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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1961
Page
4
A reader from Indiana shares a long struggle with unhappiness that yields to persistent Bible study prayer and the Power of Positive Thinking. After two years of discipline, lingering health issues vanish and a profound soul renewal follows, restoring joy and faith.
Devout churchmen continue observance of Lent with sermons and services across local churches. Rev Alec G Nichols preaches at First Methodist in staggered 9 and 11 am services. A baptism occurs at the 11 am worship. Dr Raymond H Firth will speak at a Lenten dinner next Wednesday evening. Rev R M Jensen outlines Faith in Trouble at 9 30 am and again at 7 30 pm after a Quiet Hour. Emmanuel and St Johns churches sponsor a Lenten Bible study led by Dr Paul M Aijian with sessions at St Johns and Emmanuel mornings and evenings.
An open house at the House of Hope foundation for rehabilitating women with alcohol problems will be held Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Sigma Chi Nu, Long Beach State College nursing fraternity, the event at 702 W Fourth St utowing and growing.
A Long Beach college choir led by president Phil Walker will join gospel singers and instrumentalists for revival services beginning Sunday at First Church of the Brethren in Long Beach. Gospel soloist Robert Anderson will perform at New Hope Baptist Church, with other area churches featuring Rev. N J Kirkpatrick, T Texas Tyler and Evangelists Don Hall and Chester Ansley. Arnie Hartman, famed gospel accordionist, headlines Lakewood Church of the Nazarene.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will fly to California Sunday to address the Founders Day ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley, Monday.
Dr. Ronald E. Sleeth, Vanderbilt Divinity School professor and author of Persuasive Preaching, will lecture at Pacific Bible Seminary on March 22 and 23. He speaks on The Role of the Congregation and The Character of the Preacher, with ministers invited to further sessions on Theology of the Office of Preaching and Preaching on Controversy.
Cardinal James Francis Meyer will celebrate Mass and deliver the principal address at a Knights of Columbus event in Los Angeles on March 19. An 8 a.m. Mass at St. Vibiana's Cathedral precedes breakfast at the Statler Hilton, with Rev. William Vita preaching to Knights from 83 councils and 20,000 members in Southern California. Delegations from Long Beach area councils will be led by Walter Gross and Lawrence Griffin, with Judge Walter Desmond Council 3549 naming William Daniels as ticket chainman.
Dr Bernard S Hellinger a UC San Francisco medical school graduate and longtime psychiatrist will discuss Brig Addiction at Long Beach Unitarian Church 5450 Atherton St Sunday at 1020 am He maintains a private practice and serves on the Los Angeles Juvenile Probation psychology clinic staff He is a clinical instructor at USC LA Medical School and a former deputy chief of psychiatry for the U S Health Service in Lexington Kentucky
Members of Long Beach church chapters take part in the Grange County Christian Endeavor Union's 72nd annual convention opening last night at Evangelical United Brethren Church on 2121 Grand Ave Santa Ana.
North Long Beach Christian Church at 1115 E Market St expanded its building project to enlarge the organ. Choir initiated the action with plans for tone cabinets and adjustments. A separate note mentions a Bible film titled The Life of Abraham shown Sunday at 7 p.m. at Lakewood Community Free Methodist Church. Donations included $1000 for chimes in memory of Ray Anson Tight by Nora Tight. Special music featured a duet by Mrs Bowden and Mrs Swink of Norwalk.
First Congregational Church will present The Sign of Jonah a German war drama in the sanctuary Sunday at 7 30 p m The trial format features a U boat commander cast as Jonah with biblical implications Written by Guenther Rutenbarn the play has toured European churches POW camps and West Berlin stages Rev Larry Beggs directs the production a free will offering will be taken amid interest in the Eichmann trial.
Leaguers from St Timothy Lutheran Church host about 400 high school youths from Los Angeles Redondo Beach Torrance South Gate Compton Long Beach Norwalk Lakewood at St Timothy on Woodruff Avenue and Arbor Road Sunday 2 to 8 30 p m. The gathering launches the Constituting Convention of the Luther League Metropolitan Conference of the American Lutheran Church with speakers George S Johnson Nelson W Trout and guests Gordon Lathrop and Rob Hahr.
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