Harrisburg church opens private Christian school
The Dorrisville Baptist Church in Harrisburg begins its private Christian school with 25 students from kindergarten through 8th grade on Aug. 27. Pastor Jerry Ford serves as principal, and the Accelerated Christian Education program guides instruction with 12 packets per subject yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorrisville Baptist Church
S. Feazel St
Harrisburg
Jerry Ford
L.S.I
Dorrisville Baptist School
Debbie Puckett
Southern Illinois University
Eileen Gibbons
Mary Miles
Paulette Thomasson
Lota Ford
Plumfield Church Hosts College Extension Course in Murphysboro
A St. Louis Christian College extension class led by Keith McCastelin will meet Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. starting Sept. 4 at Plumfield Christian Church, on Route 13 and Williams Street, Murphysboro. Open to all for credit or audit, with registration on opening night. Sunday services include 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship, plus 6:30 p.m. evening service. nursery provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Christian College
Plumfield Christian Church
Keith McCastelin
Ruth
Judges
Samuel
Sir Samuel
Zeigler
West Frankfort
New Route 13
Williams Street
Murphysboro
Chris Naegele to speak at Berean Christian service
Chris Naegele of Murphysboro will speak at the 10 a.m worship service Sunday at Berean Christian Church located at 14th and South streets Murphysboro. Sam DeLuca and Friends will present gospel music at the 7 p.m. service Sunday. Visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Naegele
Berean Christian Service
Murphysboro
Berean Christian Church
14Th
South Streets
Sam DeLuca
Friends
Prayer breakfast and church events in Southern Illinois
The Southern Illinois Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship plans a 7:30 a.m. prayer breakfast Saturday September 8 at the Illinois Cafe Herrin with Brent Fitzgerald as speaker. Also, New Zion Church Carbondale and Grigsby Singers host a hot fish and chicken dinner 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 207 N. Marion Carbondale with a $2 donation. Greater Gillespie Temple Church of God in Christ in Carbondale honors its pastor Rev. Co. W. Gillespie Jr. at 3 p.m. Sunday with guest George Lewis of Alton and Carbondale officials attending. Freeman Chapel homecoming at Freeman Spur includes 10:30 a.m. service, noon dinner, 1:30 p.m. recognition of charter members by former pastor Percy Gentry, and an afternoon address by Rev. James Howerton. Glorylanders Quartet to entertain.
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Southern Illinois
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International
Illinois Cafe
Herrin
Brent Fitzgerald
Ron Barnett
New Zion Church of Carbondale
The
Grigsby Singers
Public Housing Community Center
N. Marion, Carbondale
Greater
Gillespie Temple Church of God In Christ
N. Wall St
Carbondale
Co. W. Gillespie Jr
George Lewis
Alton
Carbondale City
Freeman Chapel
Freeman Spur
Percy Gentry
James Howerton
Glorylanders
Youth Fellowship Paper Drive at St. Peter’s UCC
The Youth Fellowship of St. Peter's United Church of Christ on 1512 Spruce St Murphysboro sponsors a newspaper drive on September 8 and 9. Items may be dropped at the church rear from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Youth Fellowship of
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
Spruce St
Murphysboro
Multif Church Events Set for Labor Weekend Activities
A broad schedule of religious events fills the area this weekend. Hopewell Baptist Church hosts a family talent program at 3 p.m. Sunday in Carbondale. Mulkeytown Christian Church holds a revival Sept. 2 to Sept. 9 led by Delmar D. Debault with singing by Bill and Brenda Gayer. First United Methodist Church in Carbondale promotes a Lay Witness Mission Sept. 7 to Sept. 9 with potlucks, coffee gatherings, and youth activities. Ava Missionary Baptist Church reveals a new pastor Rev. Chester Wisely and profiles his family. Herrin and Ferges Free Methodist Churches announce pastor assignments for Central Illinois Conference. A teaching seminar by Charles Trombley runs Sept. 6–9 in Herrin, and a car wash to support a youth camp is planned for Carbondale. A park picnic marks Ava First Church of God’s first anniversary. A First Unitarian Fellowship screening in Carbondale presents War Without Winners.
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Cambria Ministerial Alliance
United Methodist Church
Vermont
Beaver Streets
Jettie Vaughn
William Norris
Joe Hannon
First Baptist Church
Jerry Starnes
Carterville
Christian Church
Mulkeytown
Delmar D. Debault
Lake Wales, Fla
Bill and
Brenda Gayer
Sons of
West Frankfort
First United Methodist Church
Carbondale
Midwest
Ava Missionary Baptist Church
Chester Wisely Wisely
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Greater
Richard Mahnke
Herrin
Ferges
Greenville College
Sheryl
Herrin High School
Connie
Petersburg
Allison Taylor
Free Methodist Church
Illinois
Robert L. Smith
Forges Free Methodist Church
Charles Trombley
Broken Arrow
Okla
Christian Bookshelf Fellowship
N. Park Ave
Trombley
Penney’s Auto Center
Ava Park
Ava First Church of God
Full Gospel Convention alters plans in Cape Girardeau
The Mississippi Valley Regional Full Gospel Businessmen’s Convention moved its 7:30 p.m. Friday talk to the Holidome at the Holiday Inn on I-55 and K Road in Cape Girardeau Missouri to accommodate expected crowd for Ben Kinchlow of television’s 700 Club. All other meetings remain at the Kla ma da Inn in Cape Girardeau.
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Full Gospel Businessmens
Mississippi Valley
Holidome
Holiday Inn
K Road
Cape Girardeau
Ben Kinchlow
700 Club
Klamada Inn
Marion prison chaplain to speak in Murphysboro
Steven K. Higgs, the prison chaplain from the federal penitentiary in Marion, will be guest speaker at the First Christian Church in Murphysboro. He will address the 10 a.m. worship service and the 7 p.m. family hour, with the public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven K. Higgs
Federal Penitentiary
Marion
First Christian Church
15Th
Pine Streets
Murphysboro
Higgs
Congregation seeks 14000 for new church by Sunday
Final week of a summer appeal at Evangelical Presbyterian Church Carbondale aims to raise 14000 in gifts and pledges to buy Willow and North Oakland property. A donor matches the amount with 7000, giving 1 for every 2 raised. Yard sale planned Saturday at 705 W Elm St to aid the fund. Baptist Temple of Murphysboro relocates to a new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
W. Walnut St
Carbondale
Willow
North Oakland Streets
W. Elm St
Decision postponed on allowing woman rabbis
New York AP reports Chancellor Gerson D Cohen has delayed action until 1980 on proposals to admit women as candidates for ordination as rabbis in Conservative Judaism. A faculty request to defer followed a yearlong commission review noting no Jewish law bar. The Reform movement already ordains women. Orthodoxy rejects the step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Gerson D. Cohen
Cohen
Reform Branch
Judaism
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Center For Defense Information
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