Sermon Focus on Spiritual Pollution at Elm Street Baptist
The Elm Street Baptist Church pastor Rev Jim McClurkin preached on spiritual pollution critiquing ecological preoccupation while condemning mind and soul filth. He noted illness reduced his small congregation yet the spirit remained strong as a girl confessed Jesus as savior at the invitation.
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Jim McClurkin
Elm Street
America
McClurkin
Jesus
The
Baptist Missionary Association
Ann Landers column: engagement woes and workaholic marriage
Dear Ann tackles a daughter's multiple engagements and weddings, urging therapy and mores of independence for the overwhelmed father and his wife. Other readers seek guidance on library conflicts, and a workaholic husband, with Ann offering practical, blunt advice.
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Ann
New York mezzo soprano awarded Flagstad Memorial grant
Kathleen Hegierski, an American mezzo soprano with the Grand Theater in Geneva, received a $1,500 grant from the Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Fund. Her early achievements include scholarships to Community Music School in Buffalo and Rosary Hill College, then a Bachelors in 1969 and a Masters in 1971 after studying at the Manhattan School of Music.
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New York
Kathleen Hegierski
Grand Theater
Geneva
Kirsten Flagstad
Hegierski
Community Music School
Buffalo
Rosary Hill College
Manhattan School of Music
Norwood to show African crusade films at West Park
Tahoka evangelist Hugh Jack Norwood will present slides and discuss highlights from last summer's African crusade at West Park Baptist Church. He and Wayne Bristow's Outreach Evangelism team supported the week long foreign missions focus at West Park. A study of Europe a Mission Field accompanied the event with themes from Psalm 2 8 and the mission book study.
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Norwood
West Park
Hugh Jack Norwood
West Park Baptist Church
Pecos
North Temple Baptist
Wayne Bristow
Methodist Women Hold Annual Christmas Party
Women of the First United Methodist Church held their annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Ronny Bowles. A short business meeting preceded the program The Germans Christmas Tree and Their Customs was read by several ladies. Two carols were sung and guest soloist Randy Scraper performed. Mrs Iva Wadley presented Mrs Bowles with a year pin and lifetime membership in the Women's Society.
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The
First United Methodist Church
Ronny Bowles
Randy Scraper
Iva Wadley
Women’s Society
Youth group cuts Christmas trees for church sanctuary
Methodist Youth with seventeen youths and six adults traveled to Sitting Bull Falls in the national forest last weekend. They cut two Christmas trees, held a vesper service, camped overnight, and after a Sunday worship hiked to the Guadalupes west rim for altar greenery. The Pe cos group returned Sunday evening and collected funds for new church toys.
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Sitting Lincoln National Forest
Fellowship Hall
Sitting Bull Falls
Guadalupes
Pecos
Balmorhea Ladies Sponsor Mexican Dinner
Balmorhea Catholic Women's Club hosts a Mexican dinner from 11 30 a m to 2 30 p m Sunday at the Catholic Center on Balmorhea Lake road Enchiladas combination plates tacos and other Mexican dishes will be available Come by and eat or take out said club spokesman Mrs Pat Olivas thanking supporters for cooperation during the year
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Balmorhea
Duties Outlined at Altar Guild Meeting
The Altar Guild of Trinity Lutheran Church met on Wednesday November 29 with President Mrs Harold J Meyer leading prayers. Mrs James Joiner II presented a Liturgical colors overview for the church year observed by the Lutheran Missouri Synod. Members present included Mrs Melvin Adickes Mrs D R Bowman Mrs Richard Howell Mr James Joiner II Mrs Midge King Mr Roy Sharrock Mr Gilbert Waltisperger and Mr Jackson Moody.
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Altar Guild
Trinity Lutheran Church
Harold J. Meyer
Lutheran (Missouri Synod
Mmes
Melvin Adickes
D.R. Bowman
Richard Howell
James Joiner II
Midge King
Roy Sharrock
Gilbert Waltisperger
Jackson Moody
Mines
Beatrice Jenkins
James M. Joiner I
Wendell Taylor
Marie Smith
Eighth St Baptist Chapel Reopens After Fire
East Eighth Street Baptist Chapel resumed worship and education use after a Tuesday night fire damaged interiors and walls. Rev. Romeo Reyes and congregants began repairs the next day. Pearl Spikes' kindergarten used First Baptist Church while spaces were cleaned and heaters installed. The blaze started from a defective heater and reached the attic but was extinguished with limited damage.
