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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1946
Page
9
Directory lists multiple local churches and pastors with service times in Southside and Downtown areas. Notable entries include Assembly of God chapels, Eastside Government Hill Tabernacle, South Flores Baptist Church, Baptist churches in various streets, and the Antonio Bible Center. Details cover worship times, Sunday schools, sermons, revival events, and midweek studies.
A fragment lists multiple Church of Christ locations with brief service details. Northside Church of Christ and others note morning worship, sermons by various ministers, Sunday school, Young People's meetings, midweek services, and additional local church activities across several streets and neighborhoods.
Grace Lutheran Church at Ave E and Fifth Street opens a festive Christmas sequence with a 10 45 a m service featuring the senior choir performing Bach from Christmas Oratorio with soprano Mrs P W Lu ekenbach and contralto Mrs Joelon E Scherzer as soloists. At 4 30 p m Sunday the Sunday school presents its annual Christmas program with children reciting and singing. Christmas Eve features a candle light service with combined choirs and two identical services at 6 00 p m and 11 45 p m. Christmas Day worship is at 10 a m with Rev L Marshall delivering the sermon on Gods Christmas Gift.
Christmas Eve communion at 1:30 p.m. with special music led by Rev W F McKinney. A Christmas Story film strip with carols will be shown during a Sunday evening service at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Broadbent. Christmas Day mass at 10 a.m. includes a late morning Holy Communion for those unable to attend midnight service.
The city’s Presbyterian youth groups host a midnight candlelighting service at First Presbyterian Church on Fourth and North Atamg streets with a 11 p.m. start. Sunday features a pageant The Light of the Word by Sunday school divisions, followed by caroling. Dr. F. D. Miller will deliver the Christmas message at 11 a.m. and college students will be hosted at 6:30 p.m. by Dr. and Mrs. P. Miller.
Choirs from Travis Park Methodist Church under W A Triggs will present a holiday program at 7 30 p m featuring carols from Poland Sicily Bohemia Haliga Gemmi Austria France German Sweden and America a Christmas meditation by Dr Albert P Shirkey and a sermon Sunday morning on An Over Crowded World
A long list of church notices records Grace Church of the Nazarene Denver Boulevard sermons and Sunday school details with pastors Ingle Hyten and others, First Church Nazarene Princeton and North Alamo Fourth Street Presbyterian services with Miller and Christmas programs, Madison Square Presbyterian with Terry and Crestholme Presbyteriane and related community church activities.
Luther Leaguers will sing carols in a Sunday service at Highland Park Lutheran Church Hammond and Nety Braunfels at 6 20 p m The Vespers and Bible lecture follow at 7 40 p m Pastor W A Siefkes speaks on The Most Abused Name on Earth A 16 member cast presents Living Pictures of the Nativity at 6 30 p m Tuesday A candlelighting service at 7 Christmas Eve leads to a 10 p m Christmas service with Holy Communion
Unitarian First Unitarian of L A invites parishioners to Sunday service in the East wing. Rev Ny Lovely leads the mingling worship with a warm, contemplative tone.
Retired winner Art W. Coole titled pastor Rev. Michel Silko and assistant pastor. Sunday chant at 245 ¢. Morning worship at mb. Evangelistic service. International Bible College at 335 Weat Nistletoe with Leonard W. Chott president and Rev. W. A. Multord principal.
Church notices announce prayer meeting Wednesday morning and Bible study on Thursday at 7 PM. Includes address and service times for the Non Denominational Lighthouse Gospel Chapel.
A church event guide lists a White Gift service at 9 30 a m in Madison Square Presbyterian Church Camden and Lexington with gifts for the needy. Samuel L Terry pastor will preach at 10 30 a m Life At Its Best. Vesper at 5 30 features Handels The Messiah performed by the Madison Square choir directed by Warren H Aut with a listed mixed roster of soprano alto tenor and bass soloists and an organist Mrs Kathryn Ball Rust.
The Christmas season begins at Ascension Lutheran Church with a 3 special service at 387 Quentin Derive. Rev. Erle N. Hawking will deliver his fourth sermon in the series The King of Kings and His Kingdom. The Festival of Christmas features the traditional carols and a Christmas program led by Mrs. Lawrence Lundin and Peggy Sundberg.
Linares Baptist Church at 237 Linares Avenue hosts a special Sunday evening service with familiar Christmas carols. Rev Luther B. Osborne will preach on There Was No Room for Ther[a] in the Inn. A fellowship hour and gift exchange follow, with members contributing and receiving gifts. Sunday morning the Rev. Osborne will deliver a sermon titled For Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation.
