Religion can be fun clown ministers at workshop in Lancaster
National Clown Ministry Workshop in Lancaster gathers about 700 clergy and laypeople from 15 denominations for a week long event at Franklin and Marshall College. Rev Tom Nankervis of Nashville says humor complements faith noting God’s sense of humor and joy as integral to worship. Clown ministry aims to reach diverse audiences including senior homes cancer wards prisons and city streets.
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Nashville
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England
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Franklin and Marshall College
Philadelphia
Fools of Faith
Holy Fools Clown Ministry
Punishment Pact Claims Emerge In Detroit Case
Detroit UP I reports lawyers say contracts signed by House of Judah members to permit corporal punishment would be illegal. A 12 year old boy, John Yarbough, died after a beating by his mother and a camp leader in Lacota Michigan. The mother Ethel 33 is jailed on manslaughter charges. Authorities investigate the camp near Lake Michigan. Experts say religious defense does not shield criminal acts and contracts cannot legalize abuse.
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UPI
House of Judah
William A. Lewis
Detroit News
John Yarbough
Yarbough
Ethel
Allegan County
Jerold Israel
University of Michigan Law School
Howard Simon
American Civil Liberties Union
Lewis
Simon
Israe
Lutherans skirt arms issue at 55th convention
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod delegates approved studying nuclear arms and promoting world peace policies without urging nationwide opposition to arms. They also adopted an anti abortion measure allowing abortion only to save the mother’s life and approved pregnancy counseling as an amendment.
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ST. Louis
North America
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
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Vacation Bible School and church programs held locally
Syracuse Alliance Church on Midland Ave hosts Vacation Bible School for ages 5 to junior high from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily with “Sunshine Patch Growing God’s Way” theme. Ladies Seminar uses Joyce Marie Smith’s Fulfillment. Registration 492-1741. Also, Charles Swindoll film series “Strengthening Your Grip” shown Sundays in July and August at 9:35 a.m. at the same church. Fayetteville United Methodist Church presents free summer concert July 24 at 7 p.m. by Skywing at Beard Park. Chautauqua Institution hosts lectures by Martin Marty and Maxie Dunnam through Friday. Temple Society of Concord to hold goods and services auction October 29 at 6 p.m. Auburn Women’s Aglow dessert hour July 25 at 7 p.m. St Albans Church offers Variation Bible School August 15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for K–6 and registration at the church office.
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Syracuse Alliance Church
Midland Ave
Joyce Marie Smith
Charles Swindall
Fayetteville
Chautauqua Institution
Martin E. Marty
Maxie D. Dunnam
Christ
Methodist Church
Memphis
Dunnam
Temple Society OF Concord
Churches Thrive in Soviet Russia NBC Film Claims
NBC TV reports that religious life in the Soviet Union remains vigorous after 65 years of atheism. The two hour documentary The Church of the Russians shows thriving churches, large congregations, and active youth engagement with Russian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim communities.
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New York
Soviet Union
U.S
Bruce Rigdon
Chicago
Church of the Russians
Helen Marmor
NBC News
Theodosius
Orthodox Church In
America
John Meyendorff
St. Vladimir's Semiary
Yonkers
Russia
Meyendorff
Baloney
The
Soviet
Positive Thinking and Health Improve Life Quality
The text argues health and happiness hinge on physical care and mental outlook. It cites sleep experiments, urges regular exercise and rest, and stresses thinking positively. Personal notes from Elsie and Otto Palmer in Brooklyn praise daily expectancy and joy, urging shifting from grudges to constructive thoughts to enjoy life.
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Elsie
Oto Palmer
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