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THE BAYTOWN SUN Sunday, June 12, 1983 Rev. Jim Ross To Fill St.Mark's Pulpit All Saints' Episcopal Plans Special Liturgy A Liturgy of the Word service Is set for 11 a.m. Sunday at All Saints' Episcopal Church. The Rev. Gladys L.

Hall will officiate. Errol J. Giblin will serve as layreader and will present an approved sermon. Cova Davis will serve on the Altar Guild. Doug and Lynette Relyea are ministers of hospitality.

A time will follow the service. A general work day is set for 9 a.m. to noon June 11 to work or, the vicarage. Persons able tb give work time other than Saturday should contact Erwin Hendricks. The house is to be made ready for the new priest, the Rev.

James L. Sproat, and his wife and four sons. Sproat will become vicar of All Saints' July 1. During June, a collection is being made of canned goods and other non-perishable items. This will be given to the new clergy famiJy.

The former priest, the Rev. Robert J. Brooks, obtained a teaching fellowship at Rice University in the Department of Religious Studies. He plans to work toward a doctorate degree. TRINITY At 9 a.m.

on the third Sunday after Pentecost the Rev. Robert H. Bonner, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will meet with the adult and youth confirmation classes. At 10 a.m. Bonner will celebrate the Holy Eucharist and preach.

Also, at 10 a.m. there will be a children's service. Gary L. Miles, organist and choirmaster, is in charge of the music for all services. At 7 p.m.

on Tuesday the Daughters of the King will meet. At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday there will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Laying on of Hands for Healing. New Regional Minister To Lecture On Church The Rev. James C.

Suggs, new regional minister of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, in the Southwest, will be the guest lecturer for the adult summer Sunday session at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at First Christian Church. He will deliver a "State of the Church" address sharing his hopes for the future of the church, and engage in a question-and answer period with the congregation. message for the worship hour which begins at 10:50 a.m. Before assuming his new post, he served several years as Executive director of the Texas Conference of Churches in Austin.

He came to that post from the presidency of Christian Church Service, a subsidiary service corporation of the Christian Church in Indianapolis. Before that post he served as an associate executive minister of the church in Texas. A continental breakfast will be served at 9:10 a.m. for those attending summer Sunday School session. The Rev.

Robert Schomp, pastor of First Christian Church, will preside at the worship service and will bring the special music, he will also conduct the children's sermon titled "Come to the Party." BA YWA "Either Side of a Line" will be the Rev. Charles Faires' sermon topic at the a.m. Sunday worship service at Bayway Christian Church, 6505 Decker. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Persons interested in registering for a Sunday afternoon class dealing with "How to Handle Stress" may sign up Sunday.

'Forgiveness'Study Topic For Week At Faith Temple Sunday School assembly convenes at 10 a.m., followed by study periods for each age group at Faith Temple. "Forgiveness" is the study topic for the week. Ernest and Pearl Muller will serve as the welcome committee. Preservice music By ROBERT DiVEROLI Copley News Servie Charges that Pope Pius XII didn't do enough to help the Jews during World War II have been based more on emotionalism than history, says a Roman Catholic scholar. There is no evidence that the pope was indifferent to Jews, anti-Semitic or a Nazi sympathizer, as some of his harshest critics have charged, said the Rev.

John T. Pawlikowski, professor of social ethics at the Catnolic Theological Union in Chicago. Pawlikowski said in an interview that what the pope did should be viewed objectively. "I'm not one who thinks Catholics should become utterly defensive in this regard and not even look at what Pius did in an objective fashion, I think we should look at the question honestly. On the will be provided by J.C.

Beam. The pastor, the Rev. Milton Ford, will speak during the 11 a.m. worship hour and again in the 7 p.m. evangelistic service.

Kent Satterwhite will direct the congregational singing. Conquerors Camp (ages 16 through 25) is scheduled for June other hand, I don't think we can prejudge it with a blanket indictment that is simply emotional and not based on history." Pawlikowski said one difficulty in evaluating the pope's record is that some Vatican and German archives on the World War II period are still unavailable to the public. The record shows Pope Pius XII "made many personal efforts" on behalf of the Jews who were being persecuted and killed in Nazi Germany, Pawlikowski said. "Did he do it as much as he might have? Well, I think to a great extent it comes down to a matter of judgment. Would more have been accomplished had he gone much more public? One problem I have with that is that I'm not sure we can ever prove or disprove it." "Most people who 6 through 10 at the Texas District UPC Camp Ground on Highway 59 just east of Lufkin.

Senior Camp (ages 14-15) will meet June 13-17. Prayer ana Bible Study with the pastor is set for Wednesday Faith Temple is located at the corner of Bolster and Kern in Baytown. The Rev. Jim Ross, currently at First United Methodist Church, Atlanta, has been appointed by the conference to fill the pulpit at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1703 Oklahoma.

