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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1946
Page
2
The lesson introduces the Christmas story from Luke 2 and focuses on Christ’s message of love. It cites Luke 2 8 20 and Corinthians 13, emphasizes peace and good will, and urges readers to let Christ dwell in their hearts by faith.
The First Baptist church youth and junior choirs present a Christmas music program Sunday at 5 30 p m directed by Mrs Harry Monroe and Miss Betsy Ruth Bolling with Ruth Ellen Monroe as accompanist The program features pieces by Kohlmann Redner Mueller Adams Williams and Mendelssohn among others and includes readings and prayers by Rev W Wilbur Hutchins
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that Courade was an ancient custom requiring a father to retire to bed and fast or abstain from certain foods during his wife’s confinement. The practice likely aimed to emphasize his bond with the newborn child.
Britannica notes crickets kept for their songs in some regains while cricket fighting remains a favored pastime in China.
Reports confirm successful extraction of premium starch from sweet potatoes. The development highlights potential uses in food and industrial products and signals advances in agricultural processing.
Dr J McDowell Richards president of Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur Ga will speak Sunday at 8 30 EST on the Presbyterian Hour via Southeastern radio networks including WSD S He was Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and has led the seminary through a period of growth His topic is The Meaning of Christmas also listed is a Sunday School lesson by Alfred J Buescher
The Emmanuel Lutheran church announces observances with sermons and programs. Sunday morning topic is Going to Bethlehem, evening service features carols and candle lighting with a message on Christmas Lights, Christmas Day sermon at 6 30 titled Christmas and the Child. A Sunday school pageant The Story will be presented on Christmas Eve at 7 o clock.
The Highland avenue church led by Rev. L. H. Fortson schedules Sunday school at 9 45 with Mitchell Davis as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features the pastor, no youth service due to the Christmas program at 7 30 directed by Mr and Mrs R L OHam. Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 with Atlas Johnson reading scripture.
The church sets 9:45 for Sunday school with Dale Montgomery as superintendent and an 11 o'clock morning service led by Rev. C. W. Bates on the theme The Gift of Gifts. At 7:30 the choir performs the Christmas Cantata Christmas Bells. Wednesday at eight the church school hosts its annual entertainment and treat with a cantata drama The True Christmas.
Bible school at 9 45 a m overseen by Ervin Griffin. Morning worship at 11 includes the Lord s Supper with the sermon The Great Invasion by minister W E McGilvray. Evening worship at 7 30 features a Let Us Adore Him program directed by Mrs T H Scott and young children program Monday at 7 30. No Wednesday service this week. Everyone invited.
Wesley Memorial Methodist church hosts a 9 45 a m Sunday school session and an 11 a m worship with Mr Hardings sermon Dont Miss Christmas The choir performs Glory To God In The Highest from Bethlehem by Maunder Mrs FE L Short offers the offertory solo A Christmas Candle by Warren Christmas vespers follow at 5 p m with a program by the church youth group
The First Methodist church school will meet at 9 45 Sunday with Christmas programs in each class. At 11 o clock Minister Wilson O Weldon will preach There Were Shepherds and the offertory quartet will sing My Lovely Voices of the Sky. A 7 30 p m performance of Dickens play follows.
Eight Thomasville churches plan Christmas services on Sunday featuring choir music, pageants, and youth programs. morning services begin around 11 with varied topics and special trees, treats, and vesper or candlelight events through the day.
Christmas Carol will be presented by the young people. The Children's Fellowship meets at 3:00, and the Intermediate Fellowship at 6:30 in the Ladies Parlor. Due to play preparations the 6:30 meeting is canceled. Christmas Night broadcast from Burgess Memorial chapel Wednesday 8:30 with Mr Weldon discussing The Continuing Christmas.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. every Sunday. Prayer service Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Rev Charles McDowell is the pastor.
The Nazarene Mission will hold its first Sunday school at 10 AM followed by a 3 PM service. Rev. Mr. Foster of the Nazarene church of Greensboro will speak at the afternoon service. The public is invited to attend both sessions.
