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CathoEic Preaching
Mission Begins Sunday
At Wildwood Station
The Catholic preaching' mission
for Wildwood Station will begin
Sunday March 17 and will con
clude on Tuesday, March 19. The
guest preacher for this mission
will he the Rev. Lawrence M.
Calkins, O.S.M.
Father Lawrence Calkins was
born in Chicago, 111. on Feb. 15,
1911. He completed grade school
studies at Our Lady of Sorrows
Parish, two years of high school
at St. Philip’s, and then entered
the Servite Seminary at Mount
Saint Philip in Milwaukee, Wise.,
on October 27, 1926. Completing
his prep studies there, he finished
his novitiate and made his re
ligious profession on Oct. 20, 1929.
He was ordained a priest of the
Servite Order on May 26, 1935 by
Bishop Bernard .). Sheil at Quig
ley Prep Seminary in Chicago.
College studies during seminary
days had brought him a B.A. in
Latin from Loyola University.
Three years as Latin instructor
at St. Philip High School led
Father Calkins into missionary
work for Our Sorrowful Mother
Novena in 1939. He had a re
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markable record all over America
for promoting Friday Novenas in
various Parishes. A series of in
teresting assignments led Father
Calkins to the U. S. Navy in
Wolrd War II. As Catholic Chap
lain for the Fifith Division Ma
rines, he was involved in danger
ous assignments in the Pacific
and distinguished himself under
fire at Iwo Jima.
After termination of World
War II, Father Lawrence did sev
eral years of preaching as a par
ish missionary stationed at Our
Lady of Sorrows Church in Chi
cago. In 1950, he returned for
full time duty with the U. S.
Navy as a Chaplain and mustered
out as a Lieutenant Commander
in 1954.
In the last few years, r ather
Lawrence has been very active in
parish and mission assignments
in California and on the west
Coast. Parochial experience at St.
Juliana’s Parish in Detroit round
ed out his versatile background
for the mission work he is cur
rently doing. Based at the Ser
vite Mission House, Mount Saint
Philip Monastery in Milwaukee,
Father Lawrence will bring to
his preaching wide experience
with all types of audiences
throughout the world. Father
Lawrence Calkins is one of six
Father Calkins in the Servite Or
der. He has three uncles who pre
ceded him in the Order—Fathers
Edward, Frank, Hugh, and two
younger brothers who followed
him—Fathers Gerard and Mi
chael.
Father Lawrence Calkins is
available for all types of Retreats,
Solemn Novenas, Forty Hour De
votions, and Parish Missions.
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Slikok Club , J
Neighborhood
Party Planned
A “Meet Your Neighbor” party
is planned by the Slikok Valley
Community Club for 8 p.m. this
Saturday, March 1«, at the club
building on Kalifonsky Beach
Road. Several new families have
moved into the area and are es
pecially invited to meet their
neighbors at this get acquainted
party.
New officers of the communi
ty group were recently elected.
They include: Maurice Murdock,
president; Dick Midyett, vice
president; Mrs. Frank Mize, se
cretary, and Mrs. Frances Damon,
treasurer.
The officers were elected on
Feb. 6 from within membership
of the Board of Directors, which
were selected earlier at a mem
bership meeting held on Jan. 12.
Other members of the board are
Mrs. Ed Chiechanski, Mrs. Tom
my Corr and Jim Porter.
The following committee chair
men were also elected: Mrs. Cie
chanski, road committee; Tommy
Corr, agriculture; Porter, mem
bership; Porter, building; Mrs.
Corr, garden club, and Mrs. Mize,
entertainment. Midyett was elect
ed club parliamentarian.
At the annual meeting it was
established that the fiscal year
should begin on Jan. 1 and end
Dec. 31. Membership dues for the
year of 1963 should be paid to
Jim Porter, Frances Damon or
Elizabeth (Mrs. Frank) Mize.
The Board of Directors is to
meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second
Monday of each month.
Frank Mize recently went to
Anchorage for the purpose of get
ting chairs which had been donat
ed to the Southern Baptist Mis
sion by the Muldoon Baptist
Church of Anchorage. They* have
been placed in the Slikok Valley
Community Club building for use
until completion of the church
building. The Baptist group is
currently using the community
building for church services.
