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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1950

Page

3

Iowa Churches Luana Lutheran Sees 420 Baptized Members

Florence L. Clark profiles St. John Evangelical Lutheran church in Luana. Built 1906 after earlier worship in homes and a shed for horse and buggy days. Rev. Paul W. Adix has led since 1938. a $10,000 pipe organ installed in 1947 funded by church groups.

Uana St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Luana Young People’s and Women’s Missionary Societies Church Paul W. Adix Wartburg Seminary

Church Briefs Highlighting Wartime Pulpit Appointments and Events

Clergy from Lehigh Avenue Baptist Philadelphia and Chicago's Evangelical Mission Covenant Church speak at Cedar Rapids churches. Cedar Rapids hosts evangelism planning meeting and film Second Chance. Sunday school opens with family seating at St. John’s Episcopal. Navy seeks chaplain corps candidates from reserves in theological programs. Mission services and Congo Calls shown at First Covenant Cedar Rapids. Bishop Gordon W. Smith to visit Decorah field with services and confirmations in Cresco and Decorah. Dubuque presbytery youth to meet at Wadena Presbyterian with multiple towns represented.

Cedar Rapids St. Andrew’s Gordon W. Smith Iowa Decorah Episcopal Church Cresco Clermont Dubuque Wadena

Cedar Rapids Church Notices General listings

A collection of church notices lists Cedar Rapids parishes with service times and ministers. It includes Assembly of God at First Oakland road NE led by Rev. Ivan Kramer with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11, evangelistic service at 7 30 p.m. Also Church of Christ at Central First avenue NW with James W. Nichols minister holding Bible study at 10 a.m. and services at 11 and 7 30 p.m. Other churches include the Church of the Brethren at Fourth avenue Twelfth street SE with Rev. John B. Wieand and multiple services, St John the Baptist at 501 A avenue NE with Orthodox liturgy at 10:30, and St Pauls on Third avenue at Fourteenth street SE with bishops and ministers and services at 9 45 and 11.

Oakland Road Ivan Kramer Church OF Christ Central First Avenue NW James W. Nichols Eighth Avenue Church OF the Brethren Fourth Avenue Twelfth Street John B. Wieand St. John the Baptist George Hadjis Ee St. Paul’s Third Avenue Fourteenth Street Marvin B. Kober John K. Moore Ralph S. Cushman First Avenue Thirty-seventh Street J. F. Wipperman St. Mark’s Augustana Twenty-first Street Roland W. Johnson St. Stephen’s E.L.C Thirty First Street Meadowbrook Drive St. Louis First Lutheran H. G. Schwegler Bethany Missouri E. W. Waggazer Hiawatha Mission Willman Street Hiawatha Village

Multiple Church Services Across City Gather on Sunday

The list shows several churches scheduling Bible school at 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. with sermons on imitating Christ and God sparing His own Son. Evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. features Lot's Declension and Misses. Rev. Herman N Benner and Rev. A Timothy Starr lead readings at Dairy Dale Mt Vernon and Calvary venues.

First Second Avenue Twelfth Street Herman N. Benner Dairy Dale Mt. Vernon Thirty-fourth Street Timothy Starr Calvary Third Avenue Russell Pavy Philadelphia Mt. Zion Eighth Street B. H. Hunter Y.M.C.A H. M. Robison

Grace-D Avenue Service and Bible School Details

The Rev. Arnold R. Kriegbaum leads Bible school at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 with the sermon It's the Gospel Truth. Evening service at 7 45 features Standing in the Midst of His People.

Grace D Avenue Twentyninth Street Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Mass Schedules at Local Churches This Sunday

The city lists Sunday Mass times for Immaculate Conception St Ludmila St Patrick St Matthew St Wenceslaus All Saints. Clergy include Msgr Molloy Fr White Fr Thornton Fr Hruby Fr A W Chihak and Fr Kissling. Mass times range from 5:45 to 12 noon across locations on Sem street Seventh Avenue Second Street NE SW NW SE.

