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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1940
Page
8
Local churches announce schedules with pastors and worship times. Baptist groups share morning and evening services along with anniversaries and union meetings. Catholic parishes list masses, confessions, and benedictions, while Christian congregations detail sermons and Sunday school.
Sunday services held at 11 a.m in the church edifice with the subject Man. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at 8 in Reading room 318 Paramount Theater building open daily except Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The article lists Bible study at 10 30 am followed by a short talk by a member. Communion service at 11 30 am. Evening service at 7 30 pm. Located at 309 L Avenue NW.
The Church of Christ at 716 Eighth Avenue SW lists Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 11. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. Midweek Bible study on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
The Rev. A. L. McQuay presides at Sunday school at 9 30 am with installation of teachers and officers during the morning service. Morning worship at 10 45 am titled The Teacher Goes To Work. Special day of prayer at 2 30 pm. Pre service prayer at 6 pm. N Y P S Hi N Y and Junior groups meet after.
6.30 p.m. evening service at 730. Subject to be "If I Make My Bed In Hell." Cottage prayer meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Mc Cammant, 913 Sixth Street SE. Midweek prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday at 7.30 p.m.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 107 Second Avenue SE holds a service at 10 a.m directed by George Reynolds with preaching at 11 a.m. Elders Nuttell and Toler speak. Mutual Improvement Association resumes meetings on Sept. 10.
The Rev R N Coolidge pastor leads Sunday services at 945 with chalk talk for children and a sermon after 1045 classes. dismissal 1130. Y P meet 630. Evening service 730 with sermon by the pastor. Midweek 730 Wednesday led by Rev Homer McHinley. Young People Thursday 730 at the parsonage with study of religious plays led by Bob Gable.
Morning worship at 11 with the sermon Things Which Cannot Be Shaken. Evening worship at 7 30 with As a Man Thinketh. Young people meet at 6 30. Pastoral cabinet meets Tuesday at 7 30. Midweek service Wednesday at 7 30. Scout meeting and OA group also listed. Reverend H L Ruthrauff and Mrs Wilfred Fishel oversee church activities.
Congregational churches on First Washington Avenue at Seventeenth Street SE and Bethany Lane at Sixth Street NW list morning worship at 10 55 and 1 00 PM with duets. Bethany features I P F at 6 30 PM and 7 30 PM evening service. Board of trustees meets at 5 30 PM Tuesday. Dairy Dale union Sunday school 9 30 to 10 30 AM with LE Wardle as superintendent.
The Sunday schedule lists Holy Communion at 9 30 am and morning prayer with sermon at 10 for St John s on Nineteenth Street and Park Avenue SE with rector Rev D A Loferski plus weekly services for Grace Avenue NE and Rex Vernon L Shattuck Jones. Other churches include Evangelical First Avenue Third Street W led by Rev George A Stauffacher with 1045 worship and 945 am church school, Second Eighteenth Ave SW with Rev O C Gatrelle at 945 am Sunday school and 10 45 am worship, Free Methodist on 6th Avenue NW led by Rev C M Cunningham with 9 45 am Sunday school and 10 45 am preaching, Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle at 609 First Avenue W with 9 45 am Sunday school and 11 am worship, and notes on evening services and weekday activities.
At Third Street and Fifth Avenue SW a series of worship and evangelistic events take place led by Pastor Rex A J Stokes. The schedule includes Tuesday 7 45 p.m. prayer meeting and concert by Evan gelistic band at 3 p.m and 7 15 p.m. Making the Gospel Fit by Rev Cline Halsey, Wednesday 7 45 p.m. Men’s prayer, Friday 7 45 p.m. Evangelistic, Sunday school at 10 a.m., old-fashioned gospel preaching at 7 30 p.m. Children Bible study class Thursday 7 30 p.m. and an integrated service lineup.
The schedule lists multiple churches and pastors with service times and Sunday school. Sept 15 is Mission Sunday returning to 1045 am and 915 am services at Saron-Augustana and First-United Lutheran. Other churches include Bethany-Missouri Synod and Trinity with varied worship and youth activities.
A church program outlines the Peoples Church services with morning worship at 10 am and a 11 am special music event. Guest sermon themes focus on tolerance and hope amid global fear and domestic economic concerns. Installation of new officers and trustees meets Monday at 7:30 pm at Fast Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE. Reverend James H Blackstone presides with Bible school at 9 45 and afternoon service at 1 0 0.
A call to wise defense of democracy and civil rights against fear and suspicion. urging renewal of loyalty to democratic life, overcoming barriers, and pursuing nonviolent, understanding collaboration to keep the vision of justice alive for all citizens.
