Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

Independent from Long Beach, California • 8

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
Issue Date:
Page:
8
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

1 i 1 -1 WM Pig A4-4NDEPENDENT cm How to Play Synagogue Golf Rabbi Harold Kush Tier: of fellow but to improve your- for Missions nobody will worry about keeping up with the Joneses, but people at sU times will ask, what is iny real level? whats right for me? never satisfied to be jess than they might be, but never longing to be more than they have the capacity to be. "SYNAGOGUE GOLF: In which people will rush up to the loral pro (the' rabbi) and ask him urgently, please tell me what little tilings am I doing wrong, so I can correct them self. With tills In mind, I propose the following indoor variations on 'golf, suitable for Inclement weather when the course-is inaccessible: ETHICAL GOLF: In which people will ask, not am I any worse than my but rather, could 1 with some effort, be a little better, more honest, mow sensitive tomorrow than I was yesterday? STATUS GOLF: In which in Arab Lands By LES RODNEY Christian missionary efforts among the Moslems nf -Jordan work. So reports Rev. H.

E. Rob- Israd, Great hRs decided that golf Is a rdt-gtouagame. This la true, he said in a recent communication to the United Synogogue Review, not only because golf is often played, on the Swath, nor even because of-the sacrifices people make for and the which they regard it1 It is rdigioui because the basic idea of the game is a spiritually sublime one, declared the rabbi uQo evidently is no stranger to tee and In golf, the object is not ao much to defeat the Other player as to Improve yourself, to do better today than you did last time. At first, you struggle to break 100; when you can do that regularly, you try to whittle it down to 90 or even SO. You analyze what youre doing wrong, and try to correct the little faults that ruin your score." How wonderful it would be, continued Rabbi Kushner, if people would apply the same philosophy to other areas of life they would recognize in all activities that the goal -is not to outdo the pext FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Fifth St.

and Locust Ava. Jamas S. McKowan, Pastor 9:30 A.M BIBLE SCHOOL Classes for all ages Service Rebroadcast at P.M. Station KBBI-fM at 107.5 "WORSHIP IN STEREO" 10:45 A.M. "OUR GOD IS ABLE" 70 P.M.

"THE BITTER SCRAWL (From. Book af Mr. McKowan Spaaking Both Sarvicas Nurseries at All Services Outside Elevator for your Convenianc ADVENTISTS RACK FROM FIVE-YEAR MISSION IN JORDAN The Robinsons Till of Unusual Evangelistic Problems AME Church Joins I Union Consultation: iusbn and family, back after five years during which he was president of the Jordan Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. His wife is Mrs. Jean Olney Robinson, daughter of the pastor of Long Beachs Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Robinsons have four children, the youngest two bom in Arabia. Itjs a very difficult thing for a Moslem to actually convert to a Christian," the missionary said, since he would be generally ostracized, and his family and neighbors may use force against 'Religious, and nationalistic zeal merge, he explained, so that if someone bums Christian mail, he is doing it for country as well as religion." f. NONETHELESS the Robin-SQtjii ministered to -existing Anp Christians there are now four Adventist churches iiV Jordan, plus a school in Amman, the capital, and cultural center in Arab Jerusalem. And had modest success in the tedious, slogging work of evangelism. As in most other countries of the world, nationalism makes the role of indigenous people -a ta reaching 'point of contact which putl the Adventists one tip on most other Christian denominations, and In fact may pdHty explain why they are thdmost succesaful Protestants In the Mid East, is their strong stress on right living" with absolutely no alcoholic beverages or smoking THE CHURCH THAT CARES Public Confessions Asked by.

Priest DIALrA-DEVOTION ANYTIME 4324000 their home, it is hard to get they try so hard to. serve and entertain you properly. Especially," said if you can speak the language. THE FIRST full year of service was spent by the Robin-, sons secluded from all English speaking people, in a small Arab village high in the mountains of Lebanon. There they tackled Arabic, one of die worlds most difficult languages to learn.

Pastor Robinson recalls his first sermon in Arabic. It was written out and studiously memorized. After preaching it, word for word, in my study 75 times, I con-fidentlystood up and delivered it the 76th time, this time to my first public Arab audience. After the service my house servant came up to me and exclaimed: That was just wonderful, pastor! Why, I believe I understood almost half of what you said today" Rev. Robinson says he found King Hussein of Jordan personally very pleasant, and- understanding to foreigners.