He is married to June Bowden Ross. They have three children, Including a son, Allen, who will come to Baytown with the family. Ross graduated from Henderson High School, Panola Junior College at Car- a Southwestern University at Georgetown where he earned a degree in business and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University where he received a masters of. degree. He has served in the and worked at U.S.

Ste His recent pastoral appointments have been in Hearned at Grace UMC, Beaumont at St. Luke's-Asbury, and Atlanta at First UMC. He has been the district auditor in every district that he has served. A welcoming fellowship "will follow the morning worship Sunday. The regular worship schedule will be followed for St.

Mark's with Church School classes at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. Matt Johnson, summer youth director, will serve as lay reader. GRACE The Celebration Singers' youth choir of Grace United Methodist Church, 304 N. Pruett, will ends its concert tour at 7 p.m.

Sunday when the choir sings the musical "Jesus Who?" It combines gospel songs with the drama written by director Merle Epperson. Soloists include Nita Green, Todd Simon, Candy Rulon, Vivian Peninger, Roxolyn Anson and Allen Russell. Actors are Marvin Branch, Danny Newcum, Barbara Bruce, Cheryl Russell, Allen Russell, Roxolyn Anson, Vivian Peninger and Candy Rulon. The concert tour included churches in Forest, Rossville, and Newport, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn. Adults accompanying the group were Mary Frances Petrash, Pat Powers, Audrey and John Russell, and Karen and Wayne Pearson.

"Ask to be Forgiven" will be the title of the Rev. Charles P. Godbey's sermon at the 10:45 ip service. He will also lildren's sermon, Judi Cunn' play the baritone Margaret King on Epperson will play the id direct the Sanctuary it sings the anthem. Paul ling will also sing.

Church School begins at 9:30 a.m. and there are classes for all ages. An extended Church School is held for 3 to 5 year olds following the children's sermon. The Methodist Men's covered dish supper and program will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Fellowship Hall.

ST. PAUL'S Church school, with classes for all ages, will open at 9:45 Sunday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 7915 Bayway. The morning worship begins at 10:50 a.m. with the pastor, the Rev.

S.M. Dunnam Jr. bringing the message, "A Pattern for Prayer." The Rev. Max Adams, associate pastor, will serve as liturgist. Dunnam will have a special message for children as he presents "The Fishing Bag" on the altar steps.

Special music will be presented by the Chancel Choir under the direction of Mrs. Dutch Conditt who will also play the organ. Mrs. Robert Funderburk will play the piano. Children's Church for children age 3 years through kindergarten will be held in the kindergarten classroom following children's time.

A time of friendship will be held in the Fellowship Hall following the morning worship. Houston East District church camp will be held at Lakeview Methodist Assembly, Palestine, Monday through Friday. Adams will serve as a a counselor. The commission on Congregational Care will meet at 7 p.m. Monday.

The Finance Committee meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday with Harvey Frost as chairman. The Administrative Board meeting wil! follow at 7:30 p.m. with Jim Read, chairman, presiding. ST.

JOHN'S Sunday worship begins at St. John's United Methodist Church with Church School at 9 a.m. The worship service begins at 10 a.m. with the Rev. George M.

Atkinson as pastor. Atkinson's sermon will be "What Does a Prophet Know? The choir director is Richard Hazelip and the organist is Linda Hazelip. After worship, the United Methodist Women will serve a "Chicken Noodle Dinner" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will go for missions.

Houston East District Camp begins in Lakeview this week. CEDAR BAYOU Bishop Finis A. Crutchfield has appointed the Rev. Emmitt C. Barrow as pastor of the Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church.

Barrow will preach his first sermon at 10:50 a.m. Sunday at Cedar Bayou. Barrow was born and reared in Marlin. He graduated from the University of Texas with a BBA degree and worked for a Texas Co. as an auditor.

EMMTTr BARROW He then graduated from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas with BD degree. He was a chaplain in the Navy, serving in Adak, Alaska, among other places. He served as pastor at Harleton Circuit; Elkhart; Navasota; Grand Saline; Galena Park; Hardy Memorial, Texarkana; St. Matthews, Houston; Westbury, Houston; and United Methodist, Temple. At the time of his appointment to Cedar Bayou, he was serving the Palestine District as Superintendent.

