New Castle Free Methodist Camp Opens July 6 at Croton Grounds
Rev. J. A. Robb of the West Ontario Conference will be the principal speaker for the New Castle Free Methodist Camp starting July 6 and running through July 16 with daily services at 7 40 p m. The program includes family type services and youth work augmented by Rev A C Pounds of Georgia and North Carolina conferences. Eloise Obleshby Bradford Pa is the youth worker Ruth Hessler from South America is the missionary H C Jacobs Titusville is superintendent and July 3 and 4 are work days for the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Robb
West Ontario
The
Free Methodist Church
New Castle
Croton Area
Additio
Eloise Obleshby
Bradford
Ruth Hessler
South America
H. C. .Jacobs
Titusville
Wason
Welfare Worker Arrives For S A In Scranton
Sgt David Ralph Miller from Lock Haven Pa arrives to lead youth and welfare work for the Salvation Army on N Mercer Street in Scranton He comes with wife Ruth Koctholek and child Karen and will oversee home visits and youth programs at L A headquarters under Major and Mrs James Dihle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ralph Miller
Lock Haven
Salvation Army
N. Mercer St
Miller
Rochester
Homestead
Kane
Officers Training School
New York City
David Miller
Ruth Koctholek
Sharon
Karen
L. A
James Dihle
Aliquippa District Superintendent to Speak at Mahoning Ave Church
Alonzo Moore district superintendent of Aliquippa schools will address a service at Mahoning Ave Church of God in Christ Sunday at 11 30 am Elder James Blackwell serves as pastor Readability preserves names and place while noting the event and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Moore
Aliquippa
Mahoning Ave
Church of God In Christ
James Blackwell
Former New Castle Singer Joins Jehovah’s Witness Ministry
Chuck Crayne, once a 21 year old bari tone who appeared on Jackie Gleason in 1957, left singing for ministry. Born Ambridge Pennsylvania and raised in New Castle, he studied at Pasadena Junior College where a JW lecture spurred extensive Bible study. He and his wife Shirley Large now pursue missionary work in North Carolina and prepare for a JW assembly at Yankee Stadium in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck
Crayne
New Castle
Jackie Gleason
Jehovah's Witnesses
Ambridge
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pasadena Junior College
Shirley Large
Canada
North Carolina
Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Yankee Stadium
New York
Rev Strong to Mark Anniversary at St Paul Baptist Church
St Paul Baptist Church will honor pastor Rev Matthew Strong with a week of services next week starting Monday. Guest ministers include Rev R A Mason, Rev C D Waller, Rev Mrs G M Walker, Rev E L Strickland, Rev W A Clark and conclude with Rev W M Penn on Sunday at 3 30 pm followed by a reception. Born November 23 1922 in Tus loso Alabama Strong began preaching at 16 and pastored multiple churches including Mt Zion in East Moline and New Hope in Aliquippa before serving in New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Baptist Church
Matthew Strong
R. A Mason
Community Baptist Church
Farrell
C. D. Waller
Wheatland
G. M Walker
St. John United Holy Church
E. L. Strickland
Union Baptist Church
W. A. Clark
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Youngstown
W. M. Penn
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Coraopolis
Strong
Tus Loso
Ala
Percy
Vinnie Strong
Sim Strong
St. Michael Baptist Church
Greensboro
Selma University
Selma
East Moline
Ill
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Oberlin, D
Philosophy Seminary
Aliquippa
Aretha Campbell
Alabama
Grant Roberts
New Hope Baptist Church
New Castle
Youth Conference Opens at Edinboro Camp Grounds
Christian and Missionary Alliance Youth Conference at Edinboro Conference Grounds will run July 1 through August 26 with separate junior intermediate and senior camps. Family encampment spans August 4 to 13, featuring Rev Donald Miller and a roster of workers including Rev Claude Banner Rev Clyde May Rev F Russell Schillinger and others with Schillinger serving as reservations chairman from 185 Clinton St Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Edinboro
