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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1938

Page

3

Local Church Services and Upcoming Addresses

St Pauls Church on 188th and Leyden lists German and English services on Sunday September 18 with sermon Luke 7 36 50 and notes faith and good works. Open Bible Church on Indiana Avenue shares September 18 schedule including Bible school 9 45 morning worship 11 and evening service at 8 with Ethiopia discussion and a missionary tale of Haile Selassie. Wednesday prayer meeting announced.

Young People’s Fellowship Oglesby Ethiopia Haile Salassie Ladies’ Missionary Prayer Band Clarence Bowman

Church services and schedules for two local parishes

St Mary’s Church at 310 East 187th Street lists Masses Sunday at 7:00 9:00 and 11:00 am with a note on attendance. Sandridge M. Be Church led by Rev Leopold Schneider shows services Sunday September 18 at 9:15 am for morning worship 10:30 am Sunday school 7:30 pm evening service and events Thursday September 22 at 8:45 am choir rehearsal and 7:45 pm prayer meeting.

ST. Mary’s Church East 187Th Street John N. Weiler George Alexander Leopold Schneider

Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Service Notice

Rev Phil H Bassler presents church school at 10 with Christ Dreshall as superintendent. Divine worship at 11 on a sermon Builded Together for a Habitat ion of God in the Spirit. Choir anthem and Thursday practice. catechetical instruction Saturdays 9 to 12. You are welcome if you have no church home.

Christ Dreshall Immanuel

First Methodist Church Weekend Activities and Services

Friday 7 30 Hi league party at the church Saturday 1 00 to 4 00 Bake sale at the church by the Ladies Aid Sunday 9 45 Church school 11 00 Morning worship sermon What the Life Abundant 3 00 Quarterly conference Dr Latshaw presiding 6 45 Epworth league Robert Haden district president speaker Wednesday 7 30 Missionary Society meets at Mrs W S Waddell home last meeting of the church year full attendance desired

Ladies Aid Latshaw Epworth Epworth League Robert Haden Chicago National Council of Methodist Youth Boulder Colo The Missionary Society W. S. Waddell

Ivanhoe Community Church Invites New Residents

Rev. Donald R. Crocker leads services at the Roosevelt School Building with church school and morning worship. All new residents in Ivanhoe are invited to attend this growing church, featuring programs for both adults and children.

Ivanhoe Community Church Donald R. Crocker Roosevelt Ivanhoe

Bethany Reformed Church Prepares for Sunday Services

Bethany Reformed Church at 111th place and Perry avenue invites parishioners to Preparatory Sunday at 10 a m with Dr Harry J Hager presenting Have We Told Our Errand The junior choir will sing A 7 30 p m sermon by Dr Hager on When Is the Convenient Season The young people’s choir will sing The Bethany Bible broadcast airs Sundays 5 30 to 6 over WHIP 1480 k h Dr Hager’s radio message asks Is Salvation Limited or Unlimited.

Bethany Reformed Church Place Perry Ave Harry J. Hager 111Th Place Perry Avenue Hager Bethany Bible

Blessed Are Those That Thirst Sermon At Our Savior's

At the 10 45 a m worship service the sermon will focus on Blessed Are Those That Thirst. Rev Martin G Kabele pastors Our Savior's Community Church located at 188th and Wabash Avenue in English Lutheran tradition.

OUR Savior’s Community Church 188Th and Wabash Avenue Martin G. Kabele

Rally Day Plans At Local Church School

The church promotes hunger and thirst for righteousness with a Sunday rally day for all ages. Attendees receive a surprise pin and aim for 100 percent attendance. Upcoming events include Monday Mass at Atone ment Lutheran, Wednesday Women’s Missionary Society at Mrs Newell’s home led by Mrs Wilson, Wednesday Brotherhood fall rally at 7:30 pm, and Thursday choir with “O Come Let Us Worship the Lord.”

Atonement Lutheran Church Women’s Missionary Society Newell Wilson The Brotherhood

Benjamin F. Lewis to Speak on Midday Air Program

Benjamin F. Lewis former mayor of Highland Park Illinois and member of the First Church of Christ Scientist will speak at the Midday service broadcast on station WGN Chicago on Saturday September 17 from 11 35 to 12 00 CST. His address titled The Religious Ministry of Worship is part of a series by different religious denominations.

Benjamin F. Lewis First Church of Christ, Scientist Highland Park Ill WGN Chicago

World News Interest Through the Ages

A historical note on American readers showing shifting attitudes to foreign coverage. It recalls a time when newspapers relegated European and Asian dispatches to back pages and small headlines, reflecting narrower public attention to global events.

Europe Asia

The World Reacts as War Flares Across Europe

The passage notes the 1914 Sarajevo shot drawing the United States into war and describes global concern as European dictators threaten new blasts. It stresses how events grip Americans and will impact every factory and farm nationwide.

Sarajevo Balkans United States

Mental Arithmetic Prompt Leaves Pupil Scrambling

A cryptic classroom riddle asks a pupil to add 76923 to an unknown number prompting confusion as the teacher tests quick calculations in a classroom setting. The fragment hints at a puzzle involving a large five-digit addend and mental math skills.

Mental Arithmetic Prodigies and Doctors

The passage notes prodigies who can perform large sums by mental arithmetic and reveal the wrong answer to a trick problem. It contrasts this with how people react to a doctor’s illness and the tendency to seek another physician to diagnose and treat.

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