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JULY 2, 1966 James Roberts Will Serve Isle Church As Lay Minister SANDUSKY REGISTER PAGE 7 Dedication of James L. Roberts as a lay minister of the United Church of Christ will take place during the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday in St. Stephen Church, 905 E. Perkins Ave.

He has been called to serve as lay minister of the 1 First United Church of Christ on the Isle of St. George (North Bass) on a part time basis. Dr. Paul Kohler, Tiffin, Association Minister for the Northwest Ohio Association, United Church of Christ, will conduct the dedication service and extend the challenge of enlistment in a sermon, "Responsible Freedom." The public is invited to the service. GETS APPROVAL Roberts was approved as a lay minister in December, 1964 by the Fireland District, to supply the island congregation, with due acknowledgments by the congregation and by the Northwest Ohio Association at its April, 1966 meeting.

The new lay minister- is a graduate of the Sandusky High School and attended Bdwllng Green State University prior to his service in the Army (1951 to 1953). Returning from the armed forces Roberts became a business associate with the A. W. Roberts Electrical Sales and Service Co. and is at present the vice-president of that firm.

He plans to continue in that capacity In the future also. Serves Church Past and present extra experiences for the lay minister include membership in the American Legion; service on the advisory board of the Salvation Army; president of the St. Stephen Church council and superintendent of its church school. He his a family of four children and is married to the former Marlene Bremer. The Rev.

Clarence Kohring is pastor of St. Stephen church and reports that a coffee hour follows the service. JAMES L. ROBERTS Lutherans Launch Study Of Learning A four year study in depth of how children learn will be undertaken jointly by the boards of parish education of the American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church in America. Approval of the ALC's participation in the project, to be known as the "Lutheran longitudinal study," was voted at a meeting of the ALC board in Minneapolis.

The study will include regular Interviews over the four year period with 3,000 children at six age levels. Analysis and tabulation of the reports is scheduled for completion at the end of 1972. The study is expected to pro- significant information about the development of children toward maturity within the context of Lutheran parishes. It will deal with the growth of at- i knowledge, understandings, and responses of children and youth resulting from church school teaching methods. Age levels from which the data will be sought will include nursery, first, fourth, seventh and 10th grades, and post high school.

About 500 interviewees will be selected in each'of the age levels. They will be chosen from 500 ALC and LCA congregations throughout the country. The same individuals will be retained in the study throughout the four year period. Zion Lutheran Church Women To Be At Meet Sixteen women members of Zion Lutheran Church are planning to leave Sandusky over the weekend in order to attend the triennial convention of the American Lutheral Church Women. The convention opens Wednesday in the Portland (Ore.) Memorial Coliseum and continues through Friday.

Convention theme is "Agents of Reconciliation." "God is a Spirit" will be the subject of Bible studies for the Circle meeting in July. The project for Zion Church Women in July is that of Dorcas sewing for school children in the Holy Land. Each unit includes 12 dresses for girls, 12 shirts for boys and 12 pairs of boys short pants. Women who would like to as- sit are asked to call Miss Laura Kuebeler, who is in charge of the project, at 684-5243. PSan Holy Land, North Country Tours By Air Two pilgrimages from Ohio will depart in August and 'September to the shrines of the Holy Land and the North Country Shrines.

On August 2, the Holy Land study pilgrimage, sponsored by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, will leave New York under the direction of the Rev. Thomas M. Koegel, Diocese of Cleveland. The pilgrims will fly directly to Beirut and Mass will be celebrated at St. Maron's Monastery in the Cedars of Lebanon.

After a visit to Baalbeck the pilgrimage will continue to mi FUNERAL DIRECTOR Ambulance Service 625 8816 421 Jackson St. mascus and Amman, then following the route of Pope Paul VI through the mountains of Moab, River Jordan, Jericho and to Jerusalem. Five days will be spent in Jerusalem with Mass to be celebrated on Calvary, at the Mangar Altar and Basilica in the Garden of Gethsemsne. Crossing into Israel, pilgrims will visit the principal shrines there. After 12 days in the Holy Land, pilgrims will visit Athens and continue on to Rome, leaving for New York on August 23.