Donald Miller
Claude Banner
Clyde May
F. Russell Schillinger
Cassius Armitage
John Pugh
Florence Bromiley
Howard Witherow
Fred Yearsley
William Underwood
Clifford Erickson
Harold Boon
H. J. Sutton
F. Paul Henry
Don Kenyon
Ben Jenkins
Schillinger
Hoover Heights Church
Clinton St
Greenville
Rev Scheifele to Preach at St John Lutheran Tomorrow
Rev Theodore C Scheifele professor of sociology at Thiel College Greenville will preach at the 7 am Father Son communion and breakfast at St John Lutheran Church tomorrow on the theme Crisis or Challenge He also serves as state supply preacher at Bethany Lutheran and Trinity Lutheran Churches of New Castle Sundays Rev V Theodore Benson pastor of St John will be liturgist for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore C. Scheifele
Thiel College
Greenville
St. John Lutheran Church
Scheifele
Bethany Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Churches
New Castle
V. Theodore Benson
St. John's
Wesley Methodist Youth On Tour to New York City
Wesley Methodist Church sends a youth group on a four day educational fellowship trip to New York City boarding a 4 30 a m chartered bus. They funded the journey by washing cars and selling items with support from families. The group plans worship at Christ Methodist and Marble Collegiate Church and visits landmarks including Rockefeller Center NBC Central Park and the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Wesley Methodist Church
Mom
Dad
H. Pat Albright
Christ Methodist Church
Marble Collegiate Church
Ralph Soekman
Norman Vincent Peale
Freedomland
Coney Island
Greenwich Village
Rockefeller Center
NBC
Central Park
Fifth Ave
Interchurch Center
Riverside Dr
Grant's Tomb
Chinatown
Ted Gibson
Peter Grittie
Jean Hetrick
Betty Lou Albright
Kathy Hughes
Cappy Louden
Kathy
St Luke Church Plans Year End Assembly Honoring Pastor
St Luke AME Zion Church Elm Street hosts an end of year assembly Sunday at 7 30 p m to honor Rev Virgil Alexander completing his first year of service. The conference meets in Sharon in June 2025 with Rev Arthur Stevens and his wife attending. Pictures, special music and club representatives are planned as assignments for next year are decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke Ame Zion
Elm St
Virgil Alexander
Sharon
Arthur Stevens
Alexander
Savannah Methodist Church Announces Summer Worship Hours
Savannah Methodist Church will inaugurate new summer worship times starting tomorrow. The first service is at 8 30 a m and the second at 11 a m with Sunday between the two. Daily Vacation Bible School runs through next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Church Notices Publicized For Weekly News Column
Faith groups list service times across Greenville area churches. Entries include Baptist Bible schools morning worship and evening programs, Catholic masses and confessions, and various Protestant denominations with pastors and Sunday School details. Public notices requested by noon Thursday for each week.
Chinese Pastor Dr Ching An Yang to Lead Center UP Church
Dr Ching An Yang from Formosa will assume pastoral duties at Center UP Church for June through August after Rev Bovard’s resignation. A Princeton Theological Doctor of Theology, he has taught ethics at Princeton and lectured widely on missions and Asia, and is father of three. Mrs Yang is a literature teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching An Yang
Formosa
Center UP
William Bovard
Yang
College of Law
National Taiwan University of Formosa
Princeton Seminary
Princeton
N. J
University of Goettingen
West Germany
Westminster College
Asia
Presbyterian Seminary
Presbyterian General Assembly
Bessemer Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary Dinner
More than 250 members attend the Bessemer Presbyterian Church dinner opening the congregation 50th anniversary. The Legion Hall program featured family life pictures arranged by Lester Nord. Dr W L Wishart led the preparatory service Friday night. Sunday morning Rev Hoover L Picklesimer will lead the communion service. Sunday afternoon Rev Raymond M Touvell from Imperial Pa will lead a homecoming rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Presbyterian Church
