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The Paris News, June 12, 1981 Church events The First Baptist Church wilt hold five sessions of its summer Day Camp this summer. The sessions will be held during the weeks of June 1519, June 22-26, June 29-July 3, July 6-10, and July 13-17. The cost of the camp is $17.50 per week and covers the expense of a day camp T-shirt, arts and crafts, skating, movies, awards, field trip, transportation and insurance. The camp wilt be held daily from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

at the First Baptist Family Life Center. Children may register for the camp by calling the Family Life Center office, 785-7320. Brookston. THE NORTH Lamar Methodist Parish announces its schedule as follows: Jim Yarbrough, pastor, will preach at Chicota at 9:45 and at First Powderly, at 11 a.m. Jimmy Davis, associate, will preach at ML Tabor- Sumner at 9:45 a.m.

and at Belk at lla.m. Holy Communion will be observed at Mt. Tabor- Sumner and Powderly, The Mt. Tabor-Sumner congregation will have their monthly fellowship dinner at noon Sunday. Church news Roman Catholics report large membership gain GOSPEL SINGERS The Markoma Bible Academy ensemble, The Christ Ambassadors, will appear in concert Sunday at 6 p.m.

at the Paris Bible Church, 442 S. Main. The group is made up of high school students that attend the academy. Tudor Street Gospel built with help of volunteers THE NEW People's Class of the Emberson Baptist Church will hold a bake sale Saturday at the Safeway grocery store in Mirabeau Square to raise money for furnishings for their church. The Sake sale will begin at The Emberson Baptist Church will also hold a car wash on June 20 from 9 a.m.

until 6 p.m. at the Emberson Baptist Church. The cost will be $2.50. THE 10:50 a.m. service at Oak Park United Methodist Church will feature a harp solo by Dorothy Turnipseed.

She will play "The Little Fountain" by Pratt. The Chancel Choir will sing "Glory to the King of Kings" by Thompson. EDITOR'S NOTE This article was received too late to be placed in the special church edition. The Tudor Street Gospel Mission was founded by James R. Sims and his wife Juanita in the late 50's with the help of John Shuler, who was pastor of the First Methodist Church at the time.

The property for Tudor Street Gospel Mission was purchased through a joint effort of Sims and Shuler. With the help of volunteers, the building quickly became a reality. The late Perry Woods contracted to construct the building free of charge. With the volunteer help of several others, the building was completed and first service was held April 17, 1960. In 1979 property was purchased for a church parking lot.

In 1980 the church decided to build a new building. Construction of this new facility began in November of 1980 and the first service was held in the new building on Jan. 31, 1981. After 21 years as pastor of the church, James R. Sims is now assisted by his son J.

W. Sims, who was recently ordained. and made associate pastor. The first trustees of the Tudor Street Gospel Mission were James R. Sims, Juanita Sims and Clarence O.

Smith. Three new trustees were elected recently. These include Walter Welch, Melvin Wear and Raymond Barnett. The church secretary and song leader is Mrs. Virginia Ruth Thompson.

Musicians are Raymond Wear, Auther Thompson, Mrs. Bobbie Bosl, Jay Wright, Junior Wear. Mrs. Lenita Wright. -Mrs.

Syble Smith and First Assembly youth hold record burning Following a five hour "Rock Music Review" at the First Assembly of God Church, 3475 Lamar, the church youth held a record album burning night. According to the pastor Tom Calk, over $15,000 worth of rock tapes, records and posters were burned. The review, presented by Barry Wynn, was titled "A Journey into Rock." The theme of the review was "Somebody's been messin' with your mind." The First Assembly of God youth program recently elected new officers to serve the fast growing group. The newly elected president is Sam Cooper of Blossom, the vice-president is Kevin Adams of Reno, Laura Barber of Paris is secretary, Tonya Evans of Paris is treasurer and John Allen of Blossom is promotional director. The youth group meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

al the First Assembly of God Church. several out-of-town members who attend when possible. The church deacons are Billy Wear and Clarence O. Smith. Because the Tudor Street Gospel Mission is nondenominational there is no regular church roll, however the regular classes consist of about 40'to 50 persons.

