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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-31934 MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT DEDICATED NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Steward, a missionary doctor attached to the United Andean Indian Mission, examines equipment in a $7,500 mobile medical unit which he and colleagues will use in mission work in Indian villages in the Ecuador mountains. Looking on is the Rev. John H. Sinclair, secretary of the UAIM, which coordinates the work in Ecuador of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the United Church of Christ. The unit was unveiled at a ceremony in New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-12C-64-MH)Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Steward, Richard., United Andean Indian Mission., Sinclair, John H., 1924-Topics:Missionaries--Ecuador., Missions, Medical--Ecuador., Physicians--New York (State)--New York., Indigenous peoples--Missions--Andes Region., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Ecuador.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.), Ecuador.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356658
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30791 EASTER DAWN SERVICE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK -- More than 5,500 persons were in New York’s Radio City Music Hall at 7 a.m. Easter morning to take part in the 45th annual Easter Dawn Service sponsored by the Manhattan Division of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Musical selections were provided by the Hope College Chapel Choir of Holland, Mich., (top photo) and the “Sponono Singers” of South Africa, members of the cast of the Broadway play, “Sponono,” by Alan Paton and Krishna Shah. Among those leading the hour-long service (bottom photo) were, from left to right: Philip Huston, a Broadway actor and lay member of St. Clement’s Episcopal church in Manhattan; the Rev. L.E. Terrell, pastor of Manhattan’s Union Baptist church; Dr. Lawrence L. Durgin, president of the Protestant Council’s Manhattan Division and pastor of Broadway Congregational church; Dr. Walter E. Bock, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran church in New York (at podium), and Dr. Dan M. Potter, executive director of the Protestant Council (far right). The sermon was delivered by Dr. Richard Allen Hildebrand, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Manhattan, who declared that the Easter message calls on all Americans to work for equal rights for all citizens. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-3E-64-NBM)Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), Huston, Philip, 1910-1980., Terrell, L.E., Durgin, Lawrence L., Bock, Walter E., Potter, Dan M., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Topics:Easter--New York (State)--New York., Easter service., Protestant churches--Clergy., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348366
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30791 EASTER DAWN SERVICE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK -- More than 5,500 persons were in New York’s Radio City Music Hall at 7 a.m. Easter morning to take part in the 45th annual Easter Dawn Service sponsored by the Manhattan Division of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Musical selections were provided by the Hope College Chapel Choir of Holland, Mich., (top photo) and the “Sponono Singers” of South Africa, members of the cast of the Broadway play, “Sponono,” by Alan Paton and Krishna Shah. Among those leading the hour-long service (bottom photo) were, from left to right: Philip Huston, a Broadway actor and lay member of St. Clement’s Episcopal church in Manhattan; the Rev. L.E. Terrell, pastor of Manhattan’s Union Baptist church; Dr. Lawrence L. Durgin, president of the Protestant Council’s Manhattan Division and pastor of Broadway Congregational church; Dr. Walter E. Bock, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran church in New York (at podium), and Dr. Dan M. Potter, executive director of the Protestant Council (far right). The sermon was delivered by Dr. Richard Allen Hildebrand, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Manhattan, who declared that the Easter message calls on all Americans to work for equal rights for all citizens. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-3E-64-NBM)Creator:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), Hope College. Chapel Choir., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Topics:Easter--New York (State)--New York., Easter service., Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348365