Immaculate Conception Third Avenue Tenth Street John M. Molloy Alphonse P. White John E. Thornton St. Ludmila’s Twenty - First Avenue Second Street Frank Hruby St. Patrick’s First Avenue Fifth Street St. Matthew’s Twenty-fourth Street St. Wenceslaus Twelfth Avenue A. W. Chihak Joseph Kissling All Saints Dalewood Avenue Twenty-ninth Street George A. Stemm

Bible School and Worship Service Schedule

On First Twenty Fifth Street at 6 Avenue NE Bible school at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Sermon delivered by The Rev. Edgar E. Swanson of Chicago.

Twenty-fifth Street Avenue NE Edgar E. Swanson Chicago

Edgewood Church Service Schedule Notes Rev Chester Ainsworth

Edgewood Avenue at Edgewood Road NW hosts Rev Chester Ainsworth. Sunday school at 9 45 worship at 11 and evening service at 7 30.

Edgewood Edgewood Road Chester Ainsworth

Community Alliance Service Notice at Oakland Road NE

The Rev. William F. Kissell preaches at a Sunday gelistic service at 7 45 p m at Community Alliance located on 3302 Oakland road NE. Attendance invited and time listed for the weekly gathering.

Church of God Service Times and Sermon Titles

Ellis Park L avenue and Eighth street NW hosts Bible classes at 9 45 a m with worship at 10 30 led by the Rev and Mrs S E Dooty The sermon titled A Spiritual Church Is a Missionary Church and an evening service at 7 30 presenting What To Do About Sin.

Church OF God Ellis Park L Avenue Eighth Street NW S. E. Dooty

Church service listings for two congregations

The notice lists services at Church of God in Christ on 730 H street SW led by Rev. L. C. Colbert with worship at 3 and 8 p.m and Tenth avenue at street SE led by Rev. James C. Lewis with Sunday school at 10 a.m worship at 11 30 and evening service at 7 45.

Church OF God IN Christ H Street L. C. Colbert P.m Tenth Avenue James C. Lewis

Church of the Open Bible Service Times

The Church of the Open Bible at First 619 Third Street SW led by Rev. Charles Thompson lists Sunday school at 9 45 am worship at 11 and evangelistic services at 7 30 pm each Sunday evening.

Church OF the Open Bible Third Street Charles Thompson

Christian Science Services at Second Avenue SE

Sunday school at 9 45 am. Services at 11 00 am. Subject Matter.

Christian Science First Second Avenue SE

Church Schedule for Rev C D Gadbow Era

The Church of the Nazarene on Fourteenth Avenue at K Street SW lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 10 45 and an evening service at 7 45 led by the Rev C D Gadbow.

Church OF the Nazarene Fourteenth Avenue K Street C. D. Gadbow

Congregational Services on First Washington and Bethany

The Rev. J. Richard Wagner conducts worship at First Washington avenue and Seventeenth Street SE with church school at 9:45 and sermon Our Faith Under Fire at 10:55. At Bethany Sixth Street NW Rev. Milton E. White leads Sunday school at 10, worship at 11 with Temptation and an evening service at 7:30 titled Joshua's Command.

Washington Avenue Seventeenth Street Richard Wagner Bethany Sixth Street L Avenue NW Milton E. White Joshua

Christ's Sanctified Holy Arch Church Service Times

Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship services at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Elder H. G. Darden leads activities at 1230 Fifteenth Street SE.

Christ’s Sanctified Holy Arch Fifteenth Street H. G. Darden

Church Services at Cedar Third and First Ave

The Rev Leon G Triggs leads church services with Bible school at 9 45 a m and worship at 10 50. Sermon titled A Real Value. At First 840 Third Ave SE Dr Galen L Rose conducts Bible school 9 45 worship 10 45 sermon Before You A Door Opened.

