The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 May 1968 — Page 8

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Tlw First Presbyterian Church 412 Georgia St. Mrs. Marvin Bouse Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:35 a.m. Northern Indiana Presbyterian Pastor will be our guest. Carl Asper will be our layman leader. Mrs. James Kelling in charge of nursery. Ushers will be M. Dipert, F. Dipert, C. Allen, and S. Jack. Mrs. Jack Tiede will direct both Senior and Junior Choirs. Senior Choir Anthem "God so Loved The World" Junior Choir Anthem "Jesus Is The Rock" Elders Wilbur Mullet and Ralph La Feber will be our representatives at the May Presbytery, to be at Winamac, Indiana. Tuesday, May 7th. Pine Creek Church of Brethren Rev. John A. McCormick, Pastor Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Morning Worsntp 10:00 a.m. Dick Bigler of Goshen will be our speaker for Manchester College Day. 1:30 p.m. Senior Citizens will meet at the church parking lot for a trip to the Timbercrest Home near North Manchester. Wed., 7:30 p.m. Christian Education Board. N. L. First Brethren Church Rev. Kent Bennett, pastor Mrs. Durwood Clark, Jr. Church Leader Durwood Clark. Supt. Primary Supt. Mrs. Cecil Hay Earl Liggett, Bible Study Leader Worship Service 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 BYC. 6:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Pastors Class. 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship, 7:30 p.m. Mother Daughter meeting, Thursday evening. May-2, 7:30. North Liberty Christian Church Jefferson and Harrison Dr. S. Robert Johnston, Minister 510 Reddick St., Mishawaka Phone 259-26023 Dean Morris, Superintendent. SUNDAY SERVICES — 9:00 a.m. Bible School classes Wisdom of Self-Control, Prov. 6:22-32 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship Frozen and bleeding hearts, Lk. 10:25-37 7:30 p.m. Special Missionary Service Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. MidWeek Bible Study and Christian Youth Group meetings Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Mid Week Bible Study Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Choir practice. The public is most cordially invited to all the services at th* North Liberty Christian Church where no one is ever a stranger. The United Methodist Church Harold E. Williams. Minister Sunday School Superintendents, Tom Frame and Dan Awald He'd ushers, Bruce Fitzgerald and David Lawrence. Organists: Mrs. Ruth McKesson. Mrs. Grace Atwood, Mrs. Berths Urbin. THURSDAY 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Practice. Michigan Street Building FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. May Fellowship Tea, United Missionary Church, Koontz Lake 3:30 p.m. Youth Choir Practice, Illinois Street Building SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. First Worship Service Michigan Street Building Church membership class will be received into our Church Fellowship 945 a.m. Sunday School in both buildings. 11:00 a.m. Second Morning worship service in the Illinois SL Building. 7:00 p.m. Church wide study on Marrage Erichment Program. WEDNESDAY 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Practice, Illinois Street Building

8:00 p.m. Official Board Meeting. Illinois Street Building THE CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AT HEART. Beaver Cotk Wesleyan Methodist Church Dean Krieg, Pastor Bob Clingenpeel, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. W.Y. Service 6:15 p.m. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. CYC Thurs. G:3O p.m. Invitation to attend these services. The Koontz I.ake Mission (American Baptist Association) Rev. R. Walter Craft, Pastor Phone — W’alkerton, 586-2257 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Miming Service 11:00 a.m. Evagelistic Service, 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY — Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m. Services are held in the Koontz Lake Community Church. At the corner of Tippectnoe Drive & Ostego Lane. Adult Bible Study at 6:30 p.m. Family Bible Study 7:30 p.m. North Liberty Methodist Church Thomas M. Frost, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Church School 10:45 a.m. Sr. MYF - 6:30 p.m. Pilgrim Holiness ChurvA Rev. William Babb, Pastor Jesse Wisler, Supt. Morning W’orship 10:15 a.m. Youth Services 6:00 p.m. First Brethren Church Rev. Kent Bennett, pastor Dur wood Clark, S. S. Supt. Mrs. Durwood Clark, Jr. Church Leader Mrs. Cecil Hay Primary Supt. Earl Liggett, Bible Study Leader Worship Service 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 Choir practice Wednesday night. Church of The Brethern A. P. Wenger, Pastor Share in Prayer Hour 9:25 a.m. Morning W’orship 9:80 a.m. Church School 10:30 a.m Adult Bible Study 6:80. Youth 6:30. Choir Practice 7:30 Wednesday Glad Tidings Assembly of God Rev. K. L. Wickstorm Fish Lake Ernie Young, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Full Gospel Tabernacle Rt. 23 Koontz Lake Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. PYPA 5:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Prayer Band Saturday 7:00 p.m. Everyone Welcome K. L. United Missionary Church Richard H. Matteson, Pastor Mrs. R. S. Varga, Supt Sunday School 9:30 Second Worship Service 1):15 Children's Church 10:15 Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible study Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome to these services. First Baptist Churca North Liberty The new congregation meeting In its brand new building, 407 W. Elm one block south of Highway Walter J. Claeys, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m. United Pentecostal Church Comer of Indiana and Van Buren St., Walkerton (Formerly in North Liberty) Rev C. O. Bilthelmer, Pastor, Sunday Sch<x>l 9:45 a m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Tuesday 7 ;30 p.m. Young People’s Service Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

