Corpus Christi devotions at St Augustine’s Church continue
In Grafton, St Augustine’s Catholic Church marks Corpus Christi with daily Mass offerings and devotions. The article notes the feast linked to Christ’s body and blood, the Sacred Heart devotion beginning in June, and invitations for all to participate in Mass and prayers through the Sacred Heart observance.
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St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Corpus Christi
Jesus
Deyo
Aggustine
Rev Robertson to Speak on Ways of Life at First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church will host Rev E L Robertson for the 11 anteworship service on Sunday June 23. He will repeat his sermon titled Four Ways of Life and note his vacation absence on June 30. The Robertsons plan to move to Burgettstown PA July 1 where he will serve Westminster church. The church youth plan a trip to Shack mission June 23 at 1 pm and Circle 3 of the Women’s Association will hold a picnic at 6 am June 29 in place of the first July meeting.
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First Presbyterian Church
E. L. Robertson
Women's Association
Kenneth Manley
Lutherans Plan Merge signal grows stronger
Omaha Neb 10 The merger of four Lutheran church groups with about three million members seems more likely after a December joint meeting. The groups are United Lutheran Church in America 2 270 000 Augu stana 557 000 Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 340 00 American Evangelical Lutheran Church 20 000 delegates attended the Augu tana synod Dr Paul Emprie of Montclair New Jersey spoke on issues of bombing and injustice
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Omaha
Neb
Ascar A Benson
Augustesa’ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Path Annual Synod
United Lutheran Church
Ameria
Augustana
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Reception for New Pastor at Andrews St Pauls
Rev Virgi L Gillum pastor of Andrews St Pauls Methodist Church announces a Sunday morning service and reception for the new minister. The M O F will meet Tuesday at 730 and the choir rehearsal is Friday at 730. Event details mention Rev Gil tum and Ze aia Ft.
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Virgi L. Gillum
Andrews-St. Paul's Methodist Church
Christ Our
Revy
Gil
Tom
Ze Aia
Two Protestant Denominations Plan For Unity
In Cleveland on June 25, Congregational Christian churches and Evangelical and Reformed Church will merge to form the United Church of Christ. The new body will unite about 8200 local churches and over 2.1 million members, becoming the seventh largest U.S. Protestant denomination. The merger ends years of negotiations and follows earlier intra-denominational consolidations.
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Washington I
Cleveland
America
New England
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
U.S
Antmerger
Congregational Church
Stiit
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Church of Christ
Church Services and Schedules by Denomination
Church listings show multiple denominations with pastors and service times across towns. Highlights include Assembly of God with Hazel B O'Brien 9 45 Sunday School and 10 45 morning worship, First and Second Baptist options, Beulah Prestytown services, Hebron and Middleville schedules, and Catholic Mass times at St Augustine All Saints and related parishes.
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Assembly OF God
Assembly of God Tavernacle
Hazel B. O'Brien
St. Augustine
M.D. Hannon
All-Saints Parish
Bridgeport
Charles Carroll
St. Francis Borgia
Anmore
Brownton
St. Mary's
Rosemont
Church OF Christ
Blueville Church of Christ
Richard Pryor
Nazarene Church of the Nazarene
Parkview
Noah Sullivan
Edith Courtney
Dearly Beloved Faith and Church Notices in West Virginia
A devotional note urges steadfast faith against world hate, quoting scripture and promoting regular church attendance. The page lists numerous church schedules, ministers, and services across towns including McGraw Avenue, St. Matthias, St. Pauls, and Knottsville, with weekly Bible schools, worship times, and youth programs.
Men To Lead Worship Hour At First Brethren Church
In Sunday services at First Brethren Church, fathers will lead evening worship. Earl Brown will direct song services, A. D. Camp gives opening prayer, East Brown and Carl J. Lunden will give talks, and a men's chorus will perform. Morning sermon by Pastor Lee Crist focuses on keeping the Lord’s Day holy.
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First Brethren Church
Earl Brown
A. D. Camp
East
Brown
Carl J. Lunden
Lee Crist
Adventists Open State Sessions in West Virginia
The West Virginia Conference of Seventh Day Adventists began its first full session in Parkerburg with W H Johnson Buckhannon pastor as the opening speaker. Don Yost and WV Anderson also spoke with Adam F Ruf delivering the keynote urging greater efforts to warn the world of Christ's return amid rising crime, juvenile delinquency, and Middle East tensions.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Adam F. Ruf
Ruf
Middle East
Graham Makes Money Appeal at New York Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham urged Madison Square Garden's near capacity crowd of 18,000 to contribute funds to cover costs of his million dollar New York Crusade. He said the revival was at its midpoint but needed further support to continue.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Rev Rowe Schedules Sermon at First Baptist Church
Rev Harry T Rowe announces Sunday morning sermon The Indestructible Jesus from Hebrews 7 16 at First Baptist Church The Senior Choir will perform an anthem and Ezabeth Linnwall will sing an offertory solo The evening sermon title is The God Who Remembers from Psalm 105 Chapel Choir will perform with junior and senior high youth planning involvement
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First Baptist Church
Harry T. Rowe
Jesus
Ezabeth Linnwall
God
Evangelist says crusade budget half funded by offerings
The 38-year-old evangelist said the crusade executive committee invited his team to revive the event and would need more offerings soon. He noted nightly Madison Square Garden rents exceed $6,000 and that coast-to-coast TV broadcasts on Saturdays cost about $50,000 each.