Cedar Third Avenue Sixthstreet Leon G. Triggs Galen L. Rose Bible School

Episcopal services at Grace Avenue and St John’s

Grace-A avenue at Sixth street holds Holy Communion at 8 a.m. A choral eucharist and sermon follow at 11. Evening prayer is at 7 30. St John’s on Nineteenth street at Park avenue SE offers Communion at 8 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 10 a.m. The Rev A G Colbourne and the Rev D A Loferski preside.

Episcopal Sixth Street A. G. Colbourne St. John’s Nineteenth Street Park Avenue D. A. Loferski

Evangelical United Brethren Church Listings

Sharon Ninth Street SW churches hold Sunday school at 9 45 a m with sermons on The Contagion of Goodness at Sharon Eighth Avenue and Ninth Street SW and God's Handiwork at Salem First Avenue Third Street SW St Andrews Fourth Avenue Seventh Street SE church school 9 45 Wor ship 10 50 Sermon Christian Fellowship led by Revs J Paul Stevens G H Bam ford and LeRoy Carter

Sharon Eighteenth Avenue Ninth Street J. Paul Stevens Salem First Avenue Third Street G. H. Bamford St. Andrew’s Fourth Avenue Seventh Street LeRoy Carter Christian Fellowship

Czech Bible School and Worship Services Listed

Evangelical and Reformed churches announce Czech language Bible school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m led by Dr Milo Filipi at Second Street SW Czech service titled A Victorious Meeting also noted at First Eighth Avenue at L Street SW with The Rev Frederick Haag and church school 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m.

Evangelical & Reformed Second Street Milo Filipi Church Bible School Eighth Avenue L Street Frederick Haag

Interdenominational Church Service Schedule

Third street at Fifth avenue SW hosts Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m The Rev A J Stokes leads Sunday school at 10 a m Worship is.

Third Street Fifth Avenue A. J. Stokes

Temple Judah and Beth Jacob on Washington Avenue SE

A brief listing notes Temple Judah and Temple Beth Jacob located at 1947 Washington Avenue SE, city region. The entry identifies the two religious congregations sharing a community address and regional role.

Temple Judah and Beth Jacob Washington Avenue SE

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Study at Kingdom Hall SE

The Kingdom Hall at 702 Seventh Street SE hosts a Watchtower study at 7:30 PM with the subject The Increase of His Government. The notice emphasizes a local religious meeting and its schedule.

Kingdom Hall Seventh Street

Latter Day Saints Church Services Listed

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 415 Third Street SE holds church school at 10 a.m and worship at 11 a.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 1110 Second Avenue SE offers Sunday school at 10 a.m and Sacrament service at 11:15 a.m.

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Third Street Second Avenue

Community Church Schedule and Sermon Titles

A list of Sunday services across multiple churches with addresses and ministers. Includes worship times, Sunday schools, and sermon topics such as One Thing Needful, The Greater Gift, The Foolishness of Preaching, and In Christ's Stead.

Church listings for multiple congregations across the city

A page lists church sites with addresses and service times. Included are Bible school and worship hours at Dr. Theodore G. Lilley Hus Memorial Kenwood Park Sinclair Memorial Olivet Sinclair Memorial Daniels Park Westminster and others with several sermon titles such as The Mercy Seat Why Honest Confession Is Good A Daring Faith and The Fellowship of the Unashamed.

Third Avenue Fifth Street Theodore G. Lilley Society of the Supremely Wistful Central Park B Avenue Seventeenth Street Allan E. Schoff Kenwood Park Thirty-fifth Street R. Franklin Galloway Jesus Olivet Tenth Street D. Keith Irwin Sinclair Memorial Twelfth Avenue Ralph B. Colton Daniels Park Center Point Road F. A. Munneke Westminster Andrew E. Kurth Fellowship of the

Sermon and Sabbath Services at Davis's Church

Harry B. Davis serves as pastor and invites attendance at Sabbath school Saturday at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 a m with services conducted at the church located on First avenue NE.

First Avenue Harry B. Davis

Sunday church notices for 1123 Third Street SE

Capt William W Kyle hosts Sunday school at 10 a.m. Holiness meeting follows at 11 a.m. Salvation meeting scheduled for 8 p.m.

