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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1929

Page

8

Asbury Chapel M E Church and Pomeroy Church Notices

Sunday School at Asbury Chapel 9 15 a m with William Moore as superintendent Preaching at Rutland 10 45 a m led by Rev Grant Curtis Cars Run choir will sing at Middleport 3 p m Preaching 7 p m Tuesday Leaders Club meeting Mrs Carrie Payn president Wednesday prayer meeting at A Broughter Friday Junior club at Susie Manile E H Richman president Pomeroy Church of Christ Damon D Watkins supply pastor 9 15 Bible School Rodell Steffy superintendent 10 15 Lord's Supper and preaching Sermon Divine Ownership 7 15 evangelistic services Sermon The Day of Judgment

Asbury Chapel M. E. Church M. H. Johnston William Moore Rutland Grant Curtis Wesleyan Cars Run Wil Middleport Leaders Club Carrie Payn A. Broughter Susie Manile E. H. Richman Pomeroy Church OF Christ Damon D. Watkins Bible School Rodell Steffy

Church of Christ Middleport Revival Services Continue Strong

Fred I. Gardner reports large attendance at Church of Christ Middleport with 345 in Bible School and over 400 expected. Morning worship at 10 20 features a cross themed sermon, 6 00 Christian Endeavor, 7 00 evening service on What Must I do to be Saved. Revival runs through next week under Rev Frank E Roberts.

Church OF Christ Middleport Fred I. Gardner Christian Endeavor Frank E. Roberts

Church of Christ Bradbury Bible School and Communion

A Bradbury Church of Christ advertises a Bible School and Communion service with a $30 offering noted.

Church. OF Christ Bradbury

First Baptist Church Schedule Under Minister W Gaylord James

The First Baptist Church led by Minister W Gaylord James outlines a full week of services. 9 15 to 11 00 a m united service includes Bible School led by H M Cross and a worship session with a sermon on Is God Stingy. Evening activities include Young People's Society at 6 15 and a new life service at 7 with sermons by the pastor on Weighed and Wanting. Midweek prayer and Bible study are set for March 13 at 7 and Passion Week events run March 24 to 31 with daily 7 o'clock services led by the pastor and choir.

First Baptist Church Middleport W. Gaylord James United Service H. M. Cross Young People's Society New Life Service

Sunday Church Schedule with Sermon and Classes

Sunday School at 9 15 a m George Carson acting superintendent The Junior Church remains after Sunday School for a service and catechism study led by Mrs C O Chapman with Catherine Steel Morning worship and preaching at 10 30 a m Sermon The Message of the Cross Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Pastor preaches at Rose Hill M E Church at 2 p m

George Carson C. O. Chapman Catherine Steel Rose Hill M. E

Syracuse M E Church L C Service Schedule

The Syracuse M E Church L C lists Sunday School at 9 30 am with Avery M Roberts as superintendent. Preparatory members meet with Miss Edwards after the study hour for catechism. Epworth League at 6 15 pm. Evening worship at 7 pm with a message on the Meaning of the Cross Today. Thursday prayer meeting at the church.

Syracuse M. E. Church L. C Avery M. Roberts Miss Edwards Epworth League

Sunday School and Sermons At Local Church

9 00 a m Sunday School with Robert Warner as superintendent and George Parker and Harry Smith as assistants. 10 30 am sermon Pilate s Retort 7 00 pm sermon An Effectual Appeal. Choir provides special music. Five baptized seven received at morning service. Several more to be received next Sunday. Attendance remains strong despite weather and the auditorium is often full. Mr Smith leads music and will stay through next Sunday. Easter program planned by the Sunday School.

Robert Warner George Parker Harry Smith Pilate Smith

Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church Lenten Services Noted

Glenn L Tennell minister leads Bethany Methodist with morning worship at 10 and evening song service at 1. Theme thoughts focus on Jesus in Gethsemane and the parable of the rich fool. Special lent meetings run Tuesday evening through next week with no Saturday evening service. Church School and senior and high leagues noted.

Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church Glenn L. Tennell Sa.m. Church Benj. Neutsling Jesus Gethsemane High League

Heath Methodist Church Plans Easter Day Services

Nease superintendent announces a 2:00 worship service with 9:15 Sunday School and 10:30 morning worship on Easter plans. Pastor C. H. Eichinger leads Epworth League at 6:00 with Mary Louise Stephenson, evening service at 7:00 on the topic Who Goes To Church And Why. Midweek service follows Wednesday.

