The Flower of Religious Freedom a Late Bloomer
A critical view shows religious liberty evolved slowly in colonial America with state coercion common in Virginia Massachusetts and other colonies. The piece notes established churches and persecutions persisted into the 19th and 20th centuries before modern constitutional limits on government religion. It cites Maine 1921 Minnesota 1927 and a Westminster Maryland case as examples of ongoing religious influence in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
America
Virginia
U.S
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Mormon Church
Liberty
Supreme Court of
Maine
God
Irvin West
Westminster
Doubts Surround Prophecy of Mormon Joseph Smith
The 2300 year old papyri fragment dispute over Joseph Smith's translations sparks debate among Mormon scholars. Critics challenge the Book of Abraham as genuine translation while insiders fear sociological impact on race restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mormon Joseph Smith
San Francisco
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Smith
Joseph
Abraham
Egypt
Chicago
Cedar Rapids area church services listed by denomination
A comprehensive directory of worship services in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas listing church names addresses service times Sunday school and evening programs. Denominations include Assembly of God Berean Calvary Faith YMCA First Galilee Immanuel St. Andrew St. Mark St. Stephen Trinity Zion and many others with multiple service options and special programs across NE SE SW and NW locations.
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ABC
2Nd Ave
Wayne A. Shireman
S.S
Galilee
Washington Ave
Orville Terry 'S
Mt. Zion
NBC
8Th St. SE
LeRoy White
New Testament Baptist
BBF
Second St
Charles Proud
Noelridge
CBA
Golf
Clifton
Robert E. Shackelford
Twin Pines
Good Shepherd
Wis
42Nd St
Donald A. Seifert
Wed
Holy Redeemer
Edgewood Rd
Cedric J. Lofdahl
Hope
Bowling St
Justin Silvius
Our Savior’s
ALC
William Hilker
O. Kraabel
St. Andrew
Center Point Rd
James M. Lesher
Ralph Radloff
St. Mark’s
1St Ave
David Frans Larson
John W. Meyer
Web
St. Stephen’s
Meadowbrook
N. L
Lutheran Church Convention Considers First Structural Changes
At the Omaha convention October 16 to 22 the American Lutheran Church will debate its first structural changes since forming from four merged bodies in 1960. The 2.5 million member denomination seeks organizational updates.
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Minneapolis
UPI
American Lutheran Church
Omaha
Neb
Catholic Church Schedules and Parish Clergy Listings
A compact listing of parish names and locations with clergy rosters and Mass times. Includes All Saints Dalewood Saint Edmund Becker and others, plus Immaculate Conception, St Jude's, St Ludmila's, St Matthew's, St Patrick's, St Pius X, St Wenceslaus, Cedar, Parental Hangover reference, Noelridge services.
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Catholic All Saints
Dalewood
S.E
Edmund J. Becker
Phillip C. McDermott
John H. Herzog
Immaculate Conception
3Rd Ave
Roger E. O’brien
John J. O’connor
J. Davis Pepper
St. Jude’s
Edgewood Rd
NW. S.S
Louis V. McDonough
Mark Nemmers
David P. Remy
St. Patrick’s
1St Ave. NW
St. Pius x
Council
John C. Sims
Joseph E. McGuire
LaVerne L. Schueller
St.Wenceslaus
5Th St. SE
James C. Milota
Arthur Kleve
Church Notices and Sermon Schedules
Bethany address 1300 6th St NW Mary A White SS 8 45 Serv 10 The Lost Sheep Fair Oaks 1243 Apache Trail NW Richard Menzel SS 9 30 Serv 10 30 Automation Biblical Style
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Bethany
6Th St
Mary A. White
S.S
Fair Oaks
Apache Trail
Richard Menzel
Church Services and Communion Schedules Listed
Grace church NE and St John s Church SE list Sunday communion at 8 with adults and 10 30 for student service St Michael s NE shows 10 15 Sunday school and 8 communion with 10 15 1st and 3rd Sundays morning prayer on other Sundays Also midweek communion on Wednesday at 6 30 am and 6 pm.
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St. Paul’s
3Rd Ave
Arnold Herbst
Glenn W. Mc Michael
S.S
Communion
St. Peter’s
Martin Miller
Church School
Trinity
5Th St
Ernest W. Larson
Philip S. Brown
Masters Quartet
Union — Ely Rd
Bone Carter
Cedar
6Th Street
Barton G. Murray
John M. Hardy
Noelridge
Regal Ave
Fred Woolsey
Aave
Thomas S. Hulme
Children’s Chapel
St. John’s
D. A. Loferski
St. Michael’s
James R. Gundrum
Richard J. Moore
Public Talks at Center Point Road NE Unit
Public talks announced for West and East Unit at 1221 Center Point Road NE. Talks titled A Lesson in Man's Littleness Compared with God scheduled with Watch Tower sessions at 4, 9:30, and 10:30.
