Literacy Expert to Talk Here at East Side Church
Dr. Frank C. Laubach, a leading literacy authority, will address East Side Christian Church at 674 Ouispo Ave on Friday at 7 30 The talk titled The Open Door to Africa and Asia highlights a mission to end widespread illiteracy using Laubach method with picture association charts. He notes that over 60 million people in 97 countries have learned to read and write through his lessons in 274 languages and dialects.
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Frank C. Laubach
East Side Christian Church
Ouispo Ave
Africa
Asia
Laubach
United States
Unesco
Laymen Awakening as Major Christian Phenomenon
Laymen across denominations awaken to a calling beyond clergy chores, charged with spreading the gospel and Christianizing the social order. The movement argues lay Christians must communicate faith personally and apply Christian principles in work, politics, and daily life, aided by new education efforts.
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Aith
Holy Innocents Convent Open House Set for May 15
Holy Innocents Convent on Pacific Ave and Willow St invites the public to an Open House Sunday May 15 from 2 to 4 30 p m sponsored by the Holy Innocents Parents Guild The Carmelite Sisters staff the parish school which opened in 1958 and serves six grades with about 250 pupils Friends of the Sisters and the schools are urged to attend the event
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Holy Innocents
Pacific Ave
Willow St
Holy Innocents Parents’ Guild
Carmelite Sisters of St
Holy Innocents Parish
Long Beach
Schoo
iMusic to Feature Youth Meet by Pacific College Group
The Pacific Collegians of Los Angeles Pacific College will appear at a Youth for Christ event Saturday at 7:30 pm. The venue is Lone Beach Brethren Church at 61st Street and Orange Avenue. Rev. Chuck Leviton public relations director will speak, with accordionist Irving Butler and his son Bobby performing, plus Merle Valdez directed choir providing music.
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Pacific Collegians
Los Angeles Pacific College Omnale Quartet
Youth For Christ
North
Lone Beach Brethren Church
St. and
Orange Ave
Chuck Leviton
Irving Butler
Bobby
Choreus
Merle Valdez
Six Lutheran Pastors to Attend Pacific Southwest Convention
Six Lutheran pastors from Long Beach area will attend the Evangelical Synod of Pacific Southwest convention of the United Lutheran Church in Sacramento May 9 to 12. The pastors include Orville Averkamp and Frederick Daubenis of Trinity Lutheran, Theodore Foreid of Gloria Dei, Louis F. Mertz of St. Luke's, Samuelson of Oliver Lutheran, and Lloyd Sturtevant of First Lutheran Compton. Four new congregations are to be received into the synod, which covers Arizona Nevada Hawaii and California. Samuelson will serve on the social missions committee and Mertz will chair the publicity committee for the convention, with business at St. John's Lutheran Church and the Senator Hotel in Sacramento.
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United Lutheran Church
Long Beach
Evangelical Synod of Pacific Southwest
United Lutheran Church of America
Sacramento
Orville Averkamp Ani Frederick Daubenis
Trinity Lutheran
Theodore Foreid
Gloria Dei Lutheran
L Louis F. Mertz
St. Luke’s Lutheran
Gene Samuelson
Oliver Lutheran
Lloyd Sturtevant
Faith Lutheran
First Lutheran
Compton
Synodical
Arizona
Nevada
Hawaiian Islands
California
Samuelson
Social Missions Committee
Mertz
Recollection Day Rite Set May 22
The Local Center of Apostleship of Prayer at St. Cornelius Church Bellflower Blvd will sponsor a Day of Recollection on Sunday May 22. It opens with 32 15 Mass and closes at 5 p.m. Benediction follows. Father Francis J Parrish SJ Archdiocesan Director will lead. Reservations not necessary.
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Apostleship of Prayer
St. Cornelius Church
Bellflower Blvd
Francis J. Parrish
S.J. Archdiocesan
The Kingdom Within You Transformation Story
The article explores the idea that the kingdom of God lies within each person, with the unconscious mind as a reservoir of latent power. It recounts a New York encounter where a discontented man changes after embracing faith, moves to San Antonio, opens a store, becomes a preacher, and helps others in a revived church setting. The piece urges daily affirmation and inner cultivation for lasting, dynamic life.
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Smitley Blanton
New York City
Southwest
San Antonio
God
Africa's Bishop Gow to Talk Here Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Francis Gow of Africa will speak at the First Congregational Church as part of the May 1956 Miami National Church session. He arrives with his American wife who has spent 26 years in Smith Africa guiding women's missionary work.
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H. Gaw
South
Methodist Episcopal Church Africa
Miami
National Church
3Rd St
Florida
Cedar Ave
Gow
Fust
United
Los Angeles
Smith Africa
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