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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1958

Page

3

Dedication Service Planned for Conroy Church Renovation

Members of First Lutheran church in Conroy will hold a 2:30 Sunday dedication for a remodeled and enlarged building completed last week. The 2-year project added a 15 by 30-foot front addition, a basement, new heating, and a fresh paint job with much labor donated by members.

Conroy First Lutheran Church of V. T. Jordahl South Central District The Evangelical Lutheran Church

Missionaries To Speak at Grace Brethren Church

Grace Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids hosts visiting missionaries over the next days. Rev. Clyde K. Landrum will speak at the Sunday morning service. Miss Ruth Snyder speaks at 6 15 Monday at a mother daughter banquet. Rev. Solon Hoyt speaks Wednesday at 7 30. Dr Floyd Taber speaks Thursday at 7 30. The Tabers have a son in the same mission.

Grace Brethren Church Cedar Rapids Clyde K. Landrum Foreign Mission Society of the Brethren Church Ruth Snyder Uaterial Africa Ohio Solon Hoyt Argentina Buenos Aires Floyd Taber French Equatorial Africa Tabers France

Blairstown Church To Install Pastor Sunday

The Rev. Alvin T. Kellerman will be installed Sunday at 7 30 p m as pastor of Grace Lutheran church Blairstown. The installing pastor will be the Rev. Fred Voigtmann of Luzerne who has been vacancy pastor since October 1957. Kellerman, a Missouri native, attended St Pauls College Concordia and Concordia Seminary, St Louis, graduating in 1932. He has served Latimer and several North Dakota parishes and held roles in East Iowa district Lutheran education and hospital groups. He and his wife have three children.

Blairstown Alvin T. Kellerman Grace Lutheran Church Fred Voigtmann Luzerne W. H. Niermann Iowa City Missouri Pastor Kellerman St. Paul’s College Concordia Concordia Seminary St. Louis Latimer North Dakota East Iowa Lutheran Home Funding Society Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital Association Hampton

Catholics Announce Dates for Six Summer Retreats

The Catholic Church released a schedule of six closed retreats this summer at Riverview park in Cedar Falls. Dates range May 23-25 for adult women to Sept 12-14 for adult men, with retreat masters from Oshkosh, Dubuque, Prairie du Chien, Coopertown, Chicago, and St. Louis. Local chairmen list contacts for information.

Riverview Park Evangelical United Brethren Cedar Falls W. G. Renn Oshkosh Msgr LeRoy J. Enzler Dubuque Gene Jakubek Prairie du Chien Wis Francis A. Novak Cooperstown N.Y Walter Imbiorski Chicago L. Chiuminatto St. Louis Ervin Kelzenberg Eave Richard Burke Twelfth St Pat Harrington Fifth’ Ave Mary McCarthy Beverave. SE Charles Foy Marion

How To Be a Grasshopper From a Rev Leonard Deaver Sermon

A sermon preached in Salem Evangelical United Brethren church Cedar Rapids by Rev Leonard Deaver portrays being a grasshopper as choosing ease over faith. It argues that despite God’s presence the Israelites’ spies felt weak and urges listeners to avoid quitting, shirking duties, and neglecting faith in school home business and church.

Israel Shammua Reuben Egypt Promised Land God Christ Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church Cedar Rapids Leonard Deaver

U.S. Baptists Return Home From Moscow

Rep. Brooks Hays and Rev. Claren W. Crawford returned from a goodwill visit to Moscow noting that Russians have freedom of worship but not freedom of religion. They reported dense church attendance yet government control limits church activity and education.

Moscow Brooks Hays D-Ark Hays Southern Baptist Convention Claren W. Crawford American Baptist Convention Washington Houston Soviet Union First Baptist Church Crawford

North Iowa Methodist Conference Set for Cedar Rapids

The North Iowa annual Methodist Conference is slated for June 15 to 20 at St Pauls Church in Cedar Rapids with Dr Harold Bosley of Evanston Illinois delivering the conference lecture. Also noted is Lansing outreach by a Baptist group and local church programs including education for marriage at St Pauls and an Evangelism convocation in Washington DC.

