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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1964
Page
3
Eternity magazine, a leading evangelical publication, urges prompt passage of the civil rights bill while condemning lawless acts. The editorial stresses conserving law and order, criticizing both segregation and mob action, and calls for swift action to address racial inequities.
Pope Paul VI expressed heartfelt thanks for U S Catholic efforts to strengthen the church in Latin America. In a audience with Rev. John Considine the pope noted generous American response to the Vatican appeal for more missionaries and aid to dioceses facing priest shortages and defections. He warned the church cannot rest on a good start amid ongoing Latin American challenges.
R K Owen White pastor of First Baptist Church Houston Texas announces he will not seek re election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. At 62 he cites poor health leaving Atlantic City May 1922 with an open race for the presidency. White, a conservative spokesman, led a drive against liberal theology in seminaries.
More than 1500 religious liberals from across the country convene in San Francisco for the Unitarian Universalist Association annual general assembly. Delegates will consider civil rights, poverty, medicare, and other public issues alongside denominational housekeeping. Reverend Walter Kellison of Peoples Unitarian Church Cedar Rapids will attend.
The head of a Baptist agency aiding retarded children will address the Wednesday service of the Galilee Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids at 7 30 p m. Rev Andrew H Wood of Union Grove Wisconsin, executive director of Shepherds Inc, will speak. He is a Bob Jones graduate with a masters in special education from Newark State College. Shepherds is building a home and school at Union.
The Cedar Rapids branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will open for worship this Sunday at East Post and Trailridge roads SE. Services are 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m with a Mother s Day theme in the morning and flowers for attendees. The building cost about 136 000 including labor valued at 12 500, with 8 000 hours of donated work and 5 000 hours by two labor missionaries. Ground was broken April 20 last year for a 2 1 2 acre site purchased from H J Bjornsen, and the 6 000 plus square foot single floor chapel is on frame with buff brick veneer.
Directory of Cedar Rapids churches with Sunday school times and worship services for many congregations. Listings include church names addresses leaders and specific service times and evening programs. Also notes on intermediate weekday observances and special themes for selected churches.
A compact listing of masses for several churches including All Saints Dalewood Immaculate Conception St Jude St Ludmila St Matthew St Patrick St Pius X St Wenceslaus with multiple daily times and parish contacts such as Msgr William Roach John J O Connor J David Pepper and others.
Emmanuel Temple at 1014 10th Ave SE shows Sunday School at 10 with service at noon. New Jerusalem at 1027 6th St SE lists Bible class at 10:30 and evening service at 8 with H. Bassett leading.
Grace-525 A avenue NE and St John’s 355 19th Street SE list parishioner contact D A Loferski and D G Gundrum with Mass times at 8 and services at 10.30. St Michael’s 2240 40th Street NE notes James Gundrum with 8 am Communion and 10 am service and first and third Sunday communion.
The record lists multiple Evangelical United Brethren churches with pastors and service times. Buffalo-Blair's Ferry Road NE Ray C Howland Student S S 10 Service 11 Faith 1000 30th Street NE Elmer C Boom S S 9 30 Service 10 30 Salem 225 Ist Ave SW A F Frankhauser S S 9 45 Service 8 30 10 50 A Mothers Faith Sharon 831 18th Ave SW A T Washington S S 9 Service 10 Union Elyrd SW Robert Hefty S S 10 Service 9
Public talks listed at 6:15 and 4:15 noon at East and West units on Center Point Road NE. Topics include How Did Man Get the Bible and The Christian Woman's Need for a Head Covering.
The Mormon church announces service times for two congregations. Dairy Dale section lists Lee M. Johnson as Elder with Sunday School at 10 30 and evening service at 6 30 at 19th St NE Reorganized church. Elder Robert Watts heads the other group with Sunday School at 9 45 and service at 11.
Listings show Bethany church at 2202 Forest Dr SE with Waggazer leading SS at 9:30 and services at 8:15, 10:45. Concordia at 4210 Johnson Ave NW under W D Marth with SS at 9 and services at 8 and 10:15. First Lutheran Church at 1000 3rd Ave SE with Dr T A Youngquist and John W Ried guiding services.
