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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1956

Page

3

Major Faiths Spend 6 Million Yearly on TV Programs

In New York, the three major U S religions invest nearly six million annually to bring sermons and moral themes to households via television. The Methodists announce The Way a Hollywood shot series on issues from communism to delinquency to air next month on 200 stations with limited church credit in the closing seconds. Father Keller and Ray Bolger appear in related pieces tied to the Declaration of Independence. Darn good shows, these religious ones, even one featuring Ben Hogan, offering spiritual comfort and humor.

New York INS U.S Bishop Sheen Dean Pike Norman Vincent Peale The Methodist Church Hollywood Father Keller Maryknoll Ray Bolger United Nations Ben Hogan

C R Couple Graduates From Witnesses School

Mr and Mrs Matthew M Kolar former Cedar Rapids residents will graduate this weekend from the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead at South Lansing New York They trained as Jehovahs Witness ministers with Mr Kolar having supervised 20 congregations around Cedar Rapids The Kolars received supervisory training in this country

Matthew M. Kolar Cedar Rapids The Watchtower

Mt Zion Baptist Church to mark 42nd anniversary

Three charter members W L Warren Mrs Anna Joyce and Mrs Mary Reasby attend the forty second anniversary observance at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids. Rev Don L Anderson of Calvary Baptist Church will speak at 3 30 p m. Lift and Climb club sponsors the event.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cedar Rapids W. L. Warren Anna Joyce Mary Reasby Don L. Anderson Calvary Baptist Church

Cedar Rapids Church Notices Overview

Cedar Rapids church notices list multiple congregations with addresses and pastors. Each entry shows Sunday school times, worship or service times, and sermon titles such as What To Do To Have A Revival and Call No Man Common. Also includes unified services and notable sermon topics like My Shepherd His Prospect and The Boy Who Ran Away from Home.

Baptist Second Avenue James M. Webb Dairy Dale Mt. Vernon Road Arthur Westerhoff Calvary Third Avenue Don L. Andersen Mt. Zion Eighth Street Percy Burt Berean—Ymca Glen V Edgewood E Avenue Edgewood Road Arlan Stohre

Grace-2905 D avenue NE sermon notice

The Rev Richard EF Grant announces evening service at 7 45 with a Bible topic titled Two Big Liars and a message on Running the Race at Grace 2905 D Avenue NE.

Brethren Grace D Avenue NE Richard EF. Grant Bible School

Catholic Mass Schedule Across Local Parishes

Local churches list Sunday Mass times and officiants. Immaculate Conception at 859 Third Ave SE notes Msgr William H Schulte with assistants. St Ludmila 211 Twenty first Ave SW with Msgr Frank Hruby. St Patricks 500 First Ave NW with multiple Masses. St Matthews 139 Twentyfourth St NE. St Wenceslaus 1224 Fifth St SE officiants. All Saints Dalewood Ave Twenty-ninth SE with Fr McDonough and Ptacek.

St. Patrick’s First Avenue St. Matthew’s Twenty- Fourth Street St. Wenceslaus Fifth Street A. W. Chihak Louis J. Trzil All Saints Dalewood Avenue Twenty-ninth SE L. V. McDonough John P. Ptacek

Covington church morning worship schedule announced

Covington church notes Rev. Hugh Orchard leading Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 45 with services scheduled for Sunday.

Covington Hugh Orchard

Community Alliance church schedule on Oakland road NE

The Rev. M. E. Stombaugh leads services at Community Alliance located at 3302 Oakland road NE. Sunday school begins at 10:30 with worship at 9:30 and an evening service at 7:45.

Community Alliance Oakland Road M. E. Stombaugh

Religious Services Listings for City Congregations

A compact notice of services at First-361 Seventeenth Street SE Bethany site and others. Rev J Richard Wagner leads juniors to adults at 9 45 worship 10 55 with Life's Lens. Bethany 1300 Sixth Street NW Rev Milton E White Sunday school 9 30 worship 10 30 evening 7 30. 225 Fifth Avenue SW Rev A J Stokes Sunday school Mead 11 evening 7 30. Moslem Temple 1335 Ninth Street NW services noon Friday. Temple Judah and Beth Jacob 1947 Washington Avenue SE Rabbi Marvin M Reznikoff sabbath 8 p m Friday and religious school 9 45 a m Sunday.

