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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1955
Page
3
In Dallas and across the suburbs a church boom has made congregations youthful and active. Families use nurseries and classes while leaders address finances and community life, turning churches into focal neighborhoods centers with rising membership and local leadership.
The Rev Allen J Kurt son of Mr and Mrs George Kurt Cascade will celebrate his first mass at 10 a m Sunday at St Marys Church Cascade. He was ordained earlier today with Archbishop Leo Binz officiating at St Marys. Dinner reception and speeches follow with relatives from Cedar Rapids and Nor way attending.
Seventh Day Adventist pastor Paul Gregoroff of Cedar Rapids will host a one day school at his home on black light illustrations. Attendees include D C Butherus Des Moines conference president Richard Warner Waterlo o T A Nickum Ames William Howard Sioux City W Anderson Mason City Robert Lieske Fairfield William Zima Osceola and A H Gerst Cresco. He began studying the illustrations in 1951 and uses them in Wednesday services.
The Cedar Rapids notices list several churches with their locations and ministers. Central and Czech churches, along with Grove and others, show Sunday school times worship periods Bible study and sermons including titles Our Overwhelming Victory and Five Wrong Ways and the Correct One.
A compiled schedule lists church names addresses and pastors plus service times. Rev James M Webb at First-1200 Second Ave SE hosts 9:45 Sunday school and 10:50 worship. Rev Donald Klein leads at Dairy Dale 3408 Mt Vernon Rd SE with unified 10 and 7:30 p.m. services. Calvary 1203 Third Ave SW with 9:40 Sunday school and 11 worship. Mt Dykhuizen and Elmer Linkenback noted for Berean YMCA Cedar Baptist Temple and Edgewood locations with respective service times and pastors.
The Rev. Richard E. Grant leads Bible school at 10 and worship at 11 at Grace church 2905 D avenue NE. Evening service at 7 45 features the sermon Second Rule of Happiness and a lesson titled Kingdom Parables.
Mass schedules for Immaculate Conception St. Ludmila St. Patrick St. Matthew St. Wenceslaus All Saints Dalewood outline masses through multiple times with assigned priests at each parish.
Covington church announces Sunday school at 10 and worship at 8 p.m led by the Rev. Hugh Orchard.
The Rev. M. E. Stombaugh leads worship at 9 30 AM with Sunday school at 10 30 AM and an evening service at 7 45 PM at 3302 Oakwood Road NE.
The Rev. Norman Swenson leads Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with the sermon Upon the First Day of the Week. Evening service follows at 7 30 with My Way Is Prepared.
The Church of the Brethren at 1057 Fourth Avenue SE invites attendance for Sunday service at 7 o clock led by the Rev. W. R. Burriss.
The Church of the Open Bible at First 1311 L Street SW presents Rev. Ralph M. Chandler leading Sunday services. Local congregation urged to attend morning worship and related activities.
The Rev. Samuel C. Ritchhart conducts Sunday's services at the Prairie Street Chapel, 3336 Prairie Street NE. Sunday school begins at 10, worship at 11 with a sermon titled The Spiritual Family announced by Harold D. Justice, minister.
The Rev. L C Colbert conducts worship at 3 and 8 pm at the Little Mission Temple Emanuel located at 1014 Tenth Avenue SE Pastor Elder Bassett leads Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 12 pm with an evening service at 8 pm.
The notice announces a Sunday school at 11 and worship at 11 with the sermon titled Soul and Body at the Christian Science church located at First 1242 Second Avenue SE.
The Congregational church at First Seventeenth Street SE led by Rev J Richard Wagner hosts juniors and adults at 9 45 and beginners and primary at 10 55 with worship at 10 55 and sermon Parsons and Persons. Bethany at Sixth Street NW with Rev Milton E White offers Sunday school 9 30 worship 10 30 and evening service 7 30.
The Rev Frazer A Thomason leads Cedar-526 Third Avenue SW with church school at 9 45 and worship at 8 30 and 10 50 The First-840 Third Avenue SE led by The Rev Jack A Oliver offers church school at 9 45 worship with communion at 10 45 and a sermon Underwriting the Gospel
The church on 1230 Fifteenth Street SE led by Elder H. G. Darden offers Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, and an evening service at 8.
The Rev. C. D. Gadbow leads Sunday school at 9 45 worship at 10 45 and an evening service at 7 30 at 1328 K Street SW aligned with the Church of the Nazarene.
Grace Church at 525 A Avenue NE led by Rev A T B Haines offers Matins at 8 and Communion at 8 15 Morning Worship with sermon Identity in Change follows the 11 o clock Mass Sunday School meets at 9 45 A procession and solemn mass are held at 11 St John’s at 355 Nineteenth Street SE under Rev D A Loferski conducts Communion at 7 30 Church school at 10 30 and Morning Prayer with sermon at 11 First Sunday each month Communion is observed.
