Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1962 — Page 6

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Advent Season To Be Opened Sunday

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International What difference does it make to people of the space age that a baby named Jesus was born in a remote Judean village nearly 2,000 years ago? That question lies at the heart of the Advent season, which begins Sunday. Advent is the church’s antidote to the sentimentalization of Christmas. It challenges us to think seriously about the long-ago event which we celebrate each December, and to consider what importance it actually has for our lives here and now. Christmas commemorates the birth of a Person who is, by any criterion, one of the great enigmas of history. We now call Him Christ as casually and unthinkingly as if that were His last name. But Christ is not a name: It is a title. It comes from the Greek word “Christos,meaning “The anointed one,” or Messiah. Performs Special Mission Thus, to call Him Jesus Christ is to attribute to Him a unique significance. He is One who came into the world bearing special credentials, to perform a special mission. Theologians have been trying for 20 centuries to define who He was and why He came. But it is doubtful whether they will ever be able to improve on the language used by the authors of the New Testament, who witnessed the

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mystery at first hand. Although they knew Him to be, in the fullest sense, a human being, they also beheld in Him a glory which was not of this world. Groping for words adequate to exl press their experience of Him, they called Him “Lord,” “Savior” and “The Son of God.” Wears Away Glib repetition has worn away the shock value of these terms. But the men who first used them were keenly aware that they were making the most audacious claim possible. They were saying that Jesus was God Incarnate, or as the writer of the Fourth Go’Spel phrased it, “The Word of God Flesh.” They were also saying that He came on a rescue mission — to do for men what they could not do for themselves. St. Paul explained the mission with simple eloquence: - “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Jesus himself put it even more clearly: “I have come that men miay have life, and may have it in all its fullness.” Subject Os Study There are other Biblical passages which say the same thing in different words. Around them has grown up a whole field of theological study? called soteriology, which attempts to understand exactly how Christ saves sinners. In dealing with this question, however, the Christian church has always maintained an attitude of reverent agnosticism. It has tolerated many different theories about the reconciliation of man and God which was wrought, once and for all, in Christ. But it has never! accepted any on e of them as a final answer to be enshrined in dogma. This fact should be borne in mind by all who have encountered only one theory of the atonement, and have been repelled by it. Although Christians may and do differ widely in their comprehension of the mighty act of redemption which God accomplished in Christ, they have been united through 20 centuries by a common experience which is so real to them that they cannot doubt its validity, even though they may not be able to explain it.

Born Anew “By His great mercy,” said St. Peter, "we have been born anew to a living hope .., and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled and unfading.” The offer of a new life did not expire when Jesus returned whence He came. He left behind Him a community of faith called the church, in which, He said, His Spirit will always be active, however much its presence may sometimes be hidden behind human imperfections. Thus when the church bells ring on Christmas Eve of 1962, they will be proclaiming the same glad tidings of great joy that were first heralded to an awestruck group of shepherds on a hillside near Bethlehem: “For unto YOU is born a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Carolyn Luginbill Is On Dean's List KANKAKEE, 111. — Miss Carolyn Luginbill, daughter of Ivan Luginbill, of R.R. 1, Willshire, Ohio, has won recognition for superior scholarship at Olivet Nazarene College by being placed on the mid-semes-ter honor roll. The anouncement was made by Dr. W. E. Snowbarger, dean of the college. The honor roll consists of the names of those students with a grade average of “B” or above. Revival Services At Salem Methodist The Salem Methodist church will hold a series of evangelistic services, opening Sunday morning and continuing for two weeks. The weekday services will be held at 7:30 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev. Joseph E. Gibson, will be the speaker and Mrs. Frank Voss of the Mt. Hope Church of the Nazarene will be the song leader. Youth of the church will arrange for local music as much as possible, and to read the scripture each evening. The public is invited to attend.

Rural Churches MOUNT PLEASANT METHODIST (2 miles west of Decatur) Donald Orr, minister 9:15 a.m. Sunday school. Classes for all ages. 10:15 a.m. Worship hour. Sermon for Advent Sunday: “Roadbuilders.” Choir will sing the anthem, “Glory To God In The Highest.” Girl’s quartet composed of Sandra Singleton, Teresa Archer, Lois Crozier, and Michelle Jones will sing "Without My Lord.” Official Board meets Monday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. after choir. Choir rehearsal, Monday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship meets second Sunday night each month at 7 : 0 0 p.m. MOUNT TABOR METHODIST (2 miles north of Pleasant Mills) Donald Orr, minister 9:15 a.m. Worship hour. Advent Sermon: “Roadbuilders.” 10:00 a.m. Sunday school. Classes for all ages. Prayer service and Bible study each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Evangelical and Reformed H. E. Settiage, minister 9:00 Sunday school . 10:00 Worship service. Sermon, “God’s Advent Preparations.” Wednesday 7:30 Women’s Guild Meeting. Thursday All day meeting of the Ladies’ Aid. Saturday 9:00 Confirmation Class Instruction. 10:00 Children’s Choir Rehearsal. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH (Friendheim) A. A. Fenner, pastor 9 and 10:30 a m. Divine Services. Holy Communion in 9 o’clock service. 10:15 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class. A TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. Walther League meeting? WEDNESDAY - Ladies- Aid- -quitting, — Pot-luck with Christmas Party in afternoon. 8:00 p.m. Choirs will meet. THURSDAY 8:00 p.m. Bible Class will meet PLEASANT DALE CHUBCM OF THE BRETHREN Dolar Ritchey, pastor Church school 9:30. Oscar Geisel, superintendent. Director of Children’s Work, Barbara Barger. . Morning Worship 10:20. Sermon subject. “A Parable of Human Hearts.” Evening services 7:30 A Deputation Team from Manchester college will bring the evening program. The CBYF will meet in the Parish Hall following the evening services. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening 7:30. . The Women’s Fellowship will meet all day Thursday at the Par-

