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sarrtaCnuSmtlnrt- '7 Friday, May 15, 1964 Soquel Church To Observe 96th Year Circuit Church Baptist Divinity School Head To Speak Sunday Pentecost Services Are Scheduled Pentencost Sunday, a day of great significance in many churches, will be observed this Sunday in churches of Santa Cruz and the surrounding areas. First Christian church will ob Local Elder To -Attend 176th General Assembly A Santa Cruzan will be among the more than 800 commissioners attending the 176th United Presbyterian general assembly in Oklahoma City May 21-27. Harold Van Gorder will be representing Santa Cruz First Presbyterian church and San Joie Presbytery as a ruling elder. The general assembly, which meets annually, is the highest governing body of the 3.2-million member denomination. Commissioners are elected on the basis of one minister and one elder for Assemblies Of God Official Will Install Soquel Pastor serve the "birthday anniversary" Rev.

Joseph L. Gerhart, supper- On Sunday the Soquel Congregational church, known as The Little While Church in the Vale, will celebrate its 96th birthday. The event will be marked at both the 10:30 a.m. worship hour and during the fellowship hour which will follow, announced Rev. Arthur W.

Seebart, church pastor. Highlight of the service will be the distribution of the two concluding "Episodes" of the church history which have been compiled by Winifred Hall and Honor intendent of the Northern Califor nia-Nevada Assemblies of God, will officiate Sunday at the in-stallation of Rev. David C. Col bert as pastor of Soquel Assembly of God church. of the Christian church Sunday at both the 11 a.m.

and 7:30 p.m. services, according to Pastor G. Clark Sloneker. In the morning the congregation will read responsively the entire second chapter of Acts which tells of the beginning of the Christian church in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, AD 30, noted Pastor Sloneker. Each worshipper will be given a copy of the Scriptural reading secured from the American Bible society.

The service is scheduled for 11 every 8500 communicant members of each presbytery. Auction To Feature 'Tiger Eyes7 A matched bracelet, earring and necklace set of blue and gold tiger eye stones from India will be auctioned off tomorrow at the big fund-raising event to be staged by Grace Methodist church at the church parking lot. The auction will open al 10 a.m. according to Auctioneer Clarence Day, and will continue until the merchandise Is gone. The jewelry set was sent to Day by his twin brother, Lawrence Day of Maryville, a skilled lapidarist.

Other choice items in-elude three Bibles each over one hundred years old, antique furniture and some dishes. Also to be sold are original oil paintings by prominent Santa Cruz artists. The oils will be on display at the church between 9 and 10 a.m. prior to the auction, Day noted. Business houses on Soquel avenue also have contributed to the auction and gifts include paint, repair work credit cards and other brand-new items.

Assisting Day with auctioneer duties will be George Kirchncr of San Martin and Bill Ogilvie. Serving as clerks for the day will be Bill Schuette and Noel Chalmers. The first bid will be taken by ex-mayor John McBain in recognition of his services to the city. Speaking Sunday at both the 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

services at First Baptist church will be Maurice P. Jackson, head of the department of practical theology al Berkeley Baptist Divinity school. i He joined the school faculty in 1946 and is in charge of the school's unique clinical training program in cooperation with Napa State hospital, Deuel Vocational institution, Herrick Memorial hospital and the College of Mortu- ary Science. A graduate of Ottawa Urdver- sity with a B.A. degree In 1939, he studied at Central Baptist The- ological seminary before coming to Berkeley where he received his i M.A.

degree in 1942 and B.D. de-s gree in 1943. Further study has been done at the University of. California, University of Southern California and Union Theological seminary in New York. a.m.

ana win ieaiure me sanctuary choir in a special song arrangement under the direction of Among the important items to come before the assembly this year will be several resolutions calling upon the denomination to clarify andor reverse its stand on Bible reading and prayer in Mrs. Glenda Welty, choir director, A children's church also will be provided for the service with Mrs. Loretta Kaupanger in charge. The Christ's Ambassador youth group will meet at 6 p.m. with Connor, printed and distributed weekly since Easter Sunday.

Presiding at the tea table during the fellowship hour will be two women in costume, who have been members of the church longer than any other living person: Hazel Bardt, who was born just North of Soquel, and Myra Archibald, who came to the Soquel area about 1896. Greeters at the door will in Douglas Schultz as speaker. REV. MAURICE P. JACKSON He received the honorary Doc- the public schools.

