Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1953 — Page 2

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To Hold Institute On Alcohol Studies The Rev. James Ren? of hilgia. 111., secretary of temperanc| on the hoard of Christian education of the Church of she Brethren, will be at th< Pleasant Dale church Saturday and Sunday |to provide leadership for a study / on the Chrijjiiau ap-

/. ; Lead Spiritual Emphasis Services Tonight || V gMB| ________________ OmW 1 i ■ - -w Jr* r ■ '■ Jt ■ w F jmlw Oiriflrlk I & kL I Rev. John E. Chambers , Rev. Traverse Chandler E R * V ’ ’ ,oraaine od Rev. Church of she Nazarene, will preside; Rev. Chandler. First Christian < hurchjwill lead-’ in prayer, and Rev. John E. Chambers. Trinity Evangelical United Brethren clupch. will reed Me scripture. 1 at Spiritual Emphasis week services at 7:30 o’clock this evening at the Fust itjhurcb-

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liiiwipi MW'u‘fl ill I 111 j: HL proach to the alcohpl problem in America. 1 _i f , Saturday at 7 p in. he will meet with the teachers pt the Sunday School and the/board of Christian education. At 7:30 pm. thei’e will be a general session dealing with the problem of alcohol in relation to Christian living at home and Jiving with others in the dommunitv. ■ Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Rev. Renz Will meet with the primary clajssea _ , / : I i . L *’ N

■ini .1 H II of the church and at:sti a.m. with the adult clauses to discuss the part which various group* have to provide for the necessary activity in this fieldjaf Christian service. Sunday at 6:30, the CRYF will haYe ra open session for questions anqhdiscussions on “What About Alcpholic Beverages?” The worship service of the morning at 10;30 o’clock will be highlighted with a and the evening worship at 7:3Cr . I .iv .'..••’/ 'lO i Wlu! ■ . • '

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p.m.. will include a panel discussion. t, 1 The Rev. John D. Mishler, pastor of the church, invites others who are intereated in this <phase of Christian education and.- daily living to attend any of th^gervices. ' , J | , Adams County Rural Youth Group Honored Awarded Silver Bar On Outstanding Work Adams county rural youth received a silver bar award for oufstahdingiural youth work during 1858 at the annual rural youth day at Purdue University Wednesday. ( Radio Station WLS presented the awards during its daily “Dinner Bell Program,” which was broadcast ..direct from the conference session*. J ! Sally McCullough, Beulah Bertsch/ Gloria Koeneman, .Heiiry Getting. Earl Yoder, Norniap Sheets, and Bqb Sprunger. student at Purdue, represented Adams county at this annual event. , ! Carl Seest of Clinton county Wai installed state rural youth president in the morning session. Other state* officers installed included; John Reed of Wabash county, first vice-president; Leo Pfum of Fayette county, second vice-president: Sylvia Peters of Pulaski county, secretary; and Janet Moriariiy of Grant county, treasurer. Rural Youthers who spent recent

months in foreign countries told of \ their many interesting experiences. Ruth Carson, Pat Spencer, and Ellwyp Weiss represented the international farm youth exchange students apd Ann Gibbs and Duane Zeiger the-international ruqd youth tour. , A panel discussion on “Facing Life Realistically” opened the afternoon session., i / Henry Getting, vice president of district 4, was in charge of the group discussion, on local rural youth problems and activities. J A banquet in the ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Utyion and a play party! in the. Memorial gym brought the annual rufal youth day for more than 400 in attendance to a close,. . To Meet Monday Adams bounty rural youth will meet/Monday night at the Lincoln School 1 A moVle aijd panel discussion will serve as the educational part of the meeting,, Henry Getting will give all the rules apd regulations of the basketball tournament to be held in January. Norman Sheets and Earl Yoder .will giVg a report pn rural youth day. Al*°< plans will be mpde to attend the next district meeting January 19 at Wabash. There will be recreation led by Max Crownover amd Tom Noll and refreshments served by Barbara Kelley. Avon Scptt. Norman Sheets, Bill Susdorf and Clara Baker. All members are urged to attend this meeting and bring their friends.

■rf-i.'. f iTf 'jii lnlwn*bon*i Utt Jons ESS3332fi33UEH3SEEi Confess—Follow ; —| ■ Lesson for January I|, IMS ■ 7, , .j- 1 A NQTHER of those Bible word* a* which aro easy to misunderstand, 1* the word “confes*.” Ordinarily we connpet this word in our minds with | court of Jaw, or with tome wrong that has been dona. When we the prisoner signed a confession, w* mean he admitted he was guilty. When Catholics go to confession, they are expected to tell the priest all about t)aeir sips. In the English Bible the word sometimes has this meaning, as when John says that if-we confess our sins, God will forgive (I John l;g>- • • • 1 ‘1 Where De ¥e« Stand? But there I is another meaning of these words “confess” and “confession” which |S quite different. It does not always !

