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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1956

Page

7

First Lutheran Church Plans Major Addition in Cedar Rapids

The First Lutheran congregation voted to expand its Cedar Rapids church by about 250 feet to add Sunday school space and improve service facilities. The $400,000 project would include land purchase, new access, and remodeling while preserving most of the sanctuary. Architect Gilbert A. Johnson of Rockford and local leaders Hens Hanson and Marvin Crouch lead the expansion effort.

First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids T. A. Youngquist First Lutheran Itell Gilbert A. Johnson Hockford Hens L. Hansen Marvin Crouch

Cedar Rapids Church Notices Split by Denomination

Cedar Rapids church listings present a dense roster of local congregations with service times, sermons, and leaders. Denominations include Assembly of God, Baptist, Brethren, Catholic, Covenant, Church of the Open Bible, Church of Christ, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and more, naming specific pastors, addresses, and hours for Sunday school, worship, and evening services.

Assembly OF God Oakland Road L. N. Huffman Christ Central A Avenue NW Donald J. Bogue Baptist Second Avenue James M. Webb Dalry Dale Mt. Vernon Road Arthur Wester Hoff Sdvice Calvary Third Avenue Don L. Andersen Robert McKinnon Mt. Zion Eighth Street Percy Burt Berean YMCA Clen V. High Bible School Cedar First Avenue Garrett Hosenboom Sermat Church OF the Open Bible L Street Heal B. Gail Brenig Edward Fleming H. Orr Pardon Christ Church United First Assembly of God— Sun-Presbyterian Genesee Methodist Church Noelridge Buckingham Lord’s Acre First Congregational Carl R T Traer Ripley Congrega- Bethany Lutheran

Oxford Junction Lutheran Church to Celebrate 95th Anniversary

East Iowa church in Oxford Junction marks ninety five years with a 10 30 am service and potluck. Dr Alfre J Beil president of the Iowa synod will preach A Great Day of Spiritual Progress. Rev W A W Gemuth former pastor will attend. The congregation traces to the 1850s with early services in a cabin and school. The town was incorporated in 1872 and a second church built on a hill donated land. Pastors over the years include Helsell Finley Maurer Running Buck Ehlers Greeny. Major remodeling expanded basement kitchen and added furnace.

Xford Junction English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oxford Junction Alfre J. Beil Iowa Synod of The United Lutheran Church In America W. A. Wolgemuth Cedar Rapids Ohio John Bryan Samuel Coon Charlies Leffiingwell James Turkel Clarence Huber Tanner James Surkel Isaac Wherry Andrew Jans Samuel Coan Mr. Wolsemuth Fred C. Maurer Arnold Running Iowa City Wesley Buck L. J. Ehlers John T. Greeny Sunshine Mission Greeny Second Street Walter A. Fierce Elizabeth Brackney Schwab Martin Samuel M. Shoemaker Rec- Schwab Calvary Episcopal Church C. A.tin Pittsburgh West Schwab Iowa Active Worker State College Aid Society Nation George Volk Iowa State Ent Teter Moeller Brotherhood Gerald Francis Enseme Mike Luther Teague Robert CL Violaobert Clapp Methodist Church

Christmas Programs Across Cedar Rapids Churches

Cedar Rapids churches announce Christmas programs and services from Lutheran and United First Assembly of God to Methodist and Presbyterian groups. Installations, carols, and special sermons mark the season with plays like The Babe of Bethlehem and candlelight vesper services.

Lutheran pastor tours Caribbean and Americas

The Rev. C. Thomas Spitz Jr former Marengo Lutheran minister and current Pan American director for the Lutheran Hour radio program recently returned from a tour of the West Indies Central and South America He visited Mexico Guatemala Cuba El Salvador Panama Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica and other locales amid church outreach efforts.

C. Thomas Spitz, Jr Marengo Lutheran Lutheran Hour I Y West Indies Central South America Mexico Guatemala Cuba San Salvador Panama Corl Rico Venezuela Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica

Des Moines Pastor Sets Sunday Open Bible Pageant Event

The Rev Calvin B Leper of Des Moines will lead a six state Central division pageant titled C Came and Adore to be presented Sunday in Open Bible Standard Churches Cedar Rapids Earlville and Ames Also planned are Christmas Eve services with gospel hymns and instrumental music benefiting the Des Moines region Loper's territory covers Iowa Missouri Kansas Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois

Des Moines C.R Calvin B. Leper Christ Cedar Rapids Earlville Decorah Ames Per Iowa Missouri Kansas Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois

Luke and Luke Verses Overview in Brief

The fragment lists several Luke passages with unclear references such as 10:23-42 12:22-34 and 08:11-32. It appears as a cataloged biblical scene set or index, mentioning figures like Luke, Vasa, and Hi, but lacks coherent context or narration to extract a concrete event or message.

