Timely Topics in Church Circles Encourage Summer Activity
Religious groups urge members to keep up evangelistic effort after vacation. The People's Church at 2032 Germantown Avenue runs a large school of domestic science and free Saturday cooking demonstrations. Dozens of missions, tent meetings, and excursions are planned with pastors and lay leaders coordinating child and youth programs and youth conventions in Denver and Philadelphia.
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People’s Church
Germantown Avenue
Wood
Diamond
James A. Worden
Denver
Col
St. Louis
Colorado Presbyterian
W. S. Nevin
Witherspoon
J. F. Bartlett
Tenth Baptist Church
Philadelpia
School of Domestic Science of the People’s Church In
Germantown
Vacation Season Letters Prompt Congregational Service
Pastors of the Baptist Temple plan a summer circular asking members to perform weekly acts of service. The letter will be distributed June 29 and blanks filled weekly, returning signed forms for the church reunion in late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Temple
Russell H. Conwell
George A. Peltz
Thomas J. Cross
Presbyterian Tent Work Expands Reach This Week
The Presbyterian evangelical committee begins six tents in the coming week with Ferdinand Schieveren preaching nightly and Sunday at 4 pm. Attendance nears 500, including seamen and many nationalities. Children’s meetings led by Rev. William E Needham and Dr. Wowe draw strong interest. Local organizers Mrs. Montgomery and W S Brown oversee operations with help from Rev. D Stuart Moore and others at two tent sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Evangelstic Committee
Front Street
Washington Avenue
Ferdinand Schieveren
William E. Needham
W. Wowe
Montgomery
College
W. 8
Sixtieth
Thompson Streets
Fulton
Mr. Bell
Sg Eaties
Plan for Summer Work in the Church
A step by step plan to mobilize volunteers for summer church work. It calls for a conference of all workers, itemized tasks with volunteers, appointed leaders, band meetings in inviting places, an executive committee, pastor led instruction, worker submissions, and a closing Sunday service with reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F
Nelson
Oxford Presbyterian Sunday School
Broad
Oxford Streets
Vacant Lot Initiative Expands Under Philadelphia Society
The Philadelphia Vacant Lot Association directs ongoing work as officers report strong demand from the poor. Last year the value of crops raised on these lots exceeded $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Vacant Lot Association
Nightly services at Starr Garden Park with stereopticon show
Weist as the cornetist presents nightly services at Starr Garden Park Seventh and Lombard Streets except Saturday. The program starts Monday at 8 o clock with a large sheet displaying stereopticon pictures guiding Professor J J Lowe to read. The Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip led by S M Pugh supplies ten ushers and workers for each service.
Humility and Old Testament Miracles Lessons
A sermon outline discusses humility as practiced by Christ, warning against ego, stressing acknowledgment of God’s gifts and equality of others. It links practical humility to modern preaching, home life, and frugal living. The piece then introduces a lesson on Moses and manna, noting God’s awareness of needs, compassionate hearing, daily provision, and self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Hayes
Ohio
United States
E. Dunning
Lord Jesus Christ
Tour of Philadelphia Churches Leaves Reader With Varying Impressions
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts a Sunday tour of eight churches including St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Universalist Church of the Messiah, Memorial Baptist, Trinity Memorial, and Trinity Episcopal. He notes crowd sizes, worship quality, clergy charisma, and personal reactions to sermons and receptions.
Review of Municipal Church Work and Temple Dedication
A temperance lesson links debt, crime, love, and duty to the drink habit. It cites examples of alcohol’s harm, urges care for the drunkard, and notes a portable church to be rented to small congregations. Temple Evangelical Lutheran Church at Fifty-second and Race streets will be dedicated tomorrow with services and a later week of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Evangelical Lutheran Church
Race Streets
George H. Grammar
Market Street
T. H. Smith
Messiah
Calvary
Grace Lutheran
Race and
Fifty-second
H. H. Weber
Board of
Church Extension
J. F. Hartman
D. D
Advisory Mission Committee
A. D. Daugherty
General Synod
Board of Church Extension
Drift and Moral Warning in Summer Vacations
A sermon urges Christians to guard against spiritual drift during vacation season. It lists seven drifting risks: neglecting devotions, abandoning Scripture for tradition, relying on human strength, neglecting prayer, sporadic effort, isolating from fellowship, and overloading with worldliness, urging daily devotions and communal support.
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Moses
Abraham
Tabernacles
God
Lessons for the Shut In from Faith and Patience
In cities and villages many aged or ill people are called shut ins as they cannot leave their rooms. The piece cites Richard Baxter John Bunyan John Milton and Payson as examples of faith and endurance inspiring hope and personal growth despite confinement. It urges trust in divine care and suggests patience leads to experience and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Baxter
England
John Bunyan
Bedford
Robert ‘Boyd
Christ
Willie
John Milton
Noah
God
Hay
Jesus
Pulpits Tomorrow Across Local Churches
Readings and sermons planned Sunday across Epiphany Baptist Church Central Congregational Church Eighteenth and Green Streets and others. Rev Wayland Hoyt and Rev Dr Thom lead morning and evening services with themes on belief man and practical questions. Sunday school, Christian Endeavor, and midweek prayer also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiphany Baptist Church
Chestnut
Thirty-sixth Street
Wayland Hoyt
D. D
Christian Endeavor
Central Congregational Church
Eighteenth and
Green Streets
Ne H. Richards
Faith Creation and Baptism Sermons at City Churches
Church notices list services across Belmont Avenue Baptist East Baptist Southeast Institutional Bethany and Willow Grove churches. Pastors include G Tabor Thompson A F Williamson C H Woolston Benj Liepsner L A Parsela and others. Morning baptisms and evening sermons feature themes The Baptism The Only Hope of the World Sky Pilot The Glorious Gospel and The Flood with special music and tent meetings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce Street Baptist Church
G. Tabor Thompson
Baptism Baptist
Belmont Avenue Baptist Church
Belmont and
Westminster Avenues
A. F. Williamson
A. Sears
Nicetown
A. T. Anderson
Lansdowne, Pa
East Baptist Church
Hanover
East Columbia Avenue
C. H. Woolston
Sky Pilot
Southeast Institutional Baptist Church
Sixth and
Morris Streets
Benjamin F. Liepsner
Prize for Best Sermon Offered by Philadelphia Minister
William Scott of the summer evangelistic committee announces a $100 prize for the five ministers delivering the best sermons on Luke 14 23. Sermons must be after announcement, under 3500 words, with at least 25 manuscripts submitted, publication rights reserved, and due by July 31, 1902.
