Show Hollywood I Actress Abandons Career For Religious Work Vor HOLLYWOOD One of movie movie- ends ands most promising actresses was vas quitting quilting the movies and a career to become a missionary or ora ora ora a religious teacher Colleen Town send the actress making that statement said sold her decisions had b been en made because Christ Is first firstIn In my life Ute and I J want to be where I can serve Him most moat The pretty brunette notified the studio where her career was hitting the top that she he would not renew her contract She SitU said she would enter a theological school to study religion for two years year Then she said she would go Into Christian education either teaching in churches church church- es or missionary work Miss Townsend was Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweet heart of Tho The Orange Bowl Dowl Festival and appeared at the half when Santa Clara defeated Kentucky at Miami in the postseason football game In January Its not that I cant can't serve Christ ChristIn In motion pictures but I 1 feel God has ld led me into some sort of full full- time lime service the actress saidI saidI saidI said I first accepted Christ two and anda andi a half halt years ago and it was then theology became interesting to me I I had never let it become important i I before Many young people Id I'd gone with to high school asked me to Join the First Presbyterian church What those young people had lad challenged me mo They had something I wanted I realized I had gone to church all my life lite but didn't know wh what t tIt It t was to be a Christian So I 1 looked I Into nto Christs Christ's teachings Miss Townsend had gone to I various churches Including the Presbyterian and the Mormon when she was in high school At Brigham Young university In Utah she was a member of the Mormon Sunday school on the campus she sh said |