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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1973
Page
12
A bishop on a picket line a priest beaten in a labor dispute and a sidewalk religious service for strikers highlight religion amid labor strikes in Athens Ohio. The AP report by George W Cornell notes church leaders aiding workers and visible confrontations near the picket lines.
Pastor Leonard A Nelson of Cleveland becomes pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Athens, will start July 1. Native of Chicago, he studied at St Olaf College, Lutheran School of Theology, and Union Theological Seminary, with pastoring on Long Island and in Chicago. He and his wife Consuelo have two daughters. The move comes as religious leaders increasingly support farm workers unions in California and elsewhere, backing Cesar Chavez and UFW amid picket lines and strikes.
A dense listing shows many churches in Athens area and surrounding towns with Sunday Monday Tuesday and Thursday worship times. It includes Adventist Apostolic Church of Christ Church of God and Free Will denominations with various Sunday schools morning worship evening services prayer meetings Bible studies and youth events.
Catholic St Jude Chauncey offers Sunday and Holy Day Masses at 9:00 a.m. Daily Mass at 8:45 a.m. Evening Masses Wednesdays and Fridays 7:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. Confessions 30 minutes before Mass. St John s Dutch Ridge 9:45 a.m. Mass Sundays Holy Day Masses. St Pauls Athens Saturday 7 p.m. Sunday 8 9 30 11 a.m. Daily Mass 7 and 8 a.m. Confessions 3 4 p.m. and 7 8 a.m. Saturdays. Christ the King Parish Family Mass Saturday 4 15 to 6 p.m. Sunday 9 11 to 10 4 St Andrew Nelsonville Mass 8 and 10 each Sunday.
The timetable lists worship and Sunday school times for multiple churches in Athens area including First Christian Athens Millfield Chauncey Nelsonville Greensn Salem and Taylor Ridge. Services range from 9:50 to 11:00 a.m. with various children and youth programs in the morning hours.
Athens calendar lists Sunday morning service and Sunday school at 10 45 a m. Sunday service resumed with Wednesday service at 7 30 p m. Reading room located at south entrance of the church for visitors and study.
The Albany Church of God of Prophecy announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and a night service at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday service also at 7 30 p.m.
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens offers church school at 10 a.m and Holy Communion at 8 a.m 10 a.m and 4 p.m The Church of the Epiphany in Nelsonville holds worship at 9 a.m
Public lecture in Athens at 9 30 a m with 10 45 a m Bible study on Sunday The study continues Tuesday at 8 p m and Thursday 7 30 p m ministry school and service meeting Also Gouster hosts a public lecture at 4 p m
B nai B rith Hillel Foundation invites attendance at services at 6 30 p m Friday and 10 a m Saturday at Hillel House 21 Mill Street.
The Galbreath Chapel hosts Sunday school at 10 30 a m and Sacrament service at 11 30 a m. The Plains church holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 45 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m with a Wednesday fellowship service at 7 30 p m.
Worship service at Christ Lutheran in Athens with a nursery available. Service begins at 10 a.m. and invites all parishioners to attend.
In Nazare ne church schedule for Athens The Plains and Nelsonville. Sunday schools at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 10 30 a m Evangelistic and prayer meetings follow in the evenings and midweek services are listed for each location.
The notice lists worship and church school times for multiple churches. United Presbyterian in Amesville offers worship at 9:45 a.m. and church school later. Alexander Sunday church school at 9:30 a.m. with worship at 10:45 a.m. First Athens prescribes worship and church school for ages from pre-school through elementary at 9:30 a.m. Nelsonville and New England churches also show morning worship and school times, with the Deanville Chapel at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. church school, and Nelsonville 9:30 a.m. school with 10:30 a.m. worship.
Albany Circuit churches list morning worship times 9 to 11:30 a.m. church school 9 to 10:30 a.m. Snowville Pearl Chapels alternate Sundays worship 11:30 a.m. MYF 7 p.m. Bible studies 9 p.m. Athens Waterloo Central Ave Mineral Morning worship times and school hours. New Marshfield Union Church 9 10 a.m. Bethel Troy Two Chauncey Amesville Chesterhill Charge services and Sunday schools. Sharpburg Chesterhill Clark's Chapel times listed.
Church notices list service times for Wesleyan Merger Athens Grace Wesleyan Oak Grove New Marshfield White's Chapel and Community Formerly Angel Ridge. Sunday classes start 9:30 a.m. worships at 10:30 a.m. with evening services and midweek prayer and Bible study. Dial-a-Prayer line available 24 hours.
Multiple churches list Sunday schools and worship times across the region. Coonville Mission Sand Rock Wilson Chapel and others offer varied services including morning worship at 10:30 a.m. and evening gospel hours, with Bible studies and bus routes noted. Unitarian Fellowship Athens will resume in fall after summer break.
A dense list of businesses in Athens and surrounding areas includes banks, auto dealers, insurance agencies, hardware and appliance stores, medical and pharmacy services, restaurants, hotels, and travel agencies. Major entities include Athens Savings & Loan, Buick-Olds-Cadillac, Marting's, Landmark Athens County Farm Bureau, and Kentucky Fried Chicken with contact details and addresses.
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