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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1932
Page
9
Athens churches plan Mother's Week-End programs with Ohio University participation. University students join services and music at several churches including the Methodist and Presbyterian sites. Various sermons address motherhood and hopeful life, with additional youth and prayer activities.
Logan April 22 The Junior Choir of the First Presbyterian Church under Mrs H M Boocks will present a program at four oclock Sunday afternoon with Mrs Bessie Briscoe at the organ and Mrs Anthony Toerner at the piano There will be no evening service Morning worship directed by Rev H L Geddes at 1030 Rev KE L Woodworth to deliver farewell sermon at Advent Christian Church Rockbridge at 1030 Sunday He is leaving for a new pastorate in Indiana Baccalaureate sermon for Rockbridge High School will be delivered by Rev H B Welch at United Brethren Church in Rockbridge at 730 PM
The Albany Methodist Parish led by Rev. Ed gar B Dean lists Sunday School times at 9 15 at Albany church 7 30 evening service and 7 30 Sunday School at Harrisonville with the church service. Town House Church hosts 1 30 Sunday School and 2 30 church service. Temple and Hebbardsville hold 10 o'clock Sunday School. A chicken supper runs 5 to 8 tonight at Albany Methodist Church hosted by the Ladies Aid Society.
April 22 report on the Go to Church Campaign sponsored by Pomeroy area churches ending with higher attendance. Church services, sermons, and choirs at First Presbyterian Peace Evangelical Evangelical Church Middleport and Pomeroy locations with ministers Stark Gardner Tennell Kreuger and others. Brotherhood and Junior Choir events scheduled. county pulpit exchange and district conferences noted.
The Episcopal Churches in Southeastern Ohio plan an Offering Day on Saturday with children presenting last year’s gifts at the altar. Layton Reed Jr of Athens will recount the offering story, and Miss Mabel Lee Cooper will deliver a missionary address. Teacher conferences follow, then Holy Communion on Sunday at 5 30 with Church School at 9 15 and morning service at 10 30.
The district meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will be held on Wednesday April 27 at the First Methodist Church in Lancaster. A group from the Athens auxiliary will attend. Mrs N S Welk serves as president of the local group.
The April 24 lesson reflects on Abraham's peace making with Lot showing how he chose selflessness over self gain. It contrasts Lot's self seeking path leading to disaster with Abraham's magnanimous offer to share land and his enduring spiritual heritage for humanity.
Sunday at the Methodist Church opens with Sunday School at 9. Prof. W. C. Mauck from Ohio University will teach the Geneva topic. Home Hour and Fellowship Supper follow at 5 hosted by William Miller and Mary Rusnak, with Pearl and Erma Smith in charge of the supper. Vesper Service at 6 led by Rev. C. M. Coulter on Some Issues Facing the Church. Madeline Martin chairs. Presbyterian Church Home Hour at 5:30 hosted by Morgan Jones and Mabel Wilson. Supper committee: Eleanor Fisher, Kate Stephan, Harry Woo. Westminster Drama Club presents Ba Thane at 7.
Glouster April 22 Sunday School gathers at the Church of Christ at the usual hour with an invitation to all. Morning sermon follows the Lord's Supper at 10 o clock on the topic Personal Soul Winning. Christian Endeavor meets 6 50 and evening service at 7 30 with A Jailor Becomes a Christian as the subject.
In Nelsonville on April 22 the Presbyterian Church plans a youth service led by Rev. Lloyd Evans on the text Stand on Thy Feet and I Will Speak to Thee. P G Oakley will be installed as deacon alongside R A Snacken burg Roy Backus and Willis Wolfe. Choir directed by C W Janssen to sing. Evening service features In Company of the Faint- Hearted with James Beard providing a tenor solo.
The Rev C S Thompson announces for Murray City a 9:30 Church School, 6:15 Epworth League, and 7:00 public worship. Prayer services are set for Thursday 7:00 at Buchtel with Epworth League 6:30 and prayer 7:30. Carbon Hill follows 9:30 School and 10:30 worship with tonight 7:00 preaching at Jobs Church and Sunday School 9:30 with prayer 7:30.
The Rev. Forrester a Norwegian will speak at the Church of the Nazarene on West Union Street Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
The Wesley Foundation of the Methodist Church selects Marlin Stockton as president for the coming year. Officers named include Edward Turner and Nelson Crites as vice-presidents and George Talmage as treasurer. Committee heads will be chosen at the council meeting on April 26.
The Christian Science Church in Ath ens will host a service titled Probation after death on Sunday April 24. The lesson includes Job 23 10 as the golden text and Psalms 25 4 among the citations, with a passage from Science and Health about divine All power destroying fear and guiding to the eternal house.
A worship service will be held at Carthage Presbyterian Church Route 50 at 2 30 PM Sunday. Rev Howard E Warner continues the sermon series Or These He Chose Three with the topic James The Man of Silence.
Alexander Church Bible School will convene at 10 o clock at the Alexander Presbyterian Church Athens Albany Road Sunday. Ralph Ladd is the superintendent and Miss Elizabeth Riley the pianist. The morning worship will convene at 11 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. Howard E. Warner, will preach on You Need Religion. Mrs Maud Vorhes is the pianist director.
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