mean to admit. Sometime*' it mean* to declare, to announce publicly and proudly, as plainly as possible. For instance, Paul tells Timothy (I Tim. 6:13) that Jesus, before Pilate, made a “good confession.** Paul is

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not saying for a minute that Jesus admitted that the charges against him were tru£. What he means is that Jesus Stood up for God and his duty, be did not let down his flag, he stood out for the truth. The expression is often used, r «- lerring to Peter’s saying to Christ, ’‘You are the Christ/’ and it come to be known* as “Peter’s confession.” This does not mean that Peter admitted something; on the contrary he affirmed something. He was declaring his belief he w>S letting it be known where he stood. The Christian church has made much use of this word, but It miprt be clearer if we used some other words sometimes. churches will tell young people and new converts how important it is to “confess” Christ. We could just as well say “standing up for” mm, voting for h|m and having one’s vote put on record. When Christi asks: Ar;e you With me? Confessing means simply saying openly: Yes! ’ • • • ' ' ,■ Christ Never Outranked There is something else tied up in this idea of "confessing” ’pirist. It includes saying something about Christ. Peter’s confession, according to Matthew, was\"You are the Christ, the Sop of the living God.” Luke reports’that he said, “You are the Chris| of God.” Mark reports simply! ’’You are the Christ.” , All agree th«t |Peter declared Jesus to be the Christ. To us, “Christ” if a name; to Peter it was a>,title, the highest title he knew. When <A first-century Jew used the word “Christ” he meant there was no one else in his class. He meant God’s chosen beginner of a new age. There was no higher word that Peter could hgve chosen than "Christ.” So to this day when we say that a Christian confesses Christ, we ought to mean that he puts Christ above all others, that he knows np| one can outrank Christ. We mean what the old hymn *’Ajl bail the power of Jesus’ namez l#t angels prostrate \faU.” 'J . • More than Mopth-Christjans But there -|s|ill another word the church ftps always used, because Jesus gsr-d it: Follow- Confession alone js £ot enough. It may take courageScF confess Christ. It dakes sincerity' fend also stick-to-it-iveness to him. \Confession can be done | |,a burst of enthusiasm; following i takes the long pull. Confessing means saying he comes first, imiyeur life. But dries he? Who or is really first? There are a many—too many —church members today who have been as a Christian as they can poshly be—with their mouths. I The Sp. have ( confessed Christ as Son as Lord and Saviour. They said, in effect, that they fo be counted on his side. But they “joined the church" or^fere “confirmed,” that is about as§| tr as it went. Tfeey hardly even a-pew nowadays. What is fried is something more than voiceChristians, word Christians, shouting Christians, is needed is It is noticeable that almost immediately had praised Peter for his confession, he called him Satan, the wry devil. For it was plain that was thinking along lines Quh| different from Jesus. Followinl Christ means thinking more more as be would think. * New Mexico the only National Park uiulerground—Carlsbad | Canada y area i| 30 tiiriea of the Jdritibli ialeg. *"'' ' a ~ -i 1 I \ i V • \ \ .

Rural Church lbws BT. PAUL CHUBCH Rev. Wm. Meyer, Pastor ( Bunday School 9:15 Christian Endeavor 7:00 ; Evangelistic Service 7:30 iPrayer Service-Wed. 7<30 Departments for all ages. Everyone Welcome. { - MONROE METHODIST CHURCH Ralph R. Johhaon, pastor 9:30 Worship Service. Sermon by the Minister: “I Believe in God. M Music by the Adult Choir/ \ s Sunday School 10:30, Martin Steiner, Supt. . No Yopth Fellowship. { Evening Service ?:30 in charge of the Youth Fellowship. Kermit Crist will show picture* of Japan. Wednesday; Youth Choir Rehearsal 3:15. MOUNT PLEAB4NT METHODIST Church F. H- «!•«• Pastor Sunday School 9:30 g.p>. Leo King, Sr./ Supt. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. the pastors sermon theme: The ChrjsWardrobe, tahan from Cblossiana 5: 13-14. PLEASANT YIM-LEV | j , Mpthodist Church . F- H. Kise, Paster No Supday because of the condition of the Church, it is being moved over the new baseihient. ■ 1 | / The Woman’s Society of Christian Service will meet at the home of Mrs. Milton . Hoffman, Thursday, January i 15, this will be an all day meeting. —T * , PLEASANT DALE Church of thg Brethren ; John D. Mishler — Pastor The Rev. James Renz, temperance secretary of the Church of the Brethren will be at the church this week end v to conduct a study ol the alcohol problem. Saturday evening 7:00 p.m. session with teachers and the board of Christian education. 7:30 p.m. general session. Sunday 9:30 a.nl Rev. Renz talk to the primary department. 10:00 a.m. Rev. Renz talk to the adult department. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Morning message by Rev. Renz., Sunday Evening the CBYF will meet at 6:30 p.m. for an informal session for questions which young people have about alcohol. At 7:00, p.ni. a panel discussion will lead the ; grqup in a Christian approach ito the alcohol problem. i Prayer service Wednesday evening at 7<oo p.m. followed by Men’s Chorus practice at 8:00 p.m. 7 ?. > > PLEASANT MILLS BAPTI»<L 8 Robert Shreck, pastor 9, a m.. Sunday school. Lowell Noll, superintendent. 10 a.m., worship service. Theme “Wgteh." Also children’s dedication service. and prayer meeting. ZION LUTHERAN—FRIEDHEIM A. A. Fenner, pastor Tonight, meeting of adult club at 7:30. Installation of officers. Topic for discussion, “Enlisting and Training of Laity of Churtih,” Rev. Fenner. | 9 a.m.. worship. Sermon topic. ’.’Satisfying Man’s Heart Hunger.?’ ' 10:30 ,a.in„ German service/ PLEASANT MILLS METODIST \ Harley T. Shady, pastor Sunday school at 9.30 a.m. Thurman Rayl, superintendent. Evening preaching service at 7 O'clock. ; Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7- o’clock. . ; / . ■ . - , \ I. SALEM METHODIST i \ Harley T. Shady, pastor ' Sunday school at 9 o'clock. Austin Merrimau. superintendent. Morning worship at 10 o’clockSermon by . the pastor. i prayer meeting on Wednesday evening ft 7 o’clock.

