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Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Dec. 2, 1 978 A-7 Churches prepare for Advent with wreathes, greens, services Church Spotlight jQv I gry Advent the four-week period of preparation for the celebration of the Nativity in Christian churches starts Sunday, and several area churches have planned special events to coincide with the season. In many homes and churches, the first candle in the Advent wreath will be lighted Sunday; the other three in the wreath on succeeding Sundays to Christmas, when a center taper signifying the birth of Christ "the light of the world" will be lighted. Advent services will be at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Sunday at Trinity Epsicopal Church, Marshall. The Rev. Sheldon Harbach of Sturgis, a retired Episcopal priest who is serving the church during December until the new rector arrives in January, will conduct the services Sunday and during the rest of The traditional Hanging of the Greens ceremony is planned at 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. A family potluck dinner is planned after the ceremony.

Three events are planned Sunday at Westlake Presbyterian Church for the observance of the first Sunday in Advent. A 5 p.m. potluck supper will be held before a 6 p.m. workshop, where instructions in making Advent wreaths and banners will be offere The final event of the day will be a 7 p.m. "white gift" service during which children of the church will share their gifts for needy families, all to be wrapped in white.

The children also will participate in a pageant. The annual Hanging of the Greens ceremony is planned late Sunday after- The 10-member Salt and Light Company traveling musical group, affiliated with Battle Creek Area Youth for Christ, will particpate in the 6 p.m. service Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church. The group of musicians and dramatists from Michigan and Ohio are selected for a year of touring at 500 high schools, churches, civic clubs and conventions to represent the Camp Life division of Youth for For Christ. The five member Sonshine Circle vocal group from Niles will conclude a three days of concerts at Lakeview Baptist Church today and Sunday.

They will give the concerts at 7 p.m. both days. Thier first concert in the series was Friday. Members of the St. Jerome Catholic Church fall festival committee reported this week that the 1978 fund-raiser netted 52,989 for the church.

Friends Church. The YFC musical group Salt and Light Company also will participate at the rally. Vesper services at the Seventh-day Adventist Tabernacle are planned at 4:40 p.m. Saturday, special music will be furnished by the tabernacle's male quartet. Elder Wayne Hicks, assistant pastor at the tabernacle, will be the speaker.

The Rev. J. A. Parker of the South Detroit District will be the guest speaker at a 10:45 a.m. service Sunday at Mount Zion A.M.E.

Church honoring the Rev. Joseph H. Payton, pastor, and his wife. Payton was reappointed pastor for another year term at the denomination's annual conference at Flint in September. He was first in 1977.

Another program at 4 p.m. Sunday will feature the Rev. Albert L. Jelks, pastor of Union Memorial A.M.E. Church of Benton Harbor, guest speaker, and his choir.

"Use what you have for the Lord" will be the theme of a 3:30 p.m. program Sunday at Urbandale Original Church of God, sponsored by the church's Senior Missionary Society. Doug and Lynn Adkins, missionary appointees with World Gospel Mission to Kenya, will be the guest speaker at 6 p.m. Sunday at Level Park Wesleyan Church. Adkins, who was raised in Kenya by his parents who also were missionaries, and his wife are graduates of Vennard College, University Park, Iowa.

The couple, members of the Leighton United Methodist Church, Caledonia, will work in the production of Christian programs for Radio Injili, to be aired over the Voice of Kenya government radio station. "The Gospel Road" film will be shown during a rally sponsored by the Battle Creek Area Youth for Christ at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Battle Creek noon at The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A wassail bowl will be served at 5:30 p.m. after the greening ceremony.

The Right Rev. Benedict Reid, abbot of St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, will be the guest preacher at the 8, 10 and 11 :45 a.m. services Sunday at St. Thomas Epsicopal Church.

The abbot is conducting a quiet day today at the church to assist members with "preparing for the coming of the Lord in prayer." Masses on the first Sunday in Advent at St. Jerome Catholic Church will be at 8, 10 and 11 :30 a.m. The sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated at the 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. services Sunday at First Presbyterian Church as part of the church's ob-' servance of the first day of Advent.

New members will be received into the church family at the 10 a.m. service. A family potluck and a chrismon (religious symbols) tree trimming is planned at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Birch-wood United Methodist Church as part of the church's Advent observance. The dinner and program will be after the 10 a.m.

worship service. New pastor at South Side Church Concert set by choristers from two B.C. churches 5 of the South Side Church for three years. Rudder, a graduate of Southern Illinois University, also attended Whea-ton (111.) College, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Viola College in LaMi-rada, Calif. He was ordained a minister in 1958, affiliated witn the IFCA.

