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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
7
Sunday services and activities listed for St Pauls Lutheran and First Baptist, with Sunday School at 9 45 and 10 50 in December. Campaign prayers for foreign missions and weekly programs from Tuesday to Saturday are outlined along with pastor notes and community recognitions.
At 4th and East Moulton the Decatur Bible School surpassed Hartselle for the first time in the ongoing attendance contest. After four wins to three, the rival battles continue as six Sundays decide the victor. Services include 9:45 a.m. Bible School led by Paul Stroud, 11:00 a.m. communion and sermon What Think Ye of Christ, 7:00 p.m. women’s missions program offering, and midweek choir practice and Bible Study at the parsonage.
Central Baptist at 4th Ave and Grant St. Pastor C. E. Burton. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Training Unions 6:30 p.m. Evening services 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting 8 p.m. We thank God for mercies and ask guidance through the war crisis. Bring your family.
Westminster Presbyterian on Jackson Street hosts Sunday activities with morning worship at 11 o clock preached by Rev. Malcolm B. Sylvester of Nettleton Mississippi. Fellowship meets at 5 pm for study and refreshments. Women’s Auxiliary assembles Monday at 3 pm.
Rev. Neely D. Crawford will lead Sunday evening service at 7 00 p m while the pastor is away from the pulpit. Church School opens at 10:00 a.m. with Luther Sellers as superintendent. A School of Preaching program from Chattanooga will be presented at the church. Everyone is invited.
The East Side Church of Christ on 16th Ave and Beech St lists Sunday School at 10 00 am worship and communion at 11 00 am and evening worship at 7 00 pm The midweek Bible study is at 7 30 pm led by Minister L T McCord.
Pastor Rev E N Chandler leads Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. with a 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 7:00 p.m. evening message. Youth and women’s groups meet, prayer service midweek, and jail gospel team services Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Public invited.
Rev. Jack Coke, pastor, leads Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Van Hill is superintendent. Morning sermon at 11:00 a.m. Union service at 6:00 p.m. C. L. Buck Sr. directs. Evening sermon at 7:00 p.m. Girls Auxiliary meets Monday at 4:30 p.m. with Mrs. Bertha Smith.
A reflection warns against adopting the means of the enemies we oppose citing the dangers of bowing to force. It argues America requires a strong defense yet must preserve democracy and religious faith to remain morally and physically strong.
The Sunbeams will meet with Mrs. Walter Stone and Mrs. O. E. Mason Wednesday at 4 00 p m at the Chapel Prayer service will be held Wednesday at 7 00 p m at the Chapel Visitors are welcome to our services.
The church invites worship with Sunday School at 9 45 for all ages. At 10 50 the pastor speaks on The Sacrament Of The Lord S Supper and who should take it. At 7 p m the pastor speaks on Who Is A Christian.
On Oak and East Vine Streets the First Presbyterian Church posts a Sunday timetable with Rev. W W Glass pastor Mrs Wilmer Hall organist. Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by Ned Frazier superintendent. Morning worship at 11 00 a m featuring a sermon by the pastor titled The Bible As One World. 2 00 p m service follows.
Sunday School and preaching at Pryor Chapel led by superintendent Joseph Calvin at 3 00 pm. Kirby Memorial Chapel hosts Sunday School and preaching by Rev R A Wailes with 6 30 pm Youth Fellowship and 7 30 pm evening service. Midweek service and supper Wednesday at 6 30 pm.
Sunday School begins at 9:45 am followed by morning worship at 10:45 led by Eugene Rice with the sermon The Snares Of Substitutes. Youth Fellowship meets at 6:00 pm and evening service at 7:00 pm. Mid-week prayer is Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
Charles R. Brewer, minister, presents Sunday morning sermon The Treasuries of the Snow and Sunday evening The Beginning of Creeds. Weekly schedule lists Sunday morning classes starting at 9 45 for all.
The piece cites Paul’s letters to Romans Corinthians and Philippians urging active Christian living. It stresses work as blessing, humility in using gifts, and cheerful, diligent service. It notes Paul’s praise of Macedonia’s liberality and the call to aid Jerusalem brethren.
The passage urges doing every task with effort, citing Ecclesiastes 9 10 and Paul s letters to the Corinthians and Philippians. It highlights humility generosity toward saints and supporting church causes as a measure of true love and faith.
Flint Baptist Church operates with M. G. Field as pastor and lists Sunday School at 9 45. Eulas Terry and J W Matthews serve as superintendents. Rev Jack Carroll from Piney Grove Ardmore was extended a unanimous call to lead Flint Baptist, replacing Field who resigns to lead East Thomas Birmingham. Carroll will preach his final messages Sunday and move next week.
Notices announce the December 3 1950 Christian Science lesson sermon on God as creator with the golden text from Acts and Psalms. Parish events include Saint John's Episcopal Church worship, Advent services, an adult study group led by the vicar, Talent Night, and a Gum Springs Baptist service with 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. messages.
The text notes that all things were made through the Word of God and that nothing was made apart from Him. It lists Sunday morning services at eleven o'clock and Wednesday evening meetings at 7 30. The Reading Room on Johnston Street opens 2 to 4 on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Advent Corporate Communion for men on Church will be observed December 10. The Right Reverend Randolph R. Claiborne suffragan bishop of Alabama will conduct a confirmation and Holy Communion service this Sunday December 3 at 3 00 p m at St Timothy's church Athens.
W J Johnson pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 Ed Self superintendent classes for all ages Morning worship at 10 50 Training Union 6 30 Tennis Odom director Evening worship 7 30 pastor speaks at both services Trustees meet Monday 7 00 Deacons meet Tuesday 7 00 Junior R A s meet Tuesday 7 00 Officers and teachers meet Wednesday 7 00 Prayer service 7 30 W M U conducts service Regular monthly meeting announced.
The Business Women's Circle will follow the prayer service and the intermediate-R.A.s will meet at the church Thursday at 7 o'clock. The ladies of the W.M.U. will meet each afternoon at 3 15 except Wednesday for the Week of Prayer programs.
At Central Methodist on Jackson Street and Sixth Avenue East Rev T J Chitwood leads morning worship with choir anthem Go Tell It On The Mountains and a 6 30 p m youth group session. Evening sermon Running Out On Nim eveh. W S C S meets Monday at 3 pm in the church parlor.
The 1875 Penn State baseball team predates the university’s inaugural football squad by two years, marking the earliest known intercollegiate baseball activity for the school.
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