The 175th General Assembly, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, last year, adopted a controversial report which termed such exercises "indoctrination and meaningless ritual." The commissioners also will act on overtures dealing with such matters as civil rights, theological education for ministerial candidates, relationships with other Presbyterian bodies in the United States, and the report of the Surgeon General's Committee on Smoking and Health. tor of Divinity degree at Berke-1 REV. JOSEPH L. GERHART Council Dinner 'Success New Officers Elected clude Alice Bowman and H. Y.

Stuart, long-time members of the church, and Al Bowman, longtime resident of Soquel. They too will be dressed in old-time costumes, according to the pastor, a3 will Ceedola Duff whose grandfather, Joshua Parrish, gave the land on which the church stands, and Lowell West, who was baptized as an infant in 1898. Marking the anniversary will At the Sunday morning service at Garfield Park Christian church, Pentecost Sunday will be observed. At noon, following the message of the morning, the church will join with churches around the world in reading the second chapter of the Book of Acts. This is the "Story of the First Pentecost" when the church was first established in Jerusalem following the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

A copy of this second chapter of Acts in the New English Bible Version, will be presented to each one of the worshippers from which to read, and may be retained as a souvenir of the occasion, stated Dr. Carroll C. Roberts, church pastor. This world-wide reading of the second chapter of the Book of Acts is the result of the meeting of the Universal Bible societies, a world organization consisting of 23 National societies which met in Tokyo, Japan, on Pente-sost Sunday of 1963. These representatives endorsed a program leys Commencement convocation' in 1951.

In 1961 Dr. Jackson re- ceived a Lilly Endowment fellow-; ship for seminary professors and studied for the academic year at the University of Illinois under. Dr. O. Hobart Mowrer.

Dr. Jackson's wide experience includes pastorates in Kansas, service on the staff of the. First Baptist church, Denver, and a pe-' riod as minister of education at North Shore Baptist church, Chi-; cago. During the summer of'. 1949 he was the leader of the Roman Catholic and various Protestant denomination representatives gathered at Cabrillo be the reception of a class of con-firmants into church membership and the presentation of Bibles to Area Fellowship All-Day Meet Set For Thursday The Monterey-San Jose Bay Area fellowship will meet next Thursday at the First Baptist church of Watsonville, Fifth and Madison streets.

Registration for the quarterly meeting begins at 9:45 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon. A nursery is provided for preschoolers. Rev. William Portis, former Oregon pastor who is going to Italy as a missionary, will be the morning speaker.

Rev. Kenneth Cummings, former missionary to Portugal and now a CBFMS representative to Northwestern United States, will be the afternoon speaker. The women have set a goal of $1350 this quarter to help rebuild a mission station on Guam and build a Bible college in Japan. college last week for the annual dinner-meeting of Santa Cruz County Council of Churches. each of them.

East African Church Head To Speak Here Rev. Seebart will preach on "A truly ecumenical gathering "The Disciple's Commitment." The chancel choir, directed bv with a fine turn-out of Roman Catholics," commented Dr. Wil liam P. Levonian, president of A May procession is planned by St. Michael's Catholic church of Boulder Creek for Sunday preceding the 10 a.m.

mass. All children of the parish will be participating in it. A special practice session is slated for tomorrow at 10 a.m. European Caravan of the Baptist Youth Fellowship, working in -service projects in many coun Bernice Remde Lunt, will sing an anthem. Loraine Abraham will sing a solo.

All members and friends of the church are invited. the council. "This is the first! time in the history of the council that such a joint gathering tries. Deeply interested in youth work, Professor Jackson is a very popular speaker and in demand throughout the American Baptist St. Francis Order To Attend Blood Convention.

of "world togetherness" as a most fitting way to celebrate the anniversary of Christ's Church in the world. Christians in Africa, Asia, Christian Science Lesson To Stress 'Immortality' Mortality is a dream from which we need to be awakened. This is the theme of the Bible Lesson to be heard at Christian Science churches on Sunday. The subject will be "Mortals and Immortals," and the Golden Text is from Bphesians "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." Selections from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy will include this: "Mortal existence is a dream; mortal existence has no real entity, but saith 'It is Spirit is the Ego which never dreams, but understands all things; which never errs, and is Europe, Latin America and the Mother-Daughter Banquet Tomorrow At 1st Methodist Drawing Monday has been carried out and the feeling of Christian unity was appreciated by all in attendance." Speaker for the evening was Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, professor of religion at Stanford university and Protestant observer at the Vatican council.

