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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1950
Page
7
The Church schedules the Lesson Sermon on Sunday September 17 1950 with the Golden Text from Matthew 15 13. It includes Matthew 6 20 and other citations. Sunday services start at eleven o clock and Wednesday meetings at 730. The Reading Room on Johns Street rear entrance is open 2 to 4 on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A sermons filled church notices segment urges church presence for community impact. Rev. Ricker and Rev. Eugene Rice are featured speakers with details on services at multiple congregations including Gum Springs Baptist and others.
Pastor M G Fields leads Sunday services at 9 45 Sunday School with 146 in attendance last Sunday. Training Union at 6 30 and prayer meeting Wednesday 7 00 led by Robert Ryan and J W Ward. Plans announced for a training course starting when grade schools close for cotton picking.
Paul E Krohn pastor schedules Sunday services at 9 45 a m and Sunday School at 0 45 a m There will be no men s club Sept 19 The meeting moves to Sept 26 Mrs Mary R Miller is pastor of the Austinville Church of God Sun worship at 10 45 a m youth fellowship and adult prayer service at 6 45 p m Special youth service at 7 30 p m Guest speaker Mrs Eugene Rice of Decatur Dr Houston Bever of Pratt Kansas evangelist revival services Sept 20 through Oct 1 Transportation phone 2345 J available
Cor 4th Ave and Grant St lists C IE Burton as pastor. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Training unions at 6:30 p.m. and evening services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday features S S teachers meeting at 7 p.m. and prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Bring your family.
Dr. Howard I Kerr guest minister at Westminster Presbyterian Jackson Street at 8th Avenue Church School 930 morning worship 1100 sermon The Best Things in the Worst Times Circles meet Monday 3 pm Circle I Mrs Robert Blackwell Circle II in church parlor Circle II with Mrs Mason Pearce Jr Senior choir practice Tuesday 730 Seraph choir youth choir practice Saturday morning 1000 and 1045 respectively
Pastor R. L. Baker will deliver messages at both morning and evening services. Mr. O. B. Rogers leads devotions as assistant superintendent. Members and friends are asked to bring offerings for the building fund at the morning service. Services at 10 50 and 7 30 with the third Sunday benefiting the building fund.
Dr. W Nelson Guthrie leads morning worship with sermon The Church At Work at 11 05 am and evening sermon Shall We Know Each Other In Heaven Anthem Praise Ye The Lord The church school rally day starts at 9 30 am and M Y F Loyal Temperance Legion meets at 6 30 pm W S C S Circles meet Monday at 3 00 pm Parks Circle noted.
Local notices list multiple circles meeting at various homes this week including Levin Circle at 343 Johnston Street and Stone Circle at 602 Johnston Street. Madonna Circle hosts in church parlor with two hostesses. The last quarterly conference is Tuesday at 7 30 in Good Fellowship. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. Senior Young People recreation Saturday at 7 90 in the church basement. Choirs schedule includes St Cecelia Cherub Chancel and Vesper and Boys Choir sessions this week.
Rev. George Ricker pastors Austinville Baptist Church. Sunday School at 9 45 supervised by H R Lee. Families invited. Morning worship at 11 with Rev Ricker preaching. Training Union at 7 directed by Louis Ryan. Evening worship at 8 with the pastor delivering the message.
James, not an apostle during Jesus life, later became a key church figure. The article outlines three New Testament Jameses, including James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus, and notes Paul and Barnabas' sharing of fellowship with James and others after the resurrection. It also references tensions between Peter and Paul over Gentile observance in Antioch.
The text discusses Jesus inviting all who do God's will to be His family, expanding family beyond blood ties. It recalls Jesus in Nazareth, the surprise of neighbors about His lineage, and ends with James' authoritative council address summarizing Gentile inclusion and scriptural support. Barnabas and Paul cite God’s wonders among the Gentiles, leading to a quiet, attentive council scene.
Pastor Rev E N Chandler leads a full week at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Guest speaker Dr John Milford from Huntsville Alabama preaches morning and evening services with various auxiliary groups meeting daily and a jail Gospel team on Sunday. The public is invited.
The schedule lists school starting at 10 00 a m and morning and evening messages by Rev Jack Coke and Mr C L Buck Sr. The Girls Auxiliary meets Monday at 5 00 p m with Mrs Bertha Smith. Sunbeams meet Tuesday at 2 00 p m with Mrs Jack Coke and Mrs Marie Holmes at the Chapel. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Chapel.
David De Boer minister conducts Bible school at 9 45 a m with Ainslie Wyle leading sept 11 worship service and sermon Such As I Am at 11 a m. 7 30 p m evening service follows. Choir practice Wednesday 7 p m Bible study 8 p m at parsonage. Everyone welcome.
Corner Oak and Lafayette Streets host services led by Dr. J M Rogers. John Short oversees Sunday School at 9 30 a m, training union director Carl Hendon at 6 30 p m, evening worship at 7 30 p m. Pastor will preach on God Is Calling You.
In Morristown New Jersey beggars pose as Seeing Eye dog handlers to elicit sympathy. Seeing Eye president Dr Henry A Colgate says the organization never gives dogs to beggars and notes graduates are self supporting citizens amid complaints of mistreatment by improvised handlers.
A church invites parishioners to attend all services with a Wednesday 7 00 p m prayer meeting and 8 00 p m choir practice along with Thursday 8 00 p m Youth Choir practice and Sunday School for families.
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