same texts
In a major ecumenical step about 250,000 Protestant and Catholic teens will study the Bible from six jointly published textbooks by United Church Press and Herder & Herder. Catholic changes are minor and include terms like Mass and priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church Press
United Church of Christ
Herder & Herder
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington, Vt
Reagan Says School Aid Will Hit Budget
Gov Ronald Reagan announced the education department confirmed a school aid bill will cost 70 million dollars more than expected. He warned the shortfall will drastically affect the budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1 as the 5.7 billion program moves through the Senate Assembly Conference Committee.
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Sacramento
Apt
Ronald Reagan
Department of Education
Reagan
Senate Assembly
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Circle J. Metz
Sex Education UK
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San Pedro
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Vatican City
Long Beach Center
Youth Service
Murray Dempster
George Davis
Sunday School
Latin America
New Books
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Rev. Alway J. Bell
Church of Religious Science
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Atlantic Ave
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Joseph R. Kerr
John Nicholls Booth
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Baliflower Bivd
Ward D. McCabe
O-Rama
Assembly of God
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Royal Rangers
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Fullerton
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Truman B. Douglass
Jesus Christ
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