Rudder and his family have recorded several record ablums, inuding three with instrumentalist Henry Slaughter. The family also has composed several gospel songs. The Rev. Larry D. Rudder, who with his family has spent the past several years traveling throughout the United States conducting family-oriented revival meetings, has accepted the pastorate of the South Side Bible Church.

He succeeds the Rev. Wright Van-Plew, who resigned the pastorate in November to accept appointment as national representative of church extension for the Independent Fundamental Church of America, with his headquarters in Kentwood. VanPlew was pastor churches at Flint, Grand Rapids and Toldeo, Ohio were among 300 who participated in the choral workshop Nov. 18 at First Congregational Church. It was sponsored by the Westminster Choir College Alumni Association.

Dennis Schrock, head of choral activities at the University of Oklahoma, was guest conductor for the workshop. David Lipps, minister of music at First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the concert Sunday; George Moser, minister of music at First Congregational Church, will be organist. Instrumentalists are Ed Zentera, Steven Min-ter, David Green and John Lower. Choristers from First Presbyterian and First Congregational churches will present a concert at 8 pm. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, including two works that they rehearsed at a choral workshop held" recently in Battle Creek.

The works are Antonio Vivaldi's "Gloria" and Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata." Other works will include brass selections, Praetorius' "In Dulci Jubilo" and a canzona by Frescobaldi. The singers from the two local churches along with those from Health education center gets $27,960 grant American nun favors distictive habit over secular garb ALTON, 111. AP) Religious orders of women that abandon distinctive garb in favor of secular dress are out of step with what society expects, said the head of the American branch of an international order of nuns. Pope John Paul II recently stirred controversy among Roman Catholic sisters by urging them to adopt a distinctive habit instead of wearing the ordinary dress of lay persons. "Our community is firmly convinced that we are supposed to be a sign to the world, and part of that is to wear a habit," Mother Sixtina Reul of the Sisters of St.

Francis of the Martyr St. George said Wednesday. "1 am very deeply convinced that a community that gave up a habit completely will not have too many people entering," she added. The nun said her order, which wears a black habit for Sundays, white for hospital work and gray for missionary and other assignments, is trying to carry out Rome's request that the clothing be "simple and apt." of meetings between project personnel dealing with topics of mutual interest. There also will be visits to sites of participating projects and discussions with experts.

At the center's first meeting, the topic was evaluation techniques. The National Center for Health Education in San Francisco has been awarded a $27,960 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve communications and exchange of information among health education projects receiving assistance from the foundation. The center plans to sponsor a series Rev. Larry D.

Rudder conducted revivals Modern Christmas story to be performed Dec. 8-10 Anglicans hold annual meeting A contemporary Christmas cantata to include 10 life-sized puppets is planned at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 9 and 10 at First Assembly of God. "Specially for Shepherds" by Ralph" Carmichael is a modern version of the Christmas story written to appeal to both children and adults.

Included in the cast, in addition to the puppets, will be the church's 80-voice sanctuary choir, 45-member youth choir and a 15-member orchestra. Soloists will be Dixie Hamlin, Tom Galley, Dan Dodge, Sammy Solomon, Melva Bigelow, Mel Allen, George Miller, John Coffing, Dwight Johnston and Dale Boyer. Margot Zilch is director. Members of All Saints Anglican Church at their annual parish meeting Nov. 18 heard reports on attendance and and memorial gifts related to the church, which was incorporated in March.

Total attendance for the nine-month period was 457, with attendance at weekday and Sunday services reported at nearly 50 persons by Walter Bilanow, junior warden. Mrs. Bilanow, parish Altar Guild director, reported thanksgiving memorial gifts received have included a walnut altar cross and candleholders, a brass sanctus bell, a silver chalice and paten, altar linens, eucharistic vestments, a Madonna statute, a brass candlelighter, crystal cruets and a crystal lavabo. She said the items will be blessed by Bishop C. Dale D.

Doren, bishop of the Diocese of the Midwest, during a service here in March. Church officers re-elected for another term were George M. Spriggs senior warden and treasurer; Bilanow, junior warden; Mrs. Spriggs, secretary; Mrs. Bilanow, Altar Guild director; Julie A.

Spriggs, historian, and Frances Ordway and Mildred Gene-bach, vestry members at-large. Plans also were discussed at the meeting for the next diocesan synod to be held in March at Grand Rapids and a Lenten study program to be offered to the parish members and other interested persons. New Congress shows denominational shift "1 UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH r1 I I I I 51 1 Morgan Battle Creek. Mi. 49017 Office 963-9 173 Res.