A dense church notices page lists varied worship times and programs. Events include sermons on themes like Walk Ye on Christ and Master of Men, youth society meetings, Bible studies, prayer services, and Sunday school schedules across multiple street locations. Leaders named include Rev C H Craven and Rev Mil e Filipe. additional groups include Syrian Orthodox St John and multiple church bands and missions.
The announcement lists an evening worship at 7 30 with a sermon titled The Ever Present God following the 6 30 activity for the Allen Christian Endeavor league.
Kenwood Park church at 3224 First Avenue East led by Rev Charles Bridges offers Sunday school at 10 am and divine worship at 11 am with a sermon David The Shepherd third in a series Famous Workmen of the Bible music by Junior choir. Sinclair Memorial at Twelfth Avenue and Ninth Street SE led by Rev August Cramer holds Bible school at 9 30 am morning worship at 10 45 with sermon Gods Way to Mans Success.
Two churches list services and programs. Hus Memorial at Ninth Avenue and Seventh Street SE offers English and Czech services with morning worship at 10 30, Sunday school at 9 30, Unified service at 10 24, and youth activities. Olivet at Avenue Tenth Street NW led by Rev E J Wykle holds church school 10 am and public worship 11 am with a sermon Spiritual Poverty, and Camp Fire Girls meet Wednesday at 4 pm. Daniels Park at Center Point Road NE lists Rev Daniel E Kerr leading services.
Sunday schedule lists divine mass at 10 am and 11 am with services in English and Syrian. Matins at 30 am is noted. Very Rev Basilios G Mahfouz conducts services. location at St. George Ninth Street and Twelfth Avenue SE. Sunday school also mentioned.
The Unitarian church on Third Avenue at Sixth Street SE invites all to morning worship at 9:45 with Reverend Rudolph W Gilbert preaching a sermon titled What Is Ahead for the Liberal.
United Brethren at Seventh Street sevens on First Avenue hosts Sunday school at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 am with guest speaker Rev David Berger of Coe College. Mount Zion Baptist at Fifth Street se offers Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 11 Public prayer and youth events noted with evening services and midweek prayer sessions.
The notice lists services at United Presbyterian on Caande and Grande avenues and Sixteenth Street in San Francisco with morning worship at 9 45 am and a congregational meeting at Unity Center after the service. Also notes Sunday school with Mable Swanson as speaker and a series of classes and lectures including Instantaneous Action and Lessons in Truth with Prosperity on Friday evening.
Roosevelt called for a day of prayer for peace as Christians and Jews join National Conference efforts. Dr Freret Chychs and co chair Dr Lathar H Compter of Chicago, Carlten J Hayes of Columbia, and Rosen Wo Staus of New York lead committees across 200 cities. Services 730 am and 40 Sundays of worship planned. A Cedar Rapids ministerial meeting opens 1930 am Monday with Dr W G Rowles presiding.
The Christian Endeavor group at Daniels Park Presbyterian elected Marian Fitzgerald as president, Glennys Powers as vice president, Lenore Pesek as secretary, and June Bishop as treasurer. Installation is set for a candlelight service Sunday at 7 pm with E. T. Pleune as speaker.
After weeks away in Canada and Michigan, the Rev. Dr. Charles J. Bready will give a return address or sermon at the local church.
Fragmentary OCR mentions St Pauls, a Sunday sermon, Lords Prayertheme, and a British family at a home with apartments. It also hints at a breadmaker and a move from England before a war outbreak.
A birthday event at Kenwood Methodist Church is set for Wednesday at 6. Attendees are invited to a pink dinner with coffee and dessert. Each guest, aged 18 or older, is asked to bring a penny for each year of age as a small contribution.
The First Presbyterian Church plans to resume services on the regular schedule tomorrow. Bible school across all departments meets at 9:45 with morning worship at 11. The pastor Restone Little returned from Colorado last week and will speak on Where Judgments Are Corrected at the morning service.
The Trinity Methodist church holds an annual canvass dinner Monday at 10 pm. The church reports wall the go. The church school board meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm at the church. The choir will hold its first rehearsal there Thursday at 7 30 pm.
Regular services will be held tomorrow at First Canonical church with Rev Ham A Jacobs speaking on Back to God An Interpretation for Our Age. Hus Memorial Presbyterian church boards meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The Choir secret will rehearse Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Join Wesles class of To O es Megnedst enure will meet at FE ON Steele 2 Thireenth street NW Friday at
A compact study note presents scripture from Psalms 67 96 and 98 urging praise of the Lord. It emphasizes singing to the Lord declaring his greatness and enduring reign inviting all nations and creation to exalt his name through holiness and righteousness.
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