Catholic critic Blanshard sees signs of change in church views
Paul Blanshard, longtime critic of Roman Catholicism, says there are hopeful elements of a progressive trend toward religious liberty and greater cordiality. He notes needed reforms, warns about tax funding for parochial schools, and discusses his new book Religion and the Schools. Blanshard heads to Rome for the Vatican II session opening Sept. 29.
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Paul Blanshard
Thunderbolts
Blanshard
Beacon Press
Pye
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio
New York City
State Department
Julia
Thetford Center
St John’s Episcopal Church Service Schedule
The Rev. James O Bodley rector announces 7 30 a m Holy Communion 9 15 a m Family Service and Classes 11 a m Morning Prayer and Sermon and 5 00 p m Healing Service at corner of Gordon Drive and Jackson Street.
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Gordon Drive
Jackson Street
James O. Bodley
Methodist and Central Churches Weekly Services Schedule
At Methodist FIRST 805 Canal St NE Pastor Ford McDonald leads Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7 p.m. Central Pastor Rev John Rutland conducts church school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:50 a.m. with sermon How To Have Faith and a 6 p.m. M Y F. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. features speaker Miss Julia Lovins. Prayer meeting Wednesday Sept 25 at 7:00 p.m. Memorial Drive 109 Memorial Dr NW Hoyt.
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Canal St
Ford McDonald
John Rutland
Julia Lovins
Westside
Memorial
M. Elree T. Waddell
Brookhaven
Memorial Dr
S.W
Clifford Mitchell
Training Union
Sunbeams
The Power of Faith By Wood Ishmael
A devotional piece on Ezekiel highlighting visions and faith leading to restoration. Includes AP Newsfeatures worship notes and multiple church schedules with pastors R. E. Bob Wilkins and W K Stephenson, plus service times and locations.
Church of God in Sherman Plans Revival and Contests
The Sherman Church of God at Sherman Street and 16th Avenue SE led by Pastor Foster T. Dismukes offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening services are 6:30 p.m. on Sundays, 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, with a Friday youth meeting and Saturday prayer. The Sunday School contest runs through Sept. 29 followed by a revival led by Evangelist Doyle Boothe of Tuscaloosa starting Sunday.
Christian Science Church Service Schedule
The notice lists services for the First Church of Christ Scientist at 6th Ave and Johnston St with a Sunday church service at 11 a.m. a sermon topic Matter a Sunday school at 11 a.m. an evening Wednesday testimony meeting at 7 30 p m and Thursday night hours 7 00 to 8 30 plus open hours 10 00 to 4 00 and a radio program The Bible Speaks to You.
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Pirst Church OF Christ
Scientist 6Th Ave
Johnston St
Church Schedule Listings Across City
Multiple church notices list service times and pastors at Fifth Ave Sherman Riverview Eastside Brookhaven Memorial Drive and other locations. Each church shows Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship 11 a m training union 6 p m evening worship 7 p m midweek prayer study times vary.
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Grace Sherman
Riverview
Willard Stallcup
Training Union
Weekly church services and schedules in two neighborhoods
A compact notice lists multiple churches with service times and locations. Southside Corner Eighth Ave and Ninth St SE shows pastor W J Johnson with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and services at 11 a m 7 30 p m. New Friendship led by Rev Hoody Richards outlines 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m morning worship with evening trains. Westminster at Jackson St and Eighth Ave lists pastors Edwin F Dalstrom and Ed Payne Miller Jr with midweek prayer and youth groups. Willoughby Presbyterian and another NE church present church schools, morning services, and evening offerings across Oak Vine and Sixth Ninth streets.
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Wadsworth St
Sixteenth Ave
R. E
Bob” Wilkins
Si Ie
Eighth Ave
Ninth St
W. J. Johnson
Training Union
NEW Friendship
Hoody Richards
Jackson St
Edwin F. Dalstrom
Ed Payne Miller, Jr
Ee Ae
Willoughby Presbyterian Corner
6Th and
9Th Street S.E
Frank Richards
Corner Oak & Vine Streets
Joseph W. Walker
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Otate United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Eighth Ave. SE
ED Payne Miller
History Dates Back To First Methodist Church at 805 Canal St
The First Methodist Church at 805 Canal St NE traces its history to 1827 in Decatur with early pastors Rev. Alexander Sale and Rev. John B. McFerrin. The 1832 bequest funded a church on the grave of a donor’s daughter, later rebuilt after Civil War destruction. The present church began in 1898 with major additions through 1960s and a 1950s–60s expansion program, led by Rev. Ford McDonald and staff including Roy Wood and Mrs. Cury.
