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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1940
Page
7
Local listings show a full slate of Sunday church activities across North Jefferson and surrounding streets. Programs include morning worship, nursery care, Epworth Leagues, and special music by choirs and instrumentalists from multiple congregations such as Epworth, First, Central, and Italian churches, with services ranging 9:30 to 11:30 and evening programs at 6:30 to 7:30.
The notice lists multiple Baptist and mission churches with pastors and officials, Sunday school times, morning and evening worship, and program titles. Includes FIRST-Enat North Street Dr. Frank Hollingshead interim pastor and others such as Cunningham Avenue Hungarian Church and West Pittsburg Mission with respective leaders and services.
A detailed local notice lists Mass times and pastors for numerous Roman Catholic parishes including Chartes Hamne, St. Joseph’s, St Lucy’s, St. Margaret’s, St. Vitus, Madonna, St. John the Baptist Maronite, St. Michael’s, St. Mary’s, plus spiritualist churches such as the Spiritualist Church of Truth Good Will Spiritualist, and other services. Dates reference multiple masses and hours, with names of pastors and assisting priests, and notes on high masses and special services.
Directory notice lists several congregations with pastors and service times. St John Evangelical on East North Street led by Rev F E Brough has 11 am English service. Paul’s Evangelical on West Grant by Rev A M Stump with 10 40 am English, German at 2 pm. Bethany at East Washington and Sutton led by Rev Paul J Tau with 10 46 am service. Lutheran CHRIST and East Teen streets under Rev Walter A Sommerfield include 9 15 am Bible classes and 10 15 am divine service. evening German service 7 30.
Missions neighborhood house at Bethlehem Baptist Church 9 East Reynolds Street 3 p m supervised by Joy Allsworth. Bethlehem Tabernacle 310 South Croton Avenue pastor Clifford L Duncan Sunday School 9 45 a m W O Black superintendent morning worship 11 a m evening evangelistic service 7 41 city rescued 17 South Merns street Sunday School 3 p m evangelistic service 8 p m special program of music
A local church directory lists services at numerous denominations including Enon Bible Presbyterian First Congregational and Church of God with times from morning 9:30 to evening 7:30. Ministers named include A J Koonce Norman F Pear and D R Nusum among others with Sunday schools at 9:30 or 10:00 and sermons on Bible themes such as An Ideal Christ in Church and God The Only Cause And Creator.
Sunday school times and preaching at multiple churches. DEWEY AVENUE pastor Rev Parks with Ruth Bhaller as superintendent. Love Feast at noon. youth service at 9 45. RO BE POINT pastor L D Boots with Sunday school 2 pm and evangelistic service at 3 pm and 7 30 pm. FIRST Arlington Ave pastor Rev Millard with morning words sip 11 o clock and class meeting 11 45. P M S at 6 45 and song service at 7 30. COALTOWN pastor Rev D E Joseph with Ernest Eastman superintendent. Sunday school 10 am. love feast 10 30. sacrament at 12 noon. young people meeting 7 pm. Rev Lind sey sermon at 7 33 pm.
St Elias at 102 East Reynolds offers 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services with Sunday school and Bible school at 3. St George at 215 East Reynolds provides services from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Missionary Alliance and local churches list Sunday programs with Bible school begins at 6:30 to 7:40 p.m. at various locations including Hoover Heights and Washington Union. Ed Dawl and Gene Johnson named leaders. services feature evangelistic hours and special music with modern and old fashioned messages.
At Trinity Corner of North Mill and East Falls streets Rev Philp C. Pearsou rector and Miss Isa bel T. Johnson organist announce Advent services with 7:30 a.m. holy communion 9:30 a.m. church school 11 a.m. morning prayer baptisms and sermon St Andrew also observes the Second Sunday in Advent Bible Sunday with 9 a.m. choral holy communion 10 a.m. church school Jacob Herrick superintendent 6 p.m. young people fellowship under Francis EB Grangor 7:40 p.m. evensong and action led by Rev Charles J. Burton and choir Jevensong.
A downtown window display illustrates the Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society activities and year round work. Located at 34 East Washington Street near South Croton Avenue, the display uses literature, pots, and Christmas decor. Miss Della Glenn says literature is available at no cost from the Tuberculosis Society office in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Company building.
Major W. G. Harris, divisional commander of the Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania division, will lead the 11 o clock Sunday morning service at the New Castle Salvation Army Corps. Mrs Harris will oversee a music program. Harris, a longtime Army veteran, began service at age 12 in England and has held numerous executive roles including editor-in-chief for Salvation Army publications in the eastern territory.
Members of the Third U P church will hear Rev R L Stevenson of Hickory Pa preach Sunday as candidate for the pastorate The church has heard eight ministers as suppliers and Stevenson led the December 1 vote He is expected to return tomorrow as a candidate The morning topic will be The Consciousness of Christ and the evening topic Sorrows and Stars
Rev L J Lindsey district superintendent will lead the first quarterly meeting of the conference year at the Coal tel Pree Methodist church Sut ay. He has conducted revival services nightly this week delivering sermons. The order includes evangelistic service tonight at 7 30 and Sunday morning and evening preaching by Rev Lindsey.
The Church of God will broadcast from West Euclid as part of the New Castle Ministerial Association Hour at 3 30 Sunday afternoon. Rev W F Ratzlaff will speak on Freedom from Sin with special singing featured.
Elno Clark known as Elmo the Mighty is a noted hunter in coon and deer hunts. This year he cannot hunt, so Harry Strausbaugh and other hunters announced a plea for Elmo at 414 Butz Street.
Busy days at City Rescue Mission as preparations for the annual Christmas treat proceed. Toy repairs are underway in the mission toy room and volunteers are asked to call 430 to collect donated toys. A praise and testimony meeting is tonight led by the superintendent, with Sunday school at 3 pm and a Christmas program Sunday evening. Special meetings run December 29 to January 1 with Dr. Oliver Williams and party, followed by a new postholiday program after January.
Elaborate arrangements for a special Christmas season day at Epworth Church with festive decorations and a gothic interior. At 7:30 p.m. the New Castle High School capella choir of about 75 voices under Prof. Robert Duff will present Christmas music. Morning service features Rev. William A. Thornton preaching a sermon titled Finding God in Millersville about a business executive’s faith journey.
Trinity to observe Universal Bible Day with 11 a.m. service at Trinity Church corner North Main and East Pairs streets. The sermon titled God and the Picture of Measur Relatien will be delivered by Rev Philip Pearson as part of the emphasis on Holy Scriptures and Christian unity.
Church of Christ members who met on Patterson avenue will resume services in the Smithfield street building this Sunday. The address has changed to 8 Smithfield street. Arrangements are under way to have an evangelist from Pittsburgh conduct services. The item about fisheries and weather appears garbled.
Missionary Clarence A Burch, long at work in China, will preach Sunday evening at 7:30 in Central Christian church. His talk titled The Church Still Lives in China recounts his 34 years there amid famine, war, and upheaval, detailing school work, evacuation escapes, and later reconstruction efforts before returning to the United States.
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