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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1928
Page
10
Pastor A Skinner leads a full Christmas day schedule at Pomeroy churches. Morning 10:30 sermon The Virgin Birth or Blank Atheism. Evening 1 The Star the King the Incarnation and Eternal Childhood. Sunday School 9:15 Birth of Jesus. Christian Endeavor at 6. Prayer hour Wednesday 7 Paul the World Christ. Pastor away Christmas week, home for December 30 services.
Middleport church announces Sunday School at 9 15 a m with I E Miller as superintendent Morning Worship at 10 30 a m on The Christmas Spirit Christmas Tableau at 7 00 p m presented by the church choir and Sunday School youths Mid Week Service at 7 00 p m on Wednesday No Epworth League due to the Christmas program
The Middleport Church of Christ schedules a 9 15 Bible School with a Primary Christmas program, 10 20 Morning Worship sermon Our Bethlehem, 6 00 C E Christmas Service led by Miss Frances Roush and Jack Satterfield, 7 00 Special Christmas Service with four part participation and White Gifts to the King, plus a 7 00 Wednesday Congregational meeting not about finances.
The Bradbury Church of Christ reports a Bible School and Communion on Sunday at 9 39 with no preaching service this week. A Christmas program is scheduled for Christmas night.
Sunday School begins at 9 15 a m with Carl Reeves as superintendent Rev C H Fowler delivers a famous address to youth on Joining the Army The service blends with worship with morning baptism and church joins at 10 30 An evangelist final message closes the meeting with a large attendance expected Epworth League at 6 15 and an offering for Mr Fowler Sunday evening.
Sunday School at 9 39 a m superintendent Epworth League at 6 15 p m and at 7 a beautiful Christmas program will be given for the benefit of all who can attend An offering will be taken for the local expenses of the Church.
Damon BD Watkins supply pastor leads Bible School at 9 15 Nicodell Steffey conducts The Lord's Supper and Preaching at 7 15 Due to Christmas program no Sunday night preaching The sermon titled The Fullness Of Time God Sent Forth His Son from Galatians 4 4 is a Christmas message A Christmas program of patentry and songs arranged for the evening program
Sunday School at 9 a m with Robert Warner as superintendent. Special Christmas music and sermon at 19 26. Young People's meeting at 6 15 p m with address by Mrs Kreit. 7 p m Monday features Christmas program by the Sunday School.
Glenn L Tennell leads Bethany M E Church with 9 am church school taught by Bent Neutzling. 10 15 am worship includes choir anthem Gods Gift. 7 pm Junior Choirs play When Santa Forgot the Smth s. Christmas program 7 pm Tuesday. Next Sunday vesper at 4 pm with Knights Templar as guests. Everyone welcome.
A combined Church School and worship service is planned for Sunday at 1 39 pm Monday evening at 7 29. On December 20 or the last Sunday of the month the Church School will be in the morning and the worship service in the evening.
Nelsonville churches schedule a 9 30 Sunday School led by W L Hudson, with children's Christmas tree and gifts overseen by Mrs Lloyd Evans. At 10 30 morning worship features solo by Mrs Earl McCune and the sermon We Saw His Star. 4 50 Christmas Vesper by adult choir performs The King Cometh. 5 45 Young People's Christmas luncheon and gift exchange.
The Nelsonville Church of Christ led by K A McCorkle invites all ages to attend Sunday School with 431 in attendance last week and targets 690. The morning service features a talk on Gods Christmas Gift and a cantata The Christmas King with multiple solos duets and choir sections led by Max Bowers Harry Ball Scott Bowers and others. The program includes Silent Night and The Song Is Ringing Still among other festive pieces.
The bulletin notes Sunday School at 9 30 a m and the Choral Evening service at 4 o clock in the afternoon.
Sunday School meets 9 30 a m with a 10 30 a m sermon by Dr H J Holcombe district Epworth League at 6 p m and evening worship at 7. The church hosts a Friday Christmas service at 7 with a tree and Community orchestra music. Epworth League candle light service follows with Christmas music and program. The 7 o clock service features a large chorus choir and seasonal stories by the pastor. General invitation extended.
Near Christmas the St Andrew’s church in Nelsonville announces Low Masses on Sunday at 7:30 and 9:30 am with no sermon or Sunday School. Evening devotions at 7 pm lead to a Parish Hall visit from Santa Claus. Christmas Day Masses include a 6 am High Mass, a 7:35 am Low Mass, and a 4 am collection for child and infant homes.
Rev A B Adams will preach his last sermon at First Baptist Church Adam Street as he accepts a call to Second Baptist Church Wooster. He has served seven years and begins duties in January with a Christmas program at 7 p m following morning worship at 10 45 a m and Sunday school at 9 30 a m.
The Free Methodist Church Sunday School on Campbell Street off Morris Avenue presents Christmas Day exercises at 7 50 PM with parents and friends invited. After the morning session at 9 00 AM there is no preaching service. Rev H V Webb will speak at the evening exercises. A prayer service is set for 6 00 PM Thursday night.
The article discusses Pauls steadfast ministry in 2 Timothy, his readiness to depart, and the crown of righteousness for those who love Christ appearing. It links Christmas to continual faith, urging Timothy to preach the word and endure afflictions, with Bethlehem and Calvary as beginnings and the Kingdom to grow until the perfect day.
The Church of the Good Shepherd on State and Carpenter Streets holds Fourth Sunday in Advent with Church School at 9:30 a.m. and morning prayer and sermon at 10:30 a.m led by Rev. E L Pielow, rector, assisted by Luman J. Morgan.
The notice lists sermons on Is the universe and man evolved by atomic force with Hebrews 1 10 as golden text. Responsive readings include I Chronicles 16 8 12 14 24 26 27 31 34. Sunday service 10 45 a m Wednesday meeting 7 p m reading room hours Tuesday Thursday Saturday 2 to 4 p m.
