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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
2
At the churches Rev G Menning pastor leads services at 10 36 All Fullness in Christ 2 00 Gijlijt Vrienden Van Christus 7 30 Earths Song of Redemption offering a sequence of readings and hymns to close the day.
A church bulletin lists services and readings including Luke 1 verses 7 and 78 79 in a pre Christmas theme. It notes the Work of John the Baptist prophecy and Catechismus instruction scheduled for afternoon and evening sessions.
Rev F O LeLaCheur invites families to Sunday school at 9 80 morning worship at 11 00 with the sermon Missionary Enterprise. Evening evangelistic service at 7 30 features special music and the sermon This Seeking World. Tuesday prayer meeting at 7 30. Thursday a Christmas pageant A Star Shone in Bethlehem. Plan to attend the Little Church with the Big Welcome.
Rev. A Havercamp presides at Sunday school on 9 30 am with The Birth of Jesus. 10 45 am Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and morning worship. 2 00 pm Holland Service Sacrament des Heeren Heilig Av ondmaal 7 30 pm Evening Praise. What about Heaven.
Morning service at the Temple of Greater Glory followed by Gabriel's Verschijnaing 2un de Maagd Ma ria in the afternoon and The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the evening.
Second Reformed offers a Christmas weekend program with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. featuring The Birth of Jesus Christ by Beginners and Primary. morning worship at 10:45 a.m. with Why Bethlehem?. 4:30 p.m. Evening Praise What Does Christ Think of Our Christmas. 2:00 p.m. Junior Christian Endeavor.
The note lists activities for a church youth program with times 5 00 p m for Intermediate and 6 30 p m for Senior Christian Endeavour, reflecting a planning snippet from a local congregation's schedule.
Church school at 9 30 classes study the Christmas lesson. Morning worship at 10 45 features a Christmas sermon titled Christmas Contrasts. Choir offers an anthem. Evening program at 7 45 includes presentations from children and youth departments and a Christmas drama The Empty Room. We welcome you.
The Chronicle lists individuals with birthdays or anniversaries on or before December 23. Entries include residents from Pella, Knoxville, Osceola, Monroe, Leighton, Red Rock, Otley, and Richboro, with dates ranging December 1 to December 21 and noting relatives and local affiliations.
A compiled column lists births and anniversaries in Iowa towns including Pella Otley Cordova Knoxville and Sully. Names include Vander Ploeg Keuning Van Veen Perkey Van Fetten Miek Waardhuizen Johnson Muilenberg Huyser Ver Meer Vander Hart Cronkhite Raleigh Johnson and readers Dal e Van Wyk and Don Van Wyk. The item preserves family notices and holiday season greetings with personal messages and small gifts.
Pella youngsters request a variety of gifts from Santa including a video car blocks a rocking chair a sled a train games and dolls for sisters. Names Gary Dick Graham Joe E First Street Pella Ja appear in the letters along with requests for candy and Christmas joy.
Society notes show Mrs H P Van Gorp entertaining the Methodist circle with Miss Martha Firth leading the program and hostesses Mrs George Gezel Mrs Fred Lankelma and Miss Firth assisting. Birthday party honors Henrietta Franje at John Boerelyn home with 16 gifts and a 16 candy cake. John S Menninga 20th wedding anniversary celebrated near Pella with 17 guests bringing well filled offerings.
The fragment lists numerous residents and families from Pleasantville Sully Newton Reasnor and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Jobr children Gara Mertena Naomi Dar Helen Viola Mildred Dorothy Laura Ruth John Paul Agnes Beverly David Edward Andrew Lindsay James Florence Roger Helen Louise Norma Jean Janet Vernon Arvan and others.
The International Relations club meets weekly on Friday afternoons with open discussion on foreign affairs. Each meeting features a prepared member leading a forum on a designated subject. Harris Wagaman leads the next gathering. information available from Professor Drost.
Theopeithian society hosted Dr Blocker during Religious Emphasis Week as their guest speaker at the regular gathering.
Dr Blocker spoke on the seven points from Dwight L Moody’s book using life examples to illustrate spiritual power. The audience absorbed the talk, with strong emphasis on prayer life and present life tasks as well as future goals. James Veenman and Rev Prins suffered ice injuries, Veenman with a severe arm injury in a recent incident. Prins had minor injuries. Eloise Cummings, a local high school student, was operated on for appendicitis at Mahaska hospital Tuesday.
T H Kaldenberg beams as his bachelorhood ends with Mrs Kaldenberg’s return from visits in Chicago Illinois and Detroit Michigan.
A Christmastime appeal celebrates books as perfect gifts for all ages. The catalog offers juvenile prose and poetry, plus fiction, with prices from five cents to three dollars.
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