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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1945
Page
9
A readable church directory lists services across multiple congregations. It notes pastors and weekly events including morning worship, Sunday school, evening services, and midweek meetings at sites on Flores Street, South Flores, Carson Street, Catalina Street, and Theo Avenue.
Meth odism observes Student Recognition Day with evening worship at Travis Park Mottodtal church Travis and Nayaryn streets. Young department leads with themes We Seek Peace and Blessed Are the Peacemakers. officers Larsen Ader Smith Kaizer Jeannette Tyson organize. Music by Sanctuary choir festival choir and young people groups. New Year sermon by Dr Alpert Shirkey Road Ahead. Supper follows at 6 38 and Bible study shown by William A Triggs.
A scanned newspaper fragment lists church events and services from Catholic to Nazarene, Unitarian, and First Church of the Nazarene, with meeting times and locations. It also includes a long run of local businesses advertising and a few civic notices. Prominent names include Anthony Nie Atey de Wale and Pastor James.Binding Gu Hale.
Fragmentary text indicates a local notice or program entry on North Aldon and Fifth Street with unclear timing and names. The readable parts mention Veena Renee and Minny with references to opening times and a Sunday event, but critical details are missing or garbled.
Three officers of the Denver Heights Church of Christ at 401 Porter Street were ordained as deacons after the morning preaching hour. L Wyatt will be ordained as elder, with Martin Pankrats and Daines Winters named deacons. Minister L R Wik will preach in the morning service, Herman Whee will present Going On to Perfection, and Mr Wilson will speak on The End of the Way at the evening worship.
A candlelight service features the church youth group at Madison Square Presbyterian Church at Lexington and Garnetian. The pastor Dr Samuel Terry will speak Sunday on What Guides Us. New Year’s Eve Watch Night begins at 11 pm with the youth choir providing music. Monday the church youth meet at Assembly House 318 Camden Street.
St Joan’s Lutheran church Nueva at South Preéa will hold two holy communion services this Sunday. The German service and Communion start at 8:30 p.m. The English service and Communion begin at 10:30 a.m. The regular Sunday evening hour of worship occurs at 7:30 p.m. New Year's Eve offers low prayers starting at 8 a.m. and a midnight devotion at 11:59 p.m. New Year’s Day worship is at 9 a.m.
Government Hill plans a midnight worship service at 11 30 p m Monday at Government Bill Taghernay Church Jerner Pine and Mason streets led by Reverend Paul G Wilson. New Year’s Day service begins at 30 a m and choir rehearsal is set for Theday at 8 30 am. The Class of ’57 meets Saturday at 9 40 am and Class of 46 gathers Saturday at 10 30 am.
The Holy Cross Lutheran church in Sayin Wew Reawniness and Topeka plans a Christmas themed Sunday worship with Rev. R. Windernenders delivering the sermon. An Eve service on Monday at 8 pm will feature the pastor and the Union My Father. On Tuesday at 1 o'clock Alton Dolshach, a seminarian student, will bring a New Year message.
The Reverend, at 121 West Theo, announces Sunday topics for worship. Morning sermon titled The Christian's Assurance the foundation of peace and happiness. Evening service to feature a sermon on Faith and the Rapture.
The Keystone class of Central Christian Church at 720 Main Avenue presents a drama The Market of the Centuries led by Mr and Mrs Bert Roberts. Rev William E Griffiths distant minister will oversee New Year’s Eve service at 10:30 PM with communion at midnight. Dr P G Allan Bush speaks Sunday morning on The Distinguished Service Christian and Sunday evening sermon titled Outwitting Our Merchants. Miss Mary Frances Deel chairs a New Year social Sunday afternoon at 6:40 PM.
The Lesson-Sermon topic for Sunday December 30 in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, will center on a Golden Text from Isaiah 35 10 and a citation from Psalms 70 4. The recurring theme emphasizes that those who seek God rejoice in salvation and magnify Him.
The Rev. M. Lovely of the First Universalist church, meeting in the Municipal building, will preach on the epochal shift to atomic energy. He will echo ideas from Rev. Marie Ricker of Columbus Ohio, who framed atomic progress as a chance for human advance and peacetime uses.
The Grace Nazarene church in Denver will center its Sunday sermon on the theme standing on Holy Ground. Reverend J P Gic and Miss Vilata Hyden will speak on the salvation of a sinner penys with God Answer. The service aims to address the poor and invite parishioners to attend Grace Club activities.
Minister vB Sewell of Grove Avenue Church of Christ at 119 Grove Avenue, WN, will occupy the pulpit Sunday. Morning talk themed "Examining Ourselves in the Light of the Glasing Year." Evening sermon titled "To Whom Is Bent Gala" as listed.
A new Presbyterian church being organized by the Thomas Jefferson High School area will hold its first service Sunday morning at a local theater. Rev. Harvand A. Anderson recently arrived in San Antonio to lead the congregation after resigning from the First Presbyterian church of Weelaco. He is a Texan with education from Austin College and the University of Texas. Steering committee members are J Edwin Kuykendall, Jaye A Marines Jr, J R Bullock, and H B Stone. The plan involves support from Presbyterian churches citywide and temporary use of the Woodlawn theater at Pierdericksburg Road and Donaldson. An eventual educational building is anticipated as material becomes available.
