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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1956

Page

8

Varied area church listings present across Odessa pages

A dense OCR of church listings shows numerous congregations with service times and pastors. Entries include Belmont Baptist J Conally Evans, Temple Baptist Curtis Thorpe, Trinity Baptist Paul Miller, Seventh Day Adventists Pratt, and many others with morning Sunday schools and evening worships. The list covers Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Pentecostal, and Catholic parishes across multiple streets and avenues.

Religious services and leaders listed for Crescent Park area

Local church notices list multiple congregations in Crescent Park and nearby Wharton Jr. area. Times include Sunday school at 9:45 am and worship at 11 am or 7:30 pm, with midweek prayer, youth and missionary activities, and pastors named such as Jaynes and Collins. Also notes Salvation Army and Johnson Chapel activities with schedule details.

Belmont Baptist Church J. Conally Evans Sam Malone WMU Imvanued Baptist Church Dolan Vine Avenue Baptist Church Vine Ave Joe White Friendship Baptist Church Ratliff Drive KR. Murdock Mon Brotherhood and Junior PA Tues Fast Side Baptist Church East 6th-Jefferson Ed Welsh Jimmy Hoover Vine Avenue Baptist First Free Will Baptist Church Wretth At Vine F. J. Wilson GT. James Baptist Church South Hancock BR Ockletree Web Independent Missionary Baptist Church G. W. Wampler Park Avenue Baptist Church East R. N. Power Calvary Baptist Church W. Ada Foster Ave J. A. Philpot Training Union Wed MT. Zion Baptist Church Wabash H. Harrison Sherwood Baptist Church Eant 2Nd and Alpine Harvey P. Wolfe Goldsmith First Baptist Church J. L. Cartrite Brotherhood West Park Salem Missionary Baptist Church Ada H. A. Schoenrock Tom Training Union Gudessa Hirle Crescen Fare Baptist Church Barnet A. A Lightfoot Grace Temple Church Golder ST. Paul's ST. Luke's Normandy Heights Presbyterian Church N. Adams Lem Tittsworth M. L. Alexander Redeemer Lutatran Church 18Th and Center Paul W Heckman Jae Pm Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church N. Lincolns J. D. O'Donnell Southside Assembly OF God Crane W. M Bozeman WMC Bethel Assembly OF God P. M. Cowin Jr First Assembly OF Gon Church Lee W. Harper C.A Church OF the Nazarene Third Amburgey Mra Pearl Keeton Nyps & P.m People’s Free Will Gospel Church McKinley FE. J Norman Pentecostal Holiness Church Ray Harris Reorganized Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints Otis Heber Jr God's Missionary Church Lord and Washington Charles Elkins Wilbur Mindel Parker Heights Christian Church East 27Th S Fugit Drury Lane Mev S. Sam Houston Ted Kroll Crescent Park First Church OF God Jaynes Carl Galeaton Church OF God Weat THE Salvation Army West Ada Lloyd

Highland Methodist Church Bible School Opens June 11

Highland Methodist Church will open its Bible School June 11 to 15 with sessions from 8 30 a m to 11 a m for children four years and up to Intermediate age. Open house June 17 at 3 p m will show children’s work. All eligible children invited.

Highland Methodist Church

Dr Stewart Becomes Highland Church Pastor

Dr. M. Buren Stewart has begun duties as minister of Highland Methodist Church. A Las Vegas New Mexico native, he studied at the University of Edinburgh and Garrett Bible Institute and earned a Doctor of Theology from the American Bible School. He previously served in Illinois and New Mexico before moving to Odessa and resides at 2100 N Adams with his wife and eight year old son. He serves as registrar of the Board of Ministerial Training of the New Mexico Conference.

M. Buren Stewart Highland Methodist Church Stewart Las Vegas N.M University of Edinburgh Scotland Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston, Ill American Bible School Chicago Illinois New Mexico Odessa N. Adams Board of Ministerial Training New Mexico Conference

Christianity Is Needed Church Says World Needs Christ's Science

The Christian Science Board of Directors declared the world faces immense problems and only the Science of Christianity can provide answers. At The Mother Church annual meeting in Boston thousands attended as leaders urged practical Christianity and indivi dual consecration to heal global turmoil.

Boston Christian Science Board of Directors Mother ‘Church iChrist Scientist Mass Materia Medica Theodore Wallach Clifford A. Woodard Cambridge Mother Church Union Europe Asia Australia

Baptists Open June Revival in Calvary Church

Evangelist Paul Carlin and gospel singer Milton Martin will start a one week revival June 10 at Calvary Baptist Church. Carlin, a former Houston athlete and reformed narcotics addict, will share his conversion story. Martin, a Morton tenor, accompanies the revival after a prior engagement here.

