Iowa Episcopal Bishop Smith marks decade as Iowa church growth follows
Des Moines AP reports Rt. Rev. Gordon W. Smith completes 10 years as Iowa Episcopal bishop. During his term, baptismal membership rose 30 percent to about 20 000, clergy numbers up 50 percent, and churches up 12 percent. He leads Lent’s Bishop's Crusade urging regular church attendance, evangelism by laity, and daily scripture reading. He travels roughly 50 000 miles yearly, oversees confirmations, and chairs education efforts while serving on multiple church boards. Born Kalamazoo, he studied at Kalamazoo College and General Theological Seminary.
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Iowa
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Lambeth Conference of Bishops
London
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Mich
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Albion
Ponca City
Okla
Gordon Joseph
Iowa State University
Melinda Jane
St. Katherine's
Davenport
Sunrise services set by Cedar Rapids council
Two sunrise Easter services are sponsored by the Youth Council of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Council of Churches. Marion service at 6 a.m. at Marion Rural Community School with rain plan at Marion Christian church. Cedar Rapids service at 5 30 a.m. at Cedar Memorial cemetery with rain plan at Coe College chapel. Dr John Walker Coe chaplain will speak The Sanity of Easter. Jefferson High School choir will provide music. Youth leaders Joyce Silka and David Breed direct. Walker came to Coe from Occidental College last fall.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Coe
Jefferson High School
Joyce Silka
David Breed
Cedar Rapids
Council
Walker
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Passover Celebration Starts Monday Evening
Cedar Rapids Jewish community and others begin a week long Passover observance led by Rabbi Morris M. Hershman of Temple Judah. The festival recalls the Exodus from Egypt and centers on the home Seder as the key worship service.
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Cedar Rapids
Egypt
Morris M. Hershman
Temple Judah
Vinton Pastor Resigns to Lead Des Moines Church
The Rev. Raymond W. Fechner, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton since 1951, has resigned to become pastor of Our Savior Church in Des Moines. He and his family will stay in Vinton until the end of May before moving to Des Moines.
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Vinton
Raymond W. Fechner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Our Savior Church
Des Moines
Fechner
Major church drive for 714 million funds announced
New York reports Congregational Christian churches launching a 714 million dollar push to bolster higher education facilities domestically and abroad. Holy Week services vary across St Patrick’s Catholic and numerous Protestant congregations with processions, cantatas, Communion, and special Easter observances scheduled throughout the week.
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New York
Congregational Christian ‘Churches
Methodist and Inter-Church Events Highlight Iowa Churches
North Iowa Methodist Conference life membership given to Ci il Tia Aspi of RS. Ronald Moore Volga. Bishop Duane G. Hunt of Salt Lake City noted as former Wyoming resident and Cornell College graduate. Des Moines leader Mrs Edward Osburn to speak at St Pauls Cedar Rapids Good Friday service. Union services and cantatas across Kalona Mt Zion Cedar Rapids McGregor Central City Stanely and Kalona areas plus pre Easter schedules.
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RS. Ronald Moore
Volga
North Iowa
Duane G. Hunt
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Immaculate Conception
Cedar Rapids
Edward Osburn
Des Moines
Council of United Church Women
WSCS
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Union
Central City Methodist and Federated Churches
Jordan’s Grove
Lent devotional prayer for helpfulness and humility
A Lenten prayer excerpt urges Christians to seek others’ needs over self interests. It asks God to open eyes and ears to truth, to comfort others rather than seek comfort, and to live with childlike humility to serve in the Kingdom. Attributed to St Francis of Assisi via a Lewiston devotional.
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St. Francis of Assisi
Iowa Wesleyan College
Lavonne Newquist
Ottumwa
Communion and choir events at multiple churches
The notice lists midweek and weekend religious services at Central Park Presbyterian Westminster Presbyterian Knox Presbyterian First Covenant Cedar Hills Evangelical Free and others. Times include Thursday evenings for communion and receptions with additional services and special programs such as Requiem, Lord Is It, and The Bitter Cup.