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First Methodist
Canal St. NE
Decatur
Lawrence Circuit
Alexander Sale
John B. McFerrin
Bank
Lafayette
Rutledge
Capt. Ross
John H. Nichols
T. T. Tyler
Luther O. Stout
Ora L. Stout
Ford McDonald
Sylacauga
Birmingham Southern
Auburn
Emory
First Methodist Church
Sheffield
Roy Wood
W. E. Cury
L. C. Wilson, Jr
Womens Society of Christian Service
Gilmer Blackburn
MYF
Turner Beard
William Tucker
Andy Anderson
C. K. Timberlake
Joshua Boucher
Justinian Williams
William Box
Matt P. Parham
John Matthews
Joseph E. White
Thomas H. Neeley
Ben F. White
James D. Barbee
Zachariah Parker
Robert A. Wilson
Francis M. Cherry
John A. Edmondson
Burnett W. Bond
Edward Robertson
John S. Marks
W. W. Graves
John Nichols
D. C. Crook
John S. Davis
S. E. Mabrey
W. H. Armstrong
John A. Thompson
John W. Bains
L. F. Whitten
Joel W. Whitten
Hensley Grubbs
Hardie Brown
James L. Coleman
W. M. P. Rippey
R. T. Bentley
M. J. Law
Thomas Armstrong
Hawkins
L. C. Branscomb
Anson West
W.T. Andrews
John B. Gregory
John D. Simpson
J. D. Ellis
S. E. Wasson
John S. Robertson
J. W. Newman
K. N. Matthews
James Duncan
H. M. Stevenson
G. M. Davenport
S. A. Stella
Claude O’rear
History Department Formed in Morgan County Baptist Association
In 1957 1958 minutes of the Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association outline steps toward creating a department of history. The plan includes appointing an assoc iational historian, annual church clerk clinics, and preserving records with cooperation from the Alabama Baptist Historical Society and the Southern Baptist Historical Commission. The department would collect and publish brief histories, aid local church historians, and preserve Negro Baptist and other religious materials.
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Morgan County Missionay Baptist Association
D. C. Stringfellow
First Baptist Church of
Hartselle
Historical
Assoc
Decatur
Alabama Baptist Historical Society
Historical Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
Department of “History
Association
History Department
Slack
Historical Department
I. W
Myers
Howard College
Department of History
The
Church Services Schedule At 415 8th Ave SW
Rev Melton Bruce pastor leads a schedule of services including Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 10 45 a m Christ Ambassadors Class at 5 45 p m evening worship at 7 p m and midweek services on Wednesday at 7 p m at the church located at 415 8th Ave SW.
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8Th Ave
Melton Bruce
Christ Ambassadors
Genesis 37 50 Patriarchal era and Joseph in Egypt observed
N Speer surveys Jacob and his sons descent to Egypt in Genesis 46 50 marking the Patriarchal period. He notes Pharaoh's gifts to Joseph and land grants, Josephs famine era tax of one fifth, and the economic shifts under Josephs administration. The section concludes with Jacob and family in Egypt.
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N. Speer
Jones
Jacob
Egypt
Joseph
God
Man
Abraham
Moses
Pharaoh
Biblical Study on Jacob and Joseph in Egypt
The passage compares Hebrew life in Canaan and Egypt, noting immigrant separation and shepherd status in Goshen. It discusses Jacob blessing Joseph's sons, the favored second son, and Judah as the leading tribe, with David and Christ linked to Judah. It cites a distribution by the Division of Christian Education and Features Syndicate.
