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[Silence] Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. [Audience] And let the Holy Spirit be with you always. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC] ♪ Hallelujah, all hail ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, might and glory ♪ ♪ Revival's spoken ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, might and glory ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, all hail ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, might and glory ♪ ♪ Revival's spoken ♪

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Hallelujah by the glory. Hallelujah, Lord, hear. Hallelujah by the glory. Revive us, Lord, hear. Breathe in us, O God, that we may have life in us, that our spirits may be revived,

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that we may have strength for our weaknesses. Grant unto us, O God, the assurance of your abiding presence that we may worship you this day in spirit and in truth. We ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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Amen. [music] It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. God's a preacher, not a deacon, but it's me, O Lord

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Standing in the need of prayer God's a preacher, not a deacon, but it's me, O Lord Standing in the need of prayer It's me, it's me, O Lord

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Standing in the need of prayer It's me, it's me, O Lord ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ On my travel nor is this required of me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ On my travel nor is this required of me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ (audience cheering) (bell tolling)

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>> This morning, may we all show love and understanding that we might do our bidding on earth as angels do in heaven. We ask you to lead us from one degree of grace to another and may something be said this morning that will cause some dying man to come on your side and live before it's ever

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too late. Bless all we do to be bound to pray for. Bless those afflicted and could not be healed and bless those that could have. May we all be aroused ever since our duty that we might serve thee better each day of

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our life. and all other blessings we ask through Christ Jesus' name, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ (ominous music)

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[ Background Sounds ] [MUSIC PLAYING] Thy way, O Lord, not mine. Thy will be done, not mine.

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♪ Stands the Lord for me, it's clear ♪ ♪ And you can never see ♪ ♪ Until I stand with thee ♪ [Music]

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♪ Let glory all be thine ♪ ♪ The evening as thy shades fair ♪ ♪ Near thee from day to day ♪ ♪ Didst dream to watch them burn? ♪

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♪ Thy will be done ♪ ♪ Thy will, Thy will be done ♪ ♪ I will ♪ ♪ I will be your God ♪

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♪ And I'll try my heart each day to say that ♪ ♪ I will be your God ♪ ♪ I will be ♪ ♪ One more time ♪

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♪ I will ♪ ♪ I will be one ♪ ♪ I will ♪ ♪ I will be your love ♪

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♪ And through my heart ♪ ♪ Each day you'll see ♪ ♪ I'm greater ♪ ♪ Than you ♪

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♪ And I ♪ ♪ I have each man to send ♪ ♪ And cry ♪ ♪ My heart will stay to stay ♪

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♪ I will ♪ ♪ Cry with you ♪ ♪ Cry with you ♪ ♪ Cry with you ♪

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[Music] Our response of reading number 585 the upright man. Let us stand. Response of reading 585 in the back of the hymnal.

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♪ Hear me my word, ye children ♪ ♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ Bless your faith who walk ♪ ♪ With the word of the Lord ♪

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in that hall. Be silent, all the Lord speaketh

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to his children. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. [All] But he shall die in the name of the Lord, and be no more than the day that came in the night.

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[Priest] And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. [All] And I will not sow, but I shall keep in my faith.

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♪ I will keep thy words in my heart ♪ ♪ Yea, indeed ♪ ♪ Come in my heart ♪ - Therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

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Now sinners of the congregation of the righteous. [CHOIR SINGING] [MUSIC - "THY WORD IS A LEVER TO MY FEET"] [MUSIC]

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♪ Is the lamp unto my wing ♪ ♪ I am light ♪ ♪ Unto my world ♪ ♪ Wing of faith ♪

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♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Of me ♪ (dramatic music) (door slams)

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♪ So let us ♪ ♪ Let us bear with ♪ ♪ The diseases ♪ ♪ That pass me by ♪

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♪ For they are ♪ ♪ All ♪ ♪ They are ♪ ♪ Mary, angel of God ♪

