Church Briefs Highlight Denver Speakers at Community, Unitarian and Trinity
The Gospel Center of Denver hosts Rev. G E Elliott and Sam Marshall in Community Building next week with daily 2 30 p m and 7 30 p m talks. Marshall recounts his past gang life prison time and recovery while Oldfather speaks at Unitarian Fellowship on university crises. Trinity Lutheran installs vacation church school staff and discusses a permanent pastor as Charles Turner receives a Pro Deo et Patria award. West Side Presbyterian sets new summer worship at 9 45 a m with church school at 10 45 a m and God in Contemporary Life discussions.
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G. E. Elliott
Sam Marshall
Denver, Colo
The
Gospel Center of Denver
Charles Turner
Trinity
VBS Sessions Planned by Lawrence Churches Next Week
Several Lawrence churches schedule Vacation Bible School sessions for children of all ages. Antioch Baptist offers 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. classes Monday to Wednesday June 14 for ages four through junior high at 1127 Iowa. Centenary United Methodist runs 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday to Friday for nursery through sixth grade at Fourth and Elm with an open house and sharing service Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran uses 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday to Friday for ages 3 through seventh grade at 17th and Vermont with the theme My God My Faith My Life. Trinity Lutheran hosts 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday to Friday for ages 3 to 5 and for grades 1-6 with theme Together in Gods World at 13th and New Hampshire. Rev. Arden Dorn assists with music and open house for parents Thursday at 7:15 p.m. West Side Presbyterian welcomes pre-kindergarten through grade six 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday to June 17 at 1124 Hasold Dr.
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Lawrence
Antioch Baptist
Iowa
Centenary United Methodist
Centenary
Fourth
Elm
Immanuel Lutheran
Immanuel
17Th
Vermont
Trinity
Lutheran
Church
13Th
New Hampshire
Arden Dorn
Good Sheperd Lutheran
Shutins
West Side Presbyterian
Hasold
Banker-turned fundraiser powers church giving overseas
John Park Lee, 68, has built a nine year drive for the United Presbyterian Church raising 64 million dollars, well above a 50 million goal. He targets big gifts from major corporations, arguing churches must think bigger than local contributions. He retires to Santa Fe after closing his New York office and plans to return to church choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Park Lee
United Presbyterian Church
Lee
Steel Corporation
New York
Santa Fe, N.M
Reception Sunday Honoring Rev Kinser Leaves Area
A reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Mer Kinser will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Eudora City Hall as they prepare to leave for Enid Oklahoma where he will lead a new church. Kinser served 12 years at Hesper Friends Church and helped found Eudora Golden Age and led the Eudora Ministerial Alliance. He and Eunice Kinser have two children, Stephen and Brenda.
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Eudora — A
Mer Kinser
Eudora City Hall
Kinser
Hesper Friends Church
Enid, Okla
Minister Turns Pop Top Tabs Into Art
Rev. Norman Neumann, Lutheran chaplain at Seaview Hospital New York, creates art from hundreds of pull tabs forming mosaics and optical effects. He sees minimalism and ecology guiding his work and views himself as a bridge between religion and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Neumann
Seaview Hospital
New York City
Pratt Institute of Art
Naumann
Neumann
Japan
Jehovah's Witnesses Convene Three Day Ottawa Convention
The Lawrence group cancels local services to allow members to attend a three day convention in Ottawa opening today. About 900 locals are expected for Bible talks and demonstrations led by local ministers and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jehovah's Witnessess Group
Ottawa
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Youths Aid Southwest With Church Work Trip
Nineteen youths from First Presbyterian Church plus six sponsors travel from Lawrence to Cuba N M and Taos N M for a week of teaching Vacation Church School and church maintenance. They will repaint repair fence and lay a cement floor, returning June 11. The group funds projects through church and sponsors work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Southwest
Cuba
Regina
Porfirio Romero
Rev Houchin Named New Pastor at Worden Clearfield Church
Baldwin selects Rev Harvey Houchin of Wellsville to lead Worden Clearfield United Methodist Church starting June 15. He holds degrees from Kansas State Teacher College and Garrett Biblical Institute and has pastored Cedarvale Alma and Moran churches. He serves on district councils and belongs to the Scottish Rite and Eastern Star with wife Ruth and two married daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Harvey Houchin
Wellsville
Worden-Clearfield United Methodist Church
Rt. 1
Ruth
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Westbrook New Pastor Joins Calgary Temple Church
The Rev. J. R. Westbrook age 35 from Houston has taken over the Calgary Temple Church at 29th Terrace and Louisiana. He succeeds Rev. Berten Waggoner returning to Houston as an instructor. Westbrook, a LIFE Bible College Los Angeles graduate, has pastored in Monterrey California and served two Houston area churches. He and his wife Phyllis with two children reside at 526 Kasold Dr. the church joins the Pentecostal Church of God.
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J. R. Westbrook
Houston, Tex
Calgary Temple Church
29Th Terrace
Louisiana
Berten Waggoner
Houston
Southern Bible College
Rev. Westbrook
Life Bible College
Los Angeles
The
Monterrey
Calif
Houston Area
Phyllis
Crystal
April
Kasold Dr
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