Hays Crawford North Iowa The Methodist Church St. Paul’s Church Cedar Rapids Harold Bosley Evanston, Ill Jackson Burns St. Paul’s Methodist Church Washington, D.C

Missionary hailed as America's best ambassador at youth conference

Lionel P. A. Muthiah, Malayan educator, told a Methodist Youth conference in Nashville that the American missionary is America's best ambassador.

Nashville Tenn America Lionel P. A. Muthiah

Ordination service at Olivet Church and city clothing drive

Ronald C Gustafson former Cedar Rapids resident and Olivet church member will be ordained Sunday at Olivet Presbyterian Church. The service at 8 pm features Rev Fred Telecky as moderator and sermon by Rev D Keith Irwin. A citywide clothing appeal opens next week led by the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Council of Churches with items collected at churches for shipment to St Louis and refugee camps worldwide.

Gazette Carl Franks United Clothing Appeal Robert C. Armstrong Stephen Burns Jackson Burns Ronald C. Gustafson Cedar Rapids Olivet Presbyterian Church Fred Telecky D. Keith Irwin Minneapolis Olivet Howard Strong Olivet Church Francis Laren Ely William Pfeffer Knox Wall Lake Cedar Rapids-Marion Area Church World Service

Australian minister warns on mission faced with world disillusion

Rev Colin Williams of Melbourne addressed the Methodist WSCS convention in St. Louis. He warned that winning the world to the Christian faith will be hard as non Christians scrutinize Western influence. He said the church must admit using the gospel to export Western life and to justify superiority.

ST. Louis Colin W. Williams Melbourne WSCS Williams

Traer Baptist Pastor Accepts Call to Peoria

Rev. Daniel Goldberg resigns as pastor of Calvary Baptist church Traer to accept a call at Alliance church Peoria Illinois His Traer service Sunday will be followed by a covered dish dinner in the church basement The Goldbergs will travel to Winnipeg for the Christian and Missionary Alliance annual council before starting work in Peoria May 25 He has served churches in Traer and Clutier while living in Clutier

Traer Daniel Goldberg Calvary Baptist Church Alliance Church Peoria Ill Goldbergs Winnipeg Council of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Clutier Goldberg Traer J

Veteran Priest Luke Donlon Retires After 60 Years

The Rev. Luke Donlon pastor of St. Patrick's Monona since 1925 resigns due to failing health. Born 1868 in Elkader he will retire after nearly six decades in the priesthood, having celebrated his golden jubilee in 1948 and most recently served at St. Patrick's before entering St. Joseph Mercy hospital in Dubuque.

Monona Luke Donlon St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Father Donlon St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Dubuque Elkader St. Joseph’s Loras College Grand Seminary Montreal Canada Holy Cross Church Holy Cross St. Patrick's Church Cedar Falls St. Raphael’s St. John the Baptist Centralia Peosia

Cedar Rapids Church Notices List For multiple congregations

Church notices list worship times and Sunday schools for Cedar Rapids area groups including Assembly of God Faith Center Baha i Center Salem Good Shepherd St Andrew's Sharon Buffalo Blairs Ferry area churches with reverends and service hours. Public notice style bulletin summarizes weekly schedules and affiliations.

Community Church Schedule and Evening Programs Listed

Local churches across several neighborhoods present Sunday services with morning worship and Sunday schools. The Rev. James M. Webb leads First ABC, Dairy Dale hosts Arthur Westerhoff at S school and service, and Calvary Cons. features Don L. Andersen with two evening services.

Church Schedules From Immaculate Conception and Nearby

A list of Mass times and clergy for Immaculate Conception on 3rd Ave SE and nearby parishes including St. Ludmila St. Patrick St. Wenceslaus St. Matthew All Saints Church of God in Christ and Little Mission Temple Emanuel with assigned pastors and service times throughout the day.

Grace church notices and service times

Communion eight and family Eucharist at Grace Episcopal NE led by Rev. James C A Cole. St John at 355 19th St SE lists Communion eight and family worship nine thirty with morning prayer sermon at eleven led by Rev. D A Loferski.