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♪ Holy infant ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ ♪ We'll be with you ♪ ♪ The morning came then ♪

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♪ From heaven ♪ ♪ It fell on those who believed ♪ ♪ Oh, to believe ♪ ♪ So let my spirit ♪

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♪ Fall again ♪ ♪ Let it be safe for me ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Only ♪

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♪ Me ♪ ♪ Till to one ♪ ♪ Alone ♪ ♪ Only ♪

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[ Music ] This is the children's hour. All of the children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me. Forbid them

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not for such is the kingdom of heaven. Wise men of old said train up a child the way that he should go. When he is old he will not depart from it. Paul said, "When I was a child, I thought as a child.

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I understood as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things." things. How many of you have heard of Superman?

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So you've heard of Superman. I'm going to talk about God's Superman, strong man. This man was called the strongest man in the Old Testament. He was a giant.

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He was huge in size. He had big brawny muscles and he was strong. In fact he was so strong that he could pull up trees and he could kill a lion with his hands.

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He was strong, very strong. He was given the name Samson when he was born. Samson. And he was strong because he had promised, he made a promise to the Lord that he would

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drink no wine and neither would he let a razor touch his head. He wouldn't cut his hair, so his hair would be long. And he had long hair. Hair was so long it rested on his shoulders.

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And he had this hair in seven locks. And there were little bells that sort of rang when Samson walked, and his hair would be flowing in the air, and those bells would be sounding, and it seemed that the ground underneath his feet was shaking. So he was a superman, superman. And one is always strong

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when one takes the proper care of his body. When you take the proper care of your body that helps you to be strong and you grow up in strength. Your limbs are strong and you You have energy and you can do the things that you like to do. You can do unusual things when your body is in good condition.

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So Samson was strong. He was a superman because he took good care of his body. And then he was strong also because he was obedient to the Lord. He did what was right.

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He obeyed God. And so his strength, his strength really came from God. Came from God. Samson had a weakness.

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And you know what that weakness was? His weakness was for a woman. And this woman's name is Delilah. Delilah was made up in such a way she had long eyebrows.

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Her fingernails were long and colored. She even colored her toenails, you know? And she had a soft, sweet voice. And she was made up like a Coca-Cola bottle.

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You know how it is, all those kinds of things? That's the way it was with Delilah. And when Samson saw her, he just fell for Delilah. And you see he was the leader of God's people and he was fighting against the Philistines.

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The Philistines were afraid of Samson. The Philistines were the enemy of God's people, the enemy of Israel. They were afraid. They wanted to see that Samson was deprived, that he lost his weakness.

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They wanted to see that he was robbed of his weakness. And so they were trying to find someone to do that and they got Delilah because they knew Samson had a weakness for women and they got Delilah and they paid Delilah a hundred pieces of silver.

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Delilah said, "I got to have it out in front." So they had to count it out to a hundred pieces of gold it was really and she took it. And so somehow she got Delilah, Delilah did, got Samson in her house and she fixed a drink, a wine, and she put something in that wine that would make Samson drowsy if he drank

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it. And when Samson came to see, she said, "Drink this." And so Samson took it and he called it down. And it was not long before he was drowsy.

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And she said, "Now, Samson, tell me the secret of your strength." And Samson told her, "The secret of my strength is that a razor has never touched my head. I have made a promise to God that my hair would never be cut. And so when Samson began to get drowsy, she took and put Samson

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in her lap, she put his head in her lap. And as she began to stroke him, Samson went to sleep. And then while Samson was asleep, she saw to it that his hair was cut off of his head and Samson was told to get up. The Philistines

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are there. And when Samson got up to shake himself and to be strong like he had always been he didn't have any strength. He was weak like every other person, weak. But he had been a Superman but you know what God had left him the spirit of the Lord had left him and we are always weak when God isn't with us and so Samson was taken and he was put

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in jail and not only did they put him in jail they put out his eyes so that he was blind And so when one is blind and when one is weak and when one is in prison all of that happens when one doesn't do what is right in obeying God. But after a while God doesn't always leave us he forgives us he gives us another chance

