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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1954
Page
2
Local churches publish weekly programs across denominations. Activities include worship services, church school, youth groups, scouts, choirs, prayer meetings, and parish events at First Presbyterian Randolph and Crestwood Presbyterian St Marys Episcopal First Methodist West End Baptist and related churches with times and locations.
Sunday services include Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Morning Worship at 11 with a sermon The Christian Challenge by the pastor. Evening Worship at 7 30 with He Came to Himself. Youth Choir 5 30, MYF supper 6 30. Monday Character Builders Class 7 30 at Mrs A C Wilkinson 211 E Ray St. Wesleyan Service Guild at Mrs Francis Alman 219 Centennial Ave. Wednesday prayer 7 30, Senior Choir 8 15. Thursday Big Brothers Class with church supper 6 30.
The Sunday program includes 9 30 am Sunday School 11 am Morning worship with guest speaker Rev Kenneth Taylor pastor in Charlottesville Va. Evening worship at 7 30 pm features the same schedule and youth and prayer meetings. Wednesday 7 30 pm mid week service with Rev and Mrs Wade Coggins missionaries to Colombia. Friday 7 30 pm Cottage prayer meeting.
Willowbrook area notes include Rev Kenneth Taylor of Charlottesville teaching at Gospel Tabernacle and a farewell service for missionaries to Colombia Wade and Mrs Coggins. Mt Vernon Methodist forms a new Men group with White as president and other officers. Youth Week at N Main St Baptist runs through June 6 crowned by a banquet. Music director Warren Allnatt joins Lexington Ave Baptist in June. Upcoming sermons focus on The Christian Home with A House Divided. Rev Woodrow Robbins attends the Southern Baptist Convention in St Louis. Trinity Baptist marks its third annual homecoming May 30 with Dr James Hayes as guest speaker and a Baptist meal. Oak View Revival ends with 3:15 pm service and new Sunday school classes on Camp Road ahead of a future church. Dr Wayne McLain to speak June 6 at Lindsay Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Roy Putman inviting attendance.
Clergy from Gospel Tabernacle Emmanuel Lutheran Trinity Baptist and First Nazarene discuss men attending church without coats in heat. Revs Nelson Gatewood Brown weigh comfort against decorum. Prediction claims men may arrive tomorrow coatless due to perceived authority on husbands dress norms.
A 1864 Lincoln letter to Mrs Bixby honors a mother whose five sons fell in battle. He prays Heavenly Father ease her grief and preserve the memory of the loved ones and the pride of their sacrifice on the altar of freedom.
SEAFORD N Y A mallard duck in Seaford hatches a nest of seven eggs at a daily cost of 300 dollars. Builder Louis Hirsch, building 96 houses, loses 300 dollars daily as he delays bulldozer work to protect the nest until hatching. He estimates 26 days per nest, hopeful one egg cracks and mother mallard completes sitting.
The Pisgah Nantahala and Croatan National Forests were merged into North Carolina National Forests, an administrative unit over a million acres, about one eighteenth of the state's forest lands. It includes 28 recreational areas that drew 6,000,000 visitors last year.
The passage lists church events including Sunday worship with a sermon titled Success Story in Reverse, church school at 9:45, MYF activities at 6 p.m., and special services on Monday and visitation evangelism on Thursday featuring Dr Wayne McLain.
Sunday offerings include 11 a.m. worship and a sermon titled We Are His People. Evening programs feature 6 45 p m MYF 7 30 p m congregational hymn singing led by J C Grose and 8 30 p m MYF at Jean Bedford home. Friday includes a 5 p m social meeting.
Programs include Shady Green Pastures on WHPE AM FM Saturdays at 6 36 The Christian Brotherhood on WHPE AM FM Sundays at 8 30 a m Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning worship 10 45 a m Sermon for graduates Whats the good of Being Good Youth Fellowship 6 30 p m Evangelistic service 7 30 p m Wednesday 7 30 p m Mid week prayer meeting and Bible study Sanctuary choir practice at 8 30
Sunday services at First Church of Christ include Bible School at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 00 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m A youth meeting at 6 30 p m A sermon titled Christian Tithing and another on Christian Giving are listed The Hour of Power is Wednesday at 7 30 p m
The prophet Elisha, aided by a hospitable Shunemite woman, finds shelter in her home and later raises her dead son after prayer and laying on of hands. He warns of danger as the Syrians threaten Israel, revealing divine guidance and miraculous care.
A neighborly woman blessed by Elisha receives a son despite doubt. The boy later dies, is revived, and the prophet’s room becomes a place of healing. Meanwhile Elisha exposes Syrian plans, blinds their army, and leads them to Samaria where they are fed. The piece urges open eyes for peace.
The A Cappella Choir directed by Dr. Charles C. Taylor will perform sacred music at First Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 PM Frances Irwin will be pianist Soloists include Mary Ann Eller and Bob Blair The program opens with Beautiful Savior and includes Jesus Priceless Treasure David s Lamentation Once to Every Man and Nation Alleluia Onward Christian Soldiers The Crucifixion God So Loved the World and The Lord Bless You and Keep You A benediction concludes the program
A list of weekly services and group meetings across two churches. Calvary Nazarene and High Point area panels show Sunday services at 9:45 and 11, evening worship, youth and choir gatherings, midweek study groups, and special events led by ministers and local leaders.
The Rev. and Mrs. Wade T. Coggins, missionaries to Colombia, will receive a farewell service at Gospel Tabernacle on Willowbrook St Wednesday at 7 30. They have completed one term in Colombia and will return in August. The Ladies Missionary Society will present gifts during the service.
The Springfield Friends announce Sunday 9:45 am Sunday School and 11 am worship with sermon on The Spirit Filled Life. Graduation recognition follows. Evening Youth Fellowship at 6:30 pm and an officer installation for six weeks. Midweek Chapel study covers John 8. Thursday is a United Society of Friends Women work day for clothing and bedding donations to the American Friends Service Committee.
High Point Friends Church hosts Senior Recognition Sunday with high school seniors leading the worship service. Speakers Violet Zarou and Laila Jhoury, graduates of the Friends School in Ramallah Palestine, will address attendees. Open House at the minister’s home 7 9 p.m. Monday includes executive committee and worship committee meetings. Commencement at Guilford College at 10 30 a.m. Monday.
Morning worship at 11 a.m. features guest speaker Rev. James M. Hayes, superintendent of North Carolina Baptist Homes in Winston-Salem. At 1:30 p.m. Homecoming services include special singing and talks by former pastors and guests, with 6 p.m. Training Union session.
A reader asks how to know which church to join amid many denominations. The columnist argues the true Christian is one who does the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel, starting with belief that Jesus is the Son of God and obedience to gospel commands. Future installments promise more gospel facts and commands.
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