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour Services at Drexel Institute
The Church of the Saviour holds services at the Drexel Institute located at 32d and Chestnut Streets Rev William B Bodine D D Rector Cassius M Roberts MA Associate Rector 11 00 AM Morning Prayer and Sermon by the Associate Rector
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Saviour
Drexel Institute
Chestnut Streets
William B. Bodine
D. D
Suas
Cassius M. Roberts
Presbyterian Church Notices and Tent Services Adverts
Church notices list services at Walnut and Twenty-first Streets with sermons by Casey Wood and Dr Dickey plus Sunday School. Pethany Presbyterian and Evangelistic Committee tent services advertise weekly meetings at various streets with speakers Rev. Wilson Shaw Rev. Balcom Shaw Rev. Carson and others and times from 4 to 8 p.m. including children's sessions and Bible unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Seniesa
Wieemia Seer
Youne
Ence Presbyterian Church
Walnut
Twenty-first
Casey Wood
J. Wiams
Ree Pethany
Bainbridge
Men's Brotherhood
Wanamaker
Dickey
General Assembly
Bible Union
Sarah McDonald Sheridan
Atlanta
Dicey
Alusing Arenes
Wilson
Anes
Norris
John Balcom Shaw
New York
Winesday
J. F. Carson
Religious Services and Meeting Notes at Multiple Philadelphia Churches
A scan of church listings shows services at ARCH sr Ps CHURCH Broad and Arch Streets with morning and evening sermons by the pastor. SPRING GARDEN and EL CHURCH outline additional services led by J R Boyle and others with evening gatherings. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST advertises study sessions in the auditorium at 1530 Chestnut on Wednesdays. SEIRD CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENCE notes subject Is the Evolution of Man and Atomic forces with Friday reading hours. miscellaneous entries mention reading rooms and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Christian Endeavor Union
Holland Memorial Presbyterian Church
Broad and
Federal Streets
H. C. Lincoln
L. Ida Dukes
Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Church
H. C. Albin
Messrs
H. P. Ford
George Wharton
Walter H. Richman
J. M. Firth
Elizabeth Bennett
C. A. R. Janvier
Holland Church
Uth
West Philadelphia
Ocean City
South Third Street
Pittsburg
Nsylvania Christian Endeavor
E. C. Howell
Chestnut Street
African Methodist Episcopal Society
Fifteenth
Lombard Steers
South Branch
H. E. Jones
Christian Endeavor Societies
Broad Street
Memorial Baptist Church
Broad
Master Streets
Dr. Poteat
Africa
Prince of Peace
Japan
Arch Sr
Arch Sts
Wehnent & Foss
Spring Garden
J. Richards Boyle
Chavez
M. St
Seird
Church OF Christ
W. Broad
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Christian Endeavor Notes
Trinity
J. Bellville
Adam Wallace
J. B. Morse
Sanday
Joseph Wilson Cochran
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Way
A. P. Mershon
Mr. Toy
Cayuga Streets
James Grant
Tioga Presbyterian Church
James B. Ely
O. G. McDowell
Oak Lane
J. J. Lowe
M. H. Mumford
Nineteenth and
Norris Streets
West End Presbyterian Church
New York City
Shaw
Central Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
W. ©. Isett
Princeton Seminary
H. H. Pendleton
F. J. Weist
Seventh
Clearfield Streets
W. Scott Nevin
William Patterson
Bethany Church
Dr. Newkirk
Independence
Evangelist Ferdinand Schieveren
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Duval and
Leona
Kaowe
Ikome
New Church
Young People’s Societies
Senior Society
Ares
Albert Durer
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia
St. Peter and St. Paul
Logan Square
Father Turner
Universalist Church of the Messiah
Montgomery Avenue
W. H. Hart, Jr
Dr. Sweetser
Miss Yardly
Edwin G. Evans
Poteat
A. J. Gordon
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Boston
Trinity Memorial
Dr. Harrison
Trinity Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
Twenty-second
Spruce Streets
Vr. Harrison
Philadelfibia
Forrest E. Dager
R. Dager
Charles H. Spurgeon
America
Herbert E. Foss
Arch Street
M. E
Arch Streets
M. Thom
Ethel Memorial M. E. Church
G Town
Paul
Washington Square
Firstse
Locust Streets
Cherns Chalem
Amos Johnson
M. Sare x
Ang
Ing” Ie the
Catom
Bebra
Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church
Eleventh and Mifflin
L. A. Parsela
Methodist Episcopal
Twenty-eighth and
Evangelist C. Hansom Arpe
Forrest E. Deger
St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
Willl
Wiest
Johnston
Willow Grove
William Scott
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
Protestant Episcopal
Cheafield ii
Noth
Lea Streets
Scott Nevin
Ng Jay
Breed and Cayage
Petter
James Gren
James B. Ty
Turday
Methowelt
Dist Episcopal
Christian Science
Baker
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