The public is invited to attend these services. The end of your search for a friendly church. First Baptist Church Clark and Maine Streets Benny Miller, I'astor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening service 6:30 Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Will Present Concert At KL Church Tea Pauline Twi-ed, soprano, will present a half-hour concert for ladies of the community at the annual May Tea which will be held at the Koontz Like United Missionary Church Friday, May 3, at 1 p.m. Mrs. Tweed is a graduate of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, with a major in voice. Graduate study was Liken at the University of Southern California where she sang leading roles in Beethoven’s "Fidelio" and Verdi's "Falstaff.” She studied with Ruth Michaelies and Gwendolyn Koldofsky. Mis. Tweed made her professional debut in 1964 as guest artist with the Elkhart Symphony Orchestra in a cncert of selected operatic arias. In April, 1967. she sang the lead role as "Mini" in LaBoheme.” She has also performed In such major oratorio presentations as Handel's "Messiah,” Mendelssohn’s "Elijah,” and Haydn's "Creation" with leading choral organizations. She is the wife of Professor Myron Tweed, a member of the Fine Arts faculty of Bethel College, Mishawaka. As duo-soloists, the Tweeds give concerts throughout the year for churches, pro essional, and civic organizations. Ail women of the community are cordially invited to attend the May Tea. CHARITY CIRCLE MET The Charity Cirlcle of the United Methodist Church met Thursday, April 18 at 9:30 a.m. in the home of Mrs. Robert Barden, with seven members present. Mrs. Bouman was selected as our new chairman for next year. The meeting was opened with prayer by the chairman, Mrs. Gale Sherland, entitled "The Greeness of April." Mrs. James Payton had devotions. Mrs. Raymond Sinn had- the. lesson entitled "We dig those rooi cats, or Living with- Teenagers ■ and loving it.” A most interesting discussion followed. She also closed the meeting with prayer. The next meeting will be oh Thursday, May 9 at 9:30 a.m. in the home of Mrs. Cliffie Polk. Meridian Mutual OFFERS PARKED CAR PROTECTION Have you heard about Meridian Mutual Parked Car Coverage? An unusual advantage you can have when you insure with usl Phone us today ~ • R. W. Johnson Morning — Hamlet Phone 867-2824 Afternoon* — Koontz Lake Phone Walkertou 586-2580

