Priest Assigned To Japanese Colony In Bolivia
The Rev. Clarence J. Witte of Richmond has been assigned to work in a Japanese immigrant colony in Bolivia called Okinawa near Santa Cruz. Witte spent 27 years in Japan starting in 1935 and served four years in Guatemala during World War II. He was regional superior of Maryknollers in Japan for five years and attended the society’s fifth general chapter last year. The Okinawa colony covers about 36,000 acres in the tropical region northeast of Santa Cruz, developed by Okinawan immigrants escaping overcrowding.
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Clarence J. Witte
Richmond
Lod
Raymond E. Witte
Elon Drive
Bolivia
Father Witte
Japan
Guatemala
Maryknollers
Presbyterian Congregation Meeting Set
The annual gathering of First United Presbyterian Church will convene in Fellowship Hall on Wednesday. A carry-in dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Elders, deacons, and deaconesses will be elected and reports reviewed.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
God judges with love and aims at rehabilitation
The sermon argues that divine judgment mirrors human justice, shaped by love. Punishment serves to deter, reform, and restore, not to inflame wrath. Redemption and rehabilitation arise from God’s discipline, guiding believers toward a better life through forgiveness and renewal. The Rev. Charles Muller Hunter EUB Church.
Gospel Music Event By Dayton Choir At United Missionary Church
A program of gospel music by the Choirs of Dayton and a guest quartet will be presented at 3 30 p m tomorrow at the United Missionary Baptist Church. The event is sponsored by the church deacons and trustees.
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Choroers of
Dayton
United Missionary Baptist Church
Deacons and Trustees of the Church
Missionary L C Garrison Jr To Speak At First Methodist
Methodist missionary L C Garrison Jr of Chile will speak at First Methodist Church tomorrow in 9 and 11 a.m. services on The Imagery of Missions. A 12:30 p.m. reception follows in Fellowship Hall with the Garrisons as guests. They have served at El Vergel Chile and are starting a three year leave for study and home creation after degrees at Kansas State University.
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L. C. Garrison Jr
Chile
First Methodist Church
Garrison
Fellowship Hall
Methodist
el Vergel
Mission Board
Kansas State University
Garden City
Kan
San Jose
Costa Rica
St Johns Church Breakfast Date Set
The seventh annual Holy Name Society breakfast at St Johns Church is set for February 12. General chairman Ray Witte announced the event to follow the 8 15 a m Sunday mass. Guest speaker will be Rev Steve Prodromides pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Indianapolis. About 300 men expected.
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Holy Name Society
St John's Church
Ray Witte
Witte
Steve Prodromides
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Indianapolis
Not God Says Priest Says God Does Not Punish
The Rev Gregory Baum argues that God does not punish but saves. He cautions against literal readings of biblical images of punishment, noting salvation comes from God while punishment follows from human sin. He contrasts this with some conservative Church views and discusses fear of God as reverence and awe.
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George W. Cornell
New York
God
Gregory Baum
Father Baum
St. Michael's College
Toronto
Associate Pastor Named at Crawford Street Church of God
The Rev. Edmund L. Koch has assumed duties as associate pastor at Crawford Street First Church of God New Middletown. His focus will be youth work and visits. He comes from Flat Woods Kentucky where he directed the Church of God for 20 years and has served at Bellefontaine Church of God. Born in East Liverpool he is the son of a Church of God pastor from Tiltonsville. He studied at Ohio University and Anderson College. His wife Nancy and their two children will live at 400 Moore Street.
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Edmund L. Koch
Crawford Street
Next Week Church Activities Schedule Readout
A detailed listing of Sunday through Saturday church events including Salvation Army, First Presbyterian, First Methodist, St. Luke, Bethlehem Lutheran, Park Outpost, and St. Pauls. Activities cover Sunday school, choirs, youth groups, Bible studies, prayer groups, and midweek services across multiple locations.
