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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 37, folder \"Ford, Betty - Religious Beliefs\" of\nthe Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 39 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nOn Sunday, December 1, 1974 Mrs. Ford went to church\nservices for the first time since her operation of\nSeptember 28th.\nShe and the President attended services at 11:00 a.m.\nat St. Johns Church Lafayette Square. They were\npresented with an album of religious music recorded\nby the St. John's Church Choir. The presentation\nwas made by the choir director.\n(Info from Ric Sardo)\n15/2/74\nWorld Follows Ford to Church\nWashington, Dec. 1 (AP)-President and Mrs. Ford went to church today and\nheard the minister lament the slow progress in the world toward peace.\nIt was the first time Mrs. Ford\nhad been to church since she un-\n\"In our world at this time,\"\nderwent cancer surgery Sept. 26.\nthe minister added, \"a trans-\nShe and the President took\nformation is taking place very\ncommunion with about 200 per-\nslowly, if at all.\"\nsons in the iongregation at St.\nJohn's Episcopal Church, near\nPress Secretary Ron Nessen\nthe White House.\nsaid Ford would get a first-hand\nThe Rev. John W. Turnbull,\nreport tomorrow from Secretary\nassistant minister, delivered a\nof State Kissinger on his recent\nsermon based on the Old Testa-\ntalks in Peking, a trip that re-\nment lesson from Isaiah about\nbeating swords into plowshares.\nsulted in an invitation for Ford\nDoen't Materialize\nto visit China in 1976.\nHe commented that the words\nNessen said Ford would spend\nof\nhat prophecy and promise.\nmuch of the day in preparation\nthe\nthat t\n7842\nup\nsounded more ironic\"\nfor a nationally televised news\ndid on this first Sunday\nconference scheduled for 7:30\np.m. tomorrow.\n32\n© 1975. The Washington Post Co.\nMONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1975\nA-2\nWashington Star-News\nMonday, January 6, 1975\n-Associated Press\nCHURCHGOERS\nPresident and Mrs. Ford and their daughter Susan arrive at St.\nJohn's Episcopal Church for services yesterday. The church is\njust across Lafayette Park from the White House.\nAssociated Press\nFORDS GO TO CHURCH-President and Mrs. Ford and across Lafayette Park from the White House. They heard\ndaughter Susan arrive at St. John's Episcopal Church Rev. David A. Williams urge \"dynamic faith and hope.\"\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1975\nUnited Press International\nAFTER CHURCH SERVICES: President Ford and his wife,\nBetty, with the Rev. John C. Harper, rector of St. John's\nChurch in Washington, as they left church yesterday\nmorning. The onetime center for the University of Mi-\nchigan later watched the Super Bowl on television.\nPresident Ford attended church for\nthe first time since two assassination\nattempts were made against him. Ac-\ncompanied by Mrs. Ford and daugh-\nter Susan, the President drove two\nblocks from the White House to St,\nJohn's Episcopal Church and sat on\nthe aisle in a seventh-row pew with\nSecret Service agents sitting behind\nhim. Mr. Ford chose not to shake\nhands with well-wishers but paused\nto wave to the crowd before depart-\ning. Aides said the President passed\nup the opportunity to play golf in or-\nder to work in the Oval Office and\nprepare for the week.\nOct 13\nL.A. Times\nas\nilexANdRiA VA.