Following the program new Santa Cruz council officers were elected. They include Dr. Levonian, re-elected as president; Rev. George R. Flora of St.

Stephen's Lutheran church, vice president; Island of the Sea will share in Members of the Third Order of this dramatic event. Heading for the "Bar-None Roundup" evangelistic program for children at Hamilton City near Chico, this week is Rev. Leonard II. Smith of Santa Cruz Bible church. Rev.

Smith will don cowboy dress and board a horse to direct two sessions each day which will include games, singing, special features and Bible lessons. Speaking in the local church pulpit in the absence of Rev. St. Francis of Assisi are asked to donate blood Monday for the ord Local Rector Will Observe 30th Year First Methodist church is ob er's blood bank. Hours for the serving Victory Sunday at the The annual Mother-Daughter I banquet of First Methodist' church is planned for tomorrow! at 6:30 p.m.

at Fellowship hall. The event is being sponsored by! the Men's club of the church. Henry Garrett will show col-; ored slides and provide a drawing are from 3:30 to 6:30 10:50 a.m. service. The Chair In Priesthood p.m.

at Calvary Episcopal church parish hall. man of the Commission on Stewardship and Finance, Harry Guthrie, will bring a report to the Dr. Arthur Nobbs, treasurer, and The drawing is conducted by Miss Alice Jaggard, secretary. Smith will be Rev. Stanley Flohr of Hamilton City, the brother of Santa Cruz chapter, American Rev.

DeWayne Flohr, pastor of Evangelical Free Church of Ham Soquel Church Red Cross, with registered nurses and a physician in attendance. Blood donors may call the Chapter house at 423-3360 for individual appointments. uton City. ever conscious; which never believes, but knows; which is never congregation on the financial status of the Church for the conference year which ends with the last day of May. Of special concern will be his report on the success of the current and benevolent budget campaign which is being culminated in the church.

To Hear Vocal born and never dies (p. 250). Guest singers at Twin Lakes Baptist church at 6:30 p.m. Sun day will be the Choral club from Group Tomorrow Terminating their spring con cert tour, The Oceanaires, a se Inasmuch as this is also Whitsunday or Pentecost Day, the Rev. Harold F.

Blakley, will All Souls Church To Hear About Early Americans irst Baptist church of Los Altos. The group will present a 45-min-ute program of music with a patriotic theme. At 7:30 o'clock they will present two programs of music including spirituals. Direct bring a message from the Book of lect voice group from Monterey The Acts of Apostles. The service starts with a singspiration Clarence Taubenheim will speak on "More on the Early Inhabit Bay academy will present a program tomorrow at the 11 o'clock worship hour at Soquel Seventh Day Adventist church.

The Ocean CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE CORNER OF SEABRIOHT AND BROADWAY AVENUI Regular Sunday Service 1 1:00 a. m. OLIVER AUBREY 5 'WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION' ADULT STUDY GROUP 10 A.M. SCIENCE OF MIND READING ROOM TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY 1 1 A.M. TO 3 P.M.' All Are Welcome ing them will be Rev.

Robert COME HEAR CLARENCE TAUBENHEIM I Speaks en "More on the Early Inhabitancy of America" 11 A.M., Sunday, May 17 ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH 513 Center St. (Hackley Hall) fveryone It Welcome To Our I Friendly Church Rev. Gideon Bomba of Nyasa-land, East Africa, tonight at 7:30 o'clock will speak at Soquel Assembly of God church, 2715 Porter street. He will tell of his conversion to Christianity. The public is invited to hear Rev.

Bomba who has been rated by leading clergymen across the United States as giving the "finest representation of any native speaker from the Continent of Africa." He now serves as superintendent of the Nyasaland, East Africa, Assemblies of God. aires, are directed by Verle Betts, at 10:50 0 clock when the congregation is invited to pick choice hymns for a period of about 12 minutes as the opening portion of the service. Mrs. Arthur West will be the director for the and accompanied by Gene Real, assistant to Dr. Ralph Kraft, pastor of the Los Altos church and brother of Dr.

