Religious News Notes
BY THE REV. JOHN EVANS
Prof. Reinhold Nelbuhr of Union Theological seminary, New York, a foremost theologian, will speak In Chicago three times over the week-end. Tomorrow morning he will be the preacher at Rocke- feller Memorial chapel, University of Chicago. Tomorrow night he
will speak to the Sunday Evening club in Orchestra hall. The club Is making special plans for the crowd which Is expected to hear the theologian who has made his theology attractive to college-age youths as well as to top-flight . Monday afternoon at 4 o clock, Dr. Nelbuhr will speak on "God and the World's Wis- dom" in a public lecture In St. John the Divine chapel of Seabury- Western TheologIcal seminary, 600 Haven at., Evanston.
Arthur C. McGlffert, president of Chicago Theological seminary, announced that Dr. Albert W. Palmer, president emeritus of the seminary and former minister of First Congregational church, Oak Park, will be one of the featured speakers at the seminary s 19th annual Ministers' week, Jan. 30 to Feb. 3. Three hundred pastors are expected to enroll for the refresher lectures. Dr. Paul J. Tillich, noted theologian of Union Theological seminary, New York, will give the annual Tuthill lectures during the week. Dr. Herold Hunt, superin- tendent of Chicago public schools, will speak on "The Minister and Public Education."
The publishing of Human Re- lations In Chicago-1949," a book- let issued by the city commission on human relations, hat been an. nounced by Augustine J. Bowe, commission chairman.. Bowe said the booklet Is "one of the most Important educational the commission has released." ... The Rev. Dan B. Genung Jr., direc- tor of All Peoples' Christian church and community center of Los Angeles, will be the preacher to- morrow morning at the 10:15 o clock service at Austin Boule- vard Christian church, Oak Park. Dr. Harold Lunger, minister of the Oak Park church, has led his Los Angeles work into a pioneer- Ing project among Mexicans, Ja
anese, Negroes, and Chinese....l How to vote on Issues to come be. fore the Milwaukee convention of the Lutheran church, MissourI synod, will be discussed at a mass
meeting tomorrow afternoon of a dozen north side English district churches in Uptown B e t h a n y church, ThorndaMe av., and Mag- Wolia St. The Rev, Bernard Hem- meter, vice president of the na- tional l! district, will discuss the problem of in the National- L U t h er& i n council of which the Missouri synod Is riot a member. Pastors and laymen Will Other problems to up In Milwaukee.
The Rev. James Keller, director of the Christopher movement, which is attracting persons of sev- eral faiths, will be the Knights of Columbus forum speaker Friday night at the Eighth Street Theater. He will tell of the use of motion pictures to which Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Loretta Young, and Irene Duane have do- nated their services.
The Rev. Dr. J. J. Hitchins, head of the Rock River [Northern 1111- nols] Methodist annual conference board of education, and the Rev. R. Merrill Powers, secretary of the board, will be speakers at the Monday morning session of the Chicago Methodist Ministers' meeting, at Evanston Collegiate institute, 2408 Orrington st., Ev- anston. President T. 0. Firing, of the Institute, will be host to the ministers at a luncheon In the institute dining room at noon. . . . The Rev. Janet Beaudry, minister of Unity church, Fine Arts building, has been elected president of the Great Lakes Unity regional conference which includes all Unity ministers In that region. . . . The 44 Presbyterian colleges comprising the Presbyterln Col- lege union, have announced the election Of Dr. H. Gary Hudson, president of Illinois college, Jack- sonville, as president of the union.
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