Rev Sims Honored for Years of Ministry
The Rev W S Sims Sr pastor of the Second Christian Church for 47 years received a recognition certificate at a Kansas Christian Churches convention in McPherson after a concert by the Second Christian Choir. Cox praised his lifelong ministry and Civil Rights involvement, noting his family’s active roles in church and community across Kansas and beyond.
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Rev._Sims
W. S. Sims Sr
Second Christian Church
Sims
N.Y
Kansas Christian Churches
McPherson
Second Christian Choir
Southern Christian Institute
Kansas
Morgan Avenue
Parsons
Second Christian
Topeka
Lawrence
Dred Scott
Cox
Simses
Christian Church
Paul
Fort Worth
Wesley
Dallas
James
Carey
Los Angeles
John
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Kansas University
Revival and church news lead week of services
The Rev Loyd W Crane will headline revival services at Pentecostal Holiness Church 1000 N Y through May 21 with 730 pm nightly services. Anton Gray of Grandview Presbyterian will speak at First Presbyterian 2415 W 23rd at 10 am Sunday. Forrest Swall from KU will discuss Whose Penal Reform at Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship Sunday. Douglas County Ministerial Alliance elected Freddie Marks president with Forest Link as vice president and Weldon Patten as secretary treasurer. A special offering for United Methodist Homes will be taken at Linwood and Sunflower churches. The Sounds of Glory youth choir of St Luke AME at 3 pm Sunday honors mothers. features KU students Mitchell Hollis Samuel Ford and Robert Brown at the church.
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Loyd W. Crane
Kansas
Anton Gray
Kansas City
Grandview Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Forrest Swall
Kansas University
Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship
Pleasant Valley
Douglas County
Forest Link
First Presbyterian
Weldon Patten
First Baptist Church
United Methodist Homes For the
Newton
Hutchinson
Topeka
United Methodist
Linwood
Sunflower
Sounds of Glory
St. Luke A.M.E
N.Y
Mitchell Hollis
Samuel Ford
Robert Brown
Evangelist Journals Thrive Amid Conservative Revival
In Kansas City the Evangelistic Press Association reports a surge in evangelical periodicals as teen oriented Campus Life grows from 60,000 to 105,000 in circulation. The association totals 204 titles with about 11.5 million readers, while liberal journals decline. Strong emphasis on professional, message-driven content appeals to a changing readership.
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Kansas City, Mo
Gary D. Foster
Moody Monthly
Association
Campus Life
Youth For Christ International
Dean Merrill
Wheaton
Youth Today
Playboy Mad
Seventeen
Evangelistics Association
Leslie H. Stobbe
Chicago
Moody Press
Lawrence High Urges Churches to Recognize Grads
Lawrence High School principal William Medley asks area churches to recognize graduates who skip baccalaureate this year due to Memorial Day conflicts. The school canceled baccalaureate as graduation moves to Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Lawrence High School
William Medley
Lawrence Area
LHS
Allen Fieldhouse
Gifts God Gives to Man Including Life and Christ
A religious piece reflecting on God’s gifts from life at creation to the sending of his Son and the church as a spiritual gift. It cites Genesis 2 7 18 John 316 Romans 58 Acts 2 4 and promotes church services and radio programs at 19th and Vermont Lawrence with KOFO and WREN times.
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Moses
Sinai
Horeb
Israel
Paul
Christ
Jesus
Heaven
God
Vermont
Lawrence
Kofo
Wren
Legion Chief in Kansas backs Nixon Viet Nam stance
State commander Marvin Jardon of the Kansas American Legion expresses full support for President Nixon's Vietnam policy. Adie Grant, the Kansas National Executive Committeeman, echoes urgency for national resolve. Jardon mails letters to 376 Kansas Legion Post Commanders urging member letters to Nixon.
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Baldwin
Marvin Jardon
Kansas American Legion
Kansas Legion
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Jardon
American Legion
Adie Grant
McPherson
Southeast Asia
Grant
Jordon
Legion Post
Kansas
Nixon
Cottonwood Inc. appoints three new board directors
Three additional members join the Cottonwood Inc. board of directors. Mrs. James Doty, Baldwin. J. J. Wilson, 1116 Hilltop, director of the Kansas University dormitory system. and Robert Reed, 629 Lyons, owner of Reed Water Conditioning, were chosen by fellow board members.
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Cottonwood, Inc
James Doty
Baldwin
J .J. Wilson
Hilltop
Kansas University
Robert Reed
Lyons
Reed Water Conditioning
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Lawrence Second Christian Church
Conn
Ministry of Love
Congress of Racial Equality
Rev. Sims
Church Briefs
Freddie Marks
Antioch Baptist Church
George W. Cornell
Norm Rohrer
la Canada
Calif
The
Evangelistic Press Association
Bruce Miller
Brenda
St. Paul, Minn
Miller
American Lutheran Church
Juanita
Jesse
Steve
Suelaine
Gordon Montney Construction Company
Louisiana
Angel
Discount Records—Malls
the Lord God
Church OF Christ
FORD
John Haddock Ford
Alabama
New York
Lawrence, Kansas
Rev
Kenneth D. Cain
Legion
Kentucky
Cottonwood Board
Noon Optimists
America
Cae
Ste
SAVE
Christine & Neill Miller
Rubayyat Club
Iowa
Raney
Colonel
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