The Rev. Allen M. Simpson of the Youngstown Diocese will lead the second pilgrimage, starting Sept. 5 from New York. The pilgrimas are to fly to Denmark, Norway and Sweden, then to Vienna, Rome, Lourdes, Paris and'London.

They are to return to New York on Sept. 26. Persons wishing to join these pilgrimages, are invited to contact the Catholic Travel Office in the Dupont Circle Building, Washington, D.C. Free illustrated brochures and other details will be sent on request. Wedding Is First Service In Church First formal service in the new Regular Baptist Church at Berlin Heights was held this afternoon, a wedding.

An open church service was held when Miss Evie Alice Leffel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leffel was united in marriage to Ronald Dean Willinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Willinger.

All are residents of Berlin Heights. Mrs. Paul Mayo was the vocal soloist and Mrs. Jerry Hinman, organist. Adventists Give Funds To Project The country where a man was born a century and a half after his life history was written will benefit from an offering given today by Sandusky Seventh-day Adventists.

Funds given today by the local Adventist church, cooperating with 14,000 Adventist congregations throughout the world, will be channeled to the ancient Bible country of Persia, now Iran, where Cyrus the Great was named in a Old Testament prophecy written a century and a -half before he was born. Specific project for the worldwide offering is the building of an elementary school in Iran and the enlargement of the Iran Adventist Academy to accommodate both boys and girls from grades one through 12. Karl Robinsen, Sabbath school superintendent for the local church, said that the country of Iran has particular significance for Seventh-day Adventists, who believe in the validity of Bible prophecy. FAMOUS KEEPSAKE Diamond Rings in a sparkling display at Wt Givt Corner Colambw Pastor Seeks Clergymen SPRINGFIELD, MO. (UPI) The widow of an Assemblies of God missionary who was slain by rebels in the Congo in November, 1964, has received a letter from an Assemblies of God pastor in Paulis, Congo, appealing for missionaries of the denomination to come to that country.

The Rev, Simon Karada made his appeal in a letter to Mrs. Angeline Pierce Tucker, of Springfield, widow of the Rev. J. W. Tucker.

Writing in his native Balanga language, the Rev. Karada said "the workers who are with me and I are praying together much for the missionaries so that God will pound the hearts of some of them to come help us carry the burden of the work of God here." Catawba Group Plans Luncheon CATAWBA ISLAND The Republican Women's luncheon will be held July 6 at 1 p.m. at the Catawba Beach Club. The public is invited and may obtain tickets at $2 each from the following members, Mrs. Margaret Hall, Lakeside; Mrs.

Ernest Williams, and Mrs. Albert Johnson, Port Clinton. Minister To Speak Sunday Elizabeth Baptist Church, North Fairfield, will have a guest speaker during the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday. The Rev.

James O. Coldiron, Maumee, a missionary for the Northeastern Ohio District, Southern Baptist Convention, is to be the speaker. The public is invited. Annual picnic of the congregation is being planned for July 10. Plan Music For Service This Sunday Grace Episcopal Church will present a special music on Sunday at the 9 a.m.

family service. Participating in this special service will be a brass quartet composed of trumpeteers, Bruce Gittinger and William Moore and trombonists, David Freyberg and Gary Polvinale. They are to present as the prelude, four chorales, "He Who Will Suffer God To Guide Him," "I Call To Thee, Lord, Jesus Christ," "In Thee, Lord, Have I Put My Trust" and "When In The Hour Of Utmost Need," under the direction of Albert V. Adcock, organist. A vocal quartet, under the direction of William K.

Kraus, choirmaster, will present as the offertory anthem, "Comfort, Lord, the soul of Thy Servant," by William Crotch. Members of the quartet are soprano, Miss Christine Boardman; alto Mrs. Thomas Layton; tenor, Andrew Kraus and bass, Stace Stegman. The Rev. Robert A.

