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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1970
Page
14
Faith Baptist Church at 3615 S 28th St breaks ground Sunday noon for a 76000 sanctuary, with construction by local contractors and many church members. Rev. Richard Cagle says work should take about four months, enlarging capacity to 455 including the education wing.
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, spoke at the Second Spiritual Summit Conference in Geneva. He warned against creating a super authority or syncretism while urging dialogue among world faiths and recognition of their distinctiveness.
Rev Adolph Braun of Warren Michigan will lead Deeper Life services at Bible Baptist Church 7th and Ferry Streets Sunday through Friday at 730 p m with a 1030 a m Sunday service. Braun has led Redeemer Baptist Church since 1954 growing attendance from 171 to 663 and runs a Monday night visitation program serving 85 prospects.
Laymen's Sunday at Olivet Lutheran Church 2100 Bainbridge St will be observed this Sunday at 8:30. Participants include Joseph Bonk Stanley Bell and Robert Schroder. The theme is Common Faith Common Commitment. A movie The Uncommitted will be shown.
The Christian Science lesson sermon titled Doctrine of Atonement invites readers to Sunday services and features scripture urging love for enemies and blessing those who curse, with Science and Health emphasizing one Mind and Father for universal brotherhood and peace.
A Sunday prayer retreat at Island Park Baptist Church 2548 Lakeshore Drive from 2 to 4 p.m. is led by Rev. Bill Williamson president of the Southern Baptist Fellowship in Wisconsin and Minnesota and Mayo Clinic chaplain. The event features Bible study on The Power of Prayer, congregational singing, music, personal testimony, and discussion of prayer open to attendees.
Layman's Sunday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 2135 Weston St will be observed Sunday with the theme Common Faith Common Commitment presented by John Branson LeRoy Brudos Morris Lillethan Robert Moe and Bernard Scarseth Rev Norman A Nelson pastor says Layman's Sunday honors dedication of lives to the Lord and his ways
Anna Vidani 82 of St. Joseph's Nursing Home died Oct 16 after a long illness. Survived by sister Margaret Bellin. services Oct 21 at 9 am at the nursing home. burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Oct 19 at 7:30 pm. call at South Side Blaschke Funeral Home. Sophia K Wishland 83 died Oct 15 at local hospital. service Oct 19 at 1:30 pm at Dickinson Funeral Home Jackson Street Chapel. Alma Pynn 81 of 1422 Winnebago St died Oct 17. survived by three sisters and a brother. arrangements to be announced by Dickinson Funeral Home. John Welch 74 of La Crosse Minn died Oct 16. survived by widow Vera and four sons and two daughters. services in Lincoln with Roper Funeral Home. friends may call Blaschke Funeral Home Oct 18 from 3 to 5 pm.
Tri State notices report the deaths of Fanny W. Garlick, 83, in Galesville and Josephine Emerson, 87, in Ettrick. Garlick’s service is set for Wednesday in Galesville with burial in La Crosse’s Oak Grove Cemetery. Emerson’s services follow Monday at French Creek Lutheran Church with burial in its cemetery. Garlick’s children and grandchildren number in the many, including residents of Cottonwood Idaho and Mondovi. Emerson’s survivors include a son in Blair and two daughters in Daisey Arkansas and Whitehall, with many relatives listed.
Birth notices for Oct 14 and Oct 15 list daughters and sons to families including Lackmaster, Nowicki, Dahlgren, Schaller, Curti, Staff, Beranek, Thaldorf, Witzke, Hansen, and Riley. Locations include Mindoro, Stoddard, La Crescent, Onalaska, Hokah, Bangor, Genoa, with guardian names and witness notes.
A group of American Indians and sympathizers picketed the Capital Times in Madison for about 20 minutes on Friday to protest a full page society section layout on the Nokoma Elementary School Welfare League. Spokeswoman Mrs. Della Lona called the feature an insult and exploitation. The protest concluded without incidents or disruption to the newspaper plant.
KendallWis Rev Wayne Grover pastor of Asbury Methodist La Crosse showed a movie and gave highlights of his second Siberian trip at St Joseph Church. His program titled A Badger Among the Bears stressed that Siberia has many large cities with only one small church. Grover and his wife visited this past summer.
A dense listing of churches with pastors, service times, Bible studies, and religious programs across La Crosse area including Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and independent congregations. Details cover church names addresses, pastor names, Sunday schools, worship times, and midweek gatherings.
Rev James Meyers of Fond du Lac will preach Sunday at 11 a.m. at Pentecostal Church of God of America located at 514 Copeland Ave. His wife accompanies him and Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
Susannah Crocker, sociology and anthropology instructor at La Crosse State University, will address a women's liberation topic at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship. The talk is set for 10:30 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Grandview Building at 1707 Main St.
Rev. V. Jeyaraj of the Assemblies of God will speak at First Assembly of God Church at 16th and Ferry Tuesday at 7 30 PM. He leads the Madras State Assemblies of God and supervises the South Indian district and the Industrial School at Shencottah Tamil Nadu training 200 youths in five trades. He will present slides on South India missions, wear native dress, and discuss global missions. Public may attend.
Swiss geography note states Monte Rosa ascends to 15203 feet, surpassing the commonly believed Matterhorn height of 14780 feet, making Monte Rosa the tallest mountain in Switzerland.
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