Thanksgiving Day Rites Slated for Central City Gatherings
Long Beach Council of Churches released tentative plans for Thanksgiving observances across city neighborhoods. Key services include Downtown at First Christian Church on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. led by Rev. De. Winfield Edson, Atlantic Avenue area at Atlantic Ave Methodist on Wednesday 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Herald C. Jickerson, Wrigley Heights at First Church of the Brethren on Wednesday 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Wendell W. Greenlee, West Side at Silverado Park Community Methodist Church on Thursday 10 a.m. with Rev. Richard Wilson Cain, East Long Beach at Grace Methodist Church on Thursday 9:45 a.m. with speaker TBA, Belmont Shore at Bay Shore Community Congregational Church on Wednesday 8 p.m. with Rev. Milton G. Gabrielson, North Long Beach at North Long Beach Wazarene Church on Wednesday 7:45 p.m. with Rev. Dr. L. Ray Lash, Lakewood North at Trinity Methodist Church on Thursday 10 a.m. and Lakewood South at University Baptist Church on Thursday 10 a.m.
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Long Beach
Atlantic Ave
Herald C. Jickerson
Wrigley Heights
First Church of the Brethren
Magnolia Ave
Wendell W. Greenlee
West Side Eres
Silverado Park Community Methodist Church
W. Spring St
Delta Ave
Richard Wilson Cain
East Long Beach Area
Grace Methodist Church
Belmont Shore
Bay Shore Community Congregational Church
Wednes
Milton G. Gabrielson
North Long Beach Area
North Long Beach
Baptists Open Midway City Unit Sunday in California
The General Baptist Church will launch its 10th California congregation in Midway City with a Sunday service led by Rev. M Sheffield, pastor. Catherine Juram of Philadelphia will speak at Lakewood United Lutheran Church Thursday at 8 p.m. Attendees include workers from Long Beach Downey Santa Ana and Orange. The Sheffields, with two sons, will conduct 11 week Bible courses in Ocean View and Gardens churches, and the Sunday schedule lists 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 worship and 7:50 evening service.
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Lakewood United Lutheran Church
Wardlow Rd
San Anselme Ave
Catherine Juram
National Board of Parish Education
Philadelphia
Long Beach
Downey
Santa Ana
Orange
General Baptist Church
Midway City
Ist
Monroe
Herbert L. Sheffield
Syracuse
General Baptist Organization
California
M. Sheffield
Garden Grove
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Sheffield
Larry
Michael
Sheffields
Wil
Ocean View
D. L. Dickey
The
Gardens Church
C. L. Pennington
Annual Bazaar Planned by Bay Shore Church Women
The Women's Club of Bay Shore Community Congregational Church will hold its annual bazaar and Farmer's Market next Thursday in the church Youth Center. Christmas gifts will be featured and a ham dinner will be served from 6 to 7 PM. Cochairs are Mrs. Sherman Middleton and Miss Helen Middleton.
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Women's Club of Bay
Shore Community Congregational Church
Revivalist A. Salvation Healing Revival Opens Sunday
A salvation healing revival begins Sunday at LaShell Assembly of God Church 5383 Long Beach Blvd continuing through December 14 evangelist is Rev. John C. Poteet from Fullerton. Pastor is Rev. Harry Richardson.
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LaShell
Missionary Rev F Olin Stockwell to Speak at First Methodist
The Rev F Olin Stockwell of Chicago a Methodist missionary who spent 23 months as a prisoner of Chinese Communists will be guest speaker at the Faith and Fellowship Hour. He will address the crowd at 7 00 p m Sunday in First Methodist Church on With God in Red China.
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F. Olin Stockwell
Chicago
First Methodist Church
China
Fifth
Pacific Long Beach
California
William Harrison Myers
William Harrison Mye
Adventists Plan Week of Prayer in Long Beach Church
Seventh-day Adventists of the Southland announce a week of prayer starting with this morning's Sabbath service and continuing daily with evening devotions. On the final day a sacrificial offering will be taken at the Long Beach church located at 3rd Street and Obispo Avenue, with daily openings and nightly services led by Elder Cree Sandefur.
