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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1960
Page
3
Rev. George M. Richter, retiring after 48 years in ministry, reflects on mission work, education, medical care, and economic aid in Africa and worldwide. He calls for person to person gospel exchange and notes growing international exchanges and tolerance as key outcomes.
Ervin Eden, son of Henry and (late) Anamosa residents, was ordained at Zion American Lutheran in Wyoming making him the church's first ministry entrant in 70 years. Rev. Robert Ahrens led the service with Dr. Samuel Salzman of Wartburg seminary delivering the sermon. Eden, husband of Irene Lindsey of Wyoming and father of five, will be installed June 19 at a St. Francis Kaw congregation after a 200-person pot luck dinner and brief program.
The Rev. Paul O'Brien resigns from North English Methodist Church to return to Pennsylvania where his mother is seriously ill. The Rev. Garland Emmons and his Alabama family move into the parsonage and will serve the church for the coming year. Sunday school is at 9 and service at 11 in summer.
Thirteen churches unveiled vacation Bible school sessions starting Monday. Four churches will run through Friday: Sharon Evangelical United Brethren Central Park Presbyterian First Church of the Nazarene. The rest schedule two weeks ending June 17 including First Covenant St. Mark's Bethany Zion Lutheran Dairy Dale Baptist Trinity Methodist Kenwood Sinclair Memorial Olivet Presbyterian.
New York reports the Episcopal Methodist and United Lutheran churches study a plan to jointly fund a one million dollar hospital in central Liberia with the Liberian government.
Directory of Cedar Rapids area churches with addresses and service times. Listings include First Assembly of God at 1101 Oakland Rd NE and Calvary at 1203 3rd Ave SW with morning services, evening programs, and stated sermons or themes. Other churches shown with S S times, worship hours, and occasional sermon topics.
St Ludmila isw St Wenceslaus All Saints Immaculate Conception St Patrick St Matthew list priests and mass times for each church. Masses run early morning to late evening with multiple services at each site.
Mary A. White at Bethany Bethany 1300 6th St NW holds ss service at 9 30 and 10 30 with J Richard Wagner at First 361 17th St SE. Flower Sunday and Children's Day noted.
Emmanuel Temple at 1014 10th Ave SE offers Sunday School at 10 and service at noon. New Jerusalem at 1027 6th St SE lists H Bassett as superintendent with Sunday School at 10:30 and service at noon followed by evening service at 8.
Schedule details for Ellis Park at 3336 Prairie St NE listing rear service times S S at 9 45 and 10 45 evening service at 7 30 with Harold Justice and Prairie Street contact notes S S 9 45 Service 11 for Harold Justice and 3336 Prairie St NE.
Office 4529 Regal NE lists Marvin W. Gee S. S. 10:10 Serv. 9. A Proper Portion. First-840 3rd Ave SE lists Jack A. Oliver S.S. 9:30 Serv. 8:30. When the Holy Spirit Comes Cedar-526 3rd Ave SW Ernest S. Worden S.S. 9:45 Serv. 8:30 10:50. Give Your Child a Break.
Listing outlines church notices for Grace-525 Aave and St John s with rector Thomas S Hulme. Communion at 8, Eucharist first Sunday monthly, services at 10. St Michaels Kenwood School lists James R Gundrum with Sunday school and service at 10. S S Awards noted.
Salem 227 Istave Leonard E Deaver S S 9 45 Serv 8 30 10 45 The Pentecostal Sunday Faith 1004 30th st NE Hubert L Sunderman S S 10 45 Serv 9 30 Pentecost baptism reception Union Elyrd SW Byron Surface S S 10 30 Serv 9 30 St Andrew 324 7th st SE Dr W Z Henline S S 9 30 Serv 10 30 We Have Heard of the Holy Spirit Buffalo Blair s Ferry rd NE Samuel J Hahn S S 10 Serv ll The Mightiest Force in the World Sharon 831 18th ave SW A T Washington S S 9 30 Serv 10 40 Step by Step
The notice lists churches and service times with Francis E. Zimmerman as president and Thomas N. Mortimore as superintendent. It shows Sunday school at 10:30, services at 8:30 and 6:30, with reorganized location at 120 19th St NE and 11:00 service.