The senior choir presents The Infant Holy cantata by Louise E. Stairs on Sunday night December 22 at 8 o clock with Evelyn McKinney directing and Fielding Kearns providing organ accompaniment. Soloists include Clyde Connor Jr Robert Ellis M T Hicks Betty Lou Nance and others. The intermediate department conducts Angels of the Light pageant under Mrs Mann and Mrs Kennerly. The Young People’s choir performs as the Angel Choir.
The First Pilgrim Holiness church at 712 South Hamilton Street hosts a 11 a.m. worship with pastor J A Grout speaking on Light for the darkness of earth. Sunday school starts 9:45, no 6 p m youth meeting, Christmas program at 7 p.m. Dr W L Surbrook of Pilgrim Bible college speaks Dec 26 to young people.
The Church of God at 1111 East Commerce Street invites the public to church school at 9:45 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. and a Christmas play titled The Light Is Come at 7 p.m. Rev. Fred Jump serves as pastor.
Lindsay Memorial Church announces church school at 9 45 a m led by W B Delk followed by 11 a m sermon by Rev Thomas E Strickland titled Christmas Within the Heart Mrs C H Chadwick to sing O Holy Night during offertory A Christmas pageant Follow
The Star will be presented at 7 30 p m by the church school young people's division under Q W McCauley.
On Monday evening at 7 30 the annual Christmas tree party will be held in the main auditorium of the church with a special offering for world service. The Wednesday service continues the subject Stewardship and Christian Living.
Rankin Memorial Church outlines a 9 45 Sunday school led by Superintendent Frank Ring. Morning worship at 11 features Rev John Cagle on Gods Gift of Light. A 7 PM Christmas program invites gifts in white for Winston Salem orphanage with junior and senior choirs delivering special music.
Jamestown Methodist Church announces Sunday activities with Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent R. E. Bundy. Pastor Rev. P. T. Dixon will preach at 11 a.m. on The Light That Darkness Could Not Conquer and a Christmas music program will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Paul Tudor Jones delivers a Christmas message at the 11 oclock service on December 22. The Communicants class joins the church. A 5:00 vesper features harpist Miss Eleanor Welch and reader Mrs. Collins with Dickens Christmas Carol. Choir carols, young people attend vesper, then supper. Junior and Intermediate Senior Fellowships go carolling.
The Crestwood Chapel announces Sunday school at 9 45 with H C Simmons as superintendent in charge of the opening worship. Earnest McCall will teach the adult class.
Randolph Chapel schedules Sunday School at 9 30. F Logan Porter serves as superintendent. The Sunday School Council will convene Friday night December 27 for planning and discussion.
Ward Street Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 45 with E K Hedrick as superintendent. At 11 00 the pastor speaks Make Room For Jesus. The choir led by Miss Dorothy Jones will sing Christ Is Born. The Christmas play The Christmas Story directed by Mrs C B Kearns airs Sunday at 7 30 with reader Miss Mozelle Valentine and Barbara Carroll and a cast including Barbara Lewallen Roy Gay Carolyn Barr Judith Carroll Becky Lawrence and others.
Bethel Temple lists Sunday services and weekly meetings led by Pastor Myers. First Reformed notes 9:45 Sunday school, 11 worship with a Christmas cantata Chimes of the Holy Night directed by Don ald Gibbart and a 7 30 Christmas program and pageant The First Christmas. Midnight service on December 24 features a brief pastor’s message and choir music.
Rev Charles McBride presides with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 B T U at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 Tuesday evening prayer 7 30 Christmas program Follow the Star staged mid week prayer service 7 30 noter identical schedule remains.
St Marys Episcopal notes no Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Sunday. Church school at 9 45. Prayer and sermon by the pastor at 11. Bach offertory sung by St Dunstan Boy choristers and men. Young People Service League at 5 p.m. Festival of lights by choristers and choir at 8 p.m.
Rev. George Richman will deliver the morning worship message at 11. Sunday school meets at 9 45. BTA gathers at 6 30. A Christmas program is slated for 7 30.
