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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1954
Page
8
Clarks Chapel worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m Richland Ave Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m Sermon Sold by Sample Service 7 30 p m Sermon Signs of the Season Bible study Wednesday 7 30 p m Youth choir Thursday 6 30 p m H A Lockwood pastor
Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m evangelistic service at 7 30 p m nazaren district camp meeting scheduled at Columbus Fairgrounds July 16 25 led by minister Drell H Goff
Church school for all ages at 9 15 a m service at 10 30 a m sermon Halts by Me That Footfall by Dr John M Versteeg minister JHF home Judy Ferguson 30 Grand Park Blvd 6 30 p m WF Vespers Tuesday 7 p m Sanctuary choir rehearsal Thursday 7 p m
The notice lists Saturday events at 6:15 pm organ reverie and 6:30 pm choir rehearsal, followed by 9:15 am Bible school and 10:15 am worship. Joe B Maf fet preacher delivers "The Ideal Parent" with choir director William Brophy and organist Mrs. William Ruston.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning service at 10 45 a m with Life the subject of the lesson and the Golden Text Romans 6 23. Wednesday evening service at 7 30 p m announced for weekly church program.
Services include Sunday school at 9 30 am worship at 10 30 am led by The Rev Ray Roberts BTU at 7 pm evangelical service and 8 pm mid week prayer and Bible study on Wednesday at 7 30 pm pastor The Rev John J Snedden named
The Central Ave Methodist Church announces a family friendly service at 9 30 am with worship at 10 30 am and a sermon titled How Deeply Disturbed delivered by Reverend C Melvin Alkire A Wednesday prayer meeting is also scheduled at 7 30 pm
Sunday school at 10 am worship at 11 am and evening service at 7 30 pm. Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm led by Pastor Tra L Shanafelt.
The Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church lists services including Sunday school at 9 50 am worship at 10 30 am evangelistic service at 7 30 pm and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 50 pm led by The Rev R E B Kelehner.
Church schedule lists worship at 10 45 am and a sermon titled On Passing by on the Other Side by Dr Trey Organ. Nursery care available in basement during worship.
Interdenominational gospel preaching Sunday 2 to 4 p.m prayer service Tuesday 7 30 p.m Rev Bertine Farrey pastor St Pallis Roman Catholic Sunday masses 8 9 and 10 a.m daily masses 7 and 7 30 a.m confession Saturday 3 and 7 30 p.m The Rev Jan B Kish pastor
The Rev. George Rodgers, pastor, conducts preaching at the home of R. E Life, 6 North Shannon, this evening at 8:30.
The notice catalogs Sunday school times worship and church events for Good Shepherd Zion Albany Temple Snowville Pearl Chapel and Townhouse churches. It lists service times prayer meetings and meetings led by Rev William H. Covert with scouts and WSCS noted.
Amesville Sunday school 10 am worship 11 am with Boy Scouts Tuesday 7 9 pm closing Bible school program July 23 Methodist Church New England Sunday school 9 30 am message 10 15 am Carthage worship 2 30 pm Rev J Mervin Hess Shade Poston Methodist Shade Sunday school 10 am Clarence Creamer supt Worship 11 am MYF 8 pm Mid week prayer Wednesday 8 pm Poston Sunday school 0 am Philip James supt Worship 7 30 pm Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 pm Evan Edwards pastor Alexander Presbyterian Bible school 9 30 am Worship 10 30 am Dr J R Gentry adult choir Friday 8 pm junior choir Friday 7 30 pm at Norma Parsons Whites Chapel Wesleyan Sunday school 9 30 am prayer and praise 10 30 am WYPS 7 pm teaching 7 30 pm prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm Rev Roy E Deeter pastor
The piece argues profanity stems from disregard for God and empty faith. It contrasts verbal swearing with the deeper profanity of living a life that claims faith publicly while denying it privately, warning that internal profanity could destroy Christianity more than external atheism.
The Rev. Kenneth D. Frazier leads Chesterhill Amesville Methodist Charge with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m in Chesterhill Amesville venues. Amesville offers worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school, and Sharpsburg conducts worship at 8 45 a m with reschool at 9 15 a m.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship service follows. A meeting is planned for Wednesday at 8 p.m. This brief notice invites attendees to join religious activities and life group.
Kilvert Church of God posts weekly meetings with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. worship at 10:30 a.m. Young People's Meeting at 7 p.m. Friday prayer at 7:30 p.m. Preacher listed as Mrs. L. N. Kemmy.
Sunday school at 9 30 am worship at 10 30 am and evening service at 7 40 pm. Prayer service on Wednesday at 7 30 pm feature speaker Calvin Bean.
Prayer service at 11 a.m and gospel service at 5 p.m are listed alongside Bible study at 8 p.m Thursday. The Rev. Roland B. Globig is named as pastor.
The Albany Baptist Church lists activities including Bible school at 9:30 am and worship at 10:30 am. A Wednesday prayer and Bible study session at 8 pm is led by Pastor The Rev. Roland P. Globig.
At 10 30 a m a Bible Christian service led by The Rev Max Williams pastor follows at 8 p m with preaching by the same pastor at Grahams Chapel.
The Plains Methodist Church lists worship at 9 30 am with church school at 10 30 am. Evening worship at 8 pm with MYF and a Friday prayer service.
Report of church visits and family gatherings around Huntington with entries for the Jones Fuller and Davis families. Notables include Rev Austin Casto Irvin Bets guests at Flag Springs church and multiple relatives visiting in from Columbus Mudsoe Sand Fork Houston and Gallipolis.
Broadwell residents hosted relatives from Marietta Athens Chesterhill and Elliott area over the weekend. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Westbrook and Donna Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ogg, and others visiting Franks Parsons and James families. Mrs. Jennie Boyd and Dorothy visited Emma White. Miss Hazel Burke signs off.
Andy Stewart celebrated his 85th birthday with a large picnic on his Clifton lawn. Numerous relatives and friends attended from Middleport, Syracuse, Columbus, Dayton, Dunbar, Washington, Chillicothe, Mason, Galion, Rutland, Parkersburg, Cincinnati, Beaumont, Kaylong, East Liverpool, and other nearby communities. Additional weekend visitors and a family reunion at Clifton were noted.
Bernard A. Hite, 27, of Columbus, died when his car struck a tree stump five miles north of Columbus Wednesday night.
Poplar Ridge notes list numerous social visits and family events. Parents Gerald Swisher welcomed a daughter, Del bert marked his 16th birthday with sixteen guests, and many relatives from Ohio towns such as Gallipolis, Columbus, Middleport and Waverly visited or hosted at homes of the Swishers, Potters, Wears, Lemleys, and Taylors.
Richmond police investigated a report of a large white man in a Ts shirt and straw hat with a pistol in his pocket on East Broad Street. The man turned out to be an off duty officer required to carry a weapon at all times.
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