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4B SPIRIT NEWS JOURNAL Saturday, September 6, 1997 Church News oinnie: The Impacts JOHNSVILLE The Impacts will be in concert Sunday at 10 a.m. at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church. Dinner will follow on the church grounds. Church secretaries MANSFIELD The Mansfield Area Church Secretaries will meet Monday at noon for a picnic lunch at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1592 Grace St. The picnic will be in the new pavilion at the back of the church parking lot, weather permitting.

Those attending should bring a covered dish and beverage. Table service and dessert will be furnished. Lexington Presbyterian LEXINGTON The Rev. Kenneth Wilkinson will preach on "Two Troubling But Terrific Stories" on Sunday at 9 a.m. at Lexington Presbyterian Church, 35 W.

Church St. Following worship, there will be a fellowship time honoring the birthday of Evelyn Paxton, long-time church secretary who is now confined to a nursing home. The Ohio Buckhorn Children's Center near Chesterville will hold its fourth annual family reunion today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Methodist Women BELLEVUE Mansfield District United Methodist Women will hold a "Day-a-Part" for meditation and renewal Sept.

13 at Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Ohio 269. Registration and coffee begins at 9 a.m. with the program at 9:30. Theme is "Re-Creation," and the Rev. Gail Angel will lead the event.

Betty Daugherty and Helen Anderson have charge of the music. Those attending should bring their Bibles. Reservations, $5 per person for lunch, may be made by calling Janet Shatzer of Attica at 426-0781. 1 I 11 'VI THE IMPACTS THE PARSONS Aglow president Joyce Malainy at 526-1603. For more information, call the church at 529-4351.

Aglow breakfast MANSFIELD Aglow will sponsor a women's breakfast meeting Sept. 16 at 9:30 a.m. at Daugherty's Restaurant, Possum Run Road. Kim Beveridge will present "The Glory of His Presence," a combination of teaching and testimony. Pre-meeting prayer will begin at 9:15.

The wife of River of Life Community Church elder Kyle Beveridge, Mrs. Beveridge has been involved with dance ministry at River of Life in Butler for 12 years. She is the mother of four teens and director of Winds of Fire Dance Ministry. Reservations are due by Sept. 10 by calling Juanita Walter, 756-7964, or Lois Perito at 683-3414.

Breakfast will be ordered from the menu, with a $1 cover charge per person which includes gratuity. There will be a silent auction as a fund raiser to help Aglow leaders attend the Aglow International Conference and 30th-Anniversary Celebration in New Orleans on Nov. 21-24. Baked goods, crafts and miscellaneous items are requested for the auction. Persons requesting prayer between Aglow meetings may contact prayer coordinator Becky Thacker at 756-8085 or by calling Tang Ott at 589-4207 to place an order.

Seminar on angels MANSFIELD Precious Seed Ministries will hold a seminarluncheon Sept. 11 at noon at the Holiday Inn's Oak Room with hostspeaker the.Rev. Joyce A. Wolf. Her topic, "The Truth About Angels," will address the aspects: What is an angel's mission? Will I become an angel when I die? Do I really have a guardian angel? A hot buffet lunch which includes drink and dessert will be available for $10.

Angela Owens will provide music. For reservations, contact Misty Miller at 527-0523. Trinity Lutheran ASHLAND -Gordon Jensen, Nashville recording artist and gospel composer, will be featured guest musician at the Saturday Night Folk Service at Trinity Lutheran Church, 508 Center tonight at 6:30. The service will include hymns, lessons and a sermon. An offering will be accepted.

Jensen has been nominated five times for Songwriter of the Year by the Gospel Music Association. Child care and seating for handicapped persons will be available. The church also will install teacher and staff of Sunday school on Sunday at the 10:45 a.m. worship service. Sunday school is at 9:35 and 10:45 a.m.

Children's Day MANSFIELD Lincoln Heights Church of Christ in Christian Union, 670 Kentucky will hold Children's Day on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Chris Meenach, ventriloquist, and his friend, Lester, will be at the event, which is for children of all ages and their parents. He is a registered evangelist and children's worker with the Church of the Nazarene. Promotion ceremony MANSFIELD Ridgeway First Church of God, 1380 Park Avenue East, will conduct a promotion ceremony for Sunday school children Sunday at the 10:40 a.m.

worship service. Karen Arnett, teacher of the kindergarten class, will lead the ceremony. St. Paul Lutheran MANSFIELD St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2010 Park Avenue West, will hold an introduction to a program titled "Total Family Faith Builders" on Sunday at the 8 and 10:30 a.m.

worship services. The program, which deals with building relationships and mutual support and caring in the family, church and community as well as nurturing of faith, will begin Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. Europe's poorest country, which is trying to recover from a chaotic revolt that brought virtual anarchy last spring. In the northern Albanian city of Shkodra, the main center for the country's Roman Catholics, and in Tirana, the Albanian capital, Roman Catholics lit candles.

