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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1995
Page
6
A community church directory lists services and pastors for multiple local churches with weekly schedules and contact numbers including Shafter Press referrals. Pastors named include Fimer Prout Vernon Polema Rodney Harrison LV Lawson Dave Gerbrand Tad Aldrich Rev Tommy D Creech Father Stephen Nicholls Mike Kotrola with addresses and phone lines for Kern Shafter area congregations.
A compact notice lists multiple area churches with service times pastors and contact numbers. First Church of the Nazarene at 411 West Lordo Highway leads with Sunday School 9 45 a m worship 11 a m evening service 6 p m and midweek teen meeting 7 p m. Iglesia Evangélica Hispana Mennonite Brethren at Park Lane an Mayer Avenue shows services Sunday 11 a m evening 6 p m and Thursday 6 p m. Shafter United Methodist Church holds worship 11 a m and Bible study 10 30 a m Wednesday. Church of God Smiths Corner lists services 9 30 a m 11 a m and 6 p m with Wednesday 7 p m. Seventh Standard Pentecostal Church of God at Seventh Standard Rd notes weekly services and classes. Faith Family Fellowship at Central Valley Hwy lists service times 5 p m and 7 p m midweek.
A meditation compares map reading to religious life, noting that for Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees religion became a dead end. Jesus offers a path to the Living God, urging truth and proper relationship with God and Caesar rather than clever debate.
The Shafter Press lists local events: Depot Museum open first Saturday with group tours by appointment. crafts meeting every Monday at 1 p.m. at the W.C. Walker Senior Center. Woman's Aglow meets second Monday at 7 p.m. in the Veteran's Hall. Community Prayer at City Hall on the first Thursday from 12:30 to 12:40 p.m. All are invited.
Meals listed for August 23 to 29 include ham with lima beans and corn bread, a birthday party menu with oven fried chicken and pineapple coleslaw, chef salad, Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and chicken divan with broccoli. Each day offers bread or fruit options and milk.
A celebration of life service was held Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at 2 p.m. at 178 Walnut St. in Shafter for Luther George Driver who passed away Aug. 16, 1995 in Shafter. Born June 4, 1916 in El Dorado Oklahoma, he worked for Hughes Aircraft in Tucson 1955 to 1978. He and wife Belah moved to Shafter upon retiring and lived there the last 17 years. Survivors include wife Belah of Shafter, sisters Willa Maye Weems Amarillo Texas and Violet Baker Oceanside, brother Oran Buck Driver El Dorado Oklahoma, daughters Cleta Sharp Santa Maria and Shirlene Cunningham Shafter, grandchildren Michael Burns Shafter Regina Cunningham Bakersfield Steve Boren Northridge and Tommy Boren Oklahoma City, great grandchildren Dan Cunningham Teresa Burns Zacharia and Athena Boren Micah and Crystal Boren Kayla and Brandon Burns, and great great grandchildren Daniel Jr Travis Cunningham and Michael A Burns.
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