\nonday, February 24, 1975\nThe Gazette 3-A\nNO\nPARKING\nge Washington's Church\nE Christ\nday at the church George Washington\nlent and\nattended. The Fords sat in the Washington\nres Sun-\npew. (UPI Telephoto)\nAssociated\nRAINY EXIT-The Rev. William Sydnor holds his (\nover Betty Ford's head as they leave 200-year-old Ch\nChurch in Alexandria after services. President and N\nFord sat in the pew once occupied by George W\nington, a regular worshiper at the Episcópal chu\nMonday, February 24, 1975\nA little help from above\nThe Rev. William Sydnor holds his coat over Mrs. Gerald Ford's head to protect\nher from the rain as she leaves Christ Church in suburban Alexandria, Va., Sunday\nafter attending Episcopal services with the President. (AP Wirephoto)\n180N\nR\nFORDS-CHURCH WASHINGTON (AP) -- PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ATTENDED GOOD FRIDAY\nSERVICES AND DELIGHTED HUNDREDS OF TOURISIS AND NOONTIME STRULLERS\nOUTSIDE THE CHURCH.\nTHE FORDS MOTORCADED THE BLOCK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO ST. JOHN'S\nEPISCOPAL CHURCH AND WERE GREETED BY A CROWD, MOST OF WHOM HAD BEEN\nALERIED BY NEWS REPORTS THAT THEY WOULD AITEND THE SERVICES.\nTHE CROWD TOOK CAMERAS, WAVED AND SHOUTED AS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS\nWIFE ENTERED THE CHURCH.\nTHE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD STAYED FOR THe FIRST HALF-HOUR OF A\nTHREE-TAREE-HOUR GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE.\nIHE PRESIDENT PLANS HIS FIRST GOLF OUTING OF THE YEAR SATURDAY AI\nBURNING IREE COUNTRY CLUB IN SUBURBAN BETHESDA, MD. IN LATE AFIERNOON\nHE AND MRS. FORD WILL FLY BY HELICOPIER TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT\nA1 CAMP DAVID IN MARYLAND'S CATOCTIN MOUNIAINS.\nUN EASTER SUNDAY, THE FORDS WILL ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES IN THURMANT,\nID., AND WILL FLY BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE SUNDAY NIGHI.\n14:42:31\nThe\nMonday February 24,\nught ils, Page 2AJ this poper ing St augustine,\n8\nA2\nMonday, Feb. 24, 1975 THE WASHINGTON POST\ner in Miami Betly Johnson\nS.PiT ST.\nAssociated Press\nRAINY EXIT-The Rev. William Sydnor holds his coat\nover Betty Ford's head as they leave 200-year-old Christ\nChurch in Alexandria after services. President and Mrs.\nFord sat in the pew once occupied by George Wash-\nington, a regular worshiper at the Episcopal church.\n-Associated Press\nalk in Rain\nin Alexandria, Va: The Presi-\ndent and Mrs. Ford sat in pew\ning his coat over the head\nNo. 60, George Washington's\nIrs. Ford to shield her\npew, during the Episcopal ser-\nthe rain is the Rev. Wil-\nvices Sunday. The historic\nSydnor, of Christ Church\nchurch was built in 1773.\nis\nIts supplies RCs Schlesin ger interviewed\nsurround TO them Congres\nto\nwas on\nthe Persian Guif\"he should explain\nA2\nMonday, Feb. 24, 1975 THE WASHINGTON POST\nAssociated Press\nRAINY EXIT-The Rev. William Sydnor holds his coat\nover Betty Ford's head as they leave 200-year-old Christ\nChurch in Alexandria after services. President and Mrs.\nFord sat in the pew once occupied by George Wash-\nington, a regular worshiper at the Episcopal church.\nAssociated Press\nK\nLENDING A HAND: The Rev. William Sydnor holding his\ncoat over Betty Ford to protect her from the rain after\nservices at Christ Church in Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Ford\nattended an Episcopalian service with the President.\nMarch 175\nLos Angeles Times *.\nPage 2, Part\nInside The Times\nSHIELDING A MEMBER OF THE FLOCK-The Rev. William Sydnor\nholds coat against the rain for Betty Ford after she and the President\nattended Episcopal services Sunday ot Christ Church in Alexandría, Vo.\nAP wirephoto\nAlex AlexANdRiA ANdRiA VA.