Religion in the News Sects Merger Told By Louis Cassels
A growing church merger movement shifts Protestant history from splintering to uniting. World Council of Churches reports 33 negotiations worldwide, with major U.S. mergers planned including United Church of Christ in 1957 and potential unions among Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, and Episcopalians. International talks span England, Scotland, France, Germany, and India as ecumenism gains momentum.
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Louis Cassels Washington
United States
World Council of Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
United Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
U.S
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of England
Episcopal Church
sAbroad
Church’ of Scotland
Europe
France
Germany
Asis
United Arch
South India
North India
Council
Geneva
Switzerland
Evanston
Pathfinders Hold Area Camporee at Bidwell Park
East Bay Seventh day Adventist Pathfinders ages 10 to 15 prepare to depart for a weekend camporee in Bidwell Park near Chico with 500 plus Pathfinders and adult counselors. Activities include wilderness survival fire building signaling knot tying axmanship tenting and open air cooking under supervision. Hayward club attendees list both youth and accompanying adults.
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East Bay
Hayward Area
Carol Ann Mastick
Harold Guilie
Ginger Vassar
Vernon Gabel
Sandra Pulliam
Randy Pulliam
Barbara Hansen
Linda Hoops
Church Events and Daughters Banquet Notice
Washington Township church events include a ham dinner on May a by the Women's Society of the Newark Plan Church. Dinner served from noon to six. Proceeds go to redecorate Sunday school rooms. Volunteer helpers listed. public invited to a parish gathering at 6 39 pm. Rev Dusne Wals from Africa will speak at a neighboring Congrega tion church.
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Washington Township
Women's Society
Newark Plan Church
Niles
Dusne Wals
Africa
Quote on forgiveness and faultless character
The speaker extols the ideal of a man able to pardon the errors of humanity while recognizing his own fallibility. He admires cautious mercy as a daily discipline and warns against blind absolution or harsh rigidity. The passage emphasizes balance between forgiveness and personal accountability.
Essay and Poster Contest Open For Students
The East Bay Olympic committee with Contra Costa and Alameda county superintendents sponsors essay and poster contests for junior and senior high students in the two counties. May 1 deadline. awards include plaques, government bonds, and several prizes. Judges include Dr Seidel, B O Wilson, and a panel of educators and city officials. The contest aims to show Olympic values of strength, skill, and sportsmanship and to bridge communities through sport.
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East Bay
Dr. Seidel
B. O. Wilson
Donald Doyle
State Assembly
Arnold Levenhegan
Mar Hurley
Kent Purser
Alameda Court Board of Supervisors
Maggiora
Athens Athletic Club
Oakland
Carol Purdie
California College of Arts and Crafts
Marchie Schwartz
North American Title Guaranty Corporation
W. R.condeff
Foster and Kleiser Co
San Francisco
Paul ‘Mills
Novena to Our Lady at All Saints Opens in Hayward
The annual Fatima novena begins at All Saints Church Hayward today and runs through May 13. Rev Edward Jennings will lead nightly services at 745 pm with weekday Masses at 7 and 8 am. A family consecration to the Sacred Heart and a candlelight procession close the event.
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All Saints Church
Hayward
Fatima
Portugal
Edward Jennings
Sacred Heart of Mary
Solemon
Jennings
Our Lady of Fatima
Judo A. Martins
Lutherans To Hear College Choir In Hayward Concert
The Concordia College Choristers of Oakland, a 34 voice a capella choir, will sing sacred and secular works at Grace Lutheran Church in Hayward Sunday at 7 30 pm. Conductor Hugo Gebrke leads a program of Bach Brahms and Frescobaldi plus Bouman and Christiansen. Duo piano accompaniment by Ivan Huelle and others. Admission free, no offering taken.
