Contracts for New Church Buildings at Record High
Dr. George Cline Smith of F. W. Dodge Corp reports first nine months of 1954 set a new all-time high for religious building contracts in the Dodge Reports. He notes religious construction rose to seven percent of total non-residential awards by 1954 and may push yearly totals above 1953’s record $384 million. Flight
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Record High
Champaign
Til
George Cline Smith
F. W. Dodge Corporation
University of Ilinois
Dr. Smith
Dodge
New Minister At C R Church Moves to Cedar Rapids Building
The First Church of the Open Bible in Cedar Rapids announces a new pastor Rev. Ralph M. Chandler and a temporary move from 618 Third Street SW to 1311 L Street SW with an option to buy the new building on January 1. Chandler, a Des Moines native and Open Bible graduate, has served rural ministry near Des Moines and in Stockton California. He has two minister brothers, one in Washington and a missionary in another location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of the Open Bible
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
L Street
Ralph M. Chandler
Thirtieth Street
Des Moines
Open Bibles College
Drake Community College
Stockton College
California
Stockton
Calif
Open Bible Church
Washington
Thanksgiving Day Services Planned by Cedar Rapids Ministers
Thanksgiving Day services will be held at First Congregational church and Cedar Christian church at 10 a.m. under the Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association. Rev. Jackson Burns of St. Paul’s Methodist will speak at Cedar Christian church, and Rev. Otto J. Artopoeus of First Evangelical and Reformed will speak at the east side service. Offerings aid Protestant chaplaincy at University hospitals in Iowa City and Oakdale sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Cedar Christian Church
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids church notices list multiple Assemblies of God services
Cedar Rapids notices show several churches with addresses and ministers. First Assembly, 101 Oakland Road NE led by Rev L N Huffman offers Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with an evening service at 7 45 led by Rev Samuel C Ritchhart. Prairie Street Chapel at 3336 Prairie Street NE with Harold D Justice as minister holds Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. St James at 1426 Ellis Boulevard NW led by Rev Floyd Hins shaw offers Sunday school 9 45 and worship 8 30 and 11 with a sermon titled The Grip That Holds. John Huss at 180 Fourteenth Avenue SW with Rev Ruth Husband has church school at 10 and worship at 11.
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Oakland Road
L. N. Huffman
Samuel C. Ritchhart
Prairie Street Chapel
Prairie Street
Harold D. Justice
Permin
St. James
Ellis Boulevard
Floyd Hinshaw
John Huss
Fourteenth Avenue
Ruth Husband
St. Mark’s
Augustana
First Avenue
Richard Weneron
Trinity
Missouri
EF. H. Widmann
Hiawatha
Hiawatha Village
Roland J. Krekeler
Bethany
E. W. Waggazer
Christ
First
USCA
Third Avenue
T. A. Youngquist
Alfred J. Beil
Thirty-seventh NE
J. F. Wipperman
St. Stephen’s
ELC
Meadowbrook
Thirty-first SE
N. L. Wogen
Paul A. Boe
Des Moines
Good Shepherd
Wisconsin
YMCA
W. F. Sprengre
Sunday church services and sermons across local parishes
Local churches list morning worship times and sermon topics. First Avenue SE, Mt. Vernon Road SE, Third Avenue SW, Eighth Street SE, YMCA Berean, Cedar Baptist Temple, Edgewood NW, and L Street SW feature Bible school times and sermons on stewardship Heaven and related topics.
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Second Avenue
James M. Webb
Church School
Stewardship of Opportunity
Dairy Dale
Mt. Vernon Road
Arthur Westerhoff
Calvary
Third Avenue
Russell A. Pavy
Don L. Andersen
Bible School
Mt. Zion
Eighth Street
Percy Burt
Berean— Ymca
Glen V
Edgewood
E Avenue
Edgewood Road NW
Arian Stohre
The Heathen Condemned Sermon at Grace Church
Rev. Richard E. Grant leads Bible school at Grace Church on Grace-2905 D Avenue NE with worship at 11 and an evening service at 7 45. Sermon titled The Heathen Condemned and evening talk The Trinity of God.
