Anna Fair Church Service Opens Festival Week
About 500 attended the first Anna Fair church service sponsored by the Union County Ministerial Alliance. Rev Milton Conner preached on personal contact with Christ from Luke 8 40 56. The Gospel Tones Quartet and Louise Isom provided music as the crowd worshiped atop the grandstand with midway noises in the background.
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Nancy Hodges
Union County Ministerial Alliance
Anna Fair
Milton Connet
Methodist
Anna
Christ
Conner
Jesus
Louise Isom
Gospeltones Quartet
Dongola
Bob
Ben Thompson
Charles Dale
Don Corzine
Betty Corzine
Travelers Quartet to Lead Sunday Service at Cambria Church
The Travelers Quartet will lead Sunday night services at Cambria First Baptist Church. Pastor Rev. Jettie Vaughn invites the public to attend the 7:30 p.m. program.
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Travelers
Cambria First Baptist Church
Jettie Vaughn
Marion Zion Church to Mark 75th Anniversary Events
The Marion Zion United Church of Christ plans a six Sunday observance from Oct 6 to Nov 10 for its 75th anniversary. A confirmation reunion on Oct 20 will involve about 600 members across 24 states. Speakers include former pastors and Rev Robert Tormohlen. A family night potluck and a church picnic close the events.
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Marion Zion
Marion
Lynch
Horacie Young
Chicago
The
Illinois Bar Association
Mahalia Jackson Testimony At University Baptist Church
A large Sunday crowd at University Baptist Church heard Mahalia Jackson share a personal gospel testimony instead of singing. She described her rise from Louisiana to global fame and urged living up to the Lord’s call, while pastor Rev Jerreal Buchanan reflected on the Spirit of Christ.
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Marilou Stuebe
University Baptist Church
Mahalia Jackson
Miss Jackson
Christ
Jerreal Buchanan
Louisiana
Chicago
Mr Buchanan
David H. Moore
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church
Mias Jackson
Catholic Men Gather for Belleville Diocesan Convention
Donald Ginder of Olney will give the keynote at the sixth biennial Belleville Diocesan Council of Catholic Men convention at Southern Illinois University Sunday. Activities include a 10 a.m. registration, 10:30 a.m. General Assembly, multiple discussions, a Dialogue Mass by Bishop Zuroweste, lunch, eleven open workshops, and an afternoon business meeting with officer elections.
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Donald Ginder
Olney
Belleville Diocesan Council of Catholic Men
Southern Illinois University
Ginder
Olney Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Robert’ G. Wesselman
Alcome
Cletus Hentschel
University
Newman Foundation
NCCM
Association
Albert B. Zuroweste
Belleville
University Center
Zuroweste
DCCM
Sunnyside Church Hosts Special Evening Service
The Sunnyside Church near Herrin invites the public to an 8 p.m. Sunday service with special singing by Harold Atterberry George Atterberry Arlene Atterberry and Shirley Spiller a Elkville quartet and a woman's duet from Elkville led by Pastor Rev George Atterberry. The church sits a quarter mile west of Sunnyside School.
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Sunnyside Church
Herrin
Harold, George
Arlene Atterberry
Shirley Spiller
Elkville
George
Atterberry
Sunnyside School
Service Set For Marchers In Civil Rights Event
Southern Illinois marchers bound for Washington will attend an 8 p.m. prayer service Sunday at First Methodist Church in Carbondale. About 40 members from area churches and civic groups will travel by chartered bus. Participating clergy include Rev. Edward Hoffman, Rev. Gillespie, Rev. Mosely, Rev. Turley, Rev. Moore, and Rev. Sumner. Bethel AME youth choir will sing freedom songs and teach them to worshippers. Some area churches canceled Sunday evening services to allow attendance. Olivet Free Will Baptist youths will wash cars Saturday to raise funds for five delegates, with donations welcomed.
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Southern Minols
Washington
First Methodist
Carbondale
Malcolm Gillespie
Student Christian Foundation
Southern Illinois
Edward Hoffman
First Methodist Church
Gillespie
Archibald Mosely
Lenis Turley
David H. Moore
Loyd Summer
Bethel Ame Church
Sumner
Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Churches Plan Galilean Service at Hogan Point
Seven area Christian churches will hold a Galilean service at 8 p.m. Sunday on Crab Orchard Lake. A lighted cross will be carried by a barge at dusk as the Murphysboro Christian Church choir sings from the barge toward the lakeside. Charles Mills will speak. about 200 are expected. The event follows last year’s successful service at Little Grassy Lake and includes churches from Anna Chester Hurst and Cambria.
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Hogan Point
Crab Orchard Lake
Murphysboro
Powers
Anna
Chester
Hurst
Cambria
West Frankfort Gospel Sing Planned
West Frankfort High School gym hosts an 8 p m gospel sing with host Wally Fowler and groups including the LeFeveres the Johnson Sisters the Florida Boys the Rangers the Harmoneers and the Sons of Song Proceeds benefit West Frankfort Fire Department 5 000 seating Tickets 175 reserved chair 150 bleacher
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Ken Duncan
Wally Fowler
LeFeveres
Atlanta
Johnson Sisters
Birm
Ingham
Ala
Florida Boys
Pensacola
Fla
Rangers Charlotte
N. C
Harmoneers
Herrin Ministers Attend Baptist Assembly in Wisconsin
The Rev and Mrs Harold J Smith of Washington Avenue Baptist Church Johnston City attend the American Baptist Assembly at Green Lake Wisconsin where Colgate Rochester Divinity School professor John E Skoglund preaches on Mission to the World Witness in a World of International Crisis Samuel D Proctor of the U S Peace Corps speaks in the evening and Herrin church members join a Communion Breakfast and church events at Mt Carmel and Our Lady of Ising as part of the weekend observances all are invited to the lattice club rooms 7 30 p m
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Harold’ J. Smith
Washington Avenue Baptist
Herrin Knights Jesus Only
Church of Columbus
Denominaires
Our Lady of Ising
Church of Mt. Carmel
Jesus
Former Pastor To Speak at Marion First Baptist
Former Marion First Baptist Church pastor Rev Thomas W Nelson will return as guest speaker at 8:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday accompanied by his wife and family. Nelson led Marion 1946 to 1954 the longest tenure in the church history.
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Thomas W. Nelson
Marion First Baptist Church
C. R. Walker
Mr. Nelson
Marion
Missouri Baptist Foundation
Jefferson City
Nelson
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