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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1950

Page

7

Sunday church services and activities posted

Rev. Jack Coke presides at 11:00 a.m. worship with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Training Union at 6:30 p.m. evening message at 7:30 p.m. Girls Auxiliary meets Monday at 5:00 p.m. Sunbeams meet Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel. Public invited to attend.

Jack Coke van Hill Training Union C. L. Buck Bertha Smith the Sunbeams Marie Holmes

What Is Practical and The Call to Better People

A essay argues that practical action fails to address world failures without spiritual reform. It contrasts impractical idealists with coercive approaches and urges religion as the foundation for lasting change. Then church notices outline weekly services at FIRST PRESBYTERIAN with schedules for meetings, choir, and Sunday worship.

Asia

Mt Zion Baptist Church Weekly Services

Rev Paul McClusky pastor leads Sunday School at 10:00 am and morning message at 11:00 am with Earl Murphy as superintendent Training Union at 6:30 pm directed by Mrs S W Moore Evening message at 7:30 pm and a Wednesday prayer service at 7:30 pm The public is invited to attend all services throughout the week.

MT. Zion Paul McClusky Earl Murphy S.W. Moore

Burton Church Services Schedule At Corner 4th Ave and Grant

C E Burton pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 am at the Corner 4th Ave and Grant St church. Evening service at 6 30 pm with Training Unions at 7 30 pm and the Lord’s Supper observed then. Wednesday programs begin at 7 pm with Brotherhood Ladies Missionary Society and Auxiliaries followed by an 8 pm prayer meeting. You are invited to attend all services.

4Th Ave Grant St

Westminster Presbyterian Service Times Change

Westminster Presbyterian on Jackson Street at 8th Avenue lists church school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Howard J. Kerr will deliver the sermon. Morning Watch Service is suspended until further notice.

Westminster Presbyterian

Revival Meeting At Johnson Church Opens September 10

Pastor W. J. Johnson of 308 Ninth Street hosts a revival at his church starting Sunday morning September 10 and ending Sunday evening September 17. Services are 7 am and 7 pm daily with Rev. Warren Rust of Knoxville as evangelist and Mr. Charles Veach of Columbus directing music. Public invited.

W. J. Johnson Ninth Street Ed. Self Training Union Tennis Odom Warren Rust McCalla Avenue Baptist Church Knoxville Tennessee Charles Veach Wynnton Baptist Church Columbus Georgia

Sixth Avenue Church of God Weekly Schedule

Sunday School at 9:45 with Mr Cole urging attendance. Morning worship at 10:45 led by Pastor Eugene Rice. Youth fellowship at 6:30, evening service at 7:30. Midweek program at 7:30 Wednesday and choir practice at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Sixth Avenue Church OF God Cole Eugene Rice

Central Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Choirs

The Central Methodist Church on Jackson Street outlines morning worship at 10:50 led by Rev W Nelson Guthrie with a sermon What We Can Depend On God And Us. Evening service features What Happens To The Soul At Death and All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name. Various circles, guilds, and choir practices are listed for Monday to Saturday with locations and leaders.

Central Methodist Jackson Street Sixth Avenue W. Nelson Guthrie W. Nelson Guthrie, Jr Jesus M.F.Y Loyal Temperance Legion W.s.cs Parks Circle W. F. Parks Prospect Drive Levin N. L. Kelley Stone Circle W. H. Jenkins Grizzard Elmer Bradley Fifth Avenue West Wesleyan Service Guild Rufus Warren Grant Street Board of Stewards Woodalls Good Fellowship St. Cecelia

First Christian Church Service at 9 45 am

David De Boer will preach at the First Christian Church located on 4th and East Moulton at 9 45 am with Bible readings to follow.

East Moulton David de Boer

Go To Church Sunday Prayers and Youth Roundup

The notice invites all members to attend Go To Church Sunday with visitors welcome. It lists Sunday schedule: 2 30 p m youth Roundup meeting at the church, 7 30 p m evening service, Wednesday 7 p m choir practice and 8 p m Bible study at the parsonage.

Memorial Drive Methodist Service Preview

R L Baker pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 with O B Rogers asst supt and C P Parker gen supt in charge. At 10 50 the pastor will speak on Working With God.

R. L. Baker O. B. Rogers C. P. Parker

If It Were Not So Sermon Theme Invitation

The theme for the sermon is If It Were Not So. You are cordially invited to worship with us.

