Multiple Listing Service Aids Adoptions in Illinois
In Illinois a private group reports placing over 200 children in adoptive homes in ten months using a real estate style listing booklet. The Child Care Association notes 86 affiliated agencies and says no child is unadoptable, highlighting handicapped and minority children.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois
Charles Filson
The
Child Care Association
Alton
Ill
Lutheran Membership Drops Again in 1971 Losses Hit North American Lutherans
Lutheran church bodies in North America totaled 9,108,652 members in 1971, the third straight decline. Losses amounted to 68,194 members, with overall baptized totals down by 68,233. Canada slightly rose, and Lutherans remain the third largest Protestant group in the United States.
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North America
Lutheran Council
U.S.A
U.S
Canada
Baptist
Methodist
Lutheran Church In
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
L.C.M.S
Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
American Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Church of the Lutheran Confession
Church of the Lutheran Brethers
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
L.C.U.S.A
Association of Free Lutheran Churches
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Eielsen Synod
Yeal
Princess Margriete to visit United States next month
The State Department announced that Princess Margriete of the Netherlands and her husband Pieter will visit the United States privately next month. Their itinerary includes a stop in Holland, Michigan on September 9 for the 125th anniversary celebration of the city.
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Washington
State Department
Margriete
Netherlands
Pieter
United States
Holland
Mich
Centenary Youth Week Opens at Centenary United Methodist
Centenary United Methodist Church hosts Youth Week from Saturday to Sunday August 20 with Macy Inc guests. Susan Ikenberry leads Centenary youth. events include evangelism training, work projects, Kansas City Christian exposure, Perry Lake campout, and services August 20 at 11 am and at Valleyview Home that night.
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Centenary United Methodist Church
Fourth and Elm
Centenary
Macy, Inc
Susan _ Ikenberry
Centenary Youth Group
Robert Stewart
William DeLaughder
Kansas City
Perry Lake
Valleyview
Lawrence
Father Redmond Named To Position at Benedictine College
Father Donald Redmond C S B of St Benedicts Abbey will become Director of Religious Affairs at Benedictine College in Atchison replacing Father Kieran McInerney. He will begin the fall semester after serving as chaplain at the St Lawrence Catholic Student Center at Kansas University.
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Father Redmond
Benedictine
St. Benedict’s Abbey
Benedictine College
Gerard Senecal
Kieran McInerney
Father Donald
St. Lawrence Catholic
Kansas University
Sts. Peter and Paul Church
Seneca
St. Benedict's College
University of Kansas
Draft of new Presbyterian confession sparks expected opposition
A 23 page draft of a proposed Presbyterian Church in the U S confession completes after three years of study. It attacks war sexism racism and chauvinism and would, if adopted, become the denomination's first official standard in over 300 years.
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Atlanta, Ga
Presbyterian Church
U.S
General Assembly
Shirley Guthrie
Columbia Theological Seminary
Albert C. Winn
Louisville
Guthrie
God
Christ
Nancy Declines Welfare Aid Claim in Fresno
Gov. Reagan’s wife Nancy rejected ownership of a welfare aid application filed with Fresno County Welfare Department. A letter to Mrs Reagan informed her she was not eligible for food stamps or AFDC assistance, revealing the submitted claim.
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Fresno
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Nancy
Fresno County
Reagan
Saint Hieronymus and the Jerusalem organ legend
The saint Saint Hieronymus reported a miraculous organ in Jerusalem whose music could be heard on the Mount of Olives nearly a mile away, describing a legendary sound associated with early Christian lore.
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Hieronymus
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
St Luke A M E Church Hosts 110th Anniversary Speakers
The 110th anniversary celebration at St Luke A M E Church in Stevenson Kansas City features guests Arden Booth Don C Stephenson and Clement Keto with Rev W L Brown. Booth and Keto will speak at the 3 p m service a church history will be presented followed by a tour and a social hour inviting all to attend.
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Arden Booth
Don C. Stephenson
Clement T. Keto
St. Luke A.M.E
N.Y
W. Lamar Brown
Stevenson
Kansas City
Kansas-Omaha
Booth
Keto
Kansas University
Senorita Sergeants Enter Venezuelan Ranks
In Caracas the Venezuelan army aims to add seven senorita sergeants within two years challenging Latin machismo. Women like Maria Perdomo push to prove love goes beyond male pride as wives become soldiers.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Latin America
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