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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Sunday, May 25, 1986
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St. Paul's plans presentation
Seniors to be recognized
Sunday sol
9:30 a m. Sul
list Church, I
Steven Fa
(solo at 10:4(1
will lead I
■singing and I
Rev. Earl I
preach I
Training hi
Singleton I
at 7p.m. Shel
Elmo Carl
leads “Youtl
Bible studyl
0:30p.m. W(l
Mission pi
p m. Lydia I
are leaders. I
Under thtl
Dycus and 11
Action mefl
Wednesday I
Royal Ami
Hi r. In ml
Mark Dinioal
Billy Wallacl
liassadors. I
Sherman ■
and prayer I
Wednesday. I
Vacation fl
dune 2 Cal
I 'at t i Muslell
Hum are III
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GRACE
The 1986 high school graduation program will be hei
graduating seniors of St. Paul’s at 7 p.m. Thursday.
United Methodist Church, 7915
Bayway Drive will be honored at
10:50 am. Sunday.
United Methodist Women will Methodist Church, 501 S. Alex- Day school teachers will have a
present each graduate with a ander Drive, begins at 9 a.m. luncheon at noon Tuesday at the
gift. Graduates are Brian Davis, Sunday with church school.
Leslie Gray, Matthew Hanggee,
Rev. Morris House will preach.
Day School For Little People
meets at 9 a m. Monday through
Friday. Friday will conclude the
Worship at St. John’s United activities of day school until fall.
, The Rev. Harold Fagan will
preach “What Does God Want
Me To Do With My Life?” at
10:45 am. Sunday at Grace
United Methodist Church, 304 N.
Pruett.
Graduates will sit in a reserv-
ed section and be recognized
during the service.
Fagan will lead a dedication
service of the sound system
given to the church by the late
Alma Moore; the altar paramets
given in memory of Larry Nix-
on, son of Betty and Mike Nixon;
the stained glass windows given
by members, and the handbell
stoles.
ST. JOHN'S
Pastor retiring
Dunnam reception
planned by church
church.
At 10 a m. the Rev. William
The last session of Children’s
Patty Knapp, Mike Miller, Walker will preach “Workers Day Out will be held at 9 a.m.
Patricia O’Sullivan, Maurianna With God.” He will also have the Wednesday.
Prudhomme, Chris Smith and children’s time. Robert Francis
will be liturgist. Ushers will be Wednesday.
Ron Darsee, Fred Gentry, Steve
will preach “The Day 1 Argued Court and Raymond Tieman.
Over-42 Club will meet from 2-
Dunnam will also bring the 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Chancel Choir will jpeet at 7
p.m. Wednesday.
XYZ Club meets at 10:30 a.m.
Marisol Torres.
The Rev. S.M. Dunnam Jr.
The Rev. S.M. Dunnam Jr., 1
pastor of St. Paul’s United I
..Methodist Church. 7915 I
Bayway Drive, isl, retiring M
after 48 years in the ministry. I
A reception honoring Dun- :
nam and his wife, Thelma, |
will be held from 3 to 4:30 |
p.m. May 31 in the (jhurch
fellowship hall.
Dunnam took over the
pastorship of St. Paul’s in
January 1980.
■ He is a native of Alto and
grew up in east and northern
Texas. He is a 1938 graduate
of Winnsboro High School.
Dunnam said he first felt
the call to preach at Jj6 years
of age and While he was atten:
ding a summer youth .rally.
Although at the age of 9 he
said he would never follow in
his .father’s footsteps as a
minister. i . ■ •
* In 1945 Dunnam received a
bachelor's degree in
philosophy from Austin Col-
lege in Sherman.
His theological work was
done at the Perkins School "of
Theology at Southern
Methodist University in
Dallas. There he received his
master of theology in 1948. He
took a sabbatical from 1970 to
1971 and went back to
seminary to receive a master
of sacred theology. Additional
work through correspondence
coUr'ses earned him 'a doc-
Chancel Choir rehearses from
7:15to8:45p.m. Wednesday.
Julia Lottie meets at 8 a.m.
with God.”
Thursday.
message for children’s time on
the altar steps.
Bill Huntington will serve as
.liturgist and Laura Lindsey as
acolyte.
Children’s church will be
directed by Janine Corson.
Chancel Choir will sing the an-
them under the direction of
Abraham Thomas. Thomas will
play the organ and Gail Funder-
burk will play the piano.
ChurCh school begins at 9:45
ST. MARK'S
• • Worship at St. Mark’s, 1703
Oklahoma, will begin at 10:45
The Rev. Emmitt C. Barrow a.m. Sunday with the Rev. Jim
will preach at 10:50 a.m. Sunday Ross preaching “Rejoicing in
at Cedar Bayou United Evidence of the Unseen.B
Methodist Church, 2714 Ferry Youth to be installed are
Road. His sermon is "Exciting Austin Stratton, Rachael
Birthdays.”
