April Jones and the Thanksgiving service plan in Hometown
In the town of Hometown April Jones nicknamed Ape is a central figure. Facing invitations from three churches he proposes a single town wide Thanksgiving in the school auditorium with all three choirs singing at June Jones’s home.
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Harry
Dan
The
Methodist Church
April Jones
May
Baptist
June
April
Jones
Thanksgiving Praise in Hometown Community Service
A 1916 Western Newspaper Union piece recounts a Thanksgiving service in Hometown with a hymn sing by 30 voices and eloquent preachers. April Jones leads a spirited collection episode proposing a committee to organize aid, power plant plans, and a church mortgage payoff, with Dan Meeker named secretary and a pledge of labor and funds.
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Dan Meeker
Dan
April
April Jones
Spragueville
M. E
June
Western Newspaper Union
Thanksgiving Prayer of Gratitude and Renewal
A devotional blessing thanks God for daily bread and all life mercies. It asks for renewed consecration beyond a single day and for ongoing prayer, song, and daily gratitude throughout the year.
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Christ Jesus
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