Southern Baptists
Change Location
The First Southern Baptist
Mission, which previously met in
the Soldotna Community Club, is
now holding weekly services in
the Slikok Valley Community
building on Kalifonsky Beach
Road.
Maurice Murdock, interim pas
tor, has returned from a long
stay in the hospital at Anchor
age and is once again in the pul
pit.
Sunday services are from "ID' a.
m. to 12 Noon with evening ser
vices at 7 p.m. Bible study is
held each Wednesday at 7:30 p.
m. Everyone not attending ser
vices elsewhere is invited to meet
with the group.
SEWARD LOTS OFFERED
The General Services Adminis
tration has announced it will sell
Lots 12 and 13 of Block 15 in
Seward. The 6.000 square feet of
property is located one block
north of the business center with
approximately 60 feet of frontage
on 4th Avenue and 100 feet on
Church Street. Bids are U> 1 ^Op
ened April 15.
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KENAI ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH—Sunday School at 10 a.m
Morning worship 11 a.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m. Mid-week
services Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Mrs. Carl S. Click.
EAST KENAI CHURCH OF CHRIST meets at Mile 105, Ke^Ts^
Sunday Services: Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11 am
Evening Worship 0:00 p.m. Congregational singing. Thursday
Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Billy Joe Mize—Evangelist.
DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST (1 block from Kenai Fh7ii)
Bible School - 9:45 a.m., Worship - 11:00 a.m., Evening 7:00 p.m,
Midweek (Wednesday) - 7:00 p.m. Carl Zehrung, Minister.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP meets each Sunday at 10 a.m. in
building back of Vera’s Variety, Soldotna.
SOLDOTNA CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — Sunday^h^Tat
10 a.m.; Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evengelistic Service 7:30 p.m,
each Sunday. Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
KENAI METHODIST CHURCH—Church School 9:30 a.m. and Wor
ship Service 10:45 a.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship Tuesday at
3:30 p.m. John J. Shaffer, pastor.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets each Sunday from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at Slikok Valley Community Club on Kali
fonsky Beach Road. Sunday evening: services 7 p.m. Bible study,
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Maurice Murdock, interim pastor.
SOLDOTNA BAPTIST CHURCH, at the Y. Sunday School at 10 ba
Morning: Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Paul Weimer, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULES—9 a.m. at Out
Lady of the Angels Church. Kenai; 11 a.m. at Soldotna; 4 p.m. at
Wildwood Chapel, Wildwood Station.
KENAI BIBLE CHURCH—Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; morning
worship 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening 7:30. Prayer meeting 7:30
and Moody Bible Institute Correspondence Study Course 8:15 each
Wednesday. Kenai Youth Fellowship 7:30 p.m. each Friday. Pas
tor Fred S. Crozier.
CHURCH OF GOD (Pentecostal in Doctrine)—Located on Aspen Waj
and Binkley Street, Soldotna. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning
Worship ll a.m.; Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.m.; Bible Study and
Prayer 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Millard L. Cowdell, Pastor, Boi
514, Soldotna.
FAITH BIBLE CHURCH—9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. Mom*
ing worship; 5 p.m. Youth Meeting (all ages) and Junior Choir
rehearsal. Meetings held in Soldotna Community Hall. Guest
speaker every Sunday until group organizes.
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOLDOTNA — Sunday School 9:45
a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Senior confirmation class 5 pjn.
Wednesday; Junior Choir Practice 4:15 p.m. and Junior confirma
tion class 5 p.m. Thursday; Lenten services 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
theme will be “Words at the Cross.” Richard J. Tuff, pastor.
BAHA’I WORLD FAITH
O Son of Man—
Many a day hath passed over Thee whilst Thou hast busied
Thyself with Thy fancies and idle imaginings. How long art
Thou to slumber on Thy bed? Lift up Thy head from slum
ber, for the Sun hath risen to the zenith, haply it may
shine upon Thee with the light of beauty.
For More Information Write to Box 423, Soldotna
Bahai World Faith Firesides at Jess residence mile down
Kalifonsky Beach Road on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m*
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