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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1981
Page
6
A dense OCR readout lists churches and religious groups in Odessa region including Church of Christ, Episcopal Church, Highland United Methodist, St. Louis United Methodist, Johnson Chapel AME, Macaly's Chapel United Methodists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Temple Bethel, Lutheran and Nazarenes among others. It mentions services, pastors, and venues across several streets and neighborhoods.
Linda Dafne reports at the Hagerstown Farmers Market open Saturdays from 4 am to noon since the 1920s. Vendors like Talbert's Corner and Dorsey's Quality Meats sell diverse wares from gourmet dog biscuits to whole hogs, with stall rents listed and workers arriving around 3 am.
Excerpts discuss global nuclear threats and risks of future wars while urging faith in Christ. The Q&A notes the impossibility of predicting a world war but emphasizes spiritual readiness and the need to seek God. It includes biblical quotes and counsel on repentance and salvation.
Chattanooga Episcopal bishops denounce using religious media and pulpits to back candidates, warning it distorts Christian truth and endangers religious freedom. In Minnesota the Wanderer says GOP platform aligns more with papal social teachings, drawing Catholics toward Republicans. In Papua New Guinea the Lutheran church votes to retain polygamy stance under baptism rules, allowing baptism for men with prior multiple wives but banning further plural marriages.
A group of 14 New Testament scholars from St Martin's Church and Iliff School of Theology start a five year national seminar in Moses Lake to study gospel sayings and determine accuracy by majority vote. May 18 Ash Sunday marked by the church to sell ash samples for two dollars. Rev Helmut Koester of Harvard calls the project prestigious and canonically sound.
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