The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 12

Churches-religion Saturday Morning, September 27, 1980 J)ml jNdus 13-A Ira Stanphill Stanphill sings here Sunday Ira StanphiU, composer of more vhan 500 gospel songs, will be in Galveston Sunday through Wednesday. He will be singing and speaking at 7 p.m. nightly at the First Assembly, of God Church, 4628 Ave. as well as at the 10:50 a.m. service Sunday.

While in Galveston he plans to take suggestions from the congregation and compose and perform a song especially for this congregation. Stanphill, who has been writing, recording and publishing music for the past 40 years is also an evangelist, pastor and television personality. Some of his best known songs are perhaps, "Supper Time," "Mansion Over the Hilltop," "Room at the Cross," and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow." He has hosted his own television program and appeared as guest on PTL with Jim- After being pastor of Rockwood Park Church in Ft. Worth for 13 years he has now resigned and will be involved in evangelism and concert work. All services are open to the public, according to the Rev.

C.E. Sword, pastor of First Assembly of God Church. Church votes to support committee Members of Pine Drive Baptist Church of Dickinson met in a special business meeting Sept. 10 and voted to support the formation of the Imformed Citizens Organization. The ICO committee is a non-partisan group of concerned citizens who believe an informed community that votes is healthy for everyone.

At present there are nine subcommittees in the ICO with the following leadership: Coordination and intergration chaired by Pastor Everett Nix and assisted by Robert Apgar and John Overton; intercessory prayer chaired by Freddie Neel; political information, Robert Tombrella; community moral issues, Lavan Bean and Jack Merritt; public school issues and textbooks, Tommy Land; free en- terprize, Bill Walker; national defense, Rick Mittelsted, ERA and abortion, L.P. Spencer, and Joyce Larsen and Dorothy Overton; special services, Bruce Stapp and Hoyt McBryar. The next phase of action svill be to register people to vote, giving condensed information to them and- encouraging them to vote their convictions in the November election. The ICO will provide speakers, multi-media presentations to other church groups, civic organizations and neighborhood or community meetings. Weekly business meetings will be held at Pine Drive Baptist Church, 705 Pine Drive in Dickinson.

The public is invited. For more information call 534-3550 or 337-3413 or John Overton at 534-2476. Special events. FATHER DOMINIC PISTONE OF St. Paul's Church, Nassau Bay, will head up a special day for the youth of the island and mainland on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

in the cafeteria of the Junior Campus of O'Connell High School, 25th Street and Avenue N. Adrian Leal, active in youth ministry of the Houston area, will assist. The afternoon of song, praise and fellowship will end with Father Dominic celebrating Mass in the Historic St. Joseph's Church, at 4:45 p.m. JOLLY ELDERS Twenty-five members of the Jolly Elder Club of First Baptist Church in Galveston will leave on the church bus 5:30 a.m.

Sunday for Glorieta Baptist Conference Center near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Afternoon trips to Santa Fe, Taos and Bandelier National Park are planned. The group will leave Glorieta Friday, Oct. 3 with a stop in San Angelo for a. visit with former Galveston school teacher Allena Jackson.

The next day they will visit the home of former President Lyndon B. Johnson on the return route to Galveston. The club meets monthly in the church fellowship Hall on the third Tuesday of each Senior citizens are invited to join the group, according to E.E. Rodgers, president. ARCADIA A new film series featuring family expert James C.

Dobson, Ph.D., will be shown at the Arcadia Christian Church beginning Oct. 1 and continuing through Nov. 19. The films, Music Month set titled "Focus on the Family," will be shown at 7 p.m. at the church and features seven of Dobson's most popular presentations.

MACEDONIA The City-Wide Gospel Chorale and members of the youth and young adult choirs of Macedonia Baptist Church will be featured 3 p.m. Sunday in "An Afternoon of Inspirational Music." Under the direction of Louis Porter, with Carolyn Hoskins chairperson, the musical will feature prominent soloists and musicians of the chorales. The event is open to the public. UNITARIAN Don Higbee, government instructor at Pearland High School, will speak at the 10:30 a.m. services Sunday of the Unitarian Univer- salist Fellowship of Galveston County, 1240 Ross Avenue, La Marque.

His topic will be the fundamentalist movement and politics. WOMEN'S AGLOW David and Phyllis Han- Today's Church non, recently moved from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands to the Friendswood area, will speak at the House of Prayer, 1515 Bay Area Blvd. in Clear Lake City at 7:30 p.m Oct. 10.

For more information call 337- 3082or471-4939 RISING STAR Rising Star Cemetery annual day will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the church. A program is planned by the cemetery committee of those buried there. All who have friends or loved ones buried there are especially invited. GALILEE BAPTIST Hitchcock Mission No'.