Seventeenth Street J. Richard Wagner Bethany Sixth Street NW Milton E. White Fifth Avenue A. J. Stokes Mead Ninth Street NW Temple Judah and Beth Jacob Washington Avenue Marvin M. Reznikoff

Sunday service at First-1242 Second Avenue SE

Community church invites attendees to Sunday school at 11 and worship service at 11 featuring the hymn “Soul” as part of morning activities.

First Second Avenue SE

Prairie street and Ellis Park church services described

The notice lists two churches with ministers and service times. Ellis Park at 726 L Avenue NW holds church school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45 with an evening service at 7 30 led by the Rev Samuel C Ritchhart. Prairie Street Chapel at 3336 Prairie Street NE features Rev Harold Justice with Sunday school at 9 45 worship at 11 and a sermon by Rev A L Hughes. evening service at 7.

Ellis Park L Avenue NW Samuel C. Ritchhart Prairie Street Chapel Prairie Street Harold Justice A. L. Hughes

Church services and sermons listed for Cedar and First church

The Rev Frazer A Thomason leads church school at 9 45 worship at 8 30 and 10 50 with a sermon titled In the Beginning God The Rev Jack A Oliver leads church school at 9 45 worship with communion at 10 45 and a sermon titled The Sacredness of Marriage at First Church on Cedar 526 Third Avenue SW and Third Avenue SE

Christian Cedar Third Avenue Frazer A. Thomason Church School Jack A. Oliver

Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Services

Church notices list two congregations with service times. Christ's Sanctified Holy Church at 1230 Fifteenth Street SE led by Elder H. G. Darden offers Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, and evening service at 8. Church of the Nazarene at 1328 K Street SW led by Rev. Co. D. Gadbow offers Sunday school at 9:45, worship at 10:45, and evening service at 7:30.

Church OF God IN Christ H Street L. C. Colbert Little Mission Temple Emanuel Tenth Avenue SE Elder Bassett Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church Fifteenth Street H. G. Darden Church OF the Nazarene Co. D. Gadbow

Church Services and Sunday Schedules Listed

Union Ely road SW hosts Rev William Suckow with worship at 945 and Sunday school at 1030 Salem 225 First avenue SW led by Rev Leonard Deaver with Sunday school at 945 and worship at 1045 featuring I Believe in Jesus Christ St Andrews 324 Seventh street SE Rev Hubert Sunderman with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 Sermon by Rev J I LaFavre Sharon 809 Eighteenth avenue SW Rev Walter Cerka Sunday school 945 and worship 1050

Union Ely Road William Suckow Salem First Avenue Leonard E. Deaver Jesus Christ St. Andrew’s Seventh Street Hubert L. Sunderman J. I. LaFavre Sharon Eighteenth Avenue Walter Cerka

Covenant Church Service Details at Twenty-Fifth Street NE

The Rev. Norman Swenson leads Covenant at First-701 Twenty-Fifth Street NE with Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, and an evening service at 7.

Covenant Twenty-fifth Street Norman Swenson

Episcopal Grace Grace-525 A avenue NE Service Schedule

The notice lists multiple churches with service times: Episcopal Grace at 525 A avenue NE offers Matins at 8, Communion 8:15, Sunday school 9:45, Sung mass 11, sermon The Meaning of Mass. St. John at 355 Nineteenth street SE has Communion 8, Morning Prayer and Sunday school 11. Open Bible First at 1311 L street SW presents Communion first Sunday each month, ary Worship 11, Evening service.

Episcopal Grace A Avenue A. T. B. Haines St. John’s Nineteenth Street D. A. Loferski Church OF the Open Bible L Street The Munion Neil B. Gail

Church services at First-351 Eighth Avenue SW

Church school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30 p m announced for Czech at 1510 Second Street SW.

Eighth Avenue Second Street

Church of Christ at Central holds service at First Avenue NW

The Church of Christ at 1500 Central First Avenue Northwest invites worshippers to Sunday services led by Minister George Darling. Members and visitors welcome to join prayers hymns and a sermon.

Church OF Christ Central First Avenue NW George Darling

Kingdom Hall Center Point Public Talk and Study

Public talk at Kingdom Hall 1221 Center Point NE at 3 p.m. titled Why the Bible Is True. Watchtower study at 4 15 p m with Exclusive Devotion and Choose Whom You Will Serve.

