Granted License To Preach Shatters Church Traditions
Joyce Stedge, 47, of Pearl River becomes the first woman in the Reformed Church in America to receive a license to preach. She preached in New York and New Jersey and helped persuade a district body that women may serve as ministers. Final ordination requires a congregation to issue a call and approve her status at the local level.
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Pearl River
N.Y
Christ
Joyce Stedge
Reformed Church
America
Church
General Synod
Pella
Iowa
Union Theological Seminary
Stedge
Water gate lesson for Americans seen in Bible parallels
The piece cites Ezra’s reform at the water gate and links it to the 1973 Watergate scandal. Church leaders urge national repentance and moral reform, arguing biblical obedience could prevent scandals and corruption in high places. A Catholic, Lutheran, and Baptist voices urge a return to morality and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
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Claire Cox
Copley
New York
Ezra
Jerusalem
Water Gate
United States
Southern Baptist Religious Education Association
Peter McLeod
First Baptist Church of
Waco, Tex
Southern Baptist Meeting
Joe David Heacock
Fort Worth
Tex
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Calvin S. Malefyt
University Reformed Church
Ann Arbor
Mich
Malefyt
Breathing Tubes Removed From Injured Youth
Parents of 20 year old Paul Wojcik in Orlando Flor asking doctors to withdraw life support after brain damage from a traffic accident The driver of a stolen car fled on foot five surgeons and a priest advised removal of feeding and breathing tubes and the patient died shortly after.
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Orlando
Fla
Paul Wojcik
Paul
Lester Wojcik
Madeline
Florida State University
Wojciks
Wojcik
Methodists on Fall Schedule at First United
The congregation resumes fall and winter services with identical worship at 9 15 and 10 35. Church school for all ages at 9 15 and 10 35 and adult class at 9 15. Holy Communion observed on the first Sunday each month at 8 30 in the chapel.
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First United Methodist
Faith United Methodist
Lewis Thompson
Bethlehem Lutheran
Paul Bergdall
Clefs of Faith to Perform at Tried Stone Church Program
The Clefs of Faith from Dayton will join Tried Stone Senior Choir for a 7 30 p m concert at Tried Stone Baptist Church tomorrow offering a program of music in a joint service.
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Clefs of Faith
Dayton
Tried Stone Baptist Church
Tried Stone
Faith healing death leads to manslaughter charges
In Barstow California Lawrence Parker 34 and Alice Parker 29 were arraigned on manslaughter and child endangerment charges after their 11 year old diabetic son Wesley died when they discarded his insulin following a faith healing session. They were held on 10000 bail each and vowed God would restore their son.
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Barstow
Calif
Lawrence
Alice Parker
Wesley
Parkers
San Bernardino
Parker
Pope decries Danish film of Jesus life as blasphemous
Pope Paul VI condemned a Danish plan to film The Love Affairs of Jesus Christ as offensive to Christians. The project, to be shot in Southern France by Jens Joergen Thorsen, had Danish Film Institute backing and a $330,000 budget.
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Cautel Candolfo
Italy
Paul VI
Christ
Jesus Christ
France
Jens Joergen Thorsen
Danish Film Institute
Ger Fredholm
Institute
Local church schedule highlights sermons and services
A compilation of Sunday worship times and speakers across multiple congregations including Trenton Mt. Oliver Presbyterian Meadowlawn Church of God and Faith United Methodist. Notable sermons include Dr Robert Lodwick on Working Together in the Church and Rev Ramah Johnson on A New Priesthood and A New Life.
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Trenton
Mt. Oliver
Gospel program at Shiloh Tabernacle features Ephesians group
Sammy Stevens and The Ephesians from Dayton will perform a gospel music program at Shiloh Holiness Tabernacle tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The note references a historical labor statistic showing corn production time dropping from 53 hours to seven hours between 1950 and 1970.
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Sammy Stevens
the Ephesians
Dayton
Shiloh
Holiness Tabernacle
Ohio Presbyterian Homes elects Richard Uhle president
Richard B. Uhle was elected president of the Ohio Presbyterian Homes at a Sidney board meeting, after serving as executive director since August 1971. The organization has 53 years of elder care service and serves over 900 residents in Cincinnati Monroe Sidney Columbus Akron and Youngstown. The Rev. Edwin Bobbitt will speak on Labor and Life at the 10:30 a.m. worship service.
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Bonita Drive
Church of Christ
L. Douglas LaCourse
Bible School
St. Luke
Trenton Mennonite
Richard Bright
Logan Avenue
Ohio Presbyterian Homes
Richard B. Uhle
Board of Trustees
Sidney
Uhle
Ohio Presbyterian
Church
Cincinnati
Monroe
Columbus
Akron
Youngstown
First Christian
Edwin Bobbitt
New Pastor Named for St. Paul Lutheran Franklin
The Rev. Frederick W. Fiedler is named new pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Franklin after six years at Bethany Lutheran in South Bend Indiana. He holds a bachelor’s from Wittenberg and seminary studies at Hamma Theological Seminary. He and his wife Anita have four children and one will enter Wittenberg University this fall.
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Franklin
Frederick W. Fiedler
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Bethany Lutheran Church
South Bend
Ind
Mr. Fiedler
Wittenberg
Hamma Theological Seminary
Springfield
Anita
Wittenberg University
Bible verse note from L Douglas LaCourse Middletown Ohio
A church notice from minister L Douglas LaCourse at 4609 Bonita Drive Middletown Ohio invites readers to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints as described in Jude 3. The address guidance references Culbertson Road, South Marshall, and Shawnray Drive.
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Jude
Christ
Bonita
Middletown
Ohio
Culbertson
Marshall
Shawnray Drive
L. Douglas LaCourse
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