Faithful Parishioners Mark 50th Anniversary at Weaverville Church
Dozens of former parishioners returned to First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville North Carolina for its 50th birthday celebration. Agricultural missionary J Olin Coleman and missionaries Blanche Sayer Elisabeth C Smith and Rev Gordon Reeds spoke of the church as home and a lifelong influence. A cake honored Henry and Nellie Dendy on their 50th wedding anniversary and a $500 scholarship fund was created for them to award to future recipients. The church nurtured its own pastor Rev David Parks and the anniversary sermon focused on faithfulness from Revelation 3.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Weaverville
N.C
Gordon K. Reeds
Greenville, S.C
Henry
Nellie
Henry B. Dendy
Elisabeth C. Smith
Arizona
Dendys
Presbyterians
The
Presbyterian Journal
David Parks
Church Briefs Highlight Local Faith Events and Honors
The community media notes Leo Beuerman of Wakarusa Manor Home will be honored at Calvary Temple Church with a 7 30 p m program and a film about his overcoming handicaps. A Pleasant Valley Meeting House service features Linda Schild of Kansas University and Thomas Cox reading poetry. Various churches announce summer activities, Vacation Bible School, and social events including an ice cream social and a church picnic with special music and a devotional conclusion.
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Leo Beuerman
Wakarusa Manor
Calvary “Temple Church
29Th Terrace
Louisiana
Beuerman
Pleasant Valley
Unitarian Fellowship
Lynda Schild
Kansas University
Thomas Cox
Church of God
11Th
New Hampshire
Eudora United Methodist Church
New Pastor Harry Folsom Leads Indian United Methodist Church
The Rev. Harry Folsom of Chilocco Oklahoma begins duties as pastor of the Indian United Methodist Church at 21st and Haskell. The 28 year old Choctaw will join eight state Jurisdictional Youth Enterprise conference at Mt. Sequoyah Arkansas from Monday through July 1. He will be district youth coordinator for the northwest Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. Folsom previously directed religious activities at Chilocco Indian School and now resides at 2019 Miller Dr.
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Harry Folsom
Chilocco
Okla
Indian United Methodist Church
21St and
Haskell
Folsom
Mt. Sequoyah
Fayettesville
Ark
Northwest
Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference
Lawrence
Emiller
Youth Institute Slated at Baker University
Baldwin event titled A Time to Care organized by the Kansas East Conference United Methodist Church on the Baker University campus runs two sessions from late July for 55 adult and 35 youth leaders with several hundred expected. The Baker playmen open each session with A Month of Sundays while invited groups address youth issues within a Christian context. Planning committee includes Joe Douglas Topeka Janet Maxwell Topeka Jeff Hinson Baldwin Rev Jerry Howard Council Grove and Charles Allman Topeka.
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Kansas East Conference
The
United Methodist Church
Baker University
Baker Playmen
Gay Liberation Front
Joe Douglas
Topeka
Janet Maxwell
Jeff Hinson
Jerry Howard
Council Grove
Charles Allman
Clergy Economic Workshop Slated in July
The Kansas Clergy Economic Education Foundation and Kansas University announce a five day workshop for clergymen and rabbis July 9 13 on the KU campus. Fifty Kansas clergymen will learn about the economic system with speakers from Purdue Fordham Michigan Kansas State University and Kansas Gas and Electric Company covering topics from international trade to productivity and agriculture.
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Kansas
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Purdue University
Purdue
Ind
William Hogan
Fordham Univesity
Bronx
New York
William O. Kuhl
Boiler Makers International
Kansas City
Dallas Jones
Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
U.S
Youth Delegates Keep Voice in Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
The 142nd assembly decided to delay action on removing youth advisory status and keep youth delegates with a voice in committee actions for at least one more year. Cindy Dobbins of Memphis led opposition, saying removing their vote undermines meeting today’s youth needs. The week-long assembly continues tonight.
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142Nd Assembly
Cindy Dobbins
Memphis, Tenn
Presbytery
Area Church To Feature Rev Cooper
Williamstown area church announces Rev Vernon Cooper from Kansas City Missouri will speak at two Sunday services 10 55 a m and 7 45 p m He is administrative director of Highlands Child Placement Service and has taught at Arkansas Polytechnic College Central Missouri State College Johnson County Community College and served on Gov Rockefeller's early childhood development committee He was ordained in 1966 and began his current post in 1969 Highlands places homeless and orphaned children in adoptive homes
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Vernon Cooper
Kansas City
Assembly of God
Cooper
The
Highlands Child Placement Service
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Central Missouri State College
Johnson County Community College
Gov. Rockefeller
Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark
Highlands Home
Elizabeth A. Platz
Barbara Andrews
American Lutheran Church
Miss Platz
University of Maryland In
College Park
Miss Andrews
Edina Community Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Abel named coordinator for Kansas United Agency for Developmentally Disabled
James D. Abel has been named coordinator of the ministry created by the Kansas East and Kansas West Conferences of the United Methodist Church. The experimental program aims to guide local churches in aiding mentally retarded individuals and their families through trained volunteers.
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Topeka
James D. Abel
Kansas United Agency For Developmentally Disabled
Kansas East
Kansas West
United Methodist Church
God Keeps His Promises Through Gospel and Church
A devotional passage emphasizes God's faithfulness to save from sin and fulfill promises. It cites Romans and Colossians to show Christ's death, the gospel preached to all, and the church purchased by Jesus' blood, urging believers to look for the new heavens and earth.
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Jesus
Peter
Cultural clash noted in church view of counter culture
Milwaukee speech by Michael Bell of the Lutheran Church in America at a seminar in Kenosha and Milwaukee debunks the church stance that the counter culture is morally wrong. He urges openness to non Christian religious forms and better church society contact to bridge gaps and allow gospel preaching to all.
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Michael Bell
Lutheran Church In America
Lutheran World Federation Institute For Ecumenical Research
Strasbourg
France
Carthage College
Kenosha
Wis
Jesus
Milwaukee
Bell
Lutheran Woman Pastor First Named to a Church
Judith Ann Hird, 25, becomes the first woman to receive a pastor call in a local congregation in New Jersey. Ordained Tuesday, she will serve Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Toms River as part of the Lutheran Church in America.
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New York
Judith Ann Hird
North America
Miss Hird
Holy Cross Lutheran Church of
Toms River
New Jersey
Margaret Ann Krych
Carol Goldstein
New Jersey Synod
Sinai Opens To Tourists As New Road Spurs Influx
Tourists flood the Sinai Peninsula now accessible from Eilat to Sharm el Sheikh with buses jeeps planes and cars. Visitors skin dive off the eastern coast scale southern Sinai mountains and camp on unpolluted beaches as Arab tribesmen and Israeli soldiers previously dominated the area.
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Sinai
Mediterranean
Eilat
Sharm el Sheikh
Peninsula
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