Kingdom Hall Center Point

Mormon and Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church Times

List of services for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Dairydale court SE with priesthood at 8 30 Sunday school at 10 30 and sacrament service at 6 p m while the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on A avenue at Nineteenth street NE led by D M Cassidy holds Sunday school at 9 50 and worship at 11

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon Dairydale Court SE Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Nineteenth Street D. M. Cassidy

Church Listings for Several Minneapolis Parishes and Sermons

A compilation of Sunday services and sermons across multiple churches list worship times, Sunday schools, and current sermon titles. Notable entries include St Mark's Augustana with sermons The Increasing Christ and Bethany Missouri with Be of Good Cheer, along with Trinity Missouri and St. Pauls Third Avenue SE among others. The schedule presents varied congregations and pastors with worship at morning and late morning hours.

Syrian and Greek Orthodox Services Listed in City

St John the Baptist on Seventh Street SE led by Rev Daniel H B Montgomery offers Orthros at 10:30 and Liturgy at 11. St George on Tenth Street SE overseen by Rt Rev George Ghannam holds Sunday school 9:45 Orthros 10 and Liturgy 11. St John's on Avenue NE with Dr Elias Georges conducts Sunday school 9:30 and Liturgy 10:30.

St. John the Baptist Seventh Street Daniel H. B. Montgomery St. George Tenth Street George Ghannam St. John’s A Avenue Elias Georges

Sunday church services and sermons listed by location

Kenwood Park and Westminster churches offer 9:45 and 11 worship with sermons Let My People Go and Spiritual Insights Through Physical Blindness. Hus Memorial, Sinclair Memorial, Oliver, Central Park, First, Knox Wright, and others schedule Sunday school from 9:30 to 10:30 and worship at 8:15 to 11 with sermons Like the Blast of the Trumpet The Lenten Adventure How Shall We Observe Lent plus family pastors and locations across NE and SE streets.

Kenwood Park Thirty Fifth Street Keith Taber Church School Westminster Third Avenue SE David Berger Hus Memorial Ninth Avenue Joseph Havlik Pet’. Sinclair Twelfth Avenue Ralph S. Colton Oliver Tenth Street D. Keith Irwin Central Park B Avenue Reuben J. Traden Fifth Street Theodore G. Lilley Knox — Wright School William E. Pfeffer

Pentecostal Evangelical Church Service Times

The Rev O L Kirk leads Sunday school at 9 45. Worship at 11 00. Evening service at 7 45. Located at 629 I Avenue NW.

Pentecostal Evangelical I Avenue NW O. L. Kirk

Local Church Schedule At 1123 Third Street SE

Senior Captain and Mrs J E LaLone listed with church events Sunday school at 10 Holy meeting at 11 and evening service at 8 showing a compact church timetable with named individuals and street address for attendance.

Third Street J. E. LaLone Holiness Meeting

Reverend Walter A. Pierce Services Weekly

The address 121 Second Street NE notes Rev. Walter A. Pierce. Services are held weeknights at 7 30 and Sunday at 7.

Second Street Walter A. Pierce

Seventh Day Adventist Service at 3424 First Avenue NE

Paul J Gregoroff pastors the Seventh Day Adventist church at 3424 First Avenue NE with Sabbath school at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m on Saturday providing weekly services for congregants and visitors alike.

Seventh Day Adventist First Avenue Paul J .Gregoroff

Unitarian Sermon at Peoples Church on Africa Explode?

The Unitarian church at 600 Third Avenue SE holds a service at 11 with Rev. Waldemar Argow presiding. Church school meets earlier at 11, and the sermon topic is titled Will Africa Explode.

Unitarian Peoples Third Avenue SE Waldemar Argow Africa

United Presbyterian Service and School at Christ Church

Christ Church at 2000 First Avenue NW hosts church school at 9 45 and worship at 11 led by Rev Franklin T Jones.

United Presbyterian Christ Church First Avenue NW Franklin T. Jones

Unity Center Nature of Prayer Session at Second Ave

Mabel Swanson leads a Sunday program at Unity Center located at 1015 Second Avenue SE titled The Nature of Prayer. The event invites parishioners to explore contemplative practice and spiritual reflection in a calm, group setting.

Unity Center Second Avenue SE Mabel Swanson

School on Evangelism Scheduled in Marion

Representatives from 35 Presbyterian churches spanning Vinton to Clinton will attend a school on evangelism Sunday in Marion Presbyterian church. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids presbytery evangelism committee, it expects 100 to 200 pastors and laymen. Sessions open at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Leaders include Dr. David I. Berger University of Dubuque and several reverends from Cedar Rapids Vinton Lost Nation Marion Blairstown and Ely.

