Press-Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 7

S. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1.3. Pal Sunday Set Nov. 21 Oxnard church leaders todaj announced plans for Pal Sun day, Nov.

21, when servicemcr will receive recognition a church 'services and have din ner with local families after wards. Pal Sunday will follow Pa Day on Nov. 18, when the Elks Lodge will entertain at dinne 50 servicemen selected by th USD. Yesterday the Rev. Irvin Tweet and the Rev.

Dan A. Bacot, representing the Oxnard Ministerial Association of Protestant churches, met with Miss Jant Hope Whitney, USO director, to make plans. Miss Whitney said Msgr. Anthony J. Jacobs has stated that the Catho- Ijc church will participate.

Members to Sign Tomorrow ministers will ask church members to sign up to have servicemen as guests at dinner the 21st. All next week the daily reports at the Navy and air Force 'bases near Oxnard will invite servicemen to sign up as dinner guests. On the 21st the men who are interested will attend services at churches of their choice, where they will be honored. There they will meet their hosts for the day. Pal Day, according to an article to be published tomorrow in This Week, began in Belleville, 111., four years ago after the town was criticized in This Week as one of the worst in the country for hostility to servicemen.

This year 500 towns will participate. Adventist Teachers Attend Conference Representatives from the Oxnard Seventh-day Adventist elementary school, attending a three-county, four-day, convention of elementary school teachers at the Hotel Samarkand in Santa Barbara this weekend, are Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson, 557 East Joyce drive. Foursquare Church 7TH STS.

SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 AM Martin Sage, Director WARREN TWYFORD 11:00 AM "Fountain For Cleansing" JUNIOR CHURCH 11:00 AM Moxine Renfro, Supt. 6:30 PM Merlent Wilson, Counsellor CRUADERS 6:30 PM Martha Roberts, Pres. Methodist Church to Hear Former Prisoner in China KKESS-COURIER--PHONE HU 3-110T Monday at 7:30 p.m. the Rev. Olin Stockwell will speak at St.

Paul's Methodist Church at a meeting open to the community. Mr. Stockwell, 'a missionary, was held a prisoner of the Chinese communists for 23 months, part of the time in solitary confinement on charges of espionage. He will tell his experiences both as a missionary and as a prisoner and described life among the Communists. He was at Chengtu, west China, when the Communists overran that city.

He elected to remain attempt to carry on his work. Some months later, he was arrested, and after a Communist trial when he had no to defend himself, was sentenced to prison. During his months in prison, us only books were a small Testament and a'book of poems. Using the blank spaces in the Job's Daughters To Attend Church Following the custom of al honored queens of Job's Daughters, Ann and her court will attend services at St. Paul's Methodist Church at 11 Sunday.

Each queen chooses her own Jhurch, and the group attends in body in their robes of office. With Miss Lenox will be hoi- senior princess, Linda Roberts: unior princess, Arlcne Gosney: guide. Ann Sheeter; marshal. Tammy Wagner; chaplain, Joyce treasurer, Joan Phillips; Sandra Shuck; musi- Marion Sandbom; senior Karen 'Hackett; jun- or custodian, Nancy Harmon; nner guard, Claudia Johnson; 'ther guard, Ann Gallagher; messengers, Donna Todd, Lousa Cash, Nancy Durlin, Ann Perborgh and Sharon DeLozier. book of poems, Mr.

Stockwell vrote all but the last two chap- The Rev. Olin Stockwell ters of his book, "With God in Red China," while a prisoner. FAVORITE BIBLE PASSAGES SOUGHT What are the ten favorite Bide passages in Oxnard? As a part of its 1954 observ- nce of World Bible Sabbath, he Seventh Day Adventist hurch is beginning a city-wide urvey to find out. Bible Sabbath, sponsored by he American Bible Society to ncourage reading of the Scrip- ures, falls on Nov. 27.

The re- ults of the poll will be an- lounced at a meeting on that ate, according to L. A. Blumen- hien, church pastor. Residents of Oxnard who vould like to enter may call 'astor Blumenshien at Hunter -6808, or send a letter to him 1214 West Birch Street, list- ng either the exact reference or he general thought of the pass- ge. First Moss Planned After Church Move First church services at- the renovated Santa Clara Catholic Church in El Rio will be held Sunday.

Low Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. by the Msgr. Anthony J'. Jacobs. Dedication ceremonies for the church will be held at a later date.

Jnion Thanksgiving Services Planned Dr. J. Marion Smith, president the Oxnard Ministerial Union, nnounces that the Union 'hanksgiving Service will this ear be held at St. Paul's Meth- dist Church at 10 a.m. on 'hanksgiving Day.

The Rev. James W. Arnold of Westminster Presbyterian Church will be the speaker, isted by the Rev. Jesse Walker St. Paul's Baptist Church and ie pastor of the host church, he Rev.

