Religious News And Church Services Page Acknowledgments
A church page lists sponsors and supporters from the Hocking Valley area. Businesses named include milling grocery stores, banks, hardware, restaurants, auto sales, florists, cleaners, and services in Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, and Nelsonville with local banks and shops credited for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co
Athens Home Telephone Co
Virgile Davis Lairds
Logan
Ohio
Moter Auto Sales Co
Nelsonville Floral Co
Nelsonville
K. V. Strawn Wheaton Hardware Co
Church Announcements From Athens and Nearby Circuits
A collection of church notices from Athens area churches detailing service times topics and events. Highlights include Christ Science Society Sunday school 9 30 a m Sunday service 10 45 a m Weekly meetings Wednesday 7 30 p m and reading room hours. New Marshfield Circuit M P church conference at Bates July 30 2 30 p m with homecoming activities. Wan Yu Chang of Steinsen China to speak and Fred Lee Tom to sing. Richland Avenue M P church lecture at 8 p m. Young People's meeting 6 30 p m. prayer service Wednesday night 7 30 p m. The Plains church preaching tonight 7 30 p m. Christian Church West State and Congress Sts. Bible school 9 15 a m sermon 10 15 a m Seventh talk on The Sermon on the Mount. Christian Endeavor 6 30 p m and Union services 7 30 p m at Methodist church with Dr A Y Wilcox as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Churches Christian Science Society
South Court Street
John
Joveth
Bates
Wan Yu Chang
Steinsen
China
Fred Lee Tom
Richland Avenue M. P
J. W. Eaton
H. A. Sherwood
the Plains Church
Ga. Co. Johnson
Christian Church
West State and
Congress
M. E. Chatley
Christian Endeavor
The
Methodist Church
A.Y. Wilcox
Guysville circuit quarterly meeting at Stewart M E church
All day event on Sunday July 27 1927 beginning with Sunday school at 930 a m followed by preaching at 1030 a m with church dinner. The afternoon program includes a sermon by Rev H J Holcombe district superintendent a communion service and quarterly conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Stewart M. E
H. J. Holcombe
Athens Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Abbott Y Wilcox minister leads Bible school at 9 15. Dr Gamertsfelder teaches college group. 10 30 morning worship sermon by Rev Wilcox. Dorothy Wilson chairs high school group at 6 30 with subject Great Missionary Characters. University group meets at same hour. Union service at First M E church at 7 30 with sermon The Peril of Indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott Y. Wilcox
Gamertsfelder
Gard
Wilcox
Dorothy Wilson
M. E
Sunday School and Service Schedule Notes
Sunday school at 9 30. Preaching at 10 45. Subject The Great Security Of Gods People. Children’s meeting at 5 45.
Central Ave M E Church Sunday Schedule
Rev Ira P Day presides with Sunday school at 9 am led by A S Pickering. Prim ary dept supervised by Mrs A J Romine Cradle Roll by Mrs Anna Edwards. Sermon at 10 15 am Young people's meeting at 6 30 pm No evening service as pastor preaches at The Plains Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave. M. E
Ira P. Day
A. S.pickering
A. J. Romine
Anna Edwards
the Plains
Factory M. E. Church Service Times
Preaching at 2 o'clock on Sunday with Sunday school at 10 15. A young people's meeting follows at 7 30. Prayer services are held Wednesday evening at 8.
