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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1946
Page
7
A compact directory lists multiple Assembly of God congregations, Baptist and independent churches across Lancaster, Flores, Eastside and Northside. It notes pastors, Sunday School, morning and evening services, midweek meetings, and special events with times and locations.
Church listings show Northside Church of Christ at 993 West Magnolia Avenue with minister Coil B. Hill, morning worship at 9:45 a.m. and sermon topics. Northside another church at Tateletco and Howard Avenue with minister D. Wilmeth, Sunday school, morning worship 10:50 a.m., evangelistic services and youth meetings. routine midweek and evening services noted.
The First Church of the Nazarene at North Colorado and Princeton will start a 22 day revival next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m announced by Pastor J Melton Thomas The evangelist is Stoward W Sweeten from Ashly Illinois now in Houston for revival services Music director Reverend Fred Reedy brings expertise in organ and piano and will direct congregational and special music On Sunday Pastor Thomas will preach morning on The Christian Mission and evening on The Holy Spirit and church cohesion
The Rev. J. Wison Hunter rector of St Mark's Episcopal Church at 415 East Pecan Street will preach at the 11 a.m. Holy Communion and sermon service. The 9:30 a.m. service will be led by assistant rector Rev. Wili fred Myl.
The church bulletin lists services at St Mark's East Peco and multiple nearby Episcopal parishes. It notes Holy Communion, morning prayer, sermons by Rev Wilfred Sth and Rev Joseph L Brown, adult confirmations, parochial activities, church schools, youth meetings, and meals for service members, with times ranging from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Trinity Church, St Pauls Memorial, and St Stephen's in Alamo Heights and Highlands areas.
A jumbled list of company names and fragments including Alamo Floor Covering Co Alamo Exterminating Co American Laundry City Laundry American Hospital Life Ins Co and others appears to be an OCR garble from a local business directory. No cohesive story present.
Dr L M B Wells of East Dallas Christian church will headline the inter denominational service at Travis Park Methodist next Thursday evening. Chaplain Albert F Vaughan will preside. the half hour service is sponsored by the San Antonio Council of Churches. Afterward Ministers Association members will visit Kelly Field to meet General George Beverly.
Evangelist B. E. Lasater of Tulsa Oklahoma will speak Sunday at Lighthouse Gospel Chapel on Sadie Street corner South Presa. Morning message titled The Only Door to Immortality and Sunday evening sermon The Unholy Trinity. Lasater is regarded as a leading preacher of today with talks on subtler effects of prophecy.
Special services will be conducted by the Christian Business Men's Committee under J. W. Hopkins at the Salvation Army on Fifth and Rim streets. The committee, led by Hopkins as president, is a group of laymen seeking active Christian service, hosting both Sunday morning and Sunday evening services.
Newl E Hill a minister at Bea con Hill Church of Christ at 9a West Magnolia Avenue will occupy the pulpit during both Sunday services. In the morning he speaks on The Most Dangerous Sin What Is It and in the evening on When Did the Church Be Left.
A formation service will be held at 10 30 a m Sunday at Highland Park Lutheran church Haramond and New Braunfels with Pastor Dr W A Siefkes speaking on The One Reform Needed Today.
Travis Park Methodist church observes Annual Missionary Day with Sunday worship at Travis and Navarro streets. Dr Albert P Stilkay will preach at both services on One World or Monel and Sons of God. Following the evening service, young people host open houses in the educational building and church center. Church Night activities follow Thursday supper and Bible study at 7 p.m.
A varied roster of sponsors and suppliers appears in the notice, including Byth Blanco Paint & Hardware and LB Palmar & Sons, with brands and shop names such as Falotign & Mecorsting, The Chicken Shack Guy Randaring Co, Cable Feed Store, Cox Inc, J C Dielmann Co, and Goodyear Service Stores. Also listed are churches, drug stores, general suppliers, and service providers like Hope Ambulance, Great Western Mutual, and Interstate Theaters, reflecting a broad community business network.
The revival series at First Fire Methodist Church corner West Travis and Spring closes with Sunday evening service. Reverend W. A. Faubion, the speaker, will preach at morning and evening worship. Morning topic is Let Us Go on to Perfection and evening topic is The Way, the Truth and the Life.
Mrs Jo Ellen Whiley Foster of Amarillo Texas will lead a seven day evangelistic series at First Assembly of God in Lancaster and Dittmar streets starting Sunday. She will speak at both Sunday services and nightly at 7 30 pm and will also perform on piano saxophone and sing while delivering the message.
A church lesson sermon outlines sacred text for Christ, Scientist, Sunday services. The Golden Text from Psalms 9 15 emphasizes judgment and consequences of wickedness. Proverbs 28 13 notes mercy for those who confess and forsake their sins.
