Congregational Church Directory
Rev. Oscar W. Olson serves as pastor at the Congregational Church located at 112 West Fifth, contact phone 454 for church activities and inquiries.
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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1954
Page
6
Rev. Oscar W. Olson serves as pastor at the Congregational Church located at 112 West Fifth, contact phone 454 for church activities and inquiries.
The notice lists a Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m. with evening service at 8:00 p.m. at the Antex Way Side Inn, Clare. It notes a fourth piece of the calendar conducted by the Kalendar.
Sevent h Day Adventist Sor USC and Jackson St glare pastor G E Clough Elder John Sommer services with pictures Sunday 8 00 p m follows 3 00 p m evangelistic invitation to all to worship. St John s Ev Lutheran Rev E C Leyser Pastor US 27 North End of Clare Residence 1002 McHwan St Sunday School 10 00 a m Divine Services 11 00 a m Ladies Aid second Wednesday 2 00 p m Children Catechetical Instructions Saturday 9 00 a m Adult Instructions Friday 7 30 p m Chapel of St Ann Episcopal Fr Robert Childs Vicar Barnes Cafe Clare 9 00 a m Choral Eucharist.
The Methodist Church outlines worship and preaching at 10:00 a.m. with a sermon on My Peace I Give Unto You, Sunday School at 11:15, and a 7:00 p.m. study on Jeremiah the Man and His Book. Miss Mary Keinrath will share color pictures and stories from ten years as a Columbia, South America missionary during the 8:00 p.m. service. Choir rehearsal is 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, and Thursday features the Annual Father and Son Banquet at 6:30 p.m. sharp with the Methodist Youth Fellowship assisting.
The piece argues that true worship transcends ritual and form, citing Psalm 139 as a guide to worship in spirit and truth. It notes many religious groups fall into formalism while corruption and vice persist outside church walls, urging sincerity over outward rites.
Fr J I Sruba presides at St Cecilia’s as Masses are held at 7:30 and 10:30 each Sunday. Confessions are offered Saturdays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm and 7:30 to 8:30 pm.
Church of God Sixth and Maple welcomes Rev. Ralph Hinderer of Cadillac for evening Gospel services at 8:00 p.m. daily including Saturday. He will counsel youths of all faiths each night, offering help to anyone with problems during the revival at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school and 7:00 p.m. Young Peoples Service.
First Baptist Church at 112 EB Sixth Street invites the community to Bible School at 10:00 AM and worship at 11:00 AM. Evening service at 7:45 PM and youth fellowship at 6:45 PM. Wednesday service at 7:45 PM. Phone 608 for social meeting info.
A Sunday Christian Science service will present a Lesson Sermon titled Spirit. It will feature selections from the King James Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, themed on overcoming sin sickness and sorrow.
The Lutheran church led by Pastor Hamilton Tomnent offers Sunday School at 2:15 p.m. and Divine Services at 8:00 p.m. at 2715 address, Clare Co.
Sunday School times listed for Dover Tabernacle and Ruth Ferguson Sunday School at Maple Grove Union Church. Forest Hill Church of God schedules Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. with preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. led by Rev. Mary E. House and Rev. A. Cunninghalm respectively.
Herrick Mennonite and Loomis Missionary churches announce weekly schedules. Herrick Mennonite Church lists Sunday School 10:00 AM and Worship 11:00 AM with evening service at 8:00 PM led by Rev Floyd Bontrager. Loomis Missionary Church led by Rev Albert Hager offers Morning Worship 11:00 AM and Evening Worship 8:00 PM with Sunday School at 4:00 PM and a prayer meeting midweek.
Worship at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Evangelist service. Bible study and prayer Thursday evening led by Rev. J. W. Teale pastor.
The Grace Bible Church presents worship at 11:00 a.m. and Evangelistic Service at 7:45 p.m. Sunday School starts 10:00 a.m. with Bud Richardson as superintendent. Classes for all ages and music programs include Junior and Senior Choirs. You are invited to attend all services.
Rev Joe VanderVeen leads Colonville churches with Sunday School at 10 00 am and Worship at 11 00 am Foster Colonville Elm Grove Sunday School at 10 36 am Worship 8 00 pm Arthur Dull superintendent Welcome to all.
Charles F. Malson minister directs Sunday school at 16 00 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with the topic Know Him Evangelistic services and Christian Endeavor week observed Junior Church at 11 a m in the basement Wednesday prayer services at 8 pm Bible study at 9 pm.
After a fire destroyed the Eagle Church building services move to the Eagle school house and parsonage with 10 30 a m Bible School and 11 30 a m worship. Arthur Center Church schedules 10 30 a m Bible School 11 30 a m Morning Worship and 8 p m Youth Service with a Thursday Youth Choir session.
In Brown Corners on January 24 Mrs Roy Sweet J ent hosted fourteen guests for her husband’s 59th birthday. Rev H M Malgon and family visited Mon night, while Mrs Rosemary Carter and Ray Houghton served as jurors last week. The Gellers of Detroit visited their cottage over the weekend. The Wilbrandts reported a health letter from Rev Roush and wife. Mrs Glen Lower fell on ice breaking her wrist. Wilbrands and Ana visited from Hubbard Lake. Sanford Mott and Ed Wilbrandt hosted Sunday. Vesta Lower joined Dana Dunlop in Ann Arbor for a short visit. The two weeks special meeting closed last night and pastor Maison thanked neighboring churches. About thirty young people gathered at the parsonage after Friday services with light refreshments. School closed most of the week due to bad roads. William Malson of Adrian visited Sunday. Pratt neighborhood fire noted. Robert Kleinhardt and son Larry visited Sutton farm residents. Larry remains under orthodontist care. John Lower and family were Sunday guests of Robert Bleinhardts.
A local note recalls a half grown grey rabbit seen on a Clare sidewalk near Maxwell's Flower Shop marking Easter imagery. The piece also lists weekend visits and family calls among residents including the Sills, Petro, Bridges, Shaw, McVicar, Rouse and others with health updates for a Cadillac hospital patient.
Edits list numerous visits and greetings among local families, including Kennedy caring for Hopkins and a new baby, Van Walters Berg, Burns and Petro families visiting relatives, and a baby at Children's Hospital in Traverse City. Several residents, like Clarence Van Buskirk and Leona, stay at the cabin, while others travel for hunting, ice fishing, or hospital observation.
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