Orthodox Lent Begins With Pure Monday Observances
Eastern Orthodox Lent starts next week with Pure Monday marking the season of self denial. Easter dates differ from Western churches with Orthodox Easter on April 13. Churches announce Lenten services across several parishes and denominations, including St. George Syrian Orthodox, St. John's Eastern Orthodox, and multiple Lutheran and Methodist congregations, detailing weekly services and special programs.
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St. George Syrian Orthodox
Diocesan Post In Education for Vida Rumbaugh
Miss Vida Rumbaugh longtime staff assistant at St. Michael's Episcopal Church was named to a new diocesan post by Iowa Episcopal Bishop Gordon V Smith She will serve as consultant in Christian education for the Iowa diocese starting March 1 and join the bishop's cabinet in Des Moines Rumbaugh a 1947 Coe College graduate earned a 1949 Union Theological Seminary masters degree Her career included directing a Presbyterian Church in the U S A musical program in Thailand from 1949 to 1957 and later a personnel director post before joining St Michael's staff
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Vida Rumbaugh
James, Gundrum
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Iowa
Thailand
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United States
United Fire and Casualty Co
St. Michael’s
Church Briefs Highlight Sunday Mission Talks and Changeovers
Missions and church events share the row as Rev John Mazurek speaks on Chilean work at Central Assembly of God Sunday night. New assistant pastor Rev Clarence J Willging joins All Saints Catholic. A Youth for Christ skating party set for Monday at Roller Drome. Don J Sales leaves Waukon SDA after 1965 tenure to serve three Oklahoma churches. Olivet Presbyterian ends with Southeast Asia slides by Ed Sears and potluck. Two Bits choir to sing at St Mark_s Lutheran. Nancy Files discusses Our Drop Out Problem at Peoples Church forum. Files helped with Cedar Rapids summer study.
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John Mazurek
Assemblies of God
Chile
Central
Assembly of God Church
Mazurek
Iowa
Nebraska
All Saints Catholic Church
Clarence J. Willging
St. John’s School of Religion
New Hampton
Olivet
Washington High School
Nancy Files
The
Peoples Church
Miss Files
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Leader Fills Interim Post
Dr. Paul C. Warren, international Presbyterian figure, will begin Sunday as interim pastor of First Presbyterian Church while a replacement for Dr. Francis Pritchard is sought. Warren has long served as pastor, teacher, writer and missions worker, including roles in Baltimore, New York and various international engagements.
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First Presbyterian Church
Paul C. Warren
Francis Pritchard
Baptist Churches Approve Merger in North End
New Testament and Cedar Baptist churches voted to merge and keep the New Testament Baptist name. Rev. Charles Proud, organizer of the New Testament congregation in December 1967, will be pastor. About 85 members held joint services and will worship at the Cedar building, 749 Old Marion road NE, as merger details finalize by March 1.
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New Testament
Cedar Baptist
New Testament Baptist
Charles Proud
Old
Marion Road
Dun and Bradstreet Ordered to Pay Libel Damages
Fort Walton Beach druggist Joseph Morgan won a $70,000 verdict from a federal jury here alleging a Dun and Bradstreet credit report libeled him as a deadbeat and fraud. The two day trial concluded with Morgan claiming the 1965 66 reports damaged his drugstore Morgan Walgreen Drugs and cost him business.
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Pensacola
Dun ‘and
Bradstreet
Credit Rating ‘Bureau
Joseph Morgan
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Morgan
Dun and Bradstreet
Morgan Walgreen Drugs
ALC Evangelism Director to Speak at St Stephen's
Dr. Conrad Thompson executive director of evangelism for the American Lutheran Church will address St Stephen's Lutheran Church in two services at 8 30 and 10 45 a m on Sunday. He will discuss Spiritual Reproduction and meet congregational leaders between services. His commission reaches 500 to 800 congregations yearly and works on Preaching Teaching Reaching missions and color sound films.
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American Lutheran Church
Conrad Thompson
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
St. Stephen’s
Commission On Evangelism
Thompson
Missing Iowa girl linked to Texas parolee found in Albia
Des Moines police say 15 year old Mary Speck, missing since Jan. 25, may be with Raymond Button, 38, a Texas parolee and convicted murderer. Witnesses identified both in Albia where the pair spent Feb. 8 to Feb. 12. Button reportedly left the girl at an Albia home and later picked her up. The girl did not contact her parents. Button had recently received his paycheck and claimed trouble.
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DES Moines
Texas
Albia
Mary Speck
M. M. Speck
Raymond Leslie Button
Speck
Button
Manila families struggle as expenses rise faster than income
Fallback MANILA UPI reports that from 1961 to 1965 in the Philippines average families lost ground in the income versus expenses battle. Income grew about 40 percent while expenses climbed 60 percent. Experts cite a break even point near 8,000 pesos annually.
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Manila
UPI
Philipppines
Petticoat Junction Stations Listed In Iowa Markets
Iowa television stations are listed with call letters and cities Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Waterloo. The items mention KCRG TV WMTV KWWL TV KTVO and a reference to Petticoat Junction in multiple markets.
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Kcrg-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Wmt-Tv
Kwwl.-Tv
Waterloo
KTVO
Ottumwa
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