Evangelistic Adams Family To Head YFC Rally Tonight
The Adams family headed by Rev Harold Adams and wife with son Bobby and daughter Judy will headline the Youth for Christ rally at Tracy Auditorium Seaside Blvd. Jim Colbert directs. Mrs Helen Wood Birnie will speak at the 3 pm Family Hour. Birnie once helped prosecute Communist party members and is returning to Long Beach.
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Adams Family Evangelistic Party
Tracy Auditorium
Seaside Blvd
Jim Colbert
Harold Adams
Bobby
Judy
Adams
Santa Ana
Helen Wood Birnie
Communist Party
Pacific Coast States
Youth For Christ
Sociology Professor Guest Preacher at Belmont Heights
Dr James Peterson of the University of Southern California will guest preach at Belmont Heights Methodist Church during morning services at 930 and 1100. He arrives October 1 to serve as minister of preaching through March 31, 1954. Peterson will lecture on Family Problems and Marriage Counseling at 7 pm September 20 and 27 under Voyagers Sunday School sponsorship. Rev Lawrence V Lucas will handle membership and visitation and Rev Arthur J Fitzgerald education during the pastor Dr Grover C Bagby’s absence in Edinburgh Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Peterson
Saciology
University of Southern California
Belmont Heights Methodist Church
James Thomas
Denver
Colo
Lawrence V. Lucas
Arthur J. Fitzgerald
Grover C. Bagby
Edinburgh
Scotland
Science film shows baby fairy tern at Moody Institute
A two day old fairy tern from Midway Island tests its wings while gripping a tree limb. The Moody Institute of Science presents Prior Claim premiering in Long Beach at First Brethren Church on Friday evening September 25.
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Midway Island
Moody Institute of Science
Long Beach
First Brethren Church
Fifth St
Cherry Ave
Presbyterian Pastor Home From Parley
Rev. Theodore N. Anderson of Trinity United Presbyterian Church Orange Ave and Del Amo Blvd has returned from the east coast. He attended the 35th national convention as director of youth for Southern California presbyteries and invited the group to meet in Long Beach in 1954, which was accepted. He visited his mother Mrs. W. T. Anderson in Camden New Jersey who is a retired missionary to Pakistan. Trinity Church will resume services with a sermon "A Midnight Visitor" at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 p.m. for reports from the Arbolade high school conference with delegates including Lyle Merrell George Ball Jr Pat and Carol Anderson Erine Warner Pat DeLong and Ellen Magnuson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore N. Anderson
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Orange Ave
del Amo Blvd
Southern California
United Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington
Long Beach
W. T. Anderson
Camden
N. J
Pakistan
Key Episcopal Laymen Meet in Pasadena
Key laymen from the Long Beach-Lakewood area attend the Fourth Annual Laymen's Conference of the Los Angeles diocese at the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena. Attendees include Olive P. Roemer Bruce Mason Robert G. Fife and Howard Buttery with leadership from Roger A Pfaff. The gathering aims to set a 1953-54 program of spiritual advancement and church activity. Rt Rev Evie Francis Bloy issued 250 invitations to 11 lay representatives from 159 parishes and missions. The conference opened at 10 am with Bloy speaking after a panel on the diocesan program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Long Beach
Lakewood
Diocese of
Los Angeles
Huntington Hotel
Pasadena
Olive P. Roemer
St. Luke's Church
Bruce Mason
Robert G. Fife
Saints Church
Howard Buttery
St. Thomas of Canterbury
Roger Alton Pfaff
Los
Truett Church to Hear Guest Dr Posey in Lakewood
Truett Memorial Church invites parishioners for 11 a.m. Sunday services with guest speaker Dr Samuel G Posey executive secretary of the Southern Baptist General Convention of California. Posey has pastored in Austin and San Antonio and led Golden State Seminary in Berkeley before rising to church executive roles. The California convention now includes 391 affiliated churches 100 missions a Baptist college and seminary and has funds to build an orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Posey
Southern Baptist General Convention of California
Ters
Fresno
Truett Memorial Church
San_ Anselme Ave
Lakewood
Posey
First Baptist Church of
Austin
Texas
Grusexing
San Antonio
Southern Bentist Convention of California
George Jeymirgs
Southern Baptist
Spain
Bethany Baptist Church Adds Wesley Harty to Staff
Bethany Baptist Church on Olive Avenue and Hill Street announces Wesley Harty as director of Youth Activities and Music and as principal of Bethany Day School. A Sheridan, Wyoming native with USC and Westmont College credentials, he previously taught in Wyoming and served Hoover Street Baptist Church. The couple has a son named Timothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Baptist Church
Olive Ave
Hill St
