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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
1
The Troy Mills Methodist church began in 1898 with land donated by Henry Rowe and raised funds locally. It mixed old and new over 50 years, upgrading from kerosene chandeliers to electric lights, adding a basement, a new furnace, and a 1950s redecorating while hosting revivals and maintaining a community role.
A list of Cedar Rapids churches with addresses, pastors, service times, and sermon or hymn titles. Includes Calvary, First, Central, Berean YMCA, and St George and St John listings with times ranging from Sunday school at 9:40 to evening services after 7:30, plus several sermon topics.
Grace-2905 D avenue NE lists Bible school at 10 and worship at 11 with sermon titled The Blaspheming Beast. Evening service at 7. Includes note of a girls' trip from Winona Lake Indiana. Rev. Richard E. Grant officiates or is associated with the program.
Immaculate Conception on Third Avenue SE lists Masses 5 45, 7, 8, 9 30, 11 and noon led by Rt Rev Msgr William H Schulte with assistants. St Ludmila on Twenty first Avenue SW offers Masses 5 45, 8, 10 and 11 30 under Rt Rev Msgr Frank R Hruby with Fr Clarence Frana assistant. St Patricks on First Avenue NW posts Masses 5 30, 6 30, 7 30, 9, 10 and 11. St Matthews on Twenty fourth Street NE lists Masses 6, 7, 8, 9 and St Wenceslaus on Fifth Street SE offers Masses 6, 8, 10 and 11 30. All Saints Dalewood on Twenty ninth SE with Rev L V McDonough and Rev John P Ptacek assistant lists Masses 6, 2 9 30 and 11 30.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship service at 10 45 a m led by Rev Hugh Orchard in Covington.Mention of regular services and clergy.
The Rev M E Stombaugh holds Sunday school at 10:30, worship at 9:30, and the evening service at 7:45 at 3302 Oakland Road NE.
The Rev. Norman Swenson leads services with Sunday school at 10. Worship at 8:45 and 11, evening service at 7.
Schedule notes Rev. L. C. Colbert conducting services at 3 and 8 p.m. at the Little Mission Temple Emanuel located at 1014 Tenth Avenue SE on Sunday.
The article lists religious activities at 1311 L Street SW led by the Rev Neal B Gail. Sunday school for all ages and worship are scheduled with an evening service at six.
George Darling minister leads at Central-1500 First Avenue NW with Bible study at 9 30 a m Communion and morning service at 10 30 followed by evening service at 7 30.
A Sunday service schedule notes Sunday school at 11 and worship at 11 at the First Church located at 1242 Second Avenue SE. The church is identified as Christian Science.
First at 361 Seventeenth Street SE conducts Sunday school at 9 and worship at 9 led by Rev. J Richard Wagner. Bethany at 1300 Sixth Street NW offers Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 8:30 and 10:30 with Rev. Milton E White.
The Church of God schedules include Ellis Park at 726 L Avenue NW with Rev. Samuel C. Ritchhart and Prairie Street Chapel at 3336 Prairie Street NE with Rev. Harold Justice. Sunday worship times are 9:45 for church school, 10:45 for worship, and 7:30 for the evening service.
The Rev Frazer A Thomason conducts church school at 9 45 AM and worship at 8 30 and 10 50 with a sermon titled The Rich Fool at Cedar-526 Third Avenue SW First-840 Third Avenue SE Rev Jack A Oliver leads church service at 9 45 AM with Communion at 10 45 AM
CHRISTS SANCTIFIED HOLY CHURCH on Fifteenth Street SE led by Elder H G Darden offers Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, and evening service at 8.
The Church of the Nazazrene at 1328 K Street SW led by Rev. C D Gadbow holds Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45 with evening services noted.
Grace at 525 A Avenue NE holds worship at 8:15 and 11. St John’s at 355 Nineteenth Street SE led by Rev D A Loferski conducts communion at 7:30, morning prayer and sermon at 10, and communion on the first Sunday each month.
