Wither Sunday School?
By Donald W. Haynes - The American Sunday School Union was organized in 1827. By the 1840’s churches across America were beginning to build “wings” of classrooms for children and youth to be taught at the church, replacing the catechism which based Christian nurture...
Rekindling Language of the Soul for Kids
By Justus Hunter - I loved Sunday school. The gray-haired ladies corralled us into small rooms lined with hand-me-down toys. A flannelgraph easel occupied one corner, a sentry threatening our chaos with order. We learned Bible stories and hokey songs and how to keep...
Archive: One Local Church Responds to Atlanta
Archive: One Local Church Responds to Atlanta After studying various reports of the Atlanta General Conference, the Administrative Board and Pastor of Long Memorial United Methodist Church, Neffsville, Pa. send the following letter to their district superintendent and...
Archive: A Liturgy from our new Social Creed
Archive: A Liturgy from our new Social Creed The Atlanta General Conference adopted a new Social Creed. It contains this liturgy, intended for unison reading by United Methodist congregations, as an expression of what we believe. "We believe in God, the Creator of the...
Words of Welcome
Words of Welcome 1971 Good News Convocation Bishop F. Gerald Ensley Columbus, Ohio Good News October /December 1971 It's a great delight to be here tonight and to welcome you to this occasion, to this city and this state. I see a few friendly faces out there .... Let...
Archive: Finding a Voice
Archive: Finding a Voice Reprinted from Christianity Today, interdenominational, evangelical magazine Washington, D.C. United Methodists' "silent minority" (evangelicals) began clearing its throat at the renewal group's first national convention in Dallas last year....
Jesus, Teacher and Lord
Jesus, Teacher and Lord By John R. W. Stott July/September 1971 I have been helped by some words Jesus spoke in the upper room just after he had washed the apostles’ feet. When he had resumed his place, he said to them: “You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are...
Christ’s Mighty Victory
Christ’s Mighty Victory By Bishop Earl G. Hunt Jr. Good News Convocation 1971 Business often carried a friend of mine through the plant of a great foundry. He never missed the opportunity to study the workmen who labored there. One man, a furnace-tender, always...
