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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1954

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Many Differences Must Be Joined At World Church Council Meeting

This Evans ton based series notes the World Council of Churches gathering in Evanston Illinois August 15 to 31. It highlights language barriers and diverse theological views across 161 points and 48 nations, and the challenge of presenting a unified Christian message. The assembly plans and key roles for Bilheimer Fry Visser t Hooft and university support are described.

World Church Council Evanston World Council

Protest Meeting to World Council in Tipton

Dr Kenneth R Kinney of Johnson City New York president of the American Council of Christian Churches will speak at a Pre Evanston Protest Rally tonight at 8 at Tipton Bible church Kinney pastor of First Baptist Johnson City New York The event is part of council protests ahead of the World Council meeting in August alleging admission of known Iron Curtain Communists to the United States.

Tipton Kenneth R. Kinney Johnson City N. Y American Council of Christian Churches Evanston Tipton Bible Church Kinney First Baptist Church American ‘Council World Council American Council United States

Cedar Rapids Church Notices Selections of Sunday Services

Notices list multiple Cedar Rapids churches with addresses and ministers. Each entry notes Sunday school times worship times and sermon topics or themes for morning or evening services across NE NW SE and SW sections. Includes First Oakland Road NE Edgewood Avenue NW Fourth Avenue SE Ninth Street SW First Avenue SW Seventh Street SE Thirty-first SE and Good Shepherd YMCA in Wisconsin with service times and sermon subjects.

Fowbrook Thirty-first SE N. L. Wogen Charles Probst Good Shepherd Wisconsin YMCA

Sunday church services and sermons listed for multiple area congregations

First-100 Second avenue SE and nearby churches list pastors, service times, and sermon titles. Calvary and Mt Zion provide Bible school and worship times. Berean YMCA notes Bible school and worship. Cedar Baptist Temple lists Bible school worship and evening service. Sermon topics include Primacy of Worship and True Belief in Christ's Return Will Solve All Problems.

Second Avenue James M. Webb Church School Dairy Dale Mt. Vernon Road Arthur Westerhoff Calvary Third Avenue Russell A. Pavy Don L. Andersen Bible School Christ Bank Books Bleeding Hearts Mt. Zion Eighth Street Percy Burt Berean—Ymca Glen V. High Cedar Baptist Temple L Street Garrett Rosenboom

Grace Avenue NE Bible Study Evening Service

The Rev. Richard E. Grant leads at 7:45 PM in a Bible class titled Why Do the Godly Suffer at Grace-2905 D avenue NE. The Apostleship of Christ organization hosts the event in the evening program.

Grace D Avenue NE Richard E. Grant Bible School Apostleship of Christ

Parish Mass Times At Local Churches

A list of Catholic churches with priests and Sunday Mass times. Immaculate Conception, St. Ludmila, St. Patrick's, St. Matthew's, St. Wenceslaus, and All Saints show the clergy and daily or Sunday schedules for Masses, including times such as 5:45, 7, 8, 9 30, 11, and noon at various locations.

First Avenue NW St. Matthew's Twentyfourth Street St. Wenceslaus Fifth Street A. W. Chihak John J. Benda All Saints Dalewood Avenue Twenty-ninth Street L. V. McDonough W. J. Tiedeman

Covington Church Announces Services and Sermon Title

The Rev. Hugh Orchard leads Covington church with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 8 p m. The sermon titled In Remembrance is planned for the service.

Covington Hugh Orchard

Stombaugh Evangelical Service Schedule

At 302 Oakland Road NE Rev M E Stombaugh conducts worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m and an evangelistic service at 7 45 p m reflecting a local church bulletin style announcement.

Oakland Road M. E. Stombaugh

Swenson Officiates At First Church Services

The Rev Norman Swenson leads Sunday school at 9 30 worship at 10 30 and an evening service at 7 30 at First Church located on Twenty fifth street NE.

Twenty-fifth Street Norman Swenson

Prairie Street Chapel Service Times Listed

The notice lists the Rev. Samuel C. Ritchhart at Ellis Park 726 L Avenue NW with Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45 at Prairie Street Chapel North American 3336 Prairie street.

