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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1940
Page
8
The Rev. Grant F Anderson pastor leads church activities with church school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 Junior message A Chinese Bowl communion meditation The Question Has Two Sides Youth choir 6 30 Youth fellowship 7 30 Advisory board regular meeting canceled Monday evening Mid week worship Wednesday 7
A regional church bulletin lists Immaculate Conception on Third Avenue at Tenth Street SE with Masses at 6 8 9 30 and 11 a.m. Benediction at 3 p.m. Confessions Saturday 3 30 6 and 7 30 to 9 p.m. St Matthew's on Twenty Fourth Street at First Avenue E with Masses 6 7 30 9 30 and 11 a.m. St Patrick's on First Avenue at Fifth Street W with low Masses Sundays and high Mass at 10 30 a.m. St Wenceslaus on Twelfth Avenue at Fifth Street SE with Masses 6 8 and 10 a.m. Confessions Saturday 3 5 p.m. and 7 8 30 p.m. Weekdays before Masses. St Ludmila's on Twenty First Avenue and Second Street SW with Masses Sundays 6 8 and 10 a.m. Confessions daily before Masses, Saturdays 3 and 7 p.m. Church services for I E Linkletter minister and Marion H Williams pastor include sermon details and C E societies.
Services held at 1242 Second Avenue SE every Sunday at 11 am with the subject Un reality. Sunday school at 9 45 am and a Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 pm. Reading room at 318 Paramount Theater building open daily except Sunday from 9 30 am to 5 30 pm.
A church at 716 Eighth Avenue SW hosts Bible study and communion from 10 30 to 12 noon. An evening service is at 7 30. A midweek service occurs Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
The Rev S L Barnhart pastor at Fourth Avenue and Twelfth Street SE. Church school at 9 45 morning worship at 10 50 with Earl Goughnour trustee of McPherson College speaking on The Work and Mission of McPherson College. Evening worship at 7 30 sermon A Picture Preaches a study of the portrait of Jesus by the pastor. Mid week prayer service Wednesday 7 30 p.m.
The Rev. A L McQuay leads with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m themed Do You Pay Your Debts Prayers begin at 6 p m with N Y P S and Junior at 6 30 p m Preaching at 7 30 p m titled The Exalted Name Cottage prayer meetings set for Tuesday 2 p m with W L Springer 513 Fifth Street SE and Wednesday 9 30 a m with Mrs Werba 1435 N Street SW Midweek prayer meeting and Bible study follow Wednesday afternoon release.
The Rev. R. N. Coolidge conducts Sunday unified services with opening 9 45 worship and a 10 05 sermon to new converts. Sunday school 10 45 to 11 30. Y P hour 6 30. evening service 7 30 with a Pastor’s chart. Wednesday prayer meeting 2 15 and special ordinance service at 7 30. Thursday discipleship at the parsonage and Friday young adult class.
At 309 L avenue northwest a Bible study begins at 10 30 am followed by a short talk by a member and Communion at 11 am. The day includes an evening service at 7 30 pm and a 11 30 am service.
The Church of the Foursquare Gospel at 609 First Avenue lists services including Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. A 7 45 p.m evangelistic talk by Evangelist William F. Rugg covers provocative topics on crime and morality with a weeknight schedule of programs and special pre-message features.
Congregational churches on First Washington Avenue and Bethany present schedules. William A. Jacobs presides at First Washington with morning worship at 10 55 and sermon Sleeping Counselors. Pilgrim fellowship Juniors at 5 30 and seniors at 6 30 discuss War and the Individual. Bethany at Sixth Street NW offers Sunday school 9 45 and morning worship 11 with Rev Thomas J. Hinkin as speaker. I P F meeting at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30.
St Johns on Nineteenth Street at Park Avenue SE offers Holy Communion at 8 am, church school at 9:45 am, and a 11 am service with sermon led by Rev D A Loferski. Grace at Avenue and Sixth Street NE lists Matins at 7:45 am, low mass at 8 am, high mass at 9:30 am with Coe College a cappella choir singing Byrd, and weekday masses Tue Thu at 7 am and Fri Sat at 9:30. visitors welcome.
The Rev. George A. Stauffacher hosts morning worship at 10:45 with the subject Life Has a Rainbow and a body of Rainbow girls attending. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.m. Evening service follows at 7.30 with the same church. On adjacent street Rev. O C Gatrelle conducts Sunday school at 9:45 and worship at 10:45 with Sermon The Incarnation of Christ. Evangelistic service at 7.30 and prayer meeting plus Bible study Wednesday at 7.30. Morning Bible class Friday at 9.45.
The Rev. C. M. Cunningham pastor leads the church with Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Youth meeting at 6:45 p.m. Class meeting at 11:45 a.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev A J Stokes pastor outlines a unified service with Sunday school and morning worship at 10 o clock. Old fashioned gospel preaching at 7 30 p m. Choir practice Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Boys club Wednesday at 4 30 p m. Prayer meeting at par sonage 403 Fifth Avenue SW Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Divine service with Holy Communion at 10 45 a m in Trinity Missouri Synod on First Avenue at Fourteenth Street SW. Sermon The Christian Lives Unto Righteousness I Peter 2 21 25. Walther league Thursday 7 45 p m. Voters meeting April 4 at 2 30 p m. Bethany Missouri Synod 2044 First Avenue NE Mark J Steege pastor Sunday school Bible class 9 15 a m Divine service with Holy Communion 10 30 a m Auditors meet Sunday afternoon.
The notice lists regular meetings and services for multiple Lutheran congregations including First United Lutheran Church and Saron Augustana Synod. It notes Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., divine worship at 11 a.m., evening services, adult catechetical classes, and leagues. Mentions Waldorf college choir musical service and School of Religious Leader Training opening Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Coe College.