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after a while the hair began to grow again on Samson's head and Samson was sorry for what he had done. He repented. And the Philistines were giving a party, a big religious party, festival, and they brought Samson out of jail that they might make fun of him, ridicule him, and they took him into the temple where they were worshiping their god, and they didn't

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noted Samson's strength was coming back. His hair had begun to grow and all of that. While they were making fun of Samson, Samson had them lead him to the pillows that were right in the midst of the temple and he put his arms around those pillows and he pulled out the pillows and he destroyed more of the enemies than he had done in all the days of his life.

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But the key to it is we are strong when we obey God. We are weak when we fail to obey God. So you, we want you to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might that you may grow up to be strong boys and girls.

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And you can be like Superman or Superwoman. You can have super strength when God is with you and helps you all along the way. God bless you. [Music]

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[ Music ] >> We worship the Lord now in giving. As the officers come forward, let every one of us give according to how the Lord has prospered us. What we have is not really ours. All of it belongs to God.

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It was here when we came. It will be here when we leave. We only have custody over it while we're here. And God wants us to use everything we have. Our life,

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our talents, our influence, our our possessions, to use everything we have in such a way that it makes us better. It enriches our lives and that it glorifies his name. So remembering that, let us give, we urge everyone to give at least a tenth of his or

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her income to the Lord as an expression of your dedication of putting God first in your life, not giving him what's left after you've done everything you'd like to do, but to put him first and to give to him first, recognizing that he is God and beside him there is none other.

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So in this spirit let us give. May we bow our heads. Bless us, O Lord, in this time of giving that we may share according to your spirit, we may manifest sacrifice and love, loyalty.

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let us give as thou has given unto us thy son Jesus Christ the greatest gift in his spirit let us share recognizing that we owe all to Jesus Christ all to him let us surrender we ask in his name amen (gentle piano music)

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(gentle music) [Music] Good morning, this is your announcement period. Ushers and nurses will meet at 8pm Monday, July the 9th, right after Vacation Bible School.

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This comes from Brother Leroy Hendricks, President. The St. John Regular Baptist Association musical featuring 200 voices will be Monday, July the 16th, 1979 at 7.30pm in the St. John Tabernacle. Sister Ruth R. Davis is the director. We have a very special announcement now coming from Sister Brittney.

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Good morning. This afternoon at 3 p.m. the Ebenezer Church family celebrates the 10th service of gratitude for Pastor and Mrs. Griffin. Special guests will be Reverend Ovey and the members of the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. This morning, Brother Anderson made this announcement and he could not be here because of another

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commitment so he asked me to do it at 11 o'clock. And I want to quote from what he said this morning because I think it is very fitting and many of you were not here. And I quote, he took a word from the service of gratitude, the appreciation, and it was

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gratitude. And he said, "G is for great," and this is for the pastor. We know he is. "R is for righteousness."

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He's our pastor. "A, ability." He does have the know-how. "T, total commitment."

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He is committed to his family, to the church, and also to the community. I, interest. He's interested in all.

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T, timely. You're always on the move, and we don't see how you make it as fast as you go. U, usefulness.

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He does show us that he is useful. D, dynamo. And I told Brother Anderson, that means a whole lot there, but he is just that.

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everlasting. So we want you to come out this evening and help as a church family along with all of our visitors to show Pastor and Mrs. Griffin that we do appreciate them on their tenth service of gratitude. Now we have these envelopes. Many of you have already passed them in. Some of you do not. Those of you who need them, if you carried them

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away last Sunday, leave them today. Now those of you who do not have them, as the ushers come down, please raise your hand so you can get one.

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If you forgot to put it on the plate, just give it to the ushers, or you may turn it in to the church office. You may give it to Brother Hawkins, Brother S.L. Owens,

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Brother J.O. Bale, Brother John Hall, Brother J.M. Wilson, Brother Benny Wilson, or you may give it to me. Many of us will be happy to take it. Please raise your hands and the ushers will give you

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an envelope for you to leave your appreciation for Pastor and Mrs. Griffin. We want to thank you and we will see you this afternoon at three o'clock.