Asbury 351 26th Ave SW John K Moore S S 9 45 Serv 8 30 11 Bethel AME 512 6th St SE John I Thomas S S 9 30 Serv 11 Free 800 G Ave NW Harold T Rasche S S 9 46 Serv 10 45 Bible Mothers Kenwood 302 33rd St NE Bernard G Olson S S 9 45 Serv 8 30 11 The Mission of the Christian Family Lovely Lane Cedar Memorial Chapel Donald T Caspers S S 10 Serv 9 St James 1426 Ellis Blvd NW Dr Ralph J Barron S S 9 45 Serv 8 30 11 In Loving Obedience Worship St Mark 4700 Johnson Love NW David Powell S S 9 45 Serv 11 O Perfect Love St Paul 1340 3rd Ave SE Dr Jackson Burns Charles Q Wallace Milton Vogel S S Serv 9 30 11 The Rev Eric A Mitchell St Peter 1510 30th St SE serv in Monroe School Thomas A Sears S S 10 30 Serv 9 30 Trinity 3rd Ave 5th St ISW Warren L Feller S S 9 30 Serv 10 45 Peace Be to This House Wesleyan 2600 Ist Ave NW G M Hubby S S 9 45 Serv 10 45
S.S. 9 45 reports details on a local transfer or assignment involving E Whitlatch at 1328 Est SW, noting the schedule time. The fragment confirms a maritime or transport context with a single named individual and a time reference.
A compiled list shows multiple churches with Sunday school times and worship services. Notable entries include Central Park and The Festival of Music at Christ Church with specific service times, and various pastors such as Dr. Alfred A. Kelsey and John E. Wheatley.
Eden church lists S S 9:30 and service 10:30 under E R 315 8th Ave SW with E K Schneider. First Congregational at 361 17th St SE shows S S 9:30 and service 10:55 with J Richard Wagner. Hiawatha schedule notes S S 9:15 and service 10:30 led by R D Rasmussen.
Baha i Center 1810 Ridgewood Terrace SE holds services Tuesday at 8 p m. Grace Brethren 2905 D J Ave NE lists Wayne Baker with Sunday school 9 30 a m and services 10 30 a m and evening 7. Christian and Missionary Alliance 3412 Old Marioa Rd NE Milford Olson with Sunday school 9 30 a m and services 10 30 a m and evening 7 30. Christ s Sanctified Holy...
The Cedar Rapids branch, organized in 1948, plans to remodel the present building at 3201 Dairydale Court SE. With 13 teaching areas including six permanent classrooms six divider rooms and a kitchen the site will be sold as the church moves Sunday school to private homes. The new capacity adds 250 seats with 100 more possible by folding doors. The chapel faces Trail Ridge Road and is west of East Post.
Sunday speaker at St Pauls Methodist Church Cedar Rapids is a Bombay India district superintendent Reverend Mitchell. He attends the 1964 Methodist general conference in Pittsburgh representing the Bombay conference with 23 697 members in 58 churches. He led a large Bombay church since 1959 and has been district superintendent since 1963. He is a Leonard Theological College Jabalpur graduate and holds a Master of Sacred Theology in psychiatry and religion from Union Theological Seminary New York.
Four missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are working in Cedar Rapids. Elders E. J. Livingston and W. W. Kimball Jr. spend full time calling on residents, while Elders T. L. Williams and S. H. Greenwood work on the new Mormon church building. Williams hails from Arizona, the others from Utah. The four live at 1053 Fifth Avenue SE and serve two years at their own expense.
The Marion Ministerial Association will host a Panama talk next Tuesday. Rev. Charles Q. Wallace of St. Pauls Rapids will show color slides and speak about a recent mission trip. The noon luncheon will be at Marion Christian Church with ministers’ wives invited.
The program Issues and Answers airs at 12:30 CDT Sunday on Channel 9 with Under Secretary of State George W. Ball answering questions from Cyprus policy to broader foreign affairs. President Johnson’s administration and its foreign policy aims are discussed as Ball defends approaches and outlines objectives.
Cedar Rapids First Congregational church marks its eighty fifth anniversary with a banquet and program on Thursday at 6 30 p m Dr Joseph E Mc Cabe president of Coe College will speak on The Church in Transition Dilemma or Opportunity Presiding will be William O Gray and greetings will come from Dr Ben Herbster and former pastors Drs Nelson Dreier and William Jacobs The event recalls a long history including a 1963 sanctuary renovation and 1930 building expansion with a fifth generation family honored
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