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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
2
Church notices list weekly schedules including Sunday School at 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship, midweek services, youth groups, prayer meetings, and family events. Several churches cite Bible school times, afternoon picnics, and choir practices with multiple prayer and outreach activities throughout the week.
Sunday School at 945 am and worship at 11 am led by Rev Char le Monk Jr. Evening services include Training Union at 6:30 pm and evening worship at 7:30 pm with a prayer service and Adult Choir practice at 8:30 pm.
The notice lists services and gatherings: today evening worship at 7 30 p m and women of the church meeting. Tuesday at 7 30 p m choir rehearsal.
A Sunday timetable lists early morning events including a superintendents meeting at 9 15 a m Sunday School 9 40 and morning worship 10 55 plus choir and directors meetings 7 30 evening service 7 pm a 9 to 12 school session and later Wednesday prayer meeting 7 pm and troop activities with scattered garbled terms
A partial notice lists events at 4 pm prayer meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs C C Gray 1209 Cassell St 6 30 pm Train ee Union 7 30 pm Worship serv and weekday hours Monday to Friday 9 to 11 am for Vacation Bible School and related activities.
Schedule notes morning worship at 10 45 a m and evening services at 6 45 p m with MYF at 7 30 p m Tuesday prayer meeting and Saturday cottage prayer meeting at Wesley Chapel. Oak View Methodist lists Adult Prayer Band at 32 Carolina Ave Rev Roy T U presiding revival week 9 45 a m and MYF Women classes led by Rev and Mrs, with evening worship 7 30 p m and Vacation Church School 9 30 a m Monday to Friday.
The notice lists Rev. Wade Coggins as principal speaker returning missionary from Colombia. The program includes a picnic and memorial service for J Orville and Eliza money to support the church mission in Havana Cuba. Ice cream and cake will be served 7 to 9 p.m. on the church lawn.
Mrs. R Lee Johnson represents the Woman's Society of First Presbyterian at the Synodical Training School held at Peace College in Raleigh this week. Mrs. Hunter Dalton acts as business manager of the school. The event is sponsored by the South Carolina Women of the Presbyterian Church to train delegates for women’s work in local churches. Mrs. G E Thayer of Lindsay Memorial Methodist Church travels to Lake Grounds for the annual Women’s Conference of Christian Service, attending as elected representative of the Women’s Society at the church.
The Youth veneeene at Wes Memorial Church plans an ice cream supper for June 23 to raise funds for its activities. The event aims to engage the community with a simple dessert social and support local youth programs.
The Rev. Roy Putnam, pastor, announced this year Wednesday evening services will be held at 7:30. The schedule covers June July and August with the usual time.
The 98th Southern Baptist Convention in Miami elected officials: president Co. C. Warren of Charlotte, first VP John Haldeman of Fla, second VP Kyle M. Yates of Houston, secretaries James W. Merritt of Atlanta and Joe W. Burton of Nashville, treasurer Porter Routh of Nashville. It adopted a 10 million Cooperative Program budget with Mission Board at 3.8 million and Home Mission Board at 1.2248 million. Barberry bushes are undesired where wheat is grown due to rust risk.
The week at the church lists Sunday School at 9 45 am worship at 11 am with Rev Lloyd Sechrest on Life is What You Make It and a summer no evening service. Monday includes Vacation Bible School opening and Senior Consistory. Other days feature Youth Fellowship events, Choir practice, prayer meetings and a Father Son missionary speaker from Colombia.
Morning worship features a sermon on The Importance of a Third Dimension. A Youth Fellowship picnic, business meeting, and Vacation School opening are planned at the Shelter House on Route 4. Evening activities include class picnics, a junior choir, and a United Dry Forces meeting at Wesley Memorial Church.
The church schedules 1 a.m. worship with a sermon titled A Man Who Was Afraid by Dr. Roy E. Watts. Evening programs include Senior and Pioneer Fellowships at 6 p.m. plus a recreation period. Vacation Bible School runs Monday to Friday 9 to 11 50 a.m. and ends with a family picnic on Saturday June 18 at noon. The Evangelism Committee meets Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. for supper and its regular church meeting.