Third Street William W. Kyle Holiness Meeting Salvation Meeting

Saint church services in St George area

Rev. George T. Habib leads Sunday school at 8 30 a m and liturgy at 9 30 a m at St John the Baptist located at 600 Seventh Street SE in the St George Twelfth Avenue at Tenth Street SE district. Additional details reference the parish nearby.

St. George Twelfth Avenue Tenth Street George T. Habib St. John the Baptist Seventh Street

Sunshine Mission Rev Frank H Ward Services

The Sunshine Mission at 121 Second Street NE hosts Sunday school at 3 p.m. and a gospel service at 7 36 p.m led by Reverend Frank H Ward.

Second Street Frank H. Ward

Unity Through Law and Over Sunday Service at Mabel Swanson

Mabel Swanson leads at 1015 Second Avenue SE with Sunday school at 9 30 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The subject is Unity Through Law and Over.

Second Avenue Mabel Swanson

Bible School and Worship Services Announced

On First Third avenue at Second street SW Bible school is at 9 45 a.m worship at 11 led by Dr Edwin T Settle. At Grande Avenue 1601 Grande avenue SE worship with Dr H K Galloway. See the Light.

First Third Avenue Second Street Edwin T. Settle Grande Avenue H. K. Galloway

Death of a Salesman plays at local church service

The Rev Waldemar Argow leads a church service at Sixth Street SE area with a church school at 11 and a performance of Death of a Salesman on the program.

Third Avenue Sixth Street Waldemar Argow

Poland speaker set for Jones Brotherhood meeting

Eugene Iwanzuk of Poland will address the Charles M. Jones Brotherhood at 6 p.m. Sunday in Kenwood Presbyterian Church. The event gathers residents from Frankville Volga City Littleport Waterville Oelwein Maynard Hazleton and West Union for the community gathering.

Frankville Volga City Littleport Waterville Oelwein Maynard, Hazleton West Union Eugene Iwanzuk Poland Charles M. Jones Kenwood Presbyterian Church

First Baptist Oelwein Marks 75th Anniversary

The First Baptist church in Oelwein celebrates seventy five years since founding with Rev. Ralph Johnson as current pastor. Mission Sunday is set for Sunday at Zion American Lutheran church in West Union with two services at 10 30 a m and 2 p m. Decorah Lutheran circuit Luther league and Choral Union meet today and Sunday at First Lutheran church Decorah. Highlights include a Pocket Testament League banquet tonight and a Choral Union concert Sunday at 3 p m in the Luther college gymnasium.

First Baptist Church Oelwein Ralph Johnson Zion American Lutheran Church West Union Decorah

National U L C A Meeting Heads to Cedar Rapids

The national biennial convention of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church in America will be held at the First Lutheran Church and the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids from October 1 to 3. Delegates from the U S and Canada will attend with services led by Dr F Eppling Reinartz and Rev H G Schwegler. A banquet October 2 will feature Dr Franklin Clark Fry, president of the ICA, as speaker. Earl Bader will preside, with Cedar Rapids First Church and Iowa Synod committees organizing. A special program for accompanying wives is planned.

the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church In America First Lutheran Church Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids United States Canada F. Eppling Reinartz H. G. Schwegler Franklin Clark Fry United Lutheran Church In America Earl Bader National Brotherhood First Church Iowa Synod

New Minister at St. Andrew's EUB

The Rev. LeRoy Carter has become pastor of St. Andrew's Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids with his wife and two sons arriving last weekend. A Wellman native and 1948 Iowa State Teachers College graduate, he previously led a Blackwell Oklahoma church and studied at Bonebrake Seminary in Dayton Ohio. He served in Hudson Iowa and York Nebraska during his path to ordination.

