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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1959
Page
3
Long Beach shoppers and business people may pause during Holy Week for noon services from 12 to 12 50 pm Monday through Thursday at First Methodist Church sponsored by the Long Beach Council of Churches. Dr Louis H Evans, noted pulpit minister, will address the noon gatherings. The services are open to the public.
Pope John XXII will officiate Sunday at the first ceremony leading to Holy Week. He will preside at a special papal chapter at the Basilica of St. Paul.
The Rev. Elmer L. Wamhoff was called as pastor of Walnut Avenue Southern Baptist Church Bard Street and Walnut Avenue this month relocating from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. He is a Moody Bible Institute graduate with fourteen years of ministry. The family will reside at 1605 East Third Street.
Churches across Long Beach including Christ Lutheran Bethany Lutheran and Holy Cross Lutheran prepare Palm Sunday observances with processions cantatas choirs and special services. Holy Cross opens at Los Alamitos Blvd while St Pauls Lutherans confirms youths and dedicates new chancel paraments.
Holy Week observances announced for Palm Sunday through Easter with services at First Presbyterian 181 E 6th St Rev Wen Dell Tredick preaching Why Do You Call Me Lord at 11 am Palm Sunday. Cathedral Choir and youth choirs combine for Hosanna. Infant baptism observed. Maundy Thursday and Easter programs listed at local churches including Cathedral and Immanuel Lutheran. Salvation Army holds daily services and Moments for Meditation. First United Presbyterian, Trinity Presbyterian, Immanuel Lutheran, First Foursquare advertise cantatas and musical offerings.
Local churches announce Holy Week services led by pastors from St. Pancratius and Our Lady of Victory. Holy Thursday features 8:00 am Mass and 6:00 pm rites at the cathedral, Good Friday offers a Seven Last Words sermon and the Way of the Cross, Holy Saturday includes the Easter vigil and baptismal rites, with many parishes detailing processions and confirmations. Other congregations listed include Lutheran, Episcopal, and Presbyterian houses with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Holy Week prayers across Long Beach and surrounding areas.
Werner G Middelmann assistant secretary of West Germany s Federal Ministry for Refugees and Expellees will speak at the First Church of the Brethren 1925 E St Sunday at 4 pm He chairs the European Reattlement Fund in Paris and warns Americans about the refugee issue s social economic financial and political impact
A Los Alamitos Community Congregational Church Holy Week plan includes Palm Sunday sermon They, Week that Changed the World by Rev Robert L Fitzgerald sermons Maundy Thursday candlelight service and a sanctuary film King of Kings A freewill offering will be received Worship hours are 9 10 and 11 00 a m Sunday 7 30 p m film Black King of Kings to be shown in sanctuary
Dr. Robert Campbell, professor and dean at California Baptist Theological Seminary Covina, presents the first of a series of New Testament lectures next Wednesday at University Baptist Church 2434 Chatwin Ave. The 7:30 pm talk, titled New Testament Survey, begins a monthly sequence through April and May with a second session on the Book of Romans.
The Rev. F. A. Beck will speak tomorrow evening at the North Long Beach South Street Assembly of God, 901 South St. The Becks recently returned from a world mission tour visiting 27 countries and will present colored slides to illustrate "The Religions of the World."
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