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Westminster Presbyterian
Chancel Choir
Memorial Presbyterian
Milo Filipi
Knox Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
Kenwood Presbyterian
First Covenant
Cedar Hills
Marion Holy Week Speaker Named for Union Service
Dr Loren Lair president of the International Convention of Christian Churches will speak at Marion union Holy week service Tuesday at 8 pm in Marion Christian Church. A native of Toddville he heads the Iowa Society of Christian Churches in Des Moines and was elected to the international group's presidency. The Marion Ministerial Union and cooperating churches sponsor the service with music by the Christian church choir.
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International Convention of Christian Churches
Marion’s
Marion Christian Church
Toddville
Lair
Iowa Society of Christian Churches
Des Moines
International Group
Marion Ministerial Union
Christian Church
Philadelphia Baptist Association Formed in 1707
The Philadelphia Baptist Association was formed in 1707, marking an early milestone in the organization of congregations in the region. This historical note highlights the year of establishment and the religious community's creation.
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Philadelphia Baptist Association
Will Speak at Friday Service 32nd annual Good Friday service
Will Speak at Friday Service sponsors its 32nd annual Good Friday service in Memorial Coliseum. The Rev. E. W. Koberg will preach from 12 10 to 12 45 with choir music and children from Trinity Lutheran school. After expenses the free will offering benefits the American Bible Society. Pastor Koberg a Concordia seminary graduate in St Louis has served Trinity church two years.
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Memorial Coliseum
E. W. Koberg
Trinity Lutheran School
American Bible Society
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Koberg
Trinity Church
Grace Church Conference and Concert Featured Speaker
Grace Church hosts a spring Bible conference led by Dr. Homer A. Kent of Grace seminary Winona Lake Ind He will speak nightly except Saturday at 7 30 and the following two Sundays at 11 am The Grace college choir directed by Prof Donald Ogden will sing Tuesday at 7 30 pm in Grace church The 30 voice ensemble will perform sacred music as part of the program
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Homer A. Kent
Grace Seminary
Winona Lake
Ind
Kent
Grace College
Grace Church
Donald Ogden
Calvary Baptist Sets Missionary Programs
Calvary Baptist plans a week of missionary rallies from Sunday through Easter Sunday with Evening services featuring a missionary film at 7 and a program at 7 30 The theme is Let There Be Light Ten speakers include Dr R R Brown Omaha the Rev Abe C Vander Puy Ecuador Dr Milton Baker and Dr Vincent Brushwyler mission executives the Rev Bennie Benson and the Rev Mr and Mrs Wes Dumond missionaries to Japan the Rev James Worgan missionary to Mexico and the Rev Mr and Mrs Ron Young missionaries to the Eskimos
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Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
R. R. Brown
Omaha
Abe C. Vander Puy
Ecuador
Milton Baker
Vincent Brushwyler
Bennie Benson
Wes Dumond
Japan
James Worgan
Mexico
Ron Young
Eskimos
Iowa Friends Accept Congregation in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Friends Meeting was formally accepted Sunday as a participant in the Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative. Acceptance occurred at a business meeting in the YMCA where services were held, with visiting committees from Paullina West Branch and Whittier. Helen Soukup Cecil Haworth and Florence Haworth were named representatives to the West Branch Quarterly Meeting on April 23. Cedar Rapids is the first established since 1893 when Hickory Grove Meeting began near West Branch.
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Cedar Rapids
Air Force reports 12 million attend chapels in 1959
Washington AP: Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Terence P. Finnegan says attendance at air force chapel services surpassed 12 million in fiscal 1959. Chaplains performed 6,127 marriages, 18,862 baptisms, and conducted 2,450 funerals.
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Washington
Terence P. Finnegan
Air Force
Lutherans in Brazil Reach Population Milestone
A Brazilian religious landscape note reveals that more than 600 000 Lutherans live in Brazil reflecting growth of Lutheran communities across the country. The figure highlights the reach of Lutheran churches, missions, and affiliated organizations within Brazil.
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Brazil
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