Sweet Potatoes to Perform at Mount Carmel Church
The Sweet Potatoes acoustic band from Southern California will perform at First Christian Church on Market Street Mount Carmel on August 7 at 6 p.m. A donation of school supplies or food for WADI will admit attendees. Laura Hall joins Kelly Macleod and Rick Hall for a country folk Americana show.
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Mount Carmel
First Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Market St
Sweet Potatoes
California
Wadi
Laura Hall
Kelly Macleod
Rick Hall
Singing for Christ Across the Midwest Youth Rallies
The narrative traces 1941 1945 Youth for Christ origins from Percy Crawford in Kansas City to Chicago Madison Square Garden and Soldier Field rallies. It notes key figures Billy Graham Torrey Johnson Jack Wurtzen and growth of regional chapters Indianapolis St Louis Chicago and Mount Carmel later era.
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Metsker
Vidy Hughes
Kansas City
Young Peoples Church of the Air
Percy Crawford
Philadelphia
Central Bible Church Youth Group
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Midwest
Vidy
Singspiration
Servicemen’s Center
Roger Malsbury
Dick Harvey
Youth For Christ
Jack Wurtzen
Madison Square Garden
New York
Christian World
National Association of Evangelicals
Columbus
Ohio
Torrey Johnson
Chicagoland Youth
Christ
Orchestra Hall
Chicagoland Youth For Christ
Soldier Field
Hearst Newspapers
Boy Scouts move to include openly gay adults a year on
New York report notes steadier youth enrollment and resumed corporate support after the BSA National Executive Board voted in July 2015 to end the blanket ban on gay adult leaders. Catholic, Baptist, and Mormon sponsors largely stay engaged while some groups reconsider.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Southern Baptist
BSA
National Executive Board
Boy Scouts
Robert Guglielmone
Charleston
South Carolina
National Catholic Committee On Scouting
Scouting
Spangenberg Jr
Association of Baptists For Scouting
Spangenberg
Richard Mason
Greater New York
New York City
Mason
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Gates
Defense
Scouts’ National Executive Board
Recognizing Jesus as Creator and Savior
The text portrays Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away sin and as Creator and Savior. It reviews John the Baptist’s recognition, the Messiah’s mission to save from sin, the rejection by some, and the transformation of believers into children of God. It highlights Nathanael’s epiphany and urges seeing Jesus beyond teacher to divine Creator and Savior.
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Lamb of God
John
Jesus
Israel
Galilee
God
Andrew
Simon Peter
Simon
Christ
Philip
Bethsaida
Peter
Nathanael
Moses
Jesus of Nazareth
Joseph
Nazareth
Nathaniel
Julius Trimble to lead Indiana Methodists
Julius Trimble is assigned as bishop to the Indiana Episcopal Area, starting Sept. 1, succeeding Bishop Michael Coyner who led the 200,000 member conference. The Chicago native previously served as resident bishop of the Iowa Area and led churches in Illinois and Ohio while advocating social justice and chairing the Immigration Task Force.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
North Central
United Methodist Church
Julius Trimble
Indiana Episcopal
Trimble
Michael Coyner
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois
Ohio
Cleveland
United Methodist
Methodists elect 1st openly gay bishop in defiance
In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Western district of the United Methodist Church elected Rev. Karen Oliveto, pastor of Glide Memorial United Methodist in San Francisco, as the denomination’s first openly gay bishop despite a ban on same-sex relationships. The move reflects deep divisions over LGBT rights and may trigger a church law review.
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Scottsdale, Arizona
Methodist Church
Karen Oliveto
Scottsdale
Arizona
Oliveto
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church
San Francisco
United Methodist Church
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Ezekiel
Greenville College
Mary Greer
Greenville
Bob Jones University
Hendersons
North Carolina Youth For Christ
Mary
Henderson County
George Dooms
Indiana Methodists
Methodists
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