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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1977
Page
2
Salvation Army essay asks if Christmas is holy or holiday and argues God is interested, acts, and completes redemption. It links Christ birth to divine initiative and ends with a carol prayer inviting Jesus to enter.
The Journal sets Thursday noon as the cutoff for submissions to the Saturday church news section and the Sunday Services column. This deadline applies to information intended for articles and the column only.
The First Baptist Church on Riverview Avenue hosts a Christmas cantata for children titled A Night for Dancing by Hal Hopson from 6 30 to 7 30 tomorrow evening. Ornaments a tree and carols in the narthex precede a procession of 34 children in homemade animal costumes with Kimi Phillips as the shepherd. Kathy Thatcher plays Mary and Bryant Orem as Joseph. A birthday celebration for the Christ Child follows with refreshments to be served. Mrs Howard Phillips is music director and Mrs Pat Glossip is accompanist.
The Rev Harvey of the BetheAscension parish will address Middletown Church Women United at New Era Baptist Church 1120 Yankee Road. The meeting starts 1 30 p m with coffee at 1 15 p m Monday.
Dr J R Jones a Louisville Kentucky dentist will present Christian testimony at Calvary Baptist Church 1601 Jackson Lane at 7 p m December 18 His talk explains how Christ works in one s life and the program centers on Christmas.
Pastor Robert L. Swanger of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Columbus will speak at the Manchester Inn during the Friday ag of the era Chapter of the Full Gow en’s Fell International. Dinner reservations cost $4.75 per person with phone lines for booking. Swanger leads a storefront mission, a rehabilitation farm, and an inner-city youth camp, and has spoken at churches and Princeton Theological Seminary.
The Rev Charles D Kirsch senior minister of Christ United Methodist Church Kettering becomes the new Columbus North District superintendent announced by Bishop Dwight F E Loder. He succeeds Rev Hughey Jones whose bishop appointment takes effect January 1 1979. Kirsch a Portsmouth native joined the conference in 1953 and has led several churches including Reynoldsburg Sabina and Hyde Park Cincinnati. He chairs the Ohio Pastor's Convocation for 1978 and serves on United Way boards across Montgomery Preble and Greene counties.
The Church of God hosts a Christmas banquet for adult members of Yankee Road First Church of God and friends Friday at 6 p.m. Meat and drinks supplied. attendees asked to bring a covered dish and dessert.
A squirrel perched on a voltage regulator caused a downtown and residential outage in Abilene Texas lasting about 30 minutes. Don Revell of West Texas Utility noted such incidents occur when animals climb transformers and trip breakers.
Sunday services feature sermons by Rev Robert E Clark Dr Irvin Emmons Rev David B Cotte and others. Advent candles lit at multiple churches with tree lightings and Christmas dinners planned. Church schools start at 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. Youth activities and special rites noted at Mount Olivet Faith United Bethlehem Lutheran First Christian and St Pauls United.
A Jakarta port official says 12,000 tons of rice shipment from the United States on the freighter Garden Moon are rotten due to rice germs. He warns a further 115,569 tons expected later this month may also be contaminated.
The Lutheran Book of Worship moves toward first Sunday in Advent 1978 publication after a decade in development. U S and Canada Lutheran bodies largely approve amid some resistance from Missouri Synod over hymn selections and doctrinal issues. The 544 hymn volume aims to blend familiar and fresh elements with new worship services, strengthening cross‑border Lutheran ties.
David Kidd of 902 Brookwood Drive Trenton will be ordained and installed as associate pastor at the Community Church on Hamilton Middles Road in a 2:30 pm ceremony. He has served as interim at Mayfield Church and pastored short periods at two other churches, and works as a property tax appraiser for Sabre Systems Butler County.
The Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church at 530 Garfield Street hosts a choir festival tomorrow at 3 30 pm featuring choirs from Tried Stone Baptist Imppee Missionary Baptist Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Second Baptist Churches of Middletown and St Paul Pentecostal Church of God Hamilton. Guests will attend. Program chairman Charlie B Johnson Jr.
Zion Lutheran Church hosts a Family Night featuring the Waynesville High School Chorus directed by Rod Gradel. Sponsored by Lutheran Church Women the event begins with dinner at 5 20 p m and asks each family to bring a covered dish.
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