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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1946
Page
12
Faith page lists Fay Short ministering at Memorial Drive S of Christ with Bible study 10:00 a.m. worship 11:00 a.m. evening service 7:30 p.m. Midweek study Wednesday 7:30 p.m. topic Constraining Love. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:30 p.m. Sermon titled The Invitation urges all to attend on the Lord's Day.
East Moulton Street at Fourth Avenue hosts the First Christian Church with Robert Glenn as minister. Church School at 9 45 led by J B Har low Sunday worship at 11 with a sermon by the minister.
Rev W F Schoech pastor leads Sunday worship at 10 30 with holy communion at Sherman Street and Fourth Avenue. Sunday School begins at 9 30. Sermon text Mark 12 41 44. Topic A Striking Example of Christian Giving.
Westminster Presbyterian announces Sunday School at 9 40 a m led by Dr Eugene Chenault superintendent and morning worship at 11 a m with the pastor preaching The Hands of Christ The Ladies Auxiliary will not hold its regular monthly meeting.
The Central Methodist church outlines a week of services led by Rev G M Davenport with daily sermons and choir activities. The program includes morning worship, Sunday school, youth meetings, and Bible study groups with specific hostesses and leaders named.
Minister R D Underwood conducts Bible study at 9 45 a m morning worship and sermon at 10 45 a m evening worship and sermon at 7 30 p m mid week Bible classes are held Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Rev. Eugene Marsden Chapman rector at St John’s Episcopal Jackson Street East Gordon Drive to lead service on September 1 1946 the eleventh Sunday after Trinity at 7 30 a m.
Holy Communion at 11:00 led by the rector with sermon "I Am What I Am" and church school at 9:45. Athens services at 9:00, St Peters Mission at 2:00. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist led by Pastor Radford with Sunday School 9:45, worship 11:00, Union 6:15, sermon by Dr. Radford. prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30. Chapel services: Sunday School 10:00, preaching 11:00 and 7:30, Rev. Bert Murphree in charge. all welcome.
WILLOUGHBY PRESBYTERIAN. Pastor W. B. Strong invites all to Sunday School 9:45 with Ralph Hood as superintendent and Luther Sellers as associate. Worship at 11 a.m. sermon by the pastor on He that Edureth. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. sermon on What Christianity has done for the working man. Midweek prayer and song service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Strangers and visitors welcome.
Multiple churches present Sunday schedules with worship hours Sunday School adults and youth groups along with midweek prayer meetings and special services led by pastors and lay leaders. Also notes Methodist and Presbyterian pew organizations and Christian Science lesson sermon topics.
Lawrence County records show deeds transferring property among multiple buyers including K Pickens to Mrs Wallace for 3500 dollars and E G Holland to Norman Holland for 1200 dollars. Marriage licenses list numerous couples including Richard Rumbley and Lillian Free in Birmingham and Joe Glenn to Beulah Bowman in Hillsboro along with several other pairings.
Sunday services at 11:00 with Sunday School at 9:45 in Decatur branch of the Mother Church. Reading room hours Wednesday and Saturday 2 to 4, rear of church on Johnston Street. public invited.
The Moulton Heights Baptist churches announce Sunday School at 10 a.m. with graded classes, morning preaching at 11 o’clock by Rev. J. A. Gomes on The Trees in the Midst of the Garden, and a Baptist Training Union at 7 p.m. directed by Horace Feilding. Evening service at 7:45 will feature The Power Greater Than the Atomic Bomb.
Saturday information advised to enroll children in the proper county or city school. The Somerville Road Gordon Bibb Lafayette Street and Joe Wheeler districts are described with boundary routes. Because Joe Wheeler lacks enough pupils, combined districts will share sections of certain grades across two schools.
Ward I district maps define boundaries along Moulton Street and L and N Railroad with city limits. It serves first second third and fifth grades while fourth and sixth graders attend Joe Wheeler school. Buffalo Bill referenced as Pony Express rider in historical note.
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