Watchnight Services at Five Lutheran Churches Tonight
Five Lutheran churches announce Watchnight services for New Year’s Eve. Grace Lutheran at Lidd W. Sth St offers half a communion service at 8 and Sunday sermon at 10:30 by Rev. Robert Behntke. Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity at 00 E. Carson St observes year’s end with service at 7 and Sunday service later. St. Timothy Lutheran at Woodruff Ave and Arbor Rd led by Rev. Storvick holds a late night worship. Belmont Hospitalist Methodist at 417 Ferming Ave hosts a Waternight Service at 8 PM, noting John Wesley started the tradition for coal miners seeking relief during holidays.
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Grace Ludheran
Lidd
Robert l. Behntke
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
E. Carson
Hich
Laetheran Church
Holy Ty
St. Timothy Lutheran
Woodrurf Ave
Arbor Rd
A. C. Storvick
Belmont
John Snut
Canterbury
Vatican
Air Force
New American Lutheran Church
South Africa
Ambrose Reeves
Gov. Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Chan
Fidel Castro
Will Tell About Integration at Local Churches
Retired pastor Henry Thomsen of Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd Lambs Park Queens will discuss integration next Tuesday at 6 30 pm at Mont Olivet Lutheran Church Bonfair Avenue Men of St. group will hear Thomsen. A film of the 1969 Indian motorcycle race appears in a separate program at Calvary Baptist Lime Avenue South.
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Henry Thomsen
Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd
Lamb Ozone Park
New York City
Thomsen
Church Brotherhood of the Mont Olivet Lutheran Church
Bonfair Ave
Men of
Calvary Baptist Church
Lime Ave
Lutheran
India Leader to Speak at Long Beach Church
Bhek Pati Sinha, founder of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Columbia University, currently pursuing a PhD, will speak at the Long Beach Unitarian Church at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. He has a long history as author, missionary and political worker in India.
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Bhek Pati Sinha
Unitarian Universalist Association of Columbia Unieersity
Long Beugh Unitarian Church
Atherton St
Vo A.m
India
Religion As Old Or New As A Babe Or A Man
Two long-time First Baptist Church members posed with Bibles for a staff photo at 1000 Pine Ave. One wore a hornless prop, the other a scytheless one, highlighting the idea that religion remains a timeless guide across generations.
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Rene Ome
Arthur A. Supernaw
Gary Babe
Erale
First Baptist Church
1000 Pine
Avg
Bryan Hoelson
L!ife
Aus
Gods Power Shown in David and Goliath Sermon
A Christian science lesson this Sunday highlights God’s power in the David and Goliath account. The Scripture passage from Samuel recalls David’s faith declaring the battle belongs to the Lord and that deliverance comes not by sword or spear but by God.
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Goliath
God
Chiles
Samuel
Istarl
Detroit Presbytery backs merger of four denominations
The Detroit Presbytery of 110 churches voted 216 to 4 in favor of a merger among Presbyterian Methodist United Church of Christ and Episcopal churches. The overture goes to the General Assembly in Britain next May. Opponents feared loss of democratic form. supporters cite Detroit's size and early action.
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Petroy Gps
Detroit
United Presbyterian Churches
Methodist
United Church of Christ
Thetroit Presbytery
General Assembly of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Britaio
Harold F. Fredsell
Yagene Carson Bake
United Presbytern Church
New Merger Idea Gains Momentum
Denver Bishop Glenn R. Phillips says clergymen will meet in March to discuss a possible four church merger. He notes support from Rev. Eugene Carson Blake and envisions a combined United Presbyterian and Methodist bodies forming The Catholic Reformed Church in America, with cautious optimism about progress despite unresolved issues.
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OS Angeles
P—Methodist
Glenn R. Phillips
Phillips
Denver
Ehraan
Methodist Commission On Union
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian
U.S. AL
Methodist and
Episcopal
United Reform Church of Christ
Catholic Reformed Church In
America
Gio
Aod
First Methodist Church of
Hollywood
Fontane in Concert at Seal Beach
Tony Fontane gospel singer to perform Sunday night at 7 o'clock at the Be brethren Church located at Sid and Central Ave in Seal Beach. Event promises gospel souls and testimony from Fontane, a noted recording artist.
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Tony Fontane
Be Brethren
Sid
Central Ave
Seal Tenth
Churches Set for Special Rites Sunday
Several churches announce New Year services across Willow Street and surrounding areas. Rev Noble Livette from North Bend Ore will speak at Church of God on Willow Street with color slide illustrations. Additional services include Rev Millom Gabriet's Bay Shore talk and a concert by Dean and Mary Jean Brown at Lakewood First Baptist.
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Willow St
Church of God
North Bend
Ore
Noble Livette
Ilis Sermin
Japan
Millom Gabrietson
Bay Shore
Toledo
John C
Crossroads
Parsonage
Hazelbrook Ave
John W. Grande
Monte
St. Tinerhy Lutheran
Woodruff Ave
Arbor
Aveher
Lakewood
Free Methodist
Downey Ave
Dean
Mary Jean Brown
Long Beach
Phil Kerr Mursay
Lakewood First Baptist Church
Bellflower Ulvd
Arbor Rd
Baylor University
Truett Memorial Southern Baptist Church
San Anselme! Ave
Earthquake Registers Off Pacific Center in San Diego
A light quake was recorded here Friday at 1 33 96 p m and appeared centered in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.
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San Diego
Pacific Ocean
Kennedy Election Tops Religious News in 1960
A 1960 year-end roundup ranks religion as a major news driver with John F. Kennedy becoming the first Roman Catholic U S president. The list highlights Vatican encounters, church race issues, and church policy debates, noting Vatican meetings, school Bible readings debates, and global religious events shaping coverage.
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K Kennedy
Claire Cox
New York
UPU
John F. Kennedy
United States
Religious Newswriters'' Association
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