Richard V. Kendall. SEVEN Pentecostal Church Moving From City META TWYFORD 7:30 PM "Marching Army" 7:30 PM WELCOME TO ALL Worship Regularly! St. John's Lutheran Church The Church of the Lutheran Hour Synod SOUTH AND THIRD Ph. HUnter 3-8810 Sunday School A.M.

Bible Classes 9:15 A.M. Church Service 10:30 A.M. Lutheran School 206 SOUTH STREET Ph. HUnter 3-7334 The congregation of the Uni ted Pentecostal Church of Oxnard will meet together for worship services tomorrow for the last time most of the group will transfer to Santa Paul; where m.b will start another "Most of our members arc from Santa Paula," the Rev James Holloway, pastor of the said today, "so we decided to establish a church them" 'The congregation, to be cnown as the United Pentecos- al Church of Santa Paula, will meet in a rented building at 134 Davis street. The first Sunday school sessions will be held -here one week from tomor- Four to Remain Four adult members will re- nain in Oxnard to continue with vork here.

A new minster will )e sent as soon as possible, Mr. Holloway said. For the Oxnard church it will )e like starting all over again, was in August. 1953, that Mr. Holloway arrived here to organize the group.

First services vere held at the Eagles Hall on Oct. 28, 1953, with four adult members present. Last March 7 he group began holding ser- 'ices at the Masonic Temple at Fifth and streets. The church is affiliated" with he United Pentecostal Church, with the main-'officcs in St. Louis, Mo.

Today's membership numbers 16 adults. Sunday School Growth Sunday school classes were first held a year ago with seven students. Since tlien the classes have grown to an average of 35 with a record of 5-1 students once attained. For the large percentage of increase during that period the church was given an award for the Los Angeles section at a recent United Pentecostal Sunday school rally. Because of a small membership, the church has thus far )een unable to organize many activities.

The only one consists of a Women's Auxiliary whose main purpose is to support foreign missionaries. Recently the group has devoted most of its projects for the church building fund. The church board is composed of Mr. Holloway. Edward and L.

E. Seibold, secretary-treasurer, who also acted as Sunday school superintendent. First Pastorate Bible study classes have been icld on Friday nights in private lomes. Before coming to Oxnard Mr. Holloway lived in Mountain icw, where he was a 'outh leader at the United Pen- SUNDAY SCHOOL Bible class for adults is taught by L.

E. Seibold, left, superintendent, at the United Pentecostal Church of Oxnard. Students are from left, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Martinez and Mrs. Seibold.

--Press-Courier Staff Photo tecostal Church in nearby Monte Vista for one and a half years. He also spent one year aking pastoral training and dong some evangelistic work. He came to California four years ago from Tennessee. Scheduled to be ordained next year, he had the Oxnard parish as his first pastorate. He will move to Santa Paula'next week to take charge of the new church.

Mr. Holloway and his wift, Barbara, have a daughter, Betty, 5. FAITH! REV. JAMES HOLLOWAY Pastor UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH THE BEATITUDES--THE CODE OF CHRIST 9:30 AM--Sunday Church School. 11:00 AM--Sermon Topic: "TRUE DIAGNOSIS" Westminster PM Her.

First Church of Christ, Scientist Corner 2nd and Streets SUNDAY SERVICE 11 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A M. Wednesday Evening Service Winch Includes Testimonies of Heeling---At 8 o'clock Reading Room 314 So. I Street ALL ARE WELCOME EVERYONE IS WELCOME A Lutheran Church Of Our Redeemer IRVIN TWEET, fortor Doris Street AM--SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ADULT BIBLE CLASS 10:43 AM--DIVINE WORSHIP. Sermon: "Fields Alreody While" Irvin Poster PM--EVERY MEMBER CANVASS.

Child con during the worship service. GROW IN GRACE IN A GROWING CHURCH JT IT ur if IT ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH m4 "C- tenant Two-Preaching Services 8:30 and 11:00 A.M. Sermon: "ON PRESUMING THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN" 7:30 P.M.--Evening Power Hour Talk: "TIME OUT" NURSERY AND CHILD CARE AT ALL SERVICES 9:45 a.m.--Bible School for all ages. 11:00 o.m.--Morning Worship, IS OUR REFUGE" p.m.--Evening Worship, subject: "NO PLACE TO GO" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOURTH STREETS RIV.

J. MARION SMITH, D.D., Minliter A welcome to servicemen end oil those with families SPAPFRI WINKER LOS ANGELES SECTION SUNDAY SCHOOL A a VI a UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, OXNARD THIS SINCERE WEEKLY MESSAGE SUBSCRIBED AND PAID FOR BY THE FOLLOWING: REPENTENCE Repentence, water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ, and baptism of the Holy Ghost is a necessary requisite for the saving grace which transforms the life of a sinner. (Acts 2:38) Certainly all the believing in the world will not bring assurance without a real turning from sin; "The carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Romans 8.7. Rev. Holloway AUTOMOBILE DEALERS BAILEY MOTORS--De 465 North Cxnord Blvd.

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