St Pauls Lutheran Service Schedule

Paul E. Krohn is pastor at St Pauls Lutheran with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and services at 10:45 a.m.

ST. Paul's Paul E. Krohn

Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity Service Schedule at St John’s

The St John’s Episcopal schedule lists activities for September 10: 8:00 morning prayer and ante-communion, 9:45 church school, 11:00 Holy Communion and sermon by the Rev. Richard Cobb Fell of Grace Church Sheffield. All events at Corner Jackson Street and Gordon Drive.

ST. John’s Episcopal Jackson St Gordon Drive Richard Cobb Fell Grace Church Sheffield Cele

John Mark Made Good

Biographical sketch of John Mark, once viewed with lukewarm faith, who faltered on a mission and angered Paul. The narrative traces Mark’s growth to trusted status in early Christianity, his association with Peter, Barnabas, and Paul, and references to his role in Colossians, Timothy, Philemon, and Acts.

Mark Philemon I Peter Newman Campbell John Paul Peter Jesus Fied Mary

Mark the Runaway Becomes Proved Helper of Paul and Peter

Widow Memory Verse hosts disciples while Paul and Barnabas are sent from Antioch to Jerusalem to aid the mother church. Mark travels with them and serves as a helper in their preaching in Salamis, later returning home after leaving Perga. Peter praises Mark as a trusted ally and even calls him his son.

Paul Barnabas Antioch Jerusalem Mark Salamis Perga Pamphylia John Reto Barna

Austinville Church of God Sunday School Notice

Mrs Mary R Miller pastor invites attendance at Sunday school at 9 45 a m at the Austinville Church of God. Morning services follow with emphasis on fellowship and worship.

Austinville

Flint Baptist Church Schedule and Rev Turner Davis Appointment

Flint Baptist Church outlines Sunday activities with 9 45 a m Sunday School led by M G Fields and L L Matthews and a 10 55 a m sermon on The Ways Versus the Way. Training Union at 6 45 p m and an 7 45 p m evening service by Rev Lowell Nance as pastor goes to a revival in Columbus Mississippi. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Bible study and youth workers reading. Plans for a training school late September or early October. Attendance last Sunday 146 Sunday School 116 Training Union.

Flint Baptist M. G. Fields L. L. Matthews Lowell Nance Robert Ryan J. W. Ward Lowell’ Nance Southside Baptist Church Columbus Mississippi Turner Davis Decatur Clifton Fuller Christian Youth Workers First Corinthians

Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Weekly Schedule

Rev E N Chandler pastoring Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 am led by J E Dobbs. Morning message Spiritual Growth at 11 00 am. Training Union at 6 30 pm directed by L A Shir ley. Evening message Steward ship at 7 30 pm. Nursery care by Mrs Fred Bowen Sr and Mrs George Hodge during worship. Deacons meet 2 00 pm. Sunbeams meet Monday 3 30 pm with Edith Teague and Lamon Fuller. Intermediate Girls Auxiliary meets Tuesday 4 15 pm with Mrs Hugh Weir. Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 pm.

E. N. Chandler J.E. Dobbs L. A. Shirley Mesasge Fred Bowen George Hodge Sunbeams Edith Teague Lamon Fuller Hugh Weir

German anticommunists joke over petition signatures

Red claims amuse Frankfurt as German anticommunists mock communists for their Stockholm peace petition signatures. Wednesday evening the adult choir practices will be held. The church monthly business meeting is canceled due to the pastor's revival series at Brown's Baptist church in Bessemer Alabama. Rev. Joseph B. Britton is pastor. Training Union members meet Thursday at 7 00 p m to go to the sanitorium. Junior Girls Auxiliary meets Saturday at 4 00 p m with Mrs H P Lawrence. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist invites Decatur residents with no church home to join.

Brown's Baptist Church Bessemer Alabama Joseph B. Britton H. P. Lawrence Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Decatur

Signatures in East Germany satire on Soviet pressure

The passage notes 17 046 000 signatures claimed by communists in Russian-occupied East Germany, a region of about 17.5 million people. It suggests the numbers are implausible, with quips about signers including babies, prisoners, and the mentally ill.

East Germany Berlin

Korean Bridegroom Stays Three Days at Bride’s Father Home

A traditional wedding custom in Korea sees the groom remain with his bride in her father’s house for three days. The ritual embodies family ties and communal approval of the union.

Your Church Choice and Community Worship

A call to find personal fulfillment through joining a local church. Encourages attendance at services and active participation in church work, emphasizing worship as part of human nature and divine will.

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