Aave James C. A. Cole St. John’s 19Th St D. A. Loferski

FOURSQUARE GOSPEL Service Schedule

The Rev. Herman Mullis leads services at 9 45 Sunday school and 11 worship with an evening service at 7 30. Located at 609 Istave.

Foursquare Gospel Istave Herman Mullis

Interdenominational and Mosque Schedule Notes

Interdenominational services listed at 225 5th Ave SW with Rev. A J Stokes. Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. evening service at 7. Islam group at Moslem Temple 1335 9th St NW offers Sunday school 8:45 and Friday worship at noon.

Interdenominational 5Th Ave Rev A. J. Stokes S. School 9Th St. NW. S

Jehovah's Witnesses Public Talks at Kingdom Hall

Public notice for Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall at 1221 Center Point Road NE listing a 7 p.m. talk titled When You Pray Does God Listen and an 8 15 Watchtower study titled Avoid Rebellious Tendencies on the same evening.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall Center ‘Point Road Watchtower

Mormon-32nd at Dairydale church service schedule

R M Winston presides with priesthood at 8:30 am and Sunday school at 10:30 am. Sacrament service at 6 pm. Reorganized at 19th St NE with Thomas N Mortimore teaching Sunday school at 9:50 am and worship at 11 am.

Dairydale Jcourt R. M. Winston 19Th St. NE Thomas N. Mortimore S. School

Rev Merle Stombaugh Church Schedule

3412 Old Marion Ave NE lists Reverend Merle Stombaugh. Sunday school at 9 30. Worship at 10 30. Evening service at 7 30.

Marion Vd Merle Stombaugh S. School

Covenant Church Schedule At First-701 25th St NE

The Rev Norman Swensen leads services at Covenant First 701 25th Street NE. Sunday school begins at 9:30 with worship at 10 45 and an evening service at 7.

Covenant 25Th St. NE Norman Swensen

Church of Christ Service Schedule

The Church of Christ on Central I NW 1500 hosts Bible study at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with an evening service at 7 30 p m led by Minister James M McNeil.

Church OF Christ Central James M. McNeil

Church notices for two area congregations

Church of God Ellis Park at 726 Lave NW led by Rev Samuel C Ritchhart holds Sunday School 9 45 Worship 10 45 and Evening 7 30 at Prairie Street NE 3336 Prairie street with Rev Har rold Justice. Church of the Brethren 1057 4th Ave SE led by Rev W R Burriss holds Sunday School 9 45 Worship 11. A Home for God.

Church OF God Ellis Park Lave Samuel C. Ritchhart Prairie Street N. Am Harrold Justice S. School Church OF the Brethren 4Th Ave W. R. Burriss God

Congregational and Bethany Church Service Listings

The Congregational at First Church guides Sunday school at 9 45 and 10 55 worship after. Bethany church at 1300 6th street NW led by Reverend Mary A White with Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 8 30 and 10 30.

17Th St. SE iRev J. Richard Wagner Bethany 6Th St. NW Mary A. White

Church of Open Bible Service Times Listed

The Rev. Neal B. Gail leads services at First Church of Open Bible 1311 Lst SW with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11 followed by an evening service at 7 45.

Church OF Open Bible Lst Neal B. Gail

Adam and Fallen Man at S. School Worship Session

Christian Science at First-1242 2nd Ave SE holds worship at 11 with the topic Adam and Fallen Man. The notice lists the S. school and meeting place as the essentials for attendees.

Christian Science 2Nd Ave. SE. S

Covington Clergyman Service Schedule

Covington indicates Rev. Hugh Cechard leading a church program with Sunday school at 9 30 and a 45 minute worship service following.

Covington Hugh Cechard

Church listings at Cedar and Christian avenues

The Acts of the Church by The Rev Jack A Oliver at Christian address 3rd ave SE with Sunday school 9:45 and worship at 8:30 and 10:45 The Cedar address at 526 3rd ave SW led by The Rev Ernest S Worden features S school 9:45 worship 8:30 and 10:55 and sermon When Our Hearts Come Alive

3Rd Ave Jack A. Oliver Cedar Ernest S. Worden

Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Service Schedule

Church at 15th Street SE hosts worship on Sundays with 10 oclock school service 11 o clock worship and an evening service at 8 o clock.