1 of Galilee Baptist Church will sponsor an annual friend and family talent night 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Mrs. Alma Morris, president and the Rev. B.J Hunter, pastor. ST.

LUKE The Rev. and Mrs. E. Johns of St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church will be honored on their eighth anniversary wit the church at the 10:45 a.m.

service Sunday. The Rev. James Thomas, pastor of Market Street Baptist Church will speak at the morning service and the Rev. C. Hudson, pastor of St.

Mark Baptist Church of Hitchcock will speak in the afternoon. WESLEY Christian education Sunday will be observed at Wesley Tabernacle Church, 90228th Street, with a 4 p.m. program Sunday. "Let's Join the Great Parade" will be presented in honor of the 200-year anniversary of the church school, with special recognition being given to those participating. Superintendent Is Ruth Evans and minister is the Rev.

H.B.Liedy. MT. OLIVE The workers conference of Mt. Olive Baptist Church will celebrate its annual day Sunday at the 10:30 a.m. hour of worship.

The Rev. M.C. Battle will speak. A 3 p.m. program will be held with Eugenia Harris giving a history of the conference and several other singers and speakers will participate.

FIRST CHRISTIAN Katherine Bosarge will present a memorial gospel concert at First Christian Church of La Marque at 7 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Bosarge's music and songs will be performed In memory of the late Jack Clark, her brother, and former minister to the congregation at First Christian Church. A period of fellowship and refreshments will follow the concert.

The church is at 1204 Ross Avenue. Carr ordination today lliam H. Carr, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John E.

Carr will be ordained and installed as associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Galveston at 7 p.m. Sunday. Moderator of the Presbytery of New Covenant, Mr. James Stallings, will preside at the services and the Rev. Thomas W.

Currie, III, pastor of Brenham Presbyterian Church of Brenham, will speak. Other members of the Presbytery Commission, to ordain and install Carr include the Rev. Donald McGarity, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville; the Rev. Cecil Lang, pastor of Westminister Presbyterian Church of Galveston; Ruling Elder Charles Zinnecker, West Isle Presbyterian Church of Galveston, and Ruling Elder L.D. Edwards, First Presbyterian Church of Galveston.

Carr is a 1980 graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is married to the former Patricia L. Severance of Houston. They have two sons, Patrick and Brian. The public is cordially invited to attend this service of ordination and installation tonight at the First Presbyterian Church, 1903 Church Street. Mary Ida Lyons Mary Ida Lyons, GISD teacher and member of Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, will be featured at the musical program, "Music in Evangelism," at 6 p.m.

Sunday at Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church. The program will conclude the Live Oak Church's Music Emphasis Month, according to Mrs. A.L. Sterns, co-ordinator and director of the event. Mrs.

Lyons is a lyric soprano. She has recorded both classical and spiritual selections and has sang with the Wings Over Jordan group. She is Basileus of the local chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and has membership in many other professional organizations. Billye Joyce Barren is chairman of the program. Bernice Hightower, local piano teacher and choir director, will accompany Mrs.

Lyons on the organ. T.M. Lewis is church organist, Stephanie Evans and Felicia Session are youth pianists, and Inez Humphrey and Augusta Stearnes are music directors. The Rev. Byron E.

Williams is minister of the church. MT. CALVARY The second annual missionary workshop sponsored by Mt. Calvary 5202 Ave. will take place 8:30 a.m.

today. Missionary workers from area churches will take part in the program, "Christian Love. In Action." Guest speaker at noon will be the Rev. George W. Singleton pastor of St.

Paul Baptist Church of Brazoria. PROGRESSIVE The brotherhood of Progressive Baptist Church, 320 Bell Drive, Texas City, will celebrate its annual day 3 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Young and the Rising Star Baptist Church of Houston will be special guests.

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But our Lord's emphasis was against that way of defining righteousness. He stressed one's internal attitude, regardless of the external surroundings. Too many Christians focus their time and thoughts on the sins of others. This keeps the spotlight away from oneself. But a good Christian can avoid disturbing thoughts about.

attitude and pride which our Lord includes on his list of evil things right along with theft, murder and adultery. God shows a lot of concern about sin and so should we. But it is the nature of some people to deceive us even when we think we are being righteous in some things. We must work at keeping our understanding and emphasis in line' with what God has revealed. Jesus said, "That which cometh out of the man, that defileth man.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." (Mark All Christians knows that the ways of the Lord are right and they should walk in them and follow therein. BETTY TAPSCOTT, internationally known lecturer and author, will speak at St. Joseph's Catholic Renewal Center "Day of Renewal" 1:30 p.m. Sunday at 22nd Street and Avenue Galveston.

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