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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1961
Page
3
The notice lists multiple church groups with meeting times this week. St John Lutheran Church boards and Junior Walther League meet Monday evening, First Congregational and First Methodist groups gather Monday through Wednesday, with events including dinners, study meetings, and finance and education commissions.
Dr E Stanley Jones world renowned Methodist leader and recent Methodist Man of the Year will speak at the 6 am sunrise service tomorrow at Sunset Memorial Park North Olmsted. The event marks the 17th year of the service with co sponsorship by local churches and Kiwanis. music by Parma Senior High Choir and soprano James Johnson.
The Rev and Mrs Loveless from the Diocese of Armidale Australia will visit St. Andrew's Episcopal Church for a year's study tour. They will present slides on youth work in the church and observe American parish life at 8 p.m. Members of St Andrew's Churchwomen Group 3 host the hospitality hour and urge all adults to attend.
The Easter festival at SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church to start at 10 45 a m with a musical prelude by Junior and Senior Choirs. The service includes Latin and English anthems organ preludes and a 9 a m Slovak service. Mrs Soltis directs the choirs and Rev Soltis preaches. Holy Communion and a baptism follow.
Oberlin churches schedule multiple sunrise services and worships for Easter Sunday with gatherings at Finney Chapel plaza Grace Lutheran East Oberlin Community Church and First Baptist among others. Special choirs Holy Communion baptism and breakfast events are noted along with regular Sunday worships and Sunday schools.
The Immaculata Council Elyria Catholic Youth Organization plans its annual election Monday at 8 p.m. in St Paul Hall. Laura Guggenbiler and Mariia Reinders lead the two alphabet divisions, with Lu Bring and Nan cy Forthofer as co chairs. The group also launches a tax stamp drive through June 1 and hosts a basketball game at Hawthorne Junior High Gym against Leimbach Builders at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, followed by a Lincoln Park dance Friday at 10 p.m.
North Ridgeville First Baptist Church plans a parking lot expansion and an addition to the two year old building. Pastor Robert Houska says a nursery and new vestibule are under construction and a spring completion is expected. The church at 36600 Sugar Ridge Rd hosts 9 30 a m Sunday school with 140 tons of crushed stone added to enlarge the lot. Average Sunday attendance is about 80. The Oberlin Truth Center meets Monday at 7 30 p m in Peoples Bank lounge.
Dr John H Morrow an eminent Negro Methodist layman serves as the United States first ambassador to the Republic of Guinea formerly French Guinea in Africa. Before his appointment by President Eisenhower he chaired the romance languages department and was a professor of French at North Carolina College in Durham.
The Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service will host a Coming of Age tea in South Amherst at 7 30 p.m. Norwalk district President Mrs NBW Mitchell will speak and give an illustrated talk on Methodist missions in the Far East from her trip to Japan Taiwan Hong Kong Burma and Thailand.
Geneva based Christian group urges Paris to negotiate with Algerian nationalists to prevent regional and global imbalance. Designers praised by Pope John XXIII for promoting an international suit to bridge nations and classes.
Lake Avenue Congregational Church plans a 24 hour prayer vigil beginning noon Saturday April 22 in connection with the Teaching Breathing Preaching Mission. Deacons and deaconesses sponsor the project to enroll church members for half hour shifts to maintain an unbroken chain of prayer with two members per half hour at a prayer table in the sanctuary.
The First Baptist Church finished second in the annual Sunday school contest behind Calvary Baptist Church of Muskegon Michigan. Calvary reported a 23 percent age increase and an average attendance of 1,092 over six weeks. Elyria church showed a 21.5 percent rise with over 730 attendees. Third and fourth went to Berean Baptist Grand Rapids and First Baptist Fremont Michigan.
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