Christ's Sanctified Holy Church

Trinity and Several Churches Schedule Services

A列 listing of churches with addresses pastors service times and Sunday school hours. Trinity Mo 1363 Ist Ave SW worship 8 15 and 10 45. St Mark Aug 2100 Ist Ave NE worship 8 30 and 11. First USCA 1000 3rd Ave SE worship 3 30 and 11. Concordia Mo 4210 John Son Ave NW details unclear. Bethany Mo 2202 Forest dr SE worship 8 15 and 10 45. Zion Mo Highway 150 Hiawatha worship 8 30. Our Savior Am 3634 Ist Ave NE worship 8 15 and 10 45. St Stephens ELC Meadlowbrook 31st SE worship 9 30 and 11 with Sunday schools.

Trinity Ist E. W. Koberg St. Mark’s Richard W. Engstrom USCA 3Rd Ave T. A. Youngquist James L. Seiffert Asst.s Wapeoniys Concordia John, Son Ave Robert K. Olson S. School Ween Bethany Forest Dr. SE E. W. Wuggazter Zion Highway 150 Hiawatha Julius Koch L. S Our Savior St. Stephen’s ELC Meadlowbrook 31St N.L. Wogen Sr. S Jr. S

Cedar Rapids ministerial group elects new president

The Rev. Jack A. Oliver, pastor of First Christian church, Cedar Rapids, is elected president of the Cedar Rapids Marion Ministerial Association for the coming year. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1954 from Kansas and succeeds the Rev. Leonard Deaver. New officers include Rev. Bernard Olson as vice president and Rev. William Pfeffer as secretary and treasurer. Oliver was vice president last year. Olson held the secretary treasurer post.

Jack A. Oliver First Christian Church Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids-Marion Oliver Kansas Leonard Deaver Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church Bernard Olson Kenwood Methodist Church William Pfeffer Knox Presbyterian Church Olson

Religious services listing across city churches

A compact schedule lists multiple churches with street addresses and ministers. It covers Sunday school times and worship periods at Trinity, Rae of the Christian Family Wesleyan, Kenwood, Free, St. James, St. Pauls, John Huss, Bethel AME, and Asbury, noting special programs such as Women’s Day and themes like Love and Marriage.

Wesleyan 1St Ave G. M. Hubby Kenwood Thirty-third Kenwood School Bernard G. Olson S. Jschool C. W. Oscarson S. School St. James Ellis Blvd Arthur F. Schuldt St. Paul’s 3rd_ ave Jackson Burns H. Hughes Dill Assoc. S John Huss 14Th Ave John K. Moore Bethel Ame 6Th St E. L. Johnson Asbury 27Th Ave

Nazarean Parish Schedules and Clergy D Intern

The listing covers Nazareen and St John parish activities with multiple churches in the area. It includes addresses 1328 K Street SW 1202 10th Street SE 501 A Avenue NE and 600 7th Street SE with clergy Rev Forrest E Whitlatch Rt Rev George Ghannam Dr Elias Georges and Rev James H C Allan. Orthros at 9 30 and liturgies scattered 10 30 or 11.

St. George George Ghannam St. John’s Elias Georges James H. C. Allan

Presbyterian Churches Guide Worship Times and Themes

A list of area churches with service times on Sunday and midweek studies. Denominations include Presbyterian and Sinclair Memorial, with ministries led by ministers such as Keith Taber John Woods Howard Strong Joseph Havlik William Pfeffer Reuben Tjaden Theodore Lilley Arnie Ziegler and Ralph Col. Topics cover Free dom To Grow A Christian Home A Virtuous Woman Jesus in the Home He Loved Worthy of Honor and Love for Life.

Kenwood 35Th St. NE Keith Taber Westminster 3Rd Ave John P. Woods Thomas R. Williams Asst Olivet 10Th St Howard Strong Hus 9Th Ave Joseph Havlik Jesus Knox Hollywood Blvd William E. Pfeffer Central Park B Ave Reuben Tjaden 5Th St Theodore G. Lilley Arnie P. Ziegler

Pentecostal Evangelical Church Service Times

The Rev. O. L. Kirk leads services at the Pentecostal Evangelical church on 629 S Ave NW. Sunday school starts at 9:45 AM, worship at 11:00 AM, evening service at 7:45 PM.