Jepp Busch, church lay Lumus, Brent Lowe, Laura
leader, will serve as liturgist. Richardsomand Colt Alton.
Sandra Duree will bring the Los Amigos preschool gradua-
children’s time as children tion will be held at 7 p.m.
gather at the altar steps.
Chancel Choir, under the qtieno and Miriam Ortiz,
direction of Les Cole, will sing At 7 p.m. Wednesday, United
the anthem. Diana Kirkpatrick Methodist Women Guild will
will play the organ.
Ringers for Christ will ring A-shley, 2200 Montana,
during Offertory. They are Chancel Choir will rehearse at
directed by Cole. 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church. 'junior highs will play volleyball.
There will be no services at the Boy Scouts will meet at 7 p.m. Miniature golf is planned,for the
wor- Wednesday in the church annex, senior highs.
St. Mark’s orchestra practices Missions Work Area, with Bill
Watts, chairman will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday.
Education Work Area, chaired
organist for Sunday will be by Dr. Wallace Brunson, meets
at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Celebration Singers will leave
May 31 for a 10-day choir tour to
northern Arkansas and southern
Missouri. The musical, with
“Change Me, Lord,”
Serving as liturgist will be the
Rev. Max Mertz. He will bring
the children’s sermon at (he
altar rail.
Merle Epperson will play the
organ. He will direct the Sanc-
tuary Choir as it sings the an-
them during the Offertory.
Following the church service,
United Methodist Women and
Methodist Men will honor the
seniors and their families at a
lunche&h in the snack area.
CEDAR BAYOU
McBroom, Ryan Haney, Lauri
N
Mi
a.m.
Tuesday. Teachers are Janie Pe-
• In the 11 a
Sunday at
Church, 600 V]
Mark Briste
series from J
mon “Your vl
Special mul
Suzanne HeiiJ
Sanctuary I
GraduatinJ
honored. I
Sunday sc*
a.m. I
At 7 p.m I
Choir will pi
"Making thel
under the dil
E: Reg Madia
Discovery I
a.m. Sundajl
building. I
There willl
messengers tl
Hist Conventil
day in the pal
University I
ing is at 5:451
At 8 p.m., I
ing worship I
be a meethl
choir parentsl
Wednesdajl
is served afl
fellowship hal
Prayer ml
tional time btl
University I
ing classes, I
Training, Mitfl
prayer- groufl
sion meet at 111
Sanctuary (H
p in UcdncsiH
Singing M
begins at 10 a|
Triple L ClH
Thursday iH
building. - H
A time of friendship will be
held in the fellowship hall follow-
ing morning worship.' .
Junior and Senior High United
Methodist Youth Fellowship will
meetfrom5to6:30p.m..
Bible study and prayer group
n)getsat7p.m. -
Lydia Circle will meet at TO church following morning
a.m. Tuesday at the church. ship.
Mary Ruth Vaught will lead the
study on Daniel.
Children’s Wesley. Fellowship
will meet at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
A snack supper will be served
to United Methodist Youth
Fellowship at 5:30 p.m. The
S.M. DUNNAM JR.
meet in the home of Marian
relate back to my ministry,”
Dunnam told a Sun reporter
in an earlier interview.
Dunnam is also interested
in operating a ham radio and
has been performing magic
^ince he was 15.
Dunnam also built a micro-
computer for the church
• which he used for some time
to keep the church roster and
in preparation of speeches.
He recently taught a basic
language computer course to
<■ members of the community.
“Even- though I have many
broad interests. I always
want people to know that my
• first love is my ministry. It is
tiie.core of my life,” Dunnam
said.
Dunnam said he tries to
challenge people to live a
Christian life. "I believe it jS
the role of the church to invite
people to Christ and to; have
the church provide them with
. the knowledge which will
enable them to find Chirst,”
Dunnam said.
Since coming to St. Paul’s,
Dunnam was involved in an
expansion program at the
church. The program added
classrooms, enlarged the
■fellowship hall and added an
Office suite.
Looking back on his
ministry, Dunnam said he
’would do it again. “It has>
. been a marvelous experience.
The years- have gone quickly
and retirement has taken me
almost by surprise.”
Dunnam and his wife are
the parents of two children, •
Spurgeon Dunnam III, editor
of the Texas Methodist-United
Methodist reporter in Dallas
and Jeannie Wallace of
professional.appearance. He Longview. ,The Dunnams
also uses the media of televi- j,ave fjve grandchildren,
sion and motion pictures to Tfje couple will make their
promote the activities of the home on Lake Cherokee near
church. Longview, where Dunnam
“My interests are^broad. said he plans to do a lot of
but many of the things I do all- fishing.