He has served the Methodist church as district director of education and a member of the conference board of education for a number of years. He was conference statistician eight years, district director of evangelism in Houston nine years and in Texarkana three years, vice-chairman of the conference board of evangelism three years, chairman of the conference World Service and Finance Commission four years, chairmain of the Conference division of stewardship lour years. He represented the Board of Evangelism of the Methodist Church on "Preaching Missions" oouth America and Alaska. He is married to Anne Marie Humphrey of Linden and has three children who are grown. A covered dish dinner will be served in Busch Center following the morning service to honor the Rev.

and Mrs. Barrow and the new associate, the Rev. Marlin Fenn. Ushers for the service will be John Gillette, Brian Rucker, Kenneth Yarbrough and Rod Evans. Acolytes will be Carl Hyltin and Billy Nelson.

Baha'i Faith Appeals To Various People By GEORGE R. PLAGENZ NEA Correspondent While evangelical Christians continue to await the Second Coming of Christ, one large and growing religious body believes that Christ has already returned to earth. The date was 1844. Blasphemous as this Baha'i doctrine is to orthodox Christians, the Baha'i faith holds a certain appeal to many in this country where there are more than 500 assemblies" of Baha'is. Ironically, in Iran formerly Persia where the Baha'i faith originated, the Baha'is are being persecuted by Moslem authorities.

In the United States and elsewhere in the West, the Baha'i faith finds supporters among feminists. The first proclamation of the equality of the sexes in religious scriptures occurs in the Baha'i teachings. It also appeals to those who feel religion should stay out of politics and to those who feel religion should become involved in world affairs. That is, Baha'is do not work for political parties, officially support candidates or run for public office. But they are tireless workers for world peace, the United Nations and the welfare of mankind.

The Baha'i faith will also appeal to those who complain that "the church is always asking for money." The Baha'i teaching is that "only members may have the privilege of contributing" financially and there is no solicitation for money. Collection plates are unheard of. Scarcely more than 100 years old, the Baha'i movement now has 3 million adherents throughout the world. The world center is in Haifa, Israel. The center of the Baha'i community in the United States is in Wilmette, 111.

The Baha'is consider their movement to be a fulfillment of both Old Testament and Christian prophecy concerning the Second Coming of Christ. They believe the founder of their faith, Baha'u'llah (pronounced Ba-Ha- ol-LAH), to be Christ returned. Baha'is refer skeptics in this country to a study done by a former United Press reporter named William Sears, from Madison, Wis. He came upon a book about the people who eagerly awaited the return of Christ in 1844. He was particularly interested in the story of William Miller, an upstate New York farmer and Bible student who calculated, on the basis of prophecies by Daniel in the Old Testament, that Christ would return on Earth Oct.

22, 1844. He and his 100,000 followers climbed the hills and the housetops around Hampton, N.Y., on that day and waited for Christ's return which never came. Sears the reporter, something of a Bible student himself, was convinced that Miller's calculations were correct. And 1844 was indeed the year prophesied for Christ's return in the Bible. He theorized that Christ had returned to earth in 1844 but at another location.

The event had gone unnoticed. Where had it taken place? This is what Sears set out to discover. On one of his several trips to the Middle East, he heard the strange tale of a young man who had been sentenced to death for instigating a reform movement in Persia. The story had it that the man was hanging, suspended by ropes from a crossbar in the public square at Tabriz while a firing squad took aim at him. But when the smoke of 200 rifles had cleared, the man stood on the ground unhurt.

He ran off. The young man was known as the Bab (pronounced Bob), which means gate. He had been traveling through Persia proclaiming he was the gate or the door through which would come the One promised in the holy books. His first announcement that the Second Coming was imminent, Sears learned, was made on May 23, It was shortly thereafter that one of the Bab's followers stepped forward and proclaimed he was the one the Bab had foretold. His name was Baha'u'llah.

What clinched it for Sears was that Baha'u'llah in Arabic means "the glory of God." Hadn't the Bible said (Revelation 3:12) that when the Messiah came again he would be known by a "new What name? Consulting the Scriptures further, Sears found the Messiah was referred to countless times as ''The glory of God" or "the glory of the Lord." Reviews Pope's tend to be harsh on said. "The ones who Pius assume that acted seem to have more could have been acted almost on their accomplished. That's own." just an assumption tnink we that can never abso- mvestigage it, but I lutely be proved." don think we snould Pawlikowski said put all our focus on the pope might be the personal credibil- more validly criti- ity of the pope. I cized on the grounds think it is absolutely that he insufficcient- clear he was not just ly urged Vatican dip- a crass anti-Semite, lomats to help the He did do certain Jews even though it things (for the Jews) appears that where and we're learning he such aid was extend- did more than we ed, it made a differ- may have thought ence. even a few years "There was no di- ago rective along those Christianity, in lines from the Vati- general, cannot avoid can to Vatican diplo- some responsibility mats," Pawlikowski for the Nazi Holo- SKATE AFTER CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY BRING YOUR CHURCH BULLETIN AND GET IN FOR 2 PRICE lp.rn.-7 p.m.

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