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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1959
Page
5
Evangelist Pal Cantelon and family to lead services at First Assembly tonight and nightly thereafter at 7:30 pm on 10th Street and Lindenner. Cantelon, a contralto, will paint a picture during services and the family will provide a musical feature each evening as part of the outreach program.
Berea Baptists at 6041 Linden Ave hold a 25th anniversary homecoming with special music and a roll call of past members. The event includes a morning service and a large fellowship dinner to close the program. Rev. Dan Barrington to lead, with former members expected to attend.
Grant Chapel AME Oxnard announces a pre Easter mission led by Dr Marcellius R Dixon with F LeMoyne Whitlock D D and Dr H A Stub assisting. Services run nightly 7 20 pm 8 pm with altar prayer daily noon to 1 30 pm. Dixon to be installed as visitation pastor at Our Saviour Church by Pastor Virgil F Bjerke.
Pastor Charles N. Gachrim to lead midweek Lent service at 7 34 PM at St Pauls Lutheran Church 2283 Palo Verde Ave He will speak on The Cross of Decision.
The Calvarymen from Whittier will conduct the entire evening service at 7 o clock at Farwest Baptist Church 2041 Palo Verde Ave They will speak and perform several musical numbers in a full program expected to draw attendees from the community.
More than 30 bills tied to religious interests have been introduced in the 86th Congress. Leaders from Baptists to Catholics worry about church state issues as measures seek tax breaks, church school aid, and broader federal involvement, including prayer and constitutional debates.
Calvary Presbyterian Church invites all to join the One Great Hour of Sharing campaign at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Members will bring coin boxes to support relief for about 5,000,000 refugees in Greece, India, Pakistan, and the Near East. Dr. Wilbur M Franklin will preach on Living on Leftovers and discuss feeding, clothing and shelter needs.
In Chicago 46 clergymen from United Augustana Finnish Evangelical and American Evangelical Lutheran churches provisionally agreed on seven articles of a merged church constitution covering faith, membership, church nature and powers. The group, representing about three million members, aimed to finish the remaining 14 articles by Saturday and submit them to conventions in 1960. A constitutional convention would follow if ratified. Additional Lutheran bodies in Chicago met to push a merger target for January 5, 1961.
Norman V. Peale recalls Abraham Lincoln as a model of perseverance and argues failure shapes character. The piece cites quotes by James Barrie and others to stress that success follows resilience and faith in overcoming setbacks.
The Rev. Thomas J. Gibbs Jr of Westchester Christian Church will speak at East Side Christian Church on 7th Street and Obispo Avenue. His talks center on Conditionally Committed. He is also asked to write the Easter evangelistic brochure Frontiers of Faith. Two pre Easter training sessions are set for tomorrow at 4 p.m. and next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Rev. John Messer is pastor of the church.
Tony Fontane a decorated war veteran and entertainer will sing sacred music at the Youth-for-Christ meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in First Brethren Church at Fifth Street and Cherny Avenue. Fontane who left TV and radio for sacred singing previously spoke at a local Youth for Christ gathering. The film Teens Choice will be shown at the event.
Mind Science advocate Anthony Norvell will lecture in Long Beach area as part of a campaign to raise 71,433 dollars toward a five million dollar project for the Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. Local churches including Harbor City Lakewood First and San Pedro congregations contributed as campaign chairs Dr Melee and Rev Mr Firth led fundraising efforts.
Los Angeles evangelist Dr Fete Riggs will lead a Christ for the Hour revival at Garfield Baptist Church located at 23rd Street and Caspian Avenue, nightly 7:30 from tomorrow through March 15. He has appeared at major Bible conferences in Winona, Indiana, and has drawn audiences from many walks of life including cadets, business people, actors, and penitentiary inmates.
Spiritual science church No. 216 operates The Garden Wedding Chapel at 3020 Third Strong Bedeh. Phere HE 67302 and GE 6.6579 mark identifiers. Services occur Sunday and Thursday evenings with a P.M. lecture healing psychic phenomena led by Rev Richart Minagh, pastor. Chapel offers weddings receptions day or night.
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