All in the Attitude You Take
Norman Pease argues life outcomes hinge on attitude and humor. He cites resilience amid taunts and injury, noting mature people accept events calmly, learn from them, and respond with composure regardless of provocation.
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
4
Norman Pease argues life outcomes hinge on attitude and humor. He cites resilience amid taunts and injury, noting mature people accept events calmly, learn from them, and respond with composure regardless of provocation.
A Long Beach native Feeder student in Spain will be ordained priest at St Anthony's Catholic Church Seer at 8 am Friday June 29. The ordaining bishop is Most Rev Alden John Bell auxiliary of Los Angeles. The event marks the first ordination at St Anthony's and the first ordination for the newly consecrated bishop.
The Rev William Powell is newly named pastor of Calvary Baptist Church at South Street and Lime Avenue. He will preach at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m on his first Sunday in the pulpit. Powell previously led the United Baptist Church of Caribou Maine for eight years adding over 700 members. He and his wife have three daughters Faith Hope and Patience. Powell serves on Baptist foreign missions boards and recently attended the American Baptist Church session in Seattle.
An artist who draws car toons with hand and foot while blindfolded will guest at the South for Christ meeting at 7 30 pm tonight at First Brethren Church at Sth St and Cherry Ave. Rev Clarence Thorpe, formerly highlighted by Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not at major expositions, now pursues evangelistic work for youth. The program, per FC director Rev Jerry Yeuppert, also includes a male quartet, accordionist, and audience singspiration.
The Methodist Youth Caravan will visit East Long Beach Methodist Church at 1100 Freeman Ave from June 30 to July 7. Led by Rev. Francis Baldwin, the caravan includes four youths and an adult counselor trained in Salt Lake City, spending eight weeks aiding young people in Southern California churches.
Carl J. Bender of St. Louis was elected national president of the churchmen's brotherhood of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Milwaukee Wisconsin on Friday.
The message, attributed to Rev CY Stevens of Lakewood Church of Religious Science, emphasizes fear not and God’s nature to do good. It frames the kingdom as attainable through aligning with spiritual laws, especially the Law of cause and effect, by developing a consciousness that draws desirable outcomes.
Long Beach man Richard Guy Belliss will be ordained a third generation theologian in a 10:30 am ceremony at St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles. His father is Rev F C Belliss and his grandfather Rev William Belliss. The sermon will be by Rev Hiram Crosby with others ordained including Howard Allen, Robert Gardiner, and Bald Coffin in a service marking deacon ordination as the first step toward priesthood.
A vacation school for young students will be held Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Methodist Church. The event, planned by a committee led by Mrs. Traemnen, features speakers and activities for children.
Readable fragmented report lists a Sunday festival at First Presbyterian and Grace Methodist Churchs with multiple choirs performing sections themed around praise contemplation and devotion. Pastor Reuben F. Pieters and Royal Stanton direct, Gloria Solis leads children, and Ellithorpe speaks on music as a universal language during services.
Missionary leaders, musicians, and youth workers are slated as Sunday guests at churches across the area. Bishop Newe Booth will preach at 9:30 and 12:00 at Silverado Park Community Methodist. Swedish tenor Einar Wagimo is set for 7 pm at Bethany Baptist. Elston Knight speaks 10:45 am at Lakewood Church of Christ, with other ministers and entertainers listed at multiple local churches.
Evangelist Billy Graham, here for a month long crusade, will travel to Colorado Springs to preach the funeral for Dawson E. Trotman, 50, former Navigators leader who drowned at Sehroon Lake, New York, after rescuing a girl unable to swim. Trotman was president of the Navigators, an international religious training group.
Dr Bryant Wilson a longtime ordained pastor at the First Baptist Church here retires after 42 years of service since 1947 He and his wife will be honored at 11 am service and a 730 pm reception Guest speaker Dr Pieter Smit pastor of First Baptist Church St Paul Minn is en route home from Seattle where he served as program director for the American Baptist Convention Wilson a native of Town studied at Local High School UC Berkeley and Yale Divinity School He served in various churches including Sacramento San Francisco Eugene Santa Barbara and Pasadena and earned a master of arts from Yale and a Doctor of Divinity from Linfield College He resides at 1020 Locust Ave.
A Long Beach college youth and a Fullerton minister head an eight member team sponsored by the Methodist Service Projects Commission for a two month tour of Japan. They will study in Hiroshima at a work camp to transform a vacant lot into a playground for children and will meet Japanese youth and leaders to build bridges of understanding. The group departs Sunday, stops in Alaska on the way home in late August, and is led by Rev Hugh Lormor of First Methodist Church.
A tent revival sponsored by First Southern Baptist Church of Lakewood at 6534 E. Del Amo Blvd concludes with 7:30 p.m. services today and Sunday. Featured speaker is Dr. Benny Bates and evangelist Ted Roe serves as music master. the series began on June 10.
The first confirmation service of the newly organized St. Gregory Episcopal Mission will take place at 10 am on Sunday in the auditorium of Gant School Atherton Ave and Britton Dr. The Rt. Rev. Robert B. Goede n, retired suffragan bishop of the Los Angeles Episcopal archdiocese, will officiate.
Discussion of Christian Science Scriptural origin and teachings will be read in all churches of that denomination. The session sermon titled Christian Science will quote the Golden Text from Revelation 12:10, Now is come salvation and the kingdom of our God.
Three Californians were elected to the general board of the Church of the Nazarene at the quadrennial assembly in Kansas City. Named were the Rev. C. J. Nease of Ontario, Rev. George Coulter of Santa Cruz, and Rev. Wesley Mieras of Pasadena.
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