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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1957
Page
3
Clarence Cox reports from Manchester on a local church event in East Iowa. Don Cooey is noted in the Gazette correspondent field.
The Silver Creek Methodist church, 15 miles southwest of Manchester, will mark its 90th anniversary with a Sunday ceremony and $6 047 in improvements funded by pledges. A new basement, heating and lighting upgrades, two staircases, and redecorating will be debt free. The event follows years of community service and historic milestones from 1855 through today.
A dense church notice page lists Cedar Rapids congregations with addresses, pastors, Sunday school times, and worship schedules. Notable entries include First Church at 1101 Oakland, Central at 218 A Ave NW, First ABC at 1200 2nd Ave SE, Dairy Dale, Calvary, Mt Zion, Berean YMCA, Edgewood, Noelridge, Grace, Christ, Church of the Brethren, Open Bible, Temple Judah, Mormon, St Mark's Aug, First USCA, Bethany, Trinity, Zion Mo, Our Savior's, St Stephen's, Good Shepherd, Hope USCA, Holy Redeemer, Kenwood, Westminster, Olivet, Hus Memorial, Knox, Central Park, First 5th St SE, Sinclair Memorial, Pentecostal Evangelical.
Worship services listed with Rev. Robert Clouse at a local church. Morning Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, evening service at 7 30.
A community notice lists Mass schedules and pastors for Immaculate Conception St Ludmila’s St Patrick’s St Wenceslaus St Matthew’s and All Saints churches with times ranging from early morning to early afternoon and highlighting assigned pastors and assistants.
The Rev. Merle Stombaugh leads at 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 worship and 7:30 evening service at 3412 Old Marion Rd NE.
First-701 25th St NE hosts Rev Norman Swenson for Sunday services. Sunday School at 9:30, Worship at 10:45, Evening service at 7.
Ellis Park location at 726 Lave NW hosts Rev Samuel C Ritchart as pastor with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45 The evening service at 7 30 is led by Rev Harold Justice Prairie Street NE at 3336 Prairie Street S school 9 45 worship 11.
Church of God in Christ Rev L C Colbert leads services at 3 and 8 pm at 730 H Street SW with evening worship and activities from the Little Mission Temple Eman.
Christian Science listing notes worship at 11 for First Church at 1242 2nd Ave SE with scriptural study titled Adam and Fallen Man.
Minister James M. McNiel leads Bible study at 9 30 and a sermon at 10 30 in the evening at Central 1500 in the Northwest area.
The Rev. Hugh Orchard leads Covington S church worship at 9 30 a m. Sunday school follows at 9 30.
The Rev. J Richard Wagner leads juniors and adults at 9 45 and beginners primary worship at 10 55 at 361 17th St SE. The Rev Mary A White conducts church school at 9 30 and worship at 8 30 and 10 30 at Bethany 1300 6th St NW.
Fragment shows 1230 15th St SE worship at 11 and evening service at 8 with a school event at 10.
The Rev. Jack A. Oliver hosts Christian church with school at 9:45 and worship at 8:30 and 10:45, sermon Will A Man Rob God. The Rev. Ernest S. Worden leads Cedar church with school at 9:45 and worship at 8:30 and 10:50, sermon What Is God Like.
The bulletin lists multiple churches and their ministers, Sunday schools and worship times. A mix of St Andrew, Faith, Union Ely, Sharon, Salem and Buffalo areas show varied service hours and teachers. entries note ministers such as Rev Leonard Deaver and Rev Hubert Sunderman and a guest speaker from Westmar college.
The Rev. James C A Cole conducts Communion at Grace-525 NE with a family service and school at 10. The Rev. D A Loferski leads Communion at St John’s 355 19th St SE with family service at 9 30 morning prayer and sermon at 11 Communion observed on the first Sunday each month.
The Rev. Herman Mullis leads services at Foursquare Gospel Church located at 609 1st Ave SW. Sunday school starts at 9 45 AM followed by worship at 11 AM and an evening service at 7 30 PM.
The Rev. A J Stokes presides at S school at 10 worship in the morning at 11 and an evening service at 7 30 at the Interdenominational church located at 225 5th Ave SW.
The Moslem Temple at 1235 9th St NW lists a school session at 8 45 AM and worship services at noon on Friday.
Listings show multiple churches with service times and addresses including Trinity on 3rd Ave and 5th St SW, Kenwood-Kenwood School, Wesleyan 1st Ave SW, St James Ellis Blvd NW, John Huss 14th Ave SW, St Pauls 3rd Ave SF, Free 800 G Ave NW, Bethel AME 6th St SE, and Asbury Wilson High School. Speakers include Dr Glenn Hartong Dr C S Hempstead Rev Bernard Olson Rev G M Hubby Rev John K Moore Dr Jackson Burns Dr H Hughes Dill Rev A Lowry Creed Rev C W Oscarson Rev E L Johnson and Dr P F Pryor. Services list school times worship times and evening programs with several sermon titles noted.
The Rev. Forrest E. Whitlatch is scheduled for worship at 9:45, 10:45 morning service, and 7:30 pm evening gathering at the church. The notice outlines service times and the pastor’s name for the congregants.
