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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1953
Page
3
The project, funded by local donors and business firms, will publish a church acts series in the capital. Listed supporters include Young Chevrolet, Nash Motors, Hope Bank, Byers Drug, Owen’s Department Store, Mid-South Cotton, and many regional firms.
A dense church notices page lists services for multiple congregations including Church of the Nazarene, Church of Christ, First Presbyterian, Hope Gospel Tabernacle, Garrett Memorial Baptist, Unity Baptist, Shower Springs Baptist, First Methodist, First Christian, and a Catholic church. It includes worship times, Sunday schools, Bible studies, midweek prayers, radio broadcasts on KXAR, and various auxiliary activities with pastor names and locations such as Fifth and Pine Streets, Walnut Street, East Second Street, North Main Street, South Elm Street, and Third and Walker Streets.
The page lists church services across several Black congregations including Zion CME Church, BeeBee Memorial CME, Church of God, Church of God in Christ, Bethel AME, Rising Star Baptist, Lonore Baptist, and Garrett Chapel. It notes Sunday school times, morning and evening worship, revival announcements, a Port Worth Sunday School convention attendance, a St Mary AME preacher in Shreveport, and a church bus trip. It also mentions families visiting relatives and travelers returning home.
The lesson cites Peters call to grow in grace and knowledge, aligning Pauls emphasis on grace across his epistles. It notes that grace appears more frequently in Pauls letters, and a commentator remarks it opens greetings and closes letters, underscoring core gospel essentials.
A long radio lineup lists stations, programs, and times interwoven with a Christian sermon excerpt. The text shifts from schedules to a devotional note quoting Paul and Tennyson, emphasizing growth in grace and knowledge as a guiding principle for daily living.
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