Show 1 Holds Rituals The e Gideons i eons Are re Coming Coining omen Nearly everyone who has stayed in a motel has seen a Gideon Bible But who are the Gideons and why do they place Bibles in public places These and many more questions questions questions ques ques- will be answered in seventeen seventeen seventeen sev sev- sevI I enteen Salt Lake area churches on Palm Sunday when Gideons from six western western western west west- ern states gather for a convention convention convention con con- at the Inn The states represented at the March 30 28 convention conventi n will vill be Washington Oregon California California Califor Califor- nia Nevada Idaho and Utah THE GIDEON work began in 1908 when some businessmen business business- men saw the need of making Bibles available in hotels Since then it has developed into a member international international international inter inter- national organization operating ope I rat rat-I ing in 81 countries It is also an interdenominational interdenominational interdenominational national non profit organization tion whose primary goal is placement of Holy Scriptures in public places They have now placed some Bibles This last year some 2500 New Testaments were placed in elementary schools in the Bountiful area THE REASON Gideons place Scriptures as they do can be summed up in Pauls Paul's message message message mes mes- sage in II Tim That Thatis is that the Scripture is both able to make one wise unto salvation as well as being profitable for instruction in righteousness Anyone interested in hearing more about Gideon work is cordially invited to attend Grace Baptist Church on Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday day morning March 30 Regular Regular Regular Reg Reg- ular Sunday services include Sunday School for all ages at am a.m. Morning Worship at 11 am a.m. and the Evening Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice at 7 pm p.m. FOR FURTHER information call Pastor Marvin Cowan 1236 Grace Baptist Church meets temporarily in the American Legion Building 43 West South in Bountiful |