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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1959
Page
4
The piece urges embracing calm over holiday bustle. It highlights quiet practices in churches and Quaker meetings, noting how creative silence provides rest, guidance, and peace amid daily pressures. It suggests many avenues for private prayer and meditation.
Bur bank musician Bob Shepard premieres a new carol cantata with a 45 voice sanctuary choir at Mission Covenant Church 539 N Lake Ave tomorrow at 7 p.m. Narrator is George Ewell of Fuller Theological Seminary and USC. The program features four church youth choirs and soloists Wanda Crockett Jones harp Barbara Larson flute. The concert ends with 125 plus voices singing Neidlinger The Birthday of a King."
The Board of Social Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America plans a study on capital punishment. Requested by the Rocky Mountain Synod the study will examine theological sociological and criminological implications and be submitted to the 1960 USC convention in Atlantic City.
The award was presented at the fifth annual meeting of United Presbyterian Men of Southern California held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The prize recognized a real estate purchase intended for a future Presbyterian Church site.
Dr Kenneth L Maxwell head of the National Council of Churches International Affairs department says the peace education program in Protestant and Orthodox churches is producing a tremendous response across the United States. He notes people are hungry for responsible leadership for peace.
Ground breaking for the San Marino Congregational Church sanctuary will follow the 11 a.m. service tomorrow. Richard Biles, building committee chair, said children from the church school will join the ceremony at the site. Walter Dingus and John Morrisree will lead the event as board and prudential committee chairs.
World Vision Quartet, famed for spirituals and gospel, headlines Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The bill includes Clayton Erb Theron Spurr Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle Bob Shepard Chorale and Gloria Forman. Kerr plans a five hour New Year Eve jubilee and an anniversary program March 21 marking 16 years of weekly free musicals.
Five Baldwin Park churches join for a combined Advent and Christmas music service at 4 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church on Pacific Ave. Sponsored by the Baldwin Park Ministerial Association it marks the sixth annual event. Conductor Mark McConnell leads 75 voices in five selections with individual church choirs and congregational carols.
Dr. Elmer M. Gifford of the First Church of Religious Science announces the annual Christmas Novena starting tomorrow evening and continuing for nine days through December 21 at 8 PM. The Christ candle will burn throughout each service and the public is invited to attend. Brochure and prayer requests available by calling the church at 5-4216.
The Methodist Church in Chicago announces a four year study to revise the Methodist Hymnal. The plan will be presented to the General Conference in Denver next spring. The current hymnal was published in 1932.
The Bresee Church of the Nazarene presents its traditional Christmas Pageant titled Tidings of Joy. The 90 minute program features narrators Elizabeth Herrell and Oscar Reed with soloists David Hoover Duane Kuntz Richard Riffell Sallie Welch Jeanne Cozzens Valerie Trueman and George Smith. Lighting costumes and props were prepared with items from Palestine Damascus and Jerusalem. The doors open at 7 p m with shows Sunday and Monday at 7 30 p m. Contact the church office or co directors for details.
The second Christmas sermon in a series will be given at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Santa Anita Church of Religious Science Arcadia. Dr Ethel Barnhart will deliver The Power of Self Abandonment. Special Christmas services run 8 p.m. December 20 to 23 with open class by Dr Barnhart weekly at 10:30 a.m. Each class emphasizes practical Bible promises for successful living.
The Rev. Ray E. Hansen of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Sierra Madre will preach When Faith Wavers at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The service includes Advent wreath lighting and a choir singing Carol of the Birds under Charles E. Markham. The church plans a Christmas pageant at 10 a.m. Dec. 20 and a candlelight family service on Christmas Eve at 11 a.m. Church councilmen elected for three-year terms include Charles Abbe Karl Heimbruch Frank Mosier Frank Distel and Henry R. Nelson beginning Jan. 1.
Grace Lutheran Church schedules song services tomorrow at 8:30 and 11 a.m. The Chapel Choir directed by Mrs. Arnold Huss and the Chancel Choir directed by James Ostrom will perform soloists trios and quartets with selections including Go Tell It on the Mountain WeVe Been a While a Wandering The Stable Door and Today There is Ringing. The program repeats at the annual Christmas concert at 6:30 p.m. followed by a tree lighting ceremony for the churchs 75 foot tree. Residents are invited to all four events.
The Sunday Evening Club of First Baptist Church will show a film on the problem of addiction at 6 30 p m during their meeting tomorrow. Mrs Nettie Richerd will be the commentator.
A color sound filmstrip titled Christmas Around the World will be shown tomorrow at Hartzell Memorial Church during the 9 30 a.m. Sunday School assembly in the social hall. Rev. Ray E Morten sen will deliver a sermon titled The Measurements of Life at 11 o clock. The Chancel Choir directed by Fred ric DeLis will perform special Christmas anthems.
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