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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
8
The article outlines a Christmas program at the Church at Schoo with a full schedule including a morning service featuring a sermon on Bethlehem a Christmas pageant Why the Chimes Rang and an evening program. It urges churchgoing and notes winter hours and a welcome for visitors at SIXTEENTH AVENUE BAPTIST with a full Sunday schedule and midweek prayer service.
W H Curl pastor. Sunday school 9 45. Sermon 11 00. Young People 6 15. Evening service 7 00 with Christmas carols and solo by City Curl. Come and worship.
Rev C B Lansbury leads Christmas message at 11 00 morning worship on Sunday with church school at 9 45 a m Epworth League at 6 00 p m and a 5 00 p m special program inviting attendees to bring someone.
R M Howell D D Pastor outlines a 9 30 a m church school and 11 a m sermon on The Re discovery of Jesus followed by a 5 p m White Christmas Service Members are urged to contribute to the Methodist Children s Home fund aiming for 500 00 The home at Selma supports 961 children and is mainly funded by this church drive
Rev W E Waterhouse leads morning Bible School at 9 30 with organist Mrs M E Norris and child soloist Sally Kimbrough. Morning worship features Guiding Star. Fellowship Tour at 5 PM, Baptismal Union at 6 PM directed by Mrs W T Jordan. 7 30 PM Christmas Cantata Prepare Him Room by a 20 voice choir.
Sunday schedule invites all families to Bible study at 9:45 and worship at 10:50 with a sermon on Acceptable Worship. Evening service at 7:00 p m invites the public, stating the church speaks where the Bible speaks.
The First Presbyterian Church at Oak and Vine Streets led by Pastor Edward V. Ramage offers 9:45 a.m. Sunday School under Albert Clapton, morning worship with a sermon on "They Went Back Another Way," Christmas music by the choir, 2:30 p.m. Sunday School at Oakland Chapel with E. L. Jones, and a 5:00 p.m. pageant "Abide With Us" by the Women's Auxiliary followed by the offering for missions.
On Monday at 7:30 p.m. a Christmas tree event will be held for Sunday School members.
The season sermon at First Church of Christ Scientist Decatur Alabama cites Isaiah and Genesis passages asserting God as creator of heaven and earth and describing the creation. Services are Sunday 11:00 AM with Sunday School at 9:30, Wednesday 8:00, and Reading Room hours 12 2 Monday Wednesday Saturday behind the church on Johnston Street. Public invited.
The Central Baptist Church at Cor 4th Ave and Grant outlines Sunday school at 9 30 a m with J C Cowan as general, 10 45 a m service with Mr Robert Le Tourneau, Baptist Training Union at 6 30 p m and regular service at 7 30 p m led by Mr Le Tourneau Bible study hour Wednesday 7 30 p m. The message notes had there been no Christ we would have no Christmas festivities. Give unto Him.
Rev. John A. Troxler leads a schedule at Westminster Presbyterian Church with 9 30 a m Sunday school led by James Rankin and 11 a m morning worship on Joy to the World Christ Is Come A 5 00 p m Christmas service includes Mrs John Fowler reading A Christmas Prayer music by the Westminster choir and Mr Cois Lowery candle light consecrational service led by Mr Traxler Monday night 7 p m Boy Scout troop No 16 meets Mid week prayer meeting not held on Christmas day.
Central Methodist Church at Jackson Street and 6th Avenue lists a 9:30 a.m. church school led by Bruce Spencer, an 11:00 a.m. Christmas Message by Pastor Lambuth Archibald, a 3:00 p.m. Interdenominational Mass Meeting by Robert G. Le Tourneau, and a 7:00 p.m. Christmas program directed by Clio Levin with music by Mrs H O Troup for the Methodist Children's Home in Selma.
Willoughby Presbyterian on Sixth Ave and Ninth St SE invites all to Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by Supt T F Lewis with a Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 15 p m Mrs Ralph Hood presiding. The youth group reports large attendance and a Christmas program with special settings at 7 p m. The event features Seeing the Star and a Sunday school treat annually organized by the congregation.
The Westside Presbyterian invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 with Ray Edwards superintendent praising December growth and urging everyone to make this Sunday even better despite Christmas travel. Worship and preaching follow at 11 with special music for the occasion.
The Church of God at 6th Ave East and 4th Street announces two Christmas programs this Sunday. At 10 o clock in the morning children will present songs and recitations. At 6 o clock in the evening the choir and others perform The Gift Magnificent a song and story service inviting the public to attend.
The Church of the Lutheran Hour Sherman Street and Fourth Avenue E. Town Pastor invites parishioners to Fourth Sunday in Advent service at 9 15 am Sunday school 10 30 am worship hour Come and See 7 00 pm Sunday school Christmas festival service Christmas morning at 6 00 am
A children's vested choir will sing two Christmas hymns. Visitors are welcome at Bible study at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m with the sermon The Judgement. Come to church to understand Christ mas purpose and the Apostles doctrine.
