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Many teenagers never read Bible WASHINGTON (UPI) Nearly every American home has a Bible, but a new survey says one-fourth of the nation's teenagers never read it. The latest Gallup Youth Survey showed that only one teenager in 10 reads the Bible daily. The survey was published in the current addition of "Emerging Trends," from Gallup's Princeton Religion Research Center. Nearly one-fourth of the teenagers surveyed said they read the Bible at least once a week, but Gallup officials said that number may be somewhat misleading since it may well include those teens who read the Bible in the course of a church service. The figure of 10 percent who say they read the Bible daily compares with about 50 percent of young men and women who read a newspaper every day.

"The poll showed that the 'Bible belt' remains very much a part of American geography, as teens in the South and Midwest read the Bible much more frequently than their counterparts in the East and West," the research center said. "Eastern teens are the least frequent readers, with only 6 percent of them opening their Bible daily and fully 35 percent never opening it," the center said. One-fourth of all teenagers in the United States never read the Bible, it said. The poll also found that Protestants read the Bible with greater frequency than Roman Catholics only 20 percent of Protestants said they never read the Bible compared to 31 percent of Catholic youths. "While boys and girls read the Bible with just about the same frequency, girls did claim weekly readership in greater numbers than did boys, probably a reflection of the females' more frequent church attendance," the center said.

"Perhaps predictably, teenage church goers were found to be far more likely than non-churchgoers were to read the Bible," it said, "although it was also found that one in six infrequent church goers nonetheless reads the Bible at least once a week." "And even among those who never attend church, 40 percent read the Bible at least once a week," the center said. Saturday Morning, January 12, 1980 £Jc(ua 9-A Churches-religion Isle nuns to be honored BISHOP FINIS A. CRUTCHFIELD, chief pastor and administrator of the eastern half of Texas with more than 700 churches and parsonage familes under his direction, will be preaching at 10:50 a.m. Sunday at the Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church, 2803 53rd Street. Dr.

Asbury Lenox will conduct the service and present the Bishop. Other ministers taking park in the special service include Dr. John Wesley Hardt, Dr. Hooper Haygood, district superintendents of the Houston East and South Districts; the Rev. Carol Turner, associate minister and the Rev.

Nolen Holcomb, campus minister at UTMB. The service Is open to the public and a nursery is provided. The Christian "The people that walked in the darkness have seen a great light: They dance in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." (Isaiah The light that can lead us to deliverance is the light of God's grace. We who walk in darkness will never be free from self-interest and sin. J.

Blair. The Ursuline Alumnae Association will honor the Ursuline Nuns of the Galveston community with a reception and open house 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 in the Ursuline parlors, 1525 Rosenberg, Galveston. The event marks the 133rd anniversary of the arrival of the Urs'ulines on Galveston Island.

With The so-called Betsy Ross flag of 13 stars on a blue field and 13 red and white stripes was made in May or June of 1776. events. FAMILY DAY Members of Neighborhood Baptist Church, 205 Ross, La Marque, will celebrate their fifth annual family day 3 p.m. Jan. 20.

The Rev. Ira Leigh, pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church of Galveston and his congregation will be special guests. The public is invited. The Rev.

Henry Franklin is pastor. AVENUE The Avenue L. Baptist Church, 2612 Ave. will present an installation service 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Rev. M.C. Battle, pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church of Galveston will give the message to the newly elected officers of various departments and groups of the church. The minister of Avenue Baptist Church is the Rev. Ralph J.

Cummins. The public is invited. UNITARIAN Caroline Whitbeck, associate professor of philosophy of medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch and a Quaker, will speak at the 10:30 a.m. services Sunday of the Unitarian- Universalist Fellowship of Galveston County, 1240 Ross Avenue, La Marque. Her topic will be "Margaret Fell and the Society of Friends." The program is open to the public and will be followed by coffee and discussion.

