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Coliosbui'y AAoS'hodiGf' Plaos Colioobufy Bay Saturday, Sunday Westside at Mt. Moriah. Men, Monday at 7 p.m., Our Lady of Lourdes at Greenwood Mills and Friday, 8:30 p.m. Harris Baptist at Stockman Park. The Rev.

Harry Mays will speak on "When the Church Legislates," Sunday at 11 a.m. at MAIN STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The commission on education will meet June 14 at 7:30 p.m. Sermon topics Sunday at SOUTH MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH are "Pulling the Whistle," a.m. and "Four Trumpets Sound," p.m.

Vacation Bible School is Monday through Friday a.m. daily. Vacation Bible school parade is today at 10:30 a.m. Bible school picnic is Friday, June 11 at 12:15 p.m. Sermon topics Sunday at SILO AM BAPTIST CHURCH are "Saints on Vacation," a.m.

and "Turn the Other Cheek," p.m. The Forerunners will present "The Clown" at First Baptist Church in Ninety Six Sunday at 8 p.m. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. the study of Acts will continue. Youth choir, G.A.'s and mission friends will also meet Adult choir practice is at 8:15 p.m.

Thursday, a summer playground will be held at the church from a.m. for children in grades 1-6. Bible school parade is today at 3 p.m. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH on Highway 25 north will celebrate homecoming Sunday. Activities will begin at 10 a.m.

with Laura and Luther Wrenn special guests for the day. Dr. E.C. Bragg, preacher, author and vice president of Trinity Bible College in Florida, will speak at 11 a.m. After the morning service, dinner will be served at Mathews Community Center.

A singing is planned in the afternoon. The Turnabouts and Joy Singers of Temple Baptist Church will News From The Churches Page 4 June 5, 1976 The Index-Journal Greenwood, S.C. Minister's Desk COKESBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH is sponsoring Cokesbury Day today and tomorrow at the church. Activities today are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

and include a bake sale and antique display, buggy rides (or children and a walking tour of Old Cokesbury College and the Adams and Gresham homes. Admission is $1. Homemade hash and ice cream will also be sold. Sunday, a church-wide dinner will be held at 12:30 p.m. An afternoon singing will begin at 2 p.m.

Tours of the college will be from 2-4 pra. Sunday at FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dr. Warren Gaw will speak on "Every Christian Has Charisma." The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. will hold its annual meeting at Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Ala. beginning June 12.

Commissioners from the S.C. Presbytery are J. C. Oates Clinton; J. P.

Easterllng, Whitmire and ruling elders, R. H. Leslie, Hodges and R. W. BeU, Clinton.

Sermon topics at NEW MARKET BAPTIST CHURCH are "Forgiveness," 9 a.m.; "An Understanding Heart," 11:05 a.m.; and "The Cross," 7:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School will be held Monday through Friday, with Nursery-grade 6 meeting at a.m. and grades 7-12 meeting at 64 p.m. Jim Osteen is director. The youth choir of NORTH SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH leaves for a week of tour and concerts in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland Sunday at 1 p.m.

They will return Friday night. The pastor will present the sermon at the 11 a.m. worship service. Dr. James L.

Hudgins will be the speaker for the evening worship service and will lead the Bible study on Wednesday. ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH In Ninety Six will have a special service following the morning worship Sunday. A time capsule commemorating the Centennial year will be buried. The capsule is scheduled to be opened Dec.

2075. Wednesday, a covered dish supper will be held at the church at 8:30 p.m. with the Rev. Dan Bradley performing a magic show. Primary Day Camp for children in grades 1, 2, and 3 at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH is next week.

Register before Monday. Cost is 8. Children will leave the church each morning at 9 a.m. for Greenwood State Park and return at about 2:30 p.m. WMU groups will meet Monday and Tuesday next week.

Softball schedule for next week is girls, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., The Mormons--What Are Their Beliefs? present the musical, "I Am A Promise," Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at HARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. The Turnabouts, a youth choir and Joy Singers, a children's choir from Temple, are under the direction of Mrs. Marlene Turner. Vacation Bible School for all ages will be held at ROCK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH June 7-11 from 7 to 9 nightly.

For further information call the Rev. W.C. Smith, 229-0459, or Mrs. Carroll Haddon, 223-7218. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be observed at the 11 a.m.

worship at GALLOWAY MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday. For the 7:30 p.m. service, Lay Preacher Jim Hill will begin a series of sermons on "The Church," which will continue on Sunday evenings throughout the month of June. All Junior High class members are asked to meet at the church by 6:30 Friday evening, June 11, for the twinlay Lock-In Retreat. Vacation Bible School will begin at Galloway on June 14 at 9 a.m.

and continue daily through June 18. Classes are available for children aged 4 years through the sixth grade. Area children are invited to participate. Sunday morning at CORONACA BAPTIST CHURCH the Lord's Supper will be observed. The pastor will bring a meditation on "Our Hunger and God's Bread." Sunday evening at 7, Spirit of Truth, a singing group from Charlotte, N.C., will present a musical program.

Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. adults will continue the study of the book of Daniel. The Rev. Grady Fletcher will speak at the morning service at LAKEVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday. Don Bryant will bring the evening message.

Vacation Bible School will be June 7-14-20. Vacation Bible School at ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Ninety Six will be June 7-11 at a.m. daily. Children will assemble on the steps at 9 a.m.

Monday. Bible school will conclude with a picnic Friday and the awarding of certificates Sunday. Bible school for pre-school through sixth grade children will be held June 7-11 at LAUREL BAPTIST CHURCH from 9 a.m. to noon daily. Children who need transportation should contact the church office.

The men of the church will have a brotherhood breakfast Sunday at 8 a.m. The CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION will begin its summer schedule Monday with services at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday at 4 p.m. the church will have its Pentecost picnic at Camp Fellowship to honor church schoolteachers who have worked hard all year.

Bring picnic food, equipment for volleyball and Softball and swimsuits. The Definition Of Happiness To the one who is discouraged, the Saviour says, "Be of good cheer, I have Is. knowingChrist Him. and serving Happiness is finding contentment without needing the pleasures of this world. Happiness is being free from the hungers and habits that drive people to sin.

Happiness is the Christian's trademark. The only time he loses it is when he forgets the precious promises of the Bible, or disobeys that precious Word. Over 208 times the Scripture records such words as joy, joyous, joyfulness, rejoice, gladness. Joy is one of the fruits of the Spirit. A Spirit-filled life is a life filled with joy.

17 AS. 1 A Religious Roundup Judaism Membership Up Who are the Mormons? They are educators, farmers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, merchants and followers of most vocations. They are found in responsible positions of government, finance and industry. Their names are among the faculties of many of America's large universities. An unusual percentage are listed in Who's Who in America.

More than 100,000 of them served in the armed forces in World War II. In a general sense they are as other men and women. They wear no distinguishing dress, but they do profess some unique accomplishments. The Mormon missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints here in Greenwood are available to answer questions. They can be contacted at 424H Grace St.

or by calling 223-4027. What of the Mormons? Here is a question which has been earnestly asked for more than a century. Over the years numerous answers have been given to it. The books alone which have been written around this query fill many feet of library shelf. It has been the theme of countless magazine articles, newspaper stories, pamphlets and sermons.

In the early days of Mormonism these writings were motivated largely by a spirit of blind prejudice, for the question was most often asked in an atmosphere of ignorance and bigotry. Fortunately, this has changed. An honest question deserves an honest answer. What of the Mormons? Who are they? What do they believe? What is their program? What is their proganlzation? NASHVILLE (AP) In the past four years, buildings of the Woodmont Baptist church here have twice been struck by lightning, suffered $400,000 damage in a major fire in 1974, and the choir room was looted during a recent worship "There's nothing dull about being a pastor here," observes the pastor, the Rev. Bill Sherman.

Chilean government has ordered to cease operations, has been nominated for the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. Nomination of the Committee for Cooperation for Peace in Chile, which served to defend political rights, was made by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker agency which once shared a Nobel award itself and thus has the privilege proposing new nominees. GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) The Lutheran World Federation on World Service and the U.S. Lutheran World Relief have donated $200,000 for purchase of foodstuff for Vietnam. overcome the world." Happiness is having the victory.

Real happiness is found in inaccurate investigation and analysis" and of making false reports about the Church. He was supported in his charges by military intelligence expert Major James Walton (Ret.) and by noted Pentagon official A. Ernest Fitzgerald, after the trio reviewed several hundred pages of government intelligence documents on the Church. Among the recommendations made by the Task Force is that an congregations ana cnurcn staffs should expand their public education programs via conference and the media regarding the effects of false reports on individuals In this society. Miss Flanagan stressed that the 'church's primary action should be to take greater responsibility for what they termed the "dossier" society.

The Church of Scientology has gained recognition for its reform activities in the areas of the aged, drug abuse, and the right to privacy, and claims that social reform is one of the oldest traditions of organized religion. By SANFORDM. JONES First Assembly Of God Ask five persons, "What is happiness?" and you are likely to get five different answers. The poor man will reply, "Happiness is having enough money." The aged person will say, "Happiness is being a little child." The sick man will say, "Happiness is feeling well." The uneducated will tell you, "Happiness is graduating from college." But the highly educated person may say, "Happiness is being an aborigine who has never heard of computers, commuters, or nuclear weapons." In other words, happiness is obtaining that which fills a conscious need. To the man who is stiff and cold, happiness is standing before a blazing fireplace.

