Civic Sunday drives Forward Together in Long Beach program
Editorial notes Forward Together from the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce uniting faiths with civic, philanthropic and cultural aims. A laymen’s committee and the Ministerial Union mobilize business and religious leaders to spotlight spiritual work for a better city during Civic Sunday services.
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Long Beach
Verne Morrill
Paul A. Nichol
Gerald Desmond
Ed T. Martin
Ministerial Union
Do You Belong to the Church or the Work
A quoted excerpt urges that belonging means the work of the Church belongs to the member not the other way around. It emphasizes that true attachment is to the mission and the people who sustain it, not to a private sense of ownership.
Favorite Bible Verse Featured Each Saturday
The Press Telegram asks ministers from all faiths which verse guides them today and lists one answer each Saturday. This week Dr Lawrence V Lucas formerly of Grace Methodist supplies the pulpit at California Heights Community Methodist Church and cites Psalm 103 verses 13 and 14 about the Lord pitying those who fear him.
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Press-Telegram
Lawrence V. Lucas
Grace Methodist Church
California Heights
Community Methodist Church
New Film on Life of Christ by Cathedral Films
Rev James K Friedrich announces Cathedral Films will produce a full length color film Day of Triumph about the life of Christ. Budgeted at 500000, shot on 35mm and 16mm, road show release with 12 plus episodes suitable for church teaching. Friedrich says strong demand for honest spiritual films and aims to honor both church and industry.
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Hollywood
Christ
Cathedral Films
James K. Friedrich
Friedrich
Kagawa Kin to Be Evangelist
Twenty two year old Miss Umeko Kagawa youngest child of famed Japanese evangelist and social worker Dr Toyohiko Kagawa will enter the Presbyterian Assembly Training School in Richmond Virginia for a two year course to assist her father in evangelistic ministry. Following Virginia training Miss Kagawa expects to enter Yale Divinity School where she holds a scholarship.
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Wenty
Umeko Kagawa
Toyohiko Kagawa
Presbyterian Assembly Training School
Richmond
Virginia
Leaders Classes to Train for City Leadership Institute
Long Beach Leadership Training School plans an October institute headlined by Dr. Edgar Johnson Goodspeed of the University of California. Courses on Christianity formation run with accreditation by the National Council of Religious Education. Sessions start September 23 and run through October 25 on Tuesday evenings. interdenominational and open to leaders from all churches.
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Long Beach
Edgar Johnson Goodspeed
University of California
Dennison University
Yale University
Chicago
University of Chicago
Is Divinity School
University of Berlin
Dennison Universitty
University of Reelands
Dennison U
Serious College
Grenfell and Hunt
Egypt
W. E. Benjamin
Leadership Training Commission
National Council of Religious Education
Religious leaders schedule multiple services in Long Beach
Long Beach churches announce guest ministers and special programs for Sunday services. Rev Kirby Page will speak on You Are Necessary at Bay Shore Community Congregational. Calvary Presbyterian hosts Rev Eldon Durham. Dr Henry Fisher and Rev Vernon Hillmer also preach at various churches. vacation Bible school at Lakewood United Lutheran. First Bible Presbyterian features Rev Frank Fiel on India and Her Millions. other pastors cover summer absences and a Christmas in Summertime program at Long Beach Assembly of God.
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Kirby Page
Servie
Bay Shore Community Congregational Church
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Eldon Durham
Lamita Community Presbyterian Church
Robert Benedict Shattuck
Durham
Occidental College
Union Seminary
New York City
Henry Albert Fisher
St. John’s Lutheran Church
67Th St
Orange Ave
Pastor Fisher
California
Fish
Lakewood United Lutheran Church
Louis F. Mertz
Marjorie Wetzler
Ean
Frank Fiel
Independent
Board of Presbyterian Missions
Bible Presbyterian ‘Church
59Th St
Orange’ Ave
Fiel
India
Long Beach
Assembly of God
Superintendent to Be in Pulpit at Belmont Heights
Douglas Walters, newly elected superintendent of the Long Beach district of the Methodist Church, will be the guest preacher at Belmont Heights Methodist Church tomorrow. He recently moved to Long Beach from Monrovia where he served as pastor. In the evening Rev. Harry B. McFarland continues his sermon series. Dr. Grover C. Bagby speaks at the Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute in Camp Chiricahua, Ariz., and resumes his pulpit next Sunday, August 23.
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Frank C. Matthews
North Long Beach Methodist Church
Santa Anita Canyon
Joan Wolfe
Douglas Walters
Long Beach
The
Methodist Church
Belmont Heights Methodist Church
Walters
Monrovia
Harry B. McFarland
Grover C. Bagby
Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute
Camp Chiricahua
Ariz
Inactive List Brings Protest in Richmond Church
About 50 members of a Southern Baptist congregation in Richmond protested after the covenant revision allowed placing members on an inactive list for not attending services or contributing for 12 months. They faulted Pastor J Levering Evans of Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church and named P D Stone to lead a dissenters meeting site search.
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Richmond
J. Levering Evans
Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church
P. D. Stone
Spiritual Point IV urged by Dr Louis Finkelstein in New York
Dr Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, urged launching a spiritual Point IV program in America after returning from visits to Israel and Europe. He argued America can contribute to world culture and should translate industrial power into moral leadership and peaceful global cooperation, urging religious leaders across faiths to cooperate in serving humanity.
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EW York
United States
Louis Finkelstein
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Israel
Europe
America
Dr. Finkelstein
Middle
Far East
Amos and Andy to Lead Singing Revival at Lakewood Drive In
Amos and Andy will appear Sunday August 24 under Rev Joseph Justin and Rev Nathaniel Kirkpatrick at Lakewood Drive In Church for a singing revival. The program includes religious skit, Negro spirituals, Levi Howard and Christine Potter solos, and a 5 voice choir heard on KPOX. Child care provided, playground equipment available, gifts sent to Mission children, linen for missionaries, and a later packing for holiday delivery.
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TNDER
Joseph G. Justin
Lakewood Drive
Nathaniel J. Kirkpatrick
New Hope Baptist Church
Amos and
Andy
Levi Howard
Christine Potter
KPOX
Lakewood Drive-in
Are You Ready The alarm and readiness theme from a War Cry piece
Thoughts for the week compares a fisherman who misses a trip to five wise and foolish brides. It warns that readiness depends on faith in Jesus Christ and a proper relationship with God. The piece urges personal preparation for Christ’s return and eternal life versus eternal death.
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Jesus
Caes
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
A call for a few to save the world now
An urgent appeal urges a small committed group to act for peace amid civil unrest. It argues a few brave Americans could stem corruption and tyranny, citing Lenin and historical examples, and invites personal participation to rebuild spiritual foundations.
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Lenin
Russia
Petrograd
America
Overflowing Love energizes church unity and mission
A devotional excerpt stresses that the overflowing love of God binds Christians in peace and motivates church work. It urges personal affection for pastors and brethren, worth in community influence, and sacrificing time, talent, and money for missionary and witnessing efforts. The piece quotes Jesus and reflects on spiritual treasure in heaven.
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Jesus
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