Church notes and upcoming Bible study circles
The piece lists several Meth odist and Baptist group meetings on Tuesday and Thursday including the Fellowship Circle at 9 30 A M with Mrs Ferguson at 1614 Missouri Street and Golden Rule Circle with Mrs Bullock at 412 South Cherry plus Open Door Circle at 1503 Hackberry Street and 7 30 P M led by Mrs Leland Casey. It also covers Home Missions Week by Baptist churches noting Annie Armstrong Easter offering and a Nationwide Bible Conference in Dallas with speakers like Culbert Ruttenber W A Criswell and Dale Moody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Circle
JE. Ferguson
Missouri Street
C.M. Farnum
Golden Rule Circle
W.H. Bullock
South Cherry
Charles Manuel
Leland Casey
Hackberry Street
J.L. Goodman
Wesleyan Service Guild
First United Methodist Church
Jane Ross
West Seventh Street
Southern Baptist Convention
Annie Armstrong
United States
First Baptist Church
England
Dallas
Southern Baptists
Dallas’ Memorial Auditorium
A.V. Washburn
Nashville, Tenn
America
Billy Graham
John Bi- Sagno
Houston
Graham
Bisagno
Culbert Rutenber
American Baptist Seminary
Covina
Calif
W.A. Criswell
Dale Moody
Church Money Spent In Interesting Ways
American church members allocate fewer funds to personal comfort and more to others while still using most religious resources for their own spiritual growth. The piece notes shifting giving patterns and the evolving role of church finances in daily life.
Auden criticizes modern church liturgy reform
Famed poet W H Auden, an Episcopalian, argues that modernizing worship is a fad of a few clergy and that lay people prefer traditional liturgy. He says sermons can be contemporary but ritual should remain timeless. He singles out Eastern Orthodoxy as not having succumbed to liturgical reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cornell
Episcopal
Ohio
John Burt
Cleveland
Burt
General Motors
South Africa
Polly Bond
W.H. Auden
Churches Keep Most Donations Local Says NCR Summary
A National Council of Churches summary shows 78 percent of religious contributions stay with congregations while 21 percent support broader benevolent causes. Adventists give most outwardly, with 72 percent of 148 million dollars sent to hospitals and schools. Other denominations allocate far less outwardly, keeping 83 percent in local budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Churches
Seventh-day Adventists
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Spurgeon’s College
London
Texas Baptist Sunday School Department
Baptist Building
Church World Service
Ecumenical Agency
East
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Peru
James MacCracken
U.S
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World Council of Churches
CWS
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Huarmey
Laos
Jordan
Malawi
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Turkey
Rumania
Ethiopia
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Rhodesia
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Trinidad
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Peterson
Asja
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Rhose Island
Vietnam Orphan
United Fund
Love
Unicef
God
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Providence
Seattle
Wash
Southern Oregon College
Ashland
Ore
Methodist Board of Missions
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Airi
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