To the person who is parched with thirst, happiness is a cool drink. To the one who feels the pressure of big business and a big city, happiness is getting away from it all. Happiness of this sort is like taking an aspirin it gives temporary relief but does not solve the real problem. Christ offers a deeper, more lasting happiness. To the sinner conscious of his guilt, Jesus says, "Be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee." Happiness is forgiveness.

To the person conscious of insecurity, He says, "Be of good cheer, it is be not afraid." Happiness is knowing Christ is near. memo is typical of many of the documents we studied," said Miss Flanagan, representative of the Church in Washington, D.C. "The Church's prohibition of non-medicinal drug use by its parishioners is widely known and well-documented, yet the memorandum reported groundless allegations to the contrary. "The document was then distributed to other agencies who acted on the report without verifying its content. And it was kept secret by the government even through a court case involving the immigration of one of our ministers." Numerous visits have been made by Church representatives to government agencies in the correction of these false reports.

One such representative, in his personal account contained in the submission, states that "it is unusual to find the source of a false report. The bureaucracy hides itself and one of the most difficult aspects is to even find someone who will -listen." Another set of documents At Revival Center Evangelists Jimmy and Rickey Dutton of Hartsville will speak at revival services beginning Sunday and ending Friday at Greenwood Revival Center. Services are at 7:30 nightly. Church Of Scientology Answers False Claims JjAEEYFlJNEeAUiCjME WASHINGTON (AP) For the first time, an Indian has been named to the staff of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race in the appointment of the Rev. Kenneth Deere of Muskogee, a Creek, as the agency's associate executive secretary.

PHONf 31? 1300 NEW YORK (AP) An upward trend in Jewish religious affiliation was indicated in 1975 statistics for Reform Judaism, with membership in its 720 congregations growing from 1 to 3 per cent. Also, 27 new congregations applying for admission is the largest number in more than a decade. Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, says there is a "deep yearning among our people to know and understand and most of all to feel what it means to be a Jew." PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Roman Catholic-Protestant agency in Chile, which the WMTY RADIO CLEAR CHOL 1090 kc SMUTS feO-tainl Tim 8:00 CosH Seng Tim MXHJriij Wort Olbtr tram KhOO-fev. Wtoj Mm aptitt How lLOO-Hkns ttptist Chord) Htm McCm 1:05 My intm IrnJcat 130-t(i.

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The unsubstantiated reveals that in 1961 the Air Force attempted a character assassination of Scientologists through false reports including the charge that they study a "Russian textbook on brainwashing." Yet another Air Force document shows that, not only is the identical text used by the Air Force Counter-insurgency schools, but one of the schools had commended the Church for distributing the manual as a public service as it is clearly anu-Drainwasmng. The Church of Scientology received national attention when it was found to be one of 99 groups on a Nixon Administration "enemies list" maintained by the IRS. Since that time, the Church has filed over 1500 Freedom of Information requests and has brought 18 lawsuits against government agencies for unlawful withholding of files. Earlier this month, Victor Marchetti, a CIA official from 1955 until 1969, and author of the controversial best-seller "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence," accused the government of "sloppy and To provide the funeral service most people want requires personnel, facilities and equipment, and their availability 24 hours a day. For this reason, the total charge for funeral service is related to the cost of the casket selected, but is not solely determined by it.

The average cost of the services per funeral far exceeds the cost of the casket. charges, based on a single telephone conversation with an IRS employe, became part of a 1967 Labor Department memorandum which was used until recently as a basis for denying admission to the United States for alien ministers of the Church. The memo claimed, among other charges, that the Church employed drugs as part of its religious practice. This report was distributed to several other government agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Not until last December, after the Church obtained the document through the Freedom of Information Act, were the memo's allegations retracted.

In a letter to the Church, the Labor Department said the information had been determined to be "irrelevant, unverified and based on hearsay." Miss Kathleen Flanagan emphasized that it took p-' proximately five months of visits, phone calls, and letters to get it to this point. "The Labor Department EFIRD'S Fun Plaee To Shop Tel. 229-5575 GHENWOOO. C. FIND THE STRENGTH FOR YOUR LIFE Worship At The Church Of Your Choice this Week Sponsored By The Business Firms Lisied ROSES Greenwood Plain Shopping Center BELK Your Happy Shopping Store WHARTON'S Hampton Plaee Tel.

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