Methodists report gains in contributions despite loss of members
The Lakeside East Ohio Conference reports 28.1 million dollars in contributions this year up more than two million, while local churches total 920 lost 5,057 members. Conference assets exceed 228 million, up 16 million, with evangelism urged as membership trends dip. More than 2,500 delegates attended opening sessions led by Bishop Francis E. Kearns and Dr. Theodore C. Mayer delivered the memorial address.
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Lakeside
East Ohio
United Methodists
Hoover Auditorium
Thomas A. Letzler
Canton
Francis E. Kearns
Ohio East Area
Theodore C. Mayer
Kent
Searles Accepts Cleveland Post As Interim Pastor
The Rev. Robert Searles of Medina serves four months as interim pastor of Franklin Circle Church of Christ Cleveland and may stay until January or move to Florida. He notes the church is 123 years old with black walnut pews and recalls Garfield’s ties to the church, which is on the National Register as historic. Parishioners hail from York, Lodi and Brunswick.
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Franklin Circle Christian Church
Cleveland
Robert Searles
Medina
Disciplins of Christ
Florida
James A. Garfield
Hiram College
Searles
York
Lodi
Brunswick
Jehovah's Witnesses plan four day district convention in Cleveland
The Cleveland four day district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses runs June 26 to 29 at Cleveland Stadium. About 80 000 delegates attend as R C Armour Ohio circuit overseer asserts global problems require divine solutions while sessions remain free and open to the public.
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Cleveland
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Cleveland Stadium
R.C. Armour
Ohio
Evangelist Cadwell Leads Brunswick Bible Meetings
Evangelist Neil Cadwell of Denver Colorado conducts nightly services at 7 30 at First Baptist Church 1226 Substation Road Brunswick His wife assists with duets and child story time for ages four to nine Tonight’s topic is The Age of Aquarius with Sunday night titled The Anti Christ
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Brunswick
Neil Cadwell
Denver
Col
First Baptist Church
Substation Road
Mr. Cadwell
Reformed Church Allows Woman Minister to Stay Ordained
The General Synod of the Reformed Church of America rejected an overture to strip Joyce Stedge of ordination. The Rochester Reformed Church pastor, a 49 year old mother of six, will remain ordained as the church debates opening ministry to women. Bert Van Soest was elected president on the first ballot.
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New York City
The
Reformed Church of America
Synod of
Michigan
Joyce Stedge
General Synod
Elmhurst
Ill.) College
Ago
Rochester Reformed Church
Accord
N.Y
Reformed Church
Bert van Soest
Pompton Lakes
N.J
Reformed Church In America
Newly formed Episcopal group to meet in Brunswick school
A newly formed Episcopal congregation in the Brunswick Hinckley area will meet Sundays in Edwards Middle School north house through Sept 1. Sunday service at noon follows an 11 am teaching class for children led by parents. The group’s pastor is Rev. Robert Hansen of St. Luke Bath.
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Brunswick School
Brunswick
Brunswick-Hinckley
Edwards Middle School
North House
United Methodist Church
Louis Brereton
Cleveland
Frank Sebesta
Boston Road
Hinckley
Robert Hansen
St. Luke Episcopal Church
Bath
Episcopalians repay famine relief funds at St. Paul’s
The St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Medina reports it has reimbursed $360 to the Presiding Bishop's Relief Fund after the Diocese of Ohio sent $50,000 for famine relief. Reverend James Miner cites a plan for families to give $1 per month, noting potential totals exceeding current commitments.
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Medina
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ohio
James Miner
St. Paul’s
Sympathy and the Good Samaritan in Christian Thought
A St Louis Christian Advocate reflection asserts true sympathy requires action and time. It cites the Good Samaritan as the supreme neighborly example whose costly compassion became timeless in moral witness.
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St. Louis
Women Attend Hiram Retreat At Hiram College
Medina women from the First Christian Church plan a retreat at Hiram College from June 27 to 29 with the theme Are You Still Adventuring in Your Faith. Mrs. Oneitz Lizotte will take registrations, with a June 18 deadline.
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Medina
The
First Christian Church
Hiram College
Oneitz Lizotte
Nineteen Priests Appointed as Associate Pastors by Cleveland Diocese
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland announces nineteen newly ordained priests receiving Associate Pastor assignments. Names include Daniel L. Begin at Guadalupe Parish Macedonia and Edward A Burba at Saint Bede Mentor, among others across parishes in Cleveland area and surrounding towns.
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Cleveland
Catholic Diocese of
Daniel L. Begin
O.S. of Guadalupe
Macedonia
Edward A Burba
Saint Bede the Venerable
Mentor
C. Thomas Cleaton
Saint Bridget
Parma
Russell B. Connors, Jr
Saint Mary
Elyria
John A. Hales
Saint Christopher
Rocky River
Matthew Ischay
Saint Richard
North Olmsted
Jeffrey S. Jeney
Saint Michael
Independence
John S. Judns
Saint Justin Martyr
Eastlake
Joseph P. Labbe
Saint Joseph
Avon Lake
Jerome J. Machar
Saint Adalbert
Berea
Dennis M. McNeil
Woman Receives Son After Prophecy From Elisha
Gehazi notes the mother lacks a son and her husband is old. Elisha instructs to call her, promising she will bear a son within the year. She initially doubts, but conceives and bears a son the following year.
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Gehazi
Elisha
Man of God
Rev Larry Leonard to Speak at Chippewa Lake Church
Chippewa Lake Baptist Church hosts Rev Larry Leonard as guest pastor this Sunday with services at 10 30 a m and 7 p m He is associate pastor at Pine Bible Church Michigan City Ind and a Grace Theological Seminary graduate Grand Rapids Mich
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Chippewa Lake
Larry Leonard
Mr. Leonard
the Pine Bible Church
Michigan City
Ind
Grace Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Hickey
Assumption
Brookpark Road
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Saint Margaret Mary
South Euclid
Douglas M. Parsons
Saint Francis de Sales
Russell G. Rauscher
Cuyahoga Falls
George Smiga
Saint Clare
Lyndhurst
Martin L. Smith
Saints Philip and James
Dale W. Staysniak
Saint John Bosco
Parma Heights
Ronald B. Tomicky
Annunciation
Akron
Daniel A. Zawadzki
Ascension
the Assembly OF God
W. Lafayette RD
Herb Strahsburg
Nursery
Kings
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Chippewa
Lisbon
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Hell
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