Roy Kraft. Mrs. Joyce Anderson will be the accompanist. A men's quartet, ladies' trio, and instrumental numbers will ants of America Sunday at 11 a.m. at All Souls Unitarian church.

He proposes to explain some of the characteristics of America's early inhabitants, their religious beliefs, their economic way of life and their treatment by their conquerors. Ed J. Dreis, church president, will preside over the formal portion of the program. also be included in the program On Tuesday following a 12:30 p.m. dessert-luncheon at Grace presented by the 24-voice group.

REV. ALEXANDER ANDERSON Local students who attend the academy and are members of the group are Pat Christensen and Methodist church, new officers for the Woman's Society of Christian service will be installed by Rev. Dale W. Baker, church pas Observing 30 years in the Epis Beverly Burgdorff. tor.

Mrs. Sarah MacKenzie is the incoming president. For Your Shopping Convenience 3 SRE.A, Slated for Wednesday at 7:30 DID YOU KNOW? Pentecost Sunday will be observed with confirmation ceremonies at Messiah Lutheran church, announced Rev. Herbert F. Schmidt, pastor.

Being received into communicant membership in the church are Susan Grundberg, Sharon Roth, Cindy Penland, Diane Rock-wood, Charlene McDonald, Judy Parshall, Sherman Sowerwine, John Tietz, Phillip Rockwood, Mike Schwier, Steve Davis, Marvin Brandt, Jack Buese, Gary Johnson, Gil Hammerstrom, James Holmquist, Mike Schwab, Dick Buese, and Wayne Over-beck. A reception for the young people will follow the service. Boulder Creek Altar Society Elects Staff Mrs. Katheryn Ray is the new p.m. is the meeting of the Cheer-ios at Friendship hall with Mrs.

Harold Lewis and Mrs. Kenneth Wolfe as hostesses. Mrs. Ed Kuenzli will conduct the silent copal priesthood this Sunday will be Rev. Alexander Anderson of Calvary Episcopal church.

He was ordained a deacon on Ascension Day of 1933 by the Bishop of Saskatoon, Canada, and entered the priesthood the following year on the day after Ascension Day during ceremonies conducted by the Bishop of Edmonton. Rev. Anderson will celebrate holy communion Sunday at the 9.30 a.m. Family service. His 11 o'clock sermon topic will be on "The Holy Spirit This HEW USED CAR DEPARTMENT bazaar.

president of the Altar society of St. Michael's Catholic church of Speaking Sunday evening at Boulder Creek. New officers OMH.fnY P.M. That the Soquel Congregational Church will be commemorating ill ninetyiixth anniversary this Sunday with special services at 10:30 a.m.? That there will bo a feature page," written by Margaret Koch, on tho "little White Church in the in this Sunday's That one or more printed episodes of the church's history it now being inserted in the worship-bulletin of each Sunday service were elected at the society's recent meeting at the church which 7:30 o'clock at Craig Chapel in Scotts Valley will be Rev. Steve Asmuth, district president for Christ's Ambassadors.

His topic will be "The Challenge of Reach featured a reception for Mrs. John I Lemar who is leaving the parish. Other new officers include Mrs. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 'TIL 7J New members will be received at United Presbyterian church of Bonny Doon, according to Rev. James D.

Otter, church pastor. Topic of his Pentecost sermon will be "Great Day." Leonard Kuhnline, first vice president; Mrs. Frank E. Rogers, second vice president; Mrs. Joseph Madison, secretary; Mrs.

Laureen Clement, treasurer, and ing Ycuth. He also will report briefly on the work of his department and the new program of campus outreach. His wife, who will accompany him, will present a vocal selection. ir SAT. 'TH.

6 P.M. SUH. 10-4 P.M. Founded May 17, 1868 Church Strvictt and Sunday Church School Simultaneously 10:30 a.m. SOQUEL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (In the Heert of Soquel) Mrs.

Odessa Ryan, social chairman. The officers will be installed June 10 at 7 p.m. at a dinner-meeting at The Shalamar. WW On Tuesday the Woman's society of United Presbyterian church of Bonny Doon will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Kirk house for a program.