Ellis Park L Avenue NW Samuel C. Ritchhart Prairie Street

Riverside Church Service Schedule at First Street

The Rev. Donald Hawke leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with worship at 11 a m and an evangelistic service scheduled for 7 30 p m at the First-618 Third street SW church setting.

Third Street Donald Hawke

Central-1500 First Avenue NW Service Schedule

George E. Darling minister leads Bible study at 9 30 a m Communion and sermon at 10 30 a m Evening service at 7 30 p m in the church on Central Avenue NW The notice lists service times and the minister but no additional events.

Central First Avenue NW George E. Darling

Worship and Sunday Services at Two City Churches

The Rev. L. IC Colbert conducts services at 7130 H Street SW with worship at 3 and 8 p.m. The Rev. W. L. Bryant leads at 1014 Tenth Avenue SE with Sunday school, song service, worship at 11 and evening service at 8.

H Street

Sunday Worship and Sunday School Schedule at Second Ave SFE

A church at First 1242 Second Avenue presents Sunday school at 9 45 with worship at 11. The sermon subject is Life.

First Second Avenue Sfe

Religious notices for Bethany and First Church

The Rev J Richard Wagner at First Church announces church school at 9 45 and worship at 10 55 with a sermon titled Praying for Rain at 11. Bethany on Sixth Street NW led by Rev Milton E White offers a 10 30 service and an evening service at 5 30.

Seventeenth Street J. Richard Wagner Bethany Sixth Street Milton E. White

Thomason Bruner Lead Church Service at First Church

The Rev. Frazer A. Thomason leads at Cedar-526 Third avenue SW with church school at 9 50 and worship at 8 45 featuring The Touch of the Master by the Rev B H Bruner. First-840 Third avenue SE lists Rev B H Bruner as interim minister with Bible school at 9 45 worship and communion at 10 45 and sermon Rooted Religion.

Cedar Third Avenue Frazer A. Thomason Church School B. H. Bruner Bible School

Church Services at 1230 Fifteenth Street SE

Elder H. G. Darden leads Sunday school at 10 am with worship at 11 am and 8 pm at the church on 1230 Fifteenth Street SE.

Fifteenth Street H. G. Darden Lam

Sunday School and Evening Service at 1328 K Street SW

The Rev. C Gadbow conducts services with Sunday school at 9:45 followed by a 10:45 session and an evening service.

K Street Rev. C, ID Gadbow

Service Schedule at St. Johns and Grace Avenue

Grace-525 A avenue NE hosts Matins at 8, Communion at 8 15 and Sung Mass with sermon Launch Out. St Johns 355 Nineteenth Street SE features Communion at 8 and sermon prayers at 10 led by Rev D A Loterski.

A Avenue A. T. B. Haines St. Johnn’s Nineteenth Street D. A. Loterski

Church Services Announced at Two Local Parishes

The Dr Milo Filipi Bible School at 9 30 a m and Worship at 10 30 a m at Czech 1510 Second Street SW with sermon Joes and Showers. Rev Otto F Artopoe at First Avenue 351 Eighth Street reports church school 9 30 a m and Worship 10 30 a m with sermon Keep Walking in Faith.

Second Street Milo Filipi Joes Showers Zec First Eighth Avenue iThe Otto F. Artopoe

Reverend Mullis Leads Sunday Worship and Services

At 609 First Avenue SW the Rev. Herman Mullis conducts Sunday school and worship at 11.00 am followed by the evening service. The schedule lists morning and evening worship opportunities at the same address.

First Avenue Herman Mullis

Hellenic Orthodox and Moslem Temple Schedule Notes

St John’s at 501 A Avenue NE hosts Sunday school at 9:30 and Liturgy at 10:30. Moslem Temple at 1335 Ninth Street NW offers Sunday school at 8:45 and worship Friday at noon.

St. John’s A Avenue NE Elias George Ninth Street NW

Kingdom Now and Hereafter Sermon at Interdenominational Church

The Interdenominational church at 225 Fifth Avenue SW, led by Rev. A. J. Stokes, offers Sunday school at 10, worship at 11 with a sermon titled The Kingdom Now and Hereafter, and an Evening Service at 7 30.

