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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
7
Sunday schedules and pastor names for St Pauls Lutheran First Baptist Sixteenth Avenue Baptist churches detailed sermon topics and service times. Activities include Sunday School Training Union nurseries Beulah and auxiliary meetings with dates listed for upcoming events at the churches.
Charles A. Wells argues war reveals virtues yet fails to achieve enduring outcomes. He urges peaceful means over violence to defeat communism and secure civilization. The piece covers religious notices for Jones Chapel, Central Baptist, St. John’s Episcopal with service times and notes on worship.
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 or 6:30 p.m. Revival services all week with Rev. Joe Gomes and Rev. Paul McClusky. Auxiliary groups meet: Girls Auxiliary Monday 5:00 p.m., Sun beams Tuesday 3:45 p.m., Royal Ambassadors Thursday 5:00 p.m. All welcome.
The Flint Baptist Church announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m with theme How God Missionaries and a slogan Take our Family to Sunday School L L Matthews Lowell Nance serve as superintendents Morning message at 10 55 a m on Gods Universal Purpose Training Union at 6 45 p m and evening service at 7 45 p m with topics Baptis t Testimon y and Holy Living A Vacation Bible School runs July 3 for two weeks 9 00 to 11 30 a m daily All boys girls men and women invited Over 150 expected in Sunday School attendance. 129 at Bible study. services include baptism and Lord s Supper
Clarence Davis announces Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. with Roman Higdon as superintendent. Worship at 11:00 a.m. features a sermon titled Religious Quitters. Youth Fellowship meets at 7:00 p.m. with a later sermon Seven in Deep Water at 7:30. Wednesday prayer at 7:38 p.m. Science topic is How salvation in the Lesson-Sermon for June 8 read across Christian churches.
O. E. Moss, minister, leads a Bible study at the South Decatur Church of Christ.
The notice lists weekly worship times at 9:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. with 10:45 a.m. mid week Bible class on Wednesday and a 7:30 p.m. men’s training class on Sundays. It invites readers to worship with the church after the New Testament order.
Caddo church holds Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. on the second and third Sundays led by Rev. Well Bayne. Bethlehem church Midway Alabama offers Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. with services on the first and third Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev. Earnest Shelton presides. Liberty Grove Town Creek Route 3 lists Sunday school and services at 11:00 a.m. on the second Sunday.
Newman Campbell presents a sermon on the biblical tale of Jonah and Nineveh. The piece contrasts crime in modern cities with Nineveh’s fate, recounting Jonah’s mission, his sea ordeal, and his call to warn the Gentile city to repent within forty days.
The account describes Jonah fleeing to Tarshish, a terrible voyage, and a great storm. Sailors fasted and prayed, the king ordered sackcloth and ashes, Niniveh repented, and the Lord spared the city. Jonah resents God’s mercy to the Gentiles, learning God is Lord of all.
At Westminster Presbyterian on Jackson Street at 8th Avenue the Rev. John A. Troxler will lead the church school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. The sermon will be the featured message.
The schedule lists Sunday services from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. with Ed Self as superintendent, 10:50 a.m. worship, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Evening Vespers on WHOS with choir, 6:30 p.m. Training Union directed by Tennis Odom, and 7:30 p.m. evening service. Monday Sunbeams and Woman's Missionary Society meet at 3:00 p.m. Midweek prayer at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday with a Sunday school council meeting. Thursday 7:00 p.m. Business Women's Circle program on state missions with covered dish supper. Friday 7:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School commencement. Parents and friends invited. A L Burns superintends the school.
Central Methodist at Jackson Street and Sixteenth Avenue hosts church school at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:50 a.m. with Dr. W. Nelson Guthrie and the anthem Immortal, Invisible. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. features Dr. A. H. Nabors and the anthem God Is A Spirit.
The W S C S will meet Monday at 3 00 in various locations including Parks Circle in the church parlor hosted by Mrs R C Woodall and Stone Circle at Mrs J D Bush 541 Sherman St Grizzard Circle at Mrs Robert Gray 537 Grant St and the children's class at 3 15 in the Primary department The senior board of stewards meets Tuesday at 7 00 in the church dining room with junior board members as dinner guests Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 in the Good Fellowship classroom Choirs have times from Tuesday through Friday including St Cecelia Cherub Vesper Chancel and Boys Choir.
The church school begins at 9 45 with the pastor speaking at 10 50 on the church and its rules. The choir provides special music. Evening worship at 7 30 with the Beattitudes as the topic. A good church to worship in.
The Austinville Baptist Church invites attendance at Sunday school 9 45 a m worship 11 a m and 8 p m. Dr John Milford of Huntsville will bring the messages in the morning and evening services with Training Union at 7 p m. W M S meets Monday at 2 p m and a prayer meeting is held.
The First Presbyterian church network lists services and activities across Kirby Memorial Chapel on Courtland road and Courtland highway. Rev W W Glass and Mr R W Cousar Jr lead sermons as special summer program runs June 26 through July 2 with Sunday school at 9 45 and 11 00, youth fellowship at 6 30 and evening worship at 7 30, plus daily Vacation Bible school mornings. No midweek service at First Presbyterian church this week.
The Austinville Church of God lists Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. morning worship at 10:45 a.m. and evening services at 7:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship and Children's hour precede adult prayer at 6:45 p.m. Mid week prayer and praise is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Attention notes a temporary change in service night from.
Wednesday to Thursday invitation for service attendees with transport provided via phone 2345-J for rides to and from the church.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m morning worship at 10 45 a m youth fellowship at 6 30 p m evening service at 7 30 p m mid week services at 7 30 p m Wednesday practice at 8 30 p m Wednesday
Corner of Canal and Lafayette. Dr. P. D. Wilson, pastor, leads 9 45 Sunday school with F O Smith superintendent. Senior department presents program with Brewer Kenton on Now More Than Ever. Dean Jones soloist sings The Love of God. Morning service at 1055. Dr. Wilson preaches both services. Anthem Bless This House. Choir directed by Henry J. Fleming. W S C S meets Monday 3 p.m. Youth Fellowship 630 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday 730 p.m. Eggs lose weight while in storage.
A catalog of regional firms appears, listing manufacturers, cleaners, furniture suppliers, dairies, mills, drugstores, and shops such as Southeastern Metals, Cooper Wells & Co, Alabama Brick & Tile, Hunter Furniture, Shumake Furniture, Sterchi’s Meadow Gold, Spears Warren & Ratliff, Decatur Cleaners, Why Not Eat Here Cafe, Alabama Flour Mills, Caddell Drug Co, Wilder’s Men’s Wear, White Way Pure Milk, Ryan Appliances & Furniture, and Sherrow’s.
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