The Sunday morning sermon at Theo Avenue Congregational Church 129 West Theo Avenue will be delivered by Reverend C Le Skinner with the sermon titled The Power at the Cross The evening service features Reverend Skinner speaking on the same theme local church notes indicate an emphasis on faith and cross power
Faith Lutheran church at the Recreation Center on Marian and Malone streets will hold a 10 30 a m service to hear a report on the United Lutheran Church convention. Harry I Pitts, delegate from St Luke's Lutheran, will recount convention actions as the church observes 9 30 a m Sunday School with a class skit on causes of the church's children.
The Kev Ben Hoffmann will again occupy the pulpit at St. Paul's Lutheran church South Press and Hoseborough and Holy Cross Lutheran church South New Braunfels and Topeka. His morning topic is Our Reformation Legacy. In the evening at St. Paul's he will speak on The Unacceptable Guest. Rev. R Wiederaenders serves both St. Paul's and Holy Cross and will deliver a special mission address in Mercedes Texas.
The First Congregational Church at 105 Caroling and Labor and South Presa streets will host a Sunday morning message by Rev arlbae G. Swartz. A Plymouth Guild gathering is set for Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. in the church annex with Mrs R. S. Weymand as hostess.
Rev E B Figgins pastor of West Avenue Church of the Nazarene selects Sunday morning sermon topic. In the evening he will speak on The Deceitfulness of Sin.
The National Lutheran Council member churches in San Antonio plan a joint Reformation service Sunday at 4 p m at Grace Lutheran Church Avenue E at Fifth Street The Rev George Krueger will be guest speaker with sermon The Guest Message of Gods Ambassador Assisting liturgist will be Rev John A Scherzer pastor of Grace Lutheran The Senior choir directed by Einar Krantz will perform special music
A mixed fragment lists numerous business names in a city directory style. The items include drugstores, pharmacies, shops, hotels, transport firms, restaurants, and service companies such as Liberty Mills, Shilo’s Delicatessen, Packard Shoe Store, Union Bus Lines, Wolff & Marx Co, and White & Blue Gab Co. The passage shows no narrative, dates, or events, only names and partial affiliations.
Tyler Texas evangelist T G Thompson launches a 10 day gospel series with Northside Church of Christ at Howard and West Mistletoe San Antonio evening services at 730 p m Thompson known in Denver Heights Grove Avenue Christ Churches returns to share inspiring messages He will address the ladies Bible class Tuesday noon and speak to other groups Singing led by Don Bradford the local song director
Rury, acting minister at Grove Church in Chelst, will occupy the pulpit at 119 Grove Avenue this Sunday. He will speak at morning worship on Our Objective and in the evening on Spiritual Hearing Aids.
The Rev Leon K Zummak will lead Sunday services at St John’s Lutheran on Nueva and South Presa. Communion text Jesus Lives will be used in the morning service at 9:50. The main sermon titled Let No Man Take Thy Grown will follow at 8:30. Vesper service led by Pastor Zummak at the Lutheran service center 507 East Travis.
A readable fragment lists Christian Science and Pentecostal services for weekdays and Sundays at multiple locations. It mentions Reading Room hours, Lone Han Building hours, and Emmanuel Pentecostal services with Rev Michaed Sitka as assistant pastor, plus morning worship times in unclear formats and references to a Unitarian or other religious groups with scattered names and times.
The Rev Frank R Neff Jr professor and chaplain at Trinity University will be guest speaker at Sunday evening vesper at Madison Square Presbyterian Church Camden and Lexington He will discuss The Goal of All Saints At 745 pm Dr Paul J Schwab dean of Trinity University will address united youth groups on What Catholics and Protestants Believe Sunday morning pastor Dr Samuel L Ferry will preach on He Restoreth My Soul
Two guest speakers will give Sunday messages at Linares Avenue Baptist Church 237 Linares. The Reverend W. T. Mann of Lytle Texas will deliver the morning sermon and Chap lain D. E. Cavender will bring the evening message. Pastor Luther G. Osborne will be away from his pulpit for one week due to illness.
Pastor Franklin M. Davis of Crest Hollow Presbyterian outlines Sunday sermons with morning topic Do We Know That Cad Answers Prayer and evening theme Thank You Cad For Everything. Special music planned for both services at 353 Hermitage Court.
The Nazarene churches list multiple parishes. Nazarenes at First Church of the Nazarene on North Colorado report Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 10:55 a.m. Northwest Church of the Nazarene on Northside lists services including revival and sermon topics. West Ave Church of the Nazarene at Corner Brust and West Ave features Sunday school at 9:43 a.m., morning worship, and evangelistic services. Christian Mission and other local Protestant bodies also present with prayer meetings and sermons throughout the week.
A dense clipping lists multiple churches with addresses and pastors across the city. It catalogs Foursquare Gospel at 1406 South St Marys, First Lutheran and Grace Lutheran entries, Latter Day Saints on Halley Avenue, and numerous service times including Sunday worships and evening prayers. Also includes Methodist downtown and other faith centers with service hours and leaders.
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