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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1962
Page
3
The Yearbook of American Churches says postwar religious expansion slowed in 1962 as church membership rose 1.4 percent while the population grew 1.6 percent. The era of rapid growth appears to ebb though some view a genuine religious revival emerging, with more interest in Bible study.
The text argues that many church members are lukewarm and ill informed yet still provide stronger evidence of genuine revival than the postwar era's rising membership figures.
The National Association of Evangelicals plans its twenty first annual convention in Buffalo April 23 to 25 with more than 40 conservative Protestant denominations represented. Speakers include Dr Curtis Nyms Dr Robert A Cook Dr George L Ford Dr Leslie R Marston Dr G Aiken Taylor and Dr A W Tozer. The event highlights rising faith and commitment across American churches through lay small groups, religious education, tithing, and active church life among youth and adults.
New York report notes 10 million Methodists will start Aldersgate Year at New Year’s Watch services. The observance recalls John Wesley’s 1738 heart warming experience at Aldersgate Street London. Bishop Kennedy hopes it becomes a symbol of personal commitment to Christ.
The Cedar Rapids Marion area Council of Churches added its fifty first member church First Presbyterian of Ely. Pastor Rev. Reno Stadler led the church into membership. The board set January 23 for the annual meeting to be held at St Pauls Methodist Church.
Cedar Rapids native Rev. Waldo B. Mead former St. Pauls member will speak at 9:30 and 11 a.m. at St. Pauls Methodist Church on Singing the Lords Song. Mead, a Duke University doctoral student and Methodist minister, served a six day chain gang sentence after a Durham restaurant desegregation protest.
Cedar Rapids church listings show numerous denominations with Sunday school at various 9:15 to 11:00 times and morning services. Notable shifts include themed sermons and evening services at First Open Bible and First United Pentecostal, with additional notices for mosques, synagogues, and interdenominational gatherings across Cedar Rapids neighborhoods.
All Saints Dalewood Immaculate Conception St Jude St Ludmila St Matthew St Patrick St Pius X St Wenceslaus listed with addresses and Mass times. Clergy named include Edmund J Becker Msgr William A Roach Everett J Frese Louis C Zee A L Zachar J C Paisley Msgr M S Sheehy Dean Walz Msgr A W Chihak Frank Benda R A Ludwig.
Evening service times listed for Ellis Park at 9:30 and 10:45 with Earl Osnes and S S. Prairie Street at 9:30 with Harold Justice and 10:30 with Jack Hoover. locations shown as 726 Lave INW and 3336 Prairie St. NE.
Public talks scheduled at East and West Units on Center Point Road NE. At 6 and 7:15 PM attendees will hear Swords into Plowshares In Our Time and Subjection to Superior Authorities Why followed by Watchtower discussions.
Mormon-32nd Dairy Dale street SE Lee M Johnson serves at 8:30 morning service with 10:30 Sunday school and 6:30 evening service. Reorganized 120 19th Street NE Robert H Allen Sunday school at 7:45 with service at 11.
A consolidated list of church addresses leaders and service times. Bethany Missouri and Concordia Missouri entries show Sunday School times and worship hours. First Lutheran and Gloria Dei detail sermon titles while several others name pastors and locations.
A series of church listings shows weekly Sunday school times and worship services across multiple churches. Notable entries include Bethel AME at 512 6th St SE with John I. Thomas. Free Methodist at 800 G Ave NW with Willard A. Mason. Kenwood at 302 33rd St NE with Bernard G. Olson. and St James at 1426 Ellis Blvd NW with Dr Ralph J Barron. Each entry lists S S times and service hours, plus sermon or topic notes.
The Church of God in Christ listing shows Emmanuel Temple at 1014 10th Ave SE with Sunday School at 10 and service at noon. New Jerusalem at 1027 6th St SE under H Bassett offers Sunday School at 10:30 and a noon service, with an evening service at 8.
Cedar-526 3rd ave SW Barton G Murray and Noelridge 4529 Regal Ave NE list Sunday school times 9 45 9 30 or 10 45 with services 8 30 10 50 10 40 and 9 30 led by Rev Adrian McKay Marvin W Gee. The Best Years of Our Lives is noted at First 840 3rd Ave SE with S S 9 30 and service 10 40.
