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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1963
Page
4
A church page advertises multiple congregations with sermons on the Simon of Cyrene theme and notes services across New Friendship and Westside locations. Listings include pastors Hoody Richards Gilbert Speake Huie Turner and Elree T. Waddell, with weekly schedules from Sunday school to midweek prayers.
The Rev Cora Duvall, in his 11th year as pastor of a rural Clark County church near Pilot View, seeks families to join a BUILD A LAKE program. He says the church has room for 12 to 2 homes and plans to develop more as homes are built on 100 by 200 foot lots with the first dwelling occupied last fall and two more ready for occupancy.
The Fifth Sunday Convention of the Christian Churches of Northern Alabama meets at First Christian Church Cullman with services at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Christian East Moulton Street at 4th Avenue hosts Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. includes communion. Sermon by J T Beale State Secretary. Ray G McCulloch licensed to ministry. Discipleship study group 5 30 p.m.
Church listings show multiple locales with service times including 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. morning worship and 5 p.m. vesper services. Ministers named include Ford McDonald John Rutland Hoyt L. Logan Mitchell Owens and Dr T J Chitwood. Evening and midweek services are listed with times and locations.
Multiple churches list weekly services with times locations and pastors. Wayne H Davis Frank Richards W K Stephenson Rev W W Coffey A B VanArsdale Willard Stallcup present ministry details and prayer meetings alongside Sunday school and worship times.
Church of Christ on Old Moulton Road lists ministers Gene Holder and Granville W Tyler with Bible study at 10 a.m. worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at 1415 Somerville Road SE Granville Tyler evangelist with 9 a.m. study and 10 a.m. worship. Other church entries show minister Elbert Young at 3 Grant St and J O Morgan at Flint with Sunday services and weekday Bible studies.
The church on Gordon Drive and Jackson Street lists services led by Rev James C Bodley. Holy Communion at 7 30 am, family service with classes at 9 15 am, and morning prayer with sermon at 11 am.
Rev Melton Bruce leads services at 415 8th Ave SW Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 10 45 and evening worship 7 p m Wednesday prayer 7 p m Christ Ambassadors meet Thursday 7 15 p m all in the Assembly Of God church likely weekly schedule notes.
Lawrence County church listings show Hatton Church of Christ led by Eugene Keenum with Bible study at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Evening service at 6 p.m. Midweek service on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Fellowship Baptist at Dancy Chapel Road in Coleman with Pastor Taylor. Sunday school at 10 a.m.
The Olivet Discourse on Holy Tuesday outlines prophecies of the coming tribulation, temple desecration, and events before this generation passes. It notes signs in heaven, Christ's return in power, and angels gathering God's elect, with scholarly debate on the timing.
The Church of God at Sherman Street and 16th Avenue SE announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. Evangelist service at 6 30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Youth service Friday at 7 30 p.m. Foster T. Dismukes is the pastor.
The church at Presbyterian Corner Oak and Vine streets NE holds a 9 4 am service with church school at 11 am and morning worship with a sermon on The Gospel Presents A Lord Worthy Of Our Devotion at 11 am. Youth groups meet at 6 pm and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 pm led by pastors Edwin F. Dalstrom and Jackson Eighth vé.
The article discusses Jesus prophecy in Mark 13 and Matthew 24 about events before during and after the great tribulation. It urges constant watchfulness by Christians to avoid spiritual sleep and fear of the Lord's arrival as Titus sacked Jerusalem in 70 AD.
The First Church of Christ Scientist announces Sunday services at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. A lesson sermon topic is Reality. An testimony meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the church on 6th Avenue and Johnston Street.
Baptist Southside at Ninth St and Eighth Ave lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m training union at 6 30 p m and an evening worship service. Pastor W J Johnson leads the congregation.
The First Church of the Nazarene at 210 7th Ave SW is described as an old fashioned holiness church. Rev W R Sessions recalls being called back in 1962 as the congregation grew from six charter members to about 150 in a new building costing about 70 000 to 80 000 dollars. Sunday school averages over 200, with departments for each age group and a nursery.
Judy Bennett and Watha Summerford will represent Morgan County Baptist Association at the District Training Union Rally at First Baptist Church of Athens. Judy competes in the Intermediate Sword Drill and Watha in the Young People's sporting tournament. Judy is a Priceville High junior, Watha a senior. both are Shoal Creek Church members.
Several area ministers joined the annual Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville. Attendees included Rev. William Maxwell of Hartselle, Dr. Guy Colbert of Hartselle, and Rev. Robert E. Shaw of Decatur. The speaker was Prof. Gunther Bornkamm of Heidelberg University who discussed Christology and Pauline theology among other topics. Dr. Harold Bosley of Grace Methodist Church, New York City, delivered the convocation sermons.
The Rev. A. B. VanArsdale of Central Baptist Church is chosen general chairman for a city wide Crusade for Christ led by the John Haggai Evangelistic Team of Atlanta. June 9 through 30 set for the old time tent revival with all churches invited to participate.
Revival services will begin Sunday at Shiloh Baptist Church and run through Friday nightly at 7 p m The Rev Douglas Dexter pastor of Lebanon Baptist Church will be the evangelist The public is invited
Six broadcast programs titled The Meaning of Prayer The Meaning of the Cross The Meaning of the Resurrection The Meaning of Atonement Atonement and the Lonely Crowd and The Meaning of Baptism will air on WMSL and WAJF from April 8 to 13.
The Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association recommends renewing Rev. I W Myers as field worker with the same $2400 salary. He reports a 356 day year with 16 719 miles traveled and 202 sermons preached, 911 visits, 131 baptisms, 44 by letter, 000 tract distributions, and 5 374 church members won with 391 baptized.
The Rev. Eric Bowling will lead a revival from Sunday through Friday at Berea Baptist Church seven miles east of Moulton. Services begin nightly at 7 o'clock and all visitors are welcome.
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