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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1950

Page

4

Who is a Priest Basis Of Sermon At Lutheran Church

Dr. Lewis P. Speaker will preach Who is a Priest at First English Lutheran Church with Richard Schneider as liturgist. Newly elected Senior Luthor League officers to be installed include Herbert Raatz president Dorothy Ann Wolf vice president Billie Grace Ungerer secretary and Ralph Warner treasurer. Dr. Beaker to travel to Louisville and then Coldwater Lake. Schneider will lead parish work in Speaker’s absence.

Lewis P. Speaker A. m Richard Schneider Speaker Luthor League Herbert Raatz Dorothy Ann Wolf Billie Grace Ungerer Ralph Warner Beaker Louisville Coldwater Lake Mich Schneider Northwestern Theological Seminary Minneapolis

Communion Rites Planned Sunday At Good Shepherd

Holy communion will be celebrated at 8 a.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. Rev. Thomas M. W. Yerxa announces the services with morning prayer and sermon at 11. Acolytes include Gordon Griffin, Pope Atkins, Jack Ritter. cross guards Joe Renfro, Bill Dockery. server Hunter Morris. Ushers chaired by Howard Osburn, with Walter Brown and others assisting. Choir director Frederick P. Savage leads the 11 a.m. anthem “Teach Me To Pray.”

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Thomas M. W. Yerxa Gordon Griffin Pope Atkins Jack Ritter Joe Renfro Bill Dockery Hunter Morris Howard Osburn Walter Brown Harold Legge Everett Hutchinson Starr Kealhofer Jr Hugh Emerson C. B. Smith G. W. Tipton Good Shepherd Choir Frederick P. Savage W. T. Best

Social Conscience Heinsohn Sermon at University Methodist

Dr Edmund Heinsohn will preach Social Conscience at 11 a m at University Methodist Church. Choir director Archie N Jones leads Anthem I Name Thy Hallowed Name by Levinson. Bill Lightfoot sings Lord of My Inmost Heart's Recesses by Himmel. Eldon Sutton at the console.

Edmund Heinsohn University Methodist Church Archie N. Jones Levinson Bill Lightfoot Himmel Eldon Sutton Dr. Heinsohn B. M. Bakkegard Stephenson Harris Butler Sutton

Free Church Meeting Billed at Round Rock

The Free Church Youth Fellowship of the Evangelical Free Church of Austin will hold their state conference July 24 to 30 at Luther League Park in Round Rock. The evangelist is Rev. Ray Schulenberg of Moline Illinois. Musical director is Miss Winifred Larson of Belvidere Illinois. Accompanist is Mrs. Woodrow Blomdahl of Houston. Daily Bible Hour at 11 a.m. Open forum at 3 p.m. Evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. Each day.

Free Church Youth Fellowship Evangelical Free Church of Austin Luther League Park Round Rock Ray Schulenberg Moline Ill Winifred Larson Belvidere Iil Woodrow Blomdahl Houston Dallas Austin

St John’s Lutherans Hear Seguin Professor This Sunday

The Rev. G. S. Kuhlmann, instructor at Texas Lutheran College Seguin, will deliver the sermon Sunday at 10 45 a m in the St John’s Lutheran Church worship proceeding at the Austin Theater 2130 South Congress Avenue.

G. S. Kuhlmann Texas Lutheran College Seguin St. John’s Lutheran Church Austin Theater South Congress Avenue Lutheran

Austin Faiths Churches Listings From July 22 1950

Austin church directory lists dozens of denominations with service times and locations across the city. Entries name pastors and venues in South and East Austin including Assembly of God and Baptist churches, plus Catholic and Jewish houses of worship, and Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Methodists in multiple neighborhoods.

Austin Pastor Attends Press Work Parley

The Rev. Ivan O. Donaldson, pastor of Ward Memorial Methodist Church in Austin, joins 74 other Texas Methodist leaders at Southern Methodist University for a two day session with working newspapermen, editors, and PR counselors to learn about press relations. Topics include differences between news and sermons, newsroom cooperation, and creating news where none exists.

Dallas Ivan O. Donaldson Ward Memorial Methodist Church Austin Texas Methodist Southern Methodist University

Cleaning Well Topic For Rev Grimes Talk

The Rev. O. E. Grimes of First Street Christian Church will preach on Ships that Never Return at 10 55 a m Sunday. The 7 pm service will be in charge of Kenneth Arnold and feature the sermon Clean Out the Well.

First Street Christian Church O. E. Grimes Kenneth Arnold

Trinity Lutheran Announces Guest Speakers for Services

Professor G Viehweg of Concordia College will be the morning service guest speaker at Trinity Lutheran Church. At 7 30 p m the Rev Otto Zeeb of Grace Lutheran Church in Austin will deliver the sermon.

