Churches Unite for Brotherhood Week Observance
More than fifteen churches and about four hundred people will participate in Long Beach’s first community wide Brotherhood Week observance on Sunday March 2 at the Municipal Auditorium. Under Rolla Alford direction choirs from local churches will sing two hymns and scriptures will be read by local leaders between numbers. The program Voice of Faith and Brotherhood is sponsored by B’nai B’rith Lodge and the Long Beach Council of Churches with the Long Beach Municipal Band providing music under Charles Payne. Co chairs Myron Blumberg and Rev Owen Geer announce deadline for churches to join is Thursday.
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Brotherhood
Nick Karidakis
Pacific Ave
Rolla Alford
Long Beach
Voice of Faith and Brotherhood
B’nai Brith Lodge
Charles Payne
Myron Blumberg
B’nai B'rith
Owen Geer
First Methodist Church
Evangelist to Conduct Campaign in Anaheim Churches
Evangelist Dr. Brown of Chattanooga Tennessee will lead a week long campaign at Bethany Baptist Church and nearby locations in Anaheim. Meetings are daily at 7:39 p.m. with special music and soloists at Orange and Western Avenues, west Anaheim, except Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brown
Bethany Baptist
Los Coyotes
Clark Ave
Dr. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Orange
Western Aves
Anaheim
Approve Record Budget for Evangelical and Reformed Church
The Cleveland general council approves a 1959 budget of 4,447,170 dollars, with 850,000 for international missions, compares to 1957’s 4,348,089. Eight colleges receive 400,000, similar to last year. The council plans to hold the 1959 general synod with the United Church of Christ. The union process with Congregational Christian Churches began last summer and will take years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
General Council of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
General Synod of
The
United Church of Christ
E. & R. Church
Congregational Christian Churches
Lutherans Organize in Orange County Buoyant Mount Calvary
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Buena Park organizes under the Augustana Church. First communion service at 10:20 a.m. in the recreation building at Lincoln Ave and Via Vista St. 52 adults sign to join. Dr. Carl W. Segerhammar preaches Cooperating with God. Roll opened for signatures until Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Orange County
Augustana Lutheran Church
Lincoln Ave
Via Vista St
Buena Park
Augustana Church
Carl W. Segerhammar
California Conference of the Augustana Church
A. G. Bjellman
American Missions
Mount Calvary Congregation
Famed College Choir Plans L B Concert by Paul Christiansen
The Concordia College Choir directed by Paul Christiansen will perform in Long Beach at 4 15 p m on Saturday February 22 at the Municipal Auditorium. The 65 member group will present classical and sacred works as part of a Western states tour with European dates planned for summer. Sponsored by Four Savior’s Lutheran Church, tickets are reserved and available at Humphreys Music Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Christiansen
Concordia College Choir
Moorehead
Minn
Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
lDr
F. Melius Christiansen
Concordia College
Ce Ee
Moorhead
Paul Christiansen
St. Olaf Choi
Four Savior's Lutheran Church
Day My Faith Grew Call to the Ministry Heard Early in Life
Local religious leaders share how they felt the call to ministry. Rev. Alice Presson of the Church of the Nazarene in Wilmington recalls entering the ministry at age fourteen after a revival led by an international evangelist. She describes parental support, guilt over delayed schooling, and the lifelong preparation required to serve as a spiritual leader in God’s kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Presson
Church of the Nazarene of
Wilmingon
Kingdom of God
Special Rites Slated for Council Sunday
Multiple Long Beach churches plan special services for Council of Churches Sunday with 14 week lessons, guest speakers, and focus on Christian unity. Activities include church talks, music, and outreach across 45 member churches organized since 1953. Further events feature Baptists, Buddhists, and ecumenical forums in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Council of Churches
Church Council
FS Eeat
Arnie Hart
Man
Olive Hill Bethany
Ash Wed Rites Planned by Catholic and Protestant Bodies
Special Ash Wednesday observances scheduled by Catholic and Protestant churches mark the 40 day fast in the wilderness leading into Lent and Easter. Priests will apply ashes in the traditional ceremony while services continue through the Lenten period prior to Easter on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Adventist Revival Series Opens at Seventh-day Church
Elder Orville Iverson of the Voice of Prophecy will start a revival series at the Seventh-day Adventist church located at 1001 E. 8rd St at 11 a.m today. Meetings continue Sunday Wednesday and the following Saturday, with the series concluding Sunday February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voice of Prophecy Group
Orville Iverson
Seventh-day Adventist Church
E. 8Rd St
Historians Note Early Christian Public Penances
Historians describe early Christian practice as a form of public penance in the church’s early days, highlighting communal acts of self-discipline and spiritual reform. The record reflects a rite shaped by communal accountability and religious discipline.
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