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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
3
A reflective piece urges embracing God and the church as the year begins. It frames church attendance as essential for personal strength, family welfare, community betterment, and national values, listing four reasons to support regular services and church life.
The final Christmas week column urges embracing The Living Word Bible translation and daily reading. It notes translations evolving from Living Letters to a revised Living Testament, urging readers to study God’s word to revive life and belief beyond secular knowledge.
A dense list of worship services and events from St Marys Catholic, Lutherans, Dutch and Reformed, Christian Reformed, and Savior’s churches details Mass times, worship, Sunday School, choirs, ordinations, and holiday gatherings for December 27 to January 2. Broadcasts noted on SM dial frequencies 350, 670, 700 and 89.5 FM.
Many cards carried no specific Christmas signification. Swan ger scenes and religious images were common but far outnumbered by landscapes, flowers, kittens, and similar subjects in the era’s popular cards.
The Carmel Quartet benelit records, both first and second, are now available at Hope Haven and the Kiomp Book Store.
The text explains varying counts of the Magi in Nativity stories. It notes Matthew mentions wise men from the east but not a fixed number, cites tradition of three gifts and three wise men, and mentions differing counts across early and Western traditions.
Churches in this community observe Christmas as a holy day with candlelight services and carols. The piece recalls biblical accounts from Matthew and Luke and notes the enduring tradition of Christmas hymns such as Hark! the Herald Angels Sing and It Came Upon Midnight Clear.
Fragmentary OCR shows Luke 2 7 and 20 phrases about Mary and shepherds glorifying God. Content references epithets and worship after Jesus birth, but text is incomplete and lacks clear event details for a full summary.
In church services and private devotions Christians give prayerful thanks to God for the manger miracle. A man pulling his own weight seldom has anything left to throw around.
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