G. Viehweg Lutheran Concordia College Trinity Lutheran Church Otto Zeeb Zeeb Grace Lutheran Church Austin

Seminary's Head To Address UT Baptists Twice

Dr. David L. Stitt president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary will speak at both University Baptist Church services on Sunday at 11 a m and 8 p m. The 11 o clock sermon is titled The Little Foxes with Charles Vandervoort as soloist and Elgars As Torrents In Summer sung by the church choir directed by Alan Benson. The 8 o clock sermon titled The Challenge To Christians will be given at the University Baptist Student Center with Ivan Horn at the organ. Dr Stitt is a Texan native and alumnus who has served as pastor and now leads the seminary in Austin. Dr and Mrs Blake Smith are away in West Texas on vacation.

University Baptist Church David L. Stitt Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Little Foxes Charles Vandervoort Alan Benson Elgar Ivan Horn Stitt University Baptist Student Center University of Texas Princeton Westminster Presbyterian Church St Peels Mo Austin Blake Smith West Texas

St Martins Folk Plan Sunday Picnic and Talks

St Martin's Lutheran Church will hold a Sunday program starting 11:00 a.m. with Pastor F. G. Roesener speaking on Are you Saved and 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. address by Wartburg Seminary student Carl Scheffel to joint student seniors and adult Bible classes. The day ends with a Pease Park picnic, 2:30 p.m. and evening activities, a 6:30 p.m. supper, hymn singing, brief remarks, and a showing of The Cross of the Sickle.

F. G. Roesener St. Martin's Lutheran Church Carl Scheffel Wartburg Seminary Dubuque Iowa Roesener Pease Park

Mann Will Preach On Salvation Topic

The Rev C Jordan Mann at St Luke s Methodist Church will preach What Salvation Is at the morning service Sunday. A children s sermon titled The Vineyard of John Henry House is also planned. Evening service will feature Mann s talk on The Dangers of Resentment with Mrs Thomas H Stillwell singing Left Were Your Hands Dear Jesus and organist Mrs Spurgeon Smith performing Prelude On Wings of Song Beatitude and Mendelssohn pieces.

St. Luke’s Methodist Church C. Jordan Mann John Henry House Thomas H. Stillwell Jesus O'Hara O'Hara At the Morning Service Mrs. Spurgeon Smith Jensen Mendelssohn Beatitude

Christian Scientists Read About Truth Lesson

The lesson sermon on truth will be read in all Churches of Christ Scientist on Sunday. The Golden Text proclaims God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Included citations note God’s perfection as Rock and his ways as just, true, and without iniquity from Deuteronomy 32:4 and Psalms 57:3.

Churches of Christ Scientist

Church Finance Meeting At St Luke's Slated For Wednesday

The Texas Methodist College Association sponsors a church finance meeting at St Luke's Methodist Church 1306 West Lynn Street Wednesday at 8 p m Roy L Farrow executive director will speak and lead a discussion on church budget and building fund programs Invited are other churches Farrow notes budgets can rise 50 to 100 percent with an organized education plan and intensive solicitation The association comprises five Texas Methodist colleges with W W Jackson John Wheeler and Durwood Manford named as state Southwest Texas Conference and Austin District chairs respectively.

Texas Methodist College Association St. Luke's Methodist Church West Lynn Street Roy L. Farrow Dallas Texas Methodists Farrow W. W. Jackson San Antonio John Wheeler Southwest

Christ Disciples Leader To Talk At UT Church

Dr. L. N. D. Wells, a noted Disciples of Christ minister, will preach at University Christian Church in Dallas at 10 45 a m Sunday. He directed East Dallas Christian Church for 25 years before retiring in 1947 and has since worked with the Crusade for a Christian World touring nationwide. He will also meet with the State Board of Development and the Building Plans Committee at a luncheon. Music for the service is directed by T H Worthington.

St David's Sets Holy Communion Service

St David's Church holds holy communion at 8 a.m. with acolyte Steve Gage. The 11 a.m. sermon will be delivered by Rev. Charles A. Sumners. Acolytes include Morris Treadwell Raymond Prade Bill Lester Winston Johnson John Ade Nuhn. Ushers Fred W. Catterall Jr. chair, aided by W. C. Treadwell Howard White. Choir directed by Arden Whitacre will sing The Kings Highway by David McK. Williams.

St. David's Church Steve Gage Charles A. Sumners Morris Treadwell Raymond Prade Bill Lester Winston Johnson John Ade Nuhn Bob Scott Bob Tobin Fred W. Catterall Jr

Love Extravagance Sermon at Shettles Methodist Church

The morning service features Rev. Bludworth preaching Love's Extravagance. The choir sings O Be Joyful in the Lord by Shenk. Evening sermon titled Heaven's Promise explores John's vision of a new heaven and a new earth with no sea. Under Bill Reynolds, the choir performs Praise Adoration Be to Our God.