\nMonday, February 24, 1975\nThe Gazette 3-A\nNO\nPARKING\n8\nAttend George Washington's Church\nThe Rev. William Sydnor, rector of Christ\nday at the church George Washington\nChurch in Alexandria, greets President and\nattended. The Fords sat in the Washington\nMrs. Ford as they arrive for services Sun-\npew. (UPI Telephoto)\nAssociated Press\nor holds his coat\n00-year-old Christ\nresident and Mrs.\nby George Wash-\nEpiscopal church.\nLATimos 2/24/75 P.2\nWash. Post 2/17/75 PA3 p\nSHIELDING A MEMBER OF THE FLOCK - The Rev. William Sydnor\nholds coat against the rain for Betty Ford after she and the President\nUnited Press International\nattended Episcopal services Sunday at Christ Church in Alexandria, Va.\nAT CHURCH-President Ford and daughter Susan with the Rev. John Harper after services at St. John's Episoopal Church.\nAP wirephote\n-\n-Associated Press\nPresident Ford and daughter Susan walk with the Rev. John Harper after\nattending services at St. John's Episcopal Church.\nECONOMIC PLAN PUSHED\nFord Bids for Hill Support\nBy FRANCES LEWINE\ning nine holes of golf at a country club in\nAssociated Press\nBethesda both Saturday and yesterday\nafternoon.\nPresident Ford, after a recent barn-\nFord's golfing companions included\nstorming stint around the country, is\nWilliam Whyte, vice president of U.S.\nlaunching a face-to-face campaign for\nSteel; Rod Markley, vice president of\nhis energy and economic programs\nFord Motor Co., and Leon Parma, an\n[stbl]\nA214\nDA\nFORD 4-27\nBY WESLEY G. PIPPERT\nWASHINGTON (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD HEARD A PRAYER FOR THE VICTIMS\nOF WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AT CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY BEFORE HEADING FOR\nAN AFTERNOON ON THE GOLF COURSE AND A WEEK OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY\nDECISIONS.\nFORD ATTENDED ST. JOHN'S CHURCH ON LAFEYETTE SQUARE ACROSS FROM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. AND MRS. JOHN HEKMAN, OF\nOWOSSO, MICH., CLOSE FRIENDS. THE FIRST LADY DID NOT ATTEND.\nDURING THE MORNING PRAYERS FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYERS, THE\nMINISTER INSERTED AN INTERCESSORY SENTENCE ON BEHALF OF THE WAR\nVICTIMS IN INDOCHINA.\nTHE SERMON WAS DELIVERED BY THE REV. CHARLES P. PRICE OF VIRGINIA\nTHE OLOGICAL SEMINARY IN ALEXANDRIA, VA., WHO PREACHED ON \"I AM THE\nWAY, THE TREE OF LIFE,\" JESUS' WORDS TAKEN FROM JOHN 14.\nFORD SPENT THE AFTERNOON OF THE CRISP, SUNNY DAY AT BURNING TREE\nCOUNTRY CLUB IN SUBURBAN BETHESDA, MD., WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN A\nMEMBERS' TOURNAMENT THAT WAS TO CONCLUDE SUNDAY.\nIN RECENT DAYS, ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN STRESSING THE\nTHEME THAT THE ECONOMY IS ON AN UPSWING, A THEME FORD HIMSELF\nEMPHASIZED AT A GOP FUND-RAISER AFFAIR IN ARLINGTON, VA., SATURDAY\nNIGHT.\nHE TOLD HUNDREDS OF CHEERING REPUBLICANS THERE THAT INFLATION\n'WILL BE HALF AS MUCH IF NOT BETTER\" THAN 1974'S 12.4 PER CENT AND\nTHAT \"MOVING INTO 1976, THE PICTURE ECONOMICALLY NATIONWIDE WILL BE\nON THE UPSWING.\"\nFORD WILL MEET WITH HIS ECONOMIC AND ENERGY ADVISERS MONDAY WHEN\nFEDERAL ENERGY CHIEF FRANK ZARB IS EXPECTED TO OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS\nON OIL IMPORTS.\nUPI 04-27 01:17 PED\nElection: News\nN-1\nNEWS\nCarter Must Show More Spark to Get Nomination\nOn ABC's \"Issues and Answers\" Sunday, pollster Lou Harris\nsaid Jimmy Carter's campaign has been based on the weakness of\nhis opponents rather than a positive appeal to voters, and he\nwill have to \"show more spark\" in order to get the Democratic\npresidential nomination.