Leadership School Set to Open September Twenty Fourth
The Long Beach Council of Churches will host the annual Leadership Training School from September 24 to October 29 at Lakewood Community Methodist Church. Registration and textbooks will be available on September 24 in Baker Hall. The program includes courses like Introduction to the Bible taught by Rev. Murray T. McNeil and Teaching Children in Your Church by Mrs. Pearl Anderson, among others led by a roster of pastors and educators from local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beath Council of Churches
Lakewood Community Methodist Church
Bellflower Blvd
Charles Tingley
First Baptist Courchty
Jean Williams
Los Altos
Amy Bomis
Lakewood Village
Tingley
Long Beach Council of Churches
Murray T. McNeil
Pearl Anderson
Eileen lPolsom
Laura Rucksiany
James Pattersom
Missionary Lang Talks Here at South India Service
The Rev Samuel G Lang of Bangalore and his wife visit to share insights from South India mission work at First Li Chuves 948 Linden. Lang served 17 years at Kolar Gold Fields and now leads a Bangalore congregation of about 500. A 7:32 pm lecture will accompany Indian costumes and souvenirs.
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Linden Save
Samuel G. Lang
Bangalore
South India
Mr. Lang
Clara Lang
Walter Mueller
Atlantic Ave
Kolar Gold Fields
Ex Pastor Ponsford to Speak at Nazarene Service
Carleton G. Ponsford, assistant to Pasadena College president, will be guest speaker at the First Church of the Nazarene Sunday morning. Rev. Mark F. Smith notes Ponsford has led churches in Long Beach and Albuquerque before taking his current post in 1955 amid plans for four new campus buildings. The Ambassador Quartet, college students, will join Ponsford in the service.
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Carleton G. Ponsford
Pasadena College
Pasadena
Church of the Nazarene
Mark F. Smith
Long Beach
Albuquerque
N. M. Ponsford
Proram
Ambassador
Poasford
E Side Church Topic Chosen
The Rev John W Mes er chooses Strengthing Life At Its Center for his sermon at E Side Church. Bible School is scheduled. Chi Rav meets at 6 30 pm and 6 15 S O also at 6 30 pm at 674 Obispo Ave.
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Christiny Chicch
Obispo, Ave
John W. Meser
Atl Cyu
Mr Texas to Sing Here at First Assembly
Redd Harper known as Mr Texas will perform at the First Assembly Sunday School on 16th and Linden. He will sing his favorite pieces and play guitar as part of a special campaign running through October 27 with a program each of the seven Sundays.
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Redd Harper
Locas
First Assembly
16Th& Linden
Ste
Billy Graham
Mr Texas
Oil, Town
U. S.A
Cunninghart
Missionary Couple to Be Honored at Jubilee Hour
A reception for the Ailanjians, longtime Bethany Baptist Church members from Les Coyotes and Clark Ave, is planned for Jubilee Hour tomorrow at 7 pm. The couple has just completed their first term in French West Africa with the Conservation Band Foreign Mission Society. During the evening service, the church elementary school faculty of eleven teachers will be presented to the congregation as each school enters its eleventh year of operation.
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Kew
Ailanjian
Bethany Baptist Church
Les Coyotes
Clark Ave
Ailanjians
French West Africa
Conservation Bandst Foreign Mission Soviety
Gospelaires Sing at Olive Bethany Church Anniversary
Gospelaires will perform at Olive Bethany Baptist Church Hill Street during the second anniversary program. Evening services follow with Reverend Claude Salnamet delivering sermons as morning services occur at 9 30 and 10 45.
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Olive Bethany Baptist Church
Hill St
Gospel Eines
Gospelaires
Jan Yong
Radio
Ipievision
Ter
Claude N. Salnamet
Bethany
Missionary Commission Service for Donald Benson
A special commissioning service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Farwest Baptist Church 2041 Palo Verde Ave. for Donald Benson and his family who sail next Friday as missionaries to the Philippines. Rev. Edward Larson of the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society will speak. Dr. Norman S. MacPherson returns from vacation to lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwest Baptist Church
Palo Verde Ave
Donald Benson
Philippines
Edward Larson
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Norman S. MacPherson
Evangelical Week Concludes With Final Rally
Dr Pete Riggs led a week of evangelistic meetings at First Baptist Church Lakewood concluding Sunday with three identical services at 830 am 1011 am and 730 pm and Sunday School classes for all ages. Attendance remained steady as the series began last Sunday morning and ran nightly through the week drawing crowds to hear the preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Riggs
Lakewood
Day My Faith Grow Daily in Various Situations
A local religious figure describes how faith strengthened through life, family, mentors, and encounters with leaders like Marcus Garvey and A. Philip Randolph. He credits God and community in confronting prejudice across Tennessee to Alabama, recounting unsegregated Memphis meetings and Bishop R. R. Wright’s influence on his mission of goodwill.