The RbMnson-chfidren had afittae -pUjfag Arid) Children, and took to the language as youngsters do. They'll sing you an Arabic song at tiie drop of a request Children, said Mrs. Robinson, are considered the wealth of the Mid-East-The Arabs love their children, and consider them an asset not a liability OLD Jerusalem, the Robinsons say, startlingly suggests the Biblical setting of Jesus time. Mostly life is' un-changedT awTyou cut readily see what is new, it stands out They did not get over to the Israel aide of Jerusalem. This wuld have forfeited their right to come bade at least All you heard East Side CHRISTIAN CHURCH Conference, suggested public service of confession designed to reinstate the idea sin is social Penance must -be communal as well as personal, he said.

It is hardly possible to feel joy that -one receives mercy in a stuff, darkened confessional major Negro denomination the African Methodist Episcopal Son Church has been added to the roster Protestant bodies trying to form a united church. The AME Zion Church, which has about 800,000 members, formally accepted membership in the Consultation on Church Union (COCU), the forum in which the merger talks have been underway since 1962. Eight other denominations witha of 25 million were previously Involved in COCU. HOUSTON, Tex. LB A Roman Catholic priest says the sacrament of confession was one area untouched by the Vatican Council but changes in the rites are coming.

Rev. John E. Corrigan, Washington, D.G, said Friday there is need to counteract the ritualistic list confession. Father Contgan, speaking before the flnal ses-sion of the Catholic Liturgical (Dtacktaa at Christ 7th and Ohtsaa Rav. Jaha W.

Masaar, Paatar Tsi. MQ Chundi ichsal tM am. Sarvica Nf AM. Ytolh Oram PAL 'THE GREAT BENEDOON about hostility to Israel is true and then some," Rev. Robinson said.

It is an emotional thing. Another Adventist family has taken up their arduous duties in Jordan. 'After completing studies at Andrews University in Michigan, Rev. Robinson and family will return to the Middle East for another five years, tills time to Lebanon. There hewillserveon the Staff' of fhe training college in Beirut, as professor of Applied Theology and Homilitics, teaching young Arab theological students.

Lebanonwhich is about 50 Christian, is a very different story from Jordan. "There, said Rev. Robinson, we have a. more traditional evangelical approach, with no inhibitions and restriptlonsa Ritualism, he said, could be use: of -Bixby-Knolls CHRISTIAN CHURCH lighted, spacious, comfortable confessional rooms. (DIsdptes of ChrtsO AmsJ fl BaalM BMbV RN PHVBr wi 11:41 AJH-Wanhle ianPca "WHEN WORRIES WEAKEN" AAL lunday Schaalr AJtL-ChlMraWt Churdii i PJUL-Yaulh Gnupa GREAT BUYS In carpets are listed in today's Classified Tum back now! FROM ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Termlneand Catarade REV.

DONALD R. BEHM. RECTOR' 7:30 am :0 a.m. and 11 am. Holy EucharM and II AM unary Cara Daiivl Moraine Prayer, Hatv Communion and Svanlne Pramr PA THE PULPIT PALO VERDE AYE.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2501 Palo Varda Ava. at Willow Donald Westoriand, Pastor Sunday School Worship 1:15 and 1 A.MH 8d)0 PA4. St. Johns 'Lutheran This ties in with Arab tradition. The Robinsons were ajnxlous to make one thing 4kt.

7 "While tliereTslmlylimited COMMUNITY GHRISTIAN-CHURCH- -lor DataUat-Gjl Lukes In my doctos effica I raad this sIgnLlnsaakmg halp, man saaks first for a fallow-human baing to'undarstand." Ba it a doctor, lawyer or ministar that MISSOURI SYNOD HANGS AVI. Rav. WaltaTM. FAnarTPasfdr' SunOsw WarsMa a NS AJR. S.

mt BiMa Clanas Ml AM. Day I shall: TaL 43MUI 4m 1 1 A.M. GLEN H. TAYLOR Speaking Our Bomtifal Airemlitmui Lot AmUUt for VWdnsff ST. GREGORYS EPISCOPAL CHURCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH Atlantic Am.

at Sevamh Ray. F. I you naad, you need a fallow human being to understand your freedom to propogate Chris-tianity," Rev. Robinson explained, and each convert must face great hardship. and trials; we found the Arab people hospitable and friendly.

There is no hostility to Americans among the average Once you are in case. (Batman Paia Varda and Wmdraffl on E. WHIew Rav. Mkhael Franda, Radar 7:45 A.M.r Holy Communion 9:10 A.M Family Sarvica St. Pauls Lutheran 1:00 A.M Holy Communion 10:00 AM.

Morning Prayar and Sarmon 11:00 A.M Morning Prayar and Sarmon "THE SALVATION ARMY E. SPRING ST. "A Friandly Plaea to Worihip 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 am. Morning Worship 7:00 p.m.