Interdenominational Fifth Avenue A. J. Stokes

Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall Study Tonight

Jehovah's Witnesses hold Watchtower study at Kingdom Hall 702 Seventh Street SE at 8 p.m. The topic is Maintaining the Way of Favor.

Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall Seventh Street Watchtower

Temple Judah and Beth Jacob Services and School

Jewish temple notice listing Temple Judah and Beth Jacob at 1947 Washington avenue SE with Rabbi Walter H. Plaut. Sabbath services are Friday at 8 p.m. Religious school meets Sunday at 9 45 a.m.

Temple Judah and Beth Jacob Washington Avenue SE Walter H. Plaut

Latter Day Saints Church Listings

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Avenue at Nineteenth Street NE with D. M. Cassiday as minister holds Sunday school at 9 50 and worship at 11 with class work at 7 30. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Thirty second at Dairydale SE offers priesthood at 8 30 Sunday school at 10 30 and sacrament service at 6.

Latter Day Saints Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Nineteenth Street D. M. Cassiday Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon Dairydale

church listings show weekly services and sermons in multiple parishes

Churches across the city announce Sunday school times worship sessions and sermon titles. St Marks Augus­tana Trinity Missouri Hiawatha Bethany Missouri First Lutheran Our Savior's Salvation Army Stephen's list pastors and addresses with service hours and sermon topics such as What Should Be Our Attitude When We Are Surrounded by Temptation and Life's Enterprise.

Salvation Army Third Street Stephen’s E.L.C.) Mead W. Robert Wilkins

Sunday church services listed for several churches

St James 1501 Ellis NW Rev Floyd Hins shaw Sunday school 9 45 worship 8 30 and 11 Sermon The Straying Sheep Kenwood 302 33 NE Rev Wilbert R Ehlert Sunday school 9 45 worship 8 30 Sermon The Sanctity of the Common place John Huss 180 Fourteenth Ave SW Rev Ruth Hus band Church school 10 Worship 11 Bethel AME 512 Sixth SE Rev C H Copeland Church school 9 45 Worship 11 Evening 7 30 Free 800 G NW Rev C W Oscarson Sunday school 9 45 Worship 10 45 Eve St Pauls 1340 Third Ave SE Rev W Jackson Burns Dr H Hughes Dill assoc Church school 9 30 and 11 Worship 9 30 and 11 Learning To Simplify Our Lives Trinity Third Ave at Fifth St SW Dr H M Grant aes school 9 Worship 9 45 Dwarfed Christians

St. James Ellis Boulevard Floyd Hinshaw Kenwood Thirty-third Street Wilbert R. Ehlert John Huss Fourteenth Avenue Ruth Husband Bethel A.M.E Sixth Street C. H. Copeland G Avenue C. W. Oscarson St. Paul’s Third Avenue W. Jackson Burns H. Hughes Dill Church School Trinity Fifth Street H. M. Grant Aes

Sunday Worship and Sunday School Schedule at 629 I Avenue NW

The Rev. O I Kirk conducts Sunday school at 9 45 a m followed by worship at 11 a m and an evening service at 7 45 p m at 629 I Avenue Northwest.

I Avenue NW

Methodist church listings and sermon topics in multiple locales

A compact listing shows numerous churches with addresses and pastors followed by weekly schedules. It includes Sunday school times worship times and sermon titles such as The Responsible Society Our Life A Victory Unconscious Influence When the Worst Is Better The Garden of Friendship The Hound of Heaven and mentions Communion services and Bible classes across Olivet Central Park Westminster Kenwood Park Hus Memorial First Daniels Park Sinclair Memorial and Sinclair Memorial.

Walter Pierce Kenwood Park Tari Fifth Street Keith Taber Church School Hus Ninth Avenue Z. F. Pauk Theodore G. Lilley Church Daniels Park Center Point Road William H. Cohen, Jr Sinclair Memorial Twelfth Avenue Ralph B

Parish service schedule at St George and St John

St George 1202 Tenth Street SE hosts Sunday school at 9 45 Orthros at 10 and Liturgy at 11. St John the Baptist at 600 Seventh Street SE led by Rev George T Habib offers Liturgy at 10.

