Missionary Walks 2000 Miles For Jeep In Uganda
The Rev Thomas Leslie a Greenville South Carolina native walks from Salt Lake City toward Boston to earn a jeep for his Full Gospel Assembly mission work in Uganda He plans to reach Boston by late July and fly back in August He recalls Amin and predicts changes under President Lule while noting starvation and drought in northern Uganda and hints at wider missionary access once new government takes office
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Thomas Leslie
Arua
Uganda
Full Gospel Assembly
Leslie
Greenville
S.C
Salt Lake City
Boston
New England
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Amin
Yusufu Lule
Israel
Lule
Lake Victoria
The
Bible school sessions announced by nine Cedar Rapids churches
Nine Cedar Rapids area churches announced Bible school sessions across multiple locations. Calvin-Sinclair United Presbyterian Church hosts age 5 through 6th grade sessions at 715 38th St SE with 9 a.m. hours. Other churches listed include Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church with home-based Bible clubs for ages 5-11, First United Presbyterian Church, Hope Lutheran, Trinity and Asbury United Methodist, Twin Pines Baptist with bus service, and Walker Bible Church with evening hours. Some sessions require registrations by June 15, and donations or transportation are noted where applicable. Also dated note: June 11-15 event and Bhutan king coronation in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Calvin-Sinclair United Presbyterian Church
38Th St
Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church
Ben Miller
Hanover Road
Dean Hartman
Fairfax
John Maehl
Stratford Lane
Lewellen Drive
First United Presbyterian Church
12Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Marion
C Ave
Trinity
Asbury United Methodist
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Twin Pines Baptist Church
42Nd St
Walker Bible Church
Eight Part Seminar Series Opens at Marion Church
The First United Methodist Church at 1277 Eighth Ave Marion will host an eight weekly hour long adult seminar series starting June 10 at 9 30 a m in the youth center. Readings cover genetic counseling energy crime religion ecology and more with speakers from University of Iowa Cornell College Temple Judah Hillcrest and First Methodist Marion. Rev J M Steffenson coordinates the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Eighth Ave
Marion
Elizabeth Thompson
University of Iowa
David Osterberg
Cornell College Economics Department
Robert Hoover
Linn County
Law and Tradition
Robert Durach
Temple Judah
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Sanford
Coe College Biology Department
Hillcrest Family Services
Jim Faris
Hillcrest Social Worker
David Weddle
Cornell College
J. M. Steffenson
Steffenson
Joy Unlimited
St. John Lutheran Church
Charles City
Ascension Lutheran Church
Grand Ave
Christ In Youth
Mac Burberry
Lincoln
Ill
Christian College
Martello Christian Church
Pentecost service by Cedar Rapids churches at Third Avenue and 10th Street SE
A joint Pentecost celebration scheduled Sunday at 10 45 a m at the intersection of Third Avenue and 10th Street SE will be hosted by five Cedar Rapids churches First Christian Immaculate Conception First Lutheran First Baptist Church of the Brethren and St Pauls United Methodist Dr David Polk of First Christian is convenor Streets will close 10 30 to 11 a m Puppet and music program Reflections of Glory appears at 11 a m at 42nd St NE Members John McCartney McCallsburg Dan Gast Steam boat Rock
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Third Avenue
10Th Street
Cedar Rapids
First Christian
Immaculate Conception Catholic
First Lutheran
First Baptist Church of the Brethren
St. Paul’s United Methodist
David Polk
Twin Pines Baptist Church
42Nd St
Reflections of Glory
John McCartney
McCallsburg
Dan Gast
Steamboat Rock
Bill Gaither
Church Triumphant
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
42Nd St. NE
Herb Langhus
Marion
Mike Jackson
Religious Films at Wakema and Walker Churches
Walker Bible Church sponsors five weekly religious films at 9 p.m. starting Thursday at Wakema Park Center Point and Friday at Walker park pavilion. Opening film is A Thief in the Night filmed in Iowa. Others include Distant Thunder Survival A Stranger in My Forest and Barrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Bible Church
Wakema Park
Center Point
Assembly committee picks Crowell for bills and overtures
Ernest Crowell of 1309 with St NW was elected to the assembly committee on bills and overtures at the 191st General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A. The assembly, the denomination’s top policy body with 2.5 million members, met in Kansas City Missouri through Wednesday.