State radio played somber music and Catholics across Albania scheduled special Masses in the nun's honor. "I'm praying for her," said Kris-tiana Red, a Shkodra resident too terrified of Albania's nightly violence to venture out when word of the death came. "So I will light the candle near my bed." The Parsons MANSFIELD The Parsons will appear in concert at Jubilee Church, 1289 Ashland Road, on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free, and a love offering will be accepted. Holy Trinity MANSFIELD Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue and Cook Road, will kick off the new Sunday school year with Rally Day activities on Sunday at 9:40 a.m.

Held in the phurch social hall, the day will include breakfast of flapjacks, sausage, juice, milk and coffee, crafts and line dancing. Cowboy Fellowship MANSFIELD Bill and Adrienne Buckley of Cleveland will be at the Cowboy Fellowship Church, in the Sturges Room of Park Place Motel, 191 Park Avenue West, on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Schedule changes SHELBY Services at First United Church of Christ, 23 Church will return this Sunday to the regular schedule. Church school classes for all ages begin at 9 a.m., followed by worship service at 10:15. The Rev.

John Bradley will be in the pulpit after his vacation, and the chancel choir will return to the loft after its summer hiatus. Eucharistic Adoration ATTICA St. Stephen Catholic Church, County Road 23 and County Road 6 in eastern Seneca County, will observe the annual day of Eucharistic Adoration on Sunday. The time of prayer will begin with 7:30 a.m. Mass and continue through the day.

Closing devotions will be held at 4 p.m. Mother From page IB Cardinal John O'Connor of New York was visibly upset as he spoke to reporters in New Jersey, where he attended a service ordaining a new bishop. "The world loses a woman who walked this world," O'Connor said, pausing to regain his composure before continuing, "in as holy a fashion as any woman I've ever known." Even the sports world acknowledged her death, with Yankee Stadium public address announcer Bob Sheppard reading a tribute before Friday night's game. Flags also were at half-mast in honor of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. Coretta Scott King, widow of the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, said in Atlanta, it-- n- fj Casual Fine Dining Spirits Sunday Dinner anatafe- IM Christians Broadcasting Hope presents: with the Rev.

Jerry Nowakows-ki, former pastor, as homilist. A potluck supper will follow in the parish hall. Landises to sing MANSFIELD The Landises will sing Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at South Park Pavilion on Brinkerhoff Avenue. Admission is free.

For more information, call Paul Landis at 589-2760 or 289-2280. Church of the Cross LEXINGTON The United Methodist Church of the Cross, 236 Otterbein Drive, will celebrate Rally Day on Sunday. During the 9:30 a.m. worship service, third-graders will receive their Bibles, and there will be a dedication of the church school teachers. The Rev.

Don Christensen's sermon will be on "The '18-and 34-Inch Rule." At 11:50 a.m., a potluck luncheon will be held in the fellowship hall. The congregation is encouraged to bring pennies for an offering to be given to The Store. Family Festival MANSFIELD St. Mary's Parish will hold its Family Festival today from 3 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

at the church, 1630 Ashland Road. There will be food, games and free entertainment. Egg rolls are available for $10 for a frozen package of 14 "Our world has lost the most celebrated saint of our times. "This courageous woman gave hope to millions, and showed us the power of caring and human kindness," she said. The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize given to Mother Teresa was one of the most rewarding ever made, said Francis Sjersted, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize awards committee in Oslo, Norway.

She stood out "as an example of true self-sacrifice in humanitarian work. She became a symbol to the world," he added. Italy's top AIDS researcher, immunologist Fernando Aiuti, said Mother Teresa "simultaneously kept her eyes on heaven and earth, trying to help all in a concrete way with charity but without false piety." Portland Way at Heise Park GaVion 1 453.9171 Specials $5.99 Freedom Day MANSFIELD Free Indeed Church of God in Christ, 636 Brace St; will hold the third annual Freedom Day Celebration on Sunday at 5 p.m. The day is held for testimony from those whose lives have been changed by their faith in God and for gospel singing. Flame Fellowship MANSFIELD Nancy Tedeschi will speak Tuesday at the meeting of Flame Fellowship's Mansfield Chapter at Harpcrest Community Center, Lee Lane.

Dinner at 6:30 p.m. will precede the meeting at 7:30. She is a member of First Assembly of God, where she has been an administrative assistant for 412 years. Those attending should bring a covered dish for every two to three in their group, along with table service. Cost is $1 per person or $3 per family, with children under 12 admitted free.

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NUEMS FIRST CHURCH OF GOD 1756 Park Avenue West Ontario 529-5479 Larry C. Collins, Pastor '97 NISSAN MODEL CLOSEOUT ON 2.9 RATES the innovative.