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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1927
Page
8
A church page credits local donors and businesses that support the religious listings. Community sponsors include Beasley Milling, Moler Auto, Athens Bank, Vogue Hair, Stonts Undertaker, and several shops in Logan and Nelsonville. The notice highlights community backing for church activities.
Church of Christ meets at 9 30 for Acts chapter ten study with worship at 10 30. Christian Church at West State and Congress led by M EB Chatley offers Bible school at 9 15 service at 10 15 and 7 00 with real izing Our Greatness and The Tragedy of the Man Who Does Not Care in the Great Life series. Nellie Nelson Madaline Potter Evelyn Rorick perform. Bible school 9 15 morning worship 10 30 sermon Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread. Wesley Choir performs with Wesley Foundation Home Hour at 6 00 Epworth League 6 00 led by Ralph Clark with Pray Ye Therefore. Student Vesper 6 00 led by Rev Coulter with How Can We Be Sure of Jesus. Evening service 7 30 sermon A Rendezvous With Life with Wesley quartette.
Pastor G C Johnson announces Sunday services at Hocking Street church with Sunday school at 9 30 and sermon at 10 45. Youth and children meetings, midweek prayer, and a Friday night service also listed along with a Wednesday testimonial gathering and a reading room hours.
Carpenter and Congress Streets B. R. Smith pastor Mrs Nellie Pettiford organist Sunday school at 9 30 superintendent Miss Ella Cooley Worship at 10 45 sermon topic Great Joy V Y P U at 6 30 Mrs Blanch Russell president Mary Louise Pettiford pianist Topic The Value of Daily Devotion Acts 10 1 22 Edith Strickland leader Worship at 7 45 pm sermon topic Willingness to Be Christian Is Need Wednesday evening at 7 30 mid week worship
Alexander Presbyterian on Athens Albany Road announces a Bible school at 10 oclock with Ralph Ladd as superintendent and Miss Madge Dixon as pianist Morning worship follows at 11 oclock with Mrs Maud Vorhes as pianist The minister will preach The Rediscovery of Jesus Board of trustees meets Monday at 7 30 PM Next Wednesday at 8 PM Prince of Peace Declaration contest with enrollees Miss Lucy Stanley Miss Lena Hoisington Miss Velma Leake Miss Kathryn Enlow and others.
Edwin Lewis Morrell and Prof Charles BE Poston lead a Sunday services with 9 30 a m Sunday school and 1 30 p m worship A musical program features Adoration s Borowski Chadwick Mendelssohn and Gillmant preludes anthems and offertories Sermons titled How God Makes Men Good and The Greatest Need of Modern Life Evening service with Spirit of God and a Mendelssohn postlude Family night dinner Monday All members urged to attend and a Wednesday 7 p m service led by William J Davis with Sweet Galilee and other music
John Lloyd Evans leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m with W L Hudson as superintendent Morning worship follows at 10 30 featuring an anthem Like a River Glorious and a solo The Prayer Perfect by Edith Stiers Sermon titled The Gentle ness and Greatness of God Psalms 147 3 4 Intermediate Christian Endeavor meets at 6 15 led by the Misses Scheeler Wolf Perlee and Smith Senior Endeavor at 6 30 with Gambling as topic Devotions by Miss Rayboned Evening service at 7 39 with the Men s choir Music and a series sermon Great Men and Great Texts Dwight Moody topic fifth continued.
The Church of the Epiphany Episcopal holds a celebration of holy communion conducted by the rector at 9 a.m. Residents and parishioners are invited to attend this morning service.
Chestnut Street N. C. Pilgrim Holiness Church opens a revival with 20 Sunday school at 4 o clock. Preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m. Song service at 7 followed by preaching. Revival continues indefinitely focusing on salvation and sanctification. Local talent to lead singing each evening at 7.
Glouster parish churches announce Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Drew Allen as superintendent Worship at 10 30 a m Epworth Leagues and intermediate and senior departments meet Service at 7 p m with sermon by Dr H J Holcombe of Athens followed by the first quarterly conference Armistice Day program titled The War for Peace for a community observance.
The article outlines Hosea as a gentler prophet than Amos, portraying God as a loving father who draws Israel with cords of love. It argues that true reform blends love with law, citing Hosea 11 and 14 to show how divine tenderness can restore individuals and society.
Reverend L. A. Donnally of Jacksonville will lead the morning sermon and close the day with the Peace Declaration contest at The Plains in the evening.