\nHarris said Carter's attributes apparently are: He seems\nto \"promise less\" than other candidates, is a \"new face,\" doesn't\ncome from Washington, and \"is reasonably a man of integrity.\"\nHarris added that Hubert Humphrey seems to be everybody's\nalternative right now. He said today the best way to explain the\nappeal of Humphrey is nostalgia. \"He has become kind of the elder\nstatesman in the Democratic party and the old labels the flaming\nliberal, even radical, that seems to be gone.\" AP, UPI ----- (4/18/76)\nPresidency: News\nFirst Family Worships in Mountain Village\nPresident and Mrs. Ford worshipped on Easter Sunday in\nthe village chapel of Catoctin Furnace, Maryland, then returned\nto rearby Camp David to close a quiet holiday weekend by relaxing\nin the warm weather. AP,UPI,CBS -- (4/18/76)\nInternational: News\nChina Considering Money Gifts to Egypt\nThe Vice President of Egypt was in Peking, China Sunday\ndiscussing the possibilities of trade agreements and money gifts\nfrom China. China has alrady given Egypt 30 planes since that\ncountry cancelled its friendship treaty with Russia. NBC -- (4/18/76)\nA2\nMonday, April 19, 1976\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nR1\nAssociated Press\nEASTER SERVICES-President and Mrs. Ford chat with\ncopal Church in Cotectin Furnace, Md. The Fords were\nthe Rev. Charles Shaffer after services at Catactin Epis-\nat presidential retreat Camp David.\nVillage Church\nHost to Fords\nCatoctin Furnace, Md., April\n18 (AP) - President Ford wor_\nshiped on Easter Sunday! in a\nvillage church near the presiden-\ntial retreat in the mountains of\nMaryland. It was a warm day,\nwith the dogwoods blooming and\nthe trees in bud.\nFord and his wife, Betty,\ndrove in a motorcade the 10\nmiles from Camp David to, the\nchurch, which is more than 150\nyears old. The Fords joined 124\nother worshipers in the small\nEpiscopal Harriet Chapel for the\n75-minute service.\nAt Camp-David last night, the\nPresident watched \"Saturday\nNight,\" the NBC-TV show in\nwhich he made a taped appear-\nRon Nessen, was the guest, host.\nJash Daily News 4/19/96\nench\nY. Times's\nqL/eilt\nI\na\nFord's Attend Service\nen\nis,\nWASHINGTON, April 11 (AP)\nri-\nPresident and Mrs. Ford at+\n(\nise\ntended Palm Sunday services\n]\ntoday at St. John's Episcopal t\nhe Church near the White House.\na\nys\nAfter the service, they were\nt\nhe\nhanded palm fronds by women d\nnd\nof the congregation before they u\nre entered their limousine for the t]\nhe two-block drive back to the t\nWhite House.\nI\nLa. Times 4/18/76\nBITYS\nTOURIST ATTRACTION-President Ford poses for snapshop with Cindy Galen, 6, at White House.\n1\nAP Wirephoto\nUP-043\n(FORD)\nWASHINGTON (UPD -- PRESIDENT FORD PLANS TO FLY TO CAMP DAVID FOR\nAN OVERNIGHT EASTER HOLIDAY STAY SATURDAY AFTER PLAYING GOLF AT THE\nBURNING TREE COUNTRY CLUB, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TODAY.\nDEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY JOHN CARLSON TOLD REPORTERS THAT FORD WAS\nCAUGHT UP WITH STAFF MEETINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, BUT ARRANGED\nTO STROLL OVER TO SI. JOHN' S EPISCOPAL CHURCH WITH MRS. FORD FOR GOOD\nFRIDAY SERVICES AT NOON.\nCARLSON SAID THAT FORD WOULD TEE OFF SHORTLY AFTER NOON SATURDAY\nFOR HIS FIRST GAME OF GOLF IN MONTHS. HE WILL BE PLAYING WITH ALAN\nGREENSPAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS WILLIAM\nWHYTE, A U.S. STEEL VICE PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON; AND DEAN BEAMAN,\nTOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION.