First woman ordained by her church in Lutheran faith
Elizabeth Platz becomes the first woman ordained in the Lutheran Church in the northern hemisphere. As a university chaplain at Maryland she wears a skirt and collar and counsels students on issues like amnesty abortion and capital punishment. She notes mixed reactions from clergy and the public but reports overall positive reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Deegan
Winter College Park
Elizabeth Platt
Hemisphere
University of Maryland
Miss Platz
Watergate ethics and law in crisis prompt world law day link
The piece argues Watergate tests the U S judicial system and religious morality and quotes Dr Alfred Freedman on abuses of power. It notes August 26 World Law Day theme Religion and the Law and a World Peace Through Law conference in Adibjan Ivory Coast with 2500 lawyers judges and religious leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Poling
NEA
Watergate
Alfred Freedman
The
American Psychiatric Assn
John Ehrlichman
Adibjan
Ivory Coast
Africa
United Nations
Deaf Sign Language Services At Mt Vernon Church
Workshops and church services in voice and sign language will be held at Logan Street Baptist Church Mt Vernon led by Rev George B Joslin and others. Services begin 7 30 pm today and Saturday and 10 45 am Sunday with mixed deaf and hearing choir and workshops Saturday for deaf and interpreters. The event features educators families interpreters and the general public and includes Bible lessons in both modes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Street Baptist Church
21St
Logan Streets
Mt. Vernon
George B. Joslin
Virginia Baptist General Board
Betty Jenkins
Church
Joslin
Southwest Missouri State College
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
California
Gallaudet College
Wash
Marion Area Gospel Meetings and Church Events
A series of religious gatherings continues in Marion including a Brush Arbor Meeting led by Jackie Huff at Old Fashioned Pentecostal Church through Aug 31 nightly at 7 45 p.m. Also a gospel sing at Second Baptist Church features The Deep South Boys Tru dy and Calvarymen of Marion at 7 30 p.m. on a listed date. Event at Creek Nation Pentecostal Church runs Sunday 1 30 to 4 p.m. with Charles Issler directing. Rend Lake groups perform at Sandusky Beach 6 p.m. Saturday near pavilion one. Herrin hosts evangelistic services led by Rev Carl Bay at 10 30 a.m. and 7 p.m. with song by Rev Bay and wife. pastor Rev Walter Joplin invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Jackie Huff
Marion
Marion Ramada Inn
Deep South Boys
Trudy
Birmingham
Ala
Calvarymen of
Second Baptist Church
South Russell Street
Creek Nation
Creek Nation Pentecostal Church
Rend Lake
Clayton
Gospelettes
Harmonettes
Sandusky Beach
Carl Bay
Missouri
Herrin Church of God
22Nd
Maple Streets
Mr. Bay
Walter Joplin
Masonic Picnic Speaker Set at Ferne Clyffe Park
Rev. Dr. Carl S. Winters of Oak Park will speak as Grand Orator of Illinois at the Masonic Picnic in Ferne Clyffe State Park Goreville starting 10 a.m. with an invocation and a 10 40 a.m. service. A beef barbecue follows at noon prepared by Southern Illinois lodge members. The banana note about Honduras climatically mentions wild growth below 3000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Goreville
Carl S. Winters
Oak Park
Dr. Winters
Grand Lodge
A.F
A.M
Couple Honored by Hurst Bush Residents for Service
Mr and Mrs Paul Robinson will be honored at 6 p m Saturday services at Bush Pentecostal Church in the Hurst Bush area. Hazel and Paul Robinson have led church services in the pastor s absence as friends and neighbors invite them to a basket supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Robinson
Hurst- Bush Area
Bush
Kaitschuk receives $300 Lutheran Brotherhood scholarship
Sarah Kaitschuk daughter of the Rev and Mrs Arnold Kaitschuk of Campbell Hill is named a recipient in a group of 50 awarded $300 each by Lutheran Brotherhood Minneapolis Minn fraternal insurance society She plans to attend Barnes Hospital School of Nursing St Louis Missouri in the award cycle totaling 15000 across the group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kaitschuk
Arnold Kaitschuk
Campbell Hill
Lutheran Brotherhood
Minneapolis
Min
Fraternal Insurance Society
Miss Kaitschuk
Barnes Hospital School of Nursing
St. Louis
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AFDE
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Amada Inn
Murphysboro
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Sonora
Cherry Realty Murdale Shopping Center
Carbondale, Ill
Kingsberry
Honduras
State Fair
Labor Day
Mon
Ler Aral Lalla
Pat Boone
Gooding
Wisconsin Dells
N.A.S.A
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P. O. Box
Quoin, Ill
Church OF God
Luther Hobbs
WGGH
Cliff Richard
Ralph Carmichael
World Wide Pictures Presents
Sight and Sound
First Baptist Church
Benton
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