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East Eighth Street Baptist Chapel
Romeo Reyes
Pearl Spikes
First Baptist Church
Key 73 evangelism drive aims to place Bible across North America
In 1973 a massive interdenominational campaign named Key 73 seeks to place a Bible in every North American home. Born from a 1967 Arlington meeting led by Billy Graham and Carl F H Henry, the effort spans more than 130 denominations with grassroots participation and a planned $2 million cost.
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Billy Graham
Carl F. H. Henry
Christianity Today
Francis Scott Key Bridge
Washington, D.C
Arlington
Pentecostal Revival Expands Across Brazil's Catholic Nation
In Brazil the Pentecostal movement grows from storefront gatherings to a planned 25 000 seat temple in Sao Paulo as leaders claim the world's largest evangelical church is under construction. By 1975 the Brazil for Christ project aims to showcase revival fueling widespread Protestant rise.
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Associated Press
Sao Paulo
Brazil
U.S
Pompeia
Jesus
Manuel de Mello
Brazil For Christ
Assemblies of God
Brazil Christian Congregation
National Conference of Bishops
Recife
Amaury Castanho
United States
Bible Questions in Pecos Column by Minister Browning
Pecos Texas minister Jerry Browning invites readers to submit Bible questions for his weekly Enterprise column. He offers personal help and privacy, with answers printed and names kept confidential. He notes Song of Songs is another name for Song of Solomon in the Old Testament.
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Jerry Browning
Church of Christ
Pecos
Texas
Solomon
Weekday Bible Readings Highlight Luke Chapters 5 to 7
This week covers Luke 5 1 16 through 7 50 with topics like Jesus recruiting fishermen new wineskins loving enemies stopping a funeral and John the Baptist as more than a prophet. Phase I emphasis calls our continent to repentance and prayer from Luke 15 10 noting there is joy over one sinner who repents.
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Jesus
John
Church Film on Population Shown at Faith Church
At 7 p m Sunday Faith Evangelical Free Church will show The Church s Responsibility to the Population Explosion by Ken Anderson. CBS personality Bob Kurtz leads viewers through a penetrating look at population growth and life in affluent versus less fortunate areas. Pastor Claude Bruton invites the public to think creatively about global disparity.
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Faith
Evangelical Free Church
S. Park St
Claude Bruton
Ken Anderson
Bob Kurtz
CBS
Bruton
America
Earth
Baptist Women Host Rev Leslie Smith At First Baptist
Rev Leslie Smith led the mission study Europe a Mission Field for First Baptist Church women during the Southern Baptist week of foreign missions. Mrs Sam Jones spoke at Sunday service and missionary groups held daily prayer meetings. The church aims to raise a $4000 mission offering in the seasonal emphasis.
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Women’s Missionary Union
Europe
Leslie Smith
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist
Sam Jones
Rhodesia
the Sun
First Baptist
Missionary League selects 1973 officers in meeting
Trinity Lutheran Women’s Missionary League held a regular session at Trinity Church on Wednesday November 29 presided by president Mrs. Melvin Adickes. The group elected 1973 officers including president and planned a December 12 Christmas dinner for members and husbands.
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Trinity Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Trinity Lutheran Church
Melvin Adickes
Jackson Moody
Gilbert Waltisperger
Christians Confront Anti Semitism Across Faiths in Interfaith Talks
New York reports rising concern over anti Semitism at home and abroad among Christian groups. Dialogues with Jewish leaders span mainline and evangelical bodies as Luther writings and Soviet pressures fuel calls for mutual understanding and joint actions.
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Martin Luther
Soviet Union
Middle East
American Jewish Committee
Interreligious Affairs Department
Marc H. Tanenbaum
Lutheran Council
U.S.A
Lutheran Church In America
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
American Lutheran Church
Krister Stendahl
Harvard Divinity School
Jesus
Metropolitan
United Methodist Church
General Commission On Ecumenical Affairs
American Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Nixon
National Association of Evangelicals
Joseph L. Bernardin
U.S. Catholic Conference
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
Tanenbaum
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