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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1944
Page
18
Elder J. L. Arends leads services at Jesus Name church with Sunday school at 2 p.m. Message at 3 p.m. Evangelical service at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Friday night services also at 8. Location: 730 H Street SW.
On First Second avenue at Twelfth street SE the church school meets at 9 45 a.m. and morning worship at 10 50 a.m. Sermon topic Secrets Are Revealing. Calvary Fifth avenue at Sixth street SW with Bible school at 9 40 a.m. and morning worship at 10 55 a.m. Sermon Ineqality in Heaven. Evangelist John Linton will speak at all services during evangelistic meetings each night at 7 30. Baptismal service Thursday night. Mt Zion 824 Eighth street SE Bible school 10 a.m. morning worship 11 a.m. BTU 6 30 p.m. Evening service 7 45 p.m. Topic The Meditation on Duty and Destiny. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p.m.
The Rev Andrew R. Parks officiates at services starting with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with Holy Communion The Allen C E league meets at 6 30 p m followed by evening worship at 7 30 Ser mon topics include Some Good Resolutions and The Ever Present Christ Official board and trustee meetings are at the parsonage Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Deaconess board meets Thursday 10 a m at 1226 First Street NW home of Mrs Othar Davis
Immaculate Conception on Third Avenue at Tenth Street SE and several other churches such as St. Ludmila St. Matthew St. Patrick and St. Wenceslaus are detailed with pastors, mass times on Sundays and weekdays, and confession hours. Sun masses include 6 8 and 10 am at St Matthew and multiple services at others. Confession often Saturday and weekday before masses.
The Christian churches at First-840 Third avenue SE and Second-Third avenue at Sixth street SW list church schools at 9:45 a.m. worship and communion at 10:45 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. respectively. Sermon topics are A New Lease on Life and A Universal Conspiracy for Good, with Christian Endeavor sessions in the evening.
The First Church of Christ Scientist at 1242 Second Avenue SE lists Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. The midweek testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 8 p.m. The reading room at 318 Paramount Theater Building is open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. excluding Sundays.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dooty co-pastors announce a unified service at 9:45 a.m. Henry Cole will speak. Christian Crusaders meet at 6:30 p.m. Evening general service at 7:30 p.m. with speaker B. A. Blakeman on the topic Justification.
The Church of Christ at 116 Eighth Avenue SW advertises Bible study at 10 a.m. A short talk precedes the communion service at 11 and the main service at 11 15. Eve-
Evening schedule lists a 7 30 service time with a Wednesday 7 30 p m gathering. The fragment implies a church or religious meeting with regular weekly attendance.
The Church of the Brethren on Fourth Avenue at Twelfth Street SE led by Rev. H L Ruthrauff conducts services and activities. Sunday school at 9 45 am, morning worship at 10 50 am with the sermon Living Above the Average, B Y F at 6 45 pm, evening worship at 7 30 pm with The Master of the Centuries. Midweek Bible study Wednesday 7 30 pm, choir practice 8 30 pm, Friday Christian Service class social.
The Rev F O Hillman leads morning worship at Dairydale Mt Vernon road Thirty-fourth SE with a sermon titled Making Letters That Make Us Think. Church school begins 10:45 while Edgewood Sunday School No 1 Vinton road NW led by Tilson Petro starts 10:15. An evening song service and Bible study at 7 p.m. features Chester G Ainsworth speaking for Covington and Edgewood residents.
The Rev William A. Jacobs leads Church school at 9 45 am and morning worship with communion at First Washington avenue Seventeenth street. The Rev Joseph B Clyde conducts Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship with communion at Bethany Lane and Sixth street NW with no evening service.
The Rev D A Loferski rector invites worship at St John’s on Park Avenue at Nineteenth Street SE. Holy communion at 8 a.m. Choral euchrist and sermon at 11. No church school classes. Feast of Epiphany Thursday 10 a.m. Holy communion.