Legion Hall
Lester Nord
W. L. Wishart
Sharon
Hoover L. Picklesimer
Ice
Raymond M. Touvell
Imperial
United Lutheran Women Plan Parish Fellowship Event
The United Lutheran Church Women with church groups plan a fellowship evening at St. Paul Lutheran Parish Hall on Wednesday at 8 15 p m to introduce new members to existing parishioners. Mrs Howard P Ward chairs the reception and has prepared a program. Mrs Hazel Roth leads refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Parish
Howard P. Ward
Hazel Roth
King's Chapel Announces Summer Service Schedule
Rev. Richard Hawke, pastor of King's Chapel Methodist Church, says summer hours start tomorrow with worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School remains at 9:30. Hawke will preside at the communion service during worship hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Chapel
West Pittsburg Rd
William Gamble
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Scotland Lane
W. C. McCune
Richard Hawke
King’s Chapel Methodist Church
Hawke
Role Of The Church Sermon By Rev Charles Fordyce Ellwood City
The weekly religious message from First Christian Church Ellwood City asserts the church's mission to convert the world as commanded by Jesus. It argues Christianity faces Communism as a material and spiritual test and urges faithful adherence to the Great Commission for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fordyce
Ellwood City
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Earth
Church
Church of Jesus Church
First Methodist Installation Set for Sunday Officers to be installed
Officers of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church will be installed by Rev. Delbert E. Jolley during the 11 a.m. service Sunday. Names include president Mrs. Michael Bowden and honorary president Mrs. Delbert Jolley, with a slate of vice presidents, secretary roles, and departmental secretaries across promotion education student work youth and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Delbert E. Jolley
Michael Bowden
Delbert Jolley
George D. Morris
S. L. Lockley
James Trevitt
B. F. Steinbrink
Charles Ambramski
Hugh Robison
C. R. Brenner
Edwin Schreiber
Joseph Flack
Jack Jones
Harry Ward
Walter Kerr
Martin Hornung
Alfred Robbins
Ralph Leonard
L. G. Nail
Earl Reeves
Raymond Lutz
Dallas Sloan
Western State Conference Opens June 25 in Center Church
The 33rd annual Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference begins June 25 at Center United Presbyterian Church and runs to July 2. Featured speakers are Dr. Vance Havner and Dr. George Miles with Jimmie McDonald as song leader and Miss Lucille Davis as pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
United Presbyterian Church
Vance Havner
George Miles
Havner
First Baptist Church
Charleston
S. C
Will Rodgers
Miles
Washington Bible College
Orient
Nigeria
Africa
Jimmie McDonald
Lucille Davis
Mercer
Lutherans Plan 16 New Churches
Delegates at the East ern District of the American Lutheran Church approved a plan to construct 16 new churches in the coming year. The district spans the East Coast from Quebec to Florida and locations for the churches are yet to be decided. The convention also approved a constitutional amendment allowing 80 extra clergy voters at annual sessions, including instructors retired pastors chaplains and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
UPI
American Lutheran Church
Quebec
Florida
State Rally Set At Second Baptist
The Second Baptist Church hosts an auxiliary state rally Sunday at 7 p m in the North St Church. Each auxiliary represents a state of the union. Rev Rosamond C Kay Jr will deliver a sermon titled Heaven Cant Wait. The senior choir provides music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
North St
Grace Church to Host Radio Hour With Moody Chorale
Grace Bible Church will present a radio hour for the New Castle Ministerial Assoc at 8 p m tomorrow. Reverend Franklin Clause, pastor, will discuss the theme The God Man with music by the Moody Chorale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Bible Church
New Castle
Moody Chorale
Franklin Clause
God Man
Summer vesper series opens with Rev Benson speaker