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Concordia College
Oakland
Grace Lutheran Church
Hayward
Ath Ern
California
Freestorius
Bach
Brahms
Rulf
Achow
Missionary Duane Waln to Speak at Eden Church Dinner
The Rev. Duane V. Waln will address Eden Congregational Church as part of a Missions Dinner sponsored by the church board. Tickets are one dollar, attendance limited to 60. Waln has worked with Ovimbundu in Chilesso Angola since 1928, with extensive travel for his mission.
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Duane V. Waln
Chilesso
Angola
West Africa
Eden Congregational Church
Thike
Rey. Waln
Lion Country
University of Californias
Hartford Theological Seminary
Kennedy School of Missions
New Religious Radio Series Starts Sunday
KCBS will inaugurate a new series of devotional service broadcasts Sundays at 8 a m starting with Message of Faith an interdenominational program featuring Catholic Protestant and Jewish clergy and choirs each week. The first broadcast stars Rev Roy Nichols from Downs Memorial Methodist Oakland with Our Spiritual Offensive and the San Leandro First Methodist Choir led by Rev Walter Swearengin will perform Cherubine Song No 7 Hear My Prayer and Lord Bless You among others.
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KCBS
Roy Nichols
Downs Memorial Methodist Church of
Oakland
First Methodist Church
Walter T. Swearengin
Bornisansky
James
Aere
James Air
Jacoby
Nt Ibkin
St Bede’s Festival Date Set for May 20
Parishioners of St Bede’s Catholic Church in Hayward plan a festival on May 20 at Carpenter’s Union Hall on Mattox Road. A spaghetti dinner will run from 4 to 7 p.m., with booths selling stuffed animals and cakes, plus a grab booth for children. Tom Harty and Barbara LaPlante chair the event, with clergy and club leaders assisting. other listed hosts and booth chairs are named attendees.
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St. .Bede's Catholic Church
Hayward
Carpenter's Union Hall
Mattox Toad
Tom Harty
Barbara LaPlante
Holy ‘Name Society
Women
Adam and Fallen Man in Sunday Science Sermon
The lesson plan for Sunday centers on Adams and fallen man as the perfect child of God with dominion over sin. Reading from the King James Bible II Timothy 3 16 17 and from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, the sermon speaks of God inspired scripture and the sinless perfect man governed by Principle.
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Christian Science Services
Sunday School Teachers Training Class Opens in San Lorenzo
Nearly 100 vacation and Sunday school teachers attended the first Eden Council of Churches training session at Washi Community Presbyterian Church in San Lorenzo. The program, led by multiple church educators, promises two more sessions on Monday and May 14 from 7 30 to 9 30 p m with a 75 cent fee per evening.
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San
Leandro
Broadmoor Sunday School
McCartney
Broadmoor
Wilfred Chipin
Roy Sanders
Bob Boyer
Emil Ehters
Lon Walker
Sanders
Chapin
M. H. Wotcubs
Mills Terrace
Christian’ Church
Marjorie McCarter
Eden Congregational Church
James Crosby
Castro
Valley Methodist Church
Richard Lower
First Christian Church
Hayward
Holiness Group Attends Mt Retreat in Mt Hermon
A group of youth from San Lorenzo Holiness Church attended a retreat at Mount Hermon last week. Participants include Josn Kawaguchi Janice Sato Ruth Matsumoto Helen Tamura Bobby Tsurui Lily Fukuda Ando petty My liyaki Mar ion Hataiseda and Nancy Tanai pad Lester Fiyi.
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San Lorenzo Holiness Church
Lawelling House Yard
San Lorenzo
Mt. Hermon
Josn Kawaguchi
Janice Sato
Ruth Matsumoto
Helen Tamura
Bobby Tsurui
Lily Fukuda
Ayoeh
EU EU
Miko
Ando
Petty My Liyaki
Mar.ion Hataiseda
Ean Buia
Nancy _ Tanai pad
Lester Fiyi
Are Ee
Children to Conduct Wesley Rites at Church
Youth and children of Wesley Methodist church plan two services this Sunday morning at 6:46 and 11:15 am. Harry and Gifford Johnson, George Slack, Jo Anderson, Carol Slack, Jill Jones, Joe King, and Linda Selser will participate with teachers Lucius Kirk, Paul Williamson, Rise Castleberry, Don Hussel, and Tom Ry.
