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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1966
Page
14
A community church listing outlines services across Danville area. It includes Third Avenue Congregational First Presbyterian Design Methodist Stokesland Methodist Westover Hills Pentecostal Holiness Forest Lawn Baptist North Danville Church of God Longview Friends Williamson Memorial Presbyterian with pastors Tally Jackson Grubbs Johnson Smith Collins Taylor Estes and multiple service times for Sunday school worship youth groups and midweek prayers.
J Herndon pastor leads worship with The Crisis of the Ages at 9 45 am and Gods Salvation in Romans at 7 pm. Tuesday service at Walters Residence 154 Guilford St 7 pm. Friday Young People's Fellowship at 7 pm.
Public address What Binding Satan the Devil Will Mean for Humankind at 3.00 p m Bible study Ascume Your Christian Obligations at 4 10 p m Memorial anniversary of Christ Jesus death Tuesday 8.00 p m Bible study Wednesday 8.00 p m Theocratic Ministry School Friday 7 30 service meeting 8 30
West End Christian Church led by Pastor T. A. Tunstall holds church school at 10 a m and worship with the sermon titled The Towering Question Is.3¢:17.
Kenneth Story serves at First Pilgrim with Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. PYS at 6 45 p.m. Wednesday Bible study at 7 30 p.m. The brief notice lists routine worship times and study sessions.
Trinity Methodist invites parishioners to Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Pastor Morgan S Smart followed by worship at eleven featuring Hosanna In the Highest and related service activities.
Pastor B B Isley leads Lee Street Baptist with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. themed True Holiness and an evening service titled A Penetrating Voice at 7:30 p.m. BIU 6:15.
St Mark Pentecostal Holiness Church announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship services at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Lifeliners meet Wednesday prayer at 7 p.m. Pastor H. W. Taylor leads the church activities.
Luke B. Smith, pastor, leads Sunday services at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. with a sermon on The Cross Symbol of Christianity. Evening service at 7:15 p.m. BTU meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer and Bible study are planned.
Piney Forest Baptist led by Pastor David I Riddle offers Sunday school at 10. Glenwood Memorial Baptist with Pastor Carl E Burger conducts Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship hour themed A Great Church at 11. Evening services include Getting Gown to Business at 7 30 p m BTU at 6 30 p m. revival services conducted nightly by the pastor at 7 30 p m.
James M. McGhee is pastor at Woodberry Hills Baptist. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a.m. worship services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. BTU follows at 6 35 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting is at 7 30 p.m.
Schoolfield Pentecostal Holiness Church led by Pastor R O Smith offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Lifeliners meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer is at 7:30 followed by choir practice.
James C. Stirewall is the pastor. Church school meets at 9 45 a m Palm Sunday services at 1 Lenten services run Wednesday through Friday at 7 45 p m Holy Communion Thursday evening is observed.
Burton Memorial Presbyterian lists church school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m youth meeting at 6 p m and Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 p m conducted by pastor Ralph E McCormack with details for the church community.
Druid Hills Baptist led by Pastor Robert P. Wyatt offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship discussing the Meaning of the Lord s Supper Atonement at 11 and Crucified With Christ at 7 30 p m Wednesday service begins 7 15 p m.
Schoolfield Baptist offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship with Lord s Supper on the topic The Suffering Saviour at 11 BIU 6 30 p m revival begins with a pastor led simultaneous revival with other Baptist churches sermons include Halting Between Two Opinions at 7 30
Wesleyan Edgewood and Mount Vernon Methodist churches list pastors Paul M. Ray and W Carroll Freeman with service times including 9:45 a.m. church school and morning worship. Calvary Methodist under Earle Fike offers Palm Sunday contrasts and Death and Resurrection programs with youth events and a sound movie.
Don S. Whitfield pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship with sermon No 2 in The Day that God Died series Sermon No 3 at 7 30 p m Lifeliners meet 6 45 p m Wednesday prayer 7 30 choir practice 8 30
The April 3 issue profiles Gary Player as a colorful showman and generous sportsman while columnist Allen Garvin surveys the pink mink fad Las Vegas hotel guest gambling lessons and Kansas City seventh graders who perform free good works. Also includes Quips and Quotes I Was Just Thinking and a Family Weekly Cookbook with Easter recipes.