The women of the church have their auxiliary and their own treasury to assist in the work and expenses of the church. Mrs. Wanda Wear is the treasurer of the women's fund. James H. Sims, pastor, is also the regular church treasurer.

He keeps records of all business and services with the assistance of Mrs. Virginia Thompson. There is no organization sponsoring the mission work of the church. All expenses are taken care of through free-will offerings. Services at the Tudor Street Gospel Mission are held on Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Tuesday evening.

The evening services are held at 7 p.m. and the Sunday school services are'held al 10 a.m. The women's prayer meeting is held Tuesday at 10a.m. EDDIE HYATT of Canada will speak at the Chicota' Assembly of God Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

THE REV. Eric Futch will be preaching a men's day program June 17-19 at the New Hebron Baptist Church of Brookston. Services will start each night at The Rev. J. R.

Savage will preach a Father's Day program at 2:30 p.m. on June 21 at the New Hebron Baptist Church of SUNDAY AT 3 p.m. a Service of Dedication will be held at Oak Park United Methodist Church for their new Allen Computer Organ. The program will include music played by five of the churches' former organists: Margaret Rheudasil, Albert Cunningham, Virginia Bills, Charles Shelton and Kathy Guttierrez. Dorothy Turnipseed, the present organist, will also play.

The Rev. Milton Guttierrez, former pastor and the Rev. Robert Turnipseed, present pastor will lead the service. The public is cordially invited to the Service of Dedication as well as to the reception following which honors the five former organists. NEW YORK Roman Catholicism in 1980 registered its biggest membership gain in 15 years, passing the 50-million mark, but its corps of priests, nuns and seminarians continued to decline.

At the same time, overrall church membership in the nation remained at a virtual standstill at about 133.4 million. However, the number of Roman Catholics rose to 50,449,842, an increase of 637,664 over the year before, and the biggest gain since the 766,248 increase in 1965. "There seems to be a return to the church," says Thomas H. Walsh, business manager of P.J. Kenedy Sons which compiles the annual statistics for the Official Catholic Directory.

He notes that "a lot of people had turned the church off" following the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65, but apparently now were returning, with baptisms and conversions also up. However, some of the membership gain came from the heavy influx of mostly Catholic Cubans and Mexicans, with particularly large increases in the most affected regions of California and Florida. The new figures aiso showed a continuing shrinkage in the numbers of priests, which fell to 58,398, down 432, and of nuns, which dropped to 122,653, down 3,864. The decline in nuns has been heavy since the 1966 peak of 181,421, but had seemed to levelling off in recent years until the new sharp drop in 1980. Meanwhile, overall church membership in the country remained almost unchanged at a total of 133,469,690, a gain of only 80,914 or .06 of a percent, far less than the population growth of 1 percent.

The overall figures were reported in the 1981 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches compiled by the National Council of Churches. As in recent years, most major mainline Protestant denominations continued to shrink, while the losses were almost evenly offset by gains in conservative denominations and Roman Catholicism. However, the losses slowed in the mainline Protestant bodies, and were reversed in the Episcopal Church, edging upward again. Southern Baptists continued strong growth, now totalling 13.6 million. The overall totals show about 73 million Protestants, 50 million Roman Catholics, 6 million Jews and 4 million Eastern Orthodox Christians.

The 1981 Cathol it- Directory reports a total ol 12,468 seminary students studying for the priesthood, down 758 from a year ago. and continuing a steady slide since the 1965 peak of 48,992. However, the drop is somewhat mitigated by the fact that most high school- level seminaries have closed down, with only older. Gospel singing lessonsset Christ Ambassadors to appear on concert Lakeway Baptist Church welcomes Duffee as pastor Members of the Lakeway Baptist Church recently welcomed the Rev. Travis Duffee as their new pastor.

Duffee, his wife, Sudie and their children Bryan, Kristy and Jeffrey came to Lakeway Baptist from Clarksville on May 17. The Rev. Duffee's career in ministry has taken him to several foreign countries. He served for over three years in Mexico working with several native tribes. His work resulted in a Baptist Church in the Mexican village of Tepeyac where the Tlapaneco Indian tribes live.