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Clinton & Central
Salvation Army
Rolling Mill Park
Salvation Army Citadel
Sunbeams
Jehovah's Witnesses
First Ian
First Methodist
Carillon
Bethlehem Lutheran
St. Paul's
Monroe
St. Luke — Deacons
Miltonville
We Church of Christ
First Presbyterian
Bethlehem Lutheran — League
St. Luke
Jeohovah's Witnesses
Ladies Home League
Bethlehem Lutheran — Board of Parish
Lebanon
Speaker At Temple Is Named Speaker At Temple
The second session of Temple Beth Sholom's annual forum is Sunday night at 7 30 at the temple. Robert L. Davidson Armco chemical research director speaks on The Search for Identity Through Science. He studied at MIT and has been with Armco since 1929.
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Temple Beth Sholom
Robert L. Davidson
Armco
Davidson
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
First United Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Joseph Weizenbaum
Temple Israel
Dayton
Couple To Intern At Grace Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church invites Mr and Mrs Herbert Hayes to serve as associates to Pastor Rev Howard Sears for one year as they complete mission deputation work. They recently graduated from Baptist Bible College Springfield Mo and reside at 2212 Wilbraham Road with their two year old son Herbert F Hayes II. The church also lists Rev Kenneth Wohlgemuth assistant pastor and Bill Ackerman minister of music and youth.
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Grace Baptist Church
Herbert Hayes
Howard Sears
Hayes
The
Baptist Bible College
Springfield
Belgian Congo
Brazil
Sears
Wilbraham Road
Herbert F. Hayes II
Kenneth Wohlgemuth
Bill Ackerman
Swallen to Speak at Mt Olivet Presbyterian Breakfast
Wilbur Swallen of Swallen's stores in Cincinnati will be guest speaker at a breakfast meeting of the men of Mt Olivet United Presbyterian Church. The gathering is at 8 a m tomorrow at Florenas Restaurant in Trenton.
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Wilbur Swallen
Swallen’s Stores
Cincinnati
Men of
World Service Day Speaker Heads Local First EUB Service
The Rev. David Schneider, head of an interracial ministry in Cincinnati, will speak at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. services at First EUB Church for World Service Day. He will be joined by WSWS members Mrs Delman Whitt Mrs Homer Getz Mrs Harold Kesserling Mrs C R Schneider Mrs Harold Draut Sr and Mrs C C Whitehead.
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David Schneider
Willey Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Cincinnati
EUB
Women's Society of World Service
Mr. Schneider
Otterbein College
United Theological Seminary
Dayton
Farmersville
Community Council
PTA
Urban Training Center For Christian Mission
Chicago
WSWS
Delman Whitt
Homer Getz
Harold Kesserling
C. R. Schneider
Harold Draut Sr
C. C. Whitehead
Acting Pastor Named For Mayfield Cumberland Church
Jerry Green has accepted the call as acting pastor of Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church replacing Rev. G. F Carter who retires due to illness. Carter began ministry in Texas in 1914 and is a Middleton native graduate of Middletown High School 1951. Green served in the Army, worked at Armco Steel as brick layer, and earned a BA from Miami University in 1966. He and his wife Donna and three sons live at 1812 Eldora Drive.
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Jerry Green
Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church
G. F Carter
Mr. Carter
Texas
Ft Riley
Kan
Green
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Miami University
Middletown
Oxford
United Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Donna
Eldora Drive
Choir to Sing Roy Mayweather at Tried Stove Past Church
The No 1 Choir presents four sacred music programs tomorrow at Tried Stove Past Church. The event features Roy Mayweather and the May Weather Choir performing sacred works for the church community.
Program Planned by Tried Stone Male Chorus
The Male Chorus of Tried Stone Baptist Church will present a program at Emmanuel Baptist Church starting at 3 30 p m tomorrow.
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Tried Stone Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
God as Judge and Savior Through Christ's Sacrifice
The article quotes Father Baum on how the Bible links sin to punishment as an automatic chain then notes divine intervention breaks that chain. It explains God's mercy through Jesus Christ provides salvation for all and invites humanity to share in Christ's self-surrender to fulfill the Father’s will.
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Father Baum
God
Jesus Christ
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Trenton
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U. S
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Aldersgate
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Swallen
Wilberham
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