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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
2
Critics say some ministers use their influence to recruit pilgrims and profit from travel rebates. While many support Christian pilgrimages as educational, concerns focus on hard sell and personal gain. Some clergy cover only costs, while others profit, raising questions of church leadership and ethics.
Sunday reports highlight biusiness in church travel as clergymen lead Holy Land tours to profit. Critics, including Rev. Dr. Ansgar Sovik of St. Olaf College, say such trips commercialize religion and blur lines between ministry and commerce.
The Rev. Christian King will perform full dress Indian dancing and discuss The American Indian's Way of Life at Franklin First United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. He will also present the program Jan. 9 to Franklin High School. King, active in Indian dance since age eight, has earned honors at the Feast of the Hunter's Moon Festival 1971 and Toledo International Folk Festival 1970.
The Watchnight service on New Year’s Eve features speaker Mrs. Jody Bagwell discussing the Teen Challenge Center in Cincinnati, established with her husband. The center has 14 counselors aiding youths and needy people. The 10 p.m. program includes a film Miracles in Indonesia and an open communion for all, followed by refreshments in the fellowship hall.
Multiple congregations announce sermons including Paul Remick on How to Get to the Future Before it gets to You at Services First Christian, W. Curtis Lee on Through the Lookin Glass at St Pauls and others. Installations and sacred events noted across churches. Sunday school times listed for all.
A New Year’s Eve Watchnight service will be held at Grace Baptist Church starting at 8 p.m. The program features evangelist Wayne Swearingen and gospel singer Billy Speer with the theme Jesus Saves. The crusade continues through January 4.
The New Era Baptist Church senior choir presents The Melody of Christmas, Sunday at 7 a.m. in the church sanctuary. Soloists Ruth Clark Rowenna Didlick Kathryn Watson Nelson Hart and Edgar Smith perform. Music director Samuel Bennett leads. A fellowship breakfast follows in the lower auditorium.
The Scioto Gazette, ancestor of the Chillicothe Ohio Gazette, began in 1800 founded by Nathaniel Willis who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
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