Nursery and Sunday School are also provided. ZION LUTHERAN The Rev. R.R. Sundara Rao, former lecturer in the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, South India, will be the guest speaker at Zion Lutheran Church, 6910 Yucca Drive, Galveston, 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

The service will be followed by a covered dish international meal featuring Indian foods. Rev. Sundara Rao served as a village pastor for the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church in South India, and produced radio programs for an international radio station before joining the faculty of the Theological College. Author of various religious and secular articles, he is studying for his PH.D. degree in the field of comparative study of religions in South Asia at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wis.

MT. CALVARY Mothers' uplift annual day will be observed at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 5202 Ave. Galveston.

The Rev. F.A. Allen and his congregation, pastor of Rose Hill Baptist Church of Houston, will be special guests. Rev. Allen is the former pastor of Mt.

Calvary and is the moderator of Southwest Central District Association.l MT. MORIAH The Willing Workers Circle of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 2728 Ave. will observe their annual their coming in 1847, Catholic education in the state of Texas began. This year, Founder's Day will be combined with the Diamond Jubilee Celebration, honoring Sister Ignatius Coughlin on the occasion of her 60 years of religious service.

Sister Ignatius has taught music and choral at the Ursuline Academy for many years. Chairperson for the event is Mrs. John P. Emmittee, with co-chairpersons Mrs. William Smith and Heddy Bember.

Officers of the Alumnae who will serve as hostesses include Sister M. Elizabeth Webster, president; Mrs. Roland E. Wolter, vice president; Mrs. John B.

Sporar, secretary and Mrs. Albert E.King treasurer. Alumnae members, friends, relatives and former students are invited to join in the festivities honoring the Ursuline Sisters on this special occasion. Potentially explosive mixture of religion, politics begins to surface Bay Area Chorus opens its membership Sunday The Bay Area Chorus opens its membership Sunday for the spring season. All singers, especially male, are welcome to come at 2 p.m.

for voice placement at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Nassau Bay. A maximum of 30 voices in each section (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) is set for ideal blend. The non-profit organization's membership is open to any singer in the Houston-Galveston Bay Area. The chorus, under the direction of Dr.

Ray Moore, director of choral activities at the University of Houston, rehearses Sunday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Registration of returning members will be at 7 p.m.

Sunday. The music for this season will be challenging and weighted toward American composers in anticipation of the Chorus' European Tour in July. The spring concert is set for April 27 and will raise funds for a music scholarship for a Clear Creek District graduate. Further information may be obtained by calling 481-0989 or 334-1286. THE SENIOR MISSION No.

I of Jerusalem Baptist Church, 2717 Ave. will sponsor a program p.m. Sunday, featuring the Voices of tlie Mainland, with Doyle Bryant, above. Also appearing will be John Tarver, saxophonist. The public is invited to attend according to pastor, the Ucv.

A.S. Johnson and program coordinator Marie Pines. This year is a presidential election year and already the potentially explosive mixture of religion and politics is beginning to surface. Abortion, as usual in recent elections, promises to be one of the major issues in which political issues are shaded by their ethical and religious overtones. In addition, an apparently well-funded politically conservative and religiously fundamentalist lobbying organization, Christian Voice, promises to bring more religious controversy to the political process.

Last November, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops, remembering the controversy that surrounded thier relationship with the 1976 presidential campaign, issued a statement outlining the church's proper role in electoral politics. "We specifically do not seek the formation of a religious voting bloc," the bishops said, "nor do we wish to instruct persons on how they should vote by endorsing candidates." They urged all citizens to "examine the positions of candidates on the full range of issues as well as the person's integrity, philosophy and performance." The bishops' statement was widely interpreted as any effort by the bishops to distance them from what has become known as "single issue politics." The abortion issue, in particular, has been the kind of issue in which militant voters on both sides have made it the criterion on whether or not to support a candidate. Abortion continues to be one of the major issues of concern to the bishops, but in their statement they also said voters should look candidates' positions on disarmament, ending poverty, education and other questions as well. Now, however, another top Catholic spokesman, fearful the bishops' statement was misinterpreted as a backing away from the abortion issue, has said the church was not necessarily disavowing single issue politics and that campaign against abortion is "an activity on behalf of justice." "The pursuit of protection for the right to life of the unborn is not a partisan activity nor is it a 'self- interest' activity," said Father Edward Bryce, director of the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. Noting that the phrase "single issue politics" does not appear in the blshop- s'statement, Bryce said the bishops "simply counseled people to avoid choosing candidates on the basis of personal self-interest." "Clearly, this is not a reference to genuine human rights activities, including efforts on behalf of the unborn," he said.