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WINCHESTER CHURCH United Brethren In Chriat Stanley Petars, paator x Sunday School 9:00 ' Morning Worship 10:00 Evening services will be dismissed so that all may attend the . Uhion fneetings. Services st De- » catur will conclude with the Sunday evening service in the Gymnasium. Services at Berne will continue through Wednesday evening. 'Hour of Prayer and Bible Study on Wednesday gt 7:30. Were you in church last Sunday? You owe |t to God. You qv R to yourself. Attend church this Sunday and every Sunday. ANTIOCH United Mifftlpnary John Datvyil»r, paster 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Ellis Skiles, superintendent, j 10:30 a.m., morning worship. 7 p.n)., Happy Hustlers. ] ?:80 p.m., evening serrjke. 7:30 p.qa., Wednesday, evening prayer service and Bibif »tqdy. Next. Sunday. Jap. 16. there will be a Missionary rally our church- The speaker for the morning kprvjice will be Jlgv Roy P, Adams, general secretary of the United Missionary society. Rev. and Mrs. Bontrager, who formerly pastpred here, will be with us for the evening service. Voii / are invited to worship with us. \ RIVARRE CIRCUIT United Brethren in Christ William F. Emminger, pastor Mt- Zion at Bobo 9:30 a.m.. Sunday school/ . ’ 10:30- aan., class meeting. / No evening service due to Spiritual Emphasis service In Decatur. Wednesday evening at ■ 7 p.m. prayer meeting. Revival Services February 15 with Mr. and Mrs. Vergil Tucger of Marion As evan- L. gelist and song leader and pianigti , ML Viptory on State Line 9 a.m., Sunday school. ‘ i 10 a.m.. class meeting. v No evening service, plan to 1 atten; Spiritual Emphasis service., Wednesday evening at ;7 p.m.. prayer meeting. >! Pleasant Grove 9:30 a.m., Sunday school/ ! 10:30 a m.. Dr. and Mr*., Clyde W. Meadows Will be with us with Dr. Meadows bringing the message in music and sermon. You have a cordial welcome to attend thia service. No evening service due to Spiritual Emphasis service. Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.. prayer meeting., “Make us vigilant in small things/” ■ .-v PLEASANT VALLEY ; yfesleyan Methodist G. R. Shaw, pastor 9:30 a.in., Sunday school; Virgil Sprunger. superintendent. I ;i' 10:30 a.m., morning Message by t|ie pastor. 7 p.m.. W. Y. P. S. service. Virgil Sprunger, leader. 7:30 p.m.’. evening servief. Message by the pastor. .* The Sunday school offering this Sunday is for the parsonage fund. 7<30 p.nL, Wednesday,// Missionary meeting in charge of the W. ks. , |h v SALEM EVANGELICAL AND Reformed Chu rch H. E. Sett I age, 9?00 Sunday School. Classes for every age group. P 10:00 Worship Servjee. Sermon, “A Portrait of Jesus,” Monday 7:30 Girls Guild Meeting in the R ussel J! an key hoiqe. Tocsin. /J - Wednesday 7:30 Bible Study Hour. Thursday 3:JO Childrens /Choir Rehearsal. K ■ ■ • “ liFT' ■ ST. LUKE FV4kN. & REFORMED Ghuroh HfiPdifH i H. H. Msckatroth, minister \ 9:00 Wprship Service. 10:00 Sunday School Thursday. An all-day meeting of the Women’s Guild- Leader will be Miss Beulah Jane Bertsch and the bestes*. Mrs. Clark Fufk.