This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1956
Page
4
Local faith leaders from Catholic, Protestant and Jewish communities are invited to recount how they began their religious work in The Day My Faith Grew a new Saturday feature. Tom Gay conducts the series with Dr Reuben F Pieters pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Long Beach.
Dr Reuben F Pieters recalls growing up in Korea as the son of missionaries and learning the language. He describes early impressions of Christians versus non Christians and a pivotal fall day in 1921 in Princeton inviting him to choose between ministry and medical study.
The speaker describes a calm, deliberate decision to enroll in seminary without a dramatic calling. They recount that Divine guidance came through personal choice and the use of a God given mind. The decision brought lasting faith and no regrets.
Grady Parrot president of the Missionary Aviation Fellowship will speak at 7 45 pm at the First Brethren Church 5th Street and Cherry Avenue about his role in the winter search for the five Auca missionaries killed in Ecuador He will show colored slides and a tape recording from the search and is based in Fullerton.
The Rev Harold Schmidt pastor of People’s Church of San Fernando Valley will preach at 11 am at the Long Beach Unitarian Church 850 Lime Ave The Rev Schmidt joins a group of speakers in this area protesting state loyalty oath requirements for tax exemption auditoriums Also listed are Tr Max W Gordon of Topeka Kan at First Baptist 20th St Pine Ave Rev Glen B Ogden of Calvary Presbyterian Hillsdale Mich and Rev Chester L Tolson Los Angeles presbytery at Emanuel Presbyterian 6th St Termino Ave and other venues
A dedication service will honor the first building of the Free Methodist church in Lakewood. The Rev. Wayne A Faubion will officiate with assistances from the Rev. PF Archer of Los Angeles and local ministers. Worship is at 10 45 a m and 7 p m on Sundays with Bible study at 9 30 a m. The congregation formed three years ago and plans a sanctuary on the two acre site.
The Rev Edward P Allen, newly named curate of St Luke's Parish, will host an informal reception after the 11 am service at the Seventh Street and Atlantic Avenue church. He graduated last month from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and is a Pomona College alumnus of 1945.
Dedication services are planned for 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday for the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist located at Pine Avenue and Market Street in North Long Beach. The Georgian structure seats 350, and the church is dedicated only after debts are cleared. The Christian Science movement there began in 1924 with home meetings, a society formed in 1927 and incorporated in 1928, and land acquired from July 1927 to May 1945 for the Market Street site.
Dr. Loren Bowman, 43, to be installed as pastor of the First Church of the Brethren at 3332 Magnolia Ave in a 11 a.m. Sunday service. He succeeds Rev. Robert E. eepieheras, who resigned last fall to pursue evangelistic work and Olympic prep. The 1952 pole vault champion and 30-year-old minister has led Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren in Washington for eight years and previously served in Meyersdale and Mt. Vernon in Pennsylvania, Marion in Indiana, and Melvin Hill in North Carolina. Bowman, a native of Franklin County Virginia, sits on local boards and has degrees from Bridgewater and Bethany Biblical Seminary. He and his wife Claire have two daughters.
The lesson sermon on truth discusses humanity’s long desire for truth from Bible times. Solomon counsels to buy the truth and not sell it, while David prays to be taught the Lord’s ways and to walk in truth uniting the heart to fear God’s name.
In Mississippi Parchman, 49 inmates were baptized in a muddy irrigation pond as prison chaplain Rev. R. B. Hicks baptized each convert wakening the hot afternoon. The ceremony featured shouts of Have mercy Lord and was conducted with water waist deep on Friday.
An estimated 8000 delegates are expected for a Southland district masting of Jehovah's Witnesses to be held Aug 2 to 5 in the Municipal Auditorium. Irvin A. Johnson, a presiding minister of the five Long Beach congregations, said a pre-convention headquarters is at 15 W Plymouth St under Shield Halajian. Sessions will be conducted simultaneously at 9 and 10:15 a.m. Edgar A. Flinn of La Mesa is the accommodation director.
A double session plan will begin Sunday at Palo Verde Avenue Christian Church located at 2501 Palo Verde Avenue. The event aims to extend worship and activities for attendees in the local community.
Ten thousand members of the California Seventh-day Adventists conclude a 10 day annual camp meeting in Soquel with day long Sabbath services and ordination rites. In afternoon services Frank Martinez of Santa Maria was raised to the status of minister.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.