Puppets teach children about Jesus in power and light ministry
Linda Applegate reports that Lar ry Miller and partners use Bible scenes with music and bright props to engage kids. The Power and Light Company of Elkville continues the puppet ministry begun by Larry and Joyce Bonifield, with Steve and Darla McKeown and Dave and Lynn Jackson assisting. The group emphasizes that Jesus is the only way for eternal life and adapts modern tones for youth appeal.
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Linda Applegate
Southern Illinoisan
Larry Miller
Power and Light Company
Elkville
Miller
Diane
Mrs. Miller
Jesus
Millers
Larry
Joyce Bonifield
Bonifields
Steve
Darla McKeown
Dave
Lynn Jackson
The
Power and Light Co
Children’s Crusade
Danielle
Lion’s den
Christ
Larry and
Diane Miller
Puppet ministry travels with faith driven child outreach
Miller leads a puppet ministry featuring 15 to 20 puppets like Leo the Lion and Ticklish Ruben for ages 13. They perform contemporary Jesus rock and kids' Christian music with silent puppets, using music and actions to convey messages. Rehearsals run three hours, four to six times before July shows.
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Leo the Lion
Ticklish
Ruben
Priscilla
Skip
Miller
United Pentecostal Churches Plan Sheaves for Christ Drive
United Pentecostal Churches plan a Sheaves for Christ walkathon to celebrate the 30th anniversary. The event starts at 9 a.m. May 15 at Apostolic Faith Assembly in West Frankfort, with routes through Herrin Marion Crainville Johnston City Benton Mount Vernon Fairfield Grayville and West Frankfort. Contact Rev. Terry Griffith at 942-7918.
Church run schools surge as three open daily
Church run schools are expanding rapidly with new campuses opening at about three a day. The boom adds momentum to Reagan tuition tax credit proposals, drawing mixed Protestant and Catholic support and sparking debate over church state separation.
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Reagan
James M. Dunn
Baptist Joint Committee On Public Affairs
Ron Johnson
Accelerated Christian Education
Lewisville
Texas
National Center For Educational Statistics
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Methodist bishops urge nuclear freeze
The United Methodist Council of Bishops urged a joint U.S.-Soviet nuclear weapons freeze. It warned that the threat of nuclear destruction looms larger than ever. Bishop Finis A. Crutchfield of Houston was elected the new council president, succeeding Bishop H. Ellis Finger Jr.
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N.C
United Methodist Council of Bishops
Finis A. Crutchfield
Houston
H. Ellis Finger Jr
Knoxville
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