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ish hall. December 6. Brethren service Workshop at the Huntington Church of the Brethren Saturday December 8. The Church World Service Truck will pick up relief materials at the Parish Hall Dec. 11. |K§SS| taWMIMMI Unllora Sunday School Uml Bible Material: Matthew M: 18-17 1 18:15-20; John 17:20-28; Acts 2:1-4, 38-47; I Corinthians 11:23-28; 12:12-13, * 27-31; Ephesians 2:1-10. Devotional Boadiac: Psalms 133 and 134. Home for God Lesson for December 2,1962 TJERE we have five sentences A * translated from a letter written to a church, a good nineteen centuries ago. And yet the word “Church” is not used in these sentences, though the thing is there from beginning to end. It is a HgSTTBBB good thing he did not use the word ■Jr yM “church”because Mr- ?~_JB| otherwise we might < as ■ we so °^ en d°) °* I an organization or a buiidin £- Paid < M who wrote this letMIBF ter, never saw ■ * what we would Dr. Foreman call a church edifice, something that photographs nicely and “looks like a church.” So he never wrote about buildings. Paul never went beyond what nowadays should be called the “skeleton” organization of his churches; so he was all but silent about what we would call “structure” and “form” in the church. Paul was concerned with something more profound, something more basic. He is speaking to a community of the friends of Christ. He is speaking to people who have had a Christian experience and live Christian lives. How they are related to one another and how they are related to God; this is toe basic thing that makes a church; not organization or toe kind of place where they worship and study. Without Christ, what? The reader is invited to study these five sentences (Eph. J: 11-22) to see what they mean to him. By way of suggestion, the following thoughts may serve as a guideline. Sentence 1: Eph. 2:11-12. Paid reminds his readers what their status used to be, and it was a pretty low one. Indeed a lower state could hardly be pictured! separated from Christ, separated from God’s people, strangers to God’s promises (they had probably never read toe Bible), without hope and without God. Notice that Paul puts together two separations”: from Christ, and from toe “commonwealth of Israel” —that is to say, toe association of toe people who know God, and desire to do his will. To be cut off from God’s Son and cut off from God’s children, is all toe same thing. 1 To say (as some have tried to say): I want to be a Christian but not to belong to toe church, is the same as saying: I want to have toe love of Christ but I do not wish to share it. It is toe same as saying: I love Christ but I do not love those whom he loves. Anyone can see how inconsistent that is. He Is our Peace Now for Sentence 2: verse 13. The key words are “in Christ Jesus” and “brought near in toe blood of Christ.” We are members of Christ’s fellowship, not because we belong to the fellowship in toe beginning but because our relation to Christ puts us into right relations with one another. To put this another way: we are not Christians because we are church members. We are church members because we are Christians. Two strangers on a bus may find that they are both friends of toe same person. This at once links their lives and minds; toe stronger their affection for their mutual friend, the stronger their attraction to each other. And if this friend of each of these (hitherto) strangers has risked his life for jb ach of them, their bond is stronger still. What links Christian to Christian, believer to believer, is that Christ gave his life for each of them. Sentence 3: verses 14-16. Christ is “our peace.’ The underlying „ and almost unspoken reality here is toe bitter race prejudice between Jew and Gentile. Paul is saying that Christ is the one bond strong enough to bring together in harmony people — individuals and classes—who “naturally” are bitter and scornful enemies. Sentence 4: verses 17-18. Men who had in times past prayed against each other, so to speak, prayed selfishly, now pray in one Spirit —' to the same Father. A plaoe for Bod to live Sentence 5: verses 19-22. Paid now leaves with us a simple picture that a child ean understand. The church — toe fellowship of those Christ loves—is like a building. Not just any building, but a residence for God. One brick does not make a home; no brick is without its place and use. Th* church—toe' people who make it < up, who are toe church —is a home for God on tojj eMto

