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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1948
Page
5
A devotional meditation on Psalm 119:97 and the devout Israelite, contrasting sacred law’s ideal with its later perversion. The text argues that true law embodies God’s will, must protect freedom and human rights, and cautions against rulers corrupting law to oppress people. It calls for renewed reverence and effort to align manmade law with higher moral aims.
Sunrise prayer at 6 am and Sunday school at 9 45 under Sister Reva Payne. Morning worship at 11 30 led by Rev H K Kilgore. H Y P U meets at 6 pm led by Rev William Robinson. Evangelistic services at 7 30. Prayer services at 7 30 pm Tuesday and Friday. Rev T M Campbell and Second Baptist Church choir guest Thursday. Friendship Baptist Lockland hosts Sunday October 24. Rev Williams is pastor.
The First Church of God hosts a Sunday School Rally Day with a 9 30 a m program by Tom Howard and department assistants. Morning worship at 10 45 features Rev Caudill on Lives Wholly Dedicated To Christ Luke 24 52. Clyde Tankersley to sing. Evening sermon titled You Can Never Forget In Eternity Luke 16 25. Youth For Christ Rally begins Saturday Oct 16 at 7 30 p m. Bible study and prayer Wednesday evening.
Tomorrow at 10 15 a m worship services feature Mrs Harold Conn on organ and choir with pieces by Beethoven Engle Mann and Teilman and guest soloist Agatha Evers. Rev Harold H Jung to speak So Many Hecklers. Intermediates and seniors study Laws for Living while various classes and choir rehearsals are planned through Friday.
Ascension Episcopal will hold Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Church school starts at 9:30 a.m. Tomorrow is Youth Sunday. At the 11 a.m. service Don Thomas reads the lesson and Charles Gaw delivers the Psalm. Dwight Neill and Lee Bowen give brief addresses. The junior choir sings the offertory anthem Beautiful Savior. Mrs. Ernest Rathman plays. Vincent Society meets 8 p.m. in the parish hall with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Kessling, Baker, Melampy, and Yelton. Regional vestry supper at YMCA Hamilton 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Sunday school starts 9 15 with J B Gividen guiding adult classes in sanctuary. Lesson in individual classrooms. Morning worship 10 30 with Mrs Eugene Mack on organ and violin solo Autumn by Nevin. Rev W D Brock speaks Eye Salve. Evening 7 30 Mens Night Loyal Men's Class lead choir and music Enouch and God.
The church outlines a busy week with 9 15 morning school, 10 30 worship, Rev. Lacy sermon on National Mor alty, organist Hy Geis, youth choir and soloists, a 6 30 youth fellowship, 7 380 Sunday concert, organ demonstration, Mrs Wilkin and Mrs Nickell as soloists, W C T U luncheon Tuesday noon, 2 pm business meeting, 8 pm silver tea with Mr and Mrs Whipple pausing Greece talk, Otterbein Circle postponed, midweek prayer Wednesday 7 30, youth choir 7 30, senior choir 6 30, Mary Circle Thursday 7 30 at Mrs Leight home.
Union Baptist Church schedules Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Miss Annetta Moore as superintendent. Music by choirs under I W Hughes with Miss Leatha Banks at piano. Pastor to preach. A 3 30 p m program is sponsored by Mrs Walker Wilson and Mrs Susie Herrin. Twenty captains listed including Mrs Howard Watson and Mrs Allen Morgan. Weekly meetings follow: Pastor's Aid Club 8 p m Monday, choir 7 45 p m Tuesday, junior choir 7 30 p m Thursday, Faithful Few 7 p m Friday, Crusaders 4 p m at the parsonage. Allen Morgan III is president.
Sunday school opens at 10 a m with Margie Young in charge of junior departments. Rev C W Warstler speaks at 11 a m on A Sinless Substitute citing 2 Cor 5 21. Evening session at 7 30 p m covers Cardinal Fundamentals of the Church of the Brethren. Fellowship supper at 4 30 p m. bring Bible, pencils, note paper. Session ends 8 30 p m.
Laymen preside at 10 40 worship service in Northern Baptist Convention churches. Theme What Doth The Lord Require Of Thee. Organist Mrs E W Jones selects Offertoire in F Minor prelude and Allegro Pomposo postlude. Anthem Incline Thine Ear sung by baritone Robert Easton and senior choir. Music director Mrs Robert Ramsdell. Violin offertory Walther's Prize Song by Wagner performed by Nate Kunin. Men of Miami Association hold vesper service at Immanuel Baptist Church. speaker E J Steinberg of Milwaukee Wis. Junior High BYF meets 6 30 Sunday in social rooms. Senior BYF at 7 in high school room led by James Young on Evangelism and Youth. Church school 9 30. Boy Scouts meet Tuesday at p m. Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 to 8. Choirs meet: junior 4 30 girl 6 30 senior 8. All day sewing Thursday October 21 postponed from last week. bring sandwiches. coffee served by committee. Semper Fidelis Class meets at Mrs Lewis Turner 4200 Lewis St Friday.
The church adopts a new curriculum with full class organization and parent involvement. Dr. R. F. Pieters will sermonize on A Slip of the Tongue. Adult Choir led by T. A. Repper provides music. Westminster Fellowship meets at 6:30 p.m. for three youth groups. A Fall Rally delegation to Hamilton is planned. Central Lakeside Circle meets at Mrs. Fred Thoma and Highland Circle at Mrs. Harry Compton homes Friday.
Rally Day and Harvest Home will be observed at Pleasant Ridge and Jacksonburg with sermons by Rev. J. D. Nise wonder and at Jacksonburg. Services start 9:30 a.m. Sunday school follows at 10 a.m. with James Crout and Desmond Stamper as superintendents. The annual gathering is slated for September 24 at 10:30 a.m. and Fidelity Class offers a steak dinner at Wayne High School on October 23 from 5 p.m.