Evangelical Sarvica "ALL WELCOME" Sunday School and unary $TUDEBAKER ROAD GHURCH OF CHRIST HEAR! TONY FONTANE SUNDAY 7:30 PL Just Returned From 'God bacamo man. Ha touched with tha faalings of our Infirmities. Ha was tempted In II points Rko unto as wo are, yet without sin. But Ho placod Him-self in tho position to understand your cast. And tha places you In position to come to God, to trust Him und to find tho friend, saviour and shepherd that you naad.

Thur. 10 AM Holy Communion Thur. 10:30 A.M. Haaling Sarvica 7 P.M Daily Evaning Prayar Far Furlhtr Intormatiaa Call HA MSB Rav. Wm.

Facktar, PaaSar SUN. WORSHIP I am. a 11:11 am. Nwaarv at Bath Sarvloaa Sunday Scheat am A it am. Dap Schaat: Oradaa RV conmaMMomctr WtiPfa In Da PWlDlin 3433 Stodabakar Road MINISTERS: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL- UNITED CHURCH OF QHRIST 3RD AND CEDAR AM.

Warship Sarvicas THE'CHAPEt-OF- PEACE" to Radsnda Tal. 43MR7 Pastor, Rav. Nina Van Havnlnasn Vietnam Sing'uig-for tha Soldiara 9 Parkcrest FIRST LUTHERAN hSKSJWXk. Tha Rav. E.

Schroadar, Pastor Sarvicas 8:30 and 11:00 A.M. "SORRY ABOUT THAT" Tht Rav. DwMit A. Hoafschar At Calvary wa welcome your calls, your Inquiries and tha privilege of being of spiritual help us. Attend tha sarvicas.

You will find that God roaches out to you through tha church. i. f-t L. i. SUNDAY SERVICE 7:30 PM.

REV. CLIFFORD BOWNE- Guast Spaakar AIR COOLED CHURCH. 6T CHRIST 950 Parkcreit Street Lip. 1:30 I 1 1 a.m. 7:00 p.qi.

Telephone GA Lasfar Raaland, A REVELATION OF OUR SAVIOR'S POWER" (St. Mark First Foursquare I Ith and Junipero Rev. Billy Adams, Pastor First Brethren Church All- 1:41 AJM. Calvary Baptist of Bellflower A.M. Sunday School 10:50 A.M-Moming Worship TEEN CHALLENGE CHOIR hear Sonny Arouhnsnl.

form or dooa addict Nursarvv Attendant All Sadvlcai-Amala ParWna-iaatlpo Caoadtv MS Grace Lutheran Charlas W. Mayas, D.DM Pastor L. Grubb, D.D, Assodato Now Meeting at Brethren High School Orange Alondra, Paramount Ntw huiMne now balne araetad SMh and Llndm 8:30 A.M. "Established According to the Gospel" Rav. S.

warn Baavar I IdX) A.M. "THE GRACE OF GOO" lv-4ti Meaning Dr. L. L. Grubb 7K P.M.

"THE CHALLENGE TO BEU EVERS Dr. Chartae W. Mavsa Wa Oparata Christian Day School to 12th Grada GLAD TIDINGS ASSEMBLY OF-SOD GOSPEL PIANO LESSONS 15-yrs. experience in professional Southern Quartet Evangelistic wort. Learn Quartet, church-hymn, evangelistic style.

Beginners Advanced. Many areas covered. Call Livingston Freeman, 962-3094 Baldwin Park, Calif, collect, or writ 3863 Paddy LaneLj 14719 Ardis (Near Compton and Clark Dr. H. Prank CaNIne.

Paatar Telephone 925-3706 437-1 7N J. warwaw -na, RWa ROOtfl Wa Wnl) CORNER SOUTH CHERRY REV. ALLAN SNIDER Pastor SPIRITUAL SCIENCE CHURCH JS Trinity Christian Missionary Alliance Church Lutheran Varda Ava. I.GAS. Charter 126 5856 Orange Ava.

Rev. Mary C. Pirtle, Founder Rev. Clyde J. Metz, Pastor Sunday, 7:30 P.M.

Healing Worship Messages Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Haaling Message Grcles North Long Beach BRETHREN MORNING WORSHIP 1:30 and II AM. Church School 9riS AM. Oryal Awartany, Panir HJ 7-4083 Mn TflWTIVYl MN 6a rfl rent II A.Mj-7 "Tho Woman Who Savad a Nation" 7 P.M. "Cross Baa ring" Dr.

Gaaraa a Peak, Paatar flat St. and Oranee CM tbr kattrad mends at CammunKy--Friday at A.M. Sunday School 10:30 A.M. Ctftisto- Science Eighth and Linden (LCA) PAWLIJWliVRITUAfa PERSONAL NEEDI-HIMW K. a.