Presbyterians Add Two Youths To Activities

Miss Nell Denton of Albuquerque New Mexico and Robert Pryor of Kansas City Missouri joined the Normandy Heights Presbyterian Church Odessa as secretary director of Christian Education and youth director respectively. Denton a University of New Mexico philosophy major studied last summer at Artesia First Presbyterian Church. Pryor a Missouri Valley College graduate and Louisville Presbyterian Seminary student also serves as youth director at St Marks New Albany Indiana and studied at American University of Beirut. The article also notes fashion guidance for children and spring dress styles.

Nell Denton Albuquerque N. M Robert Pryor Kansas City W. W. Young W. R. Johnson Odessa Pryor Missouri Valley College Louisville, Ky Presbyterian Theological Seminary St. Marks Church New Albany Ind American University of Beruit Lebanon Holy Land

Crane Bible Schools Draw Many Youths

In Crane several churches host Vacation Bible Schools with large enrollments. At First Baptist Church 240 children attend a five‑department program led by Rev. H. F. Dearing. First Christian Church enrolls 75 directed by Mrs. Glenn Jones. First Presbyterian Church reports 135 in nine classes under Mrs. C. D. Birdsong. Other congregations including Church of Christ and First Methodist run programs through June 11 and June 16 respectively, while a Summer Youth Program serves about 150 children with 9:30 a.m. starts and 2 p.m. breaks.

Crane First Baptist Church Dail H. F Dearing Jesus God Paul Glenn Jones Firs Christian Church First Presbyterian Church C. D. Birdsong Beer Church of Christ Vacatinn Bible School Firs Methodist Church Hawley van Court Bobby Abernathy

Also Mentioned on This Page

First Bay Tin Church John Basen Baptist Wraining Kingdom Hall OF Jehovah's Witnesses N. Adama Theocratic Ministry School Kopoom A. Lindgser Watertower Bible Study West Cist Beylinge Baptist Church Bist Andrews Highway Second Baptist Church Res HO Philpott Glenn Murray Full Gospel South Grant W. Wilkinson Evan Elis Trinity Baptist Church Jackson Paul Miller Sunbeams Brotherhood and Women's Circles Primitive Baptist Church Gelder W. R. Dale Temple Baptist Church North Texas Curtis Thorpe KRIG Greater ST Four Square Gospel Church Adams Rev. C Dunaway Bethelaptist Crugch Crury Lane W. E. Murphy Aorthsode Baptist Church 50Th and Andrews Hwy W. J. Lee Permian Basin Association San Jacinto Lloyd Benton First Methodist Church Orbin Turner Kendall Bond Joe Zink Turner East County Road Topoon Macket Chapel Methodist Church Murphy Humble J. W. Morgan Methodist Mens Club WSCS N. Sam Houston Uth Joe M. Brown Norman Whisenand Cumberland Presbyterian Church S. R. Estes R. Estes Lutheran Hour—Krig ST. John's Episcopal Church W. 4Th County Road Lawrence Berry Temple Beth Pentecostal Church OF God A. KR. Truesdell Seventh Day Adventists West Third North Dotsy A. Pratt Riday Ubrited Pentecostal Church W. H. Massengale Rosa ST. Mary's Catholic Church Adams Wm. Lensing Daniel O'Sullivan Asa’t San Jose Catholic Church S. Dixie John Locanssen First Church OF Christscientists West Sixth Lauderdale Full Gospel Church Zavala Vine & Clifford James LeFevre Jia Om Northside Church Chris Jackson Jimmie Wood Parkview Church OF Christ Park Rivd Abe Lincoln Ch'uech OF Christ N. Golder Goldsmith Church OF Christ Lee R. Peters Church OF Christ F. Peart J.C. Croome Aom Wickett Church OF Christ David V. Dart KVKM Monahans Ladies Bible Church OF Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Murmsa W. Co Fisenhower Church OF Christ Paul F. Rogers Washington Ave Faith Tabernacle Pennwell Union Odessa Bible Class Held’s Cafeterie Malvern McDonald Gidfons Jefferson Lincoln W. H. Bounda David A. Soule H H Pat) Atkins O. L Watts Church Highland DR. M. Buren Christ Dector Jd Conelty Evens Sth BelmOnt Jesus Christ Peter Ananias Saul Eisenhower Church of Christ East 21St St Baptists Miss Nell Denton Presbyterians Ev. Lutheran Church North Lincoln 20Th Street American Lutheran Church National Lutheran Council Dial Sunilag Fred Null Philippine Islands T. V Keck K.C Immanuel Baptist Church Jimmy Dolan W. Mable Crane Bible Schools Uelife Resaua You Crescent Baptist Church A. B. Lightfoot Channel Kmid TV Midland Park Avenue Baptist Church Corner East 6Th and Park South Morning Services Training Union Evening Services
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