Christmas Sunday Music Blesses Long Beach Churches
Long Beach area churches plan a festive Advent programing with choirs and orchestras. Harold Agal leads Handel Messiah at First Baptist with soloists including Kietzman Nixon Kinnell Graves Bell VanEe. North Long Beach hosts cantata Wonderful Love by Bob Ashton with 55 voice choir and full orchestra. First Methodist features Mueller Handel Shelley Mozart works with organ postlude Yultide Melodies. Bay Shore presents Night of the Big Star original play for youth and seniors. St Luke's Choristers join Advent Messiah, El Dorado Park presents World at Christmas Time cantata, First Nazarene hosts Christmas Festival of Choirs, First United Presbyterian and First Christian share services with varied music.
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Harold Agal
First Baptist
10Th and
Pine
Bette Kietzman
Betty Nixon
Jean Kinnell
Pat Graves
Marie Bell
Fran vanEe
Sam Posthuma
North Long Beach Brethren
Orange Ave
Bob Ashton
Denver
First Methodist
Fifth and Pacific
Layfield Bell
Mueller
Handel
Shelley
Mozart
Rolla Alford
Bay Shore
Toledo
Milton Gabrielson
Long Beach Christmas displays blend nativity with Easter hope
At Long Beach General Hospital a nightly 35 by 40 foot display ties Christmas to Easter with the words THIS WAS FOR THIS atop the Bethlehem manger. Chaplain Fred Crumb notes the theme’s central meaning as lights illuminate 4:30 p.m. to midnight through New Years. Across town churches host services from First Assembly of God to Grace Methodist and Bethany Baptist featuring carols, cantatas, and children’s programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach General Hospital
Fred Crumb
Rev. Crumb
Christmas spirit can bring lasting goodwill and joy
A Christmas meditation on tolerance and love. The narrator recalls a chance encounter with a hippie on Wilshire Boulevard and explains how a simple smile sparked internal transformation toward acceptance. He argues Christmas reveals a loving God and the path to global harmony through practiced goodwill.
Salvation Army Sets Big Sunday Christmas Program
The Salvation Army Temple at 455 E. Spring St hosts a Christmas Sunday with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday School program. Brig. and Mrs. Orval A. Taylor accept welcomes, and Brig. Taylor delivers the 10:45 a.m. sermon "Away With the Manager." Wallace Arntzen is guest soloist and reads a Christmas piece, followed by Temple Brass Christmas music at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Temple
Spring St
Orval A. Taylor
Brig. Taylor
Southern California
Wallace Arntzen
Temple Brass
Reagan Hails Hanukkah Spirit
Governor Reagan praises Hanukkah as the Festival of Lights and a symbol of religious freedom. He notes its history, renews hope for the Jewish community, and extends warm greetings to Jewish citizens during the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Hanukkah
Calvary Baptist Dedicates New Church Sunday
Calvary Baptist of Bellflower unveils a 1500 seat sanctuary in time for Christmas. Rev. Dr. H. Frank Collins delivers the dedicatory message at 3 pm. Attendees include Rep. Del Clawson and Bellflower Mayor Ray Smith. Open House follows plus an organ concert and a 100-voice choir performs Peterson’s cantata. Total cost 750000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Calvary Baptist Church
Bellflower Area
Calvary Baptist of
Bellflower
H. Frank Collins
Southland
California
Clark Ave
Marion Snider
Dallas
Dr. Collins
Conn
Ruth Cipperley
Peterson
Collins
Calvary Baptist
Jesus
The Power of Faith Christmas Prayer Reflection
A Christmas Eve message emphasizes the birth of Christ as a sign to seek the Saviour in Bethlehem. It calls for the rebirth of the Christmas spirit of love and giving worldwide and recalls the verse from Luke 2 11 12 and the Gloria in excelsis Deo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
David
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Bethany Baptist Church
Long Beach
Youth Folk Service
First Lutheran
Ninth
Atlantic
ST. Luke’s Episcopal
Seventh
el Dorado Park
Norwalk Blvd
First Nazarene
First United Presbyterian
E. Fifth
First Christian
James McKowen
Redondo Avenue
Willow Street
Bethlehem
Christmas Tree
First Assembly of God
Linden
Lime Avenue
Southern Baptist
Lime Ave
Grace Methodist
Third
Junipero
Martin Luther
Stan Brown
Luther
Don Haneke
Grace
Ron Nelson
Corona del Mar
Brown
Marie Pooler
Christ Lutheran
Stearns St
Bethany Baptist
University Lutheran
First Congregational
Cedar
Trinity Lutheran
Eighth and
University Baptist
Chatwin Ave
Holy Trinity Lutheran
E. Carson St
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Long Beach, Calif
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
By Norman Vincent Peale
God
Manuel
Victor Hugo
Salvation Army
Rep. del Clawson
Ray Smith
Ishmael
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