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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1983
Page
8
A Cedar Rapids man survived a heart attack and described his near death journey. The piece notes readers’ interest, reviews Raymond Moody’s Life After Life, and previews next week’s discussion with local ministers and psychologists.
The feature film It’s Friday But Sundays A Comin will be shown Sunday at 10 45 a m at the Church of the Foursquare Gospel 609 First Ave SW. The film is free and open to the public.
Dr. W. Robert Sorensen senior pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church Davenport has been elected to Wartburg College Board of Regents in Waverly. The Prodigal Planet will be shown in two parts at Calvary Baptist Church 5338 Johnson Ave SW Friday 7 p.m. and Saturday 7 p.m.
United Methodists plan Olympic Ministry programs for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Pacific and Southwest conference, initiatives include hospitality centers with refreshments and crisis help, plus a bed and breakfast plan where church members host overnight visitors.
Three Cedar Rapids youths from First Assembly of God spent two weeks in Jamaica July 26 to August 11 helping form new congregations in Port More. The group, part of a 500 youth USA program, served as evangelical arms to missionaries while observing a more primitive church setting.
The Cedar Rapids group hosted 15 students and five chaperones from rural Atlantic and Audubon Aug 8 12. They worked on a neighborhood project with small children at Olivet Presbyterian Church staying at the church. Rev Nadim Saikaly notes the four year old mission draws participants from Nebraska and Chicago.
Bishop Lawrence D. Soens 56 was installed as the fifth bishop of the Sioux City diocese in a ceremony rich in pageantry. formerly pastor of St. Mary’s Clinton since 1978, he was named bishop by Pope John Paul II in June. He succeeds Bishop Frank H. Greteman who led the 24 county diocese with 112000 Catholics until retirement at 75.
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