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Proclaiming The Gospel
International Sunday School
Lesson for May 14, 1972.
LESSON TEXT: Luke 4:16-
21; Romans 10:14-18; Ephe
sians 3:7-13.
The role of the Church is
primarily to proclaim the
Gospel. Our Lesson today,
centered in the Book of Luke,
is concerned with the method
and circumstance of procla
mation, whiie that part of it
which lies in Romans empha
sizes the responsibiiity of the
preacher, and that of the lis
tener.
35 Trucks Were On Scene Of Apartment Fire, As Flames Leap Skyward!
In Luke 4we find Christ pro
claiming His Messiahship, He
had been sent by God to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to captives, to re
cover the sight of the blind,
to set at liberty those who
were "bruised”.
JCetters Z0
Zke Bditor
Critic’s Choice!
Dear Editor,
I am writing to you concerning a certain article that appears
in your paper each week. The article I'm referring to is the
Grover News by Jackie Rountree. I’m sorry to say this but I
felt someone must, it’s one of the worst I’ve ever read. I’m not
a literary great myself, but I feel even I could do that well If not
better, I would suggest some improvement or think of something
new to write about.
Yours truly,
Kathrine Hallman
P.S, I think as a whole you’re doing very well with your paper.
All during His lifetime Christ
made a practice of attending
the Synagogue, Luke’s ac
counting encompasses a cer
tain specific visit to the Syna
gogue in Nazareth. During
this visit, Christ took the op
portunity to proclaim the Gos
pel. To those who were suf-
Troops 91 And
415 Make Trip
To Steel Creek
Thank you, Kathrine. Commentsaboutour editorial matter are
almost always appreciate^ and I’m sure Jackie won’t mind
either, since another reader told her her column is better than
Kays Gary’s! We appreciate your Interest.
Buildings Were Ablaze When Firemen Arrived
— Lem Lynch Photos
Wins Service Gardner-Wcbb Graduation
What Price Protection? Award
While the average American family enjoys the peace and com
fort of their homes tonight, thousands of dedicated men patrol
the nation’s streets and highways providing protection for us all.
Those thousands are the police officers, many of which are lit
erally giving their lives so that we may feel reasonably safe
from being murdered, raped, robbed, or maimed by the vicious
elements of our society, in recent weeks we have witnessed the
tragic news of still more of our young police officers being killed
in the line of duty. How many more must pay this supreme price
before the general public wakes up and takes action to prevent
these tragedies from occuring again and again.
For a number of years now police have been exposed to ad
verse dangers much of which has been brougtt on by weak court
decisions, and the lack of concern by public officials responsl ~
ble for the safe and efficient operation of police agencies. Many
public officials still classify police officers in the same category
salary-wise and equipment-wise to sanitation workers, gas de
partment employees, truck drivers, etc. If you doubt this check
your local police department to see how salaries and equipment
compare with other city functions. In addition to police officers
being exposed to great dangers at ridiculously low pay, police
administrators and public officials still require these men to ride
by themselveswhileonpatrol. How many of these public officials
would expose themselves to these dangers? Few if any!
It’s time we realize that we are at war with the criminal ele
ments and do something about it. Is it right to require so much
of so few to protect so many at this price? Laws need to be
passed requiring any motorist stopped for a violation or a rou
tine traffic check to step from his car and make himself visible
to the police officer. The practice of requiring an officer to walk
up to the driver’s side exposing himself to some unbalanced in
dividual who may kill him in attempting to escape apprehension
should be stopped. Put yourself in the officer’s place, would you
walk up to a strange individual at 2 a.m. by yourself?
If you believe it’s time for action to be taken in behalf of our
police officers, let it be known. The price some are paying for
protection is far too high.
Clarence Earle, service ma
nager for Wade Ford was noti
fied last week that he was the
winner of a Bronze Medallion
Service Awardfor general ex
cellence in the management of
the service department at
Wade Ford.
The award will be presented
at a banquet in Charlotte to be
attended by he and his wife.
The award was made by H. H.
Pharr, District Manager lor
Ford Motor Company, Cus
tomer Director.
Is Set For Sunday
Two hundred and seventy-
seven graduates will be awar
ded degrees at commence
ment exercises at Gardner-
Webb College Sunday, May 14.
Two well-known North Caro
lina Baptist denominational
workers will speak on gradu
ation day. The services will
be held in the Bost Physical
Education Building.
