First Baptist Plans Salute to Missions
First Baptist Church announces Missionary Adventure Week beginning Sunday at 11 a.m. and running through February 7 with speakers each day. Notables include Rev. Philip C. Uhlinger, Dr. Edward H. Prider, and missionaries from Burma, India, Congo, and the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society.
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First Baptist Church
Winfield Edson
Philip C. Uhlinger
Edward H. Prider
Washington, D, C
Dy. Welden L. Patten
American Baptist Home Mission
Wesley H. Brown
Congo
Franklin O. Nelson
Chin Hills
Burma
A. C. Osterholm
John Skoglund
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Sengal- Grissa
Assam
India
Sheriff Capt Stallings to Speak at Lakewood Church
Capt Harold L Stallings of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and First Methodist Church will address Lakewood residents at 11 a.m. Sunday in Trinity Methodist Church on South Street and Dunrobin Avenue. As Harbor Missionary Union president, he is known for talks on social questions, delinquency, crime, narcotics, alcoholics, and gangs. His topic is Give God a Chance in Your Community.
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Harold L. Stallings
First Methodist Church
Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department
Trinity Methodist Church
South St
Dunrobin Ave
Lakewood
Henry E. Duttweller
Capt. Stallings
Harbor Missionary Union of the Methodist Church
God
Paul. I. Hershey
Silverado Fark Community Methodist Church
Yoga President Plans World Tour With American Students
Sri Deve Ram Sukul, president of the Yoga Institute of America and author, will lead a group of American students on a fall trip to India and around the world to foster mutual understanding and present American human welfare ideals. He will give yoga lectures at the Lafayette Hotel in Long Beach Sundays and Mondays with color motion pictures from his last trip.
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Deve Ram Sukul
Yoga Institute of America
India
Frances Spython
Long Beach
America
Orient
Lafayette Hotel
Ethiopian Excursion Across the Capital and Beyond
A crossword style puzzle entry lists clues for across and down items. It mentions Ethiopia and mentions items such as the capital, lifting device, goddess of infatuation, and various scattered terms including sheep and goats, rhymes with disease of rye, and a route abbreviation. The puzzle blends geography, language twists, and wordplay without clear narrative.
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Ethiopia
Devic
Burns Memorial Services to Be Given by Youths
Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church at 1720 Temple Ave hosts youth led services. Rev Joseph A Ryan notes all worship parts Sunday with 10 30 pm sermon by Monty Bergesen and youth led readings, choir, prayer, and a 7 30 pm Gospel Hour featuring a Christian film Beyond Our Dawn.
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Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Temple Ave
Joseph A. Ryan
Monty Bergesen
Fuller Theological Seminary
Evelyn Watts
Gordon Morton
Douglas Hoff Sill
Inda Wickey
Burt Arnold
Wally Askew
Art Cox
Bill Greene
Bob Schilling
Woodroff Community
Woodroff Ave
Arlie William Hoelscher
Men’s Club Dinner at California Heights Church
The California Heights Community Church Men’s Club will hold its February dinner on Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the social hall of the Educational Building at Orange Avenue and Bixby Road. Municipal Judge Martin De Vries will be guest speaker after returning from a world tour visiting Presbyterian mission stations. Graham Featherman introduces him. George Lorenz presides.
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California Heights
Men's Club of
Orange Ave
Bixby Rd
Martin DeVries
DeVries
Presbyterian Mission
Graham Featherman
George Lorenz
Song Stylist Heads YFC Entertainers Tonight
Gospel singer Jack Holcomb appears as guest artist on the Youth for Christ program at Tracy Auditorium. Other performers include Don Pratt Vern Serex Janette Tracy Mary Jo Hale and Roger Howe with Jim Colbert as pianist. The program features religious music and a film shown Sunday at 3 PM at the Family Hour.
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Youth For Christ
Tracy Auditorium
Seaside Blyd
Holcomb
Haven of Rest Quartet
Jack Shuler
Don Pratt
Vern Serex
Janette Tracy
Mary Jo Hale
Roger Howe
Jim Colbert
Pmnce
Kugler
Juanita Andrews
Thefc
Trinity Group to Host 63rd Synod Parley
Trinity Group hosts the 63rd Synod Parley at Eighth Street and Linden Avenue church in Gard, with 209 delegates expected and visitors. Rev Orval A Averkamp leads as pastor. James Benson Jr of Glendale is synod president. speakers include Steinhoff Foelsch and Dieckman. The synod covers California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii with 24581 adults in membership. A name change to Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Pacific Southwest is the major issue. Elections for officers and delegates to Ottawa are planned.
