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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1952
Page
2
A long listing of church names, denominations, and pastors with street addresses and parsonages in High Point and nearby towns. Includes Adventist, Catholic, Christian Science, Disciples, Congregational, Church of God, Episcopal, Foursquare, Latter Day Saints, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and more with pastor names and locations.
A collection of brief church items notes Sunday programs at First Baptist, Central Friends Meeting, First Church of God, Springfield Friends, Lexington Avenue, Trinity Baptist and Wesley Memorial. Highlights include hymn festival with about 200 singers, revival tent services, ordination of two deacons, Home Coming Day speaker Dr W K McGee, and morning sermons plus Sunday school at 9 45.
The lesson by Newman Campbell links unbridled passion to crime and disaster. It urges temperance in drink and anger, calls for humility and service, and cites Jesus warning about harming others, including children, as a path to God’s kingdom. The piece discusses crime, driving dangers, and leprosy in biblical times.
A church message contrasts murder with anger and urges reconciliation. It cites Jesus teaching on anger and issues of judgment, noting righteous anger yet condemning hate. The piece notes Jesus healing a leper and a Samaritan encounter, then previews a service with choirs, solos, and a film titled Ambassador for Christ.
Dr. W Arthur Kale will preside over the final vesper of the season in which he uses Screening Our Inclinations from Lamentations 3. The offertory features It is of the Lord's Great Mercies. Rev Don A Payne will deliver Our Secret Fault from Matthew 18.
On Sunday worship begins at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:45 led by superintendent J. T. Morgan. Morning service at 11:00 a.m. includes installation of officers of the Women's Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild, with Pastor Wilbur G. McFarland preaching on "How Women Witness."
The article lists church events including a church school opening at 9:45 with superintendent J. Wilson Rogers, organ music by Mrs. Strickland, a Sunday sermon by Goodson from John 14:6, and a choir anthem. A MYF banquet for graduates is set for 6:30 with guest speaker Rogers and master of ceremonies Caudill. Also features midweek chapel, a Baptist-Western movie night promoting Mr. Texas with praise from church leaders, and community Bible talk and choir activities headed by William Collins.
The page lists sermons and schedules for Missionary Methodist, First Reformed, Emmanuel Lutheran, and The First Church of Christ. It notes service times, Sunday School, midweek gatherings, organ music, and on occasion social events and film showings.
The church schedules a Bible school hour at 9 45 a m with Ervin L Griffin as superintendent and the topic God's Estimate of Human Life. Morning worship begins at 11 a m with sermons from Thou shalt not kill and Who then is the faithful and wise steward. Youth meetings at 2 30 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m feature God s Call to Go Forward. Wednesday service at 7 30 p m and a care service at homes of N Hamilton and E Avenue planned for June 1.
The First Presbyterian Church announces a week calendar with church school at 9 45 a m led by General Superintendent J W Southerland. Morning worship at 11 o clock features Dr Roy E Watts preaching How to Get the Best of a Hard Situation with music directed by Henry Whipple. More on page eight.
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