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Grace
D Avenue NE
Richard E. Grant
Bible School
Trinity
God
Parish Mass Schedules From Multiple Churches in City
Imm cleric notices list Mass times for Immaculate Conception St Ludmill St Patrick St Matthew St Wenceslaus Wales Ave in SE SW NE and NE districts. Names include Msgr Schulte Fr Engler Fr Currier Fr Hruby and Fr Mas with assistants, services Sundays at various hours.
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St. Matthew’s
Twentyfourth Street
St. Wenceslaus
Fifth Street
A. W. Chihak
John J. Benda
Wales Ete Eee
Covington Rev Hugh Orchard Schedule
The notice lists the Covington church events with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 8 p.m led by Reverend Hugh Orchard.
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Covington
Hugh Orchard
Community Alliance Worship and Services Notice
The Rev. M. E. Stombaugh leads services at Community Alliance 3302 Oakland Road NE. Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. Regular weekly schedule and activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Road
M. E. Stombaugh
Church Services and Sermons at Twenty-Fifth Street NE
The Rev. Norman Swenson leads Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with a sermon titled The Light of Men. An evening service at 7 30 presents The Conditions of Gods Forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-fifth Street
Norman Swenson
Rev Burriss Church Schedule at 1057 Fourth Ave SE
The Rev. W. R. Burriss conducts Sunday school at 9, worship at 11, and the evening service at 7. The schedule centers on 1057 Fourth Avenue SE with continued religious activities led by Reverend Burriss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Avenue
W. R. Burriss
Church of God on Ellis Avenue NW
A brief church notice indicates a Church of God location on Ellis Avenue NW. The readable text provides no further details such as events times or activities.
Church notices at 730 H Street SW and 1014 Tenth Avenue SE
The Church of God in Christ schedules worship at 3 and 8 PM led by Rev L C Colbert at 730 H Street SW and services at 1014 Tenth Avenue SE with Sunday school and evening service at 11 and 8 PM led by Rev W L Bryant.
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H Street
L. C. Colbert
Tenth Avenue
W. L. Bryant
Central-1500 First Avenue NW Service Schedule
George E. Darling minister leads Bible study at 9 30. Communion and sermon at 10 30. Evening service at 7 30.
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Central
First Avenue NW
George E. Darling
First-1242 Second Avenue Faith Notes
A San Francisco Sunday service at 11 features Sunday school at 11 with the subject Mortals and Immortals. Services emphasize spiritual reflection and community worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Second Avenue SF
Church Services At Bethany and First Church
At 361 Seventeenth Street SE the Rev J Richard Wagner leads church school at 9 45 worship at 10 55 with sermon The Word Obey Beginners and Primary at 10 55 Also Bethany 1300 Sixth Street NW led by Rev Milton E White with Sunday school at 9 30 worship at 10 30 and an evening service at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth Street
J. Richard Wagner
Bethany
Sixth Street
Milton E. White
Religious services and sermons in Cedar and First churches
Cedar church at 526 Third avenue SW led by Rev Frazer A Thomason holds church school at 9 45 worship at 8 30 and 10 50 with a sermon titled The Religion of a Free Man First church at 840 Third avenue SE led by Rev Jack A Oliver offers church school at 9 45 worship with communion at 10 50 and a sermon titled As They Were Taught
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Cedar
Third Avenue
Frazer A. Thomason
Jack A. Oliver
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Sunday Schedule
The church at 1230 Fifteenth Street SE offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m led by Elder H. G. Darden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
Fifteenth Street
H. G. Darden
Church Notices at 1328 K Street SW
The Church of the Nazarene on 1328 K Street SW lists services led by Rev. C ID Gadbow. Sunday worship includes Sunday school at 9 45 and morning service at 10 45 with an evening service scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Nazarene
Rev
C. ID. Gadbow
Episcopal Grace and St John’s Services Listed
