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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
6
Local church notices list Sunday School at 9:45 and worship times across multiple churches. Southside Baptist holds morning services at 11:00 and evening at 7:30 with prayer at 7:30. Fairview and Westside provide varied service schedules and sermon topics. Austinville Church lists morning 10:55 and evening 7:30 messages along with midweek services.
Central Corner at 4th Ave SE and Grant St hosts Rev. A B Van Arsdale with worship at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m A mid week prayer is held Wednesday at 7 30 p m Also Moulton Heights outside city limits on Old Moulton Road lists Rev W H Quesenberry as pastor Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning worship 11 00 a m subject Five Solemn Facts Evening service 7 30 p m message The Blind Man Healed Wednesday 7 30 p m mid week prayer service.
The Rev. W. W. Coffey presides at Corner Church at 5th Ave and 6th St SE. Sunday School begins at 9 45 am and worship at 11 am with a sermon titled The Perfect Sacrifice. Vacation Bible School Commencement is Sunday at 7 30 pm and Mid Week prayer meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
Sixteenth Ave at the corner of 16th Ave and Wadsworth St SE invites worshipers to morning service at 11:00 a.m. evening service at 7:30 p.m. Rev. C. C. Weaver will be guest speaker. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Howard Smallwood conducts morning worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon titled Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Evening service at 8 p.m. features Why Did The Heathen Rage and Imagine Vain Things. Wednesday prayer and Bible study begin at 7 30 p.m.
The Rev. Otis Goblin presides at Trinity Life Avenue with Sunday School at 9 45 am morning worship at 11 am and evening worship at 8 pm RSVP. A Wednesday prayer service is held at 7 pm under Pastor Goblin.
The Rev. W. J. Heflin, pastor, leads 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship with the sermon The Key Word In Mission Work. An evening service at 7 30 p.m. covers The Sin Unto Death followed by Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 p.m.
Rev W K Stephenson presides at First Methodist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and 7 30 p m services in the Fellowship Hall Prayer service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m
The item lists services at Church of God on Sixth Avenue 716 6th Ave SE with Pastor John D. Holeman. Morning worship at 9 45 subject For Me And My House. Church School at 1045 and 7 pm evening service. Midweek prayer Wednesday 7 pm. Also Austinv ille Cleveland Ave Austinville Pastor Clarence L Best with Sunday sermon at 1045 Tell Your Children the Truth In Love. Evening service 7 pm and Wednesday 7 pm midweek.
The Rev G P Norman is pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m. An evening service concludes at 7 p m and a mid week service is held Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The Rev. M. L. Garrett pastor. Services listed include 9 45 am Sunday worship at 11 am morning service and evening worship in the afternoon. Wednesday service at 7 20 pm.
The passage recounts Jacob meeting Rachel at Haran, working seven years for her, being deceived into marrying Leah, fleeing with family and cattle, Rachel stealing her father’s idols, a pursuit by Laban, a divine warning, and a covenant finalized at an altar with sacrifice and feasting.
A devotional recounts Jacob’s deceitful behavior with Laban over the flock and his later meeting with Esau. It emphasizes forgiveness, conscience, and obedience to God as the path to happiness, describing moral lessons for all ages from a Christian education division publication.
The church on Spring Ave and Lamar St hosts Sunday services with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 10 55 a m and Evening Worship at 7 00 p m The pastor speaks on Power Put To The Plan and Worth of an Individual Mid Week Worship is at 7 00 p m Wednesday.
Pastor Dr. Minar L. Triplett preaches at 9:30 a.m. on The Regenerating Spirit and at 7:30 p.m. on Christianity And Our Needs at 805 Canal St. N.E. The schedule highlights the church's worship and evening message.
Charles P. Adams pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 Morning Worship at 10 55 Sermon Are We Really Alive The Vacation Church School commencement service directed by Mrs. R D Clark Sunday night at 7 Mid Week Prayer Service Wednesday at 7 15 pm
Chap el Hill church announces Sunday School at 10. The morning sermon at 11 discusses Present Power. The evening sermon at 7 30 explores What Is Right With America. Reverend A H Nabors leads the service.
