St Donatus Worth a Trip Delights with Luxembourger Heritage
Visitors find St. Donatus a Luxembourg style village with 11 original mid 1800s buildings. The town features Gehlin house and barn, the former St Marys Academy site, and the Catholic Church with an outdoor Way of the Cross begun by Father Flemming. Legends tie to Tetedesmort and Saint Donatus. the valley view and cemetery offer memorable historic atmosphere.
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ST. Donatus
Iowa
Luxemburg
Gehlen
Peter Gehlen
St. Mary's Academy
St. Donatus Catholic
Flemming
America
Louis Hennepin
Donatus
Willam J. Menster
Jackson County
Family seminar to aid marriages comes to Cedar Rapids
Dr. J Allan Petersen of Wheaton Illinois promotes a 10 hour Family Affair Seminar starting Friday December 4 at Hillside Wesleyan Church with sessions on staying in love and parenting. More than 20 million couples face difficulties. 500-plus capacity. advance tickets 12 50. door 15. student 9.
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United States
J. Allan Petersen
Wheaton
Ill
Family Concern
Petersen
Cedar Rapids
Hillside Wesleyan Church
First Ave. NW
Paramount Theatre
Roger Goodson
Youth For Christ
Bruce Narramore
Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology
California
Goodson
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Paul Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
Stephen Allen
Keys To Living
Steve Barlow
Barlow Foods
Ed Bateman
Faith Bible Church
George Carlson
First Lutheran Church
Jerry Christiansen
Lutheran Social Service
Chuck Daugherty
Fellowship Christian Center
Robert Dye
Bob Folden
Bing Grahek
Mercy Hospital
Jane Hartman
Hillcrest Family Services
Jack Hooten
Sharon United Methodist Church
Alex Rowland
First Assembly of God
Capt
Edwin Seger
Leon Schmidt
Lutheran Family Services
Roy Tindal
Noelridge Baptist Church
Ken van de Griend
Peace Christian Reformed Church
Jim Young
Ktof-Fm
Sedlacek unit hosts clergy conference on family treatment
A Cedar Rapids area clergy conference showcased the Sedlacek Treatment Center at Mercy Hospital. A recovering patient and his family shared their story highlighting alcoholism as a family illness and the center's approach. Director Don Winkler announced plans for a cross‑clerical advisory council to improve communication between clergy and Sedlacek.
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Iowa
Sedlacek Treatment Center
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids Area
Sedlacek Center
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa City
Springville
Belle Plaine
Mercy
St. Luke's
Sedlacek
Don Winkler
Winkler
David Remy
Record enrollments rise as women enter theology studies nationwide
The Association of Theological Schools reports 49,611 students in 194 member schools in the U.S. and Canada, a 63 percent rise in a decade. Women total 10,830 students, 22 percent, with United Methodists and several denominations showing high female representation. The trend reflects night classes for working students and expanding professional training in religion.
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Washington
The
Association of Theological Schools
Association
U.S
Canada
Marvin J
Taylor
United States
United
Methodists
United Church of Christ
United Presbyterians
Southern Baptist Convention
Communion
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lutheran Church In America
Assemblies of God U S membership grows 14 percent
Assemblies of God reports U S membership rising 14.2 percent over two years from 785 348 to 1 064 490 while worldwide membership reaches 10 million. At the general convention five top officers were re elected including Rev Thomas F Zimmerman as general superintendent who has led the Springfield Missouri based denomination since 1960.
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ST. Louis
Assemblies of God
U. S
Thomas F. Zimmerman
Springfield
United States aid shipment to Poland supports vulnerable citizens
A cargo valued at 324000 dollars of winter clothing blankets hygiene kits and foodstuffs donated by U S church groups left Newark New Jersey for Poland. The convoy was organized by Lutheran World Relief Church World Service and the Mennonite Central Committee as part of ongoing aid to Poland amid a deteriorating economy. Church World Service officials note millions in Poland may live below the social minimum by year’s end, with many children elderly and disabled affected.
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Newark
N.J
U.S
Poland
Lutheran World Relief
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
Mennonite Central Committee
Paul F. McCleary
CWS
Ronald E. Stenning
Owl with laryngitis halts hooting season comment
A whimsical note about an owl losing its voice and silencing the night, tied to the season name fall. The speaker jokes the owl cannot hoot and makes a playful observation about lurking beneath leaves.
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William Mueller
Dr. Petersen
Sedlacek Unit
Clergy Conference
Washington Post Service
Sunda
Christian Crusaders
Watertog
1St Ave
Keys
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