First RM Baptist Plans 108th Anniversary Observance
The First Regular Missionary Baptist Church marks its 108th anniversary with Rev. Billy J. Johnson recounting the church history and future goals. The event features morning service, honors for long-time members, dinner with Second Baptist Church of Topeka, and an afternoon service led by Rev. Frank Brown and choir. Johnson calls for renewed church family ties, leadership development, and integration.
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Missionary Baptist Church
Billy J. Johnson
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Mr. Johnson
Second Baptist Church
Topeka
Frank Brown
Johnson
Theologian Foresees Jewish Catholic Reconciliation
NEW YORK AP The Rev Edward H Flannery expects the end of Christian anti Semitism and a new view of Jesus as a prophet with Vatican recognition of Israel He predicts peace in the Middle East and Arab appreciation of Israel as a model for democracy and socio economic growth Flannery will return to Providence R I after ten years as head of the US bishops secretariat for Catholic Jewish relations He says secular anti Semitism will linger and anti Zionism in the UN will fade as energy shifts reduce its influence He envisions a two covenant theology recognizing Judaism for Jews and Jesus for Christians with cross fertilization between the faiths
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Vatican
Israel
Jesus
Edward H. Flannery
U.S
Bishops’ Secretariat
Middle East
Father Flannery
Washington
Provi
Soviet Russia
Church briefs highlight services and events this week
Various area churches list activities for the week including Gospel singing at Faith Assembly of God, a tea hosted by Usher Board at First Regular Missionary Baptist, membership Sunday at Trinity Lutheran with a sermon on Blasphemy by Pastor Olson, and baptism of six. Screenings of films For Pete's Sake and His Land are noted alongside a junior high youth car wash to fund a Worlds of Fun trip. A Kansas City Royals trip for young couples, a July 4 carry-in dinner, and sermon Hey You It Really isn t Bad are announced.
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Trinity ‘Lutheran Church
13Th
New Hampshire
Paul D. Olson
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas City Royals
Mary Ruth Schendel to Speak at First Baptist Church
Mary Ruth Schendel of Topeka, first woman president of the Kansas Baptist Convention, will guest speak at morning worship Sunday at First Baptist Church located at Eighth and Kentucky. She is Ottawa University graduate, daughter of late Rev. Harry H. Treat, longtime missionary to Kiowa and Apache peoples.
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Topeka
Kansas Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky
Schendel
Ottawa University
Harry H. Treat
America Baptist Home Mission Society
Red Stone
Anadarko
Okla
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Bacone College
Dole Pessimistic on Ford Busing Bill Prospects
Senator Robert Dole said Ford’s plan to limit school busing has little chance of passage this year, likening it to Harold Stassen’s GOP nomination odds. Senate Republicans Hruska and Eastland cautioned it would be tough, as Judiciary Committee hearings were anticipated with no action date set.
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Ford
Robert Dole
R-Kan
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Senate
Roman Hruska
Ber
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Baker awards two scholarships at Baldwin
Baker University grants $500 scholarships to two local students. Karen Lynn Heller of Alvin will be a Baker senior after receiving the Gessner Honor Scholarship established by Benjamin A. Gessner and funded by Max E. Thompson. Bonnie Hobson of Baldwin receives the Wilma Crossman Counts Scholarship, created by Wilson Counts in memory of his Baker graduate wife.
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Baker
Karen Lynn Heller
William A. Heller
Alvin
Tex
Gessner
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Max E. Thompson
Joplin
Thompson
Empire District Electric Co
Bonnie Hobson
Gene Hobson
Wilma Crossman Counts
Wilson Counts
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Indian Hills
Church of God
29Th Terrace
Louisiana
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Cliff Barrows
Cliff Richard
Ralph Carmichael
Lawrence Glass and Mirror CO
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Sto Maryela
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Mele
Hotpoint
Ray Stoneback
Massachusetts
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Rhodes
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S Hawk
Louie McElhaney Cyreer
Bob Bloom
Toyota
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Oyota
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