Graham urges American duty to aid Indochina homeless
Evangelist Billy Graham told a Montreat audience that Americans must help Indochina’s homeless and refugees with medical care and food through private mercy groups, pray for the afflicted, and support negotiations or evacuations if needed. He warned of national decay and urged repentance ahead of the nation’s 200th anniversary.
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Ann Landers on Baptists and wedding receptions
A reader asks how to handle a mixed faith wedding reception with alcohol. Ann Landers condemns the idea and urges respecting the bride’s Baptist parents, advises a nonalcoholic option, and suggests a future separate celebration if desired. Also notes a housewarming mishap over a fragile chair and briefly references a drug awareness booklet.
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Slow pitch league opens with four weekly games
Church slow pitch softball league opens with First Baptist vs Calvary Baptist and West Park Baptist vs Church of Christ as Monday night games. Organized by Jim Hart, the league schedules four games weekly through June 30 at Jaycee Park in the airport area. Monday and Thursday schedules run 6 and 8 p.m. with next week featuring First Baptist against First Presbyterian and East Eighth Street Chapel meeting Calvary Baptist.
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Covet Not Brass but Eternal Gifts
A devotional meditation on First Corinthians urging readers to seek the best gifts rather than tawdry trinkets. It contrasts gold and brass, tinsel and jewels, and temporal gains with eternal values.
Cooperative church school set for June
Pecos United Methodist Church hosts its fourth annual cooperative vacation Bible school the first week of June. Fifth and sixth graders travel to Black River Christian Encampment on May 30 31 replacing weekday mornings. Nursery through fourth grade meet at different churches with younger children at First United Methodist Church older children at First Presbyterian Church and third fourth graders at First Christian Church.
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At Wits End Mother is an Angel
A humorous creation myth of mothers as multi gifted beings with six pairs of eyes and a tear for every emotion. The Lord debates specs while the angel questions limits, praising the finished model as a creator’s near-self, then notes a tear as evidence of deep humanity.
Birthday ideas from Artesia children for America's 200th
Artesia, NM children ages 8 to 11 offered imaginative gifts for the nation's 200th birthday including a male Statue of Liberty for the West Coast a Liberty Bell for Oregon and a cake as big as the Empire State Building. Bobby Trujillo 10 proposed banning machines to force people back to work while Robert Guinan suggested a store to keep all the guns and a rule to announce hunting duration.
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