A Sunday through Friday church timetable lists services, Sunday School, and choir rehearsals for multiple congregations including Methodist Student Day, BAPTIST, and WEST END MISSION. Activities include vacation Bible school sessions, circles meetings, and evening worship across locations on N. Main St. and surrounding areas.
The Lebanon Methodist schedule lists Sunday programs at 9 45 am Church School and 11 am Morning worship with a sermon on Truth and Freedom. Evening worship at 7 30 pm covers What Judas Might Have Been. Weekly events include MYF at 6 45 pm and late weekday choirs and prayer meetings.
Sunday offerings include Church School at 9 45 and Morning Worship at 11 with a sermon titled The Badge of Distinction by the pastor. Afternoon events feature Senior Luther League at 2 to visit Hanging Rock and a 6 30 Junior Luther League gathering. Weekday notices cover a quarterly supper, officer installation for 1955 36 year, a Brotherhood Supper at 6 30, Judge B Gordon Gentry speaking on The Congregation and the Home, and a Senior Choir rehearsal at 7 30 Thursday.
Dr. A. A. Michelson founder of the First Hebrew Christian Church of Los Angeles and noted for the Hebrew Christian Hour will speak at 7:30 PM at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. He recently toured Palestine Israel and Europe and will discuss Jewish status, current world crisis, and his journey from Judaism to Christianity.
A revival led by Rev. W. F. E. starts at Greenwood Church in Thomasville tomorrow at 11 o clock with services continuing through June 19. Nightly sessions are planned at 7 30 p.m. daily after opening.
The notice lists Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. Morning worship at 10 45 a.m. Evangelistic Hour at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study at 7 30 p.m. Choir practice at 8 30 p.m. Thursday Ladies cottage prayer meeting at 10 30 a.m. Class visitation at 7 p.m. Friday family night at home.
The eight year old Josiah rises to the throne after Amon and vows to follow the Lord. He tears down idols and clears Jerusalem. A priest finds the ancient book of the law, Josiah trembles at its threats, and confers with prophetess Huldah as Judah faces future trials.
The 28th year of Josiah’s reign sees the king purging the land and temple, handing funds to repair work, and gathering Judah’s people to renew the covenant with the Lord. Nahum’s prophecies, detailing Nineveh’s punishment, are noted for context.
Oak View Methodist Church in New Market Tennessee hosts revival services led by Rev Roy T Houts Sr for two weeks starting tomorrow at 730 pm and a Vacation Church School from Monday to June 24 for Deginter to junior aged children. Houts assisted by his wife, the first woman licensed to preach by the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference, teaches MYF and Women of the Church classes. Rev Willam B Penny serves as pastor.
The schedule lists Bible School and worship services, choir practices, and youth groups across the week. It notes Vacation Bible School sessions, Junior and Senior activities, Boy Scouts, and prayer meetings with locations and times. Margaret Slate Ann Cubclasure Mrs G Bee Acker Jr and Mrs W E Woolf are named as organizers or hosts.
Sunday schedule lists Church School at 9 95 am and 11 am service with the sermon titled A Man the Shadow of a Great Rock. Evening MYF vesper service at 5 45 pm and City e. Mormday Boy Scouts at 7 pm. Week plans include Chapel Hour broadcast at 8 30 pm Wednesday, Chancel Choir at 7 30 pm Thursday and Commission on Education at 7 45 pm.
First Presbyterian Church will host a Bible school next week from 9 to 11 30 each morning for children ages 3 to 12. The program ends with a noon family picnic next Saturday and certificates for participants. Departmental superintendents include Wingate M Collins and A B Croom and Ton Harvey. Mary Stuart leads the nursery.
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church plans a 10 day Vacation Bible School from June 13 to June 24 under Superintendent Robert Stanley. Instructors include Ruth Marlowe Dewey Gunter Alease Harris Evelyn Bureney Ramona Caudle Janis Howard Joe Johnson L M Smith and Max Hill with assistants Becky Smith Carolyn Daniels Libby Hurst Nancy House Jerry Lee Sylvia Jones Donna Mecon Saais manne Margaret Burton.
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church on Route 4 will hold a memorial service for a former member. A potluck meal will be served on the church grounds after the service.
On June 1 the Pisgah Baptist Church on Worth Ave was renamed Brent Baptist Church to align with Brentwood Terrace housing development. Rev. Charlie Monk Jr. serves as pastor.
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