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Crusade Executive Committee
Madison Square Garden
Presbyterian Drive Success in Christian Education Fund
Twenty nine Presbyterian churches report meeting or exceeding their goals in the 1 080 000 fund campaign. George Leslie and H Arthur Stroud announced progress from Charleston and urged completion of regional goals. Quota buster churches will receive a framing certificate as praise for meeting objectives.
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George Leslie
H. Arthur Stroud
Charleston
Stroud
Leslie
U.S
Trip to Weirton Christie Center and church conference
A church trip to the Weirton Christie Center is planned for Tuesday of next week. Members will depart at 7 1a.m. from the church to attend the Christian Center run by the Home Mission Societies of the American Baptist Convention. The following day the monthly workers conference for Sunday school teachers and leaders will meet at 7 30 pm to discuss fall plans.
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Weirton Christie Center
Weirton J
American Baptist Convention
Weir
Swhg
Seach
Bishop Campbell To Lead Service For St Matthias
Bishop Campbell will lead the 11 am service at St Matthias Episcopal Church for several confirmations The rite will include a procession by choir altar boys rector and visiting bishop The newly confirmed will receive laying on of hands and join in Holy Eucharist and parish communion The sermon will be preached by the bishop who recently led a preaching crusade in South Africa He is president of the West Virginia Council of Churches and became bishop in 1955 A luncheon will follow at 861 Maple Avenue All welcome to confirmation and communion and to hear Bishop Campbell preach.
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St. Mathias Episcopal Church
Wiburn C. Campbell
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
South Africa
Campbell
West Virginia Council of Churches
Diocese of
RE L Strider
Christ
J. Wayne Efaw
Maple Avenue
St. Matthias Church
Allen E. Sither
Rev Simpson Schedules Sunday Services at Local Church
Reverend George W. Simpson of Evangelical United Brethren Church lists Sunday activities including Sunday school at 9 30 a m with J H Kirkpatrick as superintendent and sermon titled The Common Salvation at 10 30 a m The senior choir directed by Margaret Crall will perform as youth fellowship meets at 6 30 p m led by Karen Withers Prayer meeting and Bible study follow Wednesday at 7 30 p m led by Mrs E 8 Duckworth and J H Kirkpatrick teaches already noted.
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Baptist First Baptist
Harry T Rowe
Donald V. Shaffer
Second Baptist
High Street
Henry Kidd
Anna P ‘Hurd
Beulah Baptist
Prestytown
Clark Neptune
Hebron Churen
John R Davis
R. W. Roberts
RFD
Hammond
Middleville
Nelton Harris
James McEldowney
Harry Richards
Oak Grove
D. R. Whiteman
Webster Baptist Church
Flemington Baptist
Clyde Bush
Union Baptist of
Simpson
Harmony Grove Baptist
Clyde Wright
Brethren Church of the Brethren
D. F. Hines
Evangelical United Brethren
George W. Simpson
First Brethren
Lee Crist
Charles E
Ruth L.) Hawkins
St. John's
Pruntytown Methodist
Rose Hill Methodist
Webster Methodist Church
Blueville Methodist Church
Donald L. Shearer
Fetterman Methodist
Haymond Methodist
Lonard L. Shearer
West Main Street
O. Ray Martin
Pleasant Creek
W. G. States
Carl Smith
Knottsville
H. F. Durham
Thornton
Mt. Pleasant
Wesley Chapel
Thorton
Young Peoples Fellowship
Thorntos
Warren Methodist Church
Melvin Washington
L. J .Twitty
Simpson Methodist Church
Donald E. Shearer
Evangelical United Brethers Church
Don Miller
Revival Week Planned at Assembly of God Tabernacle
Rev Hazel O'Brien leads morning worship on spiritual cleansing and 7:39 pm theme God pattern for revival. Grafton church to hold weeklong revival from Tuesday June 25 at 7:30 pm with daily services. Evangelist Ezekiel D. Jittu, former Pit Islands Hindu, to speak each evening. last August he conducted a revival here. Public invited.
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Hazel O'Brien
Assembly of God Tabernacle
O'Brien
Grafton
Ezekiel M. D. Jittu
Pit Islands
Blueville Church Announces Sunday Sermons and Services
Richard Pryor evangelist for Blueville Church of Christ will preach Sunday morning on What Does It Cost and Sunday evening on Legals or Liberalism. Rev Donald Shea of Blueville Fetterman and Haymond Methodist churches announces worship at Blueville 11 a.m. and at Fetterman 7 30 p.m. Sunday evening.
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Blueville Church
Richard Pryor
Blueville
Donald Shea
Fetterman and
Haymond
Fettermen
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