Pieters Decides Against Leaving Long Beach Church
Dr. Pieters declines a national post to stay with the First Presbyterian Church of Long Beach. He cites urgent local needs and a forward move within the congregation, urging united parishioners to weigh the era’s opportunities and pursue God’s will locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presby
Terian Church
Reuben
Pieters
New York
U.S.A
Long Beach
First Presbyterian
Court Church of
College Unit to Present Concert Here
The 40 year old a capella choir of the College of the Pacific Stockton will be presented in a concert at Grace Methodist Church Saturday evening March 8. The church choir sponsors the event under Philip Elsthorpe. The college group is on its 19th annual tour under director J Russell Bodley. The College of the Pacific, California’s first charter college and Northern California’s only school granting bachelor and master degrees in music, sends its best voices on tour each Spring. The singers are majors and active in athletics and other fields. The concert begins at 8 p.m. per Jack R McBade, chaperoning the group which travels by chartered bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of the Pacific
Stockton
Grace Methodist
Philip Elsthorpe
J. Russell Bodley
California
Womn
Jack R. McBade
Rivera Church Folk to Visit With Patrons
The Evangel United Brethren Church in Rivera will send a delegation to Burns Memorial Church in Long Beach for the Sunday evening service. Rivera church, sponsored by Long Beach, will share updates on mission work and the plan to build the first unit of a new church to replace crowded quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangel United
Brethren Church In
Rivera
Burns Memorial Church
Temple Ave
Long Beach
Joseph A. Ryan
Church Extension Director to Speak at North Long Beach Church
Rev Gordon K Chapman a missionary from Hokkaido Japan will speak at 8:30 and 11 a.m. services at North Long Beach Community Presbyterian Church closing the Mission Conference with speakers from India Zambia and more. Dr Richard N Spicer of the Church Extension Society will lead the youth meeting at 6:30 p.m. and discuss the Rev Chapman sermon themes.
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Gordon K. Chapman
Hokkaido
Japan
North Long Beach Community Presbyterian Church
Arthur Owans
India
Alexander Allen
Zambia
H. Emrie
Louis Frederick
Willard A. Schurz
Atlantic Ave
Vey Force
Martin DeVries
Grover C. Bayly
James Thomas Supply
Bellmont Heights
Claude W. Young
Grace Church
James Henry Hughes
California Heights Community Church
John James Woodson
Moore Memorial Church
Ae Carl. Mason
North Long Beach
What Ministers Say in Long Beach Pulpits
A Long Beach schedule lists numerous sermons across denominations including Assembly of God, Brethren, Christian, Roman Catholic, United Presbyterian, Unitarian, Unity and more. Ministers such as Rev. Mark Hinman Edward Larson Donald Frohes Winfield Edgon and others deliver talks on holiness faith and church life at multiple venues including Long Beach Church Bethany First Church and City chapels.
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Assembly OF God
Mark Hinman
Long Beach Church
Atlanic Ave
Kivu
Edward Larson
Southwest Regional Baptist Missionary Society
Robert L. Hubbard
Bethany
Bol
E. Hil St
Donald
Frohes
Delta Ave
Bart St
Harlan Fischer
Hezekiah
God
Winfield lEdgon
First Church
MW Am
Frank Craig Woods
Seaside Mission
W. Seaside
New Organist at Chapel to Play Preludes
Edith Murphy, newly appointed organist for the Chapel in the Sky at 1601 Villa Riviera, will present a preludial selection for meditation and contemplation during the Sunday service at 8 p.m. Her studies traced to Dean Libirius Seaman of Marquette University School of Music, with postgraduate work under Howard Wells. She studied organ with Carlton Bulls and served as church organist in several eastern churches before moving to California.
