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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1961
Page
2
A meditation on strength and faith arguing that enduring life’s trials requires inner resilience. Walter Mampton’s anecdote about the Negro spiritual underscores that trusting in God and doing one’s best builds steadiness, even after blows. The piece celebrates steadfast character and communal regard for the resilient individual.
A correspondent discusses the Peace Corps partnering with churches to extend humanitarian aid. He recalls a mentor who turned personal misfortune into disciplined faith and funds, urging churches to back the effort with practical support and long term commitment.
Dr George M Raun and his family will be welcomed Sunday by Belmont Heights Methodist Church from South Pasadena where he has served five years as pastor. He holds a PhD and the Navy Reserve rank of Lieutenant Commander.
A New York report says Ethiopia will host two powerful JON KW transmitters by early 1963, beaming from Africa to the Middle East and Southern India. The Voice of the Gospel will be produced with the National Council of Churches Division of Foreign Missions, Near East Christian Council, and Lutheran World Federation. The Peace Corps plans to support goodwill efforts while respecting church roles. significant work remains.
The Unitarian Church of Long Beach at 5450 Atherton Street announces that Rev. Russell Lincoln, while officially on vacation, will serve as guest speaker in his own pulpit on Sunday. His topic will be The Fortunate Fall of Adar.
Richard J. Carruthers, 70, a veteran diesel engineer, left retirement in Washington after decades in sawmill power and Navy service to work for Oriental Broadcasting on Okinawa. He moved with his wife to take a 100,000 watt transmitter post to broadcast to the Orient, hoping for a quieter later life yet still active in diesel operations.
The Rev. Clarence E. Miller and his wife are welcomed at a Sunday 11 a.m. service at First Methodist Church in Willcox Arizona where he becomes associate minister. Rev. Alec G. Nichols will introduce him and lead the sermon titled Facing Tomorrow Confident. The Millers, longtime Methodists, have children Rush and Richard and have ties to Long Beach California and university affiliations. A reception follows the worship.
Rev. Francis A. Rhoades of Calvary Presbyterian Church Wilmington California will become pastor of Emmanuel United Presbyterian Church at 4017 6th Street effective September 1. Installation will be May 17 at 7 p.m. Rhoades will preach his first sermon September 3. He is a Warren Pennsylvania native with degrees BA ThB from YMCA College Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary ordained 1940. He served midwest churches before moving to Wilmington in 1954 and has held LA Presbytery assignments plus civic roles locally.
A world conference on Faith and Order under the World Council of Churches will be held in 1963, likely in a Middle East city. About 350 theologians and church leaders will discuss doctrine and organization seeking ways to establish Christian unity. Plans for the fourth meeting, begun in 1927, were announced for spring.
Mev Archer begins his third year as pastor of Lakewood Community Free Methodist Church at 595 Downey Ave Sunday. Re elected president of the Board of Aggressive Evangelism and to the conference trustees, he also begins a fourth year as superintendent of Light of Life Day Schools in California and Arizona. The film Assassin of Youth will be shown Sunday at 7 p.m. Le Paul Friedman, narcotics education chief, will discuss the film and speak on The Living Death.
Holy Night, first of 12 Living Christ episodes, to be shown today at 10 am and Sunday at 9 15 am and 7 pm at Grace Tatheran Church 1394 W 2 St. An offering wall bolate 1.
A 25 member Working Committee of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order outlines plans for the first world conference on the subject since 1952. The meeting signals renewed ecumenical emphasis and coordination among member churches globally.
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