Rev. Ernest C. Upchurch,
state director, City and Me
tropolitan Missions Depart
ment, Baptist State Convent
ion of North Carolina, will
bring the baccalaureate ad
dress Sunday morning at 11
o’clock and Rev. Coy C. Pri-
vette, pastor. North Kannapo
lis Baptist Church, Kannapo
lis, will be the graduation
speaker at 3 o’clock Sunday
afternoon.
1st Baptist To
Present Music
Rev. Upchurch is a native of
Cleveland Countyand a gradu
ate of Gardner-Webb and
Wake Forest University.
All ages are represented as
the graded choirs of First Ba
ptist Church, Kings Mountain,
present an Evening of Music,
Sunday, May 14, 7:30 P.M.
Some choirs feature instru
ments along with the singing,
and one group will do a hymn
interpretation using pantom
ime.
. W" J
V
CLARENCE EARLE
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Over one fourth of our population
lacks enough education and training
to get a good {oh*
-And education is just one of their
problems. These North Carolinians suffer
from discrimination, housing and trans
portation problems, lack of child care
facilities, and poor health as well.
Something is being done about it.
The Department of Community Colleges
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which started at Lenoir Community
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In the future, all 56 of the State’s com
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"A good idea is worth sharing."
fering under various adversi
ties, He brought the good news
of relief. . .release.. .reco
very. These were the mes
sages contained in Christ’s
preaching throughout the land
of Galilee.
good news of the Gospel can
not be suppressed! It sur
vived the cross at Calvary; it
proclaimed itself in the Res
urrection!
The use of the Synagogues
became a focal point in the
ipinlstry of Paul and other
disciples. They were a ga
thering point from which the
Gospel was dispensed.
"Whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be
saved”. . .Romans 10, verse
13. Notethe"WHOSOEVER”!
It encompasses Jew and Gen
tile alike—all men! Belief
was the key which would open
the door to salvation! And it
was the bounden duty of all
those who participated in this
gift to share it with others.
For the Gospel has a life-
giving power that is unique in
itself. The Gospel can do for
people what nothing else can
do.. .It can sustain and en-
li^ten, at one and the same
time. In the hands of a truly
effective preacher the Gospel
can bring Immeasurable bles
sings Into countless lives.
As individuals, we who pro
fess to be Christians have the
responsibility of answering
God’s call when It comes to
us.. .no matter what the cir
cumstances of the place. But
the responsibility of the
Church lies In making that call
heard.
How precious to us those who
preach in our churches are!
For they are the voice of
Christ, reaching out into the
dark which surrounds us! In
our lives they project the liv
ing Christ, bringing us com
fort and courage. They are
the Instruments of communi
cation, without whom we
might, indeed, be lost!
On April 16th Troops 91 and
415 made a trip to Steel Creek
and while there made a 10-
mlle hike, had lunch, and saw
a cub bear! Leaders on this
trip were John Cain, Eugene
Lefevers, Thurman Burns, O-
tis Falls, Jr., and Rickey
Falls.
Troops 91 and 415 attended
Camporee on the 28, 29 and
30 of April. Eugene Lefevers,
Ken Smith, andJohn Cain were
the Scoutmasters responsible
for the Scout awards and rib
bons. In June, the ScoutswlU
be taking orders from a TOM-
WAT Showcase, the items they
will be selling are household
Items. The money will be u-
sed for equipment, training
aids and expenses for making
camping trips.
The Church—the focal point
of the proclamation of the
Gospel—cannot afford to be
discouraged If the results of
Its work appear meager. Not
all who heard Christ, re
sponded, nor those who heard
His disciples! Yet the Chris
tian movement spread, and
grew,. .nourished by the ded
icated faith of a few!
Fortunately for us, the pro
fessing Christians, the gentle
art of sharing is not confined
to those who have received the
call; we can share of our
selves, of the good news of our
beliefs, as we go about our
daily t^ks. We can. In effect,
witness for Christ by our own
conduct, by our own sensitivi
ties, thus lending credence to
what our Church has to say to
the world in general!
We can become "proclalm-
ers of the Gospel”!
From this we see that the
(These comments are based
on outlines of the International
Sunday School Lessons, copy
right^ by the International
Council of Religious Educa
tion, and used by permission).
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