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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1981
Page
6
A dense OCR listing shows numerous Assembly of God congregations with addresses and pastor indications across several streets and communities. The page also mentions other church denominations and locations, reflecting a broad church directory from the area.
Odessa church celebrates 38th birthday marking its start on Jackson and Second Street and relocation to Tenth and Texas. Led by Dr Curtis Thorpe for 33 years, with Jerry Thorpe now assisting, the temple spans three city blocks with multiple facilities and an average 1980 Sunday attendance of 1,246. Birthday events begin 9:45 a.m. with Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship on February 1.
Crescent Park hosts a mid winter Bible study on February 14 at 7 p m with speaker Dr Richard Land of Dallas leading the session. Land is listed as vice president for academic affairs and Biblical Studies in Dallas and has degrees from Princeton and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is recognized in Who's Who and related reference works and has published several works on religious themes.
Youth Sunday to be observed at First Christian Church on February 1 during the 10 45 a m worship. Young participants include Pam Stanford Cal Hendrick Chrissy Huffman and Jimmie Turner with eight youths assisting in Holy Communion. Ot Christensen will deliver a sermon on Jesus and Teenagers. 1981 church officers and youth leaders are listed with presiding officials. Unitarian Fellowship
The Rev Russell Lockwood will deliver the Sunday sermon at Unitarian Fellowship 401 East 42nd Street on February 1 at 10. He serves as Interdistrict Representative for Unitarian Universalist societies in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and nearby states and resides in Tulsa. He holds two degrees from St Lawrence and an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard University in Chicago.
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