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We do hope that all will conduct ourselves accordingly. I shall now ask that all visitors would please stand for a word of welcome. Would you give us your names and your church homes, please,

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in the center aisle, starting at the front and going back. [ Inaudible ] We hope so. Thank you.

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[ Inaudible ] Thank you. Thank you. Would you remain standing please?

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[inaudible] [ Inaudible ] Thank you. Thank you. In the far back.

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We are very pleased to have each and every one of you here with us this morning. We hope that something will be said or done that will inspire you and bring you closer to God. We are glad that you have come to worship with us. We ask that you feel free, feel that this is your home.

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Worship him in whichever manner you are most comfortable. We do hope that if you're in the city looking for a church home that you will consider us. We would be ever so grateful and so pleased to have you. Thank you very much.

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good to be back. Sometimes when I've missed one Sunday it seems like I've been away for ages and it was always good to to come back home and to be welcomed back. Last Sunday we were in Denver as you know we were attending the American Association of School Administrators and we had a delightful

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session there and I worshipped on Sunday morning with the Macedonia Baptist Church. I saw some persons who asked me to bring greetings to you, a relative of Sister Gertrude, Drian Harris, and also of Sister Reese and Brother Curley were there. My good friend, Reverend Dr. John Morris and I were in seminary together in Oberlin, Ohio

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some years ago and we sang in a quartet together and we had a chance to renew acquaintance so to speak and have renewal of fellowship in that experience. So I got back sister Rosa White was telling me Reverend we had wonderful service, wonderful service. She emphasized it so as if she was saying it was better

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about my being away. And then she hastened to say now we don't like it about you going away. So I always delighted hearing that the services were carried out well and then I also appreciate being missed so I am glad to to come back and to be with you. I noticed that there was an announcement

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guess it was made last Sunday concerning the elderly and that the state has passed an exemption of some twenty eight thousand three hundred dollars. I think to be more accurate that's fifteen thousand dollars that the state has passed for the elderly not twenty eight thousand the elderly would like to get twenty eight thousand and they may get it but the state

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has passed fifteen thousand and if what the school district gives in conjunction of that if that should materialize it would be that but only now as far as what this legislature has passed It's an exemption of fifteen thousand dollars We spent several hours in our school board meeting the other night dealing just with this particular problem

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as you know, the Supreme Court has rendered the decision concerning desegregation and we had the case before the Supreme Court, which is been one of the constant delays in desegregating fully the Austin Independent School District and the

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Supreme Court refused to hear that case and really sustained the case that blacks have of having been desegregated and the pressure is on the district to proceed with desegregating below the sixth grade and of course balancing the

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situation that we have. That case right now is supposed to be tried if all goes according to schedule in the federal court on Wednesday morning. The

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hope has been that there would be negotiation out of court that might mean that the community would be happier by reaching some agreements among themselves as far as the parties are concerned without the judge having to make that decision as to whether that will happen, that remains to be seen. That did materialize in Dallas, but we do hope that this will be worked out and will move forward smoothly

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in the matter of desegregation below the sixth grade in a more equitable manner as far as the high school busing situation is concerned. We've had a

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very glowing report concerning the Vacation Bible School both at Salina Center and

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here at the church. The enrollment, I think, has been around 57. I had the figure here at Salina Center and about 137 or something of that nature with an average attendance of 100 here at the church each evening. This is for all ages and

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we trust that those of you who are not attending the Vacation Bible School will take advantage of that opportunity in the time that remains. We had our picnic, the church picnic, on July 4th, and

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it was well attended. I think that it may have been one of our largest in recent years. I think the count was something like 199, and we had something like 130-something last time the year ago, so I want to express my appreciation not only to the workers in the vacation,

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