Rev Gjenvick Named to National Orphan Study Team
Milwaukee Reverend Benjamin A Gjenvick executive director of the Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin joins a three member commission by the National Council of Churches to study orphaned children abroad. The team will spend three weeks in Hong Kong and Korea in January conducting field work and will report with policy recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Benjamin A. Gjenvick
The
Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin
National Council of Churches
LeRoy Bowman
Brooklyn College
N.Y
Benson H. Harvey
Episcopalian Social Action
Massachusetts
Hong Kong
Korea
United States
Mr. Grenvick
New York City
James MacCracken
Church World Service
MacCracken
Albert T. Miller
Lutheran Welfare Society
Gjenvick
Mr. Gjenvick
National Lutheran Council
Grenvick
New York
Church World Service Headquarters
Choirs Lead Christmas Program at First Assembly of God
The First Assembly of God Church presents a 9 30 a m Christmas program The Light of the World led by the Sunday school and five choir groups Corita Tisthammer Mary and Genady Hlushka Joseph star in manger scene. Carolers and various choirs perform Christmas songs. Community figures referenced include Mrs Angela Earpis and Rev Donald K Skages with Gertrude Johnston directing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
Corita Tisthammer
Mary
Mange
Genady Hlushka
Joseph
Wisconsin
Angela Earpis
National Assn. of Social Work
Gertrude Johnston
Edna Johnson
White House
Donald K. Skages
English Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Hover
Mark Temte
Carol Johnson
Carolyn Carlson
Jean Seielstad
Mary Benz
Kari Christiansen
Gabriel
Lynn
Christmas Birth Date and Its Turbulent History
The article traces how Christmas became the Christian celebration of Jesus birth, moving from Jan 6 to Dec 25 amid pagan sun rites. It notes rioting over the shift in Jerusalem, Justinian declaring Dec 25 a civic holiday, Puritan bans in England, and late American adoption influenced by immigrant customs and the famous Silent Night origin in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Herod
Judea
Roman Empire
Justinian
England
America
Boston
Oberndorf
Austria
Christmas church listings across La Crosse area churches
A comprehensive guide lists Adventist, Assembly of God, First Christian, Independent Faith and many other churches with service times Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It notes pastors, worship hours, Bible studies, prayer services and special programs across multiple parishes and denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwy
E. H. Pals
Word of God
Missouri Synod
Shorewood Dr
Wedgewood Terrace
Robert H. Bernhardt
Jesus
Channel 8
WKTY
Wisconsin Synod
Cardinal Bea Addresses Unity and Catholic Integrity
Rome reports Cardinal Augustin Bea urges unity without betraying Catholic teaching. He notes Baptism links separated Christians to the Mystical Body, calls the Canterbury visit a symbolic sign of renewed Anglican Catholic dialogue, and outlines four guidelines for interchurch contacts emphasizing faith clarity, charity, restraint, and privacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Secretariat
Augustin Bea
S.J
Canterbury
Cardinal Bea
Pius XII
Holy Father
All England
Christmas Program To Be Sunday at Church of Christ
The Bible school at Church of Christ on Cass Street will present a Christmas program at 4 30 a.m. Sunday before morning worship. Gerianne Frost and Cheryl Daily will give a chalk talk The Gift of Christ. A playlet The Brightest Star features Lois Johnson Billy Head Cheryl Wakeman Tommy Atchison Lynn Cronk and others with Linda Wetterlin Mary Jimmy Dingledein Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Church of Christ, &H
Cass Sts
Christ
Gerianne Frost
Cheryl Daily
Lois Johnson
Billy Head
Cheryl Wakeman
Tommy Atchison
Lynn Cronk
Linda Wetterlin
Mary
Jimmy Dingledein
Joseph
Randy Casperson
Stanley Walters
Tommy Schumacher
Shepherds
Loren Rochester
Mike Rochester
David Frost
