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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1966
Page
5
A sermon decries silence of church leaders on racial inequality despite Civil Rights progress. It compares modern church reaction to Jesus and John Wesley, urging outspoken witness against inhumanity and calling for revival through truth and righteousness.
A historical community page lists ongoing camp programs including one week of College Bible conference and two weeks of family camps. It also details Sunday morning worship services and Sunday School schedules for multiple congregations such as First Reformed, Second Reformed, Trinity Reformed and Ebenezer Reformed, with sermon topics and youth activities noted across the region.
A county church guide lists Morning Worship services at Second Christian First Baptist Calvary Christian Peoria Christian and Berean Baptist among others with times for Sunday School and evening services. It also notes Catholic Mass at Saint Mary's and a regional radio schedule including KCUI and other stations.
The Leighton Vacation Bible School committee announces the 1966 session to run from June 13 to June 24. Plans are preliminary and recruitment of teachers and helpers is underway. All local children aged 4 through eighth grade are welcome.
The Pella Chronicle reports visits by relatives including Mr and Mrs Bill Zuidema and Mrs Carrie Braaksmain Sully with John Zuidema near Killduff and cousins Henry Zuidema and Rollie McGinnis families from Killduff. Mrs Edward Earp spent Easter weekend at Fort Hood Texas with her son Private Warren Earp traveling with Ray Donahue from Monroe. Carrie Broaksman of Sully visited Nellie Mae Coggins in Killduff Tuesday evening.
World War I veterans from the Pella Bar racks presented the Pella Community Hospital with a new flag as a community project. They bought material on April 5, partnered with the American Legion for a smoker and bingo event for Knoxville Veterans Hospital, funded Armistice Day advertising with the Legion, and in March the WWI Auxiliary baked ten dozen cookies for Knoxville Veterans Hospital.
Rev Don Brong, Reglar Baptist Camp Director and State Missionary, will be preaching at both services Sunday. Brong served eleven years as pastor of First Baptist Church in Monroe. Under his ministry the Camp grew to a physical value over one million dollars with yearly attendance over thirty five hundred.
Sharon Bonnie and David Braaksma of Chicago Illinois are named in community news with brief biographical mentions and hometown connection. the fragment suggests a local人物 notice or social note about the Braaksmas.
Calvary Christian Reformed church announces its Bible School from May 31 to June 10 with the theme My Savior And I. Classes will be for children ages 4 by Sept 1 through 8th grade. Mrs. Dale Gosselink directs with Mrs. Don Stursma as assistant. teachers and helpers are being recalled. Registration dates to be announced.
A reflective piece extols church as the nation’s moral center and a builder of character. It lists four reasons to attend services: for personal well being, for children, for the community and nation, and for the church itself. It urges early church attendance and daily Bible reading.
An OCR fragment lists local businesses in Pella including Van Zeen Water, Culligan Mag, Schiebout Tire Co at 619 Broadway, Steenhoek Auto Supply, and Central Park Cafe on the South Side of Square. The ad promises service with values like “Where Service Has a Meaning” and “Home of Good Food.”
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