Violence in the Name of Help Strikes Religious Figures
A Catholic priest dies from stab wounds after a midweek church visit in Los Gatos California. A Bible salesman is murdered during a theft attempt near Camp Will Alabama. A married couple aiding prison ministry are shot by an inmate in Hickory North Carolina. The cases probe the peril faced by church workers and their mission to care for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Fromm
America
Los Gatos
Calif
Henri Tomei
St. Mary's Church
James Rowles
Penelope
Unruh
Jesus
God
Christ
Heaven
Church
Homemade Soap Helps Refugees
In Columbus Ohio, 82 year old Erma Wilson, aided by a local pizza parlor and Luther League, produces about 125 pounds of soap daily from grease and fat. The soap ships to Lutheran World Relief warehouses for refugee aid, with much of the year’s output sent to Napanee Indiana and Appalachia relief projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Luther League
Lutheran World Relief
LWR
Appalachia
Nappanee
Ind
Colonials Quartet to Perform at Holiday Hills Service
The Colonials Quartet of Mid-America Nazarene College will perform at the 10 45 a m worship service Sunday at Holiday Hills Church of the Nazarene in Olathe. Rev Bill Draper will deliver the sermon. Members include Mike Cork Gayland Gant Bob Broadbooks and George Gribben with Ron Attig as pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonials
Mid-America
George Gribben
Alliance
Ohio
Ron Attig
Shelbyville
Ill
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Seven States
Texas
Florida
Orville Jenkins
Holiday Hills Church
Church briefs outline Advent events across Lawrence area
Lawrence area churches host Advent and Christmas events with speakers from KU and local ministries. Claire Smissman of KU Law School will discuss legal work at the Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship at 10 a.m. Sunday. Debates include cantatas at Trinity Lutheran and Good Shepherd, a Haskell College series by Hyman Appelman, and a Deck the Halls party at Centenary United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Smissman
Kansas University Law School
Baldwin
Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship
Pleasant Valley
Headquarters
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Kansas ‘University
Vivaldi
Harvard Rd
Mark Holmberg
Arden Dorn
Donald Vanatta
Ewill
Centenary ‘United Methodist Church
Fourth and Elm
Wayne Rogers
Hyman Appelman
Chicago
Haskell Indian Junior College
Appelman
Russia
Northwestern University
DePauw University
Europe
Middle East
Centenary United Methodist Church
Fourth
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Good Shepherd Church
Unusual College Student Preaches at Pawnee Rock
Galen Unruh a Fort Hays State College journalism student serves as minister of the New Jerusalem Church Swedenborgian in Pawnee Rock. He balances parish duties with college duties and co writes for the State College Leader while pursuing further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee Rock
Doris
Unruh
Cambridge
Mass
Swedenborgian School of Religion
Harvard Square
Barton County Junior College
State College Leader
Fort Hays State
Barton County
Unruhs
Baker Gallery
Great Bend
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George W. Cornell
Camp Will
Ala
Tom C. Hollingsworth
Southern Baptist Seminary
Hollingsworth
Hickory
N.C
F. O
Penelope Baptist Church
Turner
Newton, N.C
Turners
Douglas Wiles
Hell
F. L. Turner
Columbia
Erma Wilson
Baker University
Nolen Pridemore
Wichita
Julie Weaver
Independence
Leah Licausi
Kansas City
Baldwin College
England
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Spain
Scotland
United States
First United Methodist Church
William C. Rice
Journal-World Photo
Bob Broadbooks
Gayland Gant
Mike Cork
Olathe Unit
Church Briefs
John J. Coward
Lawrence
Seventh Street United Methodist Church
Robert Stewart
Tonganoxie United Methodist ?Church
John W.peterson
Michael Berndt
Global Ministries
Debbie Barnes Miles
DeSoto
Clearfield United Methodist Church
Eudora
Rex Kelly
Eudora United Methodist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Johann Christoph Bach
Johann Christoph
Leipzig
J. S. Bach
St. Thomas's Church
Leipzig University
Wilhelm of
Schaumburg-Lippe
Buckeburg
Hanover
Homer A. Frank
Mariners Club
First Presbyterian Church
Harold M
Mallett
Miriam Stewart Green
Robert Green
Billy Johnson
First Regular Missionary Baptist Church
Lincoln
Rev
E. Bernard Hurd
The
Calvary Baptist Church, Topeka
Grace Temple Church of God In Christ
Elm
Jackson Temple
Walter H. Jackson
H. R. McCoy
East Heights Baptist Church
George 8. Hixson
Harmony Kings of
Topeka
Second Christian Church
13Th
Connecticut
Round Corner
Massachusetts
Dale Willey
Vermont
West Sixth
Church OF Christ
Lawrence Sun
Sun
Kofo
Ottawa
Wren
Council OF Churches
Sterling Cary
New York City
National Council of Churches
Dallas
Tex
Alexander's Gift Shop
Lennox
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