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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1959

Page

3

Evangelistic Crusade to Open at South Street Church

The Rev. Gene Martin will launch an eight day evangelistic crusade at South Street Assembly of God Church 90 South St this Sunday with services at 10 50 am and 7 pm nightly except Monday and Saturday He will present colored travel films of his journeys in two countries and islands praised by Rev Allan Snider as a leading Assembly of God evangelist.

Gene Martin South Street Assembly of God South St Allan Snider Martin Assembly of God de

Dr Riggs to Speak at First Baptist Church Long Beach

Dr Pete Riggs evangelist from Los Angeles will conduct special meetings at First Baptist Church 1000 Pine Ave starting Sunday night through Sunday October 25. He speaks nightly at 7:30 except Saturday with final sermon Expose promising to accuse a Long Beach crook with documentary evidence. Riggs has spoken across the United States Canada and Europe and served in the Air Corps during World War II.

Pete Riggs First Baptist Church 1000 Pine Ave Dr. Riggs Long Beach Los Angeles California United States Canada Europe World Congress of Evangelism Brussels Belgium Riggs Winona Lake Indiana

Kerr Local Talent on Youth Meet at North Long Beach

Phil Kerr a songwriter musician and poet appears at Youth For Christ tonight at North Long Beach Brethren Church 61st Street and Orange Avenue at 7 30 PM He has led Monday Night Musicals in Pasadena Civic Auditorium for years featuring top Christian talent Lakewood High School is spotlighted as Bible Club of the week and the 24 voice Monday Niters chorus directed by Mary Jean Brown of Long Beach performs

Phil Kerr Youth For Christ North Long Beach

Baptists to Present Dr C W Swor at Fruett Memorial

Dr Chester W Swor internationally known author and youth speaker will speak at Fruett Memorial Southern Baptist Church 3435 San Anselme Ave Sunday at 730. Special music by the church choir directed by Ralph L Mills. His golf trophies and amateur wins noted for his son Versinn.

Chester W. Swor

Russians Show Rich Religious Treasures

Western reporters were invited to tour Halls and private chapels of the Kremlin, viewing restored religious art and imperial family sanctuaries. Kremlin guides called restoration ongoing, promising more treasures publicly shown as Soviet Western relations thaw.

Kremlin Moscow A. 1 Goldberg

Laymen's Sunday services featured across Long Beach churches

Long Beach area churches observe Laymen's Sunday with multiple speakers at St. Timothy Lutheran Immanuel Lutheran Second Presbyterian North Long Beach Community Presbyterian and Our Saviour's Lutheran among others. Notable names include Del Dake Norm Page Jack Kato Bill Northrop DeWayne Marlow Harold Snel Pastor A O Starvick Martin Olson and Dr Robert Berg.

St. Timothy Lutheran Woodruff Ave Arbor Rd del Dake Norm Page Jack Kato Bill Northrop DeWayne Marlow Harold Snel A. O. Starvick Immanuel Immanuel Lutheran Carson St Martin Olson Second Presbyterian Second Presbyterian Church 3Rd St Moline Ave Bill Burgess N. L. B. Presbyterian John Wilson Jordan High School First Congregational Church Northl Bong Beach Community Presbyterian Church Orange Ave Kenneth McKee Our Saviour’s Lutheran Junipera Ave Berg

Dr Roy L Smith to Speak at East Long Beach Church

Former pastor of First Methodists and editor of The Christian Advocate Dr Roy L Smith, recently retired, will lecture at East Long Beach Methodist Church 1100 Freeman Ave from October 21 to 25 with evening talks at 7 30 and a Sunday service at 11. The event is presented by Charles Xioff.

Methodist Churches of Long Beach George A. Fallon Lalewood Methodist Church Cleveland, Ohio First Methodist Church Fifth and Pacific Church of the Resurrection of St. Lazarus Moscow Roy L Smith First Methodists St. Mary Los Angeles Francis B. Baldwin Church of the Resurrection Thelpastor East Long Beach Christian Advocate Will Speak Methodist Church Charles Xioff

Voices of Hope Choir to Perform Sunday at New Hope Church

The Voices of Hope a 100 voice choir directed by Thurston Frazier will sing Sunday at 3 p m in New Hope Baptist Church 921 E 10th St The group has performed across the state on television and made records It features top national spiritual singers Dr N J Kirkpatrick is pastor of the church

Voices of Hope Thurston Frazier New Hope Baptist Church E 10Th, St N. J. Kirkpatrick

New Leaders Elected in Lakewood Ministerial Group

The Rev. George Markham of West Lakewood Baptist Church was elected president of the Lakewood Los Altos Ministerial Association this week succeeding the Rev. Marvin Johnson of Lakewood Community Methodist Church. Other officers include Rev. Alfred Starvick of St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church as vice president and Rev. George Kimber of Lakewood Four Square Church as secretary treasurer.

George Markham West Lakewood Baptist Church Lakewood-Los Altos

UC Riverside Doctoral Alumni Sermon Theme You Have Been Called

A Riverside branch university scholar who earned a doctorate at Berkeley will deliver a worship service titled You Have Been Called. Other lay participants will join in the services.

Univ. of California

Dean Mills Aids Lakewood Church Ad Interim

Dean Richard C. Mills of Pacific Bible Seminary Long Beach will serve Lakewood Church of Christ Del Amo Blvd as ad interim minister. He holds degrees from Pacific Bible Seminary Butler University and has published works on the Gospels. He has pastored in Culver City Bell Gardens Douglas Greenwood and has been Academic Dean at Pacific Bible Seminary since 1954.

Richard C. Mills Pacific Bible Seminary Long Beach Lakewood Culver City Bell Gardens Douglas, Ariz Greenwood Ind James W. Moor Wendell A. Moor Stanbridge Ave United Presbyterian Church of Bishop Calif Jordan High Long Beach City College University of California Presbyterian Seminary Pittsburgh, Pa

Rev Messer Celebrates Third Anniversary at East Side Church

The Rev. John W. Messer will celebrate the third anniversary of his ministry at East Side Christian Church located at 7th St and Obispo Ave Sunday. His sermon topic will be There Is No Other Way.

John W. Messer East Side Christian Church 7Th St Obispo Ave Tin Tees Agnisters John W. Keeler S. Jtel Euriess

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