At Czech-1510 Second Street SW and First-351 Eighth Avenue SW, services begin with Bible school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30. Sermon titled Life and Death in the Tongue delivered in Czech. The Rev. F A Munneke supplies at First Avenue location. Sunday school 9 30. Worship 10 30.
Union Ely: worship 9:45, Sunday school 10:30 led by Rev William Suckow. Sharon: 809 Eighteenth Ave SW with Rev Walter Cerka. Sunday school 9:45. worship 8:30 and 10:50. Salem: 225 First Ave SW, Rev Leonard E Deaver. Sunday school 9:45. worship 8:30 and 10:45 with Sermon Communion. St Andrews: 324 Seventh St SE with Rev Hubert.
At 225 Fifth Avenue SW the Rev A J Stokes leads Sunday school at eleven in the morning with an evening service to follow.
Sunday school 8 45. Worship Friday at noon at Temple Judah and Beth Jacob. 1947 Washington avenue SE. Marvin M. Reznikoff, rabbi. Sabbath service Friday at 8 p.m. Religious school 9 45 a.m. Sunday.
Public talk at Kingd om Hall 1221 Center Point read NE at 7. Materialism Crowds Out the Real Joys. Watchtower study at 8 15 titled Youth in the New World Society and Careful Living Helps Avoid Life's Pitfalls.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Dairydale Court SE hosts priesthood at 8:30 AM, Sunday school at 10:30, and sacrament service at 6 PM. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ at A Avenue Nineteenth Street NE holds Sunday school at 9:50 AM and worship at 11 AM led by D. M. Cassidy.
A listing of church names and locations with pastors, Sunday school times, and worship hours. Highlights include St Mark's Engstrom preaching The Lord is My Shepherd, Bethany Waggazer, Trinity Widmann, Zion Underwager, First Youngquist Johnson, Our Savior’s Wogen, St Stephen’s Wogen, Good Shepherd Sprengeler, Holy Redeemer Erikson, and Hope Harter with varied service times and sermon topics.
Sunday school times and worship services listed for Trinity Third Avenue Fifth Street SW. Enwood Thirty-third Street NE hosts sermons and Sunday school. St Pauls Third Avenue SE lists sermons Not To Condemn but To Save and services. Bethel AME Sixth Street SE and St James Ellis Boulevard NW show worship hours. Free Street NW and John Huss 180 Fourteenth Avenue SW include sermons On Gods Line of Battle.
The record notes St John the Baptist Syrian church at 600 Seventh Street SE with Rev. Jerome S. Yared officiating Orthros at 10. The fragment confirms location and clergy but lacks further events or dates.
Local church listings show multiple congregations with Sunday school and worship times. Individual pastors include Rev. Keith Taber, Dr. R Franklin Galloway, Rev. Joseph Havlik, Rev. Ralph S Colton, Rev. Reuben Traden, Dr. Theodore G Lilley, and Rev. William E Pfeffer. Sermons cover topics from Anticipating the Lord's Supper to Observations at the General Assembly.
The Rev. O. L. Kirk leads a Pentecostal Evangelical church at 629 I Avenue NW with Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and an evening service at 7 45 p m.
Listing for 1123 Third Street SE notes Senior Captain J. E. LaLone and Mrs. LaLone with Sunday school at 10, holiness meeting at 11, and an evening service at 8. Address appears as a church or meeting place with orderly services.
Sunshine Mission at 121 Second Street NE lists weekday services at 7 30 PM and Sunday service at 7 PM led by the Rev Walter A Pierce, with weekly weeknight gatherings and a Sunday meeting.
Seventh Day Adventist Church at 3424 First Avenue NE led by Pastor Paul Gregoroff invites visitors to Sabbath school Saturdays at 9 30 a m and worship service at 11 a m highlighting weekly spiritual activities for the congregation and community.
A notice from Peoples-600 at Third Avenue SE states no service until September 9, led by The Rev Waldemar Argow.
The Rev. Franklin T. Jones leads Christ Church at 2000 First Avenue NW with church school at 9 and worship at 11. Sermon titled The Highway Code explores moral guidance within community life.