A compiled list of church names, addresses and pastors with Sunday school times and worship services. Entries include Trinity Missouri St Mark’s First ULCA Concordia Bethany Our Savior’s St Stephen’s Hope Good Shepherd Holy Redeemer St Andrew’s Zion Olivet Calvin Central Park Hus Memorial Westminster Knox Christ Church First Kenwood and others with service and class times.
Readable items show St James at 1426 Ellis Blvd NW with Dr Ralph J Barbron and S S times 9 45 and 8 30, and Kenwood at 302 33rd St NE with Bernard G Olson and S S.
At First 1328 K Street SW Forrest E Whitlatch notes Sunday school at 9 45 a m service at 10 45 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Oakland 1515 29th St NE and Clayton Bailey receive a note on church activities with Sunday school and worship times listed.
The listing shows service times for St George in Sy 1202 10th St SE 9 45 10 11 Rt Rev George Ghannam S S. St John in East 600 7th St SE Rt Rev John E Barrett S S 10 11. St John in Grant 501 A Ave NE John Kallimanis S S 9 30 Liturgy 10 30.
Several churches publish weekly programs including Baha'i Center at 1810 Ridgewood Terrace SE with a Monday 8 pm discussion on Prophecies Fulfilled Cedar Hills Evangelical Free at 326 Lewellend NW led by O W Johnson with Sunday school 9 45 and service 10 45 The Spirit and the Word Eve 7 The Gospel Remedy for Inherent Sin First Open Bible 1311 S St SW Neal B Gail Sunday school 9 45 service 11 Eve 7 45 Grace Brethren 2905 Crave NE Robert Clouse Sunday school 10 service 11 Eve 7 30 First Covenant 701 25th St NE Richard Heim Sunday school 9 30 service 8 15 and 10 45 The
The Cedar Rapids Marion Council of Churches Youth Council schedules a Play Day on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Thomas Park Marion. Youth are welcome to bring a sack lunch and each group will provide a game for the program. The event closes with a vesper service led by Rev. Jack Oliver.
Church World Service relief arm reports an average of seven million people overseas depended on its food aid daily last year in Atlantic City.
Edward T. Triem will be ordained to the Presbyterian ministry Sunday at 7 30 p.m. in Central Park Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids. Attending are Rev. Reuben Tjaden, Dr. John Walker of Coe College, and Rev. Francis Laren. Triem, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Triem, is a 1952 Franklin High School graduate and Wooster College and Princeton Theological Seminary alumnus. He has held roles as youth director and camp counselor and will become assistant pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Hoboken, New Jersey. He is married with one daughter.
Dr H Hughes Dill longtime associate pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church Cedar Rapids since 1954 will retire effective this month. He plans to stay in Cedar Rapids and take a part time role with the North Iowa Conference board of missions. His retirement coincides with the North Iowa Conference sessions June 12 16 in Marshalltown and he will serve as treasurer of a church extension fund. He began ministry in 1918 in Illinois and moved to Iowa in 1924 serving at Maquoketa Independence and Estherville before coming to Cedar Rapids. He will lead the June 12 service at St Pauls and he and Mrs Dill will be honored at a reception after the 11 am service.
West Union notes the 30th anniversary of Pastor Paul T. Meyer’s ordination with a special service at Zion Lutheran. The 10:30 a.m. event will be led by Rev. Louis Sagert of Independence, Meyer's classmate, and honors his ministry.
In a Cedar Rapids sermon Rev. Wendell Z. Henline compares spiritual ascent to mountaineering noting Mt McKinley and Everest efforts and the Paris summit of leaders. He cites biblical examples from Moses and Caleb to stress faith, preparation, and perseverance in tackling difficult goals.
Imam Othman Abdul Salam, former Al Azhar teacher, arrives in Cedar Rapids to lead the Moslem mosque. He studied 4 years at Al Azhar and 4 years at Ain Chams in Oriental studies with an extra year at Cairo University. He is one of four missionaries welcomed by the Federation of Islamic Associations to serve mosques lacking full-time spiritual leaders.
The Rev. C. Oliver Jensen, former Methodist pastor in La Porte City and Traer, will return to civilian ministry this summer after eight years as a navy chaplain. He served overseas and in Korea, returning to La Porte City before resuming duty. His new appointment will be announced at the North Iowa Conference in Marshalltown this month.
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