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L QUESTIONS P OPL ASK ! Mrs. Norma Selvidge
, visiting in Guatemala
By Weldon Rives, Minister
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH .
OceMionally people who are young in the Christian faith, and
on other occasions people who have been Christian for a
considerable time, experience a severly strenuous test of their
faith in some form. When this happens, it is not uncommon to
hear the question: "How can I know that I am truely converted?"
The question arises because by the nature of "the
confrontation" -- as the moderns say and "the testing of faith"
as the elders of the faith put it -- they are thereby tempted to cast
offtheir new faith and walk therein no more. Because of this they
become unsure of their confession and commitment; they need
some reassuring that they might continue as obedient and
faithful disciples. To such a person I would suggest that he study
the Gospel of St. John and remember his statement [John 20:31]
"These things are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life
through his name."
John 20:31 is the key verse stating plainly the purpose of the
gospel. With this understanding he who has begun to waver
should study intensely John's gospel for the strengthening of his
Medical Auxiliary sets
organizational meeting
The Medical Center Auxiliary of Donley County will have an
organizational meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. at the
Lions Club Hail.
New officers will be elected and the group will begin regular
meetings once again.
New members are sought for the organization.
faith. In this gospel John had two primary purposes: 1) to show
that Jesus was the long expected messiah, the Savior of the
world, and 2) belief and acceptance of Hislife and teachings
would bring an experience of an entirely new quality of life.
However, one should not believe that at the point of conversion -
when Christ has begun to make all things new in your life--that
you have reached full spiritual maturity. Rather, we at that point
of the Christian experience are but as "Babes in Christ" as Paul
states having to be fed spiritual milk rather than the meat of faith
[I Corinthians 3:1-2.] While we are yet "babes in Christ" we
cannot fully accept some of the deeper mysteries of the Christian
faith, wherein we must step out in faith, believing that the
proclamations of the Gospel is true and trusting that the
experiences of life will witness to the truthfulness of that which
logic and systematic proof cannot support.
We are not let alone as infants in the faith. We have the
records of the ancient Hebrews as they followed the directions of
God passed down by the prophets. We have the Apostles and
other disciples of the New Testament Period. We have the early
Church Fathers as the young, infant church grew and matured.
And, we have our contemporaries who are faithfully supporting
us in the faith that we might come through those spiritual
"growing pains" as an infant Christian. Therefore, it is
expedient that since "we...are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the Joy that was set before him
endured the Cress, despising the shame, and is set down at the
right hand of the throne of God." This can be done as we grow in
our belief that "Jesus Is the Christ, the son of GOd." And John's
gospel will help us to strongly believe in Him who loved us and
gave himself for us.
Grace and peace.
in accordance with the national bicentennial celebration
activities, Texas is co-sponsoring a delegation to visit the country
of Guatemala this week on an international cultural exchange
program developed under the "Festival USA" phase of the
national bi-centennial celebrations. Mrs. Norma Selvidge, drama
teacher at Clarendon College, is one of the representatives and
left from Amarillo at 6:20 Friday morning to meet the rest of the
group in Houston and then travel on to Guatemala. Others
included on the trip are Texas Secretary of State Mark White and
wife and Lt. Col. John Moellering, the White House
representative to the bi-centenniai international affairs.
The group will be met by .. official delegation at the airport
and w$L,trX?ei in an entourageof antique cars to the Ritz
Continental. They will be officially received by President and
Mrs. Carlos Arano Osario of Guatemala, whom Mrs. Selvidge
will present with a book of original poetry illustrated with
pictures of children from Donley County. The purpose of the
book is to show that friendship among cultures should begin as
friendship among children.
The group will also be received at the U.S. embassy and by the
Guatemalan Congress. They will visit the city of Antigua, one of
the three centers of culture in the Americas, and will be made
honorary citizens of Antigua. The delegation will tour
marketplaces, theaters and museums and see a private show by
the national ballet company, a musical telling of the nation's
history.