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West Unit
Center Point Rd
Public Talk
Watchtower
East Unit
Bethel AME and Others Sunday Services List
Church listings show multiple congregations and service times across Bethel AME Wesleyan First Oakland St George St Johns with assigned pastors and SS times. Names include John I Thomas Howard F Harris Richard Ernst Aleck Ulmet John Friend Elias Ziton Alexander George and others. Matins Liturgy and Eve services noted.
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Bethel
Ame
6Th St
John I. Thomas
S.S
Ave
Howard F. Harris
Eve
Wesleyan
Ist Ave
Richard Ernst
Aleck Ulmet
Oakland
29Th St. NE
John Friend
Youth Services
St. George
10Th
St. SE
Elias Ziton
St. John’s
7Th
Alexander
Religious Services and Speakers Listed for Eden and Nearby Churches
The United Church of Christ at Eden presents Dr. Milo Filipi speaking on What Do You Get out of Your Religion at 10 30 AM with S S at 9 15. First Congregational hosts J Richard Wagner and Glenn N Bender at 9 30 AM with a sermon A Christian Views Politics. Hope-Hiawatha School offers Lyle V Kuehl and Craig A Pearson speaking at 9 30 AM. Church school Wednesday 7 PM.
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Eden
8Th Ave
Donald A. McPeek
S.S
Milo Filipi
First Congregational
17Th St
J. Richard Wagner
Glenn N. Bender
Hope
Hiawatha School
Lyle V. Kuehl
Craig A. Pearson
Church School
Church Sunday School Sessions Listed at Local Congregations
The bulletin lists multiple churches with their addresses and Sunday school start times. Speakers and topics appear for several, including Bertram ratified Miller on A Slight Pinch of Pain and Dr John C Ruthman as speaker at St James.
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Asbury
26Th Ave
William D. Cotton
S.S
Bertram
Martin Miller
Buffalo
Blairs Ferry Rd
Elmer C. Boom
Faith
30Th St
Kenwood
33Rd St
Paul W. Somerville
Lovely Lane
42Nd
Wenigrd
Don Caspers
Salem
1St Ave
F. Frankhauser
Sharon
18Th Ave
A. T. Washington
St. James
Ellis Blvd
Cedar Rapids Church Schedules and Speakers List
A compact parish guide lists worship times and Sunday School sessions for Cedar Rapids area churches including Cedar Hills, Cedar Rapids Bible Chapel, Cedar Valley Bible Church, Central Church of Christ, and more. Notable speakers include Reagan Benedict and Wesley S. Cornell with service times spanning morning, afternoon, and evening.
Missionary to Egyptians Will Speak Sunday
The Rev. Robert Lee Grupp, director since 1962 of the Christian Center for Audio-Visual Services of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Cairo, will address two Cedar Rapids worship services Sunday. He speaks at 9:30 a.m. at Grupp Drive-In theater and at 10:30 a.m. at Christ United Presbyterian church. He and his family return to the Near East in August to continue work. He was assigned by the United Presbyterian Church in the USA. Grupp is a Mason City native and a graduate of the University of Dubuque and Dubuque theological seminary, studying at Indiana University the past year.
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Robert Lee Grupp
Christian Center For Audio-Visual Services
Coptic Evangelical Church
Cairo
Egypt
Cedar Rapids
Christ United Presbyterian Church
Grupp
Near East
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Mason City
University of
Priest GAULE Retires After 45 Years of Service
The Rev J J Gaule will retire Sunday after 45 years in the Roman Catholic priesthood. Ordained in Ireland he served Ot tumwa Centerville Iowa City Davenport Farmington and Levilla before leading St Marys Church Williamsburg for 24 years during which renovations and a new rectory were built. A reception honored him last Sunday.
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Williamsburg
J. J. Gaule
Father Gaule
Ireland
United States
Ottumwa
Centerville
Iowa City
Davenport
Farmington
Levilla
St. Mary’s Church
Gaule
Nun Named to Diocesan School Superintendency
Sister Mary Ann Therese Collins is named superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic diocese of Davenport effective August 1. She succeeds Msgr. John O. McAuliffe who becomes chaplain at St. Vincent's home and diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. She is a Marycrest College and Creighton University graduate, pursuing further study at Pennsylvania Military College. She has served as school principal in Dunlap Iowa and Lewistown Montana and taught at St. Albert high school in Council Bluffs the past four years.
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Dunlap
Iowa
Lewistown
Mont
St. Alert High School
Council Bluffs
74 Years as Priest For Father Gregor
Anamosa observes the 74th anniversary of ordination for the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Gregor now retired and living in Anamosa. Born February 14, 1871 in Moravia he was ordained July 29, 1894 in Brun and served in Austria before moving to the United States in 1907. He served parishes in Tabor Winona Clutter Chelsea Little Turkey and Oxford Junction and was made monsignor in 1952.
