Word: worshiped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that there is a "marked evidence of personal religious commitment among our new membership." This commitment shows up in countless ways-in more lay interest in theological study classes, in impromptu Bible study cells set up in private homes, in parishioners' demands for better sermons and more dignified worship, in cutting down social activities in churches. Says the Rev. Andrew Greeley, study director of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago: "Every indication I get gives me the impression that people are more intensely concerned with what religion means in their lives and more are eager...
...anonymity of tall new apartment buildings. "They are sealed in their apartments," says Dr. Paul Noren, the Augustana Lutheran pastor who is president of the Denver Area Council of Churches, "but they are a responsibility of the church." To reach these hidden Christians, many Denver churches play down Sunday worship in favor of midday services during the week...
...departures, and cults of aficionados armed with phonograph records travel in their wake. Thelonious Monk's cult, whispering of Webern, insists that the silences in his music are even more profound than the sounds. Miles Davis' cult, transfixed by his trumpet, says nothing, preferring to express its worship in utter silence. But the cultists that follow John Lewis and his Modern Jazz Quartet see themselves as the True Believers...
...FORM OF WORSHIP. By a vote of 1,922 to 11, the council fathers approved liturgical
...every month for $3.98 (or $4.98 for stereo); if they buy two, they get a third free. Another McCracken plan is the Audio Record Program: 600 salesmen across the country peddle a five-album. 34-record collection that offers, according to McCracken, "everything a family needs for proper inspiration, worship and education"-all for $189.95. "When they see how we can answer their religious needs, price is no object," McCracken says. Net sales of Word and its companion distributing company last year came...