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Canaan
Egypt
Goshen
Suez
Joseph
Zoan
Nile Delta
Jacob
National Council of Churches of Christ
Judah
David
Christ
Israel
Jerusalem
Christian Education
U.S.A
Features Syndicate
Wayne H Davis Leads Local Church Schedule
Weekly church program lists prayer meetings at 7 30 pm on Wednesday and evening worship at 7 pm. Wayne H Davis holds pastor duties with church school at 9 45 am and youth fellowship at 6 pm. Choir practice also at 6 pm daily service times noted.
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Westside
Wayne H. Davis
Lawrence County Church Schedules and Ministers
Listing of churches in Lawrence County with service times and pastors. Wolf Springs Church of Christ led by Harry Hasha offers Sunday services 10 a.m. worship 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Midweek Bible study. Hatton Church of Christ led by Eugene Keenum has Lord's Day services 10 a.m. Bible study and 11 a.m. preaching plus 6:30 p.m. evening service. Fellowship Baptist Dancy Chapel Road and Coleman area led by Coleman Taylor with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship 6:30 p.m. training union and 7:30 p.m. evening service. Rayford Henry leads other Lord's Day services with 10 a.m. Bible study and 11 a.m. preaching. Gandy's Cove lists Sunday 11 a.m. preaching and 6:30 p.m. church fellowship.
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Harry Hasha
Hatton Church OF
Fellowship Baptist Dancy Chapel Road
Coleman Taylor
Training Union
Rayford Henry
Gandy’s Cove
Tennessean Preaches Monthly at Hester's Chapel Lester
G. F. Raines, minister from Minor Hill Tennessee, now preaches on the fourth Sunday each month at 10 a.m. at Hester's Chapel Church in Lester. Previously in Nashville he served as a Grolier Educational Society representative and as secretary for the Rusty and Doug show of the Grand Ole Opry.
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G. F. Raines
Minor Hill
Tenn
Church of Christ
Hester’s Chapel
Lester
Raines
Nashville
Grolier Educational Society
Rusty and
Doug
Grand Ole Opry
Evangelist Raines to Speak at Columbia Church of Christ
Time basis for the Church of Christ in Columbia Kentucky notes evangelist Raines. In 1952 1953 he wrote for Hartsville Vidette and assisted J C McMurtry at The Nashville Tennessean. Raines is nephew of Professor W L Davis Athens who taught in Limestone County schools for about forty years. Public invited to hear him.
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Church of Christ
Columbia
Hartsville
Northside Baptist Church Homecoming Preacher Named
Sunday homecoming at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Smith Ledbetter from Bethelem Baptist Church preaching at 11 a.m. Dinner will be served at the church and all are welcome to stay for lunch.
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Northside Baptist Church
Smith Ledbetter
Bethelem Baptist Church
Christian Family Money study session at Austinville
The Woman's Societies of Christian Service at Austinville Meth odist and Ninth Street Methodist churches begin the first session of a joint study on Christian Family Money at Austinville Methodist Church Monday at 7 p.m.
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Woman's Societies of Christian Service
Austinville Methodist
Ninth Street Methodist Churches
Austinville Methodist Church
British Cartoonist Sir David Low Dies At 72
LONDON AP Sir David Low died at 72 after a long illness with asthma and kidney trouble. The creator of Colonel Blimp, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962, influenced world cartooning and was praised by Winston Churchill. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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London
David Low
Colonel Blimp
Winston Churchill
Charles Dickens
Micawber
Low
Fleet Street
New Zealand
Lord Beaverbrook
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Sherman St
4Th Ave
R. A. Reinhardt
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Ishmael
Ezekiel
House of Israel
First Corner Oak
Lafayette Sts
W. K. ‘Stephenson
Central Grant St
Fourth Ave
A. B. VanArsdale
Church of God
Christian Science
Fifth Ave
W. W Coffey
Eastside
19Th Ave
Cypress
Huie Turner
Princess
Wxw
Southside
Westminster
First Presbyterian
Robert Stansell
Daily
J. B. Gregory
Assembly of God
Lawrence County
Wolf Springs Church OF Christ
Town Creek
Evang
Ralph Stair
11Th Ave
2Nd St
N.W
Jesus
Ralph Stair Philo
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