Mount Zion choir to host Chicago group concert Sunday
The senior choir of Mount Zion Baptist Church will present the Christian Missionary Singers of Chicago in a 3 30 p m concert Sunday. The Bnai Brith picnic at Bever Park runs 5 p m to sundown with hot dogs drinks and dessert to share and an admission of 2 for adults and 150 for children under 12. A Cedar Rapids United Methodist reception welcomes Rev Wilbur Wilcox Sunday 2 to 4 p m at Lovely Lane Church as he becomes district superintendent. Rev Allan Schoff guest minister at Central Park Presbyterian 1700 B Ave NE with sermon Let s Pretend at 9 45 a m. A potluck in the church fellowship hall follows at 11 30 a m honoring the Schoffs. A program marks the 250th birthday of the Rev.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Eighth St. SE
Christian Missionary Singers of Chicago
B'nai Brith
Bever Park
Wilbur Wilcox
Cedar Rapids
United Methodist Church
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
42Nd St
Wilcox
Allan Schoff
Central Park Presbyterian Church
B Ave
Schoff
Carlinville
Ill
Illinois
Central Park Presbyterian
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
First Ave
Michael Lay
Union Church
Mill Hill
London
England
St. Mark's
David Larson
Lay
Enid
Julyan
Jeremy
Community religious events and speakers listed for area churches
A long list of church activities is announced across Iowa including events at Hampton junior high auditorium St Marks Lutheran Cedar Rapids Walker Bible Church Marion Avenue Baptist Washington and First Church of the Nazarene. Speakers include Mary Hajos Lloyd Smith Paul Eastland and Dr Lubbertus Oostendorp with services concerts and revival meetings scheduled through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hampton
Reformed Church Women
Mary Hajos
The
King’s Men
Peace Christian Reformed Church
C Ave
Lubbertus Oostendorp
Reformed Bible College
Grand Rapids, Mich
Fundamentalists Press Kentucky School Autonomy Case
In Frankfort, Kentucky, fundamentalist leaders seek to shield 20 private schools from state standards and accreditation demands. They argue state control violates religious liberty, while officials say minimal standards ensure qualified teachers. The hearing resumes August 14 with final arguments.
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Franklin County
Henry Meigs
Kentucky Board of Education
Brown
Kentucky
Board of Education
David Espen
Bert Combs
William A. Ball
Minnesota
Guest pastor Nanga Soro to speak at Calvary Baptist Church
Ivory Coast pastor Nanga Jean Soro will address the 10 45 a m service at Calvary Baptist Church 1203 Third Ave SW with interpreter Dr Dwight Slater assisting. Soro has led the Ivory Coast Baptist association since 1976 and will attend a Conservative Baptist Association meeting at Wheaton College next week. The Calvary Singers of Independence will give a free gospel concert Sunday at 7 p m at Squaw Creek Baptist Church, Wilkins Elementary School 2127 27th St Marion.
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Nanga Jean Soro
Ivory Coast
Africa
Calvary Baptist Church
Third Ave
Dwight Slater
Soro
Association of Baptist Churches
Conservative Baptist Association of America
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Calvary Singers of Independence
Squaw Creek Baptist Church
Wilkins Elementary School
27Th St
Marion
Calvary Singers
Churches Announce Summer Service Schedules
Several churches publish summer schedules. St Matthew’s Catholic Church lists no 12:30 p.m. mass, Central Park Presbyterian offers 9:30 a.m. worship with no adult church school, St Andrew Lutheran omits Sunday school, Peace Lutheran omits Sunday church school, Bethany Congregational has no Sunday night youth meetings, evening worship is 7 p.m. first Sunday of each month, Zion Lutheran in Hiawatha sets 8:45 a.m. worship through Sept 3 with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday service, Good Shepherd Lutheran has 9 a.m. Sunday services with no Sunday school until September, and Vacation Bible School runs the week of Aug. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
First Ave
Central Park Presbyterian Church
1700 Ave
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Center Point Road
Peace Lutheran Church
33Rd Ave
Bethany Congregational Church
Sixth St
Zion Lutheran Church
Hiawatha
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
42Nd St. NE
King George V and Queen Mary Crowned in London
On this date in 1911 Britain observed the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in London. The ceremony marked a new reign as the royal couple were crowned in Westminster Abbey with prominent state involvement and public celebrations across the United Kingdom.
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Britain
King George V
Queen Mary
London
Retiring pastor William J. Tjaden to be honored in WAUKON
The Rev. William J. Tjaden, longtime First Presbyterian pastor of 22 years in Waukon, will retire after 40 years in the ministry. A 1:30 p.m. program and 2:30 p.m. reception at the church follow his 67 steps from Woden, Dubuque Seminary graduate, and service on university and church boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
William J. Tjaden
First Presbyterian Church
Tjaden
Woden
University of Dubuque
Dubuque Seminary
Illinois
Mechanicsville
Pearl Geselbracht
David
Waterloo
William
Clarksville
Calvin
Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In America
Sharp split in church attitudes in national survey
A Gallup poll of 848 churchgoers and 1,255 unchurched adults from 29 religious groups finds broad agreement on core beliefs but large gaps in views on organized religion. Unchurched often doubt religious need for church, yet 52 percent would return under conditions such as trusted clergy and strong preaching.
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New York
Gallup Organization
Glenmark Fathers
Jesus
Son of
God
Religious Belief Trends Split Between Unchurched and Churchgoers
A survey shows 30 percent hold a strong belief in religion as very important. It finds many favor individual religious autonomy and a critique of organized religion as overly focused on institutions, while both groups seek personal meaning and social justice.
Convention marks new mission effort
Dr G Thomas Edward president of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church visits Cedar Rapids for a three week tour linking Iowa Lutherans with India. He speaks at 7 30 p m at venues including Garrison Concordia Cedar Rapids Williamsburg and Interparish School Williamsburg. The Reach Out India Iowa program funds church buildings schools parsonages and worker training for 111 Iowa churches and 52 592 members over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa District
India
Dr. Edward
The
India Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
South India
Old Creamery Theater
Garrison
Concordia Lutheran Church
Interparish Lutheran School
Williamsburg
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Charles Hutson
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Washington
Iowa City
Women's Aglow
Hoover House
West Branch
Helen Martin
New Life Center
Des Moines
Dan and
Jane Bergen
First Church of the Nazarene
Heralders
Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music
Celebrate Singers of Concordia College
Seward
Neb
Trinity Lutheran School
Seventh Ave
Institute of Man
Ninth Ave
Carol Parrish
Sarasota
Fla
Paul Eastland
Clinton
21St St
Eastland
Sarah Harding
Clinton County
Augustana College
Rock Island
Scofield Youth Choir
Dallas
Texas
First Covenant Church
25Th St
Nanga
Jean Soro
Frankfort, Ky
Paradise
South
Southern Baptist Church
New Baptists
George H. Williams
Harvard School of Divinity
Williams
Frankfort
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Edgewood Rd
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Auto Mart
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Church Street
David Nelson Roth
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