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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1955
Page
4
New Sunday School at United Lutheran Church Buena Park meets at 2:43 p.m. in moved railway car classrooms pale as part of a church building program. The program, led by Rev Howell S Foster, uses historic Denver and Rio Grande cars from Knott's Berry Farm Ghost Town for lessons.
Lakewood hosts the Family Life Conference with sessions at Trinity Methodist Church and Long Beach venues. Speakers include Joe McDonald, RP Nidmeton, and area clergy focusing on family life, church education, and parent guidance amid planned evening programs and a Handel performance.
The Rev. Bill Price executive secretary of Youth for Christ International will speak at a UFC rally tonight at 7 30 at Washington Junior High School Auditorium. He has led the organization for five years and previously conducted evangelistic services in the southern United States. The program includes The High Room a cartoon on youth problems an attendance contest with five pounds of candy to the winning school and music by the Choralaires directed by Dave Musgrove.
The Luther League of southern California district plans a convention next Friday and Saturday at Immanuel Lutherans Church. Local church youth will serve as hosts.
Kiyoshio Tanimoto, who brought 25 young Japanese girls for reconstructive surgery after the Hiroshima blast, will speak at 6 30 pm Wednesday at the First Methodist Church Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue. His talk titled The Forgiveness launches the church school of missions series with other speakers planned for October.
Sybil Bailey representing United Church of India and Presbyterian overseas work will address a series of meetings at First Presbyterian Church Sixth Street and Locust. She trained at Dehra Dun College Isabella Thoburn College Lucknow and studied at McCormick Seminary Chicago. Bailey previously led Rakha Girls School Fatehgarh and is noted as the first woman from outside North America to hold a headquarter post in the Presbyterian foreign service. She will speak on her India work at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday Schooner Club 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study Hall 6:15 p.m. Thursday business and professional women's group and 11:30 a.m. Oct 20 Women’s Association.
A $40,000 educational building will be dedicated in ceremonies at 10 49 sim Sunday at Silver ado Park Methodist Church 2990 Delta Ave. Dr Douglas Walters district superintendent will speak at the 9 and 11 a m services. The Rev Richard W Cain pastor will assist. The new church will provide educational facilities for about 490 children.
N L B Church will hold ground breaking at 9 a.m. Sunday for a 3,000 square foot addition to Trinity United Presbyterian Church on Orange Ave and Del Amo Blvd in Orange. Cost is about 38,000 with members donating labor. the project will house Bible school and church office. Guest speaker Rev Donald Hawthorne from Christ United in La Mirada will attend along with church leaders and architect Gordon Powers.
Dr Edgar J Goodspeed 83 retired in Beverly Hills will give a talk at the First Christian Church Norwalk. The meeting runs 7 30 to 9 30 pm and is part of a youth leadership training program in four Norwalk churches First Methodist Christian Methodist First Christian and Bethany Congregational. Dr Goodspeed a renowned Bible scholar known for his American translation of the Bible will discuss the Bible and its modern translation.
Solon will address the Holy Name Society as members receive communion at 8 a m mass at St Pancratius Church on Downey Avenue. Boys in the church school will also take communion and join the Furior Holy Name Society. A breakfast follows where State Assemblyman Frank Bonelli will discuss his proposed bill on books deemed unfit for children per Arnold Harrison.
The Rev. Robert Dickerson of the Bible Presbyterian Church will attend the Independent Board for Presbyterian Home Missions meeting in Collingswood New Jersey Thursday and Friday. Rev. Hugh J Krieg of Grace Lutheran Church launches a series on Fundamentals of the Lutheran Faith at 7 30 p m Thursdays in the church parlors.
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