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Edith Murphy
Villa Riviera
Murphy
Libirius Seaman
Marquette University School of Music
Howard Wells
Leschinsky
Chicago
Carlton Bulls
Middle‘schulte
East
California
Rev Martin of Oakland to Talk Here at First Nazarene
Rev Paul Martin of Oakland, a Nazarene minister, returns to evangelism with past success from 1939 to 1943. He speaks at First Nazarene Church on 742 East Tenth Street starting Wednesday and concluding March 14. His preaching emphasizes heart holiness in the Wesleyan tradition. his last pastorate was Porterville, with Canadian roots and a family of preachers led by Dr E E Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Paul Martin
Oakland
First Nazarene Church
Tenth St
Evangelist Martin
Porterville
Canada
E. E Martin
February dinner event at California Heights church
The Methodist Men of California Heights Community Methodist Church will host their February dinner on Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the social hall Orange Grove and Bixby Road George Lorenz president announced Clarence Crary former announcer and newscaster on KGER will be guest speaker discussing The American Way of Life He will be introduced by Kenyon Wells program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Men of
California Heights
Tunisian Trip Across the former Barbary protectorate
A cryptic style geography and language puzzle references Tunisia as a former Barbary protectorate. Clues span roots of the mouth, antenna, types of fur, grassy spat, and various abbreviations. The down clues include race, biblical weed, pollution, heating devices, and city in France.
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Tunisia
Puzzle Answer: Si-For The Forty Two French River Sahara
The entry presents a cryptic puzzle themed around wordplay and letter substitutions. It lists numbered clues with partial phrases and mismatched bits, inviting reconstruction into correct terms, names, or phrases.
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Sahara
Thankoffering Service at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church plans its annual Thankoffering service at 11 a.m. with Mrs. Ernest Clay as guest speaker. Dr. and Mrs. Clay, former China missionaries, were interned during World War I. At 7:30 p.m. Miss Madeline Klepper will lecture on Christianity in the Philippines with slides. A public lecture by John J. Selover CSB will be at 3 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium on Christian Science healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Ernest Clay
John J. Selover
CSB
Municipal Auditorium
Churches of Christ, Cantist of
Long Beach
Lakewood Christian Science Society
Churches of Christ Scientist
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
First Church OF Christ
First Church
Statherox
Church OF Christ
Scientist
Cedar Avanus
Seventh Street
East Third Street
U. We
East Market Street
Wadnesay
Fifth Church OF Christ
Belmont Theater
Second Street
Hoo Christian Science Society
Lakewood
New American Legion Hall
Corner Woodruff and
Parkcraft Averuet
Locust Avenue
East Broadway
West
Third Street
Atantic Avenues
Greenmeadow Road
Park Avenue
Atlantic Avenue Church Plans Love Feast
Atlantic Avenue Methodist Church schedules an agape love feast in its social hall Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with Bishop Gerald Kennedy attending to speak. Attendees bring a covered dish and the church provides nursery care and table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Avenue Methodist Church
Gerald Kennedy
Student Miss Mary Goodwin Enrolled at Foursquare Bible College
Miss Mary Goodwin, member of Long Beach Church of the Foursquare Gospel, is among 60 students in the spring semester at LIF.E. Bible College Los Angeles. Dr Clarence E Hall, dean, announced her plan to study for the ministry at the Foursquare Bible College founded by the late Aimee Semple McPherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Goodwin
Long Beach
St Luke's Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Planned
St Luke's Episcopal Church will host its traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake supper from 5 to 7 p m in the parish hall. Captain William Kummer of the police traffic division will be the chef. The Spike group sponsors the event, co chaired by Mr and Mrs Herbert Wickstrom.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
William Kummer
Police
Spike
Herbert Wickstrom
Candlelight Service at Grant Methodist Chapel
The public is invited to a candlelight service on the theme Rack of Ages at Grant Methodist Chapel 1129 Alamitos Ave Sunday evening. Rev William M Jack, pastor, says John J Lloyd will give the history in a musical setting by Herbert Johnson. Mary Turner-Saiter sings Gethsemane. choir and soloist Ann Morgan will perform.