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Southland
Long Beach
3Rd St
Obispo
Ave
Cree’ Sandefur
25th Anniversary Marked by Tabernacle Minister
The Rev. Oscar C Harms and Mrs Harms mark 25 years of ministry at Colonial Tabernacle Anaheim. Since starting Nov 12 1929 at First Foursquare Light House and after 1933 quake, Harms led Berean Chapel before expanding to the current church plant at 1800 H Anaheim St. with yearly conventions and ties to multiple gospel groups. Evangelist Tommy Wardle from Belfast Atlantic and the Voice of Healing convention in Philadelphia linked to the weekend events.
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Oscar C. Harms
Harms
Dallas
Tex
Long Beach
Colonial Tabernacle
Oscar C Harms
First Foursquare Gospel
11Th St
Ard Junipero, Ave
Berean
Rose Ave
Colonial Tabernacles
Anaheim St
California Evangelistic Associaition, Inc
Berean Chapel
Assemblies of God
Foursquare Gospel
Pentecostal Church of God
Open Bible Standard
Tommy Wardle
Belfast
Ireland
Mr. Harms
Voice of Healing
Palladelphia
Anaheim
Tommy Weedla
America
All Saals
Colonial Tabamacl
Redis
Youth Delegates Gather From Lutheran Churches in Area
Long Beach area Lutheran churches send delegates to the 1954 district convention at Central Church Oakland from Thursday to Sunday. Members include Bethel Long Beach St Timothy Lakewood Paul Lynwood and Trinity Norwalk. The joint Leaguers come from ELC and United Evangelical Lutheran Church amid merger talks with two other bodies.
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Long Beach
Young People’s Lutheran League of
Southern California
Central Church
Oakland
Bethel
St. Timothy
Lakewood
St., Paul's
Lynwood
Trinity
Norwalk
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
ELC
Downey Hosts Moravian Minister In First Church Visit
The Moravian Church of Downey welcomes Rev Dr F F Stocker president of the Provincial Elders Conference on his first official Downey visit. Stocker represents the church in the National Council of Churches and the World Council. Downey’s Southland congregation began November 14 1983 under Rev Marvin C Weidner. The church opened March 14 on Old River Road and Via Amorita. Sunday School enrolls 250, church membership 100. Stocker will lead services and discuss the Moravian 500th anniversary plans for 1957 and Downey’s role. A dinner with boards and wives, another church dinner with pictures of Moravian churches, and a pulpit appearance on Sunday morning complete the visit.
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Downey
F. F. Stocker
Stocker
New Downey
Dr. Stocker
Aclock
L B Pastor Re elected by State Baptists
Delegates return from the Southern Baptist General Convention of California in Lac churches in the Southland. The Rev H B Long pastor of Walnut Ave Church was re elected recording secretary for the eighth consecutive year. The convention has grown from 13 churches in 1940 to more than 500 in 1954 with many missions. The four Southern Baptist churches in Long Beach are led by Reverends Brister McLean Harris Fisher.
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Southern Baptist General Convention of California
Southland
H. B. Long
Walnut Ave
Byard St
Mr. Long
Southern Baptist
Long Beach
First
Truett Memorial
White Temple
Advance for Christ praise service at Immanuel Augustana
Lutherans schedule Advance for Christ at Immanuel Immanuel Church 343 E Carson St Sunday with 830 and 11 am services Pastor Olson will lead a sermon and closing benediction after sung hymn Now Thank We All Our God and prayer of thanksgiving Deacons and trustees to be installed Acknowledges annual Thanksgiving Day service on Thursday Nov 25 at 10
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Immanuel Augustana Lutheran Church
E. Carson St
Martin C. Olso
Immanuel
Olson
Horation convention set for June in San Francisco
Pastor Sherman I. Norshawn of Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church Long Beach serves as transportation chairman for the Southkand sending 100 Lutherans in buses from San Diego and Angel to the event in San Francisco next June.
Guest Pastor to Speak at Burns Church
The Rev. Paul M. Aijian of Pasadena will occupy the Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church pulpit at 1720 Temple Ave for Sunday services and again on Nov. 21. He recently returned from a sixty year of preaching and observation. His morning subject is The Faith We Proclaim.
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Paul M. Aijian
S.T. M
Pasadens
Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Temple Ave
Joseph A. Ryan
Milwaukee
Aijian
Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Tie
Wilshire Church
University of Southern California
Biola Bible College
Talbot Seminary
Jana
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