Longtime minister to retire after 35 years in Lawrence
Rev. Bob Freitag reflects on his 35 year ministry at West Side Presbyterian Church in Lawrence starting 1959. He recalls moving from Colorado with his wife Charline and son Mark to a new church at 1024 Kasold Dr. and the neighborhood growth that followed. He worries who will minister to congregants with special needs after his departure, notes he will miss night meetings, and frames retirement as moving on rather than ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Bob Freitag
Freitag
West Side Presbyterian Church
Colorado
Charline
Mark
Kansas
Sixth
Maine
Second
Michigan
Christmas Eve and Day church services in the area
A roundup of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship plans across local churches. Heights Christian, First Presbyterian, St. Margaret's Episcopal, Quail Run School, Graham's Barn, Community Bible Church, St. John's United Church of Christ, First United Methodist, and First Christian outline candlelight services, Holy Eucharist, carols, meditation, nursery care, and canceled or shifted times including a 10 a.m. Christmas Day service at several congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Heights Christian Church
Peterson Rd
First Presbyterian Church
Clinton Pkwy
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
Quail Run
Inverness Dr
St. Maggie’s Band
Graham’s Barn
E. 1000 Road
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Centenary United Methodist Church
Fourth and Elm
St. Margaret’s
Inverness Drive
Christmas church services and broadcasts across multiple faiths
The National Cathedral schedules Christmas broadcasts on channels 19 and 11 at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Christmas Day. Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington lists multiple Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services with a 4 p.m. Nativity pageant and a 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist on Christmas Day. Heartland Community Church plans an 11 a.m. Christmas service with a drama by the Mark Chrislip and Paul Gray families. Christian Science Church presents a Bible lesson and KLWN radio airs a 9:45 a.m. service.
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Washington Cathedral
Eighth
Vermont
Mark Chrislip
Paul Gray
Christmas Eve and Day church services listed
A roundup of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship plans across local churches. Trinity Lutheran hosts multiple candlelight services with music by youth choir and handbells, Centenary United Methodist, First Baptist, Indian Hills Church of God, Antioch Baptist, and First Regular Missionary Baptist Church also outline times and format including no Sunday school and family emphasis.
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First United Methodist Church
Virgil Brady
Trinity Lutheran Church
N.H
Trinity Choir
First Regular Missionary Baptist Church
1646
A Christmas Message of Peace and Unity from the Pastor
The Pastor’s Corner reflects on Christmas as a call to peace and goodwill toward all peoples. It urges acceptance amid diverse opinions, warns that revenge fuels violence, and asks whether universal love and tolerance can bridge differences across religion, politics, and culture.
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Isaiah
Jesus
Christ
Christmas services focus on Jesus at Second Christian Church
The Second Christian Church at 1245 Conn plans special services and a 7 to 8 p.m. radio broadcast on 1320 KLWN featuring the church choir, musicians, and youth singers. Rev. Paul Winn Jr. will deliver the sermon Jesus: A King Is Born, with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. He notes the emphasis on youths' issues and parental involvement in Jesus's upbringing.
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Christian Science Church
1701
Mass
KLWN
Second Christian Church
Conn
Paul Winn Jr
Jesus
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Sixth Street
Kasold Dr
First Presbyterian
Episcopal
Community Bible
Community Bible Church
Church of Christ
First Methodist
First Christian Church
1060
Debby Mosher
National Cathedral
Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. Stephen
Heartland Community Church
Christian Science
Trinity Lutheran
Centenary Methodist
First Baptist
R. Dean Dixon
First Baptist Church
Dixon
Indian Hills
Antioch Baptist
Antioch Baptist Church
Iowa
Missionary Baptist
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Jeff Southard
Center
Tom
Nancy Smith
John C. Gingerich
Winn
Joseph
Church of God
Cleveland
Tennessee
Scott Walton
Episcopal Church
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