Wiesen recalls China and Nagasaki mission life
Dreaming as a boy in Dodge Nebraska, H J Wiesen became a Divine Word missionary. He recalls China under Mao, then postwar Nagasaki where he built a parochial school and church, funded by American gifts, and grew his parish from huts to a cultural center and ossuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Neb
H.J. Wiesen
China
Divine Word Seminary
Techny, Ill
Divine Word
Wiesen
Ray Stevie
Hillhaven Court SE
Gordon
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Society of the Divine Word
Harold Rigney
People’s Republic of China
Japan
Philippines
Nagoya
Nagasaki
United States
Musem
Iowa churches hold weeklong convocation across Des Moines
The Des Moines area hosts a weeklong religious convocation with state bishop Hurley Bassett delivering the noon message at the Marriott and John Janosek speaking at a mission service in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Other events include vacation Bible school at Salvation Army and lectures by guests from St. John Baptist Omaha and Calvary Baptist in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Churches of God In Christ
Hurley Bassett
Fourth Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Marriott
John Janosek
Malawi
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
42Nd St. NE
Janosek
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Synod
Annual Men's Day Observance at Bethel A M E Church
Bethel A M E Church at 512 Sixth St SE observes its annual Men s Day with two speakers Rev Craig Brown of New Testament Deliverance Church at 1014 10th Ave SE at 11 am and Rev Bernard Clayton of Fort Dodge at 4 pm The Bethel men's chorus performs Aug 16 from 7 to 8 30 pm Duane Truitt Evangelist and wife Alice from Ottumwa will sing at 10 45 am and 7 pm revival at Church of the Foursquare Gospel 609 First Ave SW Sunday.
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H.N. Colbert
St. John Baptist Church
Omaha
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Eighth St
Frank Crown
Ecuador
Gospel Missionary Union
Calvary Baptist Church
Johnson Ave
Marie
Bethel A.M.E
Sixth St. SE
Craig Brown
New Testament Deliverance Church
10Th Ave
Bernard Clayton
Fort Dodge
Bethel
Duane Truitt
Alice
Ottumwa
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
First Ave
WAUKON Zalmona Presbyterian Church 125th Anniversary
The WAUKON Zalmona Presbyterian Church marks its 125th anniversary August 15 16 with an open house at the church manse and German schoolhouse on August 15 and a 10 30 a m worship service on August 16 A noon dinner priced at 3 is available with reservations due by August 13 via the church office 568 3875 A program is set at 2 p m
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Waukon
Zalmona
Grace College extension group to perform at Walker Bible Church
Living Truth a full time extension team from Grace College of the Bible in Omaha will present a program of Christian music and testimonies at Walker Bible Church Wednesday at 7 30 p m Edgewood Baptist Church E Avenue and Edgewood Road NW will show Dr James Dobsons Focus on the Family film series to align with vacation Bible school The first film is Sunday at 7 p m Bible school classes run Monday
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Salvation Army
1000 C Ave. NW
Ken Stumbos
Elizabethton
Tenn
Rod Larsons
Stanley
Wis
Stumbos
Fairhaven Ministries
Larsons
Holy Land
Larson
WWIB
Olivet United Presbyterian Church
10Th St. NW
Maranatha Bible Church
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Street
Marion
Living Truth
Grace College of the Bible In
Omaha
Walker Bible Church
Edgewood Baptist Church
E Avenue
Edgewood Road
James Dobson
Boys & Girls All Ages Vacation Bible School
Finnale
E Ave
Edgewood Rd
Church and community notices feature talks and films
Robins at Faith Bible Church hosts Roger Malstead of Bromley to discuss Operation Mobilization and its ship mission to China. A potluck at 6 precedes the 7 p.m. talk. In Farmersburg, “Together in Hope” covers Lutheran Protestant and Catholic dialogue with two filmstrips and a panel, info from Keith Klemm. Marion hosts Dr. Dobson’s Focus on the Family films at First Baptist Church every Sunday for seven weeks. The Interstate Commerce Commission approves railroad rate hikes of six to nine percent.
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Robins
Faith Bible Church
Roger Malstead
Bromley
Kent
England
Operation Mobilization
China
Farmersburg
St. John Lutheran Church
James C. Dobson
First Baptist Church
14Th Ave
Marion
Drake defeats Armada in battle off France
On this date in 1588 Sir Francis Drake led British forces to destroy the Spanish Armada during a naval engagement off the French coast, marking a pivotal victory in the Anglo-Spanish conflict.
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Sir Francis Drake
France
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Dream of the Exotic
By Sandra VanAmburg
Gazette
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
MacArthur
Tokyo
HJ. Wiesen
Bassett
African Mission
Alliance
Alliance Church
Church
Hazelton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis J. Dunn
Independence
St. Mary’s
Maranatha School
Dobson
Evangelist Truitt
Bible School
Malstead
Sion
Keith Klemm
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pythian Hall
Old Marion Road
Dick Andrews
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