Pentecostal Evangelical S Ave Rev. O. L. Kirk. S

Salvation Army Schedule at 1123 3rd St SE

Major and Mrs J E LaLone host a meeting at Salvation Army with a school at 10 and Holiness meeting at 11. The listing notes the 1123 3rd Street SE location.

Salvation Army St. SE J. E. LaLone Holiness Meeting

Sunshine Mission and Seventh Day Adventist Notices

Community notices list two local churches at 121 2nd St NE and 3424 Istave NE. Henry Men singer serves as superintendent, with services on weeknights and Sundays, and Seventh Day Adventist Woman L M Heifer to lead school and worship on Saturdays at 9:30 and 11 respectively.

Sunshine Mission 2Nd St. NE Henry Mensinger Seventh Day Adventist L. M. Heifner

Unitarian and United Church Services Schedule

Unitarian Peoples-600 3rd Ave SE hosts worship at 11 with Dr. Howard L. Parsons on the topic Mother hood Womanhood and Person hood. United Church of Christ First E&R at 351 8th Ave SW led by Rev E K Schneider with Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30. Czech E&R at 1510 2nd St SW offers services at 10:30 and Sunday school 9:30 with topic What Holds the Home Together.

Unitarian Peoples 3Rd Ave Howard L. Parsons United Church OF Christ E&r 8Th Ave E. K. Schneider 2Nd St Milo Filipi

Christ Church Announces Worship and School Details

United Presbyterian network lists Christ Church at 2000 Islave NW with Rev. Franklin T. Jones. Church school costs 30 cents. Worship times are 9 30 and 11 and program titled Right from the Start.

United Presbyterian Christ Church Islave Franklin T. Jones

Consciousness of iGod in A Nation sermon at Unity Center

Mabel Swanson leads at Unity Center 1015 2nd Ave SE with S. School 9 30 worship 11. Topic titled Consciousness of iGod in A Nation.

Unity Center 2Nd Ave Mabel Swanson S. School

Also Mentioned on This Page

Arthur W. Olson J. T. Jacobsen Highway 149 Ed Seifken Belle Plaine Olson Electric Marengo Olson Plumbing Alex Stanerson Conroy Lutheran Church U.S Louis Cassels United Press Russia Cranford Baptist General Conference Dairy Dale American Bible Society Urbana Christian Church Henry Davis Episcopal Men of Iowa Eos Okoboji Ronald C, Gustafson Traer Baptist Cedar Rapids Church Assembly OF God Oakland Rd L. N. Huffman Charles E. Kingsfield Baha'i Center Ridgewood Terrace SE Salem Leonard E. Deaver Faith 30Th St. NE Hubert L. Sunderman Union—Elyrd Charles W. Bellus St. Andrew’s 7Th St. SE Sharon 18Th Ave Walter Cerka Buffalo Blairs Ferry Samuel J. Hahn Good Shepherd E Ave W. F. Sprengeler Hope Lutheran Jst Robert N. Harter Holy Redeemer Norman A. Ete Baptist First ABC James M. Webb Mt. Vernonrd Arthur Westerhoff Norman Nideng Calvary Don L. Andersen Mt. Zion 8Th St Percy Burt Berean—Ymca Glen V Garrett Rosenboom Edgewood Edgewood Rd Fred T. Miller United Service Noelridge Clifton Richard Krenz Grace Carlton Bradley Brithren Dave Robert Clouse 24Th St. NE All Saints — Dalewood Ave 29Th St Edmund J. Becker John P. Ptacek Church OF God IN Christ H St Episcopal Christian, Missionary Alliance Hotere Loosevelt Lutheran Ministerial Assn Methodist Glenn Hartong the Christian Famiy Nazarene St. SW Forrest E. Whitlatch Orthodox Friends Quakers YMCA Trinity Lutheran 1St Avenue 14Th St Pastor E. W. Koberg the Church of the Lutheran Hour
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