Ex-Cohen Wire Tapper Vays Embraces Evangelism
Jim Vays once tapped phones for mobster Mickey Cohen says eight years since his conversion have been the happiest of his life. He leads the Jim Vays Evangelistic Assn Inc and chairs Missionary Communications Services Inc, contrasting his syndicate past of drives for a big home, big car, and big bank account.
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Lutheran ordination set for Floyd L. Grout Jr
Floyd L. Grout Jr son of Mr and Mrs Floyd L Grout 3243 E 3rd St will be ordained into the Lutheran ministry Sunday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church 70 Junipara Ave Los Angeles Dean Dr Gaylord Felde will conduct the service Other clergy include W F Bjerke Erling Wold Victor Quellan N B Thorpe Irvin Tweet T Evenson H Erickson C C Mees Grout a Luther Seminary graduate has accepted a call as assistant pastor of Staff Lutheran Church Mount Prospect HI He will preach at 9 and 11 am Sunday worship services
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Erling Wold
North Hollywood
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Pasadena
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Oxnard
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Los Angeles
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Farewell Party for Dr Pieters at Westminster Hall
A farewell party honoring Dr. Reuben F. Pieters pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at 160 B Sixth St will be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
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Pastor to lead electric station project amid global tour
Tass reports Russ Build A-Station at (sq pm, Dr Pievers, pastor of the church for the past eight years) will assume the Pastorate of the Webster Grove Church of Web 1 of 420,000 kilowatts in Web Grove, Mo, following construction in Russia for a summer lecture tour through completion in 1960, announced today by the official news agency.
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Two Week Crusade to Begin Sunday
A two week evangelical endeavor starts Sunday led by Rev. Watson Argue Jr at First Assembly of God Church in Lion's Hall at 8300 Arbor Rd. Services are 7 20 p m Sunday and 7 30 p m weekdays at the Episcopal Church 5306 Arbor Ne Bon ni Argue accompanies him with her brother Jim
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Day My Faith Grew: World War Events Shape Belief
A local program presents Rev. Nicholas M. Iyone of Grace Presbyterian Church discussing his dramatic conversion after World War II. He cites Germany’s 1945 surrender and the Hiroshima bombing as turning points that shattered faith in human intellect and led to a commitment to God.
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Churches Launch Vacation Bible School Programs
Three local churches announce daily vacation Bible schools starting Monday. University Lutheran Church, 1428 Clark Ave, runs a two week session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Uptown Church of Christ, 3707 Atlantic Ave, offers five sessions with a first session for children up to grade 6 at 9:30 a.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 345 E. Carson Ave, holds 9 a.m. to noon classes for five year olds, closing with a Friday program.
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Atlantic Ave
Sto Som Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. Carson Ave
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CONFIDENT LIVING Tone Necessary for Daily Living
Norman V Peale urges balanced living through physical, mental, and spiritual tone. He notes muscle tone comes from use, warns against overreliance on screens, and advocates mental work, tough physical effort, and spiritual cleansing as key to vitality and a healthier life.
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Baptists Guest to Speak at Bethany Church
Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society guests of Bethany Baptist Church at 5225 Los Coyotes Diagonal will speak at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Dr. Mitchell Seidler of Norwood Ohio will speak at the morning services while Dr. Rufus Jones leads the Jubilee Hour in the evening. A candidate committee will interview two prospective missionary couples at 4:45 p.m. The society will be hosted by Pastor Robert Le Hubbard through Wednesday.
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Norwood
Ohio
Rufus Jones
Concnservative Baptist Frame Mission Society
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Rev Peek Honored by His College
The Rev George Peek pastor of the North Long Beach Brethren Church was awarded the Doctor of Divinity by Talbot Theological Seminary. An alumnus, he begins his tenth year at the church, which is expanding with a new sanctuary seating over 1200 at 5945 Orange Ave.
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Graham Says Christians Are Happy at Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham told a Madison Square Garden crowd that the King James Bible language is hard to read because it is not spoken today. He urged Christians to be happy and rejected charges of a drive to take over American Protestantism as unwarranted and answered briefly.
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Serra Life Portrayal to Highlight Confab
The first dramatization from Father Junipero Serra life will be staged at Serra International's 18th Annual Convention in Los Angeles June 24 to 26. The Del Rey Players from Loyola University of Los Angeles will perform at 8 pm in the Ambassador's Coconut Grove. More than 160 Serra clubs from the U S Canada Mexico Central and South America are expected. Cardinal J Francis McIntyre will preside at the Pontifical High Mass opening the conference. Opening day speaker will be Most Rev Timothy Manning Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles.
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Aramaic Bible Translation Released This October
George M. Lamsa, noted scholar, translates The Holy Bible From Ancient Eastern Manuscripts from the Peshitta. The work, titled The Holy Bible From Ancient Eastern Manuscripts with subtitle Being 2 Translation From the Peshitta, The Authorized Bible of the Church of the East, will feature several hundred textual changes from the King James Version.
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