Explorers to meet
Explorer Post 33 will hold a meeting at the Hospitality Room of
the Farmers State Bank at 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 12. It is
important that all members planning to go on the Red River ski
trip be present. All Explorers are urged to attend as future
activities will be discussed.
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Farmers State Bank
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Beef Short Course
College
Masonic Lodge
IOOF Lodge
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Lions Club
Brene Boosters
CC Band Concert
Boy Scouts Troop 33
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County Club Board
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Eastern Star
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Sunday
Weekly Sunday Services Sunday CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Sunday School ............... 10:00 a.m.
The pastor is from out of town. Sunday School ................ 9:45 a.m. 3rd & Hawley Morning Worship ........... ll:00a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 10:40 a.m. David J. Eckenboy Evening Worship ............ 6:30 p.m.
ST. STEVENS BAPTIST CHURCH Regular Monthly Women's Meetings Sunday Wednesday
Jefferson & Martindale Sunday School ................. 9:45 a.m. Worship ........................ 6:30 p.m.
R. E. Manning, Pastor CHURCH OF CHRIST Morning Worship ........... 11:00 a.m.
Weekly Sunday Services 4th & Carhart Evening Worship ............ 7:00 p.m.
The pastor is from out of town. Don Stone, Minister Wednesday ST. JOHN BAPT1STEPISCOPAL
Sunday Night Service .................. 7:30 p.m. 3rd & Parks
ST, MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday School ................ 9:30 a.m.
Mcclelland & Montgomery Morning Worship ........... 10:15 a.m. Sunday School ............... 10:00 a.m. t
Father Wolko Evening Worship ............ 6:00 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services ....................... 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Mass ...... 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 4th & Parks
Holy Days ...................... 7:00 a.m. Night Service .................. 7:30 p.m. Owen McGarity, Pastor
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Father Wolko is from Memphis. Sunday
CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday, ............... -qrmncnr00
ASSEMBLY OF GOD Rosenfeld & Kearney Morning Worship ............ 9:00 a.m. -=r I" vv v=m
Sth & McClelland Hubert Bromley, Minister Youth Program ............... 6:00 p.m.
R. L. Leeder, Pastor by These :
Evening Worship ............ /:00 p.m.
Sunday CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Tuesday t
Sunday School .... . ........... 9:45 a.m. 302 N. Jefferson Bible Study .................... 2:30 p.m. •
Sunday Worship ............ 11:00 a.m. C.H. Duncan
Sunday Evening Worship ..7:00 p.m. Merchants
Tuesday
Women's Missionary Council. 1 p.m.
Night Service .................. 7:30p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morris
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Flag contest set
in one of the many methods of celebrating the
bi-centennial celebration, two Clarendon College students
been visiting the elementary school and junior high to talk
the upcoming flag contest. Richard Allen, a sophomore
Perryton, and Pare Gattis, a sophomore from Irving, have
telling the school kids about the contest in an effort to get
smaller children involved in the celebration of America's
birthday.
During the visits, Allen and Miss Gattis explained the
the contest and gave the kids an explanation of the
celebration. "Many of the kids didn't understand what
bi-centennial was, but they understood and liked the idea
birthday," Miss Gattis said. The two students will be
around this week to reach the classes they could not talk
week, and then will go around and check with the
children again to see how they are doing.
The rules of the contest are that the drawing
any size or on any type of paper and that it must be
Tracings will not be accepted. The sign must be painted,
water colors, magic marker or any kind of coloring, and
represent some facet of Donley County. The contest is open to
students from kindergarten to eighth grade, and entries may be
submitted now. The judging will be done by a panel of sig
students, three from Clarendon College, two from Clarendo
High School and one from Hedley High School. The judging will
take place after Christmas•
"Their enthusiasm was good," Allen said, "They were really
interested and they asked a lot of questions." Allen gave the kids
a background on the United States and Texas flags
the flags to help give the kids an idea of what was
contest. He then explained what would be considered as
representing Donley County, such as the natural marks
plants and animals found in Donley County.
The two said that they would return to the classes they have
already visited to answer any questions.
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