Ecumenical service at All Saints Church Sunday
Eight denominations contribute dramatic vignettes to a regional ecumenical celebration at All Saints Catholic Church 720 29th St SE Sunday at 2 pm. Churches United sponsors the pageant featuring Mount Zion Baptist Roman Catholics United Methodists Lutherans Syrian Orthodox Christians Disciples of Christ Episcopalians and Presbyterians. Westminster Presbyterian Church choir directed by Allan Kellar will sing. A free will offering will aid the Linn County Jail chaplaincy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Catholic Church
29Th St. SE
Churches United
Mount Zion Baptist
United Methodists
Disciples of Christ
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Allan Kellar
Linn County
Monks at Mepkin Abbey Live a Life of Quiet Service
Monks on 3000 acres along the Cooper River at Mepkin Abbey near Moncks Corner South Carolina pursue contemplative life. The 32 Trappists welcome retreatants, offer silent hours, vegetarian meals, and voluntary labor while maintaining austere living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moncks Corner
S.C
Cooper River
Mepkin Abbey
Charleston
Henry Luce
Clare Booth Luce
Aidan Carr
Parish liturgy music workshop and local religious events roundup
A Mercy Spiritual Center workshop for parish liturgy music planners runs next Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1125 Prairie Drive NE. Rev. Dennis Colter and Sister Sharon Sutherland head talks on ritual music. fee 6 individual or 35 parish. Baha is Cedar Rapids hosts firesides 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 21 at three homes. Nov. 12 marks birth of Baha'u'llah. The Thief in the Night film screens at Fairview Baptist Church Sunday 7 p.m.. its sequel Nov. 11. Rev. Charles E. West to be installed as Hope United Church of Christ pastor at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Continentals from Mid-America Nazarene College perform at Oakland Church of the Nazarene with Norma Wilson speaking. Rev. Stephen L. Harris to speak at Central Assembly of God Wednesday 7:30 p.m.. Harris to Tanzania as missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Mepkin
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Dennis Colter
Mount Mercy College
Religious Studies Department
Sharon Sutherland
Cedar Rapids
Baha’u’llah
Golden Court NE
Kohawk Drive
Kirkwood Estates
31St St
Fairview Baptist
Iowa
Christ
Earth
Charles E. West
Hope United Church of Christ
Ninth Ave
Hiawatha
Scott Libbey
Des Moines
United Church of Christ
Red Oak
West
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate
Tenn
St. Peter’s Ucc
Geneva
Towne House Drive
Stephen L. Harris
Assemblies of God
Tanzania
East Africa
Central Assembly of God Church
F Ave
Central Bible College
Springfield
Grand River
Webster City
Letter to Survivors on Funeral Simple Rules
A former broadcaster urges survivors to minimize pomp and expense at funerals. He counsels contacting a priest, choosing a church service with a plain order, avoiding eulogies, flowers, and costly caskets, and using a simple grave marker or none. He emphasizes humility, sincerity, and spiritual focus over display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
National Council of Churches Studies Funeral Education Program
The National Council of Churches launches a three stage project on funeral pre planning and death education engaging 3000 clergy members and multiple seminaries in at least 20 cities. A national consultation is planned for March 1980 with sponsors including the Division of Education and Ministry and the National Funeral Directors Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Churches
Council
Division of Education
Commission On Family Ministries
Commission On Stewardship
National Funeral Directors Association
American Association of Retired Persons
G. William Sheek
Commission On Family Ministries and Human Sexuality
Methodist group accuses church of race based pastor matching
In Overland Park Kansas the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race charges the church with a common practice of matching pastors and congregations by race. Executive secretary Rev Woodie W White says such appointments violate church laws and limit recruiting of ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Park, Kan
United Methodist Commission On Religion and Race
Woodie W. White
Revival series at Redemption Missionary Baptist Church
Guest pastor Elder J A Twillie from Burlington will speak at a 4 p.m. Men’s Day program Sunday at 1510 Second St SW. The church hosts a fall revival from Monday to Friday at 7 30 p.m. Elder W E Hornaday of Temple of Faith Chicago will conduct services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Twillie
Burlington
Redemption Missionary Baptist Church
Second St
W.E. Hornaday
Temple of Faith
Chicago
Reforms Chaplain to Speak at Church of the Brethren Robins
The Rev. Wayne Allen of Anamosa and chaplain at the Iowa State Men's Reformatory will address attendees at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Brethren in Robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Allen
Anamosa
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
Church of the Brethren
Robins
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Don Maple
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Mary Tow
Nick Longworth
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Longworth
Serenity
Thief
Missionary
the Continentals
Mid-America
the Nazarene
42Nd St. NE
Norma Wilson
Swaziland
Iowa City
University of Iowa School of Nursing
Charles West
Stephen Harris
E.D. Vanderburgh
Forward Movement Publications
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gazette
Reformatory
Etree Teeter
FBI
Sheriff
Good News Baptist Church
3Rd Ave. SW
Estus Pirkle
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