Moffett Memorial Baptist Victor E Mantiply hosts worship and Open Demonstration at the Stina school with The First Word Forgiveness and BTU times. Emmanuel Church of the Brethren on Ingram Rd offers Sunday school at 10, speaker Rev I D Hoy, worship at 5 30. Fellowship Baptist led by J B Arthur holds Sunday school 10, worship 11 and 7 30 with Bible Training Union 6 and Wednesday prayer 7 30. Kentuck Presbyterian under Manson P Estes includes worship Commit My Spirit, Sunday school 1, and Tuesday prayer and Bible study 6 45. Calvary Baptist led by Lester F Gayton offers Sunday school 9 45, worship 11 and 7 30, BTU 6 30, Wednesday prayer 7 30.
West Main Church of God led by James E Wynes hosts revival April 3 to 10 with Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 11 am and revival each evening at 7 30 pm. Church of the Epiphany led by G R MacClintock offers Holy Communion in the morning and church school nursery and junior and senior EYC activities in the evening.
Fairview Methodist led by Louis E. Carson offers church school at 9 45 am worship and Holy Communion in the 11 am service The Significance of the Cross at 7 30 pm MYF 6 Wed prayer 7 30 Maun dy Thursday Communion 7 30 Welcome Baptist under John A Tickle Jr holds Sunday school 10 am worship 11 am and 7 30 pm BIU 6 30 Sandy Creek Baptist led by A F Yarbrough presents Back to Bethel at 9 45 am with Sunday school 10 30 am pastor led revival Sunday through Friday 7 45 pm Church of Christ Nor Dan Shopping Center hosts Sunday school 7 pm young people 6 Ladies Class Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday service 7 30 am First Church of the Brethren with Andrew L Yelton offers Applauders or Plodders at 11 am Church Board 3 pm and Communion 6 pm Moseley Memorial Methodist under Harry L Kidd Jr features church school 9 45 am midweek service and Holy Communion 7 30 pm Keen Street Baptist led by George Romney lists Sunday school 9 45 am worship and Communion 11 am BTU 6 30 pm worship 7 30 pm
Blairs Baptist Church invites Roger Lovette as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Rev Ronnie Smith will speak at both services and conduct revival meetings Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m., with BTU at 6 p.m.
Grace Methodist led by Pastor M. N. De Haven lists church school at 9 45 a m worship with Who Is This at 10 45 MYF at 6 30 p m worship at 7 30 p m prayer service and Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m Braundy Thursday Communion observed per church notice urging attendance plus schedule details
The Rev Davis Thompson, associational missionary for the Pittsylvania Baptist Association, will be guest evangelist next week at Laurel Grove Baptist Church. Revival runs Sunday through Friday with nightly services and special music. Sunday school meets at 10 a.m. The 11 a.m. service features a Communion message by Pastor Rev Phil M Jenkins followed by the Lord's Supper. Evangelistic services start tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
The Virginia Civil War Patrol Wing Headquarters will host a two day staff conference at the Midtown Motor Hotel with Lt. Col. Paul Reinbold as host. The meeting opens at 2 pm today with dinner, resumes tomorrow at 10 am, and ends in the early afternoon. Tours of Municipal Airport and Group 3 headquarters are planned for visiting CAP officials, and T-34 aircraft will be available for orientation and check out flights for early arriving pilots.
Ferry Road Friends led by Pastor Paul T Osborne holds Sunday school 9 45 a m worship 10 45 and evening service 7 30 with youth programs and midweek meetings. Lakewood Evangelical Methodist led by Pastor P H Ricketts offers sermons at 11 00 and 7 30 with EM Youth 6 45 and a missionary speaker Rev Dale Neff. Christ of the King Lutheran led by Pastor Albert S Kresken Jr conducts 9 45 Sunday school and Bible class with Holy Communion at 11 00. Grove Street Baptist led by Rev Fred T Wilkerson offers services 9 45 11 00 7 30 with YPTA 6 30 and midweek Bible study.