The Rev H J Holcombe will officiate the morning service and lead the first quarterly conference. He will preach again in Carbon Hill in the evening.
Pastor T. C. Harper leads Sunday school at 9 a m worship and sermon at 10 15 a m Junior church and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m The Word of the Critics is the sermon topic eighth in the Greatest Words About Christ series
Pastor J R Church fields leads worship at 10 30 a m with Epworth League and class at 6 p m and address at 7 p m on Some Reasons Why I Should Support the Marshall Bill Sunday school and Bible class at 9 a m Divine service at Rush Creek church at 2 p m and in Logan at 7 p m
The Church of the Nazarene announces morning worship at 19 39 a m and evening worship at 7 p m led by Pastor Anna Aurand on the first floor Hall I O O PF. A prayer meeting is held Thursday evening at 7 p m. Everyone is welcome.
Rev. E. L. Piclow rector presides with Holy Communion at 5 a.m. Sunday. Evening Prayer and sermon at 7 p.m. Public worship at 10:30 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 p.m. Public worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening Hour of prayer.
Heating upgrades at Athens Presbyterian Church prevent worship on Sunday November 6 including morning and evening services. Bible school classes will meet in heated rooms with gas heaters. Dr. A B Sias directs college class from 4:20 to 6:00, followed by an evening college group service at 6.
Dr A B Sias will make the principal contribution to the discussion at the hour. The high school group meets with William Cooper J leading. Dr W B Gamertsfelder J will speak on The Outstanding Traits of Protestantism.
Reverend Turkington, a visiting pastor from Binghampton New York, will preach at First Baptist Church in morning and evening services at 10 30 and 7 oclock.
Union services convene at 7 p.m. with Reverend Herman of the Church of Christ delivering the sermon. Next Wednesday evening Doctor Holcombe district superintendent will speak and lead the first quarterly conference.
Grace Episcopal Church holds a sermon and holy communion at 10 36 o clock. The sermon titled Our God closes a six sermon series and focuses on the nature of God.
Peace Evangelical Church holds worship at 10 30 with the sermon Christian Citizenship. A Minersville service is set for 2 pm Monday with a community choir rehearsal at 7 o'clock.
A class meeting is held at 10 30 a m followed by an evening service at 7 o clock. The sermon is by the Rev W A Genheimer returning African missionary, with a stereopticon lecture by Mr and Mrs Genheimer featuring Africa photographs.
The county Epworth League rally will be held in this church Friday evening at 6 39 o clock. District officers and pastors will be present.
At 10 30 a m Great Bend 3 p m Portland and 8 p m the day in question Reverend Miller pastor Rev John W Danford of Columbus will speak at this church about the White Cross hospital on Sunday November 20.
The November examinations by the state civil service commission will be held on November 16 and 17 for 29 positions across departments. Openings include claims reviewer and examiner, district deputy payroll inspector, and education supervisors among others. WOOSTER. Nov 3. Insufficient altar space forced an outside funeral for Mrs Willard Workman and her three children killed in a crossing accident.
Regular services and sermons mark a Sunday schedule with themes from the Lord's Prayer and Great Tragedies. C M Coulter of First Methodist preaches Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread at 10 15. M E Chatley of First Christian delivers The Tragedy of the Man Who Doesn't Care. E L Pilelow of Church of the Good Shepherd speaks at 10 30. Christian Science Society presents Adam and Fallen Man at 7 39 PM. Golden Text Panima 116 8 listed.
The six o clock student young people's meeting at the Christian church will discuss Christianizing group life as the next in a series on Christian aspects of communal living. The session aims to explore practical ways to strengthen fellowship and faith in group activities.
Kathleen Thomas leads the service with a 10 minute sermon by Rev M E Chatley at the Methodist vesper. Rev C M Coulter addresses How Can We Be Sure of Jesus followed by a discussion. Leah Hunter hosts the 4 PM home hour and fellowship supper. Presbyterian society studies What Does It Mean to Believe the Bible with Florence Bird Ralph Brown Grace Graham and Paul Jeffers giving five minute talks. Beulah MacCray leads the discussion and Dr A R Sias summarizes in a 10 minute talk. Dr L and Mrs Sias host the 4:30 program with a student committee and supper.
Cleveland officials report four additional pastry victims on Thursday, increasing the total number of people made ill by tainted food sold from street wagons to twenty eight.
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