Vinton Clinton Marion Presbyterian Church Committee On Evangelism of the Cedar Rapids William Pfeffer R. F. Galloway Fred Telecky James Glass Lost Nation Jean P. Hayter Marion Robert Drury Blairstown Francis Larew Ely

United Appeal To Seek Near Eleven Million

Major Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches in America seek 10.9 million dollars for overseas relief and reconstruction in the 1956 United Appeal. The target exceeds 1955 by about 1.5 million, with funds boosted by the surplus foods release for free overseas aid. The appeal marks the eighth annual drive and centers on One Great Hour of Sharing observances across thousands of churches on March 11.

New York America United Appeal Harper Sibley Church World Service National Council of Churches Sibley U. S United States American Evangelical Lutheran Church American Lutheran Church Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church Church of the Brethren Community Churches Congregational Christian Churches Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical and Reformed Church Evangelical Lutheran Church United Brethren Church Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church Suomi Synod Lutheran Free Church Moravian Church Presbyterian Church In U.S.A Reformed Church In America United Evangelical Lutheran Church United Lutheran Church In America Disciples of Christ The Methodist Church Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Church American Baptist Convention

Missionaries Metz to Speak at Cedar Rapids AG Churches

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon H. Metz, missionaries to West Africa, will conduct missionary programs at Cedar Rapids Assembly of God churches. They appear Monday at 7:30 p.m. at First Assembly of God and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Central Assembly of God, sharing African mission experiences and work. They served Kansas churches before going to Africa in 1954 and also speak Sunday in Oxford Junction Assembly of God.

Vernon H. Metz West Africa Cedar Rapids Africa Kansas Metz Assembly of God Church Oxford Junction

Church Polls Members On Sunday Openings

In Cedar Rapids, St. Paul’s Methodist church reports a Sunday poll by its social action commission. Of 312 ballots returned, 272 favored keeping Sunday closures, and 110 would adjust shopping to avoid Sunday openings. Respondents named drug stores restaurants gas stations utilities hospitals and emergency services as essential Sunday needs.

St. Paul’s Council of Churches Uniteh Sma

Native clergyman to speak at Cedar Rapids church service

Dr. Wayne W. Witte, Cedar Rapids native and Payne Theological Seminary professor, will sermonize at First Evangelical and Reformed Church Cedar Rapids on Sunday morning. His talk titled The Secrets of the Kingdom and the Seeds of Destiny outlines a Lent season theme with additional World Day of Prayer speaker details.

Wayne W. Witte Cedar Rapids Cincinnati Payne Theological Seminary First Evangelical and Reformed Church Emil W. Witte Meadowbrook Drive Witte University of Iowa SUI Augustana Theological Seminary Princeton University

Cedar Rapids church briefs list itinerant speakers and events

Rev Sherman H Miller of Denver will speak at Sharon Evangelical United Brethren Cedar Rapids from Wednesday to February 22 with slide shows from Palestine. J I Lafavre Cedar Falls to lead St Andrew's church conference. Guilford Olmsted Drake University to speak at First Christian Church. A L Hughes Green Mound Church of God to lead Prairie Street Chapel service. Frazer Thomason will share slides from a Mexican missions tour at Cedar Christian Church supper. Ross C Miller reelected senior warden and William J Tosh junior warden at Grace Episcopal. $38 allocated for a new organ. Union Lenten services run by several churches begin at Presbyterian in Waukon. Christian Youth Hour launched with Madison Church of Christ and nearby churches. meets monthly. New officers installed at First Congregational Monticello. Senior usher board Bethel AME Cedar Rapids to sponsor a 7:30 p.m. musical. Mrs Marie Vitek Cedar involved in World Day of Prayer in Sigourney. Scout Troop 16 honored at Salem church service. Immaculate Conception Holy Name Society in Cedar Rapids to receive Communion at 8 a.m. mass. group not meeting this month. Bible notes reference antichrist in John epistles.

