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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1965
Page
13
The Morning World provides a church service directory for Twin Cities residents. Call 323-2070 FA 3-3660 or FA 3-0501 to locate any denomination church and Sunday service times.
In Salt Lake City at St Mark’s Episcopal church a Sunday service featured “The American folk song mass.” The mass was strummed before more than 600 attendees as parishioners tapped feet and bobbed heads to a folk inspired liturgy rather than traditional hymns.
Rev Wayne Gentry president of Open Door Home in west Ouachita Parish will be guest speaker at the seventh anniversary observance. He will address morning and evening services, describe the home for needy mothers and children and discuss plans to expand rescue mission quarters.
May 28 1962 Tehran dispatch from Associated Press describes massive locust swarms darkening the sky. Over twenty four hours planes from the United States Soviet Union and Iran sprayed to protect crops, saving some in the north but causing millions in south to suffer damage. The piece links biblical locust plagues to looming global crisis and calls for Christ’s eventual return.
David Terry, 22 and a recent North East State College graduate, is slated for ordination today at 5 p.m. by Faith Baptist Church of Monroe. Rev. A. T. Mitchell heads the ordination council with ministers Leon Ivey, E. J. Geis, Willie Woodard, L. E. Traxler Sr., Leland Langridge, Don Wainwright, and Mitchell. Acting interim pastor Riverview Baptist Church invited all Twin Cities Baptist ministers to participate. Terry is married to Frances Free of Monroe. they have one child, Karen, and plan to attend New Orleans Baptist Seminary in September.
A 6:30 p.m. welcome program will honor Elder Charles Ramsey Rugg of Monroe at the Monroe Branch Chapel 2300 Lee Ave. He has spent two years in the California mission field, serving in Mesa Los Angeles Las Vegas Whittier San Diego Burbank El Cajon and Palmdale. He will speak and attends Brigham Young University in the fall pursuing pre-dentistry.
Religious protests against the Viet Nam war rise as fighting escalates. Dr Leon Feuer president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis denounces President Johnson saying killing solves no one and urges policy change.
Religious leaders across denominations push for joint world conferences on common issues to witness unity, address race, population, secularism and disarmament. Other items note Anglican guidance on infant baptism, calls for peace in Vietnam, and wider use of vernacular in Mass with Cardinal Ritter praising English preface.
The Woman's Missionary Union of Monroe First Baptist Church sponsors a Tuesday outdoor prayer retreat at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Drew on Arkansas Road in West Monroe. Activities run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon with meditation worship Bible study group prayers and testimonies followed by lunch. The nursery is available and attendees should bring lunches for themselves and children.
Peniel Baptist Church on Jonesboro Highway West Monroe began as Old Unity Baptist Church organized by Walter and Buddy Stokes with John and Ben Blazier. The church formed under brush arbor and a small shotgun building, later expanding, closed in 1923, and rebuilt to a red brick auditorium. Rev Dowden, the current pastor, notes four charter members survive. The congregation grew through the years, with missions started in 1949, and a 1957 move of the school building for educational use. The church now has 427 members, with 248 in Sunday school and 111 in Training Union. Dowden has served since 1952.
The Methodist Church adds Rev. William C. Strother Jr. of Philadelphia as director of new church development in the National Division. He will focus on organizing new urban congregations, joining Rev. Dr. Ralph T. Mirse of Boston as a second director. Strother comes from the Philadelphia District to the Finance and Field Service unit, aiding in leadership for new congregation formation as the former Philadelphia District’s integration continues across several conferences. He previously led Union Memorial Church in Darby and served as district superintendent since 1960, with wartime Army chaplain service and studies at Clark University, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Temple University.
The Rev Clark Williams assistant pastor of Broadmoor Presbyterian Church Shreveport will be guest speaker at 11 a m services today at First Presbyterian Church Monroe. From 1961 to 1964 he served Alabama Presbyterian Church Choudrant and came to Red River Presbytery from Northeast Texas.
A biblical quotation stating Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid, a verse from Isaiah chapter 12 verse 2, reflecting faith and security in divine deliverance.
A devotional passage emphasizes that all peace and happiness come from God. It asserts salvation comes only through Jesus Christ, detailing belief, repentance, faith, and obedience as steps. It portrays God as sovereign keeper of souls and eternal life as conditional on accepting Christ. Now is the moment of salvation.
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