Mary A. White leads Congregational Bethany at 1300 6th St NW with Sunday School at 9 30 and services at 8 30 and 10 30. Fair Oaks at 1243 Apache Trail NW features Robert Steven Berg, Sunday School 9 30 and worship 10 30. A Brand New Leaf
Grace Church at A avenue NE led by Thomas S Hulme offers communion and Sunday school with a sung mass at 10. St John’s at 355 19th St SE led by D A Loferski offers communion at 8, Sunday service at 10:30 with communion first Sunday each month. St Michael at 220 40th St NE led by James Gundrum offers communion at 8, service at 10, and Eve communion at 5 15.
Weekly exhortation invites readers to join in Eternal Father prayer. The message asks guidance along the path of righteousness and faith in God the Bible and men of good will. It closes with a benediction to sustain faith amid life’s watches.
The Evangelical United Brethren churches list services with Sunday School times at Faith and Salem campuses. Donald L. Kline, Elmer C. Boom, and Leonard E. Deaver are noted with class times and sermon schedules. "The Changing World, the Un changing Christ" is given as a sermon theme.
First-1328 K st SW and Oakland 1515 29th st NE list residence transfers or stops. Names Whitlatch and Bailey appear with S S 9 45 times indicating schedule or shift start. Local transit or employee log fragment records two locations and two individuals.
St George location 1202 10th St NE with Nicholas Laikley service 11. St John locations include 600 7th St SE with Samuel A Makad and 501 A Ave NE with John Kallimanis liturgy at 10 30 and services at 10 15.
Eden United Church of Christ hosts a cantata titled Do This in Remembrance of Me with Communion. Services begin 9:30 and 10:30 at Eden and First Congregational churches. Hiawatha program offers 9:30 Sunday school and 10:30 service with Communion led by Dr. Judson Fiebiger.
A listing of church services and leaders for multiple congregations across Ridgewood Terrace, Old Marion Road, 15th Street, 2nd Avenue, 1st Avenue, and Gordon Avenue. Includes Sunday school times, worship services, and interim notes for First Covenant and Covington parish schedules.
Cedar Rapids churches announce New Year observances starting Monday night through Tuesday including Dairy Dale Baptist and Edgewood Baptist events. Services feature prayers, films, communion, and a 24 hour vigil at First Christian with multiple congregations planning evening and morning ceremonies.
In Cleveland the Christian education director Rev. Marideen J. Visscher reports major changes in church Sunday school programs. Trends include teachers working in pairs or as husband wife teams, churches hiring for definite tenures with year off after two years, use of informal dramatics and audio visual aids, and spending up to 75 dollars per pupil in some churches.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options established in 1883. Carrier delivery at 45 cents weekly. mail editions priced by period: six issues 1.10 per month, 11 per year. afternoon and Sunday 1.20 per month, 12 per year. out-of-state and U.S. territories 20.50 per year. No mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service. AP content reserved for republication.
In Budapest a 50 member choir performed a Baroque mass inside a Roman Catholic church as a priest urged peace among nations and understanding between men, reflecting postwar tensions and religious resilience.
Special to The Gazette Dr Marcus Bach of the University of Iowa leaves for a three month tour to spiritual healing shrines in Spain France Portugal Italy and Greece He will interview healers and those healed for a book on spiritual healing including sites at Lourdes Fatima and a Moroccan monastery He will also meet healers in Britain and other European nations and return to Iowa City in April.
The Rev Richard Roder of Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church Cedar Rapids serves as a counselor for Youth for Christ International Capitol Teen Convention in Washington D C this week. Charles McCrory elected trustee of Salem Church Cedar Rapids O K Kluth to chair a public discourse on final day of Jehovahs Witnesses circuit assembly January 11 13 Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids. A youth rally of the Iowa Free Methodist Conference will be held tonight at 7 at Toddville Free Methodist Church with speaker Kenneth Hepker.
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