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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1950
Page
3
First Lutheran Church invites members to Sermon by Dr Speaker at 11 am Sunday topic Writing Your ten bs. A 7 30 pm called congregational meeting will elect four vestrymen and adopt the 1951 budget. An update on the parish house project will be given. Nominations chairman is Dr Oliver Juens.
Sunday morning a brief service at St Martin's Ev Lutheran Church at 11 a m features Rev F G Roesener speaking on What Price Christianity and Civilization in a Sinful World. Afterward the congregation dedicates a new brick home at 15th and Congress for religious use with Sunday school and kindergarten work. Evening service at 7 30 p m includes Fellowship in Christ and Reformation Day Holy Communion. Anniversary plans mark 20 years of Luther League with events led by Mrs Joyce Weichert and Alfred Becker next week.
St. David's Church will hold two holy communion services this Sunday at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Acolyte for the early service is Torgumy McCrummen. The 11 a.m. rite features crucifer Dixon Emschler, servers Bill Rogers and Tom Boyd, crucible bearers John Ade Nuhn and Bob Tobin, and cross guards Joe Gatlin. Ushers include Fred W. Catterall Jr. as chairman, with Tab Harrell, Arthur Bagby, and E. H. Holder assisting.
Glad Tidings Assembly of God began work this week on its new church at 2117 Northland Drive. L. H. Donahue serves as the director of the project.
Dr. Hunter Blakely, newly elected secretary of higher education for the Presbyterian Church U S, will preach at 9:00 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. Sunday at University Presbyterian Church. He will visit Austin Seminary and Schreiner Institute during his trip and is noted for leading Queens College and authoring several religious works.
The Rev. Marvin S. Vance will deliver the 10 55 a m sermon at First Methodist Church on Casting Out Devils. Genevieve Taliaferro will sing The Living God as offertory solo with the Sanctuary Choir under music director R Paul Fulwider. Morning organ pieces by Lee Norrell include a Bach prelude and Sleepers Wake with Handel postlude. The fourth of six Family Nights starts at 5 15 p m with supper in the Co Ed Chapel. Board of Stewards meet at 7 15 p m in the Co Ed Chapel. Evening program includes the church Male Quartet.
Rev John J Mueller will speak at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 am on Are We Personally Known to God The Hyde Park choir directed by Mrs B E Smith will sing Our Help in Ages Past organist duty by Mrs Jack Lenhart The 730 pm session will cover Hebrews chapters 8 and 9 The Superiority of the Ministry of the High Priest Misses Doris and Judy Green will perform When I Come to the End of the Road as a duet.
The rite of confirmation will be held Sunday All Saints Day at 11 am at Gethsemane Ev Lutheran Church. Pastor J E Chester announces six members will be received as communicants: Jack Edb, Joel Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Shirley Kruger, Peggy Ligon, James Lindgren, and Wayne Munson. Senior Choir will provide special music directed by Mrs F S Gustafson.
St. John's Lutheran Church will hold a 10:45 a.m. worship in the Austin Theater at 2130 South Congress Avenue. Rev. C. L. Bohis will preach "The Forgiveness of Sins" and the choir will sing "I Will Give You Rest" by Lighthill. A brief congregational meeting follows.
More than 1 780 members of the First Baptist Church are to attend two Dedication Day services on Sunday morning 1951. The day marks a pledge of time talents and money for Christian work with opportunities during Training Union classes and an evening worship hour. The rites cap a month of spiritual preparation across church services.
The Rev Edward Brubaker of Fayetteville Arkansas will guest speak for Westminster Student Fellowship at University Presbyterian Church as part of Focus on Faith on Sunday at 730 pm in the sanctuary The topic Education Threat or Promise The series continues November 5 8 with The War and Me The Christian Understanding of Sex and The Most Dangerous Thing You can Do Brubaker previously served as Westminster Foundation Pastor at the University of Arkansas He was a US Marine Corps chaplain for 3 1/2 years participating in Saipan Tinian Okinawa and the Nagasaki occupation and earned the Bronze Star with the Sixth Marines.
South Austin Kristian Church begins Loyalty Month in November with emphasis on stewardship and enlistment. W. P. Smith Jr directs stewardship education and Fred Beeman heads membership development. Rev. Sidney Hawkins delivers first sermon “You Can Take It With You” at 11 a.m. with guest contralto Eula Gill.
The 10 55 a m service Sunday at Central Christian Church features Dr John Barclay delivering The Door Jesus Opened. Special music includes a quartet George R Moody Dick Turbyfill Morris Johnson and Dr James R McRill singing Onward Christian Soldiers with the choir performing Sullivan's Turn Thy Face from My Sins. Family night follows a 6 p m covered dish supper and programs.
The Rev. Calvin Froehner of Asbury Methodist Church preaches at 1 am on From Small Beginnings to Significant Achievements. Mrs. Glen Lewis guest organist Trexel Stevens soloist. At 7 pm Herman Porsch Jr guest organist offers organ concert followed by hymn singing and worship.