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Duight Vincrat Yin
Grant Chanel African Methodist Episcopal Church
God
Christ
Edgar
Beight
Eerl Marlatt
Idwin
Markham
Marcus Garvey
A. Philip Randolph
Langston Hughes
Melvinb. Tolson
Sinclair Lewis
W. E. By du Bois
Carter G. Woodson
South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Tyas
New Israel
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Memphis
Tris
Abe Plough
R. R. Wright
West Indies Islands
Mission Work in Liberia Told by Couple Here
The Rev. Howard Graves of Calvary Assembly of God will share his pulpit Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hasch who have just returned from seven years in Liberia West Africa. They were based in Monrovia and ran religious broadcasts on Liberian radio stations and opened mission stations at multiple plantations. Before Africa they preached in Puerto Rico for two years.
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Howard Graves
Calvary Assembly of God Church
D. J. Hasch
Liberia
West Africa
Hasches
Monrovia
Africa
Puerto Rico
Self-Realization Pastor Plans Yogananda Readings
Pastor Leland Snaiding of the Self Realization Fellowship Church at 430 Ocean Blvd will present excerpts from Paramhansa Yogananda's writings to his congregation this Sunday.
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Leland Snaiding
Self-Realization Fellowship Church
Ocean Blvd
Paramhansa Yomananda
Self-Realization Fellowship
Soft Pews Increase Attendance in Warsaw Church
In Warsaw Indiana parishioners favor foam cushioned pews boosting church attendance. Don Endicott's Endicott Church Furniture Co. expands from 10 to 65 skilled workers as cushions lure more congregants. Edna Jeng notes interior sanctuary products drive growth and higher turnout.
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Warsaw
Ind
Don Endicott
Selmon
Endicott
Comfort
Edna Jeng
Treasures
the Endicott Church Furniture Co
St Thomas Episcopal Church Cushions Sale Report
Fragmentary notes describe a sale of cushions by St Thomas Episcopal Church at 8308 Arbor Road, with partial quotes about lessons from Eeclus and Endicott. The text mentions Rev Hiram Crosby in connection with Free Methodist services near Winona Lake and references times 9 29 and 41 a.m. as worship seating notes.
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Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal
Arbor Road
Eeclus
Hiram
Free Methodist Church
Crosby
Winona Lake
Bishop Pickett to Address Men's Club Talk
Bishop J Waskom Pickett counsellor in evangelism for the Board of Missions at Boston University School of Theology will address the First Methodist Church Men's Club Tuesday at 6:30 pm. He has spent 46 years as a missionary in India and will discuss new freedoms in India and Pakistan.
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J. Waskom Pickett
Board of Missions
Boston University School of Theology
First Methodist Church Men’s Club
India
Pickett
Pakistan
Bible Institute Los Angeles Classes Begin Monday in Long Beach
Bible Institute of Los Angeles will start evening classes at First Brethren Church Long Beach Fifth Street and Cherry Avenue from Sept 16 to Dec 8 Two periods offer courses including Acts of the Apostles How We Got Our Bible Introductory Psychology Bible Geography Survey of the Books of Moses Techniques of Teaching Lectures are led by Dr Christian Dr Sawtell and Prof Christensen Tuition is 5 dollars per subject with a 750 dollar rate for husband and wife
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The
Bible Institute of
Los Angeles
First Brethren Church of
Long Beach
Fifth St
Cherry Ave
Christian
Sawtell
Christensen
Dr. Christian
Sowtell
Southern Baptist Dedication Sunday at First Church
The First Southern Baptist Church at 564 Orange Ave will dedicate its new building Sunday with 11 am and 2:30 pm services. The $100,000 structure adds 6,640 square feet, seating 600 in the auditorium and educational space for 800, with a six Sundays goal of 3,000 to 5,000 in attendance. The dedication features Rev Floyd Looney and other local religious and civic leaders.
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First Southern Baptist Church
Orange Ave
Floyd Looney
The
California Southern Baptist
Virgil Spongberg
Charles McLain
Truett Memorial Baptist Church
Ed. Havmass
Los Angeles City
C. M. McDaniel
Republic
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