The North Main Baptist Church will present a Christmas program with Rev. Neil J Armstrong delivering the message titled A Son Is Given. Judy Callahan will sing Star of the East. A Christmas play by the primary department follows, then 7 PM service with Rev. Floy Cox and Mrs. Wayne Green directing words and music. Junior, intermediate and senior choirs will perform.
The Christian Science Society at 3194 North Main invites the public to Sunday services at 11 o clock with the subject Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Sunday school at 9 45 welcomes children under 20. First Wednesday meetings at 8 p m and reading room hours Wednesday and Friday 10 a m to 1 p m.
Regular services will be held Sunday at North Park Baptist church with Sunday school at 10 led by superintendent H. B. Chatham. Worship follows at 11 and 7 30 with Rev J W Loy delivering the Christmas Story sermon. BTU at 6 45 and Christmas exercises scheduled for Monday at 7 30.
Central Friends Meeting will start Christmas activities with Bible School at 9 45 A M. Morning worship at 11 features carols and choir music led by minister Cecil E Haworth who speaks on Shall We Have a Mary Christmas or a Martha Christmas. A 6 30 P M pageant titled Christmas Come True is directed by a committee and written by Hershel Folger. A children’s party follows Monday at 7 in the annex for Bible School kids.
Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m at First Baptist with classes for all ages and a nursery for babies. Dr Clayton superintendent in charge. Pastor W Wilbur Hutchins leads the 11 a m worship with the sermon titled The Night Before the First Christmas. The young peoples choir will sing.
Church groups shift aid from Asia to Europe as pastors lack transport to visit members. Church World Service sent over 100 bicycles to Europe in August, with plans to maintain deliveries to needy areas. Dr. Reisner heads a study trip to India to assess agricultural needs for a coordinated mission plan. Lin and Mrs Lin visit New York for studies at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.
Dr. Ching Jun Lin president since 1927 of Fukien Christian University Foochow arrives in New York with Mrs Lin on sabbatical leave. Lin leads one of China’s 13 Christian colleges and will spend time abroad before returning to duties.
The vesper service will be led by Mrs. Harry Monroe with the church youth choirs presenting a Christmas program. The morning worship includes a brief choir sing.
Welch Memorial Methodist Church at Mangum Avenue and Lake Street schedules a 9:45 morning session led by Walter L. Vincannon, a 11 o'clock sermon by Rev H E Bolick on The Birthday of Hope, and an 7:30 evening Christmas play The Shepherd of Bethlehem. Monday 7:30 features a primary junior program with gift exchange and treats in the hut.
Calvary Methodist announces a Sunday schedule. Sunday school at 10 under general superintendent A. H. Holton. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon titled When Christmas Comes. Children's program at 5 with speeches, songs, and a Christmas treat. Evening service at 7 led by the church youth in candle light message and song.
Fifteenth Methodist missionaries arrived in Shanghai on the Marine Lynx with more en route to Korea and Japan, following furloughs. Cablegrams from the Board of Missions and Church Extension in New York City indicate these forerunners signal the arrival of over 200 missionaries to be reassigned in Asia in the next year or two.
President Truman praises the defeat of evil forces that threatened freedom and conscience. He emphasizes enduring unity in democracy, costly victory, and the need for eternal vigilance to preserve freedoms including freedom of conscience, invoking a Micah admonition to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
Built largely by Methodist people of Alexandria Virginia the village near Kapanga in the Belgian Congo cares for over 400 leprosy victims. Dr Arthur L Piper a missionary physician and evangelist has served 30 years with Afric nurses and aides some cured themselves. Ruth B Piper will operate the institution in 1947 while her father is on leave. Forty two new cottages add to 238 brick cottages though mud huts still house new arrivals.
Dr Luther D Miller, head of Army chaplains, says the Chaplain Corps aims to bring prophetic courage and redeemed life to the military. He asserts durable peace will come from faith refined by sacrifice and hardship, with combat proving God’s sufficiency and guiding a rebuilt world.
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