St George Syrian church at 1202 10th St SE led by Rt. Rev. George Ghannam with services at 9:45 school time, Orthros at 10 and Liturgy at 11. St John Greek at 501 A Ave NE with Dr Elias Georges. services 9:30 school, Liturgy 10:30. St John Eastern at 600 7th St SE with Rev James H C Alan. Orthros 9:30 Mass 10:30.
Sr Capt and Mrs J E LaLone hosting at 1123 3rd St SE with services at 11 in the morning and 8 in the evening at Holiness meeting at School 10.
Society of Friends notes YMCA worship meeting in Y's Men's room with Rev. Walter A. Pierce. Sunshine Mission at 121 2nd St NE holds weekday services weeknights at 7:30 and Sunday at 7.
The fragment lists a location 3424 Istave NE and references L M Heifner with activities on Saturday at 9 30 worship at 11. The item appears as a local church schedule entry with times and an associated name.
The Upper School adults gather at 9 45 for a forum with James Bromwell discussing Some Thoughts on Peace. A worship service follows at 11 and is part of the Peoples-600 program at 3rd Ave SF.
United Church of Christ at First-(E&R) 351 8th Ave SW led by Rev E K Schneider offers Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30. Czech-(E&R) at 1510 2nd St SW with Dr Milo Filipi also holds Sunday school 9:30 and worship 10:30 titled Add to Your Faith.
The Rev. Franklin T. Jones leads services at Christ Church 2000 Istate NW with worship at 9 30 and 11 00 and a school session at 9 30.
At the Unity Center 1015 2nd Ave SE Mabel Swanson leads worship with a sermon titled The Impartial Spirit of God The schedule lists Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 11 with emphasis on spiritual outreach and community fellowship
Dr. A A Michelson founder and minister of a Hebrew Christian church in Los Angeles will speak at three Cedar Rapids churches Sunday. Topics include Judaism and Christianity at Ellis Park Church of God 10 45 am The Tension in the Middle East in the Light of Prophecy at First United Church of Christ 2 45 pm and From the Synagogue to the Cross at Community Alliance church 7 30 pm He is known nationwide for Hebrew Christian Hour and recently returned from travels in Israel Europe and North Africa. He is a former judge and attorney in Germany.
Special to The Gazette reports Zion American Lutheran church extends a call to the Rev. R. E. Bar rack of Plainfield. Until his arrival the supply pastor will be John Willms.
A. Lowry Creed, headmaster of Truro School in England, will address both services Sunday at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. Creed, a renowned British preacher and BBC religious advisory committee member, is visiting the United States for two months to study American Methodism and education methods.
Harriet Bond, former Christian education director, appointed to head the Cedar Rapids Marion Council of Churches School for Christian Growth. The six week program runs Jan 23 to Feb 27 with weekly sessions for church teachers and the general public.
New York A SOS fund drive aims to raise nearly 1 000 000 dollars during Thanksgiving to finance the 1958 Share Our Surplus program. Church World Service executive director Dr R Norris Wilson says more than 300 million pounds of food will reach overseas needy areas, with distribution valued at 30 to 40 million dollars. The effort funds emergency relief and feeding programs abroad, while ensuring domestic needs are met first.
The Rev. James P. Gable will officiate at the dedication of a $13,800 addition to the Christian Education department of the Delhi Methodist church. Services are at 11 a.m. with a dinner in the church parlor to follow. The addition, built from 1954 to 1955, includes a kitchen washrooms and a large room divisible into six classrooms. Joint services to begin in Columbus Junction with Columbus City United Presbyterian and Central Presbyterian meeting in Central church.
A Milwaukee area church, St. Edmund's Episcopal in Elm Grove, nears completion with a dramatic hyperbolic paraboloid roof described as two corners pushed down and two up. Architect William P. Wenzler notes it may be among the few in the U.S. and world. the Gothic plan was too costly. The church seats 200 and includes three Sunday school rooms. expected cost under 80,000 dollars.
New religious titles available for two week circulation include Life Is Worth Living by Bishop Fulton J Sheen and Challenge and Conformity by Latourette How Our Bible Came to Us by Herklots Commentary on the Gospels New Testament Commentary for English Readers volume 2 by Knox and American Judaism by Glazer.
The Rev. Richard F. Gronewald will be installed as pastor of First Lutheran church in Manchester in a Sunday service at 8 30 a m. Dr. S Salzman of Wartburg seminary will lead the 10 45 a m worship. Gronewald from Wyoming comes after five years serving a church there. He is a Wartburg graduate and has led parishes in Wooster Ohio Pittsburgh and Lost Nation Iowa. The Gronewalds have six children. The former pastor Rev W A Adix has moved to Evansdale in Waterloo suburb to pursue a mission field.
Seattle AP report notes Philippine Islands church leaders see ripe field for mission work while the United Church of Christ in the Philippines sends missionaries to Thailand Indonesia Okinawa and Hawaii. Rev Dr James F McKinley of Silliman University cites Asia for Asians concept and describes the church union of several denominations.
The Southern Baptist Church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church each spent 11 million dollars on foreign missions in 1956, highlighting major funding by two denominations for global outreach.
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