First First avenue at Third street SW lists Rev George A Stauffacher as pastor with church school at 9 45 morning worship at 10 45 youth fellowship hour at 6 30 pm. Second Eighteenth avenue at Ninth street SW lists Rev L T Olson as pastor with Bible school at 9 45 am morning worship at 10 45 and young people's service at 6 30 pm evening service at 7 30 with junior choir rehearsal at 4 pm senior choir rehearsal at 7 and mid week service at 8.
Czech-1510 Second Street SW lists Rev Milo Filipi as pastor with English Bible school at 930 am and Czech morning worship at 1030 am on Sundays. Sermon title Man s Singularity U P fellowship at 7 pm English. First Eighth Avenue at L Street SW shows Rev Samuel Ramaker as pastor with church school 930 am morning worship 1030 am sermon Thy Presence All the Days youth fellowship 630 pm choir rehearsal Thursday 730 pm.
The Foursquare Gospel church at 609 First Avenue SW lists services led by Rev Cline Halsey and Rev Hazel F Halsey. Sunday includes Sunday school 9:45 am worship 11 am communion, 3 pm prayer, 6 pm Crusaders, 7 pm band concert, 7:45 evangelistic service with topic Bread in the Wilderness. Weekday events: Tuesday prayer 7:45 pm Friday Bible study 7:45 pm. choir practice follows meeting.
The Rev C F Chitty pastor to lead. Sunday school at 9 45 am. Morning worship at 10 45. Young people's service 6 45 pm. Evening service 7 30. Midweek prayer service.
The Rev John E Pallas pastor at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox 501 A venue NE holds Matin service at 9 15 am and Divine Liturgy at 10 30 am.
Fifth avenue at Third street SW hosts a church with Rev. Albert J. Stokes as pastor. Sunday school begins at 10 am followed by morning worship at 11. An old-fashioned gospel preaching service at 7 30 pm features Rev. A. L. Bray, Fayette evangelist, speaking at both services.
A week of revival meetings is announced with a prayer meeting on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. The notices call for attendees to join the gatherings and partake in religious services.
Bethany Missouri Synod at First Avenue NE lists Sunday school 9 15 a.m. and Divine worship 10 30 a.m. Rev E W Wagenzer pastor. Rev C E Krog of Marion to speak. children’s confirmation class Wednesday 4 p.m. Bethany league and Walther league meetings. Lighted Lantern on WMT Sundays 7 p.m. Trinity Missouri Synod at First Avenue and Fourteenth Street SW with Sunday school 9 30 a.m. and Divine worship to follow. Rev P L Bornhoeft pastor.
The notice lists church services and meetings with times for Jan 7 9 and 11. It mentions pastors Rev Paul Luther Miller and Rev Carl L Manfred and includes sermon topics Tears and Joys Whither Bound along with vestry and voters meetings and Luther league details. The locations include First Third avenues at Tenth Street SE and Saron Second Avenue at Third Street SW.
Church listings for several congregations with pastors and weekly timings. Sundays include worship at 11, 9:45 or 11, church school mornings, and youth fellowships in various locations across St. Paul area churches. Wednesday midweek services and special topics noted for each church.
A religious New Year message exhorts hope and moral renewal. It urges prayer and resolutions, cites scripture, and invites members to Sinclair Memorial activities including worship services, baptisms, and a session meeting during Week of Prayer.
The Eight Great Days evangelistic campaign at Interdenominational Church ends with the Sunday 7:30 p.m. service led by Rev. A. L. Bray of Fayette. Bray has spoken nightly on gospel themes including the Last Days and Last Judgment. Mrs Bray will present children’s features at the 10 a.m. Sunday school hour.
Dr Jennie J Morley lectures on Christ Philosophy Spiritual Science and Immortality with Dr E C McDonald and Dr E H Clark as message bearers. Services at 730 pm followed by a picnic supper at 530 pm in the dining room. Ladies auxiliary Friday at 2 pm. Dr Clark to be message bearer.