Sunday evening program at Grace Church of the Nazarene on Denver Blvd St Anthony to be presented by Sun tas y school and Young People society. Pastor Rev J P Ingle to speak on Our Wonderful Christ with Juanita Hocker solo. Sunday school divisions to study together Christ message.
A service of confirmation and sermon will be held Sunday at 14 a m in St Luke's Episcopal Church Alamo Heights with Bishop Evertt H Jones administering the rites and preaching A dinner will follow in the parish house Bishop Jones will also attend the church school's Christmas party at 9 30 a m Midnight Eucharist and Christmas Eve service will be held at 5 1 p m The program will be directed by Eric Harker choir director with Mrs W A Pearman as organist.
Rev Hadley A Hall district superintendent of the San Antonio District Church of the Nazarene will speak at the Sunday evening worship service at 7 30 o clock Rev J Merton Thomas pastor will speak at the morning service on The Birth of a Son A trumpet solo by Harold Wallace will be featured The annual Christmas program is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p m with the children and young people departments presenting the program
St Pauls Episcopal Church at Grayson and Willow lists a midnight Festal Nativity service on Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day Eucharists at 7:40 am and 8 am. The Manger Service is set for Sunday at 7 pm with a toy gift presentation for the Christ child. Holy Communion services are planned on Thursday and Friday.
Zion Lutheran Church at 702 Cincinnati hosts a children's Christmas service Monday at 7 p.m led by Rev. Max G. Heinrich. Holy Communion will be offered at Sunday services 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Candlelight service is 11:45 p.m. on Christmas Eve with a midnight worship.
Rev. T Gerald Cales, pastor of Muisache Bay Church, 1389 West Muisache, announces Sunday evening message Coad Tidings of Great Joy. A children’s program precedes the worship service. Morning service features God’s Unspeakable Gift. Midweek service moved from Wednesday to Friday for the Christmas holiday.
Cecil B. Hill will start a three week sermon series at 6:36 p.m. on Sunday in the West Magnolia Avenue church. The theme is Why Jesus Came with the Sunday evening worship service. A youth gathering for Christmas carols occurs in the youth room prior to the service. The morning worship will focus on Gods Unspeakable Gift to Man.
The Ene af Christmas program and party of First Congregational Church at 105 Carolina Street will begin Sunday evening at 7 p.m. Rev. A. G. Schwartz will deliver the Christmas message titled Christmas Mission on Sunday morning.
Holy Cross Lutheran church in South New Braunfels and Topeka will host three Christmas services including a Sunday morning worship with a message Essentials for a Blessed Christmas, a Tuesday 7 p.m. children's service, and a Christmas Day 10 a.m. worship presided by Rev R Wielersenders. Also listed are Salvation Army activities, Christian First Church, Central Christian, and related church events with Bible study, worship schedules, and youth activities in the area.
A garbled OCR style list shows numerous business names and entities such as churches bus Goodyear stores Grand Lodge Hermant Sons cookie company Grayson Shops Great Western Mutual Ins Green Pastures Hinners Co Gunter Hotel Hope Ambulance Service and Theaters. The content lacks coherent context or narrative.
A historical city directory fragment lists numerous merchants and firms including John Drug Store Jud Plumbing and Heating Keystone Vulcanizing Co. Douglass W. King Knowlton's Creamery LaFaria Dept. Store Liberty Mills and other retail and service businesses.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous business names and entities in Dallas including pharmacies, drug stores, clothing, hotels, restaurants, laundries, and transportation firms. The text reads like a directory snippet with varied merchants such as San Antonio Drug Co and Union Bus Lines among others.
Faith Church will hold services in its new building at 1007 West Theo Avenue starting Sunday. The pastor Rev CL Deithtoff will announce the first sermon Make Straight the Way. A Christmas pageant Even Unto Bethlehem will be presented by the church school at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. A candlelight service will be held Christmas Eve with the Nativity theme. Holy communion and warship service will follow Christmas Day with Rev Mr Dejlllod delivering the message.
The Lille Church at 306 East will hold three special Christmas services. The first on Christmas Eve at 8 p.m. features Brother Bill Guild leading Christmas tunes. A children’s program is set for Sunday evening at 8. a Sunday service will follow with a noted singing feature and a vision segment.
Public notice compiles several church schedules across Episcopal and Latter Day Saints congregations. It lists services, holy communion timings, Sunday school, Christmas Eve and Day observances, and rector credits including St. Mack's Episcopal, Trinity Church, St. Paul’s Memorial, and Christ Episcopal locations with times and locations in varied neighborhoods.
A dense church directory lists multiple congregations by name and street, including Foursquare Gospel Southside, Lutheran churches such as St. John's and Grace, and others in the city. It notes services, Sunday school times, candlelight and Christmas Day observances, with pastors and meeting locations across districts like Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest.
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