The Rev. Wallace W. Lovett conducts services at the Sixth Ave and Jackson St church with Sunday School at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 55 a m on a theme Are You Disappointing God Holy Communion at 7 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p m
The First Church of Christ Scientist on 6th Ave and Johnson St lists Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. The Lesson Sermon topic is God the Only Cause and Creator. A Wednesday evening service and testimony meeting are at 7:30 p.m. Reading room is rear of church open 2–4 pm Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Kingdom Hall at 1502 Grant Street near 16th Avenue lists Friday 7 30 p m Theocratic school 8 30 Serv Meeting Sunday afternoon Congregational Bible Study Show Respect for Jehovahs Organization page 273 May 1 1957 Watchtower Tuesday 8 00 p m Congregations Bible Study presiding minister Paul Muhaluk conducts activities.
St Pauls Lutheran at Fourth and Sherman led by Pastor Paul E Krohn holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Sunday Service at 10 45 a m each week.
The church holds Bible study at 9 45 a.m. and a preaching service at 11 00 a.m. A visiting minister, Dr Tilson from Vanderbilt University, will deliver the message.
The Church of Christ at Beech Street and 16th Ave led by James Ray lists Sunday services at 9:50 a.m. Bible classes for all ages at 10:50 a.m. devotion preaching and communion. Evening sessions include 7:00 p.m. long drill, 7:15 preaching, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday prayers and Bible study, and 7:30 p.m. Thursday men’s training class.
Doyle Banta evangelist at 1415 Somerville Road Southeast outlines weekly services. Sunday includes 9:00 a.m. Bible study for all ages 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship with a sermon titled Which Church Does God Recommend and 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship with a sermon Willing To Die Afraid To Live.
Harold Lentz minister conducts services Sunday at 10 00 11 00 and 7 00 with a regular mid week Bible study at 7 00 Wednesday evening.
J W Falkner minister conducts services at Grant Street Church with Bible Study at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m and evening worship at 6 p m on Sunday Long drill and Bible Study occur Wednesday evening at 7 15 and 7 45 respectively.
Minister T A Thompson announces Bible Study at 10:00 a m Sunday morning worship at 10 50 a m and evening service at 7 20 p m with a Wednesday service at 7 00 p m all in the church programs and weekly calendar.
Episcopalian church at the corner of Gordon Drive and Jackson Street, Rev. James O Bodley rector. 7:30 a.m. Holy Communion, 9:30 a.m. Church School Service and Classes, 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon.
The Willoughby church at 6th Ave and 9th St SE led by Pastor L J Kaylor holds Sunday School at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and 7 30 p m The mid week service is Wednesday at 7 30 p m Also at Oak and Vine Streets Richard F Rougpie ministers Sunday service at 11 00 a m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m The sermon theme is The Man Of Silence.
Westminster on Jackson Street at 8th Ave SE offers Church School at 9 40 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m sermon by Rev George T Hubbard and Westminster Fellowship at 5 00 p m Westside led by Rev C L Shelby D D at 415 7th Ave SW holds Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m
Mrs Bertha Griffin of Gadsden visited her sister and family. Calvin McNutt of Anniston spent the weekend with relatives. Dick Breedlove remains ill at Hartselle Hospital. Cyers Lemmond Somerville and others visited Mrs Andrew Taylor Saturday. Michigan visitors to Edna Turrnitine. Clovis Breedlove and others called to see Dick Breedlove. Ray Edwards graduation at Athens. Lee Singleton improving at daughter’s home. W D Singleton Florence announces birth of a son. grandparents Homer Johnson Massey and A L Singleton Neel.
A Twentieth Century Fund report states about 200 million people worldwide depend largely on the ocean for their daily food, underscoring seas’ role in nutrition and livelihoods.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Butler of Decatur visited Mrs Hilda Stringer in Brooksville over the weekend. Mrs Pearl Berry visited the Curbow family on Sunday. The Ray Champion family and Norman Owens family hosted guests from Decatur for supper. Jo Ann Sharp visited her sister Mrs Harold Moore. Bobby Lawrence and children from Indiana stayed with Mrs Pat Field’s family. C E Maples of Somerville, father of Mrs Hilda Stringer, mentioned.
Elder Maples died at home on May 28 after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Friendship Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He is survived by his wife eight daughters three sons twenty five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Also visiting were Mrs. Helen Sallee and son of Cleveland Ohio Gaylon Maples of Louisville and Ralph Blankenship of Kansas.
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