\
Youth will go to the Texas con- at 9 a.m. Sunday,
ference annual youth rally at 4 All music is under the direc-
St. Luke’s United Methodist p.m. The group will return at 9 tion of Rodney Haedge. The
Church in Houston, will host a p.m.
luncheon /for .all Texas con- The 147th session of the Texas Juanita Rogillio.
ference church secretaries at Annual Conference convenes at 2 Acolyte will be Lori Rogers.
p.m. Monday at First United The Spanish-speaking service
Commission on Worship will Methodist Church in Houston, is at 10 a.m. and Sunday school is
meet at f43(Lp.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Ben Oliphint, bishop, at 9 a.m. in the church annex.
ChanceF(5hoir will rehearse at will preside. The conference will St. Mark’s office will be closed
8p.m. Wednesday. conclude following a worship Monday in observance of
Vor-Lin kindergarten School service at ll a.m, Thursday. The Memorial Day.
12:15p.m. Wednesday.
drama,
was arranged by the choir’s
director, Epperson.
torate of ministry degree in
1974.
More courtesy needed
Brotherly love part of good driving
Before coming to St. Paul’s
Dunnam served nine years as
the senior associate pastor of
St. Paul's United Methodist
Church in Houston.
He has also served chur-
ches in Marshall, Longview.
Sweeny. T o m ball and
Pasadena.
Dunnam has been a
member of the Texas Con-
ference since 1946.
For several years he served
as head photographer of the
conference and he also served
as conference representative
to the reopening of Wesley’s
Chapel in London in 1978. He
has also served as chairman
of the Committee on Inter-
pretation and Communication
for the Conference.
would like to see. displayed on this kind of bumper religion too driving, some minister wrote to
every car in America. It would far. Not everyone who goes the editor demanding to know,
“Honk, honk” will enter into the “What’s that got to do with
kingdom of heaven. But neither, religion?”
I may add, will everyone enter it bas to do with lov.e — that’s
The sticker would say: “I AM there who goes to church on Sun- "what it has to do with religion. It
day and then takes chances with has to do with saving lives and
I have an idea most bad driv- his neighbor’s life on the preventing suffering and hear-
ing can be traced to discourtesy. highway, no matter how piously tache.
I may-soon join them: There We hide behind our anonymity he intones “Lord, lord” in
are too many “terrorists” on the when we are behind the wheel, church,
road. In terms of the people they NobOdy knows who we are, so we Nothing is more important or talk enough about him, Our
kill (150 a day), maim or wound, are as boorish as we please. We than getting Jesus out of his con- problem is that our belief in God
Khadafv is small potatoes. do things we would never do if finement in our churches and in- does not do more to improve the
The highway terrorists, of others knew who we were. to our automobiles. Yet when 1 quality of our daily lives and our
course, do not kill, maim or Another thing T learned in wrote a column once about safe everyday activities,
wound •deliberately. But that is Psychology 101 is that we all
small comfort to the victims and hate to be “found out.” Once we
their families.
By GEORGE R. PLAGENZ
NEA Correspondent
In this day of the ubiquitous take much of the stress out of to-
automobile, there are actually day’s driving and probably pre-
some people who refuse to drive, vent many accidents.
Three people of my acquain-
tance (all are men) do not drive A COURTEOUS DRIVER.”
a car. They don’t even have
driver’s licenses.
Our religious problem today is
not that we don’t believe in God
Dunnam is interested in the
media of communication and
uSes that interest in working
with the church and its con-
gregation. Through the use of
graphics and photography.
Dunnam gave the church’s
newsletter a newer and more
Religious groups selling
off South African.stock
Lefeb <
go on record as claiming to be
It is not altogether a fear of dy- something or other, we are
ing, however, that keeps many ashamed to be caught with our
people from getting behind the petticoat showing,
wheel of a car. They find driving
today is too stressful even when people to put bumper.stickers on
they come home in one piece
B
The answer therefore is to get
i
NEW’‘YORK (AP) - Many
The national executive council
U S. religious bodies, including of the Episcopal Chufch also in-
structed its committee on trust
funds to divest all such holdings.
their car that say: “I AM A
Harry Emerson Fosdick was COURTEOUS DRIVER." Hav-
one who never drove a car ing thus identified ourselves to the congregation reputed to be
throughout his long lifetime. He the world, we will live in fear of the richest in the country, are
made one attempt at it, but when being unmasked as a hypocrite getting rid of stocks in
he backed into a telephone pole or a fraud. Consequently we will panies doing business in South
while practicing one day. he find that our driving will im-
decided he would stick to walk- prove overnight. •
ing. He considered his decision While, as I say, I have never
was a lifesaver — from two put a bumper sticker on my car, in such companies was Manhat- The board of governors of
somebody once pasted a “Honk tan’s Trinity Church, an Hebrew Union College-Jewish-
Episcopal parish in the Wall Institute of Religion ordered
Street district. The parish’s divestment of stocks in com-
divestment-value was estimated ' panies not complying^with the
at $10 million, froughly a fifthnf .^‘Sullivan principles,” a code
the congregation’s $50 million formulated for conduct of U.S.
employers in South Africa.
