Bible mission pair inspire Knox Sunday school crowd
Knox Presbyterian Church hosted Filipino missionaries Sam and Naomi Velez who spoke at length about life in Apayo Isneg, their three month visit, and their work training local leaders, teaching health and education while noting the Isneg lack of electricity and high school costs.
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Floyd Conroy
Knox Presbyterian Church
Samuel Velez
Naomi
Knox
Hollywood Blvd
Sam
Philippines
United States
Coe College
Support Department
Synodical
Synod of Lakes and Prairies
Education For Mission Project
United Presbyterian Church
Silliman University
U.S
Knox Presbyterian
Apayo
Mission Station
Protestant Mission High School
Mission School
Naomi and
Sam Velez
Synod elects Rev George W Bishop moderator at Cedar Rapids
The Synod of Lakes and Prairies at its eighth annual meeting in Cedar Rapids June 10 12 elected Rev George W Bishop as moderator for the coming year. He has pastored First United Presbyterian Church in Independence for 134 years and recently moved to Washington Iowa to lead United Presbyterian Church, with installation set for Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
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Synod of Lakes and
First United Presbyterian Church
Independence
Washington
Iowa
United Presbyterian Church
Kinross Sacred Heart Church to Mark 75th Year
Kinross church notes its 75th anniversary with a 3 p.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop Gerald O Keefe and Rev. Thomas Spiegel along with other diocese priests. A post service reminiscence follows and lunch is served. A diamond jubilee book records baptisms weddings first communions and confirmations.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Kinross
Gerald O’keefe
Thomas Spiegel
Adult Seminars at Marion First United Methodist Church
Marion church hosts seventh year of Sunday morning adult seminars through July in its Youth Center. Speakers include Don Spencer and Larry Bean on energy topics, Roger Reid on ethics, Rev. Dick Thomas on the draft, Don Winkler on addiction, Keith Erickson on air pollution, and Mary Robinson with John Rogers on family matters, with Q&A after each talk.
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First United Methodist Church
Eighth Ave
Marion
Area X
Dick Thomas
History
Cornell College
Addictive Society
Don Winkler
Sedlacek
Mercy Hospital
Keith Erickson
Linn County Health Department
Mary Robinson
White House
National Conference On Families
John Rogers
Mount Mercy College
Centennial at Watkins marks 100 years of St Patrick’s parish
Watkins St Patrick’s Catholic Church celebrates its centennial with Mass at 11 a.m. and dinner at 1 30 p.m. The parish began as a mission of Fairfax after a 1907 rebuild following a 1906 fire. It traces roots to Norway with St Michael’s and later expanded under Rev Patrick Reynolds and Rev Alfred Meyer, adding a rectory, cemetery association, a parish hall, and ongoing renovations including stained glass protection and insulation since 1979 under Rev Everett Frese.
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Watkins
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s
Norway
St. Michael’s
Fairfax
Patrick Reynolds
Alfred Meyer
Meyer
Newhall
St. Paul
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Paul’s
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