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Wesley: Methodist Church
S . Ee
Will
Harry and Gifford Johnson
George Slack
Jo Anderson
Carol’ Slack
Jil Jones
Joe King
Linda Selser
Luclls Kirk
Paul Willianson
Rise Castleberry
Don Hussel
Tom Ry
Hayward Composer Mrs Merritt Gains Spotlight Tonight
Hayward songwriter Bonnie Merritt earns major attention as her song The Girl in the Blue Gingham Gown is chosen for a feature on Children’s Aid Junior Auxiliary in San Francisco. Hackett Orchestra backs the number in the Mural room at the St Bara hotel, with Merritt, a 30 year composer, forecasting future publication and a trip to Southern California to meet Vivian Duncan and discuss recent records.
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Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Hayward
Hollywood
Merritt
Rank
Hayward Castro Valley Teachers Debate Bible in Schools
Hayward and Castro Valley teachers discussed teaching the Bible in public schools at First Baptist Castro Valley church. Panelists cited constitutional viewpoints on literature, religious influence in arts, and non sectarian classroom use with field trips to churches supported as part of cultural education.
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Hayward
Castro Valley
Berenice
Parma
Faye
First Baptist Church
Larry Miller
Marshall School
Educational ‘Trend
SS At
Brotherhood of “Man
Steve Kalenich
Hayward Iz
Lillian Walter
Castro
Methodist Women Circle Meetings Outline 125 Members
Methodist Women at 19808 Wheldon Avenue list 125 participants for Mizpah circle meeting on May 9 with Mrs Tessie Beach Emerald Court at 9 30 a m Sunshine circle hosts lunch with Mrs June Mason at 7718 Jeanine May 16 executive board luncheon in church parlor Hostesses include Mesdames Bell Tanner Peggy Holmes and Dorothy Downard May 18 Priscilla circle gathers 4 Dae Chabot Road with Mrs Cecil Webb co host May 21 Friendship circle meets Mrs Georgia Ford 16794 Ehe Street 7 45 p m May 28 Castro Valley Welfare luncheon at church served by Sunshine circle 12 15 and Wesely circle meeting at Mrs Louise Bunn 2462 Neil Way Hayward at 7 45 p m
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Methodist Church
Whelton Avenue
Mizpah Circle
Tessie Beach
Ona Emerald
Sunshine Circle
June Mason
Jeanine
Mesdames Bell-Tanner
Peggy Holmes
Dorothy Downard
Priscilla Circle
Ae el Urges
Chabot Road
Cecil Webb
Friendship Circle
Georgia Ford
Ehle. Street
Castro Valley Welfare
Wesley _circle
Louise Bunn
Neilway
Hayward
St Timothy's Women Plan Open House
The women of St Timothy's Lutheran Hayward will host an open house on Tuesday at 3 o'clock. Reverend Ernest Zoerl of Calvary will speak about student outreach, with refreshments provided.
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St. Timothy's Women
Protean
S Siec Lutheran
Hayward
Kahle
International Sudents
Peeseckeley
Ernest Zoerl
Calvary P
Lutherans Observe World Action Sunday in San Leandro
Epiphany Lutheran church plans to join more than 40 000 congregations nationwide in observing Luther an World Action Sunday. The annual fund appeal of the National Lutheran Council backs worldwide mission work, aiding churches, refugees, and relief efforts. Pastor A S H Loee urged a local gift of 419 dollars to support the program.
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Epiphany Lutheran Church
San Leandro
United States
Luthéran World
A. S.H
Lutheran World PE Ion
National Lutheran Council
Ale’ Loe Ee
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