He is active in helping establish a ministry in Bowie for the training of Baptist missionaries. He has used his pilot training to fly missionaries and their supplies to several places in Mexico. He also spent some time in the Philippine Islands wehre he was instrumental in establishing a Baptist church on the island of Panay. The Markoma Bible Academy ensemble, the Christ Ambassadors, will be presented in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Paris Bible Church, 442 S.

Main. The program will consist of a variety of both traditional and conservative gospel music. The Markoma Bible Academy is a four-year coeducational, evangelical Christian High School located on a 264 acre farm outside of Tahlequah. Okla. It is located on the site of the original Cherokee Male Seminary.

The academy opened in 1961 and offers a full course of study leading to high school diplomas. The school draws students from Missouri. Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas as well as several other states and foreign countries. The Paris chapter of the Southern Gospel music association will sponsor a gospel singing school the week oi June 15-26.

Classes will be held daily at 7:30 p.m. at the First Assembly of God Church, Lamar. Douglas Jones of Boonville. Ark. will be the instructor for the classes.

Private voice and guitar lessons will also be given. The school is free to all ages and denominations. A charge will cover the books used in the course. The Southern Gospel Music Association invites everyone to attend. THE HIGHWAY FULL GOSPEL Hwy.

24 South REVIVAL JUNE 14 JUNE 21 The featured evangelist the Harvey Blacksheare from Weatherford. Thii young man it now a state evangelist of the Churches of God in Texas. He carries within his heart a burning message from God, and a great burden for lost humanity. Pallor. glovi you a cordial Invitation la each (vonlngat p.m.Singing Hollnooi Proochlng Prayor for tho ikk A all othora In nood of touch from Cod.

EVANGEL Church of God 1680 NW Loop 286 JOE BLACKSHEAR, PASTOR REV. TRAVIS DUFFEE Baptist pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. EVENING WORSHIP 6:00 P.M. WED. EVEN.

SERVICE 7:00 P.M. Church Phone: 785-7470 Home Phone: 785-5887 COME WORSHIP WITH WE ARE A FAMILY CHURCH. Our Services Are Noticeably Different Calvary Assembly of God 240 19th NW Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Services 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship.

6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening BUS SERVICES AVAILABLE 784-7092 784-2891 Worship in a Pentecostal Atmosphere CHARLES E. COX. Pastor FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 410 West Kaufman (Corner 4th SW) 9:45 AAA Sunday School 10:45 AM VISITORS WELCOME CHURCH of GOD Charles E. Prince Pastor 1400Bonham INVITES YOU TO WORSHIP KPRESunday (8:05 a.m.) Sunday School (9:45 a.m.) Morning Worship (10:45 a.m.) Douglas L.

Holt C.E. Director Junior Church (10:45 a.m.) Evening Worship (6:00 p.m.) Wed. Family Training (7:00 p.m.) Infant Toddler Nursery Available ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF PRAISE WITH THE ENSIGN CHRISTIAN CENTER 4th S.W. Kaufman St. THIS SUMMER 2:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M.

"0 magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together." CLASSIFIED ADS GET MORE RESULTS Jfftrat Ajsarmblif of DON WEAR Minister of Education TOM CALK Pastor 785-3276 KEN ADAMS Minister of Youth SUNDAY: Kngto Sunday School Clooj of 3475 Lamar Avo. Paris, Texas Church Phono: 785-2883 (For TmuporMton Cod 7SS-SVM) "KH.T" School for oil "FLAG DAY" Sunday June 14 MONDAYfi 7iOO pjo. Joy rollowihlp WIONISDAVSi 7iOO Mght THUftSDAVSi 11:00 o.m. Prayor Mooting llM 10MS roUowaMp Morning MM Chair lining Worship FMOATfc otOO ActhrHy Nkjht SATIMOAVSi AM SoiOor OHsoM liOO MM Vlaltotlon MtnMry (Hungry Ctn Provided For All Church A CHURCH LOVE IS BUILDING A NEW LIVE ALBUM Amy Grant In Concert ON VACATION When you goon vacation this summer, let us save The News for you in our Vacation Pak unlil you gel bock home. We will slop home delivery on the day you tell us to, save oil the papers in between in our Vacation Pak and start delivery of ihe paper (olong with the Vacation Pak) when you return it.

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