\nAFTER PLAYING 18 HOLES, FORD WILL RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND\nPICK UP HIS WIFE FOR THE HELICOPTER FLIGHT TO THE MOUNTAINTOP RETREAT\nIN CENTRAL MARYLAND,\nNO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE EXPECTED TO BE ON HAND TO\nCELEBRATE THE EASTER HOLIDAY WITH THE FORDS\nCARLSON SAID THEY WOULD ATTEND WORSHIP SERVICES ON SUNDAY AT A\nCHURCH IN THURMONI, JUST DOWN THE MOUNTAIN FROM CAMP DAVID.\nTHE FORDS WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON SUNDAY NIGHT AND BOTH OF THEM\nWILL BE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL NEXT WEEK.\nMRS. FORD WILL FLY TO TEXAS MONDAY FOR A FOUR DAY SWING TO DRUM UP\nVOTES FOR HER HUSBAND IN THE MAY 1 PRIMARY. THE PRESIDENT LEAVES\nTHURSDAY FOR A TWO- DAY TRIP TO INDIANA AND GEORGIA.\nUPI 04-16 11:44 AES\nN05\nR\nFORD-PARMA\nSAN DIEGO (AP) -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE, PRESIDENT FORD\nSPRINGS. WILL NOT SPEND HIS EASTER HOLIDAY WITH A SAN DIEGO COUPLE IN PALM\nSINCE THE EARLY 1960'S, FORD AND HIS WIFE HAVE SPENT EASTER WITH\nLEON AND BARBARA PARMA.\nPARMA IS A SAN DIEGO BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE TO\nREP. BOB WILSON, R-CALIF.\nA WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID FORD WOULD BE UNABLE TO STAY WITH THE\nPARMAS THIS YEAR DUE TO HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL\nPRIMARIES.\n04-15-76 11:14EST\nFords Attend Good Friday Service,\nAttract Large Noontime Crowds\nBy Warren Brown\nWashington Post Staff Writer\nWash. Post 4/17/76\nPresident and Mrs. Ford,\naccompanied by a host of\nSecret Service agents, at-\ntended Good Friday services\nyesterday at St. John's Epis-\nconal Church\nGRACE CHURCH\nNEWS\nGrace Church of Grand Rapids\nVOLUME VIII No. 6 June 1976\n1815 HALL STREET, S.E. GRAND RAPIDS 6, MICHIGAN\nFOURTH OF JULY: SPECIAL OBSERVANCES\n8:00 a.m. Holy Communion\n10:30 a.m. Special Service of Thanks-\ngiving for Our Country.\nPreacher: Mrs. Glenn Gilbert\n12:30 p.m. ALL PARISHIONERS are asked\nto gather in St. Mark's\nparking lot, and go to-\ngether to\n1:00 p.m. Nationally televised Ser-\nvice of Celebration and\nDedication for All Faiths\nCalder Plaza.\n-See Page 2-\nBELOW IS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY THE RECTOR\nABOUT A CHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SER-\nVICES BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER.\nFrom\nthe\nTHE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES\ncame home to Grace Church during a campaign\nvisit in May. The week preceding was filled\nwith Secret Service Men, White House telephone\ninstallers, fire inspectors, barriers up on\nthe lawn and reception plans. The church was\nIn September we expect to live with a\nsuddenly inundated with willing helpers in\ndifferent time schedule:\nall departments. Efforts to maintain a \"ser-\nvices as usual\" atmosphere (\"after all, he's\nThe 8 o'clock Communion Service will\njust another parishioner\") -- quickly came\nstay the same.\napart at the seams.\nCrowds started to gather outside at 9:30\nThe Education Hour for children and\na.m.. Admitted at 10:15, they filled every\nadults will begin at 9:30 a.m.\ncranny of the church by 10:25. At 11:05 the\nPresident and Mrs. Ford entered to a warm and\nThere will be just one service to\nspontaneous ovation--fit welcome home to a son\nfollow at 10:30 a.m.\nwho in 25 years' absence has always belonged\nto and supported his home parish.\n8:00 a.m. Holy Communion\nSCHEDULE OF SUMMER SERVICES\n9:30 a.m. Church School & Adult\nEducation\n8:00 a.m. Holy Communion\n10:30 a.m. Morning Worship\n10:30 a.m. Morning Worship and\nSermon\nduvumn\nWe expect to give this schedule a year\n( Holy Communion 1st Sunday )\nof trial. We know there will be problems\nto be worked out. However, increasingly\npeople have been saying \"we would like\nGRACE CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL\nto worship as one family.