St Pauls Methodist church Wesley class for men meets Sundays at 9 45 a m and plans a January program with special music and speakers Sheriff James Smith serves as class president The lineup includes a girls duet with O L Brokaw Jan 9 a male quartet with Ed Zeller Jan 16 a special solo with Royal Holbrook Jan 23 a male quartet with Mr Holbrook and a duet with Judge G K Thompson Jan 30 tentative
The Rev Francis K Ward founder and the Rev Frank H Ward superintendent lead a week of gospel services at 121 Second Street NE with daily 7 30 p m services. Alfred Mef ford conducts song service Sunday evening and Ruth Webster plays piano. Child evangelism class Saturday 2 pm.
The Rev John M Vander Meulen Jr will preach his last sermon Sunday at Central Park Presbyterian Church after a farewell dinner. He departs this week for Lansing Michigan to become pastor of First Presbyterian Church there.
The Rev George W Marshfield leads an adult forum at 10 am and morning service at 11 am on a sermon titled Walls Versus Humanity. The event takes place at Peoples Third Avenue and Sixth Street SE.
Gospel summary of Mark 1 9 22 detailing Jesus baptism temptation call of Simon Andrew James and John and early teaching in Capernaum. He proclaims the kingdom of God urges repentance and belief and speaks with authoritative teaching in the synagogue.
The Rev Everett O Pearson leads the United Brethren church service at 945 am with a worship sermon titled A Happier New Year Faith Food and Fellowship meets Thursday at 6 30 pm.
The Open Bible at 109 Second Avenue SE invites attendance for Sunday school at 9 45 am worship at 11 with a sermon Just Inside the Door given by Rev Mrs DeWeese A young peoples service follows at 6 15 pm with special music and a guest speaker An evangelistic service at 7 45 pm features vocal and instrumental music and a sermon What the New Year Holds for You delivered by Rev Mrs DeWeese.
On Grande Avenue at Sixteenth Street SE the Rev H K Galloway leads Bible school at 9:45 am and public worship at 11 with the sermon titled The Gateway of Another Year. On First Avenue at Second Street SW the Rev George W Bryant presides with Bible school at 9:45 am and public worship at 10:55 featuring These things ought ye to have done and not to have left the others undone.
A church notices page lists services for Presbyterian Hus Memorial Ninth Avenue and Westminster Bever Avenue with pastors Revs Pauk Blackstone, Jr and others, including Bible classes, worship hours, youth programs, and midweek study. Other churches Daniels Park First Third Avenue Kenwood Olivet Central Park and Central Park schedules show sermons themes The Start Makes a Difference Arrested Development Wait Upon the Lord and other topics with Sunday school times and youth gatherings.
Mabel Swanson leads a church program with a Sunday radio broadcast at 8 am followed by Sunday school at 9 30 and morning worship at 11. An evening lecture on "A New Beginning" and a midweek class on "Lessons in Truth" are scheduled, with a Friday "Prosperity" class at 8 pm.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory has been promoted to air chief marshal and appointed commander of Eisenhower's invasion air forces. The promotion was announced Friday in London, reinforcing leadership of Allied air operations.
Washington AP The War Manpower Commission trimmed acute labor shortage areas to 67 from 69 in December and 77 two months earlier as of Friday night The agency noted seven localities moved from group II to I and five from II to I for a net drop in the acute category The shift coincides with hiring drive shifts and better labor utilization among other factors including service withdrawals and wage constraints
Des Moines, UP Treasurer John Grimes said Iowa's financial resources totaled 97,209,358.82 at end of 1943, up from 76,630,456.23 on Dec 30, 1942. He noted cash and bonds are in county treasurers and state treasurer's offices, with 39,849,724 in state cash balances, including funds for unemployment and other state uses, though the report did not specify unencumbered cash on hand.
Wayne Ropes reports 2,36 new corporations filed papers in 1943 with agriculture firms leading domestic organizations at 38 new companies. There were 150 domestic and 8 foreign corporations, DES MOINES UP says.
Illinois land investor Hame C Friedman won 143.12 from a condemnation case for the Great Lakes naval training station expansion. He said he would donate the remainder of his investment to his pastor for use in the church.
The greatest depth in the Atlantic Ocean is 30,246 feet, recorded in a region north of Puerto Rico. This measurement highlights the extreme underwater terrain mapped in recent explorations.
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