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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
8
Athens Ohio promises Sunday worship at the Athens Methodist Church on College Street with Judge O F Rowland as principal speaker. Laymen will lead the service in L W Roberts’s supervision while Rev C M Coulter is away, and nearby churches pause services due to vacation.
The One Hundredth Second Annual Session of the Washington Association of Universalist and Unitarian Churches will convene at Frost Unitarian Church the weekend of September 1 through 2. Captain Charles R. Conrad of Portsmouth will speak, followed by a sermon by Rev. Harriet Druley of Milford, with related services and a basket lunch. Members include Frost, Lower Salem, Marietta Unitarian, Fork Ridge WV, Belpre, and Little Hocking. Edwin McPherson presides, Lacey Collins is secretary, Nettie Richardson serves on the board.
Albany The Rev J F Brown pastor of the Albany Methodist Episcopal charge lists services across the district. Bible School 9 15 at the Albany church with Dr H T Phillips Athens as speaker 7 00 Sunday evening worship. Harrisonville Bible School 9 00 morning worship 10 30 Pastor in charge. Town House Bible School 1 99 worship 2 30 by the pastor.
The Athens Church of Christ Scientist will present a Mind lesson Sunday August 26. The golden text asks Who hath known the mind of the Lord and counsellor. The lesson cites Proverbs 16 23 and Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures describing spiritual sense as discernment of spiritual good and understanding as the line between real and unreal.
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church members will follow a short worship service and Bible School Sunday morning with a trip to the State Experiment Farm at Carpenter for their annual outing and basket dinner. At 7 o clock Sunday evening the pastor Rev. T. E. Maness will discuss Help in the Time of Need at the Pom eroy church auditorium.
Rev. D. Vause Snyder, longtime pastor for the Tuppers Plains U B Charge, will deliver farewell sermons at Lottridge Asbury Chapel on Sunday at 11 am and 2 30 pm, then at South Bethel on Sept 2 at 11 am and at Fairview Church at 2 p m. He and Mrs Snyder depart Sept 3 for the Boatheart Ohio Annual Conference in Circleville Ohio.
The lesson notes Hosea's tender yet firm call to righteousness, warning that self interest and greed corrode nations. It argues for balanced prophetic voices: stern reformers and compassionate reformers who urge return to right paths. Righteousness must be practised and organized to sustain a nation.
Rev F C Kreager outlines Sunday schedule at First Baptist Church Middleport Aug 24 The morning service at 10 15 will center on Opportunity Now and the evening sermon will be on Judgment Sunday School classes meet at 9 15 and the B Y P U program is set for 6 30 with Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30
Glouster Methodist Episcopal Church holds two Sunday services at 10:30 and 7:30 led by Rev C P Smith with Sunday School at 9:30 and Epworth League at 6:30. Mid week service is at 7:30 Wednesday. Church of Christ pastor Rev David P Morris topics Four Acts of Religion and The Power of the Cross at 10 and 7:30. Bible School 9:00 and 6:30. Christian Endeavor also meets. Jacksonville parish announcements list Bible School and morning worship with junior choir at Pisgah Sunday.
Rev. Howard E. Warner selects Life Without Wor ry as worship theme for Sunday morning service at Alexander Presbyterian Church. Bible School worship led by Arthur Stuart begins at 9 30 o clock.
The Rev. Fred Hall district secretary of the Congregational Christian Churches of Southeastern Ohio will occupy the pulpits of Columbia Chapel and Coes Chapel Churches Sunday. Columbia Chapel services start at 10 30 am and Coes Chapel services at 730 pm.
Charles E. Miller of Athens will sing several selections at the Salvation Army Church Saturday night at 7 30 o clock. He will be accompanied by a stringed orchestra. The meeting is open to the public.
1 30 o'clock followed by worship at 2 30 Trimble Bible classes at 10 30 o'clock Sunday morning with church services at 7 30 o'clock Sunday evening.
In Guysville and nearby churches Rev W H Reitz announces schedules for the Canaanville Stewart Guysville and Bethany churches. Services begin with 9 30 am Sunday School and 7 30 pm worship at various locations. A special board meeting is planned Aug 27 at Canaanville and Aug 29 at Guysville with a Wednesday prayer meeting.
Sunday worship at the Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church begins 9:30 AM with a music and prayer program at 10:30 and a sermon by Rev. D. C. Shearer at 11. Evening evangelistic service at 7:30 led by the pastor. Miss Margerite Jones leads the 6:30 youth service. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30, cottage service Friday 7:30.
The Garden family attended the McGregor reunion at Highland M. E. Church in W Va where Mrs Lowther recalled girlhood days. Highland Church marks its centennial. Various neighbors hosted guests including Mohler Miller Kyle and Goldsberry families. Other items note church illness of Rev Baker and porch addition to a storeroom by Harry Loar.
Officials announce an open house for the school building from 9 a m to 7 p m daily August 7 through 9 with all stakeholders urged to attend at the campus facilities.
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