He said the groups, which include Moral Majority and Religious Roundtable as well as Christian Voice, "often equate Christian faith with political positions on specific issues." Science of Mind talks set During the month of January the new minister of the Bay Area Church of Religious Science, Dr. William Van Ornam, will explain the basic teachings of Science of Mind in a special series of lectures during Sunday services at 11 a.m. The public is Invited to attend the services at 4411 West Main League City and get acquainted with this method of living creatively and the spiritual laws of life that govern it. It is a tradition of Religious Science churches everywhere to offer a combined introduction and review of fundamental ideas and philosophy at the beginning of each year. These talks also mark the beginning of Van Ornam's ministry In League City.

Van Ornam will also be teaching accredited tuition classes. The beginners class starts Tuesday, Jan. 29 and practitioners class begins Thursday, Jan. 31. For further information call 332-1144 or 486-7645 evenings.

LA IGLESIA PRESB1TERINA La envlta A crecer Espirltualmente Venga Instruclones para Adults Instructoncs para Jovenes Instruciones para Ntnos Se Hoblo Se HORAS: ESCUELA DOMINICAL 10-11 SERVICIO 11-12 Ubicada 56 day with special services at 3 p.m. Sunday. Special guests will be members of Shiloh Methodist Church and the Rev. A.S.B. Jones, pastor, according to the president of the group, Mrs.

P.B. Williams and the Rev. E.L. Gates, castor. ANTIOCH CHURCH Services will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday at the Antioch New Day Deliverance Church, 102 Texas Texas City. Guest speaker for the revival will be Bishop Richard Taylor of Houston, founder of the New Day Deliverance Holiness Church, and the New Day World Crusade for Christ Movement Training ministers, missionaries and evangelist for world-wide mission work. Bishop Taylor has served as International Youth Bishop for the Living Gospel Fellowship Church, missionary and evangelist. CHARISMATIC The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Center of Galveston will conduct a weekend renewal Jan. 19 and 20 at St.

Joseph's Church, 22nd Street and Avenue Galveston. Guest speaker will be Father Albert Cyiwicki, S.S.B. He will teach on the "Book of Psalms." His teaching will be centered on the background, interpretation and application of the Psalms in prayer life. All attending should bring bibles, including old testament. Schedule for the weekend is as follows: Saturday, Jan.

19, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 20, 1:30 p.m. (Mass at 5 p.m.) Refreshments will be furnished at the Sunday session and there will be no admission fee. Members of all faiths are invited. MALE CHORUS The Male Chorus of Galveston County will celebrate their first annual day at 3 p.m.

Sunday at the Macedonia Baptist Church. The Rev. T.J. Anderson, pastor and James Gullery, president of the chorus, invite the public to attend. Theme for the evening is "Heaven is My Goal." The Rev.

A.L. Curry of West Point Baptist Church will deliver the sermon. Today's church No one able to tame the tongue By JIMMY BLAIR We can tame all the inferior creatures, but in all these ages, have you found anyone able to tame the tongue? Vast as the taming powers of man are, all experience shows that no man can tame this wild creature, the tongue. No man or woman has skill or strength to tame either their neighbor's tongue or their own. The tongue, says Apostle James, is "A restless evil." (James It flits constantly from one subject to another.

From one sphere of wrong doing to another. From frivolity into anger; so that, when you are trying to tame it in one sphere, it suddenly escapes you and exults in its wild freedom in another. The tongue is full of deadly poison. It is like a serpent highly charged with venon, and from which no one can extract the fangs. David said, "Evil men have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; added poison is under their lips." (Psalms There are people professing Godliness.

