Religion and the Screen Unite in Crusade for Faith
An editorial from the Christian Herald argues that cinema bears a profound responsibility to religion. It highlights current and upcoming religious films, notes the industry's trend toward spiritual themes, and stresses the need for Protestant subject coverage while denying favoritism, urging cinema to exalt mankind.
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David
Bathsheba
Ruth
Church
Screen
Christian Herald
Home of Tomorrow Sermon on Eternal Dwelling Place
Presentation extols a heavenly home promised to believers, contrasting it with fragile earthly homes. It cites Isaiah 65 21 and Jeremiah 31 12 plus Corinthians 2 9, urging spiritual growth, peace, and everlasting joy beyond loss and sorrow, as the Signs of the Times note.
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Jesus
New Earth
Readers May Dial 6 9066 for Church Information
Press Telegram offers a Sunday church location and service hours dial service for Long Beach. Call 6 9066 for locations and hours, replacing the old directory. If unsure of church or service time, dial 6 5066 for operator assistance.
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Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Call for Renewal of Spirit
OCAL churches join global observance of Pentecost. World Council message urges rekindling of the Holy Spirit, unity, and renewal in worship, prayer, and mercy. Pentecost marks ancient festival tied to Moses and Noah covenants, Abrahamic roots, and Whitsunday celebrations with baptismal robes.
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OCAL
World Council of Churches
World Council
Church of Jesus Christ
Saint Paul
Jerusalem
Pastor Back From Europe Returns To Lead Church
Pastor Luther Anderson of First Christian Church returns after five weeks with a tour of the Holy Land Egypt and Europe. He resumes the pulpit tomorrow morning. Harold Cole missionary from Osaka Japan speaks in evening with color slides on Christian work in Osaka area and Japanese sites. Mrs Leone Cole a Long Beach resident speaks at the 6 pm young people's meeting. A social hour after the prayer meeting last Wednesday celebrated Andersons return and the 20th wedding anniversary of Loran Hancock assistant minister and his wife.
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First Christan Church
Holy Land
Egypt
Europe
Harold Cole
Osaka
Japan
Leone Cole
Long Beach
Foly High School
Pacific Bible Seminary
Anderson
Loran Hancock
Long Beach Churches Host Variety of Pentecost Events
Long Beach notices report multiple church activities for Pentecost and beyond. Assemblies of God and Lutheran leaders preach and preside in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Belmont Heights adds two ministers, while First Methodist hosts youth talks on narcotics. Revival by Dr W S Barham starts Sunday at First Assembly, and confirmations occur at University American Lutheran Church.
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Emma Taylor
First Assembly of God
W._S. Barham
Dallas
Texas
Long Beach
First Church
S. Barham
Will Honor Rev Peters 35th Ordination Anniversary
Parishioners of St Stephen is American Lutheran Church 1629 Pine Ave will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Rev John Herman Peters ordination with a morning service on Sunday June 8 Lorraine Ossian parish secretary announces Dr Konrad Keosman of Pasadena president of the California district American Lutheran Church will officiate and give the sermon Special music and floral arrangements are planned Pastor and Mrs Peters will be honored individually June 1000 Day for St Stephen's is designated in honor of Peters 35 years of missionary and church building work Contributions should go to St Stephen's Church Home Fund
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Konrad Koosman
D. D
Pasadena
California
American Lutheran Church
St. Stephen's Church
John Herman Peters
Koosman
Golden West
St Stephen's
St Stephen's American Lutheran Church
Pine Ave
Lorraine Ossian
Konrad Keosman
Peters
St. Stephen's
Middlewest
St Stephen's Church
Canterbury relic to highlight Whitsun Mission at All Saints
Historic Canterbury Cathedral stone installation under the altar dress at All Saints Episcopal Church anchors a Whitsun Mission led by Suffragan Bishop Donald James Campbell. Daily services, sermons, and layman dialogues run June 25 onward with special prayers and events across parish activities.
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England
All Saints Episcopal Church
Termino Ave
Colorado St
Whitsun
Donald James Campbell
STM
Anglican Communion
Harry Leigh-Pink
Church of England
Episcopal
United States
Canada
Holy Catholic Church
China
Holy Catholic Church of
Japan
Church of Ireland
Archbishop of Canterbury
Episcopal Church
Canterbury
St. Augustine
Downey to be ordained in Episcopal Church in Berkeley
LLEN J. DOWNEY son of the late Maurice E. Downey of Long Beach will complete his priesthood training June 5 graduating from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley. He is a University of Kansas engineering graduate who worked a decade with Richfield Oil in Taft and Los Angeles. Married to Margie Spearing of Columbus Kan they have three children. He is released by Bishop Block to serve in the missionary district of Honolulu Hawaii.
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Llen J. Downey
Maurice E. Downey
Long Beach
Episcopal Church
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Berkeley
University of Kansas
The
Richfield Oil Corp
Taft
Los Angeles
Whitier
St. Matthias’ Church
Whittier
St. Bartholomew's Church
Fito
Block
Honolulu
T. H
Margie Spearing
J. W. Spearing
Columbus
Kan
Memorial Day reflections on memory and prophecy
A Memorial Day meditation urges reverence for fallen heroes and notes bleak global peace prospects. It cites Evans J. Lena D.D. and biblical prophecy, linking current strife to apocalyptic signs while urging faith in Christ’s return and eternal fellowship in the homeland of the redeemed.
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Evans J. Lena
Home as Church Vision for Planting New Congregations
A sermon advocates using homes as church centers to plant multiple house churches in migrating communities. It urges doubling capital funds for new communities, training pastors, and developing lay leaders to conduct worship services, arguing home worship can surpass modern church buildings in religious influence.
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Paul
God
Apostolic Christians
Division at the Lord's Table and ecumenical vows
A reflection on ecumenical unity at communion services, noting that attempts to hold joint rites reveal deep divisions among Christian delegates. The piece argues that unwillingness to share the Lord's Table undermines fellowship and highlights Christ’s broken body as a symbol of needed unity. A stray fragment cites a voting directive.
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Christ
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