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Ernest Crowell
St. NW
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Kansas City
Jesus 79 rallies spread nationwide on Pentecost eve
New York AP reports the Jesus 79 movement expanding to more than twenty simultaneous rallies across the country on Pentecost eve. Dan Malachuk, co chair, calls the events historic and a cross Christian effort uniting evangelicals Protestants and Roman Catholics in faith and evangelism. The rallies follow the large Jesus 78 gathering of 60 000 at Giants Stadium New Jersey and trace back to a 1977 Kansas City conference promoting Christian renewal.
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New York
Dan Malachuk
Shea Stadium
Jerusalem
Giants Stadium
Meadowlands
New Jersey
Kansas City
Christ
Malachuk
Marian medals awarded to Cedar Rapids and Monticello girls
Fifteen Cedar Rapids girls and two from Monticello are among 24 to receive Marian medals at the annual Dubuque Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women awards ceremony. Recipients include Darla Boardman, Darci Boardman, Christine Arenas, Becky Kos, and others from Cedar Rapids. Angela Mootz and Angela Randolph from Monticello. An adult leader, Mrs. Carl Morrison of Cedar Rapids, will receive a St. Anne medal.
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Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Dubuque
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Woman
Darla
Darci Boardman
Christine Arenas
Becky Kos
Jennifer Bredl
Sheri Kullander
Norma
Marie Nassif
Edy Martinez
Patricia C. Lynott
Serene Wright
Patricia Snengling
Ann E. Morrison
Sheila Snow
Kris Bowser
St Patrick Church Marks 50th Anniversary In Anamosa
St Patrick Catholic Church of Anamosa celebrated the 50th anniversary of its church building last Sunday. The Rev. Joseph O'Brien serves as pastor. The structure was built in 1929 to replace the prior church destroyed by fire in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Anamosa
Joseph O’brien
Graham Crusade Draws Large Sydney Crowds
In Sydney a three week Billy Graham crusade drew about 25 000 attendees nightly in May with roughly 1000 each evening making decisions to accept Christ.
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Sydney
Australia
Billy Graham
Christ
Rabbis Gather for Midwest Reform Conference in Cedar Rapids
The Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis holds its annual conference Monday through Thursday at the Roosevelt Hotel in Cedar Rapids. Leaders from CCAR and Rabbinical Pension Board join, with Rabbi Alvan Rubin chairing the program and Temple Judah hosting.
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Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis
Roosevelt Hotel
Chanan Brichto
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Iowa
Colorado
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
National Central Conference of American Rabbis
CCAR
Reform Movement
Joseph Glaser
Malcolm Stern
Ted Broido
The
Rabbinical Pension Board
New York City
Alvan Rubin
St. Louis
the Midwest Association
Robert Durach
Temple Judah
Cedar Rapids
Baptists to Hold Biennial Meeting at Southern Illinois
The American Baptist Churches USA biennial meeting will run Wednesday through Sunday on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus. Notable events include a telephone address by First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Delegates will discuss Christian values churches and children native Americans and reconciliation with the Vietnamese.
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American Baptist Churches USA
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Rosalynn Carter
Iowa Methodists in Conference in Des Moines
The 136th Iowa United Methodist annual conference opens in Des Moines with 1,800 clergy and lay members meeting through Wednesday to discuss energy use arms reduction and alcohol and drug abuse. Mia Adjali of the United Nations office in New York City will address blacks in Rhodesia. Delegates to the 1980 quadrennial conferences in Indianapolis and Dayton will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United Methodist
Mia Adjali
United Methodist United Nations
New York City
Rhodesia
Indianapolis
Ind
Dayton
Ohio
World Council of Churches Meeting Advances Baptism Understanding
In Louisville a mixed group of Protestant Roman Catholic Orthodox and Anglican theologians reported a common understanding on baptism. The document endorses infant baptism as valid and rejects re-baptism while noting believers baptism as the most common New Testament rite.
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Louisville, Ky
World Council of Churches
Louisville
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Marshalltown
Tor
Tama
Dolezal
Toledo
Idi Amin
God
Hope Lutheran Church
Bowling St
Peace Christian Reformed
Jig Singhi Wangchuk
Bhutan
Ule
Alan Arnold Herbst
Arnold Herbst
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Sioux City
Herbst
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church of
Kevin Gould
Waco
Texas
Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International
Cedar Rapids Holiday Inn
John Heide
Ozark Bible Institute
Neosho
Central Assembly of God Church
F Ave
David Hustad
St. Paul, Minn
Northwestern College of
Calvary Baptist Church
Third Ave. SW
Earl Huebner
Jesus
Graham Crusade
Baptists
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