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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1971
Page
11
A grieving father prays aloud for relief as his son Billy, 11, endures a cancerous spinal tumor from a toboggan accident. The Christmas Eve moment marks a turning point as the father asks for God to hear him and seek strength to continue.
A Christmas reflection compares family holiday rituals with the core message of Christianity. A father recalls his son Billy’s illness and final night, concluding with a quiet trust that Jesus watches over them. The piece contrasts modern skepticism about the Bible with belief in the birth and sacrifice of Jesus.
A crowded Cleveland style community listing shows numerous Athens Nelsonville and surrounding area businesses. The compilation includes banks, car dealers, service shops, hotels and eateries with addresses and phone numbers.
Dallas residents Mr and Mrs Augustus B Green claim a champion 49 cent mouse trap by catching three mice with a single piece of cheese and one snap.
A list of worship times across several towns outlines services for Adventist Seventh Day, Christian Science, United Presbyterian, and various church schools. Notable entries include First Athens worship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., The Plains Bethel Parish services, and midweek prayer meetings at 7:30 p.m. Community religious activities are spread through Athens, The Plains, Nelsonville, and surrounding areas.
The notices list weekly services for Apostolic Lighthouse and Apostolic Faith churches. Times include Sunday worship at 7 30 pm, Bible study midweek, and prayer meetings, with calendars for Sunday school and youth groups. The First Athens location runs Sunday school at 10 am and evening prayer at 7 45 pm along with other midweek activities.
Albany, Athens, Lower Plains, Mr. Zion, Rolling Hills, South Canaan, Torch, Vanderhoot Coolville Route, and W. State Street Free Will share Sunday school times and worship hours. Additional midweek prayer meetings and Bible study sessions are noted for several churches.
Catholic St Jude in Chauncey offers Sunday and Holy Day Masses at 9:00 a.m. Daily Masses at 8:45 a.m. Evening Masses Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. Confessions 30 minutes before Mass. St John’s Dutch Ridge Masses 9:45 a.m. Confessions before Mass. St Pauls Athens Saturday 7 p.m. Sunday 8 9 30 11 a.m. Confession 3-4 p.m. and 7-8 a.m. Saturdays Christ the King Folk Parish Masses Saturday 4:15-6 p.m. Sunday 9-11-1-4-7.
Athens area worship hours list services at First Athens and nearby churches with times for worship, junior programs, Sunday schools, and evening services. Includes Millfield Chauncey Hocking Valley Parish Trimble and Greens Run details plus Salem Community gathering times and preaching every other Sunday.
Church of Christ schedules list multiple congregations with Sunday school times worship and youth meetings. East Athens Hooper Ridge New Marshfield and Lancaster Street locations show varying start times for Bible study worship and prayer meetings throughout the week.
Coolville First Sunday worship at 9 30 a m evening service at 7 p m Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m. First Athens Sunday worship 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 35 a m evening service 7 p m Wednesday prayer service 7 30 p m Kilvert Sunday school 9 30 a m YPM 6 30 p m speaking 7 p m Thursday prayer meeting 7 p m CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Albany Sunday school 10 a m Worship 11 a m night service 7 30 p m Wednesday service 7 30 p m.
The Athens parish lists church school at 10 a.m. Sundays with Holy Communion at 8 a.m. 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Additional Holy Communion at 10:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, with evening prayer at 5:15 p.m.
Athens ministry school and service meeting Friday at 7 30 a m and Tuesday Glouster public lecture at 4 p m.
B nai B'rith Hillel Foundation holds services at 6 30 p m Friday and 10 a m Saturday at Hillel House 21 Mill Street.
The notice lists Latter Day Saints sessions from Galbreath Chapel with priesthood at 9 40 a m Sunday school 11 a m Sunday worship 9 a m church school 10 a m and sacrament meeting 12 noon Reorganized Church services on the plains include Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 45 a m evening worship 7 30 p m and a Wednesday fellowship service 7 30 a m.
Christ Lutheran in Athens offers worship at 9 and 10 15 a.m. with nursery care. Church school begins 10 15 a.m. An adult discussion and student agenda is planned for 11 15 a.m. Thursday Eucharist is weekly at 7 p.m.
Morning worship at 10 30 a m evening service at 6 p m Youth Afterglow at 7 10 p m Ladies prayer and Bible study Tuesday at 10 a m
Albany Circuit and congregations list morning worship and church school times, with a detailed schedule across multiple chapels including Snowville Pearl and other area churches. Services range from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. with midweek Bible study and MYF activities.
Directory of church events lists Wesleyan merger and multiple churches with Sunday schools morning services evangelistic services and weekly prayer meetings. Notable entries include Angel Ridge Athens Oak Grove New Marshfield White's Chapel and 24 hour dial a prayer line 592-1701 with varied times through the week.
Community church listings detail multiple denominations with Sunday school times morning worship and midweek Bible studies. Bus routes and service times are listed for Coonville Salvation Army Grace Brethren Coolville and surrounding congregations with occasional notes on youth activities and alternate Sundays.
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