\" This format\nis intended to meet that expressed need.\nThe nursery school, now in its 26th year,\nwelcomes any 3 to 5 year old child to its\nGod keep us all over the vacation\nprogram. Mrs. Sue Allyn, director, says, \"We\nmonths. The entire staff joins me in\nstress self-image, creative dance, drama and\nexpressing love and affection for all.\na happy experience for all the children.\"\nIf interested, please call Mrs. Allyn,\nR.O.O.\n245-5461.\n- Page 2 -\nA SERVICE OF CELEBRATION AND REDEDICATION\n\"FAITH OF OUR FATHERS! living still, in spite of dungeon, fire and\nsword\": a living faith in the sovereignty of God that has refused to die\nthrough the ages in spite of persecution and other efforts of men to\nextinguish it.\nThat is what the religious part of each of us celebrates when we\ncelebrate the Bicentennial of our nation. It is the faith, hope and vision\nthat our forebearers had which caused the foundation of our nation to be\nlaid as it was. It is a foundation which still calls for optimism, hope\nand even ambition to push into the future.\nOur ancestors were more willing to attribute their faith and optimisim\nto belief in God than perhaps many of us are. However, those qualities --\nfaith, hope, optimism, vision come from an inner feeling that things\nbeyond our personal control will be all right. However we choose to name\nit, that is faith in God.\nThe religious community of Grand Rapids is organizing a Bicentennial\nobservance on July 4th. Our church has been asked to join with St. Mark's-\nFrom there we will process to the Calder-joining all other faiths in\nthe community converging there -- to begin a worship service at 1 p.m.\nNBC is planning to televise the service as part of its nationwide cover-\nage of the Bicentennial. As the President's home city, we look forward to\nsharing with the entire country our belief in God and the values upon which\nour country was founded.\nPLEASE PLAN TO JOIN us IN THIS DEMONSTRATION OF OUR FAITH.\nWE NEED EACH AND EVERYONE OF you.\nRay Roberts\nFROM THE PARISH REGISTER\n(September, 1975 - May, 1976)\nBAPTISMS:\nMARRIAGES:\nSuzanne Mariska Gillespie, Derek Alexander\nJoseph Donald Camp & Susan Jefford Massingham;\nGregory, Troy Anthony Metcalf, Christopher Jay\nMark Hilliard Gillett & Georgia Lynn Rich; Will\nKnerr, Jason Robert Laundre, Daniel James\nWilliam Bart Ciferri & Cathy Ann Bushouse;\nSteketee, Marc Jeffrey Brintnall, Kelly Lea\nRobert Mitts Edison & Joan Sweeney Owen; Harry\nRodger, Michelle Louise Green, Jason Wallis\nMahar & Joan Elaine Johnson; Douglas Martin\nGreen, Jennifer Ann Stevens, Mekel Lisa\nBailey & Karen Eve Faulkner; Jeffrey Paul\nSebestyen.\nJohnson and Dawn Joyce Acey; Thomas George\nCONFIRMATIONS:\nCampau & Valerie Allyson Dillard; Lawrence Jack\nStuart Christopher Allyn, Jodie Lee Clay, Jon\nMaher & Jeanne Frances Aldridge; James Hudson\nRuss & Ruth Ann Behler.\nLaurence Clay, Susan Springer Gork, Faith\nLucia Gregg, David Arthur Green, Rebecca Howard\nBURIALS:\nHart, Sarah Kenngott Hecker, John Forrester\nDorothy Hooker, Ora Lee Baker, Thomas Tryon\nKelley, Christine Anna Parini, Melinda Catherine\nHart, Robert Terry Baxter, Albert Stevens\nPfrommer, David John Porter, John Powers\nParmelee, Herbert O. Goethel, Janet Hadley\nSteketee.\nRemien, Margaret Wurzburg Wilbur, Josephine\nCOMMUNICANTS: (Added by transfer)\nC. Peterson, Charles Dalvini, Hazel L. Yonkman,\nGeorge Crane, Mary B. Crane, Sharon Daugherty,\nRobert F. Crabb, Samuel Carter Capps.