The Plains M E Church Services and Programs
James Hardy superintendent calls for all ages classes with a 10 30 class meeting. A 7 o clock young people gathering and 8 o clock preaching services. Prayer services are Thursday at 8 o'clock with the pastor present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains M. E. Church
Ira P. Day
James Hardy
Alexander Presbyterian Church Service Plan
Athens Albany Road minister Howard Ely W presides at Bible school at 10 am with Miss Madge Dixon as pianist Ralph Ladd as superintendent Morning worship at 11 am with Mrs Maud Vorkes as pianist and solos by Miss Lucy Stanley and Mr Donald McPherson The minister will speak on The Greatest Name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Presbyterian
Athens
Albany Road
Howard Ely W
Bible School
Madge Dixon
Ralph Ladd
Maud Vorkes
Lucy Stanley
Donald McPherson
Epworth Church Announces Services and Activities
Charles M Coulter minister Bible school 9 15 o clock Mr Alex Root superintendent Classes for all ages Morning worship 10 30 o clock Sermon Looking For and Hastening the Coming of the Kingdom Special music by the quartet Barbara Kantzer director Prof A R Kresge organist Epworth league meetings 6 30 Evening worship 7 30 Dr A Y Wilcox preaches at union service of cooperating churches to be held in this church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Coulter
Bible School
Alex Root
Barbara Kantzer
A. R. Kresge
Epworth League
A. Y. Wilcox
Mt Zion Baptist Church Service and Programs
Worship and sermon at 10 45 with the title Big Heartedness followed by a 6 30 B Y P U meeting led by Mrs Blanch Russell and a 7 45 worship and a mid week service at 7 30 Wednesday. Organist Nellie Pettiford superintendent Elia Cooley pianist Mary Louise Pettiford topic Missions the Great Theme of The Christian Church Acts 12 1 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Zion Baptist Church
Carpenter and
Congress Streets
B. R. Smith
Nellie Pettiford
Elia Cooley
Blanch Russell
Mary Louise Pettiford
Christian Church
Church of Christ Plans Bible Study and Worship Schedule
The Church of Christ meets at 4 Stimpson Avenue with Bible study at 9 30 a.m. and worship with communion at 10 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Church OF Christ
Stimpson Avenue
Religious Talk by Wong Yu Chang at Evening Sermon
J. W. Eaton pastor and E. C. Kenney class leader announce Sunday services at 9:30 for Sunday school 10:30 morning worship 7:00 Christian Endeavor led by Mil dred Leighty and 8:00 evening worship Wong Yu Chang of Tientsen China will speak on Religious Conditions in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Eaton
E. C. Kenney
Mr. William Smith
Christian Endeavor
Mildred Leighty
Wong Yu Chang
Tientsen
China
David and Abishai in Saul confrontation and mercy
The article analyzes David's magnanimity amid Saul's jealousy and pursuit. Abishai embodies crude enmity, while David refrains from violence, showing noble character. Saul repents briefly, but jealousy prevails, highlighting the era's harsher instincts and David's ahead of his time moral vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. E. Gilroy
D. D
Congregationalist
Saul
David
Abishai
Sammie
Abner
Israel
Church of the Good Shepherd Service Notice
Rev. E. L. Pieclow will lead Holy Communion and sermon on the seventh Sunday after Trinity at 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Good Shepherd
E. L. Pieclow
Logan Churches First United Brethren Service Schedule
Pastor T C Harper leads services with Sunday school at 9 and worship at 10 25 morning. Evening worship at 7 30. Vested choir meets Friday at 7. Girls sing at Union Sunday afternoon.
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Logan Churches
First United Brethren
T. C. Harper
Christian Endeavor
Union
Rockbridge United Brethren Church Schedule Note
Rockbridge and Gibisonville churches publish Sunday schedules with Bible school at 9:30 and 9:30 respectively, morning preaching at 10:30, Christian Endeavor in the evening, and midweek official board meetings. A speaker from the Lord's Day Alliance appears at Rockbridge at 10:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockbridge
Gibisonville
Lord’s Day Alliance
Christian Endeavor
Morning Worship and Sunday School Schedule for Lutherans
Hunter St. Lutheran Amos L. Heyde, pastor, leads morning worship at 10 o clock. Sunday school at St. John's near Enterprise at 1 o'clock and worship at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter ST
Amos L. Heyde
St. John’s Near
Enterprise
Nelsonville Churches Sunday Schedule and Sermons
Nelsonville First Presbyterian and First Methodist detail Sunday activities. Sunday school at 9:30 with W L Hudson as superintendent. morning worship at 10:30 featuring Edith Stiers solo and sermons by Edward Arpee and Rev Evanson. a Logan congregation meeting on the lawn. Edwin L Morrell leads First Methodist with a 7:20 pm worship and a rich musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Hudson
Edith Stiers
Edward Arpee
Evans
Logan
Evanson
First Methodist Church
