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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1959
Page
3
English parishes adopt the American stewardship movement to boost church life and finances. Clergy wages remain low and giving averages are small, yet leaders say stewardship teaches members to view all they own as God given. Churches emphasize accountability, youth programs, and practical outreach to workers.
Valley City United Church of Christ welcomes Rev. Donald Schumaker who began July 1 and starts a busy slate of activities. His wife Mrs Schumaker assists. both are counselors at Camp Temple Hills in Belleville and Elland R Church of Ohio Camp.
Miss Carol Chandler, Buckeye High School graduate and National Honor Society member, has earned a $400 scholarship to Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee Illinois. She ranked fourth in a class of 61 and plans to teach, entering the liberal arts college in September.
The article notes that scriptures came to Alaska in 1796 under Empress Catherine II’s colony with translations from Matthew Luke and Acts. A Moscow press published selections in 1840 and distributed to Kodiak Island natives under Bishop Ivan Veniaminov.
Calvary Baptist Church teachers and board members will host a picnic supper Tuesday at 6 30. The program includes a worship session led by the pastor the Rev Stephen H Doorneweerd and a panel on the characteristics of children from infancy to middle adolescence. Nursery service will be provided.
The Israeli government reports over 160 Christian churches and more than 100 mosques in Israel along with 19 Druze shrines. Druze number about 21,000, Muslims 147,000, and Christian Arabs 45,000, reflecting religious demographics.
Worship at 11 a.m. led by Alma Wellman and Helen Jones with sermon by Rev. Warren Lynes on That Dangerous Word Confront. Church schedules include First Methodist and others with services, classes, and Holy Communion across Oberlin communities.
A compilation of Avon Lake church announcements lists guest speakers and weekly service times. Churches include Avon Baptist Avon Lake Presbyterian Eastview Elementary St Josephs St Marys Holy Trinity and others with details on Sunday School times worship services and special summer guest ministers and activities.
Clarksfield Methodist Church announces new weekly hours with an 8:45 a.m. early service starting July 26 and a 4:45 p.m. Sunday show following the early service. Worship remains at 11 a.m. Rev. William Brady and family now reside at the East Zenobia parsonage. neighbors hosted a welcome gathering with a meals, games, swimming, badminton, and a pony wagon surprise gift.
The government designates Friday as the official day of rest for all inhabitants, with fines for noncompliance. Sunday is now a regular workday for most people in Egypt, changing traditional weekly patterns.
A West Berlin paper reports Swan Zone authors announce removal of certain magazines from art parcels. Recipients are told that for youth protection the importation of trashy and dirty literature is not permitted.
The Rev J Greenlee Haynes rector of the Church of St John in the Wilderness will be guest at St Andrew's Episcopal Church tomorrow at the 10 30 morning prayer and sermon. He is a former parish member with early training at the church and a Cleveland ordained priest who has served in New Philadelphia and Dennison. He and his wife Mabel Hart are visiting relatives and friends in Elyria and Lakewood during vacation.
Soprano Rosemary Ellis of Springfield will give a Sunday recital at 6 p.m. in Second Methodist Church. Sponsored by Circle 4, the program features Ellis’s training under Wilberforce and Wittenberg faculty with accompaniment by Mrs. Martha Jones.
Larry McCullough, state winner of the Youth for Christ preaching contest and New London group member, will speak at the outdoor Lorain Area YFC rally tonight at 7 30 at El Ray Grotto park. The event closes a YFC picnic with games and a 6 pm supper.
East German Communists push to replace Christian ceremonies with state rituals for newborns. Reports say name giving ceremonies will be conducted under Communist ritual with godparents pledging to raise children in peace class consciousness and socialism.
Frank Laubach cites 4000 communist missionaries active in free nations across Asia and Africa. He says fewer than 400 Americans are aiding a billion people there to raise living standards.
The Rev. Karl Wilhelmsen of Racine says merger of United Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, and American Lutheran Church will deepen Lutheran unity. The new American Lutheran Church will be formed in Minneapolis April 22 to 24, with structure preserving congregational autonomy under God.
NBC will broadcast three August lectures from the Lutheran Foundation for Religious Drama on the Faith and Action program. The talks, first presented in the spring, stress drama’s role in conveying the Gospel and will air August 16 23 and 8 15 a m. The foundation is an inter Lutheran body supported by over 20 New York area congregations.
Victory Baptist Church moves to North Elyria Grange Hall on Griswold Road from Fifth Street due to crowding. Led by Rev. Harry Powell, the two year old Southern Baptist church has doubled membership in six months and seeks a permanent Chestnut Ridge Road building.
The Rev. Dale Clark of the United Church announced year end totals for the Huntington church showing receipts of 7567.99 and a balance on hand of 230.03 after expenditures of 7434.59. Trustees begin classroom renovations with paneled walls and acoustical ceiling tiles. Gifts listed include Nettie Bowen and others. An intermediate Sunday School class plans a trip to Camp Fittenger at 10:20 a.m. on July 2.
A leading Communist publication in Budapest criticized the persistence of religious practice in Hungary. It argued that anti religious propaganda failed and noted that no atheistic book had appeared there since 1956.
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