George, rector, will be the preacher at the family service of morning prayer. Sisters Keep In Touch With Earthly Events BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) The modern-looking convent nestled in the hills south of Beir seems ideal for contemplation. Yet the 20 nuns in white robes at the "Monastere de l'Unite" have not withdrawn from the 20th century "We are open to all the vibrations of the world. We are called the sisters of the world," explained one of the sisters. The Catholic convent, established in 1958, aims to keep in touch with its host country and the world.

Its holidays include Lebanon's Independence Day and the anniversary of the Arab League. Given Lambs Last year a prominent Moslem neighbor, Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak of Kuwait, sent two lambs on the occasion of the Moslem holy month of Rama dan. "We at them in communion of spirit with our Moslem brothers," one of the sisters said. Girls newly admitted to the convent choose a "godfather" and "godmother" as sponsors, but these need not be Catholics or even Christians. They have included a Lebanese Armenian Orthodox member of Parliament and Lebanon's Army Chief of Staff, a Druze.

All Welcome Christians and non-Christians alike visit the convent in the pine-studded hills of Yarze, a residential area favored by ambassadors and wealthy Lebanese. There the sisters 11 French, eight Lebanese and one Canadian work at sewing, weaving and carpentry. For recreation they play basketball and music. The orchestra includes traditional Arab instruments. The sisters, dedicated to the 13th century Saint Claire have convents hi Jerusalem, Nazareth and Egypt each adopting the local language, local Catholic practices and the jurisdiction of local Catholic authorities.

There is no central headquarters. The aim is to fit in with thi local community. And the world. A French nun said: "We follow international events step by step. We are interested in the progress of the astronauts toward establishing a base on the moon." Open Information Center In Peru MARYKNOLL, N.

Y. (UPI) The Rev. John J. O'Brien, M.M., a Maryknoll missioner in South America for more than 17 years and a former newspaper writer, has been appointed director of a Central Information Center being established in Lima, Peru, by the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America to collect and disseminate information for its missioners in Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. The center also will provide services for religious and secur- lar personnel outside the Maryknoll society who are working in Latin America.

'Bells Of Peace' To Ring Monday A carillon bell system installed in the steeple of SS. Peter and Paul Church will join in the nationwide "Bells of Peace" program on Monday the "Fourth of July. In reeent years bells all over the country have been rung on July 4 as an expression of peace and freedom. The carillon bells installed at the Sandndusky church were donated by Attorney John Milton Costello Cleveland as a memorial to his mother Mrs. Joan Renehan a member of the parish who died a number of years ago.

The Reverend Thomas Marlborough pastor said the carillon bells are bieng used to call parish members to Mass on Sundays. They may also be played with the church pipe organ Music rolls are also available for the playing of hymns from the steeple. The "Bells of Peace" program calls for all buildings having bells and carillons to ring Speaks SUNDAY, 9:45 A.M. "WHAT MAKES MEN FREE?" The search for freedom runs along many paths freedom from political tyranny and regimentation, from prejudice and poverty, or from personal weaknesses. But all freedom is made possible by the basic spiritual truth of man's relation to God.

for four minutes to coincide with the ringing of the bells at Independence Hall Philadelphia. The Independence Hall observance was originated by the late President Kennedy and will occur at 2 p.m. DST Monday. Other Sandusky churches will also observe the "Bells of Peace" orogram. DO YOU KNOW tot He could be one of your most respected friends.

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The Confession of 1967, as it's called, is the result of seven years' hard work by leading theological scholars of the United Presbyterian Church. It was approved, overwhelmingly by the church's recent general assembly Boston and now is being circulated to 188 Presbyteries (regional units) for ratification. If it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the it is virtually certain to will become the first official statement of Presbyterian beliefs since the famous Westminster Confession was adopted more than 300 years ago. Area Church Greets New Head Sunday The Rev. George Eberly, Vickery, will conduct his first service as minister of the Sand Hill Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday. He has been assigned to the Sand Hill congregation after three years service at the Vickery Methodist Church. The Rev. George Hickson, minister of the Sand Hill church for the past nine years, is retiring to his home in Bellevue. He will be available for special assignments in the area after 53 years as a clergyman.

