Jews Prepare for Chanukah Festival Worldwide
The eight day Chanukah festival begins Wednesday marking the rededication of the Jerusalem temple 2,200 years ago. At Congregation Sons of Abraham 1820 Main St Sunday school pupils rehearse with teacher Mrs. Toby Lukoff and Rabbi Elliott Katz as Rebecca Zauges and Jeff Friedman pose with candles and a book.
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Holy Temple
Jerusalem
Congregation Sons of Abraham
Main St
Rebecca Zauges
Jeff Friedman
Toby Lukoff
Elliott Katz
Tribune
Bishops Quietly Challenge Papal Birth Control Stand
In a bold shift, Catholic bishops Mexico and Indonesia urge conscience based decisions on contraception. Retired Archbishop Roberts had earlier questioned Humanae Vitae and argued individual conscience should guide Catholic conduct on contraception and related issues.
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Mexico
Vatican
Thomas Roberts
Bombay
Roberts
Cambridge University
Joseph Christie
John Rock
ALC Names Director For Mission Appeal
Rev. Kenneth Priebe, director of stewardship for the American Lutheran Church, is named national director for a $25 million mission appeal to run from January through spring 1975. The drive funds will support both international and U.S. mission needs via indigenous churches and domestic ministries.
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Minneapolis
Kenneth Priebe
American Lutheran Church
ALC
David W. Preus
Lloyd Jacobson
Kenyon
Minn
Church Council
John Bachman
Waverly
Iowa
Marge Wold
American Lutheran Church Women
John Houck
Morris Sorenson
World Missions
George S. Schultz
United States
Sorenson
Houck
Priebe
Lutheran World Action Appeal
Lutheran World Relief
LWA
Eagle Watch Near Cassville Highlights Local Eagles
In Cassville Wisconsin an eagle watch hosted by Eagle Valley Environmentalists Inc will be held Sunday at Nelson Dewey State Park two miles north of town beginning at 9 am Migrating black eagles are currently seen over Cassville with more than 100 eagles spending winters nearby The group aims to buy about 1000 acres along the Mississippi River north of Cassville for an eagle sanctuary and bald eagle research center.
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Cassville
Wis
Eagle Valley Environmentalists, Inc
Nelson Dewey State Park
Eagle Valley Environmentalists
Mississippi River
4-H Clubs Plan Monday Activities in Ettrick and Decorah
The Decorah Go-Getters 4-H Club will sing carols to aged and shut-in persons in the area on Monday. The Westway 4-H Club meets at 8 p.m. Monday in French Creek Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall for a Christmas party and officer elections.
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Ettrick
Wis
Decorah
Westway
Fellowship Hall
French Creek Lutheran Church
Samson Escapes Gaza After Slaying Philistines
In Gaza Samson meets a woman of ill repute and slips from capture as guards circle the city. He removes the gate and posts at midnight and carries them to a hill before Hebron, evading the Philistines once more.
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Samson
Gaza
Bar
Hebron
Concert Sunday at English Lutheran Church
English Lutheran Church will present a Christmas Gospel narration in song and verse during the 9 and 10 30 a m services. Bill Mann will narrate with musical support from the UW La Crosse Marching Chiefs and church choirs directed by Alvin Mikelson and Mary Meyer. Music by Handel Ringwald and Gruber.
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English Lutheran Church
Bill Mann
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Alvin Mikelson
Mary Meyer
Handel
Roy Ringwald
Heinz Gruber
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Helleman
Whitehall Churches Plan Christmas Programs
Four Whitehall churches outline Christmas programs with services and performances. Assembly of God holds 7 30 p.m. readings and songs this Sunday. St John’s Catholic offers 7 30 p.m. singing by grades one through five. Our Saviour’s Lutheran presents child programs at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Thursday, by grade group. First Baptist schedules 7 30 p.m. Sunday event.
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Assembly of God Church
St. John’s Catholic Church
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Catholics Anglicans Move Closer to Reunion After Agreement
A 2200 word agreed statement on the Doctrine of the Ministry signals progress toward reunion between Roman Catholics and Anglicans. The commission chairmen stressed the document is not an official church declaration but carries ecumenical significance and hints at future debate on papal authority and ministerial oversight.
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Alan C. Clark
Northampton
England
H. R. McAdoo
Ossory
Ferns
Leighlin
Ireland
Rome
Ment
Father Ryan
Arthur Vogel
West Missouri
Communion of Churches
CROP Clothing Drive Set for February 1974
The Wisconsi CROP Office launches its semiannual appeal for Church World Service in early February 1974. The CWS truck will pick up clothing Feb 4 in western Wisconsin and Feb 11 in the eastern region, with a special push for layette items to assist expectant mothers at mission hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsi Crop Office
Church World Service
CWS
Wisconsin
Mission
Choir To Present Christmas Cantata At Faith Baptist Church
The Faith Baptist Church adult choir presents a 40 minute Christmas cantata The Wonder of Christmas at 7 30 p m Sunday in the church 3615 S 28th St Attendance is open to the public with no charge The program follows a note on CWS clothing shipments and charitable activity elsewhere though the cantata itself is the main readable item
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Faith Baptist Church
S. 28Th St
Temple Baptist Church
North Salem Road
Loomis Street
Loren Krueger
John Allen
Eleanor Schniepp
Judy Buhr
Grace Osley
Mark Buhr
Alice Lehrke
John Terpstra
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WKTY
Eagle Watch
Ishmael
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Leithold
Whitehall
Yale
First Baptist Church
la Crosse Tribune
Reunion
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Church On the Move For Christ
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Weniger
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