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Anamosa
Joseph Gregor
Father Gregor
Moravia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Brun
United States
Tabor
Winona
Minn
Clutter, Chelsea
Little Turkey
Oxford Junction
Norwegian Service Set at Decorah Church for Nordic Fest
Decorah church services include a Norwegian language worship at 10 a.m. led by Rev. Daniel Borge as part of the Decorah Nordic Fest. An English service at 8:30 a.m. will be led by Rev. Palmer Russeth. A Vacation Bible School runs 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Christian and Missionary Alliance church with the theme God’s Son for Our World. Tom Refshauge, a First Presbyterian intern, will preach. he is the son of Lyle and Mrs. Refshauge of Decorah and a UNI junior.
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Calvin
38Th St
SE. S.S
Raymond Garvey
Central Park
Bave
Allen S. van Cleve
Eugene W. Tolstedt
S.S
Christ Church
1St Ave
John E. Wheatley
C.R. Drive- In
Robert Grupp
5Th St
Francis W. Pritchard
Gary L. Rush
Michael D. Seitz
Tom Refshauge
Hus Memorial
9Th Ave
Lyle R. Graff
Kenwood
35Th St
D. R. Jarrert
Kenneth A. MacLeod
Church
Knox
Hollywood Blvd
James K. L. McClane
Westminster
3Rd Ave
John P. Woods
Dee Jay Reiff
First Open Bible
Lst
Neal B. Gail
Ladies Service
First Pentecostal Church
Center Point Rd
James OQ. McCoy
Foursquare Gospel
Lee Griffis
Floyd Frutiger
Grace Brethren
Dave
Simon T. Toroian
Orship
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Decorah
Daniel Borge
Palmer Russeth
Pequot Lakes
Minn
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
God
First Presbyterian Church
Lyle Refshauge
Seventh Avenue SE
Tom
University of Northern Iowa
Foursquare Gospel Church
Monticello Man Becomes Lutheran Pastor in St Louis
Ronald E. Bronemann of Monticello is ordained as a minister of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and serves as assistant pastor at Messiah Lutheran in St. Louis. The July 7 ceremony was conducted by Dr George W Wittmer. Bronemann is a Monticello Community high school graduate class of 1959 and studied at Concordia institutions in Missouri and Indiana. He previously served as vicar at Christ Church Phoenix and helped establish a Sun City mission.
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Messiah Lutheran Church
St. Louis
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
George W. Wittmer
Messiah
Missouri Synod
Bronemann
Monticello Community High School
St. Paul’s College
Concordia
Concordia Senior College
Fort Wayne
Ind
Concordia Seminary
Christ Church
Phoenix
Ariz
Sun City
Cubs Meet Dodgers Live From Wrigley Field
Cubs host the Los Angeles Dodgers in a Sunday afternoon game at Wrigley Field beginning at 12 30 p m broadcast on KCRG TV 9.
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Wrigley Field
Kcrg-Tv
Cubs
L. A. Dodgers
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Islands of Enlightenment
Minnesota
New York Times News Service
Angel Moroni
Chicago Fire
Dialoge
Journal of Mormon Thought
Salt Lake City
Jerrald Tanner
Grant S. Howard
Hugh Nibley
Brigham Young University
Nibley
Assembly OF God
Central
Fave
Ramon Booth
Fred R. Gottwald
Berean
Glen V. High
Calvary
Don L. Andersen
Pong Young
Old
Marion Rd
Dairy Dale
Mt. Vernon
Victor O. Erickson
Edgewood
Douglas G. Baltz
Wayne Hauser
Latter Day Saints
Trailridge Rd
Melvin Tew
Reorganized
19Th St. NE
Lewis L. Howard
Lutheran
Forester
A. C. Hornbostel
Johnson Ave
Paul A. Scheidt
Christ
Robert Baily
George W. Carlson
Gregory R. Hibbard
John M. Jensen
Gloria Dei
Cherry Hill Rd
Roy Neo
United Presbyterian
New Jerusalem
Church of God In Christ
St. SE. H. Bassett
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
14Th Street
E. Koberg
First Lutheran Church
Third Avenue
Radio Ho
LWW
G. W. Carlson
G. R. Hibbard
J. M. Jensen
Helen Sprenger
Harry A. Christiansen
Christian
Episcopal
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Methodist
Nazarene
United Church OF Christ
United Methodist
Ridgewood Terr
Cedar Hills
George Kreeze
Christian Science
Church of the Brethren
Kenneth B. Byerly
Church of God of Prophecy
Dudley A. SS
Covington — SS
Eastview Church
Lave
Earl Osnes
Emmanuel Temple
10Th Ave
First Covenant
Bertil N. Lovain
Vernon Schrock
Waterloo
Robert
Bethany Lutheran Church
Forest Drive
ST. Stephen's Lutheran Church
Meadowbrook and
31St Street SE
Bethel Bible Studies
N. L. Wogen
Gregor
Church Briefs
Man Farmers of
Monticello
Ronald E. Bronemann
R. S. Bronemanns
Ronald
Gateway Gardens
Sixth Street
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