Candles Light Hanukkah Across Southern Illinois
Jewish families prepare for the eight day Hanukkah festival with services and gatherings in Carbondale Benton Centralia and Centralia. Events include Temple Beth Jacob programs at Streigel Road and Hillel Foundation activities for SIU students with gifts modestly valued at two dollars. Community candles and temple rites mark the festival of lights spanning December.
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Antiochus
Syria
Judah
Temple
Jerusalem
Carbondale
Hillel Foundation
S. University Ave
Southern Illinois University
Benton
United Hebrew Temple
East Park Street
Centralia
George Fredman
Mission group to aid Nicaraguan school rebuilds
A Southern Illinois Project Partner group from Marion plans a December 27 to January 6 trip to Nicaragua to help rebuild classrooms at a Christian school damaged by the 1973 earthquake. Ruby Popejoy of Murphysboro leads the team. trip cost is 476 dollars, with 75 dollars for materials.
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Nicaragua
Marion
Ruby Popejoy
Murphysboro
Antigua
West Indies
Evangelical Leaders Back Israel Amid U S Soviet Policy Debate
Evangelical leaders long wary of political involvement now publicly back Israel citing biblical promises. The push follows a U S Soviet statement on a Palestinian homeland, with ads in major papers signed by 14 top evangelicals and echoed by others.
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George W. Corneil
New York
State of Israel
U.S
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
West Bank
Joshua
David
New York Times
Washington Post
Abraham
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Russia
Billy Graham
Atlanta
National Council of Churches
PLO
Sadat
Handel Messiah sung by SIU choirs at Shryock Auditorium
The University Choir and University Chorus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale will perform the choral sections of Handel Messiah at 8 p.m. on Thursday and December 9 with the University Symphony conducted by Robert Kingsbury. Tickets are $1 at the SIUC Student Center box office. Norman W. Olson will speak at a 7:30 p.m. fireside chat Sunday at the LDS Chapel on Lewis Lane Carbondale on the topic Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
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University Choir
University Chorus of
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University Symphony
Robert Kingsbury
Siuc School of Music
Shryock
SIUC
Illinois
Norman W. Olson
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lewis Lane
Carbondale
Multiple Religious Events Across Southern Illinois Area
Non denominational meetings led by Jerry Savell and Caroline Savell run December 7 to 9 at 217 N Park Ave Herrin with sessions at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Harold Byers speaks at a Youth for Christ rally at South County Line Christian Church southeast of Carbondale. Music program by SIU Carbondale School of Music at First Unitarian Fellowship Carbondale. Revival at Sunfield Baptist Church nightly through December 10. Missionaries R K Rodenbush speak at First Apostolic Carterville December 2. Christmas bazaar at St Joseph Cobden through Saturday with gift items. Way of Lights at National Shrine Belleville January 8 1978 with film and slide programs. Depth Experience in Learning seminar December 7 8 at St Louis Christian College with Joanie Grimm as guest speaker. Further details via First Christian Church Murphysboro.
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Jerry Savell
Ft. Worth
Tex
Christian Bookshelf Fellowship
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Caroline Savell
Harold Byers
Carbondale
Youth For Christ
South County Line
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Music
First Unitarian Fellowship
W. Elm St
Missionary Oblates
Layman’s Association
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
Illinois 15
Belleville
St. Louis Christian College
Joanie Grimm
Christian Kindergarten
Decatur
The
First Christian Church
Pine Streets
Murphysboro
First Baptist Church Carbondale to Hold Hanging of the Greens
Members of the First Baptist Church of Carbondale at 302 West Main Street will host an annual hanging of the greens evening at 6 30 p m Sunday. The event includes caroling a Christmas reading and refreshments to close the evening.
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First Baptist Church of
Carbondale
W. Main St
Evangelistic series hosts Rev J Harold Loman in Harrisburg area
The Faith Chapel Church near Harrisburg Illinois 13 begins a series with Rev J Harold Loman of the Wesleyan Church as guest minister. Loman based in Salisbury North Carolina has preached in Canada and Cuba and appears in a 7 30 p m Tuesday start running through December 11. A Touching Jesus rally starts at 7 30 tonight at the Marion Ramada Inn. Dean Stevenson will speak. Sunday features Old Fashioned Day at the Friendly Church of God Johnston City with a 9 45 a m service and noon potluck at the Scout Cabin. Calvarymen Quartet from Marion will sing at 9 45 a m service.
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J. Harold Loman
Faith Chapel
Harrisburg
Illinois
Loman
Salisbury
N.C
Wesleyan Church
Canada
Cuba
Marion Ramada Inn
West
Marion
Dean Stevenson
Friendly Church of God
12Th St
Johnston City
Calvarymen Quartet
Prayer Breakfast Set by Murphysboro Christian Men
The Concerned Christian Men of Murphysboro will meet for a 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. prayer breakfast on Monday at Kilby's.
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Murphysboro
Kilby
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Gene Norman
Marion Church of God
Fabulous Craft Festival
Ist United Methodist Church
Benton, Ill
Elm St
Sunfield Baptist Church
U.S. 51 North
du Quoin
Carterville
Area Church
R. K. Rodenbush
Ghana
First
Missouri Ave
Carterville Church
S. Division St
Cobden
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Commu
Nity Hall
Cutler
Tri-County
Firs Pentecostal Church
Cutler i
Th c
Shrine Theater
St. Louis
General Telephone
Electronic Secretary
Music Church Supplies
Gospel Book Store
W. Main
W. Monroe
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