St. George Tenth Street George Ghan- Inam St. John the Baptist Seventh Street George T. Habib

Bible Quiz Excerpt From Lavina Ross Fowler Text

A 1954 quotation from Lavina Ross Fowler discusses the YMCA founder Sir George Williams and cites Bible questions. It invites four saints as early YMCA members and references scripture from Matthew Luke Romans Mark John Genesis. It praises six correct answers as excellent and three correct as good, urging memorization of Philippians 4:13.

George Williams Somerset England YMCA Joseph of Arimathaea Rebekah Isaac

Holiness and Salvation Meetings Held At Evening Hour

Local rows report a holiness meeting and a salvation meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. at area church venues. Community attendees encouraged to participate.

Sunshine Mission Services at 121 Second Street NE

The Rev. Walter A. Pierce conducts daily services at 7 30 p m at the Sunshine Mission located on 121 Second Street NE. The notices reiterate nightly gatherings and the minister’s name for parishioners seeking directions or information.

Sunshine Mission Second Street Walter A. Pierce

Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath Services at Nickum Church

The Seventh Day Adventist church at 3424 First Avenue NE invites all to Sabbath school Saturday at 9 30 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Pastor A Nickum leads the service.

Seventh Day Adventist First Avenue T. A. Nickum

Unitarian Service at Peoples 600 Third Avenue SE

The Rev. Waldemar Argow leads a Sunday church service at 11 with church school at 11. The Unitarian congregation advertises services at the Peoples building located on Third Avenue SE.

Unitarian Peoples Third Avenue SE Waldemar Argow Church School Service

United Presbyterian and Christ Church Notices

Bible school at United Presbyterian on Grande Avenue 1601 at 9 45 led by Rev Albert T Ronk. Christ Church on First Avenue NW 2000 with Rev Franklin T Jones church school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30.

United Presbyterian Grande Avenue Grande Avenue SE Albert T. Ronk Christ Church First Avenue NW Franklin T. Jones

Unity Center Service Announcement

Unity Center at 1015 Second Avenue SE invites members for Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m led by Mabel Swanson with the sermon on Making Truth Habitual.

Unity Center Second Avenue Mabel Swanson

Famed religious art to be shown by World Council

The Angelus by Millet, loaned from the Louvre, will headline a Chicago exhibit organized with the World Council of Churches. The show, running Aug 31 at the Art Institute as part of Evanston assembly events, travels from 13th century crucifix to modern works by Rubens, Chagall and Van Gogh with 30 master pieces on loan.

Assembly United States Chicago Evanston V.lp Miller Art Institute of Chicago World Council of Churches World Council Louvre Museum Paris Art Institute Europe America Rembrandt Christ el Greco Garden of Gethsemane Titian Rico Lebrun Carpaccio Giovanni di Paola Delacroix Poussin Velasquez van Dyck van Gogh Rubens Rouault Marc Chagall

Orthodox ministry grows in national parks across 11 states

Eastern Orthodox communions report that the Christian ministry in national parks has expanded over three years to a project covering 17 park areas in 11 states. Services run from June to September, mostly outdoors when weather allows, with one Iowan participant Christie Marston of Waterloo, a McCormick Theological seminary student in Chicago.

Christian Ministry Christie Marston Waterloo McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago

Scotch Grove Church to Get New Foundation Move

Scotch Grove Presby terian church built in 1861 will receive new footings this week and be moved 30 feet back on its lot to create additional parking for a road widening. The project relocates kitchen facilities to a new basement while the main floor remains largely unchanged, preserving a near century of service.

Gazette Scotch Grove Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church Marvin Knapp Cedar Rapids Charles Hendricks

Graduate Ministers Get Summer Training

Nearly 100 young graduate ministers and seminary students from 28 states and the District of Columbia participate in a national parks ministry program. The third annual program, sponsored by the National Council of Churches, trains 92 participants from 17 denominations across 23 seminaries to conduct services for vacationing Americans at parks and monuments.

New York West District of Columbia Christian Ministry National Parks National Council of Churches

Traer Presbyterians To Install Elders Sunday

Traer Iowa church to install elders under a new rotary system. William G. McCornack, a 51 year elder, and his son Robert P. Young Jr. will be involved in the ordination. Also to be ordained are William Alcorn and Leroy Whannel. Existing elders to be installed include Robert Young Jr Harold Young Dr F M Henry Chris Weber Warren Howard and Kenneth Keith.