Rev. W Theodore Benson pastor of St John Lutheran Church opens the 1961 community vesper series. Meetings are planned for 7 30 p m on Sundays on the Clenmore United Presbyterian Church lawn with rain site in the church sanctuary. The theme is Whats A Father Good For Anyway. Dr Robert H Mayo hosts and presides. Music includes Rev Robert Meanor lead singer Miss Emma Patton pianist and the Clenmore Church male chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Theodore Benson
St. John Lutheran Church
Clenmore United Presbyterian Church
Benson
New Castle
Clergymen Return From United Presbyterian Synod
Area ministers report from Grove City after the United Presbyterian Synod sessions June 12 to 15. The Synod adopted a 440000 budget for six UP colleges and related work, plus a 134072 operating budget up 25 percent. The Pennsylvania Synodical Society reported 910503 raised for missions, with a stand for enforcing Sunday laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania
Grove City
Gene Stone
First
Presbyteran Church
Charles A. Davis Jr
Wampum Presbyterian
J. Harry Fisher
Bethel U.P
Cuyler N. Ferguson
Third
U.P. New Castle
John J. McClure
Westfield Presbyterian
Robert H. Mayo
Clenmore UP
Thomas R. Sarver
New Wilmington
Synod
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Synodical Society
United Presbyterian Church
Suncrest Camp Opens 12th Annual Session
The 12th annual Suncrest Camp meeting sponsored by the Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Beaver Valley Area opened Friday. Evangelist Rev. C. J. Peters of Butler, Pa. leads a 10 day camp with two missionaries Rev. R. A. Karcesky from New Guinea and Rev. R. W. Tompkins from Thailand. Daily services begin at 7:15 p.m. The camp site is two miles off Route 68 East of Rochester, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suncrest
Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of
Beaver Valley
C. J. Peters
Butler
R. A. Karcesky
New Guinea
R. W. Tompkins
Thailand
Rochester
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Robb Camp
S.A
Sgt
David R. Millep
Youth For Christ
Danger Trail
God of
Evangelistic
Taylor Street
Vincent A. Riniti
New Jehovah's Witness
St. John’s
Bible School
Chappell’s
Wesley Methodist
New Castle News
Savannah Church
John Calvin Myers
North
Norris Way
R. C. Kay
Robert Durham
Rev. Kay
W. Grant St
S. Brizendine
W. North St
Rev M. Strong
Claudia Smith
Holy Trinity
S. Jefferson St
Francis Wozniak
All Fathers
Christian First
Sam Fleming
Central Christian
Sow and Penna. Aves
Norman Zeigler
Shenango Christian
Willowhurst Circle
Ray A. Bass
Happy Glass
Chapel Rd
E. Hawke
ST. Luke Amerion
Wesley
W. Washington
Round St
H. Pat. Albright
Missionary Alliance
Hoover Heights Tabernacle
Morris
Morehead
S. New Castle
Boro
H. M. Rambo
Evangelistic Our
Episcopal Trinity
East Falls
Mill Streets
Ralph E. Hovencamp
Tee
Berane -E. Washington
Sutton St
N. Jefferson and
Grant Sts
Richard F. Price
Trinity
Methodist
Jefferson and
Delbert E. Jelley
Clroton
Croton Ave
James Kelley
Couren
Epworth
Washington St
Butler Ave
Lynn A. Shindledecker
Washington Union Cma
J. G. Allison
Christian Science
Church OF Christ Scientists
E. Moody Ave
Presbyterian
First — Jefferson
Falls St
Ronald E. Wise
Reformed Presbyterian
Corner Oak and
Pine Sts
Harold Harrington
WEST
Rose Point
Robert H. McFarland
Roy Bessell
United Brethren
Crawford Ave
Howard Snow
Unified Sunday School
Christian Endeavor
United Presbyterian
Clenmore U.P
Mayo
Foster
Theodore Benson
Milton Sts
George W. Henderson
Robert E. Meanor
E. Washington St
Wm. Moore
Highland
Highland Ave
H. H. McConnell Jr
Richard G. Riedel
Aim
Northminster
Wilmington Rd
Thomas H. Newcomb
First Congregational Church
First Congregational
E. Reynolds St
Mercer St
Howard J. Landes
Charles Bame
Bessemer Dinner
United Lutheran Women Plan Meeting
King's Chapel
Second Baptist
Grace Church
Tabernacle
Christian Missionary Alliance
Pearson St
Carl Ellenberger
Divine Visitor
Rev. Benson
Suncrest Camp
Church OF Christ
W. State St
Church OF Your Choice
NEW Castle Drug CO
N. Mill St
New Castle, Pa
Lakewood Beach
Mike Dachko
Lamplighters
Calvary Independent
Moody
Delaware
H. V. Sartell
David A. Titus
Titus
Sartell
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