Members of the congregation are presently undertaking the installation of restrooms in the 100 year old stone church. The edifice has been maintained in good condition over the past century. Recent projects at the church were a well to supply water, new hardwood floors, a modern heating system and an-electric organ. A stainless steel cross with neon lighting has also been installed. PUBLISH HISTORY NEW YORK (UPI) for the first time in more than 200 years, the classic account of Jewish history from the beginn ing of the "Common Era" to the revolt against Pome about 75 years later has been translated into English.

The book, entitled "Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books XVIII XX," has been published in the United States and Great Britain by the Harvard University Press of Cambridge, and William Heinemann, of London, respectively, The Confession of 1967 does not repeal or supplant older summaries of Christian faith, such as the Apostles' Creed. It is intended to take place alongside them as an expression of what the Christian faith means to this particular generation. Voice Dismay Conservative Presbyterians have voiced some dismay about the new Confession because it does not say as much as they would like to say about the Bible. There also has been controversy over sections which condemn all kinds of racial barriers, affirm the church's responsibility to be concerned with social problems, and call upon Christians to work for peace "even at risk to national security." But the prominence given to these issues in assembly debate should not mislead anyone into thinking that the new Confession is a radical document. The really newsworthy thing about it is its strong reaffirmation of traditional Christian doctrines.

By stating these doctrines in contemporary language, it emphasizes that they are not out of the dead past, but living truths which are relevant to everyday life here and now. At the outset, the new Presbyterian Confession explicitly reaffirms the concept of a personal God and the doctrine of the Trinity, which some radical theologians have been eager to jettison. It then goes into what theologians call the Christologi- cal question: Who was Jesus, and what was His significance for us? Its answer is as clear and forthright as St. Paul's letters: "Jesus Christ is God with man. He is the eternal Son of the Father, who became man and lived among us in (Him), God was reconciling thi world to Himself He present in the church by power of the Holy Spirit td continue and complete the work of reconciliation." Gave Himself In the crucifixion, Jesus gave Himself freely for men and "took upon Himself the judgment under which all men stand convicted." "God raised Him from the dead, vindicating Him as Messiah and Lord the risen Christ is the savior for all men to receive life from Him is to have life eternal; refuse life from Him is to choose the death which is separation from God." One passage attempts to describe what Christians mean by entering into a "new life in Christ." "The new life does not release a man from conflict with unbelief, pride, lust, fear.

He still has to struggle with disheartening difficulties and problems. Nevertheless, as he matures in love and faithfulness in his life with Christ, he lives in freedom and good cheer, bearing witness on good days and evil days." He finds strength for each day in the "confidence that God's purpose rather than man's schemes will finally prevail." The conservative magazine Christianity To ay commented editorially this week that the new confession is "not a victory for either the right or the left." That seems to be a fair appraisal. There are some phrases and sentences in this document that conservatives won't like, and some that liberals won't find to their taste. But in the essential orthodoxy of its affirmations, the confession of 1967 is much closer to John Knox than to John Robinson. Program, Picnic Close Vacation Bible School BELLEVUE A picnic was held on the lawn of St.

John's Lutheran Church at close of the two weeks Vacation Bible School. The picnic was for parents and children and was supplied, by the church. It followed a closing program held in the parish hall. The program reviewed for the parents what their children had learned in the school. Mrs.

Robert Carter was VBS superintendent. Mrs. Barbara Warden, assistant superintendent, gave perfect attendance awards to many of the children. The Rev. Herbert Wolber, pastor, told of his experiences as a missionary in New Guinea.

The Rev. Richard Billings assistant, also spoke each day. A staff of 36 worked at the school. They were; Mrs. Robert Carter, Mrs.

Barbara Warden, the Rev. Herbert Boiber, the Rev. Richard Billings, Mrs. Dennis Johnson, Mrs. Carl Mays, Mrs.

August Keegan, Mrs. Cecil Sawyer, Mrs. Robert Idle, Jean Dunkel, Judy Dunkel, Mrs. Philip Meacham, Mrs. Thomas Sprunk, Linda Bowers, Debbie Williams.

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