MONROE , METHODIST CHURCH Claude McCallister, minister 9:30 a.m. Morning worship. 10:30 a.m. Children's choirs. 10:30 a.m- Church School. 11:00 a.m. Youth Choir. 7:00 p.m. M. Y .F. Meeting 7:30 p.m. Evening Service. ‘‘Christmas Hymn Sing.” MONDAY * 7:30 p.m. Fellowship Commission meeting. TUESDAY 7:30 p.m. W. S. C. S. Executive will meet at the home of Mrs. Darold Borne. WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Mid-week service. 8:15 p.m. Adult Choir rehearsal. THURSDAY 7:30 p.m. W. S. C. S. PLEANSANT MILL? BAPTIST CHURCH Allison A. Von Wormer, Pastor 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. Lowell Noll, Sunday School Superintendent. Read Matthew. WREN CIRCUIT E.U.B. A. N. Straley, pastor BETHEL 9:30 am. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Morning worship. Sermon: “By All Means Save Some.” WOOD CHAPEL 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Prayer Service. 7:30 pm. Evangelistic Services. Rev. Howard McCracken, evangelist. Wednesday — Bethel — 8:00 p.m. W. S. W. S. Thursday — Bethel — 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting. Thursday — Wood Chapel — 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meetinng and Youth Fellowship. RIVARRE U. B. CIRCUIT Stanley Neuenschwander, pastor MT. VICTORY Chalmer Brodbeck, Sunday School Superintendent. Sunday School 9:30. Morning Worship 10:30. Revival Service 7:30. The Revival Is continuing with Rev. Jack Robbins of Huntington, Indiana, each evening at 7:30 through December 9\ The Fellowship Class will have their annual Christmas dinner at the'Hobby Ranch house in Fort Wayne on December 1. MT. ZION Romah Sprunger, Sunday School Superintendent. Sunday School 9:30. Class Meeting 10:30. C. E. 7:00. The evening service is dismissed so we can attend the Revival at Mount Victory. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30. The membership class will meet at Mt. Victory Saturday, Dec. 1 at 10:00 . UNION CHAPEL EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN “Serving this Community For over a Century.” Kenneth P. Angle, pastor < - Tom Gaunt. S. S. Supt. Prayer time for teachers 9 a.m. Church School ..9:30. Theme — “The Church.” Missionary Classes 10:25. Divine Worship 10:25. Sermon — “Helps to Holiness.” (This is the second in a series) Special music by Youth Choir. “A Medley.” Hope Circle at the Chase home

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at twelve. Evening Family Worship 7:30 p.m. Sermon “Christ, Our Supply.” Bring the family and worship with us for one hour. WEDNESDAY Christmas Family night* at the church. Carry in supper at 6:30 p.m. Program at 7:45 p.m. W.S.W.S. Circles are in charge. All members, and friends of the Church School and the Church are invited. THURSDAY Faith Circle meets at the home of Mrs. Laun Miller, R-3. Time of the meeting is 1:30 p. m. SATURDAY All day Bible Reading at t h e church. The time of reading begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. All are invited to join us, all of this period or part of it. SUNDAY, DEC. 9. Sunday, Dec. 9, is Universal Bible Sunday. We do plan a display of Bibles and various translations and versions. Also ancient religious books. Bring yours with your name on the outside of it. ST. PAUL MISSIONARY CHURCH (2 miles east and 2 miles North of Monroe) R. R. Welsh, pastor 9:15 Morning Worship. 10:15 Sunday school. 7:00 Evening Service. 8:00 Choir Practice. < WEDNESDAY 7:00 Prayer and Bible Study. 7:00 M. Y. F. and Childrens Bible hour. PLEASANT MILLS METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Divine Worship at 10:30 a.m. SALEM METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor Divine Worship Service at’ 9:30 a m. — the opening of the Revival meetings. Sunday school at 10:20 a.m. ( Revival Meeting at 7:30 and each night for two weeks. The pastor, Joseph. Gibson is the speaker and Mrs. Frank Voss of the Mt. Hope Nazarene Church is the song leader and special vocal soloist. Everyone come to all services. : '

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WHY BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH? Rev. James R. Meadows The development of Christian character is promoted by church membership. If in general we are influenced by our surroundings it is particularly true that our fellow belivers have power over us for good. The new convert is without experience along many lines, but his presence with those advanced in the Christian life will give that larger knowledge which he needs. He has laid hold upon the fundamental truth of salvation through Christ, but the wealth of Bible warning, promise and hope is only to be secured with aid of the pastor, Sunday school teacher and faithful fellow members. The sense of loneliness which comes at times into most lives will be dispelled by the opportunities for public worship and kindly greetings. Friends gotten through business dealings are not always sympathetic, but friends who have felt the divine grace are most helpful to everyone seeking greatThe Hl-Way Trailer Court, one of Indiana’s leading trailer courts, is located on highway U. S. 27 near the south city limits of Decatur, Ind. A modern laundry, outdoor playground, new indirect lighting, picnic area, a recreation building and a tennis court are provided fol the convenience t: the residents. Phone 8-982 S

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er likeness to our Saviour and L To lead weary souls to the risen Christ is the noblest service which we can render either the world or to Him. But that we may render it, we must be sure that we have seen Him ourselves. We must know where we ran find Him, we must be in living and constant touch with the Master if we are to lead Humanity to His feet. Let us pray for grace and wisdom that we may be in the bright succession of Andrew and of Philip. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE VERSE “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” — Matthew 7:7, 8.

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