\nGary Laundre, Susan C. Laundre, Earle VanderPoel,\nSumner C. Gregory, Gladys S. Gregory, Linda A.\nPfrommer, Irwin Lubbers, Jr., Philip H. McCorkle,\nGayle C. McCorkle.\nU.T.O. REPORT\nSAD ABSENCE\nPaula Grzymala, U.T.O. Custodian,\nTaken from its box in Mr. Roberts'\nannounced that 75 givers contributed\noffice was a key chain with a Presiden-\na total of $300.60 to the Spring In-\ntial seal, a gift to Ray from the Presi-\ngathering of the United Thank Offer-\ndent after the recent visit.\ning. Of those who participated 66\nwill the person who adopted it, please\nwere members of the II guilds; 9 were\nreturn a treasured memento? No questions\nunaffiliated\nasked.\n(Luke 17:17-18)\nAbove, the SECOND ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC at Townsend Park attracted young and old,\nwith good, games and races, as well as the tug-o-war of all times, featuring\nwet feet and trampled toes. Below: St. Hilary's Easter Egg Hunt\n- Page 6 -\nHIGH SCHOOL RETREAT, MAY '76\nNon Profit Org.\nU.S. Postage\nPAID\nGrand Rapids, Mich.\nPermit No. 351\nIIII\nGrace Church of Grand Rapids\n1815 HALL STREET, S.E. . GRAND RAPIDS 6, MICHIGAN\nTHE PRESIDENT & MRS GERALD R FORD\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING\nWASHINGTON D C 20501\nADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED\nPresident's New TV Commercials Portray Him\nFather Figure Who Inspires Ouiet Confidence\nBy JOSEPH LELYVELD\nFord joins battle in the imagery war\ntion he derives from his son's. commit-\nSpecial to The New York Times\nwith Jimmy Carter on ground that the\nment to the ministry.\nWASHINGTON, Sept. 28-In the first\nDemocratic nominee has occupied al-\nThe effect of this interlude in the\nbatch of television commercials to be\nmost exclusively since the start of the\ncommercial is to balance out the atten-\nbroadcast this fall for President Ford,\nhe is portrayed as a dependable father\nyear, when the first Carter commer-\nfion that has been paid in the campaign\nfigure who quietly inspires feelings of\ncials, used in the early primary states,\nto Mr. Carter's religious views. Two\nserenity in his family, his official circle\nshowed him chatting amiably, in a vari-\ndifferent Carter commercials show the\ncandidate in what\nWave of the Future?\n$\nL.A.Time Timespe\nnerging in Politics\n\"Oh my! If I didn't believe that I'd be scared to death,\"\nReagan exclaimed.\nt\nDaily 9/20/76\nReagan recently told a Christian group in Florida that\nthe time had come \"to turn back to God and reassert our\ntrust in Him for the healing of America\" and to reaffirm a\nbelief in the Judeo-Christian heritage upon which the na-\ntion was founded.\nsonal faith.\nPresident Ford has been publicly reticent about his per-\n\"Jerry Ford doesn't wear his Christianity on his coat\nsleeve, and you never hear him talking about it. But he's\na Christian, a growing Christian,\" says Michigan evange-\nlist Billy Zeoli. As the Ford family's closest spiritual advi-\nser and a longtime friend, he sends the President a week-\nly memo, usually containing a Scripture verse and a prayer.\nIn a letter to Zeoli, Ford said: \"Because I've trusted\nChrist to be my Savior, my life is His\nThe President\nsaid \"man's wisdom and strength are not sufficient,\" and\nhe quoted Proverbs 3:5-6:\n\"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely\non your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him,\nand He will make straight your paths.\"\nA lifelong Episcopalian, Ford frequently attends the\n\"church of the Presidents\"-St. John's Episcopal-across\nUPI photo\nthe park from the White House.