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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1978
Page
8
Cedar Rapids leaders join global church figures for the 148th semi annual LDS conference led by President Spencer W. Kimball. The Tabernacle Choir of 375 voices will perform while Cedar Rapids Stake members view the first session on WMT TV 2.
Dr. Russell Striffler, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, will lead a workshop sponsored by the Independence Ministerial Association. The event is open to clergy and laity in the area with a $3 registration fee due at check in. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Dr M Doane Bonney a Dominican Republic missionary will speak at Toddville Free Methodist Church next weekend with sessions at 7 p m on Friday and Saturday and at 10 45 a m Sunday He also directs a seminary program for Free Methodists in the Dominican Republic.
John Bachman WMT news anchor and Lutheran layman will open St Michael’s Episcopal Church new fall adult class at 220 40th St NE. The Sunday sessions at 9 30 a m will explore Carry Sunday into Monday and Tuesday.
About 300 people of all ages are expected to take part in Linn County’s 10 mile CROP Walk for Hunger to raise funds forWorld hunger relief. Walkers pick sponsors for per mile contributions and may cover any portion of the route. The three starting points are First Christian Church, Linn County Care Facility, and Alburnett Methodist Church, converging at WMT Broadcast Park. Congressman Mike Blouin will participate across routes. Participants should arrive by 1 45 p.m. and sponsors can contact organizers for pledges.
Traditional and liberal High Holy Day services planned at Temple Judah 3221 Lindsay Lane SE begin Sunday. Rosh Hashanah events include eve service, Day services, children's service, late afternoon pilgrim trip to Eben Israel Cemetery, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur observances with multiple time slots and formats.
Rev. James H. Dearmore a Fort Worth born missionary protects his farmstead with fences bunkers and weapons after white missionaries face rising attacks by nationalist guerrillas. He trains with a local reserve unit and claims the conflict is a land and power grab backed by communists.
On this date in 1977 the United States and the Soviet Union pledged to use their utmost effort to overcome Arab Israeli differences and bring about a Middle East peace conference before year end.
The Rev. Forrest Whitlatch, district superintendent of the Iowa Churches of the Nazarene and former Cedar Rapids First Church pastor, will be the first of five speakers in October. Whitlatch, from Des Moines, will speak at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday services. he led Cedar Rapids from 1957 to 1966 and has led the statewide district since 1971.
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