Faith Lutheran Church receives its charter of incorporation from the Department of State. Members plan to purchase a parsonage from First Austin Investment Corporation to be completed this week at 1403 Ruth. Final building plans for Faith Lutheran Church at Woodrow and Brentwood are being completed by architect Paul Pressler.
Services at the Methodist Church in Manchaca feature Pastor K. Beery delivering morning and evening sermons. The morning topic is Sharing The Good News while the evening subject is You Are Standing On.
A long OCR list outlines Sunday services across Austin churches including ASSEMBLY OF GOD in South Side on Lane Es First and Johanna with 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship, Grace at 5000 Caswell Avenue led by Rev. Earl Gibson with 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, Catholic Mass at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. in various parishes, and numerous other congregations such as Temple Labor, Baptist Central, and Episcopal St David's with times and pastors. The item reads as a civic church directory detailing locations, service times, and leaders for the day.
Dr. Tom Brabham will deliver the sermon How Much Do We Care at Central Methodist Church Sunday during the 10 55 a m service. Mrs J E Sandiland is organist with selections Prelude Ava Maria and Supplication. The choir led by Mrs Edna Anderson will sing I Am Alpha and Omega. A 730 p m service features Ill Health and Recovery by Dr Brabham.
The Shettles Methodist Church hosts a morning worship with Rev. C. E. Bludworth preaching Draw Near and a evening talk What a Friend. The choir led by Bill Reynolds performs Arensky Our Father in the morning and the Men's Chorus sings Deep River in the evening.
Sunday morning the Rev. Archie K. Stevenson of Hyde Park Christian Church will preach on Christ First Last and Always. The choir directed by Mrs. D H Ammons will sing If With All Your Hearts. At 7 pm Stevenson will preach on No Road Back.
The Rev C E Grimes pastor of First Street Christian Church will preach Sunday at 1055 am on Portable Personality. Evening service at 730 pm features the sermon Softening the Sons of Thurnder with Grimes delivering the address.
Dr. Glenn A. Olds of Garrett Biblical Institute will lecture at University Methodist Church with topics The Challenge of the Campus Our Race With Disaster Our Faith in God and Our Faith in Man. The service will feature choir under Dr Archie N Jones and soloist Fay Madeline Focht with Eldon Hutton at the console.
The lesson sermon titled Adam and Fallen Man centers on the theme of return to God. It cites Hosea 14:1 and Ephesians 5:14 as golden text and supporting verses for Christian Scientists services.
The Rev A O Rast associate mission secretary of the Texas District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod will deliver a sermon Sunday evening at St Paul Lutheran Church. He will assist at Communion where Pastor Rev Albert Jesse is the celebrant. Morning services at 8:30 and 10:30 proceed as usual followed by another sermon in the series Great Mountains Great Men and Great Events.
The Rev. Patrick W. Armstrong will lead a meditation on The Meaning of the Communion Service before the Lord's Supper on Sunday. The choir will sing What Would I Do Without Thee by Llewellyn. In the evening worship service the minister will preach on Why People Go to Church.
Govalle Methodist Church will observe holy communion during morning worship. Rev. Dike will preach at both morning and evening services, with Sanford Ragsdale providing special music at the morning service.
The Rev Earl Martin will speak at St Johns Methodist Church at 10 50 a m on The Aim of a Christian. At 7 p m he will address Christian Stewardship followed by an hour of fellowship and refreshments.
The Rev. Ted Richardson announces next Sunday's service topic Making Friends for the Church. Miss Mary Timmerwilke will direct the choir and Mrs. E. J. Humeston will play the organ. A 7:30 p.m. service continues the church series with a prayer altar. The Board of Stewards meets Monday at 7 p.m.
The Rev. Glenn W. Murray, Congo missionary, will preach at 9 and 11 a.m. at First Southern Presbyterian Church on Sunday. He is UT and Austin Seminary educated and married to Betty Nichols of Austin. Dr. Flynn V. Long leads the 7:30 p.m. service with music directed by Allen Benson.
Holy communion will be celebrated at 8 a m Sunday at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church with Rev. Thomas M W Yerxa announcing. An 11 am service with sermon will have Rev. Gray M Blandy assisting and acolytes listed as Barnhill, Pollard, Jim Coleman, and Tom Wood. Ted Buttrey chairs ushers with Amstattd, Steinhauser, Nicholson, Goldsmith, and Traynor listed.
Pastor Paul F. Rosell will lead the 11 am service with the theme Behold the Lamb of God and present communion as new members are received. At 7 30 pm another service features a talk The Spirit World.
Dr. F. E. Brooks of the First Presbyterian Church will preach Sunday at 10 50 a m on Overhanging e e The choir will sing ae on Exalted O Lord by Williams.
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