Heath Methodist Episcopal Church C. H. Eichinger Middleport Epworth League Mary Louise Stephenson

Presbyterian Church Middleport Service Schedule and Theme

The Presbyterian Church in Middleport led by Pastor Dr. Skinner holds 10:30 AM worship with the sermon A Mighty Belief and a Magnificent Experience. Evening service at 7 PM features House of Religion in Every Soom and pulpit message. Sabbath school at 9:15 AM studies Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Christian Endeavor at 6 PM. Wednesday meditation and prayer at 7 PM on The Christian Sabbath. Sabbath of the 17th begins a week of Intercession and Sacrifice.

Presbyterian Church Middleport Skinner House of Religion Christian Endeavor Society

Logan Churches St Matthew's Lutheran Service Schedule

Amos L. Heyde, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 a m Morning worship at 10 a m Luther League at 6 p m and evening worship at 7 p m at St Matthew's Lutheran in Logan.

ST. Matthew's Amos L. Heyde Luther League

First United Brethren Revives Sunday Schedule

E H Dailey minister announces a revised Sunday plan with 9 a.m. Bible study 10 a.m. assembly and worship, both two hours and 45 minutes longer than previous sessions. Last Sunday saw four hundred in worship, seventy-one children in Junior Church, and 6 p.m. Endeavor groups with a 7 p.m. revival led by the pastor.

First United Brethren E. H. Dailey

Rockbridge Advent Christian Church Service Schedule

E L Woodworth pastor leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with sermons Love's Supreme Test and Why I Believe Jesus is the Messiah. Loyal Workers meet at 7 p m and prayer meeting follows Wednesday at 7 p m.

Rockbridge

The Crisis of Christ's Second Advent Sermon Series

Minister H. L. Geddes leads Sunday at 9 15 a m Sunday School with Harry Smith as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 15 a m on the kingdom of God series and the eighth lesson. Junior Christian Endeavor at 2 p m. Evening service at 7 p m features guest Business and Professional Women's Organization and the topic How To Live a Victorious Life.

Presbyterian Church H. L. Geddes Harry Smith Christian Endea

Glouster Methodist Church to Present Thank Offering

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Glouster Methodist Church will hold its annual Thank Offering service this Sunday at 7 p.m. A program features the play The Two Masters and a tableaux The Way of the Cross, with much effort going into preparation.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of The Glouster Methodist Episcopal Church

Glouster M E Church Service Schedule

D L Browning is minister with C B Dillon as superintendent. Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship at 10 36 Epworth League at 6 evening and the annual Thank Offering service of the W F M at 7 with a closing service at 8.

Glouster M. E D. L. Browning C. B. Dillon Epworth League

Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church Service Schedule

John Lloyd Evans minister leads morning worship at 10 30 with special choir music. Evening service at 7 30 features the sermon Let Christ Now Descend From the Cross That we May See and Believe Mark 15 32. New organ used in both services.

John Lloyd Evans Louise Rice W. L. Hudson Chris‘ian Endeavor Raybould

Evangelistic services urged as 450 sought in Sunday plan

Charles Wesley Hoffman, pastor, leads Sunday School at 30 percent, with orchestra music and graded classes. 417 attend. next Sunday aims for 450. Decision Day scheduled in the school for evangelistic meetings as Reverend Fowler prepares to preach an evangelistic sermon during opening exercises.

M. E. Church Charles Wesley Hoffman Schoo Fowler

Baptism and the Lord's Supper Lesson Reflections

The article explores disagreements over baptism and the Lord's Supper, noting wide divergences from close communion to Quaker practice. It emphasizes baptism as pre Christian in origin and the Lord's Supper as a meaningful, enduring expression of Christian communion, urging inward spirit over mere form.

Paul Jesus

Church Evangelistic Series Concludes With Baptisms

The schedule notes baptism of children and adults and new members joining the church. Junior church at 10 30 with all boys and girls, dismissed with the senior service. Young People meet at 6 30. Reverend Fowler attends and gives a short address. Public service at 7 30 closes the evangelistic meetings with a planned helpful program.

Fowler

Schedule for McCorkle church service and activities

Minister K H McCorkle leads Sunday School at 9 30. Communion at 4 30. Preaching at 11 00 with the sermon What Does the Lord Require of Thee Evening worship at 7 00 featuring Millions Now Living Are Already Dead. Endeavor Groups meet at 6 00 Junior Endeavor led by Mrs Lewis Courtney and Mrs Ethel Wallace Senior Endeavor led by Rev McCorkle. Special solos and duets by the Rev and Mrs McCorkle in the evening service.

K. H. Mctorkie E. W. Allen Lewis Courtney Ethel Wallace McCorkle

Union Sunday services planned at Athens Methodist Church

The First Methodist in Athens lists Bible School at 9 15 Morning Worship 10 30 with Dr Edmund D Soper of Ohio Wesleyan University. Union vesper at 6 00 with Dr E B Bryan and Westminster Foundation guests. Evening Worship 7 00. Soper to preach. All events at the Methodist Church.