Grace Church at 525 A avenue NE led by Rev A T B Haines holds Matins at 8 and Communion at 8 15 with Sunday school at 9 45 and Nursery at 11 followed by Mass and sermon. St John’s Church at 355 Nineteeth Street SE under Rev D A Lofer ski offers Communion at 8 Church school at 10 30 and Morning prayer and sermon at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Grace
A Avenue
A. T. B. Haines
St. John’s
Nineteeth Street
D. A. Loferski
Church Services Schedule with Sermons Listed
The Rev Otto F Artopoeus at First 351 Eighth Avenue SW holds church school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30 with a sermon titled Willing Sacrifice Czech 1510 Second Street SW features Dr Milo Filipi Bible school 9 30 worship 10 30 and a sermon Yesterday Today and Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Avenue
Otto F. Artopoeus
Second Street
Milo Filipi
Evangelical United Brethren Church Services Listed
Church notices list worship times and Sunday schools for several congregations. Rev. William Suckow conducts worship at Union-Ely road SW with Sunday school at 10:30. Sharon address 1814 Ninth Street SW led by Rev. Walter M. Cerka with 9:45 Sunday school and 10:50 worship. Salem at 227 First Avenue SW under Rev. Leonard E. Deaver with 9:45 Sunday school and 10:45 worship and sermon by Rev. O. M. Yaggy. St Andrew's at 324 Thyeath street hosts services under an unspecified preacher.
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Evangelical United Brethren
Union
Ely Road
William Suckow
Sharon
Ninth Street
Walter M. Cerka
Salem
First Avenue
Leonard E. Deaver
O. M. Yaggy
St. Andrew’s
Yeath
FOURSQUARE GOSPEL SERVICE LISTING
The Rev Herman Mullis leads Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11 with an evening service announced at 609 First Avenue SW. The item presents a church schedule and pastor name.
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Foursquare Gospel
First Avenue
Herman Mullis
Hellenic Orthodox St. John's Church Notices
St. John's Greek Orthodox at 501 A Avenue NE lists Sunday school at 9 30 am and Liturgy at 10 30 am led by Dr. Elias George.
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St. John’s
A Avenue
Elias George
Moslem Temple Services Noted at Ninth Street NW
Moslem Temple at 1335 Ninth Street NW lists Sunday school at 8 45 and worship Friday at noon as part of its schedule.
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Ninthstreet
Interdenominational Service Details at 225 Fifth Ave SW
The Rev. A. J. Stokes leads Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with a sermon titled Waiting for Her Husband Evening service at 7 30 features The Valley of Humiliation by Chester Ain sworth Churches schedule at 225 Fifth Avenue SW with sermon and program details
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Interdenominational
Fifth Avenue
A. J. Stokes
Chester Ainsworth
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall Study On This Good News
Jehovah's Witnesses announce a Watchtower study session at the Kingdom Hall and YMCA Little Theater titled This Good News of the Kingdom. Members are invited to learn and discuss biblical teaching and early Christian proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovahn’s Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
YMCA
Watchtower
Kingdom
Temple Judah and Beth Jacob Sabbath Services
Temple Judah and Beth Jacob at 1947 Washington Avenue SE announce a Friday Sabbath service at 8 p.m. with Walter H. Plaut as rabbi and a religious school session Sunday at 9 45 a.m.
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Temple Judah and
Beth Jacob
Washington Avenue
Walter H. Plaut
Latter Day Saints and Reorganized Church Schedule
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on avenue at Nineteenth Street NE hosts Sunday school at 9 50 and worship at 11 with Elder Wayne Newport of Davenport delivering the sermon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 32nd and Dairydale Court SE holds priesthood at 8 30 Sunday school at 10 30 and sacraments at 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latter Day Saints
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Nineteeth Street
D. M. Cassiday
Wayne Newport
Davenport
Mormon
Dairydale Court
Church Listings Provide Sunday Services Across City
Local church notices list services at St. Mark s Augstana Trinity Hiawatha Bethany First Our Savior s St Stephen s Good Shepherd and Good Shepherd YMCA. Readings and sermon titles accompany each entry with times for Sunday school and worship across multiple congregations.
