Missionary Pair Flee to Safety in Beirut
Carol and Ben Weir, missionaries of the First Presbyterian Church of Hayward, evacuated from Nabatiyeh to Beirut within an hour of a native pastor warning of rising anti American sentiment among the 9 percent Muslim population. They left with few belongings and are indoors in Beirut under protection as Christian friends supply essentials. They plan to attend a missionary conference in Beirut through July 12, then proceed to Jerusalem, Cairo, London, New York, and return to San Francisco by August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol and
Ben Weir
First Presbyterian Church of
Hayward
Nabatiyeh
Lebanon
Beirut
Weir
Jerusalem
Cairo
London
New York
San Francisco
Episcopal Ordination Rites Sunday at Nob Hill Cathedral
Seven young men, graduates from church seminaries, will be ordained deacons at the 1 p.m. service led by Rt. Rev. Henry H. Shires at the Grave Cathedral atop Nob Hill. The ceremony includes Holy Communion and a sermon by Rev. Lesley Wilder. Habiby, Palestine-born first Arab ordained in the Episcopal Church in the United States, is among the candidates. He will serve in the Diocese of California before returning home and is presented by Rev. James B Pritchard. Habiby is the son of Jerusalem judge Jamil Habiby, chancellor of the Arch-Diocese of the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesley Wilder
St.Matthew's Church
San Mateo
Samit Jamil Habiby
Palestine
Episcopal Church
United States
Habiby
Cairo University
Phillips University
Enid
Oklahoma
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Jordan
Arab Episcopal National Council
Methodist Sef Bible School at Castro Valley Church
Vacation Bible School at Castro Valley Methodist Church runs July 14 to 35 with sessions at 9 30 and 11 am on Whellon Ave. Seventeen women from the congregation are signed as teachers for crafts play activities songs stories Bible lore and social gatherings. Additional teachers and assistants are still needed says Rev Walker Gourley pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley Methodist Church
Whellon Ave
Walter Gourley
Eden Congregational Church names new board chairmen
Rev. Richard Norberg announced the year’s board leaders at Eden Congregational Church. Cecil Cunningham will chair trustees, Stanley Petersen evangelism, Don Lucas Christian education, Tom Prosser missions, and Mrs. Ronald Notley fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Congregational Church
Richard Norberg
Cecil Cunningham
Stanley Petersen
Don Lucas
Tom Prosser
Ronald Notley
Seven-Week Mission Sends Local Pastor to Japan
Rev. Robert W. Moon, pastor of First Methodist Church San Leandro, will join 34 other ministers from five denominations on a seven week evangelistic mission to Japan. The California contingent includes Rev. Kenneth W. Adams of Fresno and Rev. W. A. Sathers of Sacramento. Ministers are nominated by their bishops and sent by their churches. They will work under the National Christian Council of Japan and receive assignments on arrival in rural or industrial areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Moon
First Methodist Church
Bancroft Ave
San Leandro
Japan
United States
California
Kenneth W. Adams
Fresno
W. A. Sathers
Sacramento
National Christian Council of Japan
Preas
Livermore Dedication Rites Set for Our Savior's Church
Dedication services for Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Livermore are planned for tomorrow at 11 a.m. Rev. Robert Einspahr, former pastor in 1953-54, will speak and now serves in Fullerton Calif. At 4 p.m. Dr. Donald Definer will lead a dedication service. Hilton M. Schlect will preside over all meetings. The church, with concrete arches, is off East Ave.
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Livermore
Robert Einspahr
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Fullerton
Calif
Donald Definer
Lutheran United Chapel
University of California
Hilton M. Schlect
East Ave
Bay Area Seminaries Grant 3 Degrees This Month
Bay Area seminaries confer degrees to three graduating students this month. The Northern California-Nevada Council of Churches notes the region hosts one of the nation’s largest seminary centers. Recipients hail from Berkeley Baptist Divinity School Church Divinity School of the Pacific Golden Gate Theological Seminary Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Pacific School of Religion and San Francisco Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Area
California - Nevada Council of Churches
Berkeley Baptist Divinity School
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Golden Gate Theological Seminary
Pacific Lutheran Seminary
Pacific School of Religion
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Delegates Attend 14th Biennial General Council Meet
About 3000 delegates gather at Mechanic Hall Boston for the 14th Biennial General Council of Congregational Christian Churches. From Southern Alameda County five delegates attend including Rev. Richard R. Zeppel San Leandro Byron E. Byrd San Lorenzo William Smith and Philip Limekin Hayward. The agenda includes discussion on the United Church of Christ formation and a three day theological debate led by Yale and Andover Newton professors. Rev Dr Ray B Phillips Hawthorne Wis was elected moderator for the next biennium succeeding George Hastings. Delegates come from all 48 states Hawaii and Puerto Rico as amendments to constitution propose shifting meetings to even years, aligning next council with the General Synod in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Council of
Congregational Christian Churches
Mechanicg ‘Hall
Boston
Mass
Alameda County
Richard R. Zeppel
Warwick St. San Leandro
Byron E. Byrd
Via Paro
San Lorenzo
William ©. Smith
Philip. E. Limekin
Hayward
United Church of Christ
General Council
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Robert Lowry Calhoun
Pitkin
Yale Univer
Sity Divinity School
Nels F. S. Ferre
Andover Newton Theological School
James Gustafson
Yale University Divinity School
Ray B. Phillips
Hawthorne
Wis
South Africa
George B. Hastings
Grant, Neb
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
General Synod of the United Church of Christ
Century Club Sets Program At Eden Congregational Church
The Century Club of Eden Congregational Church plans a special program tomorrow evening announced by program chairman Mrs. Charles Palme. Mrs. A W Oberg will show pictures of Islands of the South Seas and be introduced by Mrs. Palmer. The event starts at 5 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Birch and Bridge Streets Heyward. Dessert lunch will follow.
