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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1957
Page
4
The Rev Carl Doss, Methodist minister and father of the "International family," will address the First Methodist Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the Young Adult group, Doss co authored The Family Nobody Wanted. The Dosses have adopted 12 children of mixed Indian Japanese Dutch German and English backgrounds and have appeared on television and in magazines promoting their book.
Former UCLA football player Ben Shinnick will be the guest speaker at the Youth for Christ gathering tonight at 7 30 pm in the First Brethren Church located on 5th Stand wherry Ave. John Kal fer chalk artist will appear and local high school teams will compete on questions from the book of Matthew.
Long Beach group led by Tom Kelly seeks to raise 10000 for Ibaraki Christian Foundation year 1957. The effort includes 250 members across five Southern California chapters and a Sunday speech by Logan Fox Jr. at the Central Church of Christ to drum up donations and boost college support.
The text outlines multiple Sunday sermons and appearances by church leaders. Notable figures include Rev. Dr. Reginald Helferich speaking at Woodratt Community Church. Mrs. Lormor at First Methodist in Fullerton. Rev. Bent on Rumbaugh at Lafayette Southern Baptist Church. and Rev. Martin Olson at Jinmazwel Evangelical Lutheran Church. Also mentioned are addresses on postwar relief, refugee aid, and religious education programs across several churches in Southern California and nearby areas.
Memorial Church hosts a Christian training week with sermons by Supt and lectures on troubled times. Classes run Monday to Friday 7 15 pm to 9 pm covering children youth evangelism and church officer training. Faculty includes Dr and Mrs Schafer Rev John Lyle Ruth Dougherty registrar and Rev Joseph Ryan. Redlands Council of Churches hosts the Southern California Council of Churches 43rd annual assembly at First Baptist Church with a Keystone Address by BE Bartett and budget and policy discussions.
Faith of our children, a religious TV show seen on KRCA channel 4, returns Sunday at 3 p.m. after a six month absence. Coleen Gray joins Dale Evans Barbara Rush Coleen Townsend and Joan Vohs in the program produced under Los Angeles Church Federation by producer Dr. Clifton Moore.
Rev Bargid Williams, just back from Brazil, speaks Sunday June 26 at 7 p.m. at First Foursquare Church 2416 S Lith St. He oversees three evangelical tent campaigns and 22 evangelical centers and will discuss missionary work in Bran.
The First Stake Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be held today at the Stake center near 1149 Yamena Ave. Sessions begin at 6:30 PM with multiple talks led by Wilson M. Riley and Mex A. Bryan. The Christian Science Church will host related services and broadcasts via KNX with speakers including E. L. Christiansen and Ray L. Christiansen.
The Rev Elmer D Thyr is installed as assistant pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church 4644 Clark Ave. He arrives from Ascension Lutheran Allison Park Pa and is Concordia Seminary St Louis graduate. The Rev A D Lautenschlager of Lutheran High School Los Angeles will preach. Ne members to be received at 8:30 a m service. evening gathering plus arrival meeting planned.
Rev Dwight G Bennett of Grace Methodist recalls his Army chaplaincy aftermath in Los Angeles. A struggling alcoholic he met a man with a prayerful circle who shared his life story, leading to confession and redemption. The convert later taught a Bible class and inspired ongoing miracles through listening and obedience.
Former American University of Beirut faculty member Leslie R. Leschen will be the featured speaker at the Belmont Heights Methodist Church Youth Banquet. Sponsored by three church youth groups, the event starts at 6 PM with Leschen speaking around 7 PM.
Sermon Sunday in Christian Science churches discusses God as life. Scriptural selections from John’s Gospel chapter 17 verse 3 and Proverbs 16 22 are cited as the Golden Text. The service centers on spiritual life and divine relations.
Rabbi Franklin is honored for forty years in the rabbinate at a banquet for the Combined Campaign for American Hebrew Congregations and Hebrew Union College. Dr. Max Nussbaum, president of the Western Association of Reform Rabbis and spiritual leader of Temple Israel Hollywood, will be the featured speaker at Temple Israel in Long Beach. Franklin has led Democracy in Action in Long Beach and promoted youth and adult education, now serving as honorary rabbi alongside Rabbi Wolff Kaelter and President David Fauer after joining Temple Israel in 1928 following service in Stockton Oakand and San Jose.
The First Brethren Church and 15 other Southland churches join the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in the 22nd Torrey Memorial Bible Conference themed Light in the Darkness. Speakers include Earle E Cairns Wheaton College professor and others each evening from Sunday through Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The Golden West Sunday will present a marker to the First Methodist Church of Norwalk after the 11 a.m. service to mark it as the oldest church in Norwalk. Norwalk’s church celebrated its 158th anniversary in November.
The Bay Shore Community Congregational Church hosts its annual parish meeting Sunday at 5 p.m. Dr. Wallace H Moore of Long Beach State College will speak on Russia and its satellite countries and discuss a study tour he led last summer for the national Information Agency.
The Lal area church community hosts an interfaith Sunday School using Bible stories alongside teachings from Buddhism and Confucianism. Members plan nature walks, flower gardening, and care packages for neighbors, emphasizing universal brotherhood and service.
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