Pentecostal Evangelical Service Times at Kirk Church
The Rev. O iL Kirk leads services at Pentecostal Evangelical church on 629 I Avenue NW with Sunday school at 9 45, morning worship at 11 and evening service at 7 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Avenue NW
Local Church Schedules and Sermons Across City
A list of Sunday services across several churches with times sermons and pastors. Olivet- D Keith Irwin 9:30 8:15 11 sermon Here To Bear Witness. Central Park Reuben J Traden 9:30 8:15 10:55 sermon Christianity in Action. Westminster Arnold H Marzell 9:45 10:55 sermon How Can I Obtain Faith. Kenwood Park Keith Taber 9:45 9:45 11. Hus Memorial Z F Pauk 10:30 9:30. First Dr Theodore G Lilley 9:45 11 sermon Awakening to Gods Purpose. Sinclair Memorial Ralph B Colton 9:45. Daniels Park William JH Cohen Jr 9:30 The Great Experiment.
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Kenwood Park
Thirty Fifth Street
Keith Taber
Hus
Ninth Avenue
Z. F. Pauk
Fifth Street
Theodore G. Lilley
Sinclair Memorial
Twelfth Avenue
Ralph B. Colton
Daniels Park
Center Point Road
William JH. Cohen, Jr
St George and St John Parish Notices Printed
The notice lists Saint George at 1202 Tenth Street SE with Sunday school 9:45 Orthros 10 and Liturgy 11. St John the Baptist at 600 Seventh Street SE with The Rev Daniel Montgomery Orthros 10 and Liturgy 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George
Tenth Street
George Ghannam
St. John the Baptist
Seventh Street
Daniel H. B. Montgomery
Sunday Schedule for Wilkins Home Church
Captain and Mrs W Robert Wilkins host services at 1123 Third Street SE. Sunday school starts at 10, holiness meeting at 11, and the evening service at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street
W. Robert Wilkins
Holiness Meeting
Nightly Services at 7 30 Led by Rev Walter A Pierce
A short parish notice states services are held every night at 7 30 led by the Rev Walter A Pierce at 121 Second Street NE. The item identifies the pastor and meeting time and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
Walter A. Pierce
Seventh Day Adventist Church Service Times
The Seventh Day Adventist church at 2424 First Avenue NE T A Nickum pastor invites worship and Sabbath school. Sabbath school begins Saturday at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
T. A
Nickum
Revelations at Church Service on Religion Questions
The Rev. Waldemar Argow leads a church service at Peoples-600 Third Avenue SE with a church school at 11 and a service at 11. Topic presented is “Questions I Am Most Often Asked about Religion.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples
Third Avenue SE
Waldemar Argow
Church notices at Grande Avenue and Christ Church
The Rev William D Ng leads Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 11 at Grande Avenue SE. At Christ Church 2000 First Avenue NW the Rev Franklin T Veneer oversees church school at 9 45 and worship follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Avenue
William D. Ng
Christ Church
First Avenue NW
Franklin T. Veneer
Church
Religious briefs cover services across Cedar Rapids area
The Maynard Presbyterians host Dr. Fernando A. Laxamana as Sunday speaker with a dedication of a new electronic organ at 8 p.m. The Maynard supply pastor will preach in Allison. Dairyland Cedar Rapids churches present Bible studies and films including John Wesley at St James and Great Discovery at Ellis Park Church of God. Aged and shut-ins program, Bob Atkinson Rally Group, and St John’s Newhall organ order are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernando A. Laxamana
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Presbyterian Church
Maynard
C. H. Willemssen
Allison
A Laxamana
Colleen Townsend
Ellis Park Church of God
Cedar Rapids
Bethel Ame Church
Bob Atkinson
Church Music To Be Broadcast On NBC Radio Series
New half hour radio series Thy Kingdom Come debuts next Saturday at 5 30 p m CST on NBC The program presents church hymns in a new popular format by Harriss Hubble with a 14 voice mixed choir and a 17 piece brass ensemble Narrations from the Bible by Ray Middleton and sponsor support from the National Council of Churches NBC and the Presbyterian Church USA The 22 week series runs through next April and aims to bring church music into American homes with holiday themes and non traditional religious flavor.