First Methodist Episcopal Church C. M. Coulter Alex Root the Bible School C. C. Robinson A. R. Kresge Irene Parks Edmund D. Soper Ohio Wesleyan University Wesley Choir Evelyn Kocher Don Graffin Westminster Foundation E. B. Bryan Presbyterian Dr.Soper Methodist

Church of God announces two week revival schedule

Charles V. Weber is pastor Jack Sams oversees Sunday School Mildred Calentine directs junior church Sunday School at 9 30 Morning Worship at 10 30 An Up to date Christian junior church at 6 45 Young Peoples meeting at 6 30 W H Hunt speaker Evening service at 7 20 Why Intelligent Persons Do Not Serve God evangelist Rev W H Hunt Services continue for the next two weeks

Church OF God W. H. Hunt

Lutheran Worship Service at Epispocal Church

Lutheran worship led by Pastor Thos Wilson at Episcopal Church Bast State and Carpenter Streets on Sunday afternoon at 2 30 oclock. Continued on Page Twelve.

Revivals Begin Sunday at New Marshfield Methodist Protestant

revival services start Sunday night at Richland Avenue church under Rev J L Cartwright with Prof Richard Nyburg directing music and children's work. Regular services follow with specific Sunday School times and locations at Richland Avenue and New Marshfield churches. emphasis on unity and human responsibility.

Weekly Lenten Thought by Gilroy on Sacrifice and Service

The article explores love as the deepest human quality and the cornerstone of Christian fellowship. It argues love becomes real through sacrifice and service, widening our vision to perceive others more clearly, illustrated by a young American university man who enlists as a private.

London America Jesus Christian Fellowship

Revival Leader to Oversee Music at New Marshfield Revival

Belmont Michigan professor Nyburg will head musical programs and child outreach during revival services starting Sunday at the Methodist Protestant Church in New Marshfield.

Nyburg Belmont, Mich Methodist Protestant Church New Marshfield

Teach All Nations Baptism and Communion Teaching

A passage recounts Jesus commissioning his disciples to teach all nations and baptize in the name of the Father and the Son. It describes the Last Supper with bread and cup, urging remembrance of Jesus's sacrifice and self-examination before partaking.

Jesus

Wesleyan and Westminster Groups Meet for Home Hour

The Wesleyan Foundation of the Methodist Church hosts the Westminster Foundation of the Presbyterian Church for a 4:30 Sunday home hour in Athens. Dr Edmund P Soper will visit to lead combined services at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches next week. Dr E B Bryan OU president will speak at the Methodist Students vesper service Sunday evening. The Alabaster Box Easter drama by Wesley Players is set for March 30 in the church auditorium with a listed cast and directed by Ivan Wheeler.

Wesleyan Foundation Methodist Church Westminster Foundation Presbyterian Church Edmund P. Soper Ohio Wesleyan University Athens Methodist Presbyterian E. B. Bryan Ohio University Soper Irene Parks Wesley Players of the Church Martha Kathryn Hymen Mary Mable Townsend Bartimaeus Ivan McLeod Judas Douglas Grafflin Lazarus James King Simon Nelson Underwood John Mark Dick Snow Ivan Wheeler Anna J. Harnwell Isabelle J. Meaker

Amesville Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule

Sunday School at 9 30 led by Harry G Henry superintendent. Evening worship at 7 30 with topic Studies in Men No 5 The Individualist. Monday 7 30 church council meeting with important business to transact.

Andrew M. Taylor Harry G. Henry Church Council

Truths of Divine Revelation in the Old Testament

The preacher explains that the Bible does not contain all divine truth but holds all written truths. Early revelation precedes writing, with Moses receiving the Ten Commandments and composing sacred scriptures. By the era of the redeemer, the Old Testament gathered 45 books in parchment rolls within the Jewish Church.

Eugene Owens Catholic Church Nelsonville God Moses Earth

Ludwick to Lead Corning Campaign for Great Awakening

The Church of the United Brethren in Christ in Corning will start a Great Awakening Campaign next Sunday led by Rev. Lewis G. Ludwick. He recently returned from a two month evangelistic tour of Montana and North Dakota and has hired Evangelist Mrs. Laura Strawn of Johnstown to assist. Ludwick is also engaged with Rev. Locke in a campaign at New Lexington.

Corning Church of the United Brethren In Christ Lewis G. Ludwick Montana North Dakota Laura Strawn Johnstown

Secret Polish Romanian Military Pact Said To Target Russia

Lieutuvos Aidas in Kovno Lithuania reports portions of an alleged secret Polish Romanian military agreement aimed at Russia and Lithuania. The publication notes sections of the pact were released today.

KOVNO Lithuania Lieutuvos Aidas Today Russia

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