In charge will be Mrs. Clara Swain. Religious Science Topic To Outline 'Intentions' "What Is Your Intention?" will be the topic discussed by Rev. Oliver Aubrey at First Church of Religious Science Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. His Bible text will be Matthew 7:12, supplemented by sections from Science of Mind textbook by Dr.

Ernest Holmes, ipages 143, 144; 35, 36; and 306, 307. The meditation will be entitled "The Way Is Made Clear Before Me." The minister was honored last week by more than fifty members and friends at a birthday dinner held at the Riverside hotel. Pentecost Sunday also will be commemorated at the Scotts Valley Foursquare church. Pentecost is a Hebrew word meaning fifty and Pentecost celebrates the occasion when fifty days after Christ's crucifixion and resurrection the Holy Spirit was given to followers of Christ, according to Rev. J.

E. Spencer, church pastor. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, Rev. O. E.

Duncan will be the speaker. Rev. Duncan is the supervisor of the Western District of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Rev. Spencer has expressed a welcome to the public to this special service and to the 10:50 a.m.

worship service. DIAL 423-8898 1025 WATER ST. First Methodist church Star-lighters and Commission on Christian Social relations will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the church. The public also is invited to the meeting, announced Rev.

Harold Blakley, church minister. Speaker for the evening will be Mrs. J. R. Bowen of the Santa Cruz county social welfare Reminder is made of the spring regional meeting of Bay Area Churches of Religious Science on Sunday, May 17th, at Vallejo Woman's Club, 500 Idaho street.

The dinner meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Further information may be secured by telephoning the local church at 423-9520, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Orthodox Presbyterian Pastor Returns To Pulpit Orthodox Presbyterians will welcome their pastor, Rev. Arthur G.

Riffel, on his return to the pulpit Sunday. ReV. Riffel, accompanied by his wife and daughters, Holly and Janice, has just returned from a month's trip to the east coast. During his absence the pulpit was supplied by guest speakers from other cities, while the other departments of church business were kept functioning by Elders Thomas P. Williams and J.

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"THE ADVENTURE OF FAITH" -Mr. Nordstrmd, preaching Our age hat been described it fhe "age science" and as In which our r.ligieui f.ilh been shattered. Thus, "we do not know how to believe in Cod, mainly because wo do fiof know how Ho is related to tcitntlflc.il explained univorto. Ho hit b.como unemployed. Wo do no know how to boliovo in Chritl, for ho ropro.onf.

an order of which do not lo operete th. world whin wo live. We do nof know how to b.li.v. In th. Bible, for it conteins lively dialogue with Cod, and ill m.nnor of provid.nli.l occurrences, epipnanes, and miraclet which wo c.nnot oqu.to with th.

norm.l routin. of existence .1 wo knew It. Wo do not know how to b.liowo in for our lives have udd.nly bocomo n.tur.l, and d.vi.tion. a. th.y suffer aro looked upon a.

moroly mistakes to bo odju.t.d by or psychiatric God or what a S.vior c.n do, or wh.th.r it or not, and .0 wo havo b.como a. frantic for success a. tha m.diov.li.l. w.r. for v.

ion. h.vo bacomo a. fratntie for a. th. medievalists w.r.

for salvation. In ovary intt.nca wo aro not living in th. kind of experiences or at the depth of con.ciou.n.t. whar. tho.o thing, aro ro.l for believing, in tho r.ligiou.

t.n.o, to t.ko hold." Samuel Millar Sund.y'i lormon will to.k to d.al with these issues in light of tho viow of convorion and tha dynamic naturo of faith. Ministers J. Bernard Corneliussen Robert N. Nordstrand "Voluntary IIore Deafness" am SUNDAY MORNING SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP! 1 :00 YOU and your family aro Invited to attend CRAIG CHAPEL In Bothany Park Servicai: 11:00 7:30 Sunday School 9:45 SERMONS BY DR. ROY R.

KRAFT, PASTOR Sunday, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Special Music and Message SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL A.M. by The Choral Club, First Baptist Church, Los Altos Twin Lakes Baptist Church 200 Seventh Avenue, Santa Cruz t. T. HOIDCROFT, PASTOR.