Jshnsan Pastor Subject of Lesion-Sermon Tomorrow "CHRIST JESUS" WHY NOT? Vou have planned to visit First Nazarene some day. Why not now? Services -you'll enjoy "EIGHT' BOYS and a PROFIT" 700 P4. "YOU ARE' IMPORTANT" Lutheran Churches The Foilowiag Churchaa el Chrkt, Sciantiat, in Long Beach A ra Branchaa of Tha Mother Church Tha Rnt Church of Chrkt, Scicntiit in Boiton, Mauachmatti (National Lutheran Council) LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY-(ALC) GA 4-1113 1900 E. Canon at Cherry Philip Noah, Paitor A.M. Sunday School Wonhip Sarvica 10:1 Sunday 9:1 AM.

Chdistian VVOTHf RALLYNiTE Broadcast Every Sunday Night at I KBBI I07 FM "A BIBLE TEACHING CHURCH" FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 440 Elm Avenue AJWflsasLiw TUBnllOly I JIh a.m., 7:00 p.m. 2280 Clark ST. STEPHEN LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCA) 1629 Pine Ava. HE6-796S REV. A.

a. cox, Paatar 4M7MI Sunday Saivicaa, 1:30 and 1 1 GO AM. Sunday School, 9:30 AM. i Ponder W. Gilliland, Pastor LOS ALTOS BRETHREN SECOND CHORCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Cedar Avenue at Seventh Street pmUay Schaat 11 am.

WMNMyillAi Lakewood Rav. Harold B. Punrota, Pattof 656 Stearns GE 9-3956 1429 Oath UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHURCH THIRD CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 3000 Eait Third Street 11.MV SynUgr Schaal 11 am. wWHWBUfi 1 1 9:30 A.M. Sunday School 1 1, AM.

"Society's Greatest Need The Christian Home Pastor Spaaking 7 P.M "TIME AND TERNITY." Moody Science Film IMar W. Oacanin. I Mheoi 9riS 8:30 and 1 1 A0 AM. Wonhip Servicea Sunday wunenr toi i mw iotibw SUNDAY 7:30 P.M.' 'Special1 -Service FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 201 Eait Market Street ,11 am Suniot Schaat 11 Wadriw Pay, Tern OUR SAVIOUR'S LUTHERAN (ALC) 370 Junipero GE 4-7409 V. F.

Bjarkia, Paitor-A O. Storvick, Vkitatioe Paitor GE 9-5463 Sunday Sarvicaa, 15 i 1 1 AM, Sunday SchooL 10. Nunary Provided SUNDAY SACRED GOSPEL CONCERT with 1 THE STANDARDS' QUARTET SINGING is PLAYING 1 -is PREACHING at Hear Testimonies by FIFTH CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST 5171 Naplai Nam vl. MM 11 am Imtw Schaat, and II am.

Wadnaadavl am CHURCH OP THE BRETHREN uSm :45 A.NL Sunfev Sdwal 1 1 A.M. "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS" Rav. Saafldne VV. CHAS. GARMAN IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH "Luthoraa Church in America" 345 CARSON GA 7-4390 IRVIN R.

MOLINE, Paitor WORSHIP SERVICt! AJW. CHURCH 9:41 AJR. SIXTH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 3401 Studebaker Road emnUarMwat.JilS and am BETHEL LUTHERAN (AJX.) 700 70th St. ME 3-5031 Rav. Frederick Malted, Mlniitar 1 Wonhip 1:15 I IldX) AM.

Sunday School. Bible Claii AM. gar of Ciiidaraila Hornet Guiding Light Tabernacle EVANSELICAL UNITED BRETHREN 17th and Temple Rev. Alexander McCandless ST. LUKFS EV.

LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCA) HA 5-4006 READING ROOMS- FREE TO THE PUBLIC 1 10 Leant Avenue 3232 Eait Broadway 126 Wait Third Street. 5618 Atlantic Avenue 3401 Studebaker Road 4425Eait Second Straat First- Assembly of God 1 2 1st tnd Cberiy a lmn 438-0929 i GS K4DI 9:30 A. Mj Sunday Church School 5:00 P. Youth Fallowihip 10. -45 A.

Wonhip Service P. Evangaliitic Service Wadnaiday, 7.00 P. Bible Study and Prayar lUv. Herschri Phillips, PXstor GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN (LCAb 5172 Naplaa Plata "At the nvnnui iiMi Nursarv "THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO YOU" Sunday KR 7:45 A.M. KDAY 4:30 P.M.

Ail AAL-PaKW 7 t4 5 4 1 il 4 1 i I' I 7 4' A' -L.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About Independent Archive

Pages Available:
764,821
Years Available:
1938-1977