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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1940
Page
8
Church activities excerpt lists programs from Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian Science, Episco pal, Baptist, and Holiness groups. It covers morning worship times, sermon topics on Jesus and love, Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and midweek Bible study plans with pastors named for several area churches.
Sunday School at 11:00 A M led by Miss Tda Ohrn with materials for families. Church service at 11:00 A M sermon by G T Bergman on Temptation. Junior and Young People's groups meet 6:30 and 7:30 P M Tuesday. St Thomas Church Masses at 6 and 9 00 A M First Fridays Holy Hour 7 20 to 8 30 P M Seventh Day Adventist on North Center Street pastor Elder G Barnes services Saturday Sabbath School 2 50 P M Church Service 7 30 P M Salvation and Holiness meetings noted at nearby halls and Citadel.
A Sunday School text reflects on Genesis and Pauline verses to stress the sacredness of life amid world violence. It argues true peace comes not from leagues or courts alone but from a deep inner consecration to God, cleansing body and spirit to resist murder and greed.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ invites all to services led by Rev. H. Ray Harris. Sunday includes 9:45 A.M. morning worship and 7:45 P.M. evening service with junior and youth activities. Weekday events include cottage prayer, leadership training, Bible study, and choir rehearsal with meetings at West Wayne street home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis.
Bethel Tabernacle on Church Street lists Rev Leon J Frank as pastor. Sunday School at 10:00 A M with a class for every family member. Morning worship at 11:00 A M featuring a sermon by the pastor. Evening service at 1:20 P M presented by the pastor.
The first temperance society in the country formed at Litchfield Connecticut in 1789 by 200 farmers who pledged not to give strong liquor to workers carrying on farm work.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church at Washington street and Maple Avenue lists services for all ages led by Rev. Gordon E. Abrams with a Home Builders class for young couples. Evening sermon titled We tory Over Self, 6 30 p m Young People's Service, 1 30 p m Evangelistic Service on Great Tribulation or The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, midweek prayer and Bible study at 7 45 p m studying Psalm 24. St Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church at 26 West Pleasant street, Rev. Carl L. Heidt, rector, Masses Sundays 10 am and Holy days 6 am and 8 am, first Fridays Mass at 7 am, catechism Saturdays 9 00 to 10 00 am. Kenner Community Church, F. Armitage, pastor T J Pullom, superintendent offers classes for all ages and midweek prayer, inviting a friendly welcome and spiritual blessing.
A reader notes numerous churches in Corry with locations listed by street and cross streets. Entries include First Baptist, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Episcopal Emmanuel, United Brethren, Seventh Day Adventist, St. Elizabeth, St. Thomas, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran, and The Salvation Army among others marked at E Washington St, Park St, Pleasant St, Center, W Smith, and adjacent avenues.
St Pauls Lutheran Church lists morning and evening services with sermons by Rev Wagner and choir and Luther League activities. Nazarenes on Maske Street report Sunday School at 10 AM, evangelistic service at 7 45 AM, prayer at 7 30 PM Thursday, and open welcome. First Baptist on West Pleasant and Second Avenue posts Bible School at 9 15 AM, morning worship, sermon on Christian Sanctification, afternoon service, and a Thursday prayer meeting with doctrinal reflections.
The Gerry Men’s Bible Class will meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Salvation Army Citadel on East Washington street. A follow up forum will be led by Carl Way on the subject Fruits Officers urge members to attend and bring a friend.
Bishop W. W. Peele of Richmond Va headlining the Methodist Advance meeting in Oil City Erie conference Ancestry notes include birth November 26 18BL and education at Trinity College Duke University with A B and D D degrees ordained in 1906 in the Methodist Church South Main details describe his standing as a leading speaker for the Erie conference event on February 12 in Oil City.
Bishop Peele, noted for leading Rutherford College from 1906 to 1909 and serving as pastor at First Shared in Charlotte, was elected bishop in 1938. He will address The Deeper Need at a Kansas City tink ing conference, then speak at a men’s luncheon and women’s meeting, with Erie conference inviting Methodists in Erie Warren New Castle Sharon Greenville and nearby towns to attend.
Several Gorry churches and church groups will observe the World Day of Prayer next week with most events centering on Friday. Some groups will note the occasion during their regular meetings throughout the week.
Brie Prisoner Okowski, held without bail in county peron on charges of assaulting and robbing John Kohl Hepp, 71, who died Tuesday night at Hamet hospital. Dr. Armstrong, pathologist, testified possible brain hemorrhage and pneumonia linked to the incident. District Attorney Laub hinted Okonskoi may avoid murder charges under the circumstances.
A 13 a directory listing titled My Friend Abroad published in Byston Mass. It invites echoes, organizations and individuals to correspondence with people in other nations, describing availability to echoists and broader groups.
Attorney Benjamin Sigal representing Clanmine Twit and WOO organizer filed for a new trial before Judge George H. Rowley in Mercer County. Sigal cited seven objections to trial instructions and evidentiary rulings from the long rioting case against 14 men at the Griffin plant.
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