Cedar Rapids faith page outlines church events and statue tour
The message center notes seven acres north of Highway 94 for a future church at Edgewood Road NW. A 2 p.m. Sunday land consecration follows a picnic at Morgan Creek Park. Several church updates include new ministers, anniversary milestones, and local religious events across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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King’s Highway Christian Church
Full Gospel
Highway 94
Edgewood Road
Morgan Creek Park
Woman’s Club
Second Ave
Donald Glazier
Priest Patrick J Casey retires in Mechanicsville parish
The Rev Patrick J Casey retired in April as pastor of St Marys Catholic Church Mechanicsville. He is visiting relatives in Ballyheigue County Kerry Republic of Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1931 and served as a parish priest for 46 years.
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Patrick J. Casey
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mechanicsville
Ballyheigue
County Kerry
Republic of Ireland
United States
Olivet Mission offers youth recreation and trips
Olivet Neighborhood Mission of Olivet Presbyterian Church at 237 10th St NW runs junior and senior high volleyball today, a day camp August 13 to 16, and events including a Camp Wyoming trip August 12 an August 18 dance and August 25 skating. Friday recreation for kindergarten to sixth grade continues. An open clothes closet is available. Call 364 4169 for details. The Full Gospel Business Men dinner at Holiday Inn 2501 Williams Blvd SW features Jack Carey of KTOF Cedar Rapids. 30 years ago jurors finished motions for a new trial in Dr Robert Rutledge case in Cedar Rapids.
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Olivet
Olivet Presbyterian Church
10Th St. NW
Camp Wyoming
Holiday Inn
Williams Blvd
Jack Carey
KTOF
Cedar Rapids
Faith Lutheran Church Breaks Ground for New Facility
Groundbreaking ceremonies for Faith Lutheran Church will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. near Boyson Road and Alburnett Road in Marion. Construction by Hersom Construction Co. begins immediately for a next summer completion. church founded May 1, 1977, currently meets at Linn-Mar High School Auditorium in Marion.
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Faith Lutheran Church
Boyson Road
Alburnett Road
Marion
Hersom Construction Co
Laurens
Linn-Mar High School
N. Tenth Street
Church gives 20 million to Unitarian Universalists
North Shore Unitarian Society of Plandome New York presents the Unitarian Universalist Association with a 20 million endowment. The gift funds over five years from West German royalties dating to 1952, honoring the denomination that aided the Plandome church in its early days through a rented hall.
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Lansing, Mich
Long Island
Unitarian Universalist Association
General Assembly
North Shore Unitarian Society of
Plandome
N.Y
Eleanor Vendig
Doubting Thomas meaning from biblical skeptic tale
The term Doubting Thomas arises from the disciple Thomas who refused belief in Jesus resurrection without firsthand evidence. It endures as a phrase for a skeptic who demands proof.
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Thomas
Christ
Riverside church gains historic status and plans future
St. Mary of the Assumption in Riverside was added to the National Register of Historic Places along with its parish hall, school, convent and rectory. The church hosts international visitors, 125 foot spire, Munich stained glass and a aim to renovate the convent into seven elderly apartments while preserving its past.
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Church of St. Mary of the Assumption
Riverside
Iowa
Europe
South America
St. Mary of the Assumption
Washington County
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s School
Munich
American Midwest
Thomas Mohr
Iowa City
University Town
Interstate 80
Joseph
Elizabeth
Alsace-Lorraine
Ohio
St. Mary’s Parish
Mohr
St. Mary's School
Riverside Catholic
Japanese visitors tour Cedar Rapids with missionary couple
United Methodist missionaries Robert and Janet Rahn guide 13 Japanese visitors through Cedar Rapids. The group, part of Mrs Rahn’s English class, tours Meth-Wick Manor Cornell College St Luke's Hospital and Armstrong's department store and speaks at a St Paul’s United Methodist Church dinner.
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United Methodist
Japan
Robert
Janet Rahn
Cedar Rapids
Rahn
Marshall Hardesty
Robert Armstrong
34Th St. SE
Mariko Yanagisawa
Mariko Okubo
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J. Fred Fish
Eastview
Salem
Clyde Williams
Salem United Methodist Church
First Avenue
Third Street
St. Mary’s Church
Tipton
St. Patrick's Church
Marengo
Paul VI
Mary
Fatima
Portugal
Postville
Dennis E. Morey
Albany, Mo
Community Presbyterian Church
Morey
Missouri Western State College
St. Joseph
University of
Calvary Baptist Church
Johnson Ave
Central Church of Christ
Westwood Drive
Jesus
Barry Rubin
Jews For Jesus
Hillside Wesleyan Church
First Ave
Ireland
Gospel Fellowship
Robert Rutledge
Faith Lutheran
Church
Unitarians
Linn Health Service
Germany
Yugoslavia
Great Britain
Argentina
Mexico
Canada
U.S
Grace Dautremont
Miss Dautremont
Jack Yeggy
Geneva Schnoebelen
Bernadine Yeggy
Farno Schnoebelen
Ernie Pyle
America
3Rd St
Merrill Womach
Paramount Theatre
Cedar Book Store
Christian Book Store
Kennedy Auditorium
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