962-7632 He joins several ordained House incumbents re-elected, including the Revs. Robert Drinan of Massachusetts, a Catholic; Robert W. Egar of Pennsylvania, a United Methodist; John Buchanan of Alabama, a Southern Baptist, and District of Columbia delegate Walter Fauntroy of Washington, a Progressive National Baptist. Buchanan is a Republican, the others Democrats. The only ordained minister in the Senate is the Rev.

John Danforth of Missouri, an Episcopalian and Republican. In Wisconsin, a Catholic priest, the Rev. Robert J. Cornell, lost his House seat to Republican challenger Toby Roth, a Catholic layman. Christ fell from six to four.

Presbyterians, who lost 18 seats in the previous two elections, this time managed to hold their own at 60. Others keeping the same numbers were three Christian Scientists, two Quakers and five Greek Orthodox members, but two other Eastern Orthodox branches elected one each. Thirteen other smaller denominations sent one member each to Congress. Also, 19 members of Congress listed themselves as Protestants without specifying a denomination, two less than last time. Another clergyman was elected to Congress, the Rev.

William H. Gray III. pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia. NEW YORK (AP) Episcopalians, Lutherans, Baptists and Jews won a bigger share of the new Congress this time. Roman Catholics and Presbyterians held their own, while United Methodists and the United Church of Christ registered losses.

Among governors, the number of Roman Catholics edged downward slightly, while Protestants gained more of the top statehouse posts. The post-election figures were compiled by the evangelical fortnightly, Christianity Today, which every two years researches and reports religious affiliations of members of Congress and governors. Among the denominations, the country's largest religious body, Roman Catholicism, continued to have the highest representation on Capitol Hill a total of 129, of whom 116 are in the House and 13 in the Senate. That's the same total that Catholics had in the previous Congress. The number of Protestants slipped slightly from 371 to a total of 364, while the Jewish count increased to a record high of 30, up from 27 before, with 23 now in the House and seven in the Senate.

Jewish representation has grown rapidly since the 1972 election, when there were only 14 Jews in Congress, a figure now more than doubled. Additionally, there were seven Eastern Orthodox in Congress, up three, and six unaffiliated with any religion, one less than previously. Among governors, 12 were Roman Catholics, down three from previously; eight Episcopalians, up four or twice as many as before; seven Baptists, up two; eight Presbyterians, up one; four Lutherans, up one; four United Church of Christ members, up one; two Methodists, down three, two Mormons, up one, and one each of the Disciples of Christ and Unitarian-Universalist churches, both the same. In the new Congress, including both House and Senate, Episcopalians increased from 65 to 70; Baptists increased from 55 to 57; Lutherans increased from 16 to 19; Unitarian-Uni-versalists increased from 11 to 12 and Disciples rose from five to six. The biggest loss came for the United Church of Christ, whose numbers fell from 22 to 16, while Mormons dropped from 12 down to 10 and the Churches of SERVICES Classes Sunday Morning 10:00 A.M.

Worship Sunday Evening 7:00 P.M. Service Wed. Bible Study 7:30 P.M. Fr. Youth Service 7:30 P.M.

Because He Care Care Listen To Voice of Old Time Religion 10:15 A.M. WDFP 95.3 FM CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH Reformed Church in America WORSHIP SERVICES 10:00 A.M. 6:00 P.M. 3142 Capital S.W. Pastor James Moore 963-9888 CHURCH of GOD 1 9th At Andrus Pastor E.

E. Witcher SOUTH SIDE BIBLE CHURCH 4S1SW. BeckleyRd. Nw 1-94 Capital 979-1061 or 963-9400 Rev. Larry Rudder, Pastor Sunday School A.M.

Worship 1 1:00 A.M. Evening 7:30 P.M. "A Bible Teaching Church" Affiliated wiihl.F.C.A. FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH 41 Bedford Rd. Urbandale MORRIS VICE, PASTOR SUNDAY SCHOOt 10 A.M.

MORNING WORSHIP 11 A.M. EVANGaiCAL SERVICE 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY 7 P.M. MIDWEEK SERVICE GLAD TIDINGS ASSEMBLY 14990 Beadle Lake Rd. Church 962-8658 Home 979-421 9 Sunday School 10 a.m.

I Morning Worship 1 1 a.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. I Wed. at 7 p.m. I Family Training Hour Phone 963-3616 I or I I 963-4294 I LAKEVIEW ST.