Church affiliations and service times listed for multiple congregations. Union E ly Road SW led by Rev William Suckow with worship at 945 and Sunday school at 1030. Salem at 227 First Avenue SW with Rev Leonard E Deaver and services at 830 and 1045. St Andrew at 324 Seventh Street SE with Rev Hubert L Sunderman and services at 930 and 1050. Sharon at 1814 Ninth Street SW with Rev Walter M Cerka and Sunday school 945 worship 1050 and evening 730. Longfest 730.
The Rev Otto F Artopoeus is associated with First-351 Eighth Avenue SW in this church directory item.
A notice from 609 First Avenue SW announces the Rev Herman Mullis will lead services this Sunday. The brief entry lists location and date, signaling a community gathering.
The Moslem Temple at 1335 Ninth Street NW lists Sunday school at 8 45 and worship on Friday at noon to guide members.
The Rev. A. J. Stokes leads Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. Sermon by the Rev. Eva Clausen. Evening service at 7 30 with evangelistic program.
Kingdom Hall at 1221 Center Point Road read NE invites members to a Watchtower study at 7 p.m. titled Keeping Integrity. Community attendance encouraged as part of ongoing religious program.
Temple Judah and Beth Jacob on 1947 Washington Avenue SE led by Rabbi Walter H. Plaut holds Friday Sabbath service at 8 p.m. Religious school sessions are Sunday at 9 45 a.m.
The entry lists two congregations in the area. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds priesthood at 8:30, Sunday school at 10:30, and sacrament at 6. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on A avenue at Nineteenth street NE has Sunday school at 9:50 and worship at 11.
A compilation of church notices listing denominations streets and pastors with Sunday school times and worship hours. Includes St Mark s Augustana Trinity Zion Bethany First Our Savior s St Stephen s Good Shepherd and others with sermon titles and locations.
A list of church locations and details includes Free-800 avenue NW Trinity-Third avenue at Fifth street SW Kenwood 302 Thirty-third street NE Bethel AME 512 Sixth street SE St. Pauls 1340 Third avenue SE St. James 1426 Ellis boulevard NW John Huss 180 Fourteenth avenue SW with assigned pastors and service times. Sermon topics noted for several churches.
St Johns Hellenic on 501 A avenue NE lists Sunday school at 9:30 and Liturgy at 10:30 led by Dr Elias Georges. St George Syrian at 1202 Tenth Street SE shows Rt Rev George Ghannam with Sunday school 9:45 Orthros 16 and Liturgy 11. St John the Baptist Syrian at 600 Seventh Street SE led by Rev Daniel H B Montgomery with Saturday vespers 6 Orthros 10 Sunday school 10:30 and Liturgy 11.
The Rev. O L Kirk conducts services 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 in the church reach.
Multiple church listings detail ministers, service times, and sermons. Westminister at 1285 Third Ave SE hosts 9:45 Sunday school and 10:55 worship with a sermon on The Heritage of the Christian Church by Rev. Arnold H. Marzell. Olivet at 237 Tenth St NW offers 9:15 Sunday school and 10:45 worship with Word-Windows on A Wonderful Work. Central Park at 1700 B Ave NE features 9:45 Sunday school and worship plus a Pentecost message. Sinclair Memorial, 829 Twelfth Ave SE, Kenwood Park, 327 35th St NE, Hus Memorial 631 Ninth Ave SE, First 300 Fifth St SE, Daniels Park 860 Center Point NE all list respective ministers, school times, worship schedules, and sermon topics such as Where Is Thy God and Old New Eternal.
Capt and Mrs W Robert Wilkins host with Sunday school at 10 in the morning. Holiness meeting at 11. Evening service at 8.
The Rev. Walter A. Pierce leads nightly services at 7 30 p m at 121 Second Street NE.
The Seventh Day Adventist church at 3424 First Avenue NE lists Sabbath school on Saturday at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m led by Pastor Paul Gregoroff.
The Rev. Waldemar Argow leads a church service at Peoples-600 Third Avenue SE with a church school at eleven and a later service at 1L titled Have You Discovered Children.
The United Presbyterian on Grande Avenue presents Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 11 led by The Rev William D Ng. Christ Church on First Avenue NW led by The Rev Franklin T Jones offers church school at 9 45 with a program titled You Are There.
Unity Center at 1015 Second Avenue SE led by Mable Swanson invites all to Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 11 with a sermon titled From Materialism to Spiritual Consciousness.
Elder Sterling W. Sill of Salt Lake City, assistant to the quorum of the twelve, will speak at the Cedar Rapids chapel Monday at 11 am. He tours area Mormon branches with Elder Isaac A. Smoot, president of the Northern States Mission, scheduling services in Waterloo Sunday evening and Galesburg Monday evening. Sill has held regional life insurance and university regent roles and is noted as a civic leader.