The Christmas Day exercises by the Sunday School will be held Sunday evening at 7 30. Parents and friends are invited. After the 9 a m Sunday School there will be no preaching, but the pastor will speak at the evening exercise. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 p m.
The Church of God on Hocking Street lists Sunday activities led by Pastor Charles V. Weber. Sunday School at 9:39, morning worship at 10:30, junior and young people meetings, and evening worship with sermons on The Three Wisemen and Gods Gift to the World. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p.m.
The Church of Christ meets at No 4 Stimson Ave at 9 30 for study of the sixth chapter of frommans in which it is learned how and when an alien sinner is saved from his past sins At 0 50 worship and communion will be taught and practiced by the Apostias
The Christian Church on Congerss Streets hosts a morning Bible school at 9 16 a m led by R Richey with Miss Joy Cutler directing music. The service at 10 15 a m features The Desire of All Nations, followed by a 6 p m Christian Endeavor. At 7 p m the Bible School presents a Christmas program replacing the evening service.
Abbott Y Wilcox will lead morning worship at 10 30 with Dr Wilcox speaking on The Influence of Jesus on Modern Life. A 4 pm vesper service directed by Edith E Beecher chair. No evening service. 7 pm youth group and caroling outreach to shut ins. collect shut in names at Genevieve Chase's office after morning worship.
Ira P. Dar presides as minister A Pickering leads Sunday School with a Christmas program at 10 15 by the Home Guards under Miss Catherine Campbell Junior League meets at 5 30 Senior League at 6 90 Worship and sermon at 7 00 on The End of the Way of a Wondering Star Prayer service Wednesday evening at 7 Miss Dorothy Radford leads the prayers
Ira P. Day is minister at Clark's Chapel M E Church. Nellie Phillips leads Sunday School at 1 30. Preaching at 2 30 by the minister. Communion services follow the sermon.
The Mt Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter and Congress Streets announces Bible school at 9 30. Worship at 10 45 with The Manger Cradle and communion after. BPU at 6 30 on Learning From Experience Eccles 1 16 18 Psa 387 25. Mrs Blanch Russell president and Mary Louise Pettiford pianist. Bible School to render Christmas program Monday at 7 30 with presents for children. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30.
Charles M. Coulter is minister and Alex Root leads Sunday School. Bible School at 9:15. Morning Worship at 10:30 with the Era of Joy and Peace. Special quartet music. Epworth Teague in Mari wolff Room at 6:00. Evening Worship at 7:06 with music dialogues and a play The Christmas Guest. Mid-Week Prayer Service Wednesday 7:39.
The Amesville Presbyterian Church schedules morning worship at 10 30 a m led by Rev Andrew M Tayor with Christmas address. Sunday evening program at 7 99 p m includes union meeting in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Noel cantata was postponed due to chorus illness.
Rev. Howard B. J. Warner leads Sunday School at 10 o'clock with a talk for the young people on King of Kings. Eleven o'clock Christmas Sermon on Hop Far To Bethlehem. 6 29 p m Young People's Special Service. 6 00 pm Christmas program.
Sunday School at 9 a m with preaching at 10 a m. Evening service at 7 p m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 p m.
The First Presbyterian Church Nelsonville plans a 4 30 PM Sunday vesper recital directed by Prof. Charles Poston. The cantata The King Cometh includes organ preludes choirs and multiple solos with Mrs Edith Stiers Mrs Kathleen Boyd and other vocalists among the performers.
Pastor Charles W. Weber will review the lives of the three wise men in a Sunday morning discourse titled The Three Wise Men at the Church of God on Hocking Street. He will contrast active and dormant Christian traits and discuss applying the wise men’s decisiveness perseverance and courage to today’s believers.
Central School first graders craft gifts from wood paste board and cigar boxes for classmates. Each child draws a classmate’s name and will present the toy at Friday Christmas tree party. Yuletide stories and games planned for the program.
The Campus Towners of the First Presbyterian Church will visit city shut-ins and serenade them after the church Christmas pageant Sunday at 4 PM. Miss Genevieve Chase, student secretary, leaves for Chicago December 30 for a church workers conference January 1 at Edgewater Beach Hotel. She receives a tea set as thanks from church students.
A letter from Mrs. Harry FE Sprenger of Washington, D. C. thanks Gertrude Guthrie of Central School for a menu cover she made for the P. T. A. convention banquet. The note mentions a pretty booklet and a separate package of whistles for a child.
Statements from Athens clergy urge charity in Christmas giving and spiritual rather than material dividends. They emphasize salvation through Christ, devotion, service, and self denial, plus a wartime peace sentiment noting antiwar growth since 1914 and concerns about ongoing conflicts.
A Christmas pageant at Rufus Putnam School featured a Nativity scene, two student choirs, and pantomime. Mary Margaret Graham and Janet Mackinnon led roles as Mary and Joseph, with Robert Bird John Van Dyke Emmett Parker as Wise Men and Fred Webb Alonzo Walters Charles Giauque Lee Barlow as shepherds. The program, staged in the Ohio University Theater Arts Theater under Harold Evans, included songs like O Little Town of Bethlehem and While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks.
Three Athens organizations linked to the United Spanish War Veterans will gather Thursday evening December 27. The Ladies Auxiliary meets in the Athens City Building Council Chamber, Camp No 78 meets in Commander R A Dalton's Washington Street office, and the Military Order of the Serpent, founded December 1, will meet in the Council Chamber later in the evening to discuss the June state convention.
The choir performed sacred pieces including Holy Night while children in kindergarten through third grade sang Away in a Manger. The event highlighted a mix of traditional Christmas hymns and juvenile carols.
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