LeRoy Carter Blackwell Okla St. Andrew’s Evangelical United Brethren Church Cedar Rapids Carter Seventh Street Wellman Kalona High School Muscatine York College York Neb Hudson Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Bonebrake Seminary Dayton Ohio

Football Player Becomes Pastor Abe Lincoln to Preach in Cedar Rapids

Charles Wes ley Abe Lincoln, Abilene Christian College football standout and Sweetwater high school all state center, earned his degree August 25 and will move to Cedar Rapids Iowa to preach for the Church of Christ. He will be joined by his wife Dorothy Dol lar of Memphis Tennessee and follows a wave of Texas ministers starting new congregations in eastern Iowa. Lincoln had planned to teach and coach at Loraine high school before this transfer.

the Gazette Abilene Texas Charles Wesley Abe” Lincoln Abilene Christian College Cedar Rapids Iowa Church of Christ Sweetwater High School Lincoln Texas Christian University Hudson Lincoln Sweetwater Dorothy Dollar Memphis, Tenn Loraine High School Con

Lincoln to join Cedar Rapids church ministry team

Lincoln will assist at Central Church of Christ in Cedar Rapids while working on the church radio program and conducting evangelistic meetings across the Cedar Rapids area, according to James W. Nichols. The arrangement links Lincoln with Nichols and the Central church for ongoing outreach.

Cedar Rapids Lincoln James W. Nichols Central Church of Christ Mr. Nichols Central Church

Dairy Dale Baptists Elect New Officers

Richard Wright Eugene Owens and Paul McDowell were elected trustees. Paul McDowell will serve as Bible school superintendent. Eleanor Miller was named church clerk Norton Litts treasurer Winnie Boots Bible school secretary.

Dairy Dale Baptists Dale Baptist Church Richard Wright Eugene Owens Paul McDowell Eleanor Miller Norton Litts Winnie Boots

Davenport Diocese Holy Name Rally at Clinton

Plans are set for the Davenport Diocese Holy Name rally at Riverview Stadium Clinton at 7 30 p m Sunday with 8000 seats. If rain the program moves to St Marys church and is broadcast to four city churches. Bishop William P O Connor of Madison Wis will speak on the Holy Year theme the year of the great return to God and great pardon. A Rosary litany and organ music precede the rally at 7 p m.

Davenport Riverview Clinton St. Mary’s Church William P. O’connor Madison Wis

No flesh can be half rotten and half healthy

A concise devotional line urges choosing allegiance between fleshly and spiritual life, echoing a biblical verse. The message stresses decisive commitment to a single pathway, contrasting corrupt and pure states to motivate faithful choice.

Josh

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Florence L. Clark Gazette C. W. Haeman J. W. Appel Luana Methodist Church Appel Adix ST. John's Lutheran Church Briefs Lehigh Avenue Baptist Church Calvary Baptist Church Home Missions The Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America First Covenant Church St. John’s Episcopal Church Navy Department Chaplain Corps Naval Reserve Office of Naval Officer Procurement U. S Kansas City Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church Lutheran’ Church Lowmen Congo Africa Cedar Rapids Church Assembly OF God H. T. Wood Young Farly Church Baptist Brethren Catholic Community Alliance William F. Kissell Christian Evangelical United Brethren Foursquare Gospel the Rev Jehovah’s Witnesses Lutheran Methodist St. James—Ellis Boulevard N Avenue NW Floyd Hinshaw Avenue NW Z. E. Kellum C. F. Olson John Huss Ruth Husband Trinity H. M. Grant Christ’s Stead Bethel A.M.E Esse H. Meer Thirty Third Street Dh. Arthur Presbyterian Salvation Army Sunshine Mission Unity Center United Presbyterian Unitarian St. Paul's Methodist Church Methodist Church St. Paul Bishop Cushman St. Paul's Herman H. Koppelman Board of Foreign Missions of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod Trinity Lutheran Church Koppelman Donald E. Hoke Christian Life Japan Korea Hoke U.L.C.A St. Andrew's C. W Abe" Lincoln Tinued McKinley High School Tnday Amas Bernard Book Store H. H. Koppelmann St. Louis, Mo Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod First Avenue and E. H. Widmann
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