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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1955
Page
4
A survey of church schedules across Long Beach lists ministers and sermon topics for multiple denominations on Sunday and evening evangelistic services. Readers can follow services at Calvary Church, Bethany Church, First Church, Lakewood University Church, and others with speakers from Arkansas to local pastors.
A fragment shows local church events and speakers in Long Beach. Names include Louise C Newman Rex B Barz Kermit E Holven Rex B Barr Leland Standing and groups such as Self-Realization Fellowship Center at 439 B Ocean Blvd with times noted for services and lectures.
The Burps Memorial Evangel United Brethren Church at 1720 Temple Ave will host a 14 day evangelistic training and revival beginning Sunday morning. The first week focuses on lay Christian training with Ben Weiss, Metropolitan High School principal in Los Angeles, as guest reader at 10 30 am and 7 36 pm services on Sunday and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. Weiss has led Youth for Christ efforts since its start and attended the FC world conventions, including the last in Tokyo. He has trained workers for Billy Graham crusades.
The lesson sermon centers on the Deuteronomy golden text Hear O Israel The Lord our God is one Lord and questions Eddy asks in Science and Health about material senses recognizing God Spiritual discernment reveals God and his power The article argues matter cannot prove spiritual life truth or love and that physical senses offer no proof of God
Mrs Helen Wood Birney former Communist Party leader and organizer will speak Sunday at 7 30 p m in Trinity Baptist Church fourth Street and Gaviota Avenue Her former activities and close ties to Communist leaders before her conversion to Christianity make her a sought after speaker.
The Rev Virgil Harris Fisher outlines a January sermon series on the Book of Jonah titled Thinking of five sermons. The first topic on January 9 asks Convenience or Conviction and the January 16 sermon covers The God followed by the whale. Subsequent talks in January address Unguided Christianity Emergency and Man's Revival.
Crossword puzzle style list includes scattered clues and partial entries across multiple lines. Readable fragments hint at New Year themes and mixed wordplay with references to persons places and objects. The text appears as a garbled OCR of a puzzle page with scattered numbers and hints.
Bethany Lutheran Church Missouri Synod holds a 10 20 am service to install officers for the year. Chosen officers include George Moore president John Loomis vice president Warren Greer secretary Adam Beutel treasurer George Cloudas financial secretary Michael Lockel Earl Long elders George Schultz George Ruth board of education Elvin Henke Robert Neumann William Noble board of finance Walter Bodtke Garland Olson board of trustees. Unexpired terms list Jesse Yocam Thomas Burns Jack Freischli Roy Gabel elders Robert Lucas Leonard Young Ben Jones Joseph Kelley board of education Alfred Fenske Eiler Griffith Kenneth Laux board of finance Hilbert Greenwaldt Harold Payne Charles Robinson. Assistant pastor Rev Kenneth W Behnken joins Rev Norbert C Mueller. Behnken, son of Rev Dr John W Behnken, will reside at 4316 Stanbridge Ave in the church home after renovation.
The Rev P S Brewster of Cardiff City Temple and Alexander Tee of Kilsyth Scotland have been conducting meetings at First Foursquare Gospel Church 1234 Ellth St for Pastor Clifford Musgrove. Brewster and Dr Musgrove previously served in Germany and East Germany. Brewster, with 25 years in ministry, has 16 years at City Temple.
Traveler and exchange teacher Sigfried Ringwald will address the Monthly Shinner of the Men's Club of California Heights Community Methodist Church Tuesday at 6 30 p m The meal follows in the social hall at the Fellowship Center Orange Ave and Hixby Rd Ringwald has traveled extensively including East Germany Special musical numbers will be presented M A Duncan is the program chairman George Lorenz is the president who will preside for the dinner.
In Macon Georgia Mr and Mrs C M Bolin narrowly missed a 1954 income tax deduction as Mrs Bolin gave birth to a daughter at one second after midnight marking a precise moment near the year change.
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