Traer Traer United Presbyterian Church Rotary William G. McCornack Tracr Robert P. Young, Jr Robert, Jr William Alcorn Leroy Whannel Robert Young, Jr Harold Young F. M. Henry Chris Weber Warren Howard Kenneth Keith

Lutheran rally and church notices in Iowa and beyond

A series of local church events and travels are announced. Rev. Michael O'Sullivan leaves for Ireland with his brother, while Lutheran groups in Fayette county plan an outdoor rally featuring Prof. August Engelbrecht. Cedar Rapids pastors speak at open air services and a King’s Messengers program is set for Calvary Baptist. The piece also notes a biographical item on Miss G Esther Chapin and Anglican Puritan political action, plus the next Baptist World Alliance congress in London.

Michael O’sullivan Immaculate Conception Church Masonville Limerick Ireland T. J. O'Sullivan Houston New York America Fayette County West Union Fairground August Engelbrecht Wartburg Seminary American Lutheran Brotherhoods of West Union Hawkeye Eldorado Castalia Norman Swenson First Covenant Church Cedar Rapids Greene Square Dairydale Baptist Church Assemby of God Church Linn County Ministerial Association G. Esther Chapin Upland Drive First Baptist Church of National Council of American Baptist Women Green Lake King’s Messengers King’s College Delaware Calvary Baptist Church Terry Martin

Town and Country Conference Planned for July 1955

New York report states the national Methodist town and country conference will meet at Indiana University Bloomington from July 22 to 25 1955. Dr Glenn F Sanford heads the town and country work department. Bishop Lloyd C Wicke chairs the coordinating committee. The gathering is held quadrennially with thousands of rural church workers and lay members expected.

New York National ‘Methodist Indiana University Bloomington Glenn F. Sanford Board of Missions of The Methodist Church Council of Bishops of Interboard Committee On Lloyd C. Wicke Pittsburgh

Missionary Movie To Be Shown at Coliseum

A wide screen technicolor film titled This Gathering Storm about missionary work in Asia will be shown at Memorial coliseum on Saturday June 24 at 7 45 p m under the Linn County Ministerial Prayer Fellowship. The 65 minute film was prepared by missionary Dr Bob Pierce A free will offering will be taken.

Asia Memorial Coliseum Linn County Bob Pierce

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ill Council St. Paul Asia Minor Greece Italy Ecumenical Young World Council Robert S. Bilheimer W.C.C U.S.A G. K. A. Bell Chichester Franklin Clark Fry W. A. Visser T Hooft Northwestern University Soldier Field Church Federation of Greater Chicago Councils of Churches Midwest Theological Chicago Area Marion Presbyterian New Christian Education Unit Marion Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids Church Assembly OF God L. N. Huffman Harold D. Justice Edgewood E Avenue Edgewood Road Arlan Stohre Church OF the Brethren Fourth Avenue John B. Wieand Evangelical United Brethren Sharon Ninth Street Walter M. Cerka Allan Sieffert Salem Leonard E. Deaver Peter Ackerman Union Ely Road William Suckow Baptist Brethren Catholic Community Alliance Church OF God Church OF the Open Bible Church OF Christ Church OF God IN Christ Christian Science Christian Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Church OF the Nazarene Episcopal Evangelical and Reformed Foursquare Gospel ISLAM Lutheran St. Mark’s Augustana Richard W. Baparom Sermae Jesus Missouri E. H. Widmann Hiawatha Hiawatha Village Roland J. Krekeler E. W. Waggazer First Lutheran Perschool Life’s Enterprise H. SE Bernhard Our Savior Oer Coreas NE Rev. J. Eee Methodist Pentecostal Evangelical Presbyterian Lavina Ross Fowler Holiness Meeting Salvation Meeting Scotch Grove's Traer Presbyterians Arlen Miller Chester P. Miller Wellman Germany Mennonite Central Committee Sigourney Baptist Church W. J. Clark Iowa Falls George L. Mosse University of Iowa iChurch History Congress of the Baptist World Alliance London World Vision Bob Coliseum Ministerial Prayer Fellowship
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