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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1957
Page
4
A local religious feature invites Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders to share how they began their religious work in The Day My Faith Grew. Today's guest is Rev. Robert Schuller of Garden Grove Community Church, offering insight into his calling and ministry.
In New York City six weeks ago I found my faith grew during a visit to Marble Collegiate Church at Norman Vincent Peale's invitation and the Billy Graham Madison Square Garden service. The speakers and choir influenced my renewed confidence as I prepared to preach to a large audience.
A benefit recital by Los Altos Methodist Church music department at 5 50 Willow St Sunday at 7 29 p.m. features tenor Frank Allen and pianist Betty Allen. Proceeds support the church choir. program includes Handel and Schubert pieces.
In Portland Oregon and across the Northwest a growing movement seeks Sunday closing of stores. Archbishop Edwards Howard urges Catholics to refrain from Sunday work and shopping. Seattle and Portland chains report closures with mixed cooperation. A regional committee plans tactics to end nonessential Sunday business.
Esther Williams was appointed to the staff of the First Church of the Brethren at 3342 Magnolia Ave as director of Christian Education and assistant to the pastor. A Le Verne College graduate from La Verne California she previously led a Brethren Service Unit in Bethesda Maryland. Enrolment for new study courses will follow a 9:45 am opening rally said Miss Williams.
Former pastor of Long Beach Assembly of God at 1200 Atlantic Ave will lead five nightly evangelical services starting Wednesday at 7 pm in the church. Theme is Contending for New Testament Miracles. The Rev. Mr. Lewis has five years as Southern California Christ Ambassadors President and started the youth camp program.
Paul M. Dirks will be ordained Sunday at 5 pm in North Long Beach Christian Church located at 1115 Market St. Rev. William J. Diehm will officiate the ordination rites.
A reception honoring the Rev. and Mrs. Dwight Vincent Kyle will be held by Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church members on Saturday October 12 at 8 p m in the California Recreation Center Long Beach. The Rev Kyle has led the local church since January and will meet the community at the event. He is a Wilberforce Payne Theological Seminary and Boston University School of Theology graduate and serves as dean of Seminary Shorter College in Little Rock Arkansas. Prior to his current post he served at St James AME Church in Los Angeles.
The Sammy's Spanish Gospel Jubilee Singers will present a program of religious music Sunday at 7:20 p.m. in the Guiding Light Tabernacle located at 1948 E. 20th St.
Bethany Baptist Church lays plans for a Fellowship Center to include a gymnasium kitchen parlor and classrooms. The groundbreaking service led by Deacon Board Chairman Harvey Mohler is set for Sunday at 10 30 a m with Pastor Robert L Hubbard presiding. Local leaders Jensen Dennis Bryant and Lloyd Arthur head the building committee with Southwestern California’s Conservative Baptist Missionary Society backing. Construction is expected to start by month’s end.
World Church observers unite in the 18th World Wide Communion Sunday with services in white country churches and city cathedrals. The observance begins in the Fiji Islands and New Zealand, crosses the dateline, and ends at sunset in Alaska and the Aleutians. Sponsored by the National Council of Churches, it highlights Christian unity and rededication with overflow congregations and programs for shut-ins.
Mystery of Three Clocks, a Moody Institute of Science color film, will be shown Sunday October 13 at 7 p m in the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church on San Antonio Drive near Linden Ave in San Antonio.
In 1950 the National Council urged Christian groups to join a world wide day for unity. Messages to Christian stations and land missions in more than 50 nations marked the official observance and sponsorship of the event.
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