Church News Notes Healing Services and Upcoming Ordinances
The column apologizes for a mistaken identity incident involving Mrs Frances Van Sicklen and notes her improving health. It reports attendance at Sunday worship despite illness, lists sick members, and mentions May 15 Ordinances at the church plus a Silver Tea for the Ladies Missionary Society on Friday at the Sickals home. Rev Sickal speaks at Remus and attends Mother’s Day service.
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Frances van Sicklen
Dorothy Sickal
Alma
Maude McDonald
George Teeter
Harry Maybee
Lee Sickal
Ladies Missionary Society
Sickals
Nora Hunter
Church of God
Sickal
Remus
Jehovah's Witnesses Visit Mr Pleasant Congregation
Donald E. Stull district supervisor for over 240 congregations in five states visits the Mr Pleasant Congregation this week. Lucille Pulcifer Farwell High School senior joins ministers in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana and Illinois for home missionary work and Gilead preparation.
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Donald E. Stull
New YorkCity
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Illnois
Clifford Pulcifer
Lucille Pulcifer Farwell
Gilead
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
Missionary College
South Lansing
New York
Mr. Pleasant
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Plotner
Watchtower
Jehovah's Witnesses
Cheboygan
Methodists Hear Financial Crusader
The Crusade Committee postponed the final days of the financial drive by one week to secure funds for a new religious educational unit. Rev. Walter E. Hoover led services and instruction, with plans to return May 16 and lead further solicitation May 20 to 22 while a Special Mother's Day Service is set for May 12.
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Crusade Committee
Crusade
Walter E. Hoover
Baptist Choir Debuts New Robes at Easter Service
The First Baptist Church choir wore its new dark green robes for Easter Sunday under Mrs. Schut, wife of the pastor. The robes were funded by voluntary gifts from church members, and the choir performs each Sunday morning with occasional evening services and a broadcast at 11 30.
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First Baptist Church
Teens Club Discusses Infidel's Grave
The Teens Club met April 30 at Humphrey Smith's home with 23 attendees. Lucille Smith led a discussion on The Infidel's Grave, followed by devotions led by Marie and Ginger Liel next week at Elly Tice's home.
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Humphrey Smith
Floyd Fair
Rick Smith
Walter Fort
Lucille Smith
Elly Tice
Marie
Ginger Liel
Frank Neeland
Mother's Day Program At Dover
The Dover church hosts a Mother's Day program this Sunday May 12 at 8 pm led by Rev. Cunningham. Miss Martha Newell from Detroit is guest soloist and six youths present a short play titled A Deadly Dinner. A small gift will be given to each mother in attendance. The public is welcome.
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Martha Newell
Detroit
Cunningham
Deborah
Joan of Arc
Centers For Oldsters In San Francisco Set Up By Protestant Council
The Protestant Council of Churches in San Francisco will establish 20 senior centers citywide funded by a $28,000 anonymous gift. Centers will operate non sectarian and welcome all seniors regardless of church ties. The first two sites will be in Methodist churches with about 300 elderly members expected to join discussion groups drama music and craft courses. After the gift is used, ongoing support will be sought from the Community Chest.
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San Francisco
Protestant Council of Churches
Mother's Day Observance and Respectful Remembrance
Rev. Robert H. Harper urges observance of Mother's Day through church attendance and flowers. He urges honoring living mothers by visiting, writing, and living righteously, and remembering absent mothers by a virtuous life. He notes the day's broad significance across homes and churches.
Sketches Christian Farmer in America
Dr. Mark Rich portrays the Christian farmer as a devout family man who honors God as Creator, observes daily prayers, and guides relatives in worship. He cherishes home life, improves land and economy, attends church, fosters rest on Sundays, and treats animals kindly while aiding neighbors and community agencies.
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Mark Rich
America
Ministerium Fellowship Meeting Set in Clare County
The Clare County Ministerial Association will meet May 14 at 10 00 am at God's Way Bible Camp near Clare. Rev Forest Stoll Jr will lead devotions at the fellowship gathering with an officer election to follow and Rev Leslie Nevins to present travel pictures. Lunch is pot luck with no reservations.
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Clare County Ministerial Association
God's Way
Clare
Arthur Delamarter
Forest Stoll, Jr
Clare Nazarene Church
Leslie Nevins
Easter Observance and the Sin of Hypocrisy
A sermon argues that sacred days lose meaning when ritual is empty and actions contradict faith. It cites Herod’s murder plot during Passover as sacrilege and urges true Easter observance through faith in the empty tomb and the resurrection.
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Herod
Peter
Dover Church Junior Girls Sunday School Party
The Junior Girls Sunday School Class at Dover Church enjoyed a party last Saturday hosted by their teacher Miss Alma Rank assisted by Mrs. Dwaine Hooves. The girls played games including a treasure hunt, had lunch with ice cream pop and a cake inscribed Happy Hour Class, and ended the afternoon picking wild flowers.
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Dover Church
Alma Rank
Dwaine Hooves
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