1015 Second Avenue SE hosts Mabel Swanson leading Sunday school at 9:45 with worship at 11. Sermon titled Indomitable Truth outlines faith themes for morning service.
NEW HAVEN Conn UP Building the new St John the Divine church should create no problems The first spadeful of earth was turned at ground breaking ceremonies by the Rev Anthony Per rota who retired two years ago after 43 years in the Baptist ministry The clergyman has four nephews One is an artist another an architect the third a carpenter and the fourth a building contractor What's more his brother in law is a house painter and the husband of his niece is a plumber.
The Rev. Oren L. Reger, formerly at Orien for a year, was named pastor of the Methodist church at North English. He preached his first sermon there last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Reger have a six year old son.
Hungars church in Birdsnest Virginia built in 1751 was said to house the first pipe organ in America Its pipes were melted into sinkers for fishermen during the Revolution and the story survives as a local historic note.
In Amman Americans travel by car convoys to study Bible lessons each Sabbath. They crossed into the Jordan Valley to reach the ancient desert site of a Essene monastery where Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The trips include hikes up Mount Temptation and have faced threats from Bedouin tribes on the return.
Forty young Methodists will train this summer at Scarritt College Nashville and then serve three years overseas. Open house for Rev Hubert Holsters fiftieth ordination anniversary at St Mark's Edgewood. Iowa delegates at national Congregational Christian convention include John Eichhorn Cedar Rapids and Gus Houser Decorah. Rev James M Webb attended American Baptist convention in Seattle. Mrs Dwight Krumholtz presides at First Presbyterian Sunday service topic Observations at the Philadelphia General Assembly. Church of the Nazarene expands mission program to Formosa Okinawa and central Africa sending 32 missionaries next year. Cedar Rapids hosts fireside talks at Baha'i center and Y YMCA. Rev William Michael Ottumwa to speak at St John's Lutheran mission festival Newhall. Nazarene Monticello to hold revival June 24 July 15 in large tent. Maynard Methodist trustees elected: Robert Roquet David Parsons Don Hartz Chester Cumberland O F Sewell Glenn Shafer Dr C C Hall Earl Foss Sam Holmes.
The Iowa district Brethren Church conference meets Thursday through Sunday at Grace Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids with Cedar Rapids and North English churches in the district. Rev. R. E. Grant of Cedar Rapids is district moderator. Rev. R. L. Mellway of Powderhorn Park Baptist Church in Minneapolis leads a spiritual clinic.
AP Religion Writer George W. Cornell reports a wide shift toward interdenominational partnership in the United States. Dr. Truman B. Douglass calls the ecumenical movement a major reformation, with leaders like Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen noting rapid spread and thousands of interdenominational agencies emerging. The piece cites motives of unifying faith against secular drives and preserving diversity, forecasting a possible nucleus of unified churches within 25 years and broad lay participation across denominations.
The Dubuque Archdiocese announced transfers for several priests. John M. Peters moves from St. Joseph’s Waterloo to St. Patrick’s Monona. Cyril F. Engler becomes administrator of St. Joseph’s Stone City and Catholic chaplain at Anamosa Reformatory. Wilfred W. Schmidt shifts from St. Patrick’s Monona to St. Patrick’s Tama. Herbert L. Tegeler leaves Tama for St. Aloysius Calmar. John W. Carpender leaves Calmar for Rockwell Swaledale and Carterville. Harold J. Drexler, newly ordained, will serve at St. Joseph’s Waterloo.
DECORAH The Rev Roland E Braun now serves as pastor of St Agnes Catholic church at Plymouth Rock near Burr Oak He came from Dubuque where he was hospital chaplain He succeeds Father Sweeny superintendent of a newly organized school at Gilbertville A native of Peru Ill he studied at Loras college and St Paul seminary He was ordained in 1941 His assignments include chaplaincy at Mercy hospital in Oelwein.
Dr. Evelyn Hohf of Yankton college told Drake University conference that gospel music is well below the churchs hymnody in dignity and expression. She noted its rise in popularity last century for simple words and tunes but urged churches to favor chorales and English hymns handed down through the ages.
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