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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
6
EX PLO 72 winds down in Dallas as 72,000 delegates train for evangelism ahead of a Cotton Bowl rally and a large Jesus music festival Saturday. The conference, run by Campus Crusade for Christ International, faces lodging and transport strains amid heavy food and logistics provisioning.
About 72 activities remain before the conference hits 100000 delegates many over high school age rely on self housing. A Tent City forms at Arlington with campers choosing cheap options. Some delegates travel from Fort Worth 35 miles away for Cotton Bowl rallies while transportation at night poses challenges. EXPLO, dubbed a Christian Woodstock, earns praise from Dallas police. The Jesus Music Festival with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson opens at 7 am Saturday as the conference finale.
Rev. Harry Folsum of Chilocco Oklahoma named pastor of the Lawrence Indian United Mission at 21st and Hasell He will lead Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 with services at 7 30 p m Sunday and Wednesday A 530 p m Saturday dinner welcomes him Rev Sexton moves to Sullivan Chapel Topeka Folsum a Choctaw native 28 studied at Oklahoma City University and will enroll at Baker University for a music degree He will reside at 2019 Miller Dr parsonage.
Lawrence churches will collect funds and goods for Indian families hit by floods in Rapid City South Dakota. The Kansas American Indian Movement coordinates with Denver to raise up to 1 million dollars and ships planes carrying food clothing blankets and diapers to aid the Rapid City Indian community along Rapid Creek.
The Church of the Nazarene opens its 18th quadrennial General Assembly at the Convention Center in Miami Beach Florida. Delegates and guests from more than 40 of the 53 nations where the church operates are expected as the event marks the denomination’s 64th anniversary and features a world wide program.
The New World Quartet from Central College McPherson performs Sunday at Free Methodist Church. EMMAL ROBINSON conducts Linwood United Methodist worship. Richard Raney discusses drug issues Sunday at Pleasant Valley Meeting House for Unitarian Fellowship. Lay leader Claude Makepeace leads Sunflower United Methodist worship. Ninth Street Baptist marks pastor’s second anniversary with guest reverend. Grace Baptist hosts singspiration and picnic. Central United Methodist holds outdoor service at Forest Park. Southern Gates and Dixie Wonders join Second Christian Church program in Topeka.
A United Presbyterian commission reports that conditions in the Middle East now allow a path to peace between Jews and Arabs. The 21,000-word study notes changed attitudes since 1967, a de facto acceptance of Israel, and growing recognition that violence cannot replace negotiation.
Yale Divinity School Dean Colin W Williams says seminaries face a shift from pure logic toward embracing the mysterious aspects of faith. He notes scholars in university religion schools have grown more comfortable with reason yet must reinclude personal commitment and intuitive faith as central to religion.
Mrs J Donald Coffin of Council Grove will be the guest speaker for the third Christ centered fellowship at 7 p.m. Friday June 23 in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. Coffin a Kansas University graduate has taught and served as church leader. Tickets are at Cross Reference Bookstore on the Malls. Nursery will be provided at 805 Mo the home of Mr and Mrs Jerry Skinner.
Vacation Bible School runs Monday through Friday at Southside Church of Christ 25th and Mo. Programs for ages two to sixth grade 9 to 11 a.m. Evening sessions for junior high to adult 7:30 to 9. Willis Cheatham leads. open to all. Transportation calls 843-0770 or 843-2433.
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