Christmas services fill area churches with carols and cantatas
A dense list of Christmas events across Long Beach and nearby towns includes vocalists Robert Hale and Dean Wilder at First Christian Church, a live Nativity at All Saints Episcopal, multiple church cantatas and choral offerings, holiday Masses and candlelight services, and special programs at St. Maria Goretti, St. Jude’s, University Lutheran, Trinity Foursquare, and other parishes. Authorities urge local residents to attend and bring canned foods for Deacons Pantry.
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Robert Hale
Dean Wilder
New York City Opera Company
First Christian Church
Fifth Street
Locust Avenue
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Termino Avenue
Colorado Street
Little Brown Church
Atlantic Avenue
Deacons Pantry
Books by women for women dominate religious publishing
A look at how religious titles by women flood the market, often personal and sincere, reflecting themes of overcoming sin and finding joy. Noting authors like Joan Winmill Brown and Joyce Landorf, the trend may echo feminist currents and male pulpit influence, with profiles of several titles and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Heaven
Morning Haze and Sacred Sparks in Everyday Life
A contemplative meditation contrasts mundane scenes with spiritual forces. References to a gray horse, a waking kinglet, a mother, and Jesus frame daily routine as smogged by souls while Christ remains the enduring king of heaven. Blake is cited on belief, tying personal faith to human weakness.
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ING World
Martha Nelson
Pillar Books
Nelson
Carl Nelson
Englewood
Cole
Colleen Townsen Evans
Blake
Christ
Heaven
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Salvation Army
Spring St
Harold de Coy
First Baptist Church of
Los Alamitos
Bloomfield Boulevard
Green Avenue
St. Maria Goretti Roman Catholic Church
Palo Verde Ave
St. Jude's Thaddness
University Lutheran Church
Clark Ave
Trinity Lutheran Church
Linden Ave
el Dorado Park Church
Norwalk Blvd
Bethany Lutheran Church
Unity Chapel
E. Broadway
Lakewood
Arbor Road
Daniel Pinkam
Grace United Methodist Church
Third Street
Junipero Avenue
Rhonda Sandberg Polay
Lakewood First United Methodist Church
Bellflower Blvd
Trinity Foursquare Church
Fernwood Ave
Lynwood
Benjamin Britten
California Boys Choir
Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Wilshire Boulevard
Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
Wayfarers
Rancho Palos Verdes
St. Seraphim Orthodox Church
Harbor Ave
Bethany Baptish Church
All Saints Anglican Episcopal Church
Bushard
Fountain Valley
John W. Peterson
University Baptist Church
Chatwin Ave
Philip Young
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Palo Verde Avenue Christian Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Cerritos Ave
Cypress
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Carson St
By Mark Clutter
Joan Winmill Brown
Revell
London
Joan
Robbie Kennedy
Jack
Billy Grahams
Bill Brown
World Wide Pictures
Billy Graham Company
Joyce Landorf
Joyce
First Baptist Church
10Th & Pine Long Beach
Frank M. Kepner
D.D
Wesley E. Smith
Antonio See
Kepner
Sanctuary
Steve Burwell
Charles Downing
Sam Posthuma
Eloise Stebleton
Full Gospel Tabernacle Assembly OF God
Alondra Blvd
Bellflower
God
Music Dale and
Donna Lawrence
Gomez Brothers
Charles Harlin
Durbin
Glad Tiding
Jesus
Theresa Hummel
the Lord
Ron Huff
Bill
Gloria Gaither Sanctuary Choir
Roger R. Hummel
Glad Tidings Assembly OF God
South St
William Durbin
the Leaven
Kinglet
Mark
Church OF Religious Science
Fox Rossmore Theater
Seal Beach Blvd
Theodora “Dodie” Dyrenforth
Bethany
Clark Avenue
Lakewood Village
Roger Lautzenhiser
James Beadle
Centralia
Sunfield
City College
First Church OF the Brethren
Magnolia Ave
L.B
Flora
James S. Flora Pastor
Hirst Christian Church
5Th and Locust
Robert Hale and
Hale and Wilder
Ovid Young
Billy Graham
Open Bible Fellowships
Channel 40
North Long Beach
Brethren Church
List & Orange
Dr. Peek
Conducted By
Bob Anthony
Rea Cnhiy
Maenie Bll
Gloria Guither
Church OF Religious
Church
Science
Nese Holmes
Atlantic Ave
the Oxy
Ted Rome
Christian Church
Bixby Knolls
Carson
Edward Joseph Read
Worship Service Church School
Marker Sr
Stanley L. Hunt
Pastor
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K. Dean Echols
Alan Rose
Palo Verde
Harold C. Moeller
St. Lukes
St. Duke’s Church
Atlantic
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