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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1980
Page
5
Dedication services at First Baptist Goreville begin with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, a noon potluck, special music, a church history reading at 2 p.m., and conclude with note-burning ceremonies.
A slate of church events unfolds from Alton to Marion including Encounter, a 52 member youth group, performing Acts at Antioch United Methodist in West Frankfort at 7 p.m. Sunday. Pastor Rev. William Braswell shifts to Farina and LaClede while joining Barnes Hospital CPE. Other notes cover Baptist convention travel, homecoming at Libe Christian, campbell Hill chicken and fish fry, Marion youth musical drama I Wonder, Gospel Lads Quartet concert in Hurst, New Hope Church 11th anniversary, and appearances by Family Heirs Quartet and Glorylanders with regional church music plans.
The United Methodist Church of Murphysboro located at 15th and Pine will offer vacation church school from 9 to 11 30 a m daily through June 13 for children ages 3 through 6th grade. Liz Jennings is named director.
Vacation Bible school begins at 7 p.m. nightly through June 13 at Pate Chapel Baptist Church Murphysboro for ages 2 to 8th grade. Rev. H. B. Thompson Jr. will lead revival services at Church of God Illinois 13 127 North starting 7:30 p.m. nightly through June 15. Connie Leckrone leads a children’s crusade 6:30 to 8 p.m. through June 15 at Murphysboro Church of the Nazarene Seventh and Walnut Streets.
At 7 p.m. Sunday a special business meeting will start at Liberty Baptist Chapel in Rockwood. The discussion will cover the chapel’s future plans in line with the Southern Baptist Convention Bold Mission Thrust. The chapel sits in the former Missionary Baptist Church seven miles south of Chester on Illinois 3.
Pleasant Ridge Church in Rockwood holds homecoming Sunday with a noon basket dinner and 2 p.m. special service. Guest speaker is Rev. James H. Duke Jr. of Murphysboro, minister of Liberty Baptist Chapel in Rockwood, with special singing. Former Samak members and friends are invited.
Washington AP reports strong protests from Roman Catholic and Protestant groups to FCC plans to deregulate commercial radio. The United Church of Christ calls the changes useless, while the U.S. Catholic Conference decries them as abdication of regulatory responsibility. Proposals would drop community needs tests, loosen ad limits, reduce required news and public affairs airtime, and end program logging. Protestant groups urge a 5 percent revenue public service contribution to meet community needs.
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