At 10 a.m
Sunday, the Id
ner, rector of
Church, 2701
celebrate Hoi
„ preach - I
Music will tl
com-
The United Church of Christ
says 12 of its 39 regional con-
ferences have divested or plan to
divest themselves of such stock.
Africa.
. Among church organizations
deciding to sell all investments
tion of Jon i
and Lynn La
.. Bethesda celebration planned
points of view.
Not only did he drastically if you love Jesus” sticker on my
reduce his chances of becoming bumper. My first inclination was
Hurta Kinship will meet at 7 a highway statistic but, a$ the. to rip it off. Horn-honking is ir-
famous Protestant clergyman ritating enough as it is without
Personal ministry for women said in his autobiography: “If I asking for more,
will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, am now growing old vigorously,
Janice Cartmill will lead.
tor.
I Celebration will be at 10:30 pm. Thursday at 4805 Country
*.m. Sunday at Bethesda Chris- Club View,
lian Fellowship, 2201 Decker
J)rive.
r The Rev. Troy .Cartmill will
preach. Praise wiiy.be led by the
Bethesda Praise’ Band and
Praise Ringers.
Bible study is at 9:30 a.m.
Suzanne N
Walmsley \
bearers.
W.almsley
Prayers of tha
Mrs. Morrl
Lessons. I
The altar wl
Judy MarstJ
Marsha HarpJ
Georgia Suitil
p.m. Friday at 341 Ilfrey.
am now growing old vigorously, But opce on, bumper stickers stock portfolio,
micev-aimini wm icau. I give the credit in no small part are hard to g«fet off. So mine Ml 4. D I A
“Equipping the-Saints” will be to the long walks which have for stayed on. Them something Cathol ICS S6nCling ITlMK TO rOlOnd
years been my-daily habit — strange happened. When people
often out of necessity.” There honked at me, I no longer got an-
was no other way he could get noyed. I assumed they were
where he was going.
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Cartmill
will teach “Signs and Wonders.’’
Nurseries are provided for all
services.
For more information about
—At 7:30 p.m, TueSd&jf’ Nuce Bethesda Christian Fellowship, type Cl have never put a bumper ing for me became more relax- radioactive fallout from the agency earlier allocated $100,000
Kinship meets at 516 Lloyd Lane, call the church office at 422-7809 sticker of any kind on my car), ing. Soviet nuclear accident affected for purchase of milk in Europe
Sears Kinship will meet at 7:30 or Cartmill at 427-9366. but there is one bumper sticker I Of course we must-not carry Polish dairy products. for Polish children.
’NEW YORK (AP) - Catholic
The air shipments were part of
Relief Services recently airlifted a three-month relief effort there
honking because -they loved 100,000 tons of dry milk to Poland by the U.S. church agency at the
I am not a bumper-sticker Jesus. I smiled and waved. Driv-. to meet needs for children after request of Polish bishops. The
, Youth Kinship will meet at 7
_ p.m. Tuesday at 5125 Cinnamon
Lane.
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Church of Christ
7701 Bay way Drive
424-9513
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Bible classq
Sunday. I
Services bel
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......Evening Worship
Wednesday Bible Class
9 am
10 am .. i
7 pm
7 pm . . .
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Morning Worship
9:30 a.m
10:30 a.m
' V in am The Statutes of The LQrd
Bible Study... 1.0 AM Are Rjgh( Rejoj*„g The
Worship......10.50 AM Heart: The Commandment
Evening Worship ... 6 PM 0f The Lord Is Pure,
Enlightening The Eyes."
Psalm 19:8
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We will be honoring our graduates
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Evening Service
6:00 p.m
, Wednesday
1 Bible Class. .
Miss Denise Lormand, missionary to
Hong Kong, will be our special guest
Ministers
Henry McCaghren
Reaching Forward to What Lies Ahead
. 7:30 PM
Douglas Suggs
Richard Hole ,
__ _ * DonWiehe,
James E. Smith, Pastor’ 422-0036 Minister of Music and Youth
Rev. Paul Klinger, Visitation Minister _
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1986, newspaper, May 25, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153142/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.