Edwin L. Morrell
Charlies E. Poston
Mary Louise Leyshon
Sheppard
Harry Dye
Tests of Good Teaching in Sunday School
A church forum asks readers to send questions to the Church Editor about evaluating Sunday School teaching. The piece notes that Teachers' College of New York drafted criteria for educational quality, inviting later discussion in upcoming issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ College of New York
Engineer killed as trestle collapses into Water near Head
The engineer Sam Jones died when the Ya zoo and Mississippi Valley train derailed after a wooden trestle gave way near Head Mississippi. Fireman J F Horton was injured and Vice President Charles G Dawes, sleeping in a rear car, did not awaken. The locomotive submerged, but pullmans remained undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
U.R
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Head
Miss
Charles G. Dawes
Sam Jones
J. F. Horton
Pearl found in soup shocks Paris dining room
Pierre Gitasso an Italian French musician dining at a Toul banker’s home discovers a 41000 pearl in his soup ending a surprising meal twist and drawing attention to the unusual incident in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre Gitasso
Toul
Religious news and society notes from the church world
The document reports on religious and society items including incorporation of a Sons of Ministers group, missions support at First Baptist Miami, a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting in Minneapolis, a Presbyterian colporteur selling gospel of St John in a Philippine high school, the death of Methodist missionary Dr Lewis E Linzell in Columbus, and a surge in religious book reading spurred by publishers. It also notes Kenmore Presbyterian Buffalo new financial plan boosting giving and mentions the recent general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Society For Sons of Ministers
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Miami Fla
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Philippines
Lewis E Linzell
India
Columbus
Linzell
Gujarat
National Association of Book Publishers
Kenmore Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
N. Y
General Assembly
Marine Obleski Killed in Nicaragua Fight
Private Michael Obleski of Rouletté Pennsylvania, a marine, was killed in the fighting against insurgent General Sandino. Marines with bombing planes routed 600 Sandino troops, with 300 dead and 100 wounded in the campaign. Obleski was the sole marine casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Obleski
Rouletté
Uncle Sam
Nicaragua
Sandino
Obleski
President Coolidge Urges Church Attendance Next Sunday
The president states that government rests on religion and calls for public worship. He emphasizes the home and church as sources of reverence for truth and justice and urges people to attend church next Sunday.
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Coolidge
Moral maxims from sermons and quotes
A collection of devotional statements on virtue motivation and leadership from sermons and noted thinkers. The excerpts emphasize self control harmony with others the Golden Rule and enduring effort, attributed to sources like Western Christian Advocate and Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Virgin birth question sparks rector votes at assembly
Moderator Robert Speer quotes the Apostles Creed as commissioners reaffirm faith in the virgin birth. A mover of the resolution declares unanimous assembly support. Dr Ernest Hatch Wilkins succeeds Dr Henry Churchill King as Oberlin president, drawing comparisons to Woodrow Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Robert Speer
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Th University of Chicago
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Wilkins
Woodrow Willson
United States
Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hocking Valley
Bettie Shop Union Restaurant
Cornwell Jewelry Varsity
Ian
Athens Steam Laundry
Cullum's Studio Security Savings Bank
Union St. Battery Shop
the Hatch
Bank of Athens, N. B. Dwight H. Rutherford
Athens National Bank
Vogue Hair Shoppe Modern Shoe Repair
Coe’s Cash Shoe Store
G. Stout
the Southern Ohio Electric Co
Citizens Central Bank
Nelsonvile
Cady-Gooding Auto Laundry
Red Star Buss Station
Excel All Auto Paint Shop
New Marshfield Circuit
M. P. Church
Guysville Circuit
F. L. Rice
Athens Presbyterian Church
Church OF God
Graybar
Tn Logan Dine
Lairds
Main St
DUCO
ROUSH
the Security Savings Bank
Bank OF Athens National Bank Capital
Athens County
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Richland Avenue Methodist Church
F. J. Milling Grocery
Ner
First Presbyterian Church
C. V. Strawn
N. Court St
Athens National Bank Safe Investments
Marie Brook
Church Forum
Virgile .Davis
Lostro
West Union St
Coe’s
Wheaton
Yours For
Home Telephone Company
Zeonomicel Transportation
Bettie Shop
A. D. Betzing
W. Union
N. Court
Virgile Davis Masonic
Nestlé
Voguehair
Cornwell’s
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