Christmas musical events fill weekend church services
A wide slate of Christmas programs unfolds across Cedar Rapids and Decorah venues. Roy Ringwald directs A Song of Christmas at St Pauls UMC with readings and choral settings. First United Presbyterian presents The Christmas Oratorio. Immanuel Baptist performs King of Love. St Lucia Day observance comes to Luther College with a vocal ensemble.
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Roy Ringwald
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Third Ave. SE
David Noble
First United Presbyterian Church
12Th St
Marion
William King
Camille Saint-Saens
Immanuel Baptist Church
F Ave
King of Love
Rodger Strader
Samantha Ulmer
Ellesmere fossil bones fuel land bridge theory
Fossil bones from Ellesmere Island in Canada are cited as evidence for a historic land bridge that connected North America and Europe, allowing shared animal species until about 45 to 48 million years ago.
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Canada
Arctic
Ellesmere Island
North America
Europe
Bishops warn Catholics losing sense of sin in confession
Fifteen Texas bishops issue a joint pastoral letter lamenting declining use of the rite of confession and warn that a diminished sense of sin will deny God's mercy and Jesus' redeeming sufferings. Separately Cedar Rapids launches a "share the ride" program amid a bus strike.
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San Antonio, Texas
Texas
Jesus
Cedar Rapids
Strike the Original Match at Valley View Baptist Church
The Sunday 6 p.m. screening at Valley View Baptist Church 5555 Mount Vernon Rd SE shows seven couples whose marriages were saved by Christ's love. The Church Alliance on 42nd St NE hosts. In Phoenix Msgr. Thomas J. O'Brien is named bishop by Pope John Paul II succeeding Bishop James S. Rausch who died last May.
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The
Alliance Church
42Nd St. NE
Edna Langhus
Valley View Baptist Church
Mount Vernon Road
Christ
Phoenix, Ariz
Thomas J. O’brien
John Paul II
Phoenix
James S. Rausch
Luther College Names Pastor Peterson Director of Church Relations
The Rev. Roger Peterson, former Marion pastor, is named director of church relations at Luther College. Peterson, 46, will work with pastors, congregations and students, travel in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin, and previously served at Ascension Lutheran Church in Marion and St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Holstein. He was elected to the National Church Council of the American Lutheran Church last year and is married to Colleen Voehl with four children.
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Luther
Peterson
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul Minn
Lily
Clermont
Marior
Holstein
National Church Council of the American Lutheran Church
Colleen Voehl
Jews urged to speak out on public issues in face of anti Semitism
Rabbi Alexander Schindler, head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, urged American Jews at the biennial assembly to reject timid silence and openly voice views on public issues. He warned that fear of backlash fosters a broader anti Semitism pattern and likened yielding to hatemongers to blackmail.
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Boston
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Alexander Schindler
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First Ave
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Sweden
Luther College
Center For Faith and Life
Sicily
Calvin Sinclair Presbyterian Church
38Th St. SE
John W. Peterson
Russell Colton
Ellis Park Church
First Assembly of God
42Nd St
Shepherds
Ralph Carmichael
Shalom Singers
Trinity United Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SW
Allen Koepke
Joan Erbe
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Sylvania
Valenta TV
Bave
Junior
Missy
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PIS
Simmelirelie
Luther Post
Sulace
Salita Eleitz
Center Pt Rd
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Stile Ace Hardware
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