Wesley Harty
Robert B. Hubbard
Bethany Day School
Harry
Illinois
Sheridan
Wyo
USC
Westmont College
Santa Barbara
Wyoming
Hoover Street Baptist Church
Timothy
Circle Coffee Hour Invitations Issued
The Lakewood circle of Immanuel Lutheran invites parishioners and friends to a coffee hour Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bath, 4515 Hazelbrook Ave in Lakewood Village. Mrs. Perry Gell presides over the Immanuel Guild, parent body of the circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Immanuel Augustana Litheran
Albert Bath
Hazelbrook Ave
Lakewood Village
Perry Gell
Immanuel Guild
Methodists Plan School of Missions Program
The Commission on Missions and Advance of Grace Methodist Church announces the first annual School of Missions. Sessions begin Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. with a covered dish supper. Dr. Frank Williams will speak on Big Oaks From Little Acorns, with pictures. Subsequent speakers include Lynn Ballard, Mrs. Earl K. Scott, Mrs. Charles N. Sutton, Rev. Lewis K. Davis, and Rev. Claude W. Young, presenting talks tied to Bishop Gerald Kennedy's Heritage and Destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On Missions and Advance of Grace Methodist Church
School of Missions
Frank Williams
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Southern California-Arizona Conference
Lynn W. Balelard
Grace Church
Earl EK. Scott
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Charles N. Sutton
Lewis K. Davis
Claude W. Young
Gerald Kennedy
Wesley
Ack W. Ellis
Commission of Visions and Advance
Bethel Hour Radio Program Extended by Bethel Church
Rev. Bernard Brunsting of Bethel Reformed Church Bellflower announces the Bethel Hour on KGER Sundays at 7:45 p.m. grows from 45 minutes to one hour. The service broadcasts from Bethel Church with the choir. A transcription will air on KCON Sioux City and is planned for ECNB Quito. More than 500 attend the service.
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Bernard Brunsting
Bethel Reformed Church of
Bellflower
KGER
Bethel Church
Brunsting
KCON
Sioux City
Iowa
ECNB
Quito
Ecuador
Bethel Choir
First Church Choirs Begin Fall Rehearsals On Schedule
First Methodist Church resumes its multi choir program started in 1949 under Rolla Alford. The plan uses several choirs across morning worship and Sunday School, including Carol, Crusader, Wesley Boys, Chapel, Treble Clef, and Sanctuary Choirs, with season activities around Christmas and Easter. The summer quartet accompanied Dr. S Douglas Walters on the Light of Faith TV program.
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Rolla Alford
First Methodist Church
Crusader
Wesley
Chapel
S. Douglas Walters
Light of Faith
New Church Edifice to Be Dedicated
A dedication service for the Far West Baptist Church edifice at 2041 Palo Verde Ave will take place Sunday afternoon. Organizing pastor Dr. Norman S. MacPherson announces Rev. Frank DeJong will read the Scripture, Harold Carlson will offer the dedicatory prayer, and Rev. Eran Freed will speak. Music will be performed by Rev. and Mrs. Ted Roe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West General Baptist Church
Palo Verde Ave
Norman 5. MacPherson
MacPherson
Lakewood First Baptist Church
Far West Baptist Church
Norman S. MacPherson
Frank DeJong
Lakewood Christian
Ted Roe
Covina
First Baptist Church
Youth Theme in Special Week at Lakewood Village Church
Christian Education Week runs Sept 27 to Oct 4 with the theme For All Children Faith in God. Lakewood Village Church joins 40 U S and Canadian denominations in fostering child faith and adult responsibility through home church and community example coordinated with the National Council of Churches. The Senior High CYF will present a Sept 27 program at 7 30 pm featuring musical selections talks and the film For Every Child. Junior High CYF members participate in 9 36 and 11 am services as World Wide Communion Sunday closes the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood Village
Wilford R. Hall
United States
Canada
National Council of Churches
Lakewood Village Community Church
Hall
L. A. Bemis
Christian Youth Fellowship
CYF
Major Telfer in Salvation Army Talk
Major A P Telfer of the Los Angeles Salvation Army Headquarters will lead a special Sunday meeting at 12 a m in the Salvation Army chapel at 329 Locust Ave. He heads the Salvation Army operated Service Men's Center in Los Angeles. Other program notes include Sunday School at 9 30 a m Young People at 5 15 p m a street meeting at Fourth St and Pine Ave at 6 45 p m and a salvation service at 7 30 p m with the message Heaven's Insurance Policy. In North Long Beach Joyce and Mable John conduct a Sunday school for all ages at Flat St and California Ave at 9 45 a m.
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Salvation Army
Locust Ave
A. P. Telfer
Los Angeles
Fourth St
Pine Ave
Salvation Service
North Long Beach Ranch
Joyce and
Mable John
Flat St
California Ave
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