Samson Eeewa Seees Luka Li

Church Within Church Built Over Old Structure

In Spring Hill West Virginia the Church of God completed a brick church atop an existing one without interrupting services. The new building rises over the former sanctuary and the congregation continued worship during construction.

Spring Hill W. Va Church of God

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Cedar Rapids Church Edgewood E Avenue Folgewood Road Arlan Slohre Brethren Grace D Avenue NE Richard E. Grant St. Matthew's Twentyfourth Street All Saints Dalewood Avenue Twenty-ninth Edmund J. Becker John P. Placek Community Alliance Coe Fieldhouse M. FE. Stambaugh Covenant Twenty-fifth Street Norman Swenson Curch OF Christ James M. McNiel Covington Hugh Archard Schurch OF the Brethren Fourth Avenue W. R. Buriss Christian Science Second Avenue SE Seventeenth Street J. Richard Wagner Serman Bethany Sixth Street Milton B. Whit Ellis Park L Avenue NW Samuel C. Ritchhart Prairie Street Chapel Prairie Street Harold Justice Christian Ernest Worden Jack A. Oliver Christ's Sanctified Moly Churcil Fifteenth Street L G. Darden Church OF Nazarene E Street C. D. Gadbow Episcopal A Avenue James C. A. Cole St. John's Nineteenth Street D. A. Loferski Comrounion Tooth Evangelical United Brethren Satem Leonard Denver Bermon Little Town of Bethlehem Union—Ely Road William Suckow Sharon Minth Street Walter Cerka St. Andrew's Seventh Street Hubert L. Sunderman Wharehin Foursquare Gospel Herman Mullis Interdenominational Fifth Avenue A. J. Stokes Ninth Street NW Judah Beth Jacob Washington Avenue SE Marvin M. Reznikoff Jehovatus Witnesses Kingdom Hall Center Point Road New World Society Watchtower Elias Georges St. John the Baptist Jerome Yared High Massik Presbyterian Kenwood Park Fifth Street Keith Tuber Duver Tenth Street Howard Strong Westminster John P. Woods Mus Memorial Joseph Haviik Sinclair Memorial Jevenue Ralph Colton Worjship i Central Park EB Avenue Heuben Traden Doneane Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon Dairydale Court John H. Fossum Priesthand Reorganized D. M. Cassidy Theodore G. Lilley E. W. Wag- Ruzer Trinity E. H. Widmann Zion Missouri Highway 150 Hiawatha Ralph C. Underwager USCA Roger A. Johnson Our Saviors Thirty-Seventh Richard H. Baur St. Stephen’s ELC Meadowbrook Mary Redeemer Augustana Norman A. Erikson Hope J Street Hebert Harter God Methodist Fifth Pre Ueameneae Mae Street Glenn Hartong Thirtieth Street Hubert L. Sunder Evangelical and Reformed Ljdr Milo Filipi Nao We Eighth Avenue E. K. Schneider Kenwood Thirty-third Street Hev Bernard G. Olson SS Paul’s Third Avenues Jackson Burns H. Hughes Dill G Avenue NW St. Jamea Ellis Boulevard Arthur Schuldt St. George George Ghantiam Abin Knox—Wright School William Eb, Pfeffer Pentecostal Evangelical F Avenue NW U. Kirk Salvation Army Third Street J. E. LaLone Holiness Meeting East Iowa Oxford Jct Ellers English Lutheran Church Lutheran Church Home Missions Home Missions Department Hope Lutheran David Arnold Mark Reinbeck Bra Chaechen Sa Lake City Wabasha Minn Trinity Lutheran Trinity Methodist Westminster Presbyterian Free Methodist Seventh Day Adventist Paul Gregoroff Unitarian, Peoples Third Avenue SE Waldemar Argow Upper Church United Presbyterian First Avenue NW Franklin Unity Center Mabel Swangon Calvary Baptist Formosa Calvary Baptist Church McKinson McKinnon Northern Baptist Seminary Chicago Northwestern University Evanston Western Baptist Seminary Portland Cre George Strayer Hudson Russia Lavina Ross Fowler Coperight Church Briefs Worldwide American Bible Society Bethlehem First Assembly of God C.D. Gadbow Laland Glive Church OF the Nazarene 14Th Ave Kft Gerhard C. Mader Newhall Trinity Lutheran Church Charles W. Laabs H. Widmann Paster
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