\nFord encouraged his son, Michael, to attend Gordon-\nwaves to well wishers as yesterday. she and President After services walk President across Jimmy Lafayette worked Carter.\nConwell Seminary in Massachusetts, an evangelical theol-\nogical school that holds to an inerrant (error-free) view of\nthe Bible.\nBetty Square on campaign Ford to St. John's commercials Episcopal and Church studied up for first debate with\nBut Ford smokes a pipe, dances and drinks cocktails-\npractices disturbing to some conservative Christians. And\nhis wife has alarmed others with her frank and generally\nliberal views on premarital sex, abortion and the women's\nFord Makes Appeal to Evangelical Groups\nPg.42\nBy KENNETH A. BRIGGS\ntwo men have given themselves to\nas I walk into my office I realize that\nChrist?\" says Audrey Langdon, associate\nman's wisdom and strength are not\nSome of President Ford's supporters are\neditor of the Religious Broadcaster peri-\nsufficient so I try to practice the truth\nfond of saying that \"Jimmy Carter wears\nodical. \"Nothing but good can come out\nof the Proverbs.\"\nhis religion on his sleeve but Jerry Ford\nof this.\"\nAt another point Mr. Ford thanked\nwears it in his heart.\"\nMrs. Langdon describes Mr. Ford as\nthe evangelist \"for taking the time to\nThe partisan comparison refers to the\nl'a closet evangelical until now\" who has\nhelp me learn more about our Saviour.\"\nwidespread concern in the news media\ndeveloped close recent ties with the Na-\nwith Mr. Carter's public expressions of\nThe testimony bears strong resemblance\ntional Religious Broadcasters and the\nto Mr. Carter's expressions of faith in the\nm space biology, genetics, and\nembryology which involved bacteria\ncsm.\n2/11\n'Church of Presidents'\nagain lives up to name\nBy Lucia Mouat\ndria, Va., but a White House spokes-\nStaff correspondent of\nman explains that with the office\nThe Christian Science Monitor\naccompaniments of a motorcade and\nsecret service agents, it all became\nWashington\n\"top complicated. Thus Mr. Ford\nThe \"Church of the Presidents\"\nnow chooses the heighborhood\nonce again is living up to its name.\nChurch of the Presidents,\" some-\nSt., John's Episcopal Church is a\ntimes without the rest of his family\ncolorful 159-year-old yellow stucco\nand sometimes on foot. If the weather\nstructure with white pillars on Laf-\nis bad or Mrs. Ford accompanies him,\nayette Square just one park block\nhe is more inclined to make the short\nfrom the executive mansion.\ntrip by car, according to a White\nDobrynin Surprise Visitor\nFord Faces First Crisis\nWASHINGTON (AP) - Facing\nto his crowded schedule, urging an\ngress would cooperate if he can\nhe first\non\nnfant &\nFord CO\ner\nState H\non-\nhe nev\nto\nhen m\nan-\ndiploma\nThe 0\nful\nriet Am\nhat\nwas not\nof\nollowed\nght\nHouse I\ning\nKissing\nion\nCyprus.\ncy.\nIt W\nse-\nwhether\ninked t\nent\nThe Sov\nas\ncountry\nthe\nFord as\nol-\nnforma\ning\nveek th\nhe\nersona\nas\nSoviet L\nTurnir\nit\nhe Pres\nthe\nwith Sei\nas\neconomic policies that former\nnteu as vice resident ast\nPresident Richard M. Nixon had\nOctober that he was only interested\nand\nWhite House\nin serving out the term and not be-\nTHEY RE\nannounced only a month ago in a\nChurch Rites\n(Continued on Page A-3)\nPreside\nLos Angeles speech face possible\nrevision or replacement.\nAt An End?\nAsked if these policies were under\nreview and liable to change, ter-\nWASHINGTON (AP) -\nHorst said, \"That would be a fair\nPresident Ford is expected"
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