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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1939
Page
8
Local church page invites readers to Corry churches with details on ministries. The Christian and Missionary Alliance, Lutheran, Methodist, Spencer Community, and Emmanuel Episcopal churches outline Sunday School, morning worship, youth activities, and missionary speakers including Gora Murdock from Colombia. Pastor names and service times are listed.
Sunday services and lessons in the First Church of Christ Scientist are announced for October 1938. The subject is Are Sin Disease and Death Rent with a Golden Text from Psalms and citations from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. A Wednesday testimonial meeting and reading room activities are also listed.
The text contrasts John the Baptist and Jesus, tracing their 30 years of preparation and family ties, and contrasts ascetic wilderness life with Jesus's life among the people in Nazareth. It highlights preparation versus fulfillment and emphasizes joy and grace over harsh negations.
Three Methodist Church units in the Pittsburgh district merge into one church with about 135000 members across three states. The formal union followed a nationwide unification in Kansas City last May and blends Methodist Protestant, Methodist Episcopalians, and Methodist Episcopal Church South communities under one umbrella. Renowned bishops and pastors participated in the ceremony at Emory Methodist Church, signaling a new era for the regional denomination.
The Pittsburgh Council of Shumbhes sponsors two services to air tomorrow. Reverend James A Pollock of the Eleventh? Thulléd Presbyterian church speaks on Training for the Religious Leader on WWSW. Dr. Warren H. Hayes of Wilkinsburg United Brethren Church preaches Out of the Depths on WCAE.
First Baptist Church at West Pleasant Street and Second Avenue lists Bible School Rally Day Morning Worship and various services with pastor presiding. First Presbyterian Church at West Pleasant and South Center Streets shows morning worship, afternoon program, and choir items led by Minister Gilbert L. Boyd with topics and tunes noted.
A dated city directory fragment lists churches in Corry including First Baptist on Pleasant and Second Aves, First Methodist at Center and Pleasant, First Presbyterian on Center, St. Elizabeth’s, Emmanuel Episcopal at Center and West Smith, and Christ Church along with Nazarenes and Salvation Army units at Washington Park. Also noted are Adventist, Lutheran, and United Brethren churches with various street locations.
The Tebo Gospel Party presents a special musical program featuring instruments and vocal selections at the Clayeh church. Sunday School at 9:45 with Carl L. Henton, morning worship at 11 led by Mrs. G. W. Tebo, and evangelistic services through the week with evangelist Edna Mae Borders as speaker. A large illuminated scene centers the tableau on the Atonement theme.
Ida Ohrn is superintendent of the Sunday school. A church service at 100 A. M. with Rev Higley bringing the message. Junior and Senior groups meet Tuesday evening at 6:30. All welcome to attend.
St Elizabeths Roman Catholic Church at 26 West Pleasant Street with rector Carl Heidt lists Sunday Masses and Holy Day schedules. Details include communion times, benediction, catechism instructions for children every Saturday. reading appears partially garbled.
Public worship at 10 a.m. Sunday School at 1 p.m. McCray’s Chapel hosts Sunday School at 10 30 a.m. Preaching at 11 30 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Concord Ridge Sunday School at 1 90 p.m. Preaching at 2 p.m. Elgin Sunday School at 10 a.m. Epworth League at 7 30 p.m.
The Corry Christian and Missionary Alliance hosts a Sunday opening convention at East Washington Street and Marble Avenue October 5 to 15. Speakers include Mrs J D Smith Miss Cora Murdock and Rev F L Allen with vivid field reports from China Armenia and South America.
The United Brethren Church invites the public to weekend programs led by speakers from Homer New York Hammond Ohio and Youngstown Ohio. Special programs Saturday and Sunday feature a Prodigal Son story and a tableau on the cross as part of a broader Alliance movement outreach with missionary aims and Bible schools training leaders. Revi Gordon Abrams invites attendance starting Sunday at 7 30 p m with Cara Murdock as first speaker. The piece also notes shell holes in South Park Basin in Mansfield as part of a park project under Roy W Vaughn to drain water.
A railway accident near Emporium sent the caboose of a freight train off the track injuring two men identified as Johnson J and Gottfreed? G. The couple in the home nearby reported hearing the crash as Train No. something was halted at the scene. Authorities investigated the incident and cleared the area.
Fragmentary OCR describes German actions near Paris, with French artillery and prisoners. Mentions 40 to 50 French artillerymen and German troops, plus references to wartime embargos, potential leaks, and a priest’s farewell amid court and political terms.
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