MARK LUTHERAN CHURCH Capital S.W. and Minges Rd. Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Wed.

Midweek School 6:15 p.m. Wed. Tee Program 6:15 p.m. BAPTIST CHURCH Corner Territorial and 20th FUNERAL HOME 121 Capital N.E. 968-8103 963-4979 Sunday School 9:30 AM.

Morning Worship1 10:45 A 9:45 A.M. Sunday School 11:00 A.M. Morning Worship 6:00 P.M. Youth Service 7:00 P.M. Evening Service Wed.

7:30 P.M. Prayer and Praise Service Nursenel- Each Service CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH 319 Main st. 963-9348 A Christ-Centered Message it Active Program For Your hole Family Bible School 9:30 a.m. Donald Eckerty. Minister Morning Worship 1 0: 30 a.m.

Alan Michael. Youth Minister Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. The Friendly Church Bible Studies. Wed. 7 p.m..

Thurs. 10 am DnTheHill TRINITY LUTHERAN CHI RCH 502 CKff St. (LC.A.) 9:30 Sunday Church School 10:45 liturgy 1 1:45 Fellowship Hour Rev.Wm. T. Heil, Pastor Pastor Delmer Case John H.

Arnold. Youth Director Affiliated with Amer. Baptist Convention read Staying Ahead by Jane Bryant Quinn Spiritualist I First Christian Church ChurchofDivinity JKa- 8 1 Champion Street 11:00 A.M. Worship Service Service 7:00 P.M. Rev.

Ernest Speckman. Pastor Glenn Brenner, officiating CORNER OF DRIVE NO. Healings and Messages BEADLE LAKE RD. All Welcome PH. 979-1441 "Heat tfL I riKT I CR" NAZARENE 1 (ZhClfiet Foursquare Gospel Church I 9:45 A.M.

Sunday School 15 Lamora at W. Mich. 1 1 A Morning. Worship "Evangelistic c6 PM lwZ9, Family Nite Wed. 7 P.M.

"The friendliest Church in i ChanSmatlC 1 TowrL.Come and Seal" i Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Eldon Raymond. A Evening Service 7:00 p.m.. Pastor i Rev. Harold Yates, Pastor I 963 5827 1 I 965-8636 I I Rev.

C. L. Pancoast "The End of Your Search For A Friendly Spiritual Church" UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Harold Teuscher. Pastor Phone 964-0401 '76eOf "Pn 7U CommMHOtf" FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 226 Capital N.E. SUNDAY Service 10:30 a.m.

I Sunday School 10:30 a. 25 Capital N.E. "A Positive Approach To Life" SUNDAY 11 A.M. Ciro Mazolla Unity of Kalamazoo THURSDAY 7:30 P.M. Vi Davis Unity of Kalamazoo Sunday School 9:30 A.M.

Morning Worship Services 11 A.M. Worshiping it 196 N. Washington Mid-Week Prayer Bible Study Pastor's Home WEDNESDAY 7:30 P.M. Testimonial Meeting Service Broadcast Tomorrow on WKNRot 10:30 a.m. Rev.

Gribert Jackson. Pastor 218 W. Fountain ens Battle Creek PENNFIELD ASSEMBLY OF GOD Crossroads of BeHevua McAllister PkoM 965-1213 Pastor. Jack Williams Youth Pastor. Craig Canfield Bible Church 567 W.

Territorial Wm. R. Ross. Pastor 1 i I 9:45 A.M. Sunday School 10:50 A.M.

6:00 P.M. Pastor Speaking 11:00 A.M. "The Oil of Cleansing" Pastor Don F. Price 7:00 P.M. 'Are You Deformed, Conformed or Transformed" Pastor D.

Burdette Price FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Watch For "JANUARY FOR JESUS" SUNDAY SCHOOL 9: 15 A.M. MORMVG SERVICE 1 1:00 A.M. "Our Word: Is It Our Oath?" EVENING SERVICE 6:30 P.M. "Conditions For Service" YOUTH GROUPS 5:15 p.m. Jr.

High Sr. High 6:30 p.m. Pre-School to Grade 6 NEXT SUNDAY, DEC. 10 6:00 P.M. Special Christmas Presentation with Choir Orchestra Hear The Salt Light Company 3 WEDNESDAY 7 P.M.

Pastor Jack Williams This Sunday 6 PM. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Bible Study 1 1 :00 a.m. Morning Worship CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1625 Capital, N.E. Henry Owen Berendi, Pastor Bible Study Prayer Meeting.