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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
5
Evangelist The Rev. Cecil Covey will lead revival services at Herrin Free Methodist Church 2400 N 13th St starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday and nightly thereafter. The Rev. Lawrence Strode said the programs are open to the public.
The Rev Glenn Bourne president of St Louis Christian College will speak at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday in the First Christian Church Murphysboro at 15th and Pine. Bourne has led two revivals there. Hafer Baptist Church near Energy will sponsor a gospel sing at 2 p.m. Sunday. Public invited.
Multiple churches in the region schedule revivals and programs. Mt. Olive Baptist Colp hosts a 3 p.m. Sunday Christian Fellowship with guest speaker Rev. C. E. Martin and First Baptist Metropolis choir. Evansville evangelists Rev. and Mrs. H A Casey conduct nightly 7 30 p.m. revival at Bond Carmi Nazarene with a concert prior. Union Lenten services in Marion feature Rev Joseph Van Roekel and Zion United Church of Christ with nearby churches. Murphysboro and Herrin announce revival services and a Catholic information talks series at St Francis Xavier. Marion Second Baptist hosts revival led by Rev W W Childers with songleader Rev Bill Fox daily at 7 p.m. through March 31. nursery provided.
The Rev Oswald Hoffman renowned Lutheran Hour speaker will address the Easter sunrise service at a Egypt Drive-in near Herrin The 20th annual sunrise service begins at 6 am sponsored by area Lutherans The Rev Hoffman has 25 years in the LCMS and broadcasts in 120 countries.
Don ald Eggert, assistant professor of geography at Southern Illinois University, will discuss Appalachia and Kingdom Come at the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship. He will speak at 10:30 a.m. with music by Dolores Cohen.
The Bethel AME Church in Carbondale celebrates 100 years as Rev. John Francisco and a Centennial Committee host a Sunday event with guest churches and gospel singing. Francisco outlines colonial Methodist discrimination against Black congregations and the move to form independent Negro churches in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Augustana College Choir of Rock Island will sing Tuesday at the Lutheran Student Center in Carbondale. The 70-voice group, led by Donald E. Morrison since 1966, will perform a six part program of English, French, German, Hungarian and American works as part of a 13 appearance spring tour across five Midwestern states.
Over 80 people attended the free antiquing demonstration. Organizers invite visitors to stop in again and mention a drive in park free as part of the event atmosphere.
Mrs. William Moake was elected president of the Mary Martha Circle of the Women's Missionary Society at Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Johnston City. Other new officers include Mrs. Lowell Houston as vice president Mrs. George Gent as secretary treasurer Mrs. Oral Potts as missions and Christian service chairman and Mrs. Nadine Goodman as leadership development chairman.
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