Dyed Blue Rain Follows Pink Snow in New York
In Rensselaer residents report blue tinted rain traced to the General Aniline Corp plant. Curtis L. Collison, plant personnel relations manager, says vapor from a 560 gallon kettle cooking neptune blue dye contaminated rain over about a square mile. The prior pink snow came from a red dyestuff spill lofting fumes.
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N. Y. Rensselaer
N. Y
Hudson River City
General Aniline Corp
Curtis L. Collison
Neptune
Roy Gillaspie Presents Special Western Round-Up Series
Roy E. Gillaspie founder and minister announces a weekly Tuesday night Gillaspie Musical Round-Up at the Municipal Auditorium. The program opens with Earl Terry singing the national anthem, led by Eagle Scout Farl Kehret, featuring Barclay Allen Doris Barclay Joe Barclay Les Barnett Sonja Carmen Mery LaCasella the Songfellows Quartet the Scoville Sisters Tim Spencer and other Christian artists. Rev. Gillaspie pastors a Bellflower area church and serves on the Bellflower Ministerial Association with an advisory committee including Everett Anderson Laurence Mosher Jim Colbert and Don Rich of Los Angeles County Christian Endeavor.
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Gillaspie
Municipal Auditorium
Roy E. Gillaspie
Doris Barclay
Joe Barclay
First Baptist Church Choir
Long Beach
Les Barnett
Rudy Vallee
Sonja Carmen
Mery LaCasella
Hollywood First Baptist Church
Songfellows Quartet
Scoville Sisters
Tim Spencer
Sons of the Pioneers
Hollywood Christian Association
Bellflower
Bellflower Ministerial Association
Westarn
Everett Anderson
Christian Recording Corporation
Laurence Mosher
Jim Colbert
Evangelist Nelson Knight Concludes Services at Pine Avenue Church
Evangelist Nelson T Knight of Phoenix Aziz will conclude his evangelistic series at Pine Avenue Church of God 1862 Pine Ave Sunday. Morning sermon at 11 will be The Double Cure and 730 pm The Last Great Day. Knight has conducted revivals nationwide. Pastor Albert Kempin chairs the series with Wendle West as song leader and Naomi Kempin as organist.
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Nelson T. Knight
Phoenix
Aziz
Pine Avenue Church
of God
Pine Ave
Knight
United States
Albert J. Kempin
Wendle West
Naomi Kempin
Plan Pancake Dinner and Salvation Army Services
All Saints Episcopal Church hosts Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner next Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Martyr Hall with a card party. The Salvation Army Songsters offer a service at 71 Locust Ave featuring Maj. Fred Spiller and Ralph Strathdee with music and messages, plus a 7:30 p.m. orange service and street meeting.
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All Saints Episcopal Church
Martyr Hall
Salvation Army Songsters
Salvation Army
Locust Ave
Maj
Fred Spiller
Songster
Ralph Strathdee
Film About Formosa on Screen Tuesday
The Orient Crusades presents a 30-minute sound color motion picture Formosa Key to Conquest for the First Brethren Church Men’s Brotherhood dinner in Long Beach Tuesday. Nationalist forces of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek appear in action alongside hill country headhunters. Taylor University basketball game will be shown as introduced to the Chinese audience. Newsman J Russell Killman, recently returned from the Orient, provides firsthand reports.
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Orient Crusades
Formosa
Long Beach
Men's Brotherhood
First Brethren Church
Fifth St
Cherry Ave
Chiang Kai-shek
Taylor University
J. Russell Killman
Orient
Firstshand
Radio Series Inaugurated by Churches
The Long Beach Council of Churches with KFOX has begun a weekly Friday 8 15 am religious broadcast. Rev. Robert C. Walker announces the first program series Let There Be Light detailing church actions worldwide in 1063 languages and dialects, a universal church story.
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Long Beach
Walker
Church Universal
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Santa Ana
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Clark Ave
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Healing Ministry of Jesus
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Bob) Richards
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