Meadowlawn Church of God opens at 9 45 a m with Mildred Meadows directing Sunday school. Clay Arnold leads the devotional for adults, William Redden and Otis Baty handle junior devotionals, and P W Moore chairs morning worship. Rev Francis B Cummins will preach on What Is That In Thy Hand and What Must I Do To Be Saved followed by a ribbon service and an evening Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m with missions focus and choir.
Church officials request all notices reach the Church Editor by Thursday after noon. Notices may be mailed or delivered by courier to ensure publication.
The Christian Science Sunday Lesson on the Doctrine of Atonement will be read in all Christ Scientist churches on October 17 1948. Golden Text comes from Mark 10 45. Citations include John 3 17 and Science and Health page 23 outlining atonement as the correction of sinful sense by Truth and Love.
Bethlehem Lutheran plans Sunday activities with Sunday school at 9 15 a m worship at 10 30 a m and vesper at 7 30 p m Ronald Hall will preach both morning and evening with themes What Lack I Yet and The Good Shepherd The Junior Mission Band travels to West Alexandria for regional meetings and Dr Schmidt and Carl Bogan attend Miami Valley Conference events in Dayton The pastors and laymen meet Sunday and pastors only on Monday The Junior Mission Band meetings Tuesday at 4 p m and teachers and choir meet Thursday at the Parish House
Special Men s Day service at 10 30 am with Dean Stanley Lebanon attorney as guest speaker Prelude by Mrs Duvall Andante Cantabile and offertory Prayer by Drew Brass quartet special music Church sponsored Public invited Sunday school 9 30 am Youth Center 7 30 pm Saturday center open to junior high and older youth Otterbein Guild 8 pm Tuesday Board of Christian Education and Boy Scouts 7 pm Choir 7 30 pm Wednesday Men s Friendly Bible Class 8 pm Third Sunday Attendance Loyalty Crusade Family Day next Sunday Youth Sunday last Sunday October young people sit in groups at morning worship
Oakland Presbyterian will hold Sunday school at 9 15 a m with Edward Stigler as superintendent leading opening devotions. At 10 30 a m Reverend Richard E Moore pastor conducts services in the sanctuary and after a brief introduction will play a record detailing the churchs worldwide work.
A digest of weekly church services across Middletown listing mass times for T John Roman Catholic, Holy Trinity Catholic, and other congregations. Includes low and high masses, benedictions, Sunday School, morning worship, prayer meetings and teen groups with tentative weekday times.
Community religious notices list weekly services for multiple faiths. Elder C Holiday leads morning worship with prayers and Sunday School. West Elkton United Brethren and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints publish Sunday times and school hours. Salvation Army unit notes Sunday School and holiness meetings. Garfield Mission and Beth Sholem Congregation provide service and Hebrew school details.
R L Robinson pastor at First Baptist Church Franklin Ohio preaches at 11 00 am with Sunday School at 9 30 am and Evening service 6 30 pm S Gessner pastor at Maple Park Evangelical United Brethren Church conducts Sunday School 9 45 am Morning worship 11 00 am Youth Fellowship 6 30 pm Evening service 7 30 pm Midweek service 7 30 pm Rev Vern in LaChance leads Maple Park with Sunday School 9 30 am Morning worship 10 30 am Christian Endeavor 5 00 pm Evening worship 7 30 pm Rolling Mill Park Mission Pearl at Pershing with Sunday School 10 00 am Sunday Bible Study 8 00 pm Prayer meeting Thursday
Interdenominational church offers Sunday School at 10:00 am and preaching at 10:45 am by Pastor Rev Chester Nelson. Young People's service Thursday at 7 pm conducted by Chester Nelson. Mrs Louise Nelson serves as song director.
Elder Charles Holiday invites the public to a lecture by Abner Nelson from New Delhi India at First Pentecostal Church Sunday October 17. Nelson a missionary student attending a U S university will speak at 8 30 PM at York and Young Street.
A dense listing of church services and activities across Monroe Ohio and nearby towns. Entries include Rev Hughes Garvin at Union Assembly, Rev G E Wiggs, Rev Harva Jung, and Rev F B Cummins with times for Sunday School worship prayer and youth meetings. Also notes Grace Baptist Church First Church of Christ United Presbyterian Church and Calvary Methodist with varying times and midweek services.
The church offers 9:30 Sunday School and 11:00 a.m. services with an 8:00 p.m. Wednesday testimonial meeting. A reading room with Bible and Christian Science literature is open daily except Sundays and holidays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Elder T G McDonald Pastor conducts Sunday School at 9 45 am Morning worship at 11 00 am Young people's meeting at 6 00 pm and Evening worship at 7 30 pm at the church on 1lth Ave and Lincoln St
Pleasant Ridge and Aubsunburg hold Sunday school at 10 and 11 am with preaching. Community Church at 701 Seventeenth Ave W hosts evening worship at 8:00 pm led by Pastor J Tucker.
The note lists church activities including Seventh Day Adventist and United Presbyterian Church services. Timings include 1:30 Sabbath School, 9:48 and 10:30 morning worship, 6:60 pm YPC, and missionary and women's societies meetings on the fourth Thursday. Rev. Robert Burris leads the Presbyterian service.
A jumble of service times across multiple churches including Sunday School at 9 30 a m Worship at 11 00 a m and evening services at 7 30 p m for several congregations. Also notes midweek prayer meetings choir rehearsals and youth activities with details for Zion Lutheran Bethel AME and Foursquare Church among others.
North Miami Street Rev. A. M. Wilson, Pastor Richard Freeman. September 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Morning worship 7:00 p.m. N.Y.P. 7 p.m. service 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer meeting.
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