Pastor J A Chambers leads a December 22 1940 worship with morning service at 10 45 including organ preludes carols and scriptural readings from Balaam Isaiah Jeremiah and Micah plus hymns and a brief message. Evening service at 6 00 featuring Prelude hymn scripture prayer pageant The Watchers on the Hills.
Rev. R L Sturgis leads the fourth Sunday in Advent with Sunday school at 10 and morning prayer at 11 at Lelia C Seton Hall. A Christmas tree event is set for 5 30 P M at the parish house on Sunday December 22, entry via Gordon Drive. Christmas Eve services are in Athens on December 24 at 11 P M.
At 11 a.m. preaching on The Gift That Endures led by the pastor. Training Unions meet at 6 p.m. directed by Mies Jenny Lind Gatlin. Evening service at 7 p.m. includes hymns and a prayer service with choir practice each Wednesday at 7 o’clock. Attend these services.
Rev Luther Jones leads Sunday school each Sunday at 10 a m and preaching services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 a m with the church inviting attendance.
Rev John F T Brown presides at 9 45 a m church school with J K Haynes as superintendent. 11 a m morning worship features special music and a sermon How to Celebrate Christ. 6 15 p m youth and intermediates meet, 7 p m evening worship with choir cantata. No mid week service Merry Christmas to all.
The Church of the Nazarene outlines a Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m church PS meets at 6 30 p m and another preaching service at 7 p m led by Rev W E Ellis pastor.
First Christian Church led by T Powell Sharp invites all to Lord's Day Bible school at 10 and communion at 11. Falkville Baptist Church pastor A H Mahaffey reminds that Christmas holidays are upon us with a warm invitation to attend services.
Fairview Baptist Church on 2nd Street and Magnolia Avenue lists services led by Pastor B. Carroll Carter. Sunday school at 11:00 am with Mr. T. R. Harrison, morning worship at 11:00 am, Baptist Training Union at 6:00 pm directed by Omar Glass, church Christmas program at 7:00 pm, and Wednesday evening activities at 7:00 pm urging attendance.
Reverend Wendell Byrd invites the congregation to Sunday School at 11 a.m. Miss Florence Orr leads at 6 45 p.m. on September 6 with the Christian Crusaders under Miss Leetus Williams. Prayer meeting follows Wednesday at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited.
Rev. Frank T. Smith leads the Sunday school session at 10 a.m. with Hugh F. Penn as General Superintendent. The intermediate department will present a playlet titled Honoring Christ under Mrs. Fred Bailey’s direction in the main auditorium.
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The entry outlines a church day before Christmas with 10 a.m. Sunday school led by John Knight, 11 a.m. preaching by the pastor on keeping Christmas for Christ, 6 p.m. B Y P U directed by Mry Blackman, and 7 p.m. preaching service by the pastor.
The article lists Methodist and Church of Christ services in Athens and surrounding areas. A. J. Rollins leads Sunday worship and Bible School. M. A. Creel preaches at multiple churches. Lawson Anderson and George Williams have weekend assignments. midweek prayer and children’s Bible classes are noted for several churches across the county.
Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m with Ged des Orman as superintendent Morning worship follows at 11 featuring Christmas music and a sermon A Christmas program is set for 7 p m with a children’s Christmas tree Monday evening events begin at 7 p m No mid week worship is planned for Wednesday evening
Christmas will be observed Sunday morning at 10 o clock with carols and the regular Christmas offering. All members and the public are urged and invited to attend and celebrate the birth of Christ.
On Sunday December 22 worship begins at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school led by S Kennemer. At 11 a.m. the pastor preaches A Christ mas Message and a White Christmas program airs at 5 p.m. directed by W J Johnson and Lucille D Oscar. The offering benefits the Methodist Children's Home at Selma Alabama for 161 children.
Leon Macon, minister, reports more than 600 worshippers attended Sunday night at the church, signaling strong community turnout for the evening service.
Robert Le Tourneau, prominent industrialist from Peoria and Taccoca, Ga, to speak three times Sunday in Decatur. He will address Central Baptist at 10 45 AM, Central Methodist at 3 PM, and Central Baptist at 7 30 PM, with plans to fly into Muscle Shoals and drive to Decatur. He says God is the chairman of the board in his business and invites the public to attend.
Choristers from several Decatur churches will sing Christmas carols Sunday night starting at ten oclock. They meet at Oak and Vine to sing at three locations in the north and central city. All are invited to join. A Christmas Eve city program is not yet set.
Christmas program volunteers are thanked for directing the play and choir, costumes, and decorations. The pastor will preach Sunday morning on A King is Born and evening on Where Did Cain Go. A new county Baptist minister, Reverend Mally Hargrove, serves Piney Grove and Wooley Springs churches.
St Timothy's Episcopal announces services for the fourth Sunday in Advent with Holy Communion at 7:80 p m. A Christmas Eve service is scheduled for December 24 at 11:00 p m led by Minister R L Sturgis.
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