St James Ellis boulevard and other streets list pastors and service times. Church school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with various subjects. Evening and league meetings scheduled at Trinity Methodist and other churches with guest speakers and club activities.
A church notice recaps a sermon theme centered on the Great Commission and mission work. It cites prayers for world service, requests for open eyes to reach the unreached, and calls for intercessors. It lists services, youth events, and business meetings at Sinclair Memorial and First-Third avenues with Pastor names and sermon titles.
At Trinity Third Avenue and Fifth Street SW pastor Rev Glenn Rowley leads church school at 9 45 am morning worship at 10 50 am with guest speaker Rev T M Nielsen delivering The Blessing of Righteousness Junior church also at 10 50 pm fellowship supper for Senior and Post High at 5 pm Senior high meeting 6 30 pm Betty Jeanne Ensign discusses Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper Merrill Keyes speaks on the artist Pauline Armstrong on Hoffmann Post high meeting 6 30 pm Evening service at St James Church 7 45 pm
Bethel A M E church at 512 Sixth Street SE led by Rev J W Collins announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning worship at 11 with sermon Where Art Thou Men’s club to organize after worship children rehearse for May day program at 2 30 pm Allen Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m evening worship at 7 30 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p m at the parsonage.
The Presbyterian church at Kenwood Park located at 3224 First Avenue East invites worshipers. The Rev. Charles Bridges serves as pastor and Sunday school begins at 10 a.m.
The evening program features a talk on The Crusades as History of the Christian Church. Fellowship supper in the chapel Wednesday at 6 with Dean Harve Geiger presenting The Contribution of the Presbyterian Church to Higher Education. Located at Memorial-Ninth Avenue at Seventh Street SE. Reverend Benjamin J. Paroulek leads morning worship and church school sessions starting 9:30 a.m. including English and Czech services.
The Czech United Church at 1510 Second Street SW lists services led by Rev. Milo Filipi. English Bible school at 9 am, morning worship in Czech at 10, sermon titled Fences and Serpents. English Sunshine Hour at 7 pm with theme The Eighth Look Into God's Mirror. Business meeting follows at 8 pm.
The Rev Samuel Ramaker will lead worship at 9 30 am and deliver a sermon at 10 30 am at the Church school on First Eighth Avenue at L Street SW. The service theme is Pro phetic Experience.
Capt and Mrs W E Thompson oversee Sunday school at 112 Third Street SE. Holiness meeting at 1 am for Easter pageant The Way of the Cross Sunday 7 30 pm. Home league Thursday 2 30 pm Band of Love Friday 7 30. Preparation class Tuesday 4 pm.
The Rev Frank K Ward founder and the Rev Frank H Ward superintendent host daily gospel services at 121-123 Second Street NE with a full slate of Bible classes and societies. Special message by Rev Ward tomorrow at 7 30 pm on a suitable field to begin Christian service.
Church listings detail pastors, service times, and programs at St John’s Sixth Avenue, St George Ninth Street, Peoples Third Avenue, First Fourth Avenue, Grande Avenue Sixteenth Street, First Third Avenue Second Street SW, and Second Avenue SE. Activities include Sunday school 8:30–9:45 am, morning worship 10:45–11:00 am, sermons on topics like The Unpardonable Sin and Sharing Christ With Others, youth unions, prayers, choruses, and midweek classes such as Lessons in Truth and Prosperity.
Cedar Rapids Methodist ministers and laymen gather Sunday at Trinity church at 3 30 pm to discuss the world wide program of the newly formed church from the union of three Methodism denominations. Rev T C Collister of St James will open with a talk on progress in kindness followed by small seminars for local church workers pastors school workers youth leaders finance benevolence committees and lay leaders of the new women s society of Christian service each member to select a topic for discussion.
The seminar features Rev V C Grant Mrs Bertha Pownall H N Steele Lester Stastny J W Ensign J W Cocayne and Mrs R S Toogood. The evening service at 745 at St James Church will feature Rev Merton Green of Kenwood Methodist Church speaking on The Ceaseless Program of Redemption. No evening meal will be served as announced.
Coe College a cappella choir directs Paul Ray will perform Byrd sixteenth century Mass at Grace Episcopal Church Sunday 9 30 am service English Kyrie is Greek Credo Sanctus Benedictus and Agnus Dei in Latin The broadcast on WMT at 9 45 am broadens access with St John’s Episcopal participants joining Grace Church Father Jones rector celebrant
The Waldorf college a cappella choir of Forest City Iowa will augment the Sunday morning worship at Saron Lutheran church with sacred anthems. The 55-voice choir directed by Prof Odvin Hagen will sing at 11. An offering will be taken for the choir.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette recaps a sermon by Rev. Henry Scherer of First Lutheran noting an error that Easter fell on March 23 in 1913, one day earlier than in 1940. The pastor thanks those who corrected the mistaken claim and says the sermon’s thesis remains that every Sunday at church is an Easter day for a Christian.
Dairy Dale Union announces Sunday services from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Attendance is welcomed by the church leadership and Sunday school instructors.
At First Lutheran the Intermediate Luther League will hold a special Sunday meeting at 6 30 p m on Third avenue and Tenth street SE Miss Joy May leads a devotional service and Miss Emi Mukada a Coe student from Hawaii will discuss life and customs of Hawaii All young people aged 12 to 16 are invited.
HONOLULU, T H The big British liner Mauretania sailed from Pearl Harbor Friday en route to Australia to serve as a troopship It was understood the liner had clearance papers for Hongkong Captain Ernest Edkin said he expected the Mauretania would be provided with a convoy.
Classified line notes sodding black dirt cinders seeding and lawn rolling under Want Ads classification 8. Advertisement.
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