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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1954
Page
3
A guest writer shares a playful list of ten commandments for churchgoers. The rules urge punctuality quietness during worship yet vocal praise during hymns and friendly outreach to neighbors and strangers alike.
Trinity Episcopal church plans Holy Communion at 8 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Rev. P. Walter Henckell will celebrate with Clarence Timmins as epistoler at the first service. Mrs. Ray L. Spear will lead the choir at 11 o clock. Epistle read by Dr. C. H. Delph. ushers J. E. Boydell and John D. Booker. Church school staff meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. and kindergarten registrations are open for five year olds with teachers Mrs. J. L. Bridges and Mrs. S. W. Dedman.
The Rev M S Jordan will preside at Grace Methodist Church Sunday morning services at 8:30 and 10:45 with Rev W L Hensley assisting. Choirs perform pieces by Hume and O'Hara, Church School starts 9:35, Youth fellowship shifts to 6:45 with rehearsal at 7:15, and Communion also offered at 7:30 p.m. Special music by a girls sextet.
After two months of early services the First Christian church resumes its 10:50 am morning service this Sunday announced by pastor Rev Clyde Foltz. He will preach. Gerald Cox directs the choir with Mrs Carl Bush at the organ. Sunday school returns to 9:45 am and the young people meet at 5 pm for a fellowship gathering.
The Rev. Elza Love will preach Sunday morning at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church. The subject is Palm Tree Christianity and the Lord's Supper will be observed. The Sanctuary Choir will sing Communion Hymn and The Ashes of Despair will be the 7:30 p.m. sermon topic with Miss Notine Williams singing Teach Me To Pray. Fellowship groups meet at 6:30 p.m., Boy Scouts at 7 p.m. Sunday. prayer services Monday and Wednesday, with Sanctuary Choir rehearsal after. The WSCS meets Thursday at 10 a.m. for a business session. Youth night runs 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays with supervised activities. An official board meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Redeemer Lutheran church will hold a 6:30 a.m. Sunday service with Rev EB Lange delivering The Church Meets Opposition. W Kubik to play organ L Deen head usher. Sunday school and Bible classes at 9:30 a.m. Vacation Bible School runs Aug 9 for two weeks 8:30 to 11 each weekday with six department heads and teen department led by the pastor.
The Rev. George P. English will preach Cross-Bearing at the 10:50 a.m. service Sunday with Christ At The Door in the evening. Special music will be directed by Barney Webber. Co H Hargrove leads the Sunday school at 8:45 a.m. Training Union starts at 7 p.m. with Jessie Dunn directing.
Revival services begin Sunday at Central Assembly of God with Evangelist and Mrs Bill Samford of Houston. Services 7 45 p m Monday through Friday plus Sunday school 945 a m and 11 a m worship. Morning Meditations airs Sundays at 8 30 a m on KREL.
Fort Worth pastor Rev. W H Coleman urged the World Council assembly on Aug 16 to view its gathering as God s second call to unite roughly 161 denominations into a global Christian fellowship. He warned against democracy s peril and urged Christians to set aside prejudice to spread Christ s message of reconciliation.
Memorial Baptist Church schedules Sunday worship at 8730 and 11 am with the theme Cure of Self-made Troubles. Sunday school starts 9:30 am led by H. H. Barren. Rev. A. Jordan speaks at the evening service on Peace in Midst of Furmoil. Music by Youth Choir, Sanctuary Choir, and Men's Choir.
Hot weather in Matagorda county prompts a call for 1,000 cotton pickers as migrants head north. J J Boley of the Texas Employment Commission says the crop ripened a week early and crews are being recruited at the courthouse. In New Hampshire, two men escaped Belknap county jail after breakfast, with 14 others invited but declining due to empty stomachs.
At the Niagara Falls annual meeting the Methodist Board of Evangelism commended the Board of Education for the youth emphasis program. The resolution cited 66 343 youth enrolled in the Methodist Youth Fellowship across 71 annual conferences and announced a national leadership training conference for Christian Witnesses Missionaries in Columbus Ohio February 24 27.
George F Lancaster will receive the God and Country Boy Scout medal at Wooster Baptist Church. He is Explorer Post 134 adviser and son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lancaster. He teaches in the church Sunday school and plans to attend East Texas Baptist College after graduating from Robe rt E B Lee high school. The medal is to be presented by Rev. Fletcher Ervin during Sunday night service. The event honors outstanding church service by Scouts and Explorers.
The Rev Wayne McCleakey will preach at both Sunday morning services at St Mark's Methodist Church with "He Took It Upon Himself." Holy Communion will be observed. Roby Bridsea will sing "The Lord's Prayer" and the Chancel choir will perform "The Jordan Road" as offertory. At 10 53 Misa Gayie Gurtis will sing "I Heard The Voice of Jesus" with "The Christ of The Cross" offered by Huston. Sunday night the series "Knowing Christ Through Art" begins with "Jesus And The Last Supper" and KE M Watkins will sing "Keep On Believing." The combined choirs will perform "In Memory of The Savior's Love."
Nashville reports that the new film John Wesley will be released in 16 millimeter format on September 1 to Methodist Church congregations. The Radio and Film Commission and J Arthur Rank produced the 77 minute picture in Epston color, premiering April 28 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A limited fall release will be on an offering basis with churches applying a month in advance and using provided materials and envelopes.
Old River Baptist church will start revival services Sunday led by Rev. I. J. Lloyd. Evening services are at 8 pm each day across the coming week and may extend into the second week of August.
The First Presbyterian church schedules a Sunday morning service at 11. Rev M E McPhat leads the sermon on Making Life Count For More while JT F Seale directs the choir singing Gounod's Praise Ye the Father. Randolph Barnett returns from four years in the Navy to bring the evening message. The Westminster Fellowship, under Seale, performs a special anthem at the Sunday night service. The Fellowship meets 5 30 to 6 30, choir work begins 5 55, and young people enjoy refreshments 7 15 to7 30. The Scouts, led by Joe Dickson and Carl Ler, meet 7 p m Monday. Session meets later than usual, Aug 3 and Aug 10 are noted. Prayer Hour is 4 30 a m Wednesday with choir rehearsal at 8 p m Wednesday.
The Rev. B. F. Pritchett of Fort Worth will continue a tent revival at 1700 Lae Drive for the Congregational Methodist Bernicea with services at 7:00 p.m. next week. The Lively family of Houston will sing for Saturday and Sunday services.
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