Retired chaplain Chappy McCapon still brings smiles in Tucson
The 82 year old Rev Rupert Chappy McCapon, once a World War II field chaplain, continues daily rounds with a bow tie prop, singing and offering kind words. He remains active as a hospital chaplain, author, and musician, playing tuba and accordion across bands and outreach.
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Tucson
Ariz
Skeeter
Rupert
Chappy
Shriners
Beaver
Veterans Administration
St Mary's Hospital
Missouri
South Dakota
St. Mary's
Religious groups plan conference to resist government interference
US religious leaders from about 50 bodies with over 121 million members plan a Bethesda conference on February 11 to 13 to review rising government intrusion into religious life. They will discuss IRS rulings, charity regulation, employment laws, school regulations, court and agency actions.
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New York
Bethesda
National Labor Relations Board
Grand Jury
Church registers COs as draft nears
United Church of Christ officials report over 125 draft age members requesting conscientious objector listing and new requests arriving at three to four per day. The church urges those who might oppose conscription to register, though no CO provisions exist in current registration rules.
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New York
UPI
United Church of Christ
The
United Church
Gutnius Lutheran Church keeps polygamy rule in Papua New Guinea
Delegates at the 18th general convention of the Gutnius Lutheran Church voted to retain the denomination's policy. Men with multiple wives before conversion may be baptized, but plural marriages are not allowed for those baptized before marriage.
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Internal Revenue Service
Papua, New Guinea
Gutnius Lutheran Church
Glorious Apostolic Hosts Nonsocial Evening Program
Area churches announce gospel events and programs across the week led by groups such as the Apostolic Ensembles Heaven Bound Singers from Columbus Ohio The Gospel Jubilaires of Dayton and the church quartet perform at several sites with others offering Bible studies and a missionary tea and annual meeting.
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Glorious Apostolic
Good Hope Friend Baptist
Heaven Bound
Columbus
Ohio
Christian Unity
Dayton
Church Quartet
Washington Avenue
Akron Area
Pacific Causeways
Church OF God OF Prophecy
Payne Family
Georgia Frazier
Bath St
Elyria
North Olmsted
John Knox Presbyterian
Alan Bruce Cormack
Cormack
Cornell University
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
United Presbyterian Church
Clarksburg
W.va
Protestants Switch Denominations Across America
In Atlanta AP report notes nearly half of American Protestants belong to denominations different from those in which they were raised. The finding comes from a study by C Kirk Hadaway of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board highlighting widespread denominational switching.
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Atlanta
C. Kirk Hadaway
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Lutheran Episcopal team urges joint services increase
In Nashota Wisconsin the Lutheran Episcopal dialogue group recommends more regular joint worship and Eucharistic celebrations. The team calls for mutual recognition as true churches and full congregational participation at each other’s altars.
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Lutheran-Episcopal
Nashota
Wis
Lutheran-Episcopal Team For Theological Dialogue
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