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Century Club of Eden Congregational Church
Charles Palme
South Seas
A. W. Oberg
Palmer
Birch and Bridge
Sts Heyward
Delegates Contest New Lutheran Church Name
About two thousand five hundred pastors and lay members at the 23rd biannual Evangelical Lutheran Church convention in Minneapolis favor naming the merged 1950 body United Evangelical Lutheran Church to avoid nationalist connotations from American. The proposal seeks to replace TALC with UELC citing concerns over nationalism and geographic references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
ELC
Minneapolis
Minn
American Lutheran Church
TALCI
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
American Lutheran’ Church
LDS Youth Trip to Los Angeles Ends
Hayward Stake youths, 34 girls and 19 boys aged 12 to 19, completed a three day all expenses paid excursion to Los Angeles. They visited the Los Angeles Temple, Disneyland, Huntington Beach, and Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery after an auto trip, live TV, and a sightseeing tour. The Operation Los Angeles contest, run by Mutual Improvement Association sponsors, awarded the trip to top participants and recorded full attendance.
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Hayward
Church of Jesus Christ ‘of Latter-day Saints
Auttomobile
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Huntington Beach
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Operation
Mutual Improvement Assh
Adrian Shipper
Mmes
Verna Jackson
Doris Hansen
Violet Fontana
Lavina Bednar
Vivian Hennessey
Maryjorie Blout
Newman Brown
Ronald Aguire
Jackson
Shipper
Dr. Dollar Leads Iowa Baptist Education Conference
Dr. J E Dollar of Hayward, director of public relations at Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, attends the 1958 American Baptist Education Assn. conference in Des Moines. He presides as president as meetings run at Drake University campus through Tuesday. The association includes four organizations and 54 educational institutions. The Berkeley School president Dr Ralph M Johnson will also attend representing the school at the Seminary Presidents Conference.
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de J. E. Dollar
Hayward
Berkeley Baptist Divinity School
Des’ Moines
American Baptist Education Assn
Drake Univsity
American Baptists
Association of College and School Administrators
Seminary Presidents Conference
Baptist Associates
Inollege Work
Public Relations
Pancake Breakfast at Niles Church for World’s Fair
Public invited to an all you can eat pancake breakfast Sunday from 9 to 11 am at the Niles Congregational Church. Men’s Club sponsors the event with pancakes eggs fruit juice and coffee. Proceeds go to the church and the Protestant Pavilion at Brussels World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles Congregational Church
Niles
Brussels
Berkeley lectures list five topics for Earl Foundation series
Pacific School of Religion announced five subjects for the remaining lectures of its annual summer lectureship on the Earl Foundation. Visiting faculty will present Monday evenings at 8 p.m. in the Chapel on campus in Berkeley, open to the public. July 7 features Dr. George D. Kelsey on Justice The Unfinished Task of the West. July 14 Dr. R. B. Scott on The Relevance of the Prophets of Israel in 1956. July 28 Dr. Claude Welch on The Body of Christ. July 28 Dr. Howard J. Clinebell on The Local Church and the Challenge of Alcoholism. The series began with Dr. Welch speaking on The People of God.
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Pacific School of Religion
Earl Foundation
Berkeley
George D. Kelsey
Drew University
R. B. ¥. Scott
Princeton’ University
Kelsey
Claude Welch
Yale Divinity School
Howard J. Clinebell
First Methodist Church
Pasadena
Calif
Dr. Welch
People of God
Festival Set For Sunday at Holy Family Novitiate Grounds
Members of Holy Family Guilds in Alameda and Santa Clara counties co sponsor a Sunday festival at the Holy Family Novitiate grounds in Nile. Starting 12 noon activities run to 7 pm with proceeds to the Holy Family Sisters. Refreshments, booths, and various goods will be offered. A holiday trip for two to Hawaii or Mexico City will be awarded in the afternoon.
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Holy Family Guilds
Alameda
Santa Clara Counties
Holy Fmily Novitiate
Nile
Holy Family Sisters
Hawaii
Mexico City
Moon to Lead Mission Team to Japan and Alaska
Rev Moon and a San Leandro colleague prepare for a Japan evangelistic assignment with native interpreters and a student pastor. The two to teach Bible and English, speak in schools, clubs and organizations before a two day orientation in Seattle and Anchorage, then pan to Japan. During their absence Rev Swearingin will serve in residence with guest ministers.
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Dr. Moon
Seattle
Anchorage
Alaska
Tapan
San
University of Bakersfield
California
Berkeley
Schehectady
Boston
Schenectady
Moon
The
Theological Seminary
Boston University
California-Nevada Methodist Conference
San Leandro
Pacific School of Religion
New Carol Choir to Sing Sunday at Hayward Church
The newly organized Carol Choir for children aged 9 to 12 will debut at the Sunday evening evangelistic service at First Baptist Church of Hayward. Sermon at 7 15 will be A Song in Sorrow, with Rev. Charles Conrad speaking at the morning service on Infant Church Blessed By God. The Chapel Choir will present God Of Our Fathers with Vada Clayton as contralto soloist. invitation extended to the public.
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Donn Clayton
First Baptist Church of
Hayward
Charles Conrad
Vada Clayton
Vall
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Folsom Ave
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Hayward Golf
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KSAN
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Phona
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Huntwood Ave
Schafer Rd
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