People who every Sunday in the song of praise lift their voices and bless God for his boundless Fatherly love. Yet they are the same ones who during the week often give way to anger against their friends and God's children. "With the tongue," says the Apostle, "we bless our Lord and Father and with the tongue we curse men." (James To curse is strictly to imprecate evil on a person. If we read Isaiah 12: 1-2, this verse will help us in many ways. For this use, above all others, the tongue was given us.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 27th Galveston CHURCH SERVICES Sunday-11 A.M. Wednesday-8 P.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.M. READING ROOM 510 23rd OPEN 12 P.M. TO 4 P.M.

Monday Thru Friday CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER 7 Mile Rd.t Stewart Rd. Robert E. Dowdy. Pastor 744-6279 Courtesy Van 762-5844 SERVICES! SUN. 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

7:00 p.m. THURS. 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. Healing Services Arcadia Christian Church 4213 Peek Street Arcadia, Texas FRED MILLARD, Minister Phone 933-3395 or 929-2828 EDSKIDMORE Minlittr Phone 923-6993' 9:00 11 tOO Morning Worship P.M. Evening Worship 10:00 A.M.

Bible School 8:00 P.M. Adult Cholrlilitoriil 3:30 P.M. Christian Endeavor and Cholrt Action against Hans Kung may haunt Catholic efforts The Vatican finding of false teaching which stripped Swiss-born theologian Hans Kung of his title as an official Roman Catholic theologian may come back to haunt Pope John Paul IPs efforts to unite the divided Christian church. Father Kung was found guilty of straying from traditional church teaching in two areas questioning the divinity of Christ and on the infallibility of the pope. It is the latter issue, that of infallibility, that John Paul may find unexpected troubles in his future relations with non- Catholics, including both the Orthodox and Protestants.

In both his recent trips to the United States and Turkey, John Paul made it clear that his first in- terfalth priority was ending the more than 900 year old split with the Orthodox church. In Turkey, the pope announced that a major international working group of Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologians and ranking church officials would be established to begin the task of looking at the obstacles that separate the two churches. Papal infallibility, rejected by the Orthodox, but restated and reinforced in the Vatican declaration against Kung, is one of the key obstacles that consultation will face. It is also issue that U.S. Roman Catholic and Lutheran scholars have wrestled with in their officially sanctioned dialogue.

In their report on the issue, these theologians said while they did not view it as the most important theologian question separating the two faiths.it certainly was among the most controversial. And that is perhaps even truer at the grass roots level of the local congregation. While the Roman Catholic and Lutheran theologians did not express complete agreement on the issue, did note a convergence toward what might is called the "indefectibility" of the church the trust that Godwin keep the church in the truth of the Gospel and that Catholics canaffirm the "supreme authority of the gospel and consider con- ciliar and papalinfallibility as being subordinate to it." It was, however, precisely the notion of the "Indefectlbility of the church," that the Vatican condemned in Its declaration on Kung. At least one Lutheran member of the interfaith dialogue team, Dr. George Lindbeck of the Yale Divinity School, expressed support for Kung.

He singled out the Vatican procedures used against Kung as his chief cause of concern and said he applauds Kung's "courage and dedication in saying he will stay" in the church and fight the judgment againsthim. Another Lutheran active in Roman Catholic- Lutheran reunion efforts, the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, aslo said it was "encouraging" that Kung had decided remain in the church. "Lutherans will be understandably fearful of a revival of everything associated with the word Neuhaus said. "The fearls not without foundation." But Neuhaus said the incident should hot deter Christians from continued efforts to define the common boundaries of their shared faith.

Lindbeck said that while "things look grimmer now than on expected" Just a few years ago, he urged people look beynd "any particular administrative action" so that Roman Catholic-Lutheran relations "be determined by what is right and what should be struggled for." INTER-DENOMINATIONAL BIBLE CHURCH WORSHIP 9)30-TiOO Sunday School tator-AUNJOHMSON TMH 935-2872 9:30 A.M. JiS'j Morning Worship 10:50 A.M. SUNDAY'S SERMON by BISHOP FINIS A. CRUTCHFIELD Dfl. ASBUBY LENOX, MINISTER Mini inning prrm! 11 fit nilrprnilrnl SCHEDULE OK SKKV1CKS H)W A.M.- SUWWY A'HXX.

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