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Dismay Lutheran Church
Eighth St
Linden Ave
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of California
Orval A. Averkamp
Trinity Church
R. James Prince Benson Jr
Glendale
L. H. Steinhoff
Seattle
Wash
Charlesb. Foelsch
Pacific Lutheran Seminary
Berkeley
Paul Dieckman
Midland College
Fremont
Neb
California
Arizona
Nevada
Hawaii
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Pacific
Southwest
Beatsom
Ottawa
Canada
Youth Day Rites Planned at North Long Beach Church
North Long Beach Community Presbyterian Church marks Youthful Day with two services at 8 30 and 11 p m featuring themes So Send I You Speakers include Lee Carnathan and Phyllis Harris. Young members read psalters scripture and greet ushers Dolores Blakeman Pepperdine student soloist Junior High Westminster Fellowship convenes at 6 30 p m Mrs Jack Goodart sponsor High school and college WE plan jointly for a youth banquet on February 7.
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North Long Beach
Westminster’ Fellowship
Jack Goodart
First Congregational Church
High School
Pilgrim Fellowship
John Dior
Sheila Reid
Kaye White Wall
Ted Byman
Emerson G. Hangen
Lord
Wesley
Bach
Jesus
Guest preacher to lead three day prayer school at St Luke’s
Rev Fr Kenneth Rosier Terry of Mount Calvary Priory will preach at St Luke’s Episcopal Church and conduct a three day School of Prayer Sunday through Tuesday at 7 30 pm. He is a native of Richmond California, son of Rev Milton R Terry, and a 1952 Nazareth Theological Seminary graduate.
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St. Luke’s Church
Kenneth Rosier_Terry
Order of the Holy Cross
Mount Calvary Priory
Senta ‘Barbara
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Terry
St. Luke's
F. C. Benson Belliss
Richmond
Calif
Milton R. Terry
University of California and Nazhotah Theological Seminary
Order For Holy Cross
Brother of Minister to Be Pulpit Guest
Rev Carl Schneuker brother of Pastor Donald G Schneuker of University American Lutheran Church 1429 Clark Ave visiting in Long Beach and will be guest preacher for the 11 am worship service Sunday He is a missionary of the American Lutheran Church in Finschafen New Guinea and will speak on his work and missions.
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Carl Schneuker
Donald G. Schneuker
University
American Lutheran Church
Clark Ave
Long Beach
Finschafen
New Guinea
Marvin Johnson
Our Savice'n Luthorna Church
Virgil F
Bjerke
Johnson
Luther
Ministers Say in Long Beach Pulpits
A Long Beach church round of sermons across multiple congregations includes Dr. James Thomas of Denver preaching on The Broad Highway at Belmont Heights Methodist Church, with 3% R. Schafer speaking on China at the Sunday evening fellowship. Other clergy cover themes from The Master’s Touch to spiritual healing and youth outreach as church expansion efforts and local programs proceed.
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James Thomas
Denver
Colo
Belmont Heights Methodist Church
Broad Highway
R. Schafer
China
Sunday church events span youth, sermons and broadcasts
Multiple churches list Sunday programs including Youth Sunday observances at Westminster Community Presbyterian First Congregational and Long Beach SRF Center. Speakers include George Channing of San Francisco and Rev. Robert B. Shattuck with topics on Christian challenge faith and world teachers. Choirs and special services fill morning and evening schedules.
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Christian Science
Times
KFVD
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Huntington Park
George Channing
CSB
San Francisco
Pendell Head Board Organizes Ministers Convocation Leaders
Rev. Thomas Roy Pendell, pastor of Christ Church by the Sea Newport Beach, elected president of the 1954 Ministers Convocation. Officers include Rev. Ort Gruber, Los Angeles, vice president. Rev. John Messer, Pomona, secretary. Convocation co sponsored by USC School of Religion and Southern California Council of Protestant Churches. 5 ministers attended. Cross Roads Community Church of Lakewood forms new board with Norman Isbell as moderator and a $12,629 budget. Church affiliates with International Council of Community Churches and Southern California Conference. 160 members, 200 Sunday school attendance. six Troop 219 Scouts earned tenderfoot badges.
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Thomas Roy Pendell
Christ Church By the Sea
Newport Beach
John W.' Shucke
Morningside
Schol of Religion
University of Southern California
Southern California Council of Protestant Churches
Cross Roads Community Church of
Lakewood
Harry Brower
Womne
Normen A. Isbell
Gene Hal Jeck
Don W. Atecock
Charles Riggs
Ross L. Douglas
Tony Mazzureo
Antonio Mazmirco
Homer Burch
Orville J. Crovdal
Carl T. Dobbs
William C. Pasley
World Service and
Christian Action
Burch McLean
International Council of Community Churches
Southern California Conference of Congregational Churches
Warren Wescott
Larry Hathaway
Lecture on travels by Mr and Mrs DeVries at Westminster Church
Judge and Mrs. Martin DeVries will give an illustrated lecture about their visit to India and Pakistan at Westminster Community Presbyterian Church on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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