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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1987

Page

9

Fall fellowship honors 80th anniversary of Child Evangelism

The Child Evangelism Reassowship will honor past directors and supporters at a fall fellowship and dessert at 7 p.m. next Saturday at Hillside Wesleyan Church 2600 First Ave NW. Jeff Seeley of KNWS Waterloo will be the guest speaker. an offering will be taken. Sacred music and a Burlington group will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday in Springville United Methodist Church. The Bentons have 13 albums and 41 state performances in 27 years of ministry. The group includes Dean Benton a pastor and author, his wife Carole and their daughter Deborah.

Hillside Wesleyan Church First Ave Jeff Seeley Knws Radio Waterloo Springville Bentons Burlington Springville United Methodist Church Dean Benton Iowa Illinois Carole Deborah First United Methodist Church Marion William Diehl Bill Watson Swasiland South Africa Marion Christian Church McGowan Blvd Wm Independence Mark Halvorson Peace Lutheran Church Oelwein Hope Lutheran Church Don Fehlauer Fellowship Hall Immanuel Lutheran Church Hope Third Ave

Halloween roots traced to Celtic, Roman rites and Jack o lantern lore

University of Northern Iowa expert James Robinson explains Halloween originated as a Celtic harvest festival and fall New Year with fires and feasts, later linked to saints. He notes the witches Sabbath label, trick or treat shifts, candlelight rites, bobbing for apples, and jack o lantern legends from Ireland and Scotland.

Cedar Falls University of Northern Iowa James Robinson All Saints All Saints of the Church Maura Robinson Christ Ireland Scotland Jack Hel St. Peter United States

Church Women United to mark World Community Day theme

Cedar Rapids families gather at Cedar Hills Community Reformed Church for World Community Day with the theme Sojourners for Justice. Three speakers address poverty among women and children as CWU outlines its five year imperative to eradicate causes of poverty.

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