Music Conference at Glorieta Focuses on Bicentennial Themes
About 1 948 musicians and families attended the Church Music Leadership Conference at Glorieta Baptist Conference Center. The program featured music fundamentals and director skills, age-group workshops, organ recitals, and performances of Testament of Freedom The Sound of America and Fabric of Freedom. Highlights included a Bicentennial message by William G. Tanner and performances by The Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma and other choirs.
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Glorieta
N.M
Glorieta Baptist Conference Center
Sound of America
William G. Tanner
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Russell Dilday
Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church
Atlanta
William J. Reynolds
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Robert Hale
Dean Wilder
Singing Churchmen
Oklahoma
Highland Baptist Church
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Broken Arrow
Okla
The
Baptist Sunday School Board
Metzger to Celebrate Golden Jubilee in El Paso
Bishop Sidney Metzger of El Paso will mark 50 years as a priest with a Sept. 8 to 10 jubilee in El Paso. Archbishop Jadot will attend, with about 10,000 expected at a Sept. 9 Mass at the Coliseum. The celebration includes honors and a concelebrated Mass, inviting public attendance.
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Paul VI
Sidney M. Metzger
JCD
el Paso
Pecos
Jean Jadot
United States
Coliseum
Metzger
St. John’s Seminary
San Antonio
North American College
Rome
Italy
St. John Lateran
Pontifical Institute of Canon and Civil Law
Gregorian University
St. Mary’s University Law School
Province of
Santa Fe
Archdiocesan
Holy See
Metzgers
Jerusalem
Alfonso X, the Wise
Spain
Boswell Society
Pauli VI
Elm Street Baptist Hosts Plains District WMA Meeting
Elm Street Baptist Church Pecos hosted the Plains District Women's Missionary Association meeting. Twelve churches attended, 65 present. Arlyne May presided. music by Nell Thompson and Lorene Ellison. Dr. Chapman Davis preached a Leviticus Jubilee-themed message. The project funds a Jerusalem nurse’s passage to Jacksonville Baptist College. New officers were installed. nominating committee named. State WMA to meet in Lubbock.
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Elm Street Baptist Church
Plains District Women’s Missionary Association
Pecos
Arlyne May
WMA
Nell Thompson
Lorene Ellison
Marzzie Johnson
Elm Street
Linda Spears
College Avenue Baptist
Levelland
John Shoenrock
Central Baptist Church of
Midland
Davis
Central Baptist Church
Lubbock
John C. Johnson
Elm Street Baptist Church of
Do Take a Stand On What You Believe
A confessional sermon urges steadfast commitment in faith and action. It contrasts half measures with the example of Jesus who chose to stand for what is right, despite costs, and challenges Christians to commit fully to God without hesitation or apology.
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America
Jesus
God
Concept of being born again explored by AP writer
AP Religion writer George W. Cornell discusses the term born again explaining its biblical context from John 3 and noting widespread illiteracy about its meaning even among Christians. The piece quotes Rev Dr Henlee Barnette and stresses careful interpretation beyond revivalist emotion.
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George W. Cornell
NEW York
Jimmy Carter
Henlee Barnette
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Life expectancy for middle aged women rises since 1950s
The Institute of Life Insurance reports a 45-year-old woman today can expect about 33.9 more years of life, up from 30.6 years at the start of the 1950s, reflecting longer lifespans.
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New York
The
Institute of Life Insurance
Diocesan Catholic Laity Sets Summer Planning Talks
Meetings in West Texas and Southern New Mexico will guide the El Paso Diocese Council of Catholic Laity goals for the coming year. Executive director Mrs Virginia Maragos said the board adopted a planning program during June at Holy Cross Retreat House Mesilla Park. Officers elected include Dorothy Otto president Betty Chapman first vice president Frank Alderette second vice president Elvin Vargas secretary and Richard Nesom treasurer. Planning sessions will be held in deaneries and parishes in July and August with reports reviewed at the September meeting. Five deaneries are Silver City Las Cruces Carlsbad West Texas and El Paso.
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West Texas
New Mexico
el Paso
Virginia Maragos
Holy Cross Retreat House
Mesilla Park
Dorothy M. Otto
Alamogordo
Betty Chapman
Frank Alderette
Elvin M. Vargas
Clint
Richard Nesom
Silver City
Las Cruses
Carlsbad
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Pecos Enterprise
Kingdom of Heaven
Matthew
Tender Coust
First Presbyterian Church
S. Plum
First Presbyterians
Nova Gutierrez
Elm Street Baptist
Mike Nasser
Israel
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Baptist College
Chapman Davis
College Avenue Baptist Church
Terrace Hills Baptist Church
Odessa
First Missionary Baptist Church
McAdoo
Belinda Caudle
Mt. Olive Baptist
Betty Hensley
Tulsa
Wilma Shoenrock
Carole Lybrand
Janell Burch
Beverly Criswell
Bonnie Allen
Sue Sisk
Lawana Knox
Gma-Yla
Barbara Reynolds
Sunbeam
Martha Medley
el Nora Lobstein
Virginia Morton
NEW Fabric Center
S. Eddy
Clarie
Enterprise
Call
Nicodemus
John
Teohad Prs
Oas
Mas
South Oak Pecos, Texas
Barnett
Discount Center
Walthall
ST. Mark's Bookstore
James Avery
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