Shettles Methodist Co. E Bludworth Shenk John Bill Reynolds

Walnut Creek Church Plans Youth Call In Services

Walnut Creek Baptist Church will feature a mid summer junior roundup during morning services. About 39 boys and girls aged 9 to 12 will attend the Sunday School hour. Pastor Rev. Louie Slader will deliver a sermon on children at 11 a.m. An evening evangelistic message follows at 8 40.

Baptist Bethel James Casey Street Walter Floyd Pleasant Hill A. D. Elberhart Walnut Creek Dallas Highway Louie O. Sluder Ridgetop Pentacostal First Church Chicon and Garden Street A. Moran Walnut Creek Church Walnut Creek Baptist Church Louie Slader

Cedar Creek Church Sets Sunday Communion Services

The Cedar Creek Methodist Church will administer holy communion Sunday with Rev. John K. Beery presiding. He will deliver the morning sermon titled The Meaning of The Cross and an evening talk titled When Men Find God at 8 p.m.

Cedar Creek Methodist Church John K. Beery

Gift of Freedom sermon to air across South and beyond

Dr Edmond Heinsohn university Methodist Church will discuss The Church's Gift of Freedom in a Sunday 7 30 a m radio address beamed across the South and into DC Kansas and Nebraska. The July August September series titled The Gift of the Church airs on WOAI San Antonio and WFAA Dallas. Heinsohn, a longtime Southwest pastor and former lawyer, draws a large audience with his sermons.

Edmond Heinsohn University Methodist Church South District of Columbia Kansas Nebraska WOAI San Antonio WFAA Dallas Heinsohn Southwest The University Methodist Church

Jesse To Speak On War Reaction At St Paul Lutheran

At Sunday outdoor service St Paul Lutheran Church the pastor Rev Albert F Jesse will deliver a sermon A Christian s Reactions To The War The Girl s Choir directed by John J Socha will sing special music The pastor will preach Life s Great Choices at 9 30 am and 10 30 am services

Lutheran St. Paul Lutheran Church Albert F. Jesse John J. Socha

Brabham to Discuss Source of Security at Central Methodist

Dr. Tom W. Brabham will deliver the Sunday 10:55 a.m. sermon at Central Methodist Church on The Source of Eternal Security. Russell Gregory will play organ and the choir will present special music for the morning service.

Central Methodist Church Tom W. Brabham Russell Gregory

Vance to Speak on To Whom Shall We Go Sermon

The Rev Marvin S Vance will discuss To Whom Shall We Go at the 1055 a m service Sunday in First Methodist Church. Sanctuary Choir directed by R Paul Fulwider with Lee Norrell at the organ, organ selections include Entrata in C Major Verset in F Minor and Maestoso.

Marvin S. Vance First Methodist Church R. Paul Fulwider Lee Norrell Holler Franck Maestoso Bach First Methodist James E. Parr Central Christian Church Fulwider Norrell

Parr To Preach In Union Service

The Rev. James E. Parr of First Methodist Church will preach at the Downtown Union Service in the open-air sanctuary at Central Christian Church this Sunday at 8 p.m. His sermon title is Lost in the Baggage. special music includes a duet by Mr. and Mrs. R Paul Fulwider performing I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked.

James E. Parr First Methodist Church Central Christian Church R. Paul Fulwider Jesus O'Hara

Wassenich Slated For Hyde Park Talk

Professor Paul Wassenich of the Texas Bible Chair will preach at Hyde Park Christian Church Sunday evening in the minister's absence. Junior High youth lead worship. Archie Stevenson continues a series on Threats to Christian America Sunday morning and begins revival meetings Sunday evening at Mahomet Christian Church.

Paul Wassenich Texas Bible Chair Hyde Park

Brewster To Lead All Saints Rites

All Saints Episcopal Church will celebrate the holy eucharist at 8 a.m. Sunday with Rev. William Brewster headmaster of St. Stephen's School as celebrant. Dr. W. J. Battle will be lay reader at 11 a.m. and speak. Morning prayer at 11 a.m. ushers Welborn Hudson and Richard Lane, servers Kim Garrett and Walter Nass. 8 a.m. servers George Decherd and Douglas Funk. 9:30 family service servers William Cromack and Frank Dosier.

All Saints’ Episcopal Church William Brewster St. Stephen's School W. J. Battle Welborn Hudson Richard Lane Kim Garrett Walter Nass George Decherd Douglas Funk William Cromack Frank Dosier

Congregationalists Sermon on Spirit at University Church

The Rev A Bertram Miller will preach at 11 am Sunday on No More Spirit, using 1 Kings 10 5. Music by the Castle Trio features Melody in D by Faure and Andante by Schumann. Mrs Weldon Scheel sings Love is God by E Charles.

A. Bertram Miller University Community Congregational Castle Trio Faure Schumann Weldon Scheel E. Charles

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