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the Gazette
New York
NBC Radio Network
Harriss Hubble
Christendom
S. Franklin Mack
Broadcasting and Film Commission
National Council of Churches
Ray Middleton
NBC
The
Presbyterian Church, USA
Drake crew marks first American use of prayer book
A historical note records that on June 24 1579 the Episcopal prayer book was used on American soil by the men of Sir Francis Drake's expedition, highlighting a rare early English religious practice in the New World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Drake
Lutheran Church To Install Pastor In Cedar Rapids
Installation services for the Rev. T. A. Youngquist at First Lutheran church in Cedar Rapids will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. Dr. Alfred J. Beil will lead. A reception for the couple is set from 3 to 5 p.m. at the church social rooms. The Youngquists reside at 238 Twenty-fourth street drive SE. A 50 year service pin will be presented to the retired Rev. W. A. Wolgemuth during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Youngquist
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Alfred J. Beil
Iowa Synod
United Lutheran Church
Youngquist
Carl McDonald
Akron
Ohio
Youngquists
Twenty-fourth Street
Beil
W. A. Wolgemuth
First Baptist Women Sponsor Harvest Home Offering Service
The First Baptist church in Cedar Rapids hosts a Harvest Home offering service led by Anna Aponas a Kansas City social worker at Bethel Center. The 6:30 p.m. event follows a church potluck and is open to the public with Dr Paul Smith Iowa Baptist Convention executive secretary and Rev Forrest Fordham American Baptist youth director also attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Aponas
Bethel Center
Kansas City
Harvest Home Bank
First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
Bridgeville
Miss Aponas
Chicago
Emmanuel House Christian Center
Brooklyn
N. Y
Paul Smith
Iowa Baptist Convention
Forrest Fordham
American Baptist Convention
1954 Iowa Synod Convention Honors 50 Year Ministers
At the Iowa Synod convention ministers reaching fifty years of service were honored. The event highlighted long tenure and dedication within the church, recognizing veterans of the ministry and their contributions to congregations across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Synod
Mabel Swanson Leads Sunday Service at 1015 Second Ave
At 1015 Second Avenue SE Mabel Swanson leads the Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m with the sermon titled Choosing the Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue SE
Mabel Swanson
Methodist Church Services and Sermon Listings
Church notices list services for several congregations including St. Pauls on Third Avenue SE with Rev. Jackson Burns and Dr H Hughes Dill, Bethel AME on Sixth Street SE with Rev Theodore Hudson, and Free Church on G Avenue NW with Rev C W Oscarson. Sunday school times are shown for each, with worship times and sermon topics such as When I Survey the Wondrous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
St. Paul’s
Third Avenue
Jackson Burns
H. Hughes Dill
Pallor Payee Thirty-third Street
Wilbert R. Ehlert
Bethel Ame
Sixth Street SE
Theodore Hudson
G Avenue NW
C. W. Oscarson
Trinity
Fifth
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Sunderman
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Community Alliance
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Church OF God
Ellis
L Avenue NW
Church OF God IN Christ
Church OF Christ
Christian Science
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Lavina Ross Fowler
Peter
Judas
Burke
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Presbyterian
Salvation Army
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Unitarian
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Church Briefs
Maynard Presbyterian Church
Book of David
Will
Dairydale Baptist Church
John Wesley
St. James Methodist Church
Radio and Film Commission of the Methodist Church
J. Arthur Rank
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Newhall
W. Allen Bond
3Rd Ave
Marion
Iowa
B. H. Pennings
St. Norbert College
West de Pere
Wis
Norbertine Order
Berne Abbey
Holland
U.S
Lutheran Church
First Baptist
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
William H. Cohen, Jr
14Th Avenue
K Street
F. E. Whitlatch
Waterloo
Young People
James Bohi
Bloomfield
Rev. Whitlatch
C. D. Gadbow
Leland Roesink
Westminster Choir College
John Finley Williamson
Westminster Church
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