Reverend Laver Rel bald preaches at W341 West Travisetree church during evening service. The topic titled “Wily God At the Fron” will be delivered as part of a special New York Evie gery dee wall event beginning at dusk.
A large gathering of Free Methodists is planned for Saturday at the Soul Flores Street church, with Reverend Gerald Overhalt leading district superintendent discussions. The event aims to unite Methodists from the southern Flores area as Reverend R. W. Walls, superintendent of the lawn conference, speaks.
Davis plans a Sunday evening address at the Panor of Srestholnye Prestytmian church with a sermon titled A World-Wide New Years Resolution. An morning talk titled Gart's Marehing Orcers and a young people's service are scheduled, with the youth service at 6:20 a.m. Local residents are invited.
The Reverend Solomon Davis of Bed-El Eithh, 200 West Johny Street, preaches a Sunday morning sermon on the values of the soul. An evening service titled A Clos er Wrath will be addressed by Pastor Davis highlighting spiritual themes for the congregation.
Dr Arthur V. Boand, president of the church council, to preside at the New Year community service. Clyde R. Gibibers delivers sermon at Central Christian Church on New Year's morning. Rev Childers leads service with the sermon title Ye Have Not Passed This Way Before. Prayers for the first United Nations meeting in London January 10 will be said. An offering supports the work of the United Outreach movement and related missions.
A New Year's Eve service unites Nazarene congregations at 4515 South Plates near Theer Namerene. The Green Church, West Avenue Nazarene, and Hatfield Memorial church join for a late night program after midnight featuring several speakers and singers.
A New Year service at St Luke's Episcopal Church Clavernd features Holy Communion at 8 30 a m with a choral service and sermon by Rev Emelyn Lindsay. Lindsay is scheduled as celebrant and preacher for the day.
A church service led by Pastor Deltilatt at the Marianated Malone sheets Lutheran church is set for Thursday evening at 7 PM. The gathering will be held at the parsonage located at 1031 West Tira, featuring a Sunday subject and a discussion on the meaning of the stone theme.
The Trinity Lutheran church holds a Sunday vesper service at the Luther Services Center on East Travis Street. Reverend Leani Zumavak will lead the event with the congregation, offering prayers and a final blessing.
Grace Church lists a community program and New Year’s Day service. The schedule includes a sunrise watch night and a youth group event hosted by the Young People with the midalehe analias, open to all. Worship begins at 9:45 a.m. and a New Year’s Day service is planned for Thursday with related activities.
A list of sponsors including churches and businesses such as Cable Feed Store Canoly Supply Crawley Food Co Ines Davis Feed Co Dielmann J C Dittlinger Roller Mills Dr Pachind Heights Development Fox Co Frank Sol Company General Hotel Supply Gibson Gibson Chiropractors Glazer's Wholesale etc supports a religious community project. The compilation notes numerous entities across industries from hotels to drug stores and storage firms backing the Central Clinic and related religious initiatives.
Dr L B Cluster president of the Dallas Theological Seminary will lead the second annual Bible Center conference in the Noor Crockett Building starting Sunday. Four sessions run through Monday with services at 7 50 Sunday and 7 30 Monday. special music by Mr and Mrs D B Bard and Virginia. The center has purchased the site at 10 Fourth Street and plans remodeling to make it the permanent home for the San Antonio Bible Center.
The church holds a New Year service at 45 minutes past, at St Luke's Lutheran Church, 2824 West Houskat Street. Pastor Rev Edwin L Hirsch will give the message. A Thursday event features Women of the Church activities, and Sunday service resumes at 10:45 AM with one sermon by the pastor.
Community notes list pastors and services across multiple churches including Park Methodist, First Presbyterian, Southside Crestholmre, and Southeast Denver Boulevard Presbyterian. Details mention sermons, weekly schedules, revival centers, and Sunday morning and evening worship plans, with various pastors and locations noted.
A fragmented church bulletin lists services at multiple Episcopal parishes including St Mark's Holy Communion and Morning Prayer, with times such as 9:35 a m and 10:43 a m. Other items reference Bible study nights, parish tours, and military service lunches, plus notes on clergy including Rev W A Mulford and Rev Dinham Taylor.
A readable notice from a local church at 1406 South Street Elwood invites neighbors to Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship led by the pastor with topics on biblical themes. A Friday Bible study at 8 p.m. is also scheduled.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Latter Day Saints San Antonio Branch and Texas church activity. Mentions Christ and church terminology in a mangled form with unclear names and locations, providing a snapshot of a religious meeting or report. The readable elements indicate a local church event in Texas with LDS references.
A dense list of Lutheran congregations with service times and leaders across multiple churches. Items include Grace Lutheran on Avenue Eoxida Firth and St. John's South Presa, Northlast Government Hi Lutheran, Southeast Weakland Pk Ev Lutheran, and Saint Pauls South Presa, detailing divine services, New Year observances, communion, Sunday school, and midweek meetings led by pastors such as Rev Vernon, Pastor G. Wilkin, and Rev. Deithier, with varied timings and notes on special days.
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