Sherman H. Miller Denver Sharon Evangelical United Brethren Church Cedar Rapids Palestine Ross C. Miller William J. Tosh Grace Episcopal Church

Iowa Natives on NCC Delegation To Visit Russia

Two of eight American clergymen visiting Russia for ten days in March as National Council of Churches representatives are native Iowans Paul B. Anderson of Madrid and Dr Roswell P. Barnes of Council Bluffs Both have long church and YMCA ties and prior Russia contact The March 9 to 22 Moscow trip marks the first interdenominational U S delegation to Russia since the Bolshevik revolution with a Russian church leaders visit to follow next summer

Russia National Council of Churches Iowa Paul B. Anderson New York International Committee of Ymca’s Roswell P. Barnes Eugene Carson Blake Philadelphia The Presbyterian Church (USA Franklin Clark Fry New Rochelle N. Y United Lutheran Church In America Dr. Barnes Council Bluffs New York City Church Council Federal Council of Churches Party of Moscow Soviet Union U.S United States

New Leaders Named For Career Meeting

Three Coe College representatives and two from St Luke s School of Nursing join a Cedar Rapids area college and vocational guidance conference next weekend at First Presbyterian Church. The event, open to high school juniors and seniors, is sponsored by the Cedar Rapids presbytery Christian education committee. New leaders include Clarence Keel, Paul W Glad, Robert Stutzman, Ruby Harris, and Louise Armstrong. Earlier leaders include a Chicago lawyer and writer along with University of Iowa and University of Dubuque delegates.

Coe College St. Luke’s School of Nursing First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids Christian Education Committee Robert Stutzman Coe Ruby Harris St. Luke’s Nursing S School Louise Armstrong Chicago University of Iowa University of Dubuque

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bob Considine God Jefferson Adams Franklin Sherman Livingston Congress Bolger C.R Witnesses’ School Cedar Rapids Church Assembly OF God L. N. Huffman A Avenue NW Donald J. Bogue Milo Filipi Jonah Fourth Avenue W. R. Buriss Foursquare Gospel Herman Mullis G Avenue NW C. W. Oscarson John Huss Fourteenth Avenue SW Ruth Husband Interdenominational ISLAM Christian Science Church OF God Evangelical United Brethern Evangelical and Reformed Tee Lavina Ross Fowler Jesus Capernaum St. Barnabas David Pilate Jehovah's Witnesses Lutheran St. Mark’s Augustana Richard W. Engstrom Dean Peterson Missouri E. W. Waggazer Trinity E. H. Widmann Zion Hiawatha Ralph C USCA T. A. Youngquist Roger A. Johnson Thirty-seventh NE J. F. Wipperman St. Stephen’s ELC Meadowbrook Thirty-first SE N. L. Wogen Good Shepherd Wisconsin Tenth Street NW W. F. Sprengeler Charity Holy Redeemer E Avenue NW Norman A. Erikson Hope Usca) Hayes School Robert N. Harter Methodist H. M. Grant Kenwood Thirty-third Street Bernard G. Olson Jackson Burns H. Hughes Dill Robert C. Armstrong St. James Ellis Boulevard Arthur Schuldt Bethel Ame Sixth Street Theodore Hudson Orthodox Presbyterian Salvation Army Sunshine Mission Week of Compassion Assemblies of God Greek Orthodox Church of America Protestant Episcopal Church Religious Society of Friends Anderson Indiana Eastern Conference of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America Evangelical Congregational Church Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod Mennnonite Church of North America Eastern District Conference Russian Orthodox Church Seventh Day Adventists Seventh Day Baptists United Church of Canada Rapids Garrison Methodist Church Trinity Lutheran Church London R. M. Muhl St. Paul’s Lutheran Stanwood Edward H. Beckmann Bennett P. W. Happel Zion Lutheran Wilton Junction Cedar Falls Church Conference St. Andrew's Guilford Olmsted Drake University Des Moines School of Missions First Christian Church Green Mound Frazer Thomason Cedar Christian Church Waukon Presbyterian, Methodist and Reformed Churches Presbyterian J Church Christian Youth Hour Madison Church of Christ Brooklyn Montezuma Grinnell le Grand Christian Ann First Congregational Church Monticello Forrest Johnson Neal Hayden Arch Edwards Bethel Ame Church Marie Vitek Christian Church Sigourney Scout Troop 16 Salem Evangelical United Brothern Church Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception John Edwin Sears Cedar Testament NCC Madrid Blake Independence Fry Lutheran Brotherhood Whiting YMCA John R. Mott Congregational Christian Church Adam Eden Paul Rome Sharon Evangelical Miller Holy Land Assemblies of God Churches French West Africa Central Assembly of God Donald 4. Bogue
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