Easter Sunrise Services Planned Across Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids churches schedule two union sunrise services at 6 a m and 6 30 a m with the Youth Council and Linn County Ministerial Prayer Fellowship in Cedar Memorial cemetery and Kingston stadium weather permitting. Nine individual churches plan 7 15 a m to 7 a m starts with breakfast or worship and conclude with cantatas and pageants in the evening at Calvary Baptist.
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Cedar Rapids
Youth Council of the
Marion Council of Churches
Linn County Ministerial Prayer Fellowship
Jack A. Oliver
Our Savior's Church Bids Pastor Farewell to Wipperman
The Rev. J. F. Wipperman leaves Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids after accepting a call at St. John's Arlington. He will lead sunrise service at 6 30 a.m. and services at 8 15 and 10 45 a.m. A farewell program for the couple runs 7 to 9 p.m. No successor has been chosen as they move to Arlington early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Wipperman
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Arlington
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Wipperman
Wippermans
Easter church activities and union services across Iowa
Church programs fill Easter weekend across Cedar Rapids Sigourney Kalona and Maynard with sunrise services at St Pauls Evangelical Reformed St Pauls Lutheran and Kalona Baptist. Clergy transfers include Father Gruenwald to St Josephs New Albia. Memorials for Mrs Henry Whitford and new Undercroft social hour at Grace Episcopal follow vesper.
Northwestern College Choir To Sing in Cedar Rapids
Northwestern College 68 voice a cappella choir from Minneapolis performs at Calvary Baptist Church Cedar Rapids Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Directed by Prof William B Berntsen the group on its 10th annual concert tour covers 3500 miles through seven states with pieces including Psalm 50 The Creation and a 21 piece accompaniment no admission charged.
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Northwestern College
Minneapolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
William B. Berntsen
Conservatory of Music
F. Melius Christiansen
Tom Scott
United Presbyterians To Raise Relief Fund
Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church of North America will contribute Easter offerings for overseas relief reconstruction and rehabilitation. More than 800 churches are expected to donate over 75000 to support cooperative work with Church World Service of the National Council of Churches.
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New York
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
Sermon Topics Set For Witte Preaching Mission
Dr Wayne Witte Eastern Iowa native will lead a preaching mission at First Evangelical and Reformed Cedar Rapids the week of April 8 Topics include The First Principles of Christian Faith Why Easter Was a Mystery Mans Tragedy and Mans Hope Open Door to a Happy Life The Gateway to Heaven Caesar and Christ The Foundations of Christian Stability Services 1030 a m and 730 p m Sunday and 830 p m other nights He is Payne Theological Seminary faculty Cincinnati son of Emil and ______ Witte 2917 Meadowbrook Dr SE
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Wayne W. Witte
Iowa
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cedar Rapids
Emil Witte
Meadowbrook Drive
Witte
Payne Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Minister Aids in Rehabilitation of Former Prisoners
In Chicago the Rev. James G. Jones Jr. turned a three story diocesan residence into St. Leonard's House a rehabilitation center for paroled ex prisoners and reformed alcoholics. The No-Day Group No. 1 of Alcoholics Anonymous operates on the first floor and ex prisoners stay on the second floor for two to four weeks while seeking work. About 30 have started new lives. two returned to jail.
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Chicago
INS
James G. Jones, Jr
House of Correction
Father Jones
Gerald Francis Burrill
Randall House
St. Leonard’s House
James L. Davidson
St. Andrew’s Mission
No. 1
Alcoholics Anonymous
County Jail
St. Leonard’s
Jones
Aa’s
Robert Worster
Church Learns Why Class Members Collected Funds
In Milwaukee the Rev. Jule Berndt of Wellington Park Lutheran church discovers why 11 confirmation students collected money for two years. A former class member, now confirmed, gives $50 to the building fund explaining the voluntary practice.
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Milwaukee
Jule Berndt
Wellington Park Lutheran Church
Seventeenth in Family To Enter the Ministry
Carl Frank Graesser Jr. becomes the seventeenth family member to enter the ministry. Ordained recently he will serve as assistant pastor at Luther Memorial Church in St. Louis. His father is a local pastor and his great grandfather two grandfathers seven uncles and five first cousins also pursued clerical careers.
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Providence, R. I
Carl Frank Graesser, Jr
Luther Memorial Church
St. Louis
Bible Quiz by Lavina Ross Fowler Sparks Religious Trivia
A 1956 publication by Lavina Ross Fowler presents Bible quotation challenges and questions. The piece tests knowledge with verses from Isaiah Matthew John Philippians and quotes from Benjamin Franklin, noting scoring options for six or three correct responses.
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Lavina Ross Fowler
First Service In New First Methodist Church At Easter
Strawberry Point reports the First Methodist church will hold its first worship service in the new brick building on Easter Sunday at 9 am in the old church, then march to the new structure for the opening. The $150000 project includes a nave for 250 and overflow for 430, with kitchen social hall and classrooms. Construction began last spring with pews installed and a May 27 dedication planned.
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Strawberry Point
First Methodist Church
T Here
Wayne L. Carlson
Hoffman Brothers of Independence
Freeman Electric
Independence
W. S. Kingsland
First U S Army Chaplains Authorized by Congress
The Continental Congress authorized the appointment of chaplains for the army on July 29, marking the establishment of religious services for soldiers and setting a precedent for military chaplaincy in the new American forces.
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U. S. Army
Continental Congress
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