Protestant Unity Talks Lead Global Church Merger Hope
REWS on the WORLD or RELIES ON: By W W Reich. Bishop G Bromley Oxnam urges urgent Protestant unity at the 1948 Boston General Conference, predicting a union within a decade that could electrify the world. Also notes England education, King George VI prayer day, Lutheran aid to Germany, funerals reform, Pyongyang church survival, and a Renton family visit.
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General Conference of the Methodist Church
Boston
Mass
Union of
England
John William Charles Wand
London
George VI
Great Britain
Canterbury
York
Lutheran World Relief
Cross of Christ and Constantine in Catholic lore
The article recounts Constantine’s 312 A.D. vision and victory with the cross, Helena finding the True Cross in Calvary, the three relics sent to Constantinople Jerusalem and Rome, and notes Catholic context with contemporary social notes and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Maxentius
Rome
Jesus
Calvary
Jerusalem
Christ
St. Helena
Hadrian
Helena
Constantinople
Church of the Holy Cross
Business visitors from San Antonio visit local firms
M. R. Duderstadt and Boyd Morris were business visitors in San Antonio two days last week, touring local firms and meeting executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Duderstadt
Boyd Morris
San Antonio
Church Announcements and Local Visits in Harper
Harper church notices invite parishioners to Sabbath mass and Summer School of Religion for ages six to sixteen, with a Father’s Day youth entertainment and St Anthony’s observance planned for July. Local visitors and visits to relatives are listed among community notes. A Kerrville Young People’s Conference is announced with Dimaline and others, plus services at St James Lutheran and First Baptist Church with Vacation Bible School and revival dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Non-Denominational Men's Bible Class at El Rancho Theatre
El Rancho Theatre hosts a recurring non Denominational Men's Bible Class with sessions on June 15 led by Rev M C Hoermann and June 22 by Rev John J Thomas Harper Baptist Pastor. Also notes visits by Mrs Clara Masters to Mason and Carlie visits Priddy Texas and several local families including the Mahne and Whetstone households. Sam Ezell has been bedbound for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Rancho Theatre
M. C. Hoermann
John J. Thomas
Harper Baptist
Clara Masters
Lewis Nixon
Mason and
Carlie
Priddy
Texas
Garret. Bierschwale
Center Point
Ida Smith
Sam Ezell
Ezell
Visiting Day Urged for Presbyterian Families on June 15
Methodist Church pastor urges visits to neighboring churches to foster cooperation among Harper congregations. There will be no preaching at the Presbyterian Church on June 15 due to the pastor attending a Rural Church Training School in Santa Fe New Mexico. Mrs Ida Kneese and son Clayton visited Round Mountain relatives. Joe Cherry left for Toronto to spend the summer with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Presbyterian Church
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Ida Kneese
Clayton
Round Mountain
Also Mentioned on This Page
DEL
Harper, Texas
W.w.reib
United Lutheran Church
Germany
Frank W. Creighton
Richard S. Emrich
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan
Korea
Pyongyang
First Methodist Church
Hall Memorial
Presbyterian Methodist Hospital
Presbyterian Seminary
Presbyterian
Vew
C. A. Lehne
Renton, Washington
Alfred Lehne
Lehne
Catholic Information
Hud. Hamilton
Charlie Frizzell
Goldthwaite
Boid Morris
Harry Boos
Fredericksburg
Clifton Kneese
Dan Wiley
Clarence Harper
Danas
Clarence
E. A. Roberts
Alzada Riley
Hanway
Medericksburg
Belvedere Oxford
Harper’s
ST. Anthony's Church
A. A. Gitter
Warren McDougall
John Duderstadt
Imogene
W. J. Huffmann
Kaufmann, Texas
M. E. Duderstadt
Leslie Phillips Jr
Lamar Parker
W. W. Massey
Vinna Lee Massey
Arkansas
H. E. Schuchard
Ft. Worth
Daniel Durst and Son
R. B. Goff
Grace Tannehill
el Paso
R. A. Hagee
Forest Green
Little Son
Garrison, Texas
C. L. Barnhart
H. C. Frantzen
Palestine
Louis Feller
Union
Ernest D. Dimaline
Austin
South Texas Young People’s
Westminister Assembly Grounds
Kerrville
Dimaline
ST. James Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
B. J. Mayhugh
Mahne
Lou Whetstone
Mr. Whetstone
Joe Cherry
Toronto
Canada
H. Bar-C Frontier
Vogue
Saion
Ann Dillingham
Dess Grossovitch
Maurine Spiser
Spake Plues
Sinclair
Sinclair Refining Company, Inc
E. W. Stroeher
Fredericksburg, Texas
Sewitke
Guy
Arthur Melly
Felix Gshne
Albert Kammlah
Kerrville Bus Company, Inc
Junction
San Angelo
Big Spring
Citizen Auto Company
Bill
Bill Kaiser
Schreiner Wool
Mohair Commission Co
Kerrville, Texas
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