Wise Men
Donald Wetterlein
Ralph Atchison
Christmas Program at Southside Baptist Church
The Southside Baptist Church will host a Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Sunday featuring short plays by Sunday school members and special music directed by William Schaller. A lighted tree will adorn the auditorium and treats will be given to each youngster present. The Republic may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Baptist Church
Wiliam Schaller
The
Republic
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Jerusalem
London
Adventist
6Th and King
Joseph W. Lehman
Assembly of God
First Assembly OF God
16Th and
Ferry
Donald Skaggs
Christ Ambassador
Floyd Harbold
Southside
10Th and
Adams
Leo Hill
N. Salem Rd
Loomis
Lloyd Mooney
North American
C. H. Seecamp
Angelic Choir
ST. Joseph
Joseph Kundinger
George Becker
James Biechler
James Bertrand
Pro- Cathedral
S. 7Th St
Pro-Cathedral
Blessed Sacrament
Losey Blvd
King St
Thomas E. O’shaughnessy
John Brey
Joseph Miller
Mother of Perpetual Help
Holy Trinity
13Th St. and
Park Ave
Msgr. V. Plecity
Emmet N. Faber
Eugene P. Smith
St. James
Caledonia St
Henry R. Hoerburger
John Lemke
Jamez Falkner
Richard A. Wisnewski
Francie A. Wavra
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Hugo Koehler
Thomas Langer
ST. Patrick's
Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
John W. Puerner
ST. Thomas More
20Th
Weston Sts
Thomas E. Mullen
Delbert Mann
ST. Wenceslaus
Winnebago Sts
Alfred Hebert
Wiliam Hertzenberg
ST. Pius
Francis V. McCaffrey
Christ the King Chapel
Holy Cross Seminary
13Th St
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
Immet N. Faber
Frank J. Sullivan
Sundny
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
West Ave
King
Main St
Church of Christ
First Church OF Christ
8Th
Cass
Don Robinson
Max Randall
South Africa
YMCA
Church of God
West Ave. N
John Kurtz
United Church of Christ
Church of the Open Bible
Open Bible
Liberty St
Blanche Dyer
Episcopal
Kenneth E. Trueman
Gary R. Blumer
ST. Peter’s—Logan and Avon
Evangelical Free
Bethany
North St
Onalaska Ave
Carl P. Cornelius
Lutherhaven
Ellis Mooney
Sheboygan
MOODY
Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
Lutherhaven Retreat For Youth Fellowship
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Watchtower
Harold Yanzer
Latter Day Saints
Church OF Jesus Christ— Ywca
Main
Edward Iverson
Reorganized
Church OF Jesus Christ
Cecil A. Infield
Lutheran
Bethel—Loomis and Livingston
Can
16Th
Harold N. Stoffel
Donald Sondrol
Good Shepherd
J. L. Mattes
OUR Redeemer
Weston
Norman A. Nelson
OUR Savior’s
George Alvilden
Walter O. Larson
ST. Paul’s
Arthur M. Feroe
Donald Cornell
Cornell
Trinity—Charles and Sill
Ernest N. Nelson
5Th Ave. S
Leon Hom
Church of Lutheran Confession
ST. Mark’s Evangelical
G. Albrecht
First Evangelicals
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Henry Klug
Christian Day School
Immanuel—St. Paul and Avon
Walter Gutzke
Grace Evangelical
Ward Ave
S. 26Th
G. F. Albrecht
Mount Calvary Evangelical
Lloyd Lambert
ST. Paul's
Sand Lake Rd
David Schmier
Methodist
Asbury
Redfield
Deane W. Irish
la Crosse Evangelistic Assn
Oliver Schuttenheim
Bethlehem
4Th Ave. N
Richard Trant
ST. Luke’s
Lee Holmes
Wesley
Edwin P. Sheppard
the King of Hearts
Fellowship of the Concerned
Nazarene
Church OF the Nazarene
Jackson
Wayne Sharpes
James H. Bell
Robert C. Light
North
Avon and
Logan
Leonard C. Beenken
Salvation Army
Alvan Parker
Parker
Young People's Legion
Salvation Meeting
Congregation
Sons OF Abraham
1820
Bernard Reichman
First Congregational
Melvin L. Frank
Mathew Arnet
ST John's Evangelical and Reformed
Market
John J. Staten
Prince of Peace
Unitarian Fellowship
Unitarian Fellowship OF
United Pentecostal Church
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mansur
ST. Pius X Parish
Hitch
Magnavox
Albrechtson
Williams
Danny’s
Guesing
Standard Service
Thomas A. Edison
S. 3Rd St
Sawyer
John P. Treacy
T.D
Aquinas Robed Choir
Holy Cross Seminarians
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