Rev William N Tuttle of Avon Park Florida a former Manchester resident will be the speaker at Community Congregational church Sunday at 11 am His father once served as pastor in Manchester.
The Rev. Donald Klein of West Springfield Massachusetts will be speaker at the 10:50 a.m. service Sunday in First Baptist Church Cedar Rapids.
The Rev. Eugene Lundberg, an ordained minister of the Evangelical Mission Convent Church, will present a concert Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in First Covenant Church Cedar Rapids, sponsored by the Young People's Association. He toured Scandinavia in 1947 as tenor soloist with the Swedish Christian Male Chorus of Chicago. The Rev Norman R White, native of Dyersville, attended school in Independence, has joined Mt St Bernard seminary faculty in Dubuque and Loras College faculty.
Trinity Lutheran church in Hawkeye receives a Revised Standard Version red sealskin pulpit Bible as a memorial to Mrs. Edwin Schlatter. A London Crusade documentary by Billy Graham screens Monday at Calvary Baptist Cedar Rapids, with doors at 7. The Evangelistic team led by Rev Eva Clausen and Celeste Richardson wrap up with a final service Sunday in Interdenominational Cedar Rapids. Gospelette quartet from Mt Zion Cedar Rapids sings at Cedar Baptist Temple Sunday. Rev J Richard Wagner of First Congregational Cedar Rapids to join 675 Chicago Theological Seminary graduates for Sundays observance with sermon Parsons and Persons. Trinity Methodist choir festival Sunday morning with three choirs directed by Mrs W A Wolgemuth. Union church in Stanley plans seed dedication Sunday at 9 30 a m with Rev Earle Barclay, former Christian church pastor in Coggon, transferred.
The McGregor Kiwanis club featured a panel discussion on how churches can aid the community and how the community can assist churches. Panelists were Rev. Tom Fukuyama Rev. August Mommens Art Schade Harvey Haltmeyer and four DeSoto Wisconsin brothers helping with St Mary's vacation school.
First Presbyterian Church Brooklyn marks its centennial with a three day observance begining Friday evening. A historical pageant opened the series and an open house displays old Bibles records and church artifacts. Rev G Hulsebus will preach I Believe in the Church during Sunday worship followed by a basket dinner in Landes Park and a tea at 2 30 p m. Former pastors join the afternoon program and a musical program runs in the evening.
A new Augustana Lutheran Church to serve Cedar Rapids west side will begin in fall. The church area runs south to Sixteenth Avenue SW and east to the Cedar River. Norman Erickson of Chicago will lead. he is to be ordained June 19 at St. Paul and begin in Cedar Rapids August 1. First service planned for September. venue TBA.
Several Eastern Iowa churches announced daily vacation Bible schools with dates. Delthi Methodist runs May 23 to June 3, Hawkeye Trinity Lutheran May 31 to June 10, Keota Protestant union school starts May 31, Maynard Presbyterian St Paul Lutheran and Methodist run May 23 through June 3.
The Rev. E H Hansen, former Chinese missionary, preaches two weeks at Troy Mills Assembly of God church. The services began Wednesday. Born in Peiping to American missionary parents, he spent 22 months as a Japanese prisoner during World War II.
Hans-Gernot Jung an exchange student from Germany will be the speaker at both Sunday services at Kenwood Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids. He is a Protestant church leader in Germany studying for the Presbyterian ministry at the University of Dubuque under World Council of Churches sponsorship. He and his family fled from the Russian zone to the West.
Dr. Leslie R. Marston of Greenville Til will deliver the dedication sermon Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Free Methodist church Toddville. The service honors a new oak chancel electric organ pews red velvet carpet and building improvements, with numerous memorial gifts. Bishop Marston is a science fellow and former Greenville college president with ties to various universities and societies.
Work to form a second Assembly of God church in Cedar Rapids has begun. The Rev. Donald J. Bogue started services at 218 A Avenue NW in a remodel of the building. A dedication is set for June 13 with ongoing services including Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 and an evangelistic service at 7 30 p.m. Bogue, living at 804 Fourth Street SW, is a Central Bible Institute graduate, ordained in 1952, previously served in Bingen Washington, then evangelistic work from Seattle. He is married with one child.
Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids named administrator with will annexed on May 13 1955 for Laura Turner deceased Linn County Iowa. Creditors urged to settle debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court clerk through attorney Imogen B. Emery.
In Maynard the Presbyterian church hosts an all day dedication for a remodeling project. The schedule runs 10:30 am service 12 pm picnic in the dining room and 2 pm talks by visiting pastors including Dr. L. W. Hauter of Oelwein. Sanctuary front altered new carpeting laid pastor’s study and friendship room finished and furnished movable basement partitions installed.
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