The United Methodist Church Is Born In a ceremony filled with challenge for the future and shot through with color and drama, The United Methodist Church came into being here April 23. At 9:49 a.m., Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, Indianapolis, Ind., of the former Evangelical United Brethren Church and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, New York, of the former Methodist Church joined hands over a cluster of symbolic documents and joined their voices in saying: "Lord of the Church, we are united in thoe, in thy Church, and hbw in The United Methodist Church.” The 10,000 persons filling the Dallas Memorial Auditorium exclaimed: "Amen." After the bishops had declared the union of the two churches, children from Texas and Oklahoma; youth from Minnesota and Kansas; adults /torn Massachusetts and Texas; ministers from Sierra Leone, Minnesota, Germany, Alabama, India, and Argentina; and national staff members from Ohio and New York mounted the biUe-carpeted platform. joint'd hands, and repeated the words spoken earlier by the two bishops. Climaxing the two ceremony, the 1,300 delegates to the meeting and the congregation joined hands and echoed: “Lord of the Church, We are united in thee, in thy Church, and now in The United Methodist Church. Amen.” The ceremony Tuesday morning symbolized the formation of a Protestant denomination of more than 11,000,000 members in the United States and more than 1.000.000 members in more than 50 countries around the world. Spelling out the challenge for the future Was a .stirring sermon by Rev. Dr. Albert C. Outler of Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology and world-renown ecumenical leader an:! theologian. "The aura of every new-born thing is an aura of hope," Dr. Outler told his vast congregation as Tie bagan a sermon that waa to end with a

■■ ! ■ In The Pastor’s 8 i ,w EmkHe ■ I * EssSsHs ■ ■ this ^blm : Hi I - believe Walter J. Claeys. 8.A.. RD. 3 * Pastor. First Baptist Church ■ g North Liberty v || Phone 656-8344 B i । I f A ? a I believe thnt the Lord Jesus Christ is the * Ip final word*on truth in every area. i If H" spoke ab >ut the origin of things. Rut modern science 8 R peaks < n <>ri'.pns too Must I hold in obeyance any declaration V ■ <»i the Bible and wait for the word from the professional _ ■ schnti't? No' Jesus is the t< p authority and when He says that th.' Genesis account of creation is true it is! For He I ■ cannot lie. ■ 1 He spoke about heaven and hell. But modern folk say that no ■ • one has ever nrtumed from the dead-to substantiate such teach- [ L inga So must I wait until after death to find out ? No! Jesus' L word is final today. And when He says that people enter i * either heaven or hell at death, they do! For He is truth in S every area. • j| He spoke about salvation. Yet other religions speak about 8 jj salvation, too. Must I study all those that conflict with faith • | in Christ for salvaion before I decide whether Christ and the g ■ Bible should be received? No! Jesus Himself is the absolute || Luth, with or without further investigation. When He aays • E that my onlv hope of justification before God is personal re- g pi ception of God s Son and His work on the cross for me, then ■ it is settled! And so I receive Him and am saved. For He is 8 S the final word of truth in every area. g | This I believe. What do you believe? ® i f ■ ... FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ... ’ g Our Specialties: Warm Friendship and Bible Preaching. 8 F 4 'E CAB .E -B fi WlO—nlC 4B ijraw .« EPMMUI »

standing ovation. If the n A church is "to turn this beginni * into the reality of its promise a I hopes,” the speaker said, “bu I ness’s usual simply will not ; 1 our business done.” "This, th> 1 is our birthday —a day to cel brate, a day to remember, adj for high hopes and renewed co j mitments." The local Methodist Chui । and the Evangelical Uniti Brethren Church uniti-d alm two years ago. At that th, they adopted the name of the n denomination "The United Me odist Church in existence. Public Invited To Opening Part Os After-Prom Party One of the highlights of a sch(x»l year Is the Junior-Sen Prom. This will unfold FrW night at John Glenn High Sch< and once again many of the < ganizations and clubs of the ar plus interested Individuals a planning a gala After-Pror Party. Plans have progressed well i the past for the After-Pro Party and once again this v. unfold beginning at midnight an running through the wee hours the morning for the Juniors ai Seniors and their guests. As has been the case for year the public is Invited to see tl starting ceremonies of the nig), as the boys and girls gather the Rialto Theatre for the opei Ing part of the activity and th theatre party. Cooperation asked of the public to respect th no parking signs and also n< crowd the front of the theatre t< much so everyone can see th couples arrive, be introduced an have their pictures taken as the enter the theatre. Once again royal treatment will be givei them at this time to get the nigh going in fine fashion. There will aealn be three ses to the all-night party, th 1 theatre party, the night club an dancing party held in a really re juvenated Youth Building, and the Breakfast at the America Legion climaxing the activitie early in the morning.