Westover Hills Christian led by Dennis Reynolds offers Sunday school 10 a.m. worship at 7:30 p.m. with titles The True Nature of King Jesus and The Last Words of Jesus on the Cross. midweek Bible study and youth fellowship Wednesday 7 30 p.m. union service at West End Christian Thursday 7 30 p.m. Schoolfield Methodist led by Karl Crowe holds Sunday school 9 45 a.m. worship marks Holy Week revival with Clair Saxman of Putneyville Pa and messages by Rev M G Good. MYF 6 30 p.m. revival daily through Easter Sunday 7 30 p.m.
The service at Shelton Memorial Presbyterian includes a pas worship with a Communion meditation titled On Leaving the Lord's Table and a sermon The Way to a God Directed Life at 8 p.m. Junior and Pioneer-Senior High Fellow ships meet at 6:15, with Wednesday prayer at 6:36.
James Wiley Bledsoe 80 a prominent Danville dealer since 1921 died yesterday afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a yearlong illness. He came to Danville in 1914 bought Ferrell Furniture Co. in 1921, later Bledsoe Furniture Co. Born Oct 21 1886 in Hanover County he was a West End Christian Church member. He is survived by two daughters five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. at West End Christian Church. Burial at Townes Memorial Chapel. House at Canterbury Rd remains.
Funeral services for Daisy Mae Harris Meeks 67 of Leaksville Rt. 2 are set for 2 p.m. at Spray Primitive Baptist Church. She died Thursday at Morehead Memorial Hospital. Survived by sons Claude James Hoover Meeks of Leaksville, David of New Mexico, Harry of Ridgeway, Va. and others in Leaksville, Reidsville, Danville. daughters Mrs. Gilley, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Beu Moulder. one brother Ballard Harris of Ridgeway. 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Pearlie Wellington Perkins Owen 80 died yesterday at 4 55 PM in Memorial Hospital after two years of decline and a two month stay. A Danville native born March 11 1886 she lived with daughter Gladys Stephens at 247 Alpine Dr. She married James Wiley Owen in 1901 who died in 1952. A Lee Street Baptist member she is survived by three sons ten daughters twenty grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren with brothers and sisters in Florida and Kentucky. The body lies at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home with funeral plans forthcoming.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Sue Booth 75 of Cascade Rt 1 are at 4 p.m. at Willis Memorial Baptist Church Cascade with burial in Dan View Cemetery. She died Thursday night at Morehead Memorial Hospital Leaksville NC after two days as a patient following years of ill health. A native of Pittsylvania County she leaves son Jesse M Booth Cascade Rt 1 and three sisters Mrs Otis Newman and Mrs Tom Pulliam plus others.
Final services for Aubrey Jack son Pruitt 55 will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the Wrenn Yeatts chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park He died yesterday morning at his Williamsburg home apparently of a heart attack A native of Chatham he spent most of his life in Danville and Chatham before moving to Williamsburg 20 years ago He worked as an accountant for Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co He was married to Ruth Jones and was a member of Williamsburg Baptist Church He is survived by his wife a daughter Connie Ruth Pruitt of Williamsburg and a sister Coleman B Edmunds of Chatham The body will be taken to Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home tomorrow morning to rest prior to services.
Funeral service for W B Sours took place Friday afternoon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church conducted by Dr W W Yardley. Interment followed at Chatham Burial Park with pallbearers named as William M Sours Ben Sours James A Sours Robert Plaster C G Sours James L McKeever Art Beauman and J D Sours.
Stokesland Baptist Church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship services with the sermon La zarus Come Forth at 11 a m A question time What Time Is It is at 7 30 p m BTU at 6 30 p m The revival continues each evening at 7 30 p m through Sunday April 10.
The Spring Garden Presbyterian Church led by Pastor Paul W. Hodge invites worshipers to a church school at 10 a.m. and a service titled Looking at Palm Sunday. Pre Easter services are held Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. with candle light Communion Thursday night.
Pastor W Douglas Williams leads Home Church activities with church school at 3 45 a m worship including Prelude to Victory at 11 MYF at 6 pm Commission on Education at 7 15 pm Thursday service and Holy Communion at 7